Drunk Bamboo

Xie Yupei said goodbye to them reluctantly.

After sending you thousands of miles away, we must eventually say goodbye. Xie Yuzhu waved goodbye and walked towards the passenger ship.

As the boat was getting farther and farther away from the dock, Xie Yulan hurriedly got off a carriage and waved to her.

Xie Yuzhu leaned in Hua Qinfeng's arms and raised her hand to shake it.

"I'll come back with you next time." Hua Qinfeng said gently.

"Yeah. I didn't expect that separation would be so painful. I didn't feel it before." Xie Yuzhu wiped a tear from the corner of her eye.

"Because they are reluctant to leave either." He consoled softly.

The feelings are mutual.

……

On the other side is Zhongdu and Fu'an Palace.

When the Imperial Concubine heard that the bandits in Nanwa Mountain had been wiped out, she was furious.

Those bandits died, but it was a pity for those carnivorous plants that were carefully cultivated.

It was all burned down by the government!

What a blind eye! What a waste of natural resources!

"A bunch of idiots, actually revealing their identities just to kidnap a woman, idiots!"

"He kidnapped the second young lady of the Xie family. Prince Feng was visiting the Xie family and happened to run into them, so their lair was raided." Xuan'er answered carefully.

"Tell him to be quiet and careful. Can he mess with the Wind King?" The Royal Concubine's eyes were cold. "What about the children?"

"I heard he escaped during the chaos. I don't know where he is now."

"They are poisoned. If they run away, they run away. If they die outside, we won't have to deal with them." The imperial concubine's tone was emotionless.

"Empress, the things from the north have arrived." Xuan'er said softly.

"Now that things have come to this, let's prepare for the next good show." The Imperial Concubine smiled coldly, "I will make this Zhongdu a hell on earth again."

……

On the way back, I was not in a hurry and walked slowly. It took me more than ten days to reach Zhongdu.

"You are finally back! It has been almost a month and a half." Bai Guo, dressed in red, looked like a cute little sun, and ran out of the house with a smile to greet them.

A friendly tone, friendly people, a familiar feeling, the feeling of being home.

"Did you miss us?" Xie Yuzhu's mood suddenly improved.

"I don't miss you. The house is very quiet without you." Bai Guo now dares to joke with Xie Yuzhu, speaking without respect.

"You are such a stubborn girl." Xie Yuzhu was not angry, but laughed out loud, "A gift for you. Both Madam and Lao Liu have one."

"There's a gift!" Bai Guo was surprised and opened it on the spot.

It was a red wide-sleeved glass gown and a fiery red agate bracelet.

Yun Ling said gently, "The prince and princess took a long time to choose, and they said they were all suitable for you, so they bought them all."

Bai Guo smiled happily, not hiding her love for him, "Nan Mi's skirt is really pretty, and the agate bracelet is also pretty."

Hua Qinfeng shook his head. "I think this girl doesn't miss us, she just misses this gift."

Bai Guo put away the gift and pouted at him, "I have been preparing food for the whole morning waiting for you to come back."

Hua Qinfeng waved his sleeves and said, "Stop talking nonsense. We are going to see Madam."

Baiguo stuck out his tongue mischievously and walked towards Bailianxuan happily holding the gift.

The nanny was still in good spirits. When she saw them come in, she smiled kindly.

"Is Dean Xie feeling better?"

"Everything is fine, don't worry, Ma'am." Xie Yuzhu held Ma's hand and said softly.

The nanny smiled and nodded. Seeing the rosy faces of the two people, she thought everything was going well.

"I heard that a lot of things happened to Nanmi, but in the end, they were all resolved without any danger by the prince and princess. That's great. Seeing that you support each other and face things together, I feel relieved."

As she spoke, she couldn't help coughing a few times.

"Cough cough."

"Mammy is always coughing. How long has Qi Zhen not come?" Hua Qinfeng patted her back gently and turned to question Bai Guo.

"It's okay, my throat just feels a little itchy. Just drink some water." The nanny took a breath and smiled.

Baiguo had already handed over the water.

"Doctor Qi comes to the mansion every month. He came the day before yesterday and said he would come again after the prince and princess return. It seems like he has something to ask."

Hua Qinfeng was relieved, "Got it."

After that, the nanny stopped coughing and only asked for a sip of water from time to time.

After chatting for a while, we had dinner.

After dinner, Hua Qinfeng was called away by the Imperial Guards.

After returning to the palace, he started his normal work without even going back to the courtyard.

Xie Yuzhu returned to Changfeng Courtyard. While Yunling was packing up her things, she began to study the carnivorous plant.

After so many days and the bumpy road, it's still growing well and isn't damaged.

The smell is indeed not very pleasant.

Xie Yuzhu moved the carnivorous plant to the outermost corner to prevent the house from being filled with bad smell.

While I was researching and writing "The Book of Poisonous Weeds", Qi Zhen came to my house.

"Princess, I have something important to tell you!" Qi Zhen said excitedly and fearfully.

"Sit down first and talk slowly." She put down her pen and decided to listen to what Qi Zhen had to say first.

Yunling served tea and snacks, then went out and waited at the door.

"I copied the prescription." He carefully took out a piece of paper from his pocket.

Xie Yuzhu said "Oh" softly and took a look at this mysterious prescription for treating the plague to see what was special about it.

After reading it, a hint of doubt appeared on Xie Yuzhu's face.

"It doesn't seem to be anything special. Is this really a cure for the plague?"

"It should be correct. It is locked in the attic of the library. The recipe is roughly the same as the one I used to make the medicine."

"If the plague can be cured by this prescription, why do I feel that the plague is not that scary? Maybe it's just a slightly more serious cold?" Xie Yuzhu pondered, and unconsciously said what he was thinking.

"No, I have seen it. It was horrible. At that time, people died in the palace every day. No, it should be said that people died every moment. Perhaps someone died while you were talking."

Qi Zhen feels horrified when he thinks about it now.

"No one doubts this prescription?" Xie Yuzhu was even more puzzled.

"It's not that there is no evidence, but no one dares to say it. And this prescription really cured the patients suffering from the plague. So this is the magical thing about Gao Fengyu."

"I understand. I'll study the recipe further."

"I have something bigger to tell the princess. I think the princess is the only one who won't think I'm crazy." There was panic in Qi Zhen's eyes.

"Go ahead." Xie Yuzhu was curious.

"I read the symptoms of the plague again. At first, the patients had a fever, then coughed, became weak all over, and had difficulty breathing. But in just a dozen days, no medicine could cure them."

"This reminds me of Miss Ginkgo, who was poisoned recently. I specifically asked her about the symptoms she had when she was poisoned, and they were almost the same as those of the plague. Princess, I suspect..."

"It wasn't a plague back then, but someone poisoned us?" Xie Yuzhu's face darkened.

"What! Poisoning?" Qi Zhen's face turned pale. "I, I just suspected that Miss Ginkgo had the plague?"

Xie Yuzhu was speechless.

Qi Zhen panicked even more, "No, I'm going to the Ministry of Justice to ask Miss Ginkgo for clarification!"

"Don't think too much about it. I'll try to figure it out." Xie Yuzhu urged, "Don't tell anyone about this."

"No, no one will tell it." Qi Zhen shook his head violently, "No one will tell it."