The prince loves me like his life, but I force him to rebel

"The head of the hospital said that these herbs are nothing special, just a traditional blood-replenishing soup."

Lin Heng unfolded the prescription restored by Dean Liu and placed it in front of Sima Yao.

"However, this prescription is suitable for blood deficiency caused by excessive blood loss. Generally, this amount is used for particularly serious knife wounds, where excessive blood loss has damaged the root. If the third prince had been injured, he would have prescribed this prescription that day, but because the third prince was unharmed, he did not dare to prescribe this prescription."

"Excessive blood loss?" Sima Yao repeated.

He recalled the situation in the cave. Those memories were extremely clear, but they were repeatedly denied by others. In addition, there was indeed no knife wound on his body, which made him full of doubts about his own memory.

However, the feeling of the sword piercing the body was so clear, and the warm feeling of blood flowing from the abdomen was so real.

She could even clearly hear Gu Nianzhi crying and begging her not to die, but why did she insist that it was just a dream?

He had clearly entered the cave after being outnumbered and seriously injured, but why did he not have a single wound on his body after waking up from his coma?

If it is true as Gu Nianzhi said, that I was not injured, then how can I explain my current blood deficiency?

"Lin Heng, tell me, if a person is stabbed, is it possible for the wound to heal in an instant?"

"I am not very knowledgeable. At least I have not heard of such a good thing so far. If this is really possible, then the wounded soldiers on the battlefield will not even need medicine for their wounds, right?"

"Yes, there is no such thing in the world."

Sima Yao muttered to himself. Perhaps it was just an illusion.

He really couldn't figure out the key point.

But intuitively, he knew that Gu Nianzhi must be hiding something from him.

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Gu Nianzhi entered the palace from Duanmen and met Shu Huaiyuan again.

Seeing Gu Nianzhi wearing official uniform, Shu Huaiyuan asked, "Mr. Gu, has he entered the palace to serve as an official?"

"That's right. I went to the palace to bathe the prince's horse." Gu Nianzhi made a mischievous joke.

"Giving a horse a bath?" Shu Huaiyuan looked carefully at Gu Nianzhi's clothes and asked tentatively, "Mr. Gu is a horse washer in the East Palace?"

"Master is indeed smart."

"Then Huaiyuan can see Mr. Gu often in the palace from now on?"

"That should be the case. After all, the prince still has to pay me a monthly salary, so I have to come to the palace every now and then, right? By the way, I haven't seen you in the palace these two days. As the captain of the guards, don't you sleep?"

"I don't have a residence in the capital, I'm just staying with the Third Prince. Since the guards have a unified residence in the palace, I will move in. This way, it will be convenient if there is something going on in the palace."

"Then you won't go to the Third Prince's house anymore?"

"You can still go during your vacation."

"Then when you are on your day off, take me fishing again. I didn't get to eat a single bite of the fish last time. What a pity."

Speaking of fishing, Shu Huaiyuan couldn't help but think of the day when he found out that Gu Nianzhi was a girl. His face flushed and he reluctantly replied with some embarrassment, "Okay."

"Brother Huaiyuan!" Princess Yun'an's voice sounded behind the two of them.

Shu Huaiyuan couldn't help but sigh, turned around and bowed.

Gu Nianzhi also followed his example and said, "Greetings, Princess."

“No thanks, no thanks…” Princess Yun’an came over and pointed at Gu Nianzhi: “You look familiar… Ah, you are the one who helped me give the sachet to Brother Huaiyuan that day… the one… the Third Prince’s strategist…?”

"In reply to the princess, I have now entered the palace to serve as the prince's groom."

"Yes, yes, Mr. Gu." Yun An said with a smile, "Thank you for what you did last time. This is the first time that Brother Huaiyuan has accepted a gift from me."

After that, Yun An turned to Huai Yuan with a smile and asked softly, "Brother Huai Yuan, why didn't you wear the sachet I gave you? Yun An spent a long time embroidering it by hand."

"I did not accept the sachet willingly that day. I feel guilty accepting the sachet from the princess. Please take it back."

Shu Huaiyuan took out the sachet from his waist. The originally bulging sachet had become a little deflated.

"These past few days, I have been carrying the sachet with me, hoping to return it to the princess one day."

"How can I take back something I have given away? Since you have already accepted it, there is no reason for me to take it back."

Princess Yun'an's expression suddenly changed, from joy at meeting Shu Huaiyuan to anger.

Gu Nianzhi was extremely embarrassed. If she had not acted on her own that day, things would not have come to this point.

"The person who accepted the sachet from the princess that day was not me."

Shu Huaiyuan also had a stubborn temper, and he stuffed the sachet into Gu Nianzhi's hand.

"This sachet was stuffed into my hand by Mr. Gu that day. It's reasonable for me to return it to him now, right?"

Gu Nianzhi held the sachet, looked at Shu Huaiyuan, then looked at Yun An, and could only smile awkwardly.

"This... um... I was indeed too nosy that day... In that case, why don't you take this thing back, Princess?"

Yun An glared at Gu Nianzhi without saying a word. Within seconds, tears welled up in his eyes. He turned around and left angrily.

"The county master..."

The sachet in Gu Nianzhi's hand was like burning charcoal at this moment. She could not care about anything else and could only chase after the princess.

Yun An was angry and walked very quickly.

Gu Nianzhi had no choice but to jog along, apologizing non-stop.

"Princess, please forgive me... I'm a newcomer here, and I really don't know the temperament of Chief Guard Shu, nor do I know that this woman giving a man a sachet is a token of love..."

Yun An stopped without warning, and Gu Nianzhi almost bumped into her.

"My Lord, what can I do to calm you down?"

"If you can find a way to get Brother Huaiyuan to accept the sachet, I won't punish you."

"I can't do it..."

"Then just keep it!"

Yun An's eyes widened, and her angry look made her face look even rounder, making her look like a beauty.

"My Lady, other things are fine, but I'm afraid it's really inappropriate to leave your sachet here with me. Although I may be weak, I am still a man after all..."

"That's true." Yun An reached out to take the sachet back, then stamped his feet: "But I haven't forgiven you yet! You made me happy for nothing, you have to make it up to me!"

"I am willing to be punished!"

"Punishment? What good will it do me to punish you? I can choose not to punish you."

"Then I would like to thank Princess Yun'an for not punishing me."

"Wait a minute." Yun An smiled slyly, "If you help me do one thing, I won't punish you. Otherwise, if you embarrass me like this, I can give you 20 lashes at any time and keep you out of bed for a month."

Gu Nianzhi didn't dare to respond, but stood there respectfully, waiting for Yun An to make his offer.

"You and Brother Huaiyuan are friends for life and death, so I guess you have a deep friendship. As long as you can find a way to bring me and Brother Huaiyuan to play together, I will spare you."

"In fact, my relationship with Chief Guard Shu is not as close as you think, Princess, but..." Gu Nianzhi's brain turned, and he remembered that he and Shu Huaiyuan had agreed to grill fish by the lake during the day off, and he immediately had an idea: "Princess, I can promise you, and you will definitely have a lot of fun then!"