Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

A moment later, Qiyu brought her younger brother in.

As soon as the siblings entered the door, they knelt down before Shen Wantang.

“Young Madam, my younger brother has been released from death row. I brought him here to express my gratitude.”

"I, Chen Xiaowu, kowtow to thank the young mistress for saving my life! I will remember your great kindness and virtue! If you ever need my help in the future, please feel free to give the order, and I will do my utmost to serve you!"

After Chen Xiaowu finished speaking, he kowtowed to Shen Wantang.

Shen Wantang looked at the boy kneeling on the ground. He was thin and frail, with injuries and bruises on his face and hands, clearly indicating that he had been beaten in prison.

She said gently, "It's good that you've been released. You two can get up now!"

The siblings stood up as instructed, but Chen Xiaowu was very reserved and didn't dare to lift his head.

Qi Yu, who served Shen Wantang, didn't hold back much and immediately said excitedly with red eyes, "Young Madam, thanks to you, my brother's crime of murder has been cleared. The Dali Temple judged him to be not only innocent but also meritorious for his act of bravery in seeing injustice on the road!"

"Now all the neighbors know that my brother is not a murderer, he is a good person! My parents can finally face people with their heads held high, and those who used to curse our family have all come to our house to apologize!"

“Our family never dreamed that this day would come. We all thought that Xiao Wu’s life was definitely over. My parents even emptied all their savings a few days ago and sent money to the death row, just hoping that they could leave Xiao Wu with a whole body.”

"As it turned out, he returned home perfectly fine! My parents cried tears of joy for a long time. They originally wanted to come and kowtow to you to express their gratitude, but I was afraid that too many people would make it inappropriate, so I stopped them!"

She excitedly rattled off a whole bunch of things, saying more in a short time than she had in the entire previous month.

Previously, she always had a faint melancholy between her brows, spoke very little, and just kept her head down and worked. Today was the first time she had been so lively and cheerful.

Shen Wantang smiled gently as she observed the changes in the chess language.

In her previous life, Qi Yu's younger brother was saved by Gu Qianhan, so Qi Yu was devoted to him and loyal to him, reporting everything that happened on her side to Gu Qianhan every day.

Now, she's taken over the job of being his savior.

She glanced at Gu Qianhan, who was reading a book beside her, and seeing that he didn't seem to care about these things, she instructed Du Juan to reward Qiyu and her brother with two taels of silver and a bottle of medicine. Then she gave Qiyu two days off so that she could go back and reunite with her family.

The siblings left, expressing their deepest gratitude.

After everyone had left and the door was closed, Gu Qianhan raised her head slightly and said, "You don't need to be so generous in the future."

Shen Wantang chuckled: "It was only ten taels of silver in total, which isn't much. Besides, I plan to use Chen Xiaowu in the future."

"I wasn't talking about silver."

"what is that?"

"medicine."

"what?"

"I told you, don't give away your wound medicine so easily in the future."

Shen Wantang looked puzzled: "It's not worth much money, it's just some ointment for treating bruises and sprains, isn't it something you can just give away casually?"

Gu Qianhan's expression turned somewhat unpleasant: "So, you just gave it to me randomly?"

Shen Wantang was taken aback: "When did I give you ointment? You haven't been injured recently..."

Before she could finish speaking, she suddenly realized something.

In his past life, Gu Qianhan was falsely accused by Xiao Qingyuan and Chu Yanluo of bullying a weak woman. The emperor was furious and summoned him to the palace to kneel for a day and a night.

His knees were swollen and bruised from kneeling, and the pain made it very difficult for him to walk.

At that time, she and Princess Ning were summoned to the palace by the Empress for a reprimand. Before leaving, she did give him a bottle of ointment.

However, she herself had almost forgotten about it, but unexpectedly Gu Qianhan still remembered it.

When Gu Qianhan saw her pause, she knew that she had finally remembered.

His tone was slightly sour: "It seems that in your heart, I am no different from the likes of Chen Xiaowu. I thought you felt sorry for me at least a little, which is why you specially gave me a bottle of your exclusive secret medicine to treat my injuries. It turns out that you just gave it to me casually. It's not something I have alone, but something that everyone has."

Shen Wantang was both amused and exasperated. She walked over to him, cupped his face, and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? Of course it's yours alone. The ointment I gave you is something I always carry with me. It's for saving lives in critical moments. I made it myself, using all rare and expensive medicinal herbs. Otherwise, how could it be so effective? Do you think I'd give that ointment to just anyone?"

"The medicine you gave Chen Xiaowu today is different from the medicine I gave him?"

"Of course they're different. The ones I gave to Chen Xiaowu were made by Du Juan and the others according to the recipe I gave them. Each of them got a copy, so they can use them anytime for scratches or abrasions."

"Ah."

Gu Qianhan responded lightly, her expression not changing much, but she felt pleased inside.

He was indeed different from others.

Moreover, Shen Wantang finally cupped his face again, just like when she had just been reborn.

These past few days, because of Meng Yunlan, she has refused to touch him on her own initiative, and there has been no more intimate gestures like touching his face.

Now, she's willing to be close to him again.

Seeing Gu Qianhan's indifferent expression, Shen Wantang assumed that he didn't believe the ointment was different or that he was still unhappy. So she took a bottle of ointment made by Du Juan and the others from the cabinet, and then took out a bottle of ointment she made herself from her personal sachet.

He shoved both bottles of ointment into Gu Qianhan's hands: "Open them and see, aren't they really different? Would I lie to you?"

Without even opening it, Gu Qianhan could already see the difference, because the bottle Shen Wantang carried with him was exactly the same as the one she had given him in her previous life.

Its porcelain-white color, jade-like texture, petite and exquisite bottle, and the faint, refreshing medicinal fragrance all indicate its preciousness.

The other medicine bottle, although also white, was a bit yellowish, had a rougher texture, and was significantly larger.

Gu Qianhan picked up the porcelain-white bottle, opened it, glanced at it, and then lowered her head to smell it: "This is the bottle you gave me in my past life, isn't it?"

Shen Wantang nodded: "Yes, I haven't used it yet in my life!"

Gu Qianhan then put the medicine bottle into her sachet: "I'll give this to you."

Shen Wantang was taken aback, her expression slightly hesitant.

Gu Qianhan keenly noticed her hesitation: "What's wrong? You don't want to? Are you heartbroken? Can't bear to part with her?"

Shen Wantang looked at him with amusement: "I gave you everything in my past life when we had nothing to do with each other. Now that we're married, how could I be reluctant to part with you?"

Gu Qianhan didn't actually think she would be reluctant; she was quite generous to him: "Then why do you look so unwilling?"

“It’s not that I’m unwilling.”

"why?"

"I am a bit superstitious."

Gu Qianhan was somewhat surprised: "Superstition?"