"I..." Shen Shixin's face flushed red, feeling guilty towards Zhu Qing'an.

"Mr. Shen, please don't bother the princess in the future. The princess is busy with her affairs. Since Mr. Shen has already called off the engagement with the princess, he should refrain from disturbing her!" Yang Chaoyan looked a little unhappy.

Perhaps it was because he and Zhu Qing'an shared the same fate, one of them was not favored by his father, and the other was not favored by his mother.

Or perhaps it was because Zhu Qing'an's personality made Yang Chaoyan like him very much, so Yang Chaoyan had a good impression of Zhu Qing'an. She also knew how busy Zhu Qing'an had been these days dealing with the poison in the empress dowager's body, and she didn't want Zhu Qing'an to encounter any troubles.

"I will never disturb the princess again, and I will apologize to her!" Shen Shixin explained quickly.

Knowing that he had misunderstood Zhu Qing'an, Shen Shixin felt guilty. He was a man of action and he would definitely go to apologize since he had done something wrong.

But when Yang Chaoyan heard what Shen Shixin said, she frowned.

"Mr. Shen, don't you understand? The princess doesn't care about your apology or your compensation. She just wants you to stay away from her! Or do you think that the princess is really a clay Buddha who will allow you to bully her again and again?" At this point, Yang Chaoyan became a little angry.

Even though she has always been cold-hearted, if her fiancé had fallen in love with someone else and now came to her house to accuse her of another woman, Yang Chaoyan would be so angry that she would give him a packet of poison and make him mute.

But Zhu Qing'an did nothing, but just asked someone to invite him from the palace to explain the misunderstanding. Yang Chaoyan admired his broad-mindedness, but also felt distressed.

"I made a mistake, and I know what I will do next!"

Yang Chaoyan's words made Shen Shixin's face turn pale. He suddenly realized that what he had done was really too much.

"But Miss Yang, I am really worried about you! And I really like you! I have never liked a woman so much. I hope Miss Yang can still face my feelings! Give me another chance!" Shen Shixin eagerly analyzed his feelings to Yang Chaoyan.

Shen Shixin didn't want to say such reckless words in Wen'an Marquis's Mansion, but he was afraid that if he didn't say it, he would have little chance in the future.

After all, Yang Chaoyan travels around the world and is now in the palace, so it is difficult for Shen Shixin to even see her.

Yang Chaoyan looked at Shen Shixin coldly, and Shen Shixin became more and more excited. He took a step closer to Yang Chaoyan, his eyes full of love.

"Miss Yang, I am sincere. If Miss Yang is willing to give me a chance, I will definitely take good care of Miss Yang. In this life, there will only be Miss Yang and I will not take concubines! If I am false, I will be struck by lightning and die a miserable death!"

Shen Shixin wanted to swear to the sky with all his heart.

It can be said that Shen Shixin’s words would touch the heart of any girl.

Shen Shixin was born gentle and kind, his father was the Minister of Works, and he himself was now a rising star in the court, so he had a bright future.

A man like this, swearing that he is the only one, would be moving to anyone who hears it.

However, Yang Chaoyan was an exception. She smiled with a look of contempt at the corners of her mouth. She didn't know that her smile was contemptuous, but even her eyes were filled with knives, and her tone was even more unfriendly.

"Master Shen, these words are truly harsh! Master Shen must have been deeply in love with the princess back then, right? It hasn't been that long now, and you've already turned around and said such deep, affectionate words to me! Master Shen, listen to this for yourself, isn't it hilarious?"

Although Yang Chaoyan is not very old, she has experienced the loss of her mother and the neglect of her father since she was a child. She then traveled around the country with her master, and her horizons are broader than those of ordinary women.

Over the years, she has received confessions from many outstanding men, but Yang Chaoyan has remained calm from beginning to end.

What's more, Shen Shixin's deep affection for her outweighed the pain of another girl, which made her have no good feelings towards Shen Shixin from the beginning to the end.

Shen Shixin didn't expect Yang Chaoyan to respond like this. He thought that even if Yang Chaoyan didn't accept him for the time being, she would be somewhat moved by his words. However, Yang Chaoyan was so resistant.

"I admit that I am really sorry to the princess! The princess is so beautiful. I thought I admired her at first, but later I found out that I just liked her beauty and didn't really admire her as a person! But I feel differently towards you, Miss Yang. I knew I fell in love with you the first time I saw you! This is the first time I have such a feeling towards a girl!" Shen Shixin explained eagerly, fearing that Miss Yang would misunderstand that he was fickle.

Unfortunately, no matter how nice his explanation was, Yang Chaoyan looked uninterested.

"Oh? You are the first one to be attracted by a girl? Since you can be attracted so easily, you will probably be attracted by other girls in the future! Of course, I don't care who you are attracted to! I just want to tell you, Mr. Shen, that I don't have any feelings for you at all!" Yang Chaoyan said impatiently.

Before, when those young men admired her, she only needed to politely refuse them and they would give up. Shen Shixin was the only man that Yang Chaoyan found troublesome.

If Shen Shixin wasn't the son of the Shangshu family, Yang Chaoyan would have cursed him long ago.

Don't be fooled by her cold appearance. She has been working hard in the market for many years. She is a white lotus and can say all kinds of dirty words.

Yang Chaoyan's attitude finally made Shen Shixin see things more clearly, and he felt even more frustrated.

In the past, Shen Shixin would have smiled and turned away, and would not have insisted. But he liked Yang Chaoyan too much and did not want to give up, because if he gave up, he might never fall in love with another girl in his life.

"But, Miss Yang, you saved my life. Besides, Miss Yang and I had physical intimacy at that time. I should be responsible for you!" Shen Shixin looked at Yang Chaoyan expectantly.

Shen Shixin thought that Yang Chaoyan would give it more consideration if he said this, but he didn't expect that his conversation completely angered Yang Chaoyan.

Yang Chaoyan raised her eyebrows, pointed at Shen Shixin, and then pointed at herself, her eyes full of sarcasm. "Skin-to-skin contact? Master Shen, have you taken some medicine and become confused?"

"As a doctor, I gave you acupuncture that day in order to save you, Master Shen! If, as Master Shen said, physical intimacy requires responsibility, then I have saved at least 200 men over the years, if not 500. Does that mean every man needs to be responsible for me? I am a doctor, and there is no gender in front of a doctor. Don't say I only gave you acupuncture, Master Shen. Even if I stripped you naked, you would be no different from a piece of pork in my eyes!"

Yang Chaoyan spoke quickly and accurately, leaving Master Shen with a blank expression.

He never expected that Yang Chaoyan could say such words. It was beyond Shen Shixin's understanding. After all, the women he saw would make men blush with shame even if they looked at them for a few more seconds. No one was as fierce as Yang Chaoyan.

"Since you don't understand, Master Shen, I'll just say it straight out. My apologies!" Yang Chaoyan smiled, but her words were like a knife. "I don't have any romantic feelings for you, and I never will! Besides, I will never marry any man in my life. My ambition is to save the dying and the wounded, not to stay in the backyard and beg for a man's favor!"

When talking about her ambitions, Yang Chaoyan's eyes were full of pride.

Shen Shixin was shocked. He felt that Yang Chaoyan's words were simply shocking.

"But, you are a girl? How can a girl not get married?" Shen Shixin was puzzled.

"So what if I'm a woman? The Queen Mother is also a woman, but the Queen Mother is no less capable than men in both civil and military affairs. Now the Queen Mother encourages women to be self-reliant. I, Yang Chaoyan, am a woman, but also a doctor! I will never give up my medical skills in my life! Mr. Shen always says that he loves me. If I really marry Mr. Shen, will he let me continue to practice medicine? Will he let my patients include both men and women, old and young?" Yang Chaoyan asked back, but she already knew the answer in her heart.

"I..." Shen Shixin was silent.

If he really married Yang Chaoyan back home, then Yang Chaoyan would no longer be able to practice medicine, and she would not even be able to leave the backyard easily.

At this moment, Shen Shixin suddenly felt his own selfishness.

He only thought about his love for Yang Chaoyan, but forgot that the current world has many restrictions on women. After Yang Chaoyan marries him, she is no longer Yang Chaoyan, she can only be the young lady of the Shen family.

"Miss Yang!" Shen Shixin's face was filled with shame, and he took several steps back. "I am sorry for being rude!"

When Yang Chaoyan saw the sadness in Shen Shixin's eyes, she knew that Shen Shixin had figured it out, and she breathed a sigh of relief. At least Shen Shixin was better than many men. He would consider the future from a woman's perspective, instead of educating women to follow the three obediences and four virtues like many men today.

"I'm glad that Mr. Shen understands! I wish that Mr. Shen can find his true soulmate!" Yang Chaoyan said, bowing slightly.

Shen Shixin looked at Yang Chaoyan quietly, his eyes full of reluctance and greed. He thought that he would never be able to find the woman he loved in this life, but he could not harm Yang Chaoyan for his own selfish desires.

Shen Shixin and Yang Chaoyan left the hall, and Zhu Baiwei, who was hiding behind, ran towards the study with her skirt lifted up. Her running figure was full of joy, and Shui Tingfeng, who followed closely behind her, smiled dotingly.

"Elder sister! Elder sister!" Zhu Baiwei pushed open the door of the study. At this time, Zhu Qing'an was still buried in reading medical books.

"Sister, you must not know what Miss Yang said to Mr. Shen!" Zhu Baiwei couldn't wait to tell her exactly what happened in the hall.

After listening to Zhu Baiwei's words, Fu Guang and Wang Shu both felt relieved. Only Zhu Qing'an looked very calm and did not gloat over her misfortune.

"Eldest sister...why don't you seem surprised at all?" Zhu Baiwei looked at her elder sister in confusion.

At this time, Shui Tingfeng had already sat down and continued to read the medical book. Zhu Qingan stopped what he was doing and looked up at his second sister.

"Because I know very well what kind of person Miss Yang is. She was able to leave her father's family at a young age to study medicine. It can be seen that Miss Yang has been a person with her own ideas since she was a child. Not to mention, Miss Yang has traveled all over the country over the years, and what she has seen is always broader than you and me. Tell me, an eagle that has seen the wider sky, is it really willing to shrink in a cage and be a canary?" Zhu Qing'an said softly.

Even she admired Yang Chaoyan very much, and was even more envious of what Yang Chaoyan saw and heard.

"Yes! If it were me, I would not give up myself for a man!" Zhu Baiwei nodded thoughtfully, agreeing very much.

Zhu Qing'an was very pleased to hear what her second sister said.

Although the second sister has been raised in the back house since she was a child and has been taught by her aunt to be cautious in her words and actions, fortunately, the second sister has her own ideas in her mind and will never lose herself for a man in the future.

Just when Zhu Qingan and the others were flipping through the medical book, feeling a little nauseous, they saw Zhu Baiwei suddenly exclaiming, looking at the medical book in her hand suspiciously, "Eldest sister, this is the ethereal fairy grass!"

As soon as Zhu Baiwei finished speaking, Zhu Qing'an rushed over, grabbed the medical skills in Zhu Baiwei's hand, and leaned over to take a closer look.

I saw that this yellowed and somewhat damaged medical book did contain records about the Kongling Immortal Grass.

It not only records the appearance and habits of the Kongling Immortal Grass, but also what kind of poisons it can be used to treat, and even the places where the Kongling Immortal Grass can appear.

It is recorded above that the ethereal fairy grass grows in extremely cold places, and the ethereal fairy grass once appeared on the Ice Island.

"Ice-Cold Island? Ice-Cold Island?" Zhu Qing'an murmured these three words. She had never heard of this place and knew nothing about Ice-Cold Island.

"I have heard of Binghan Island. I heard that it is a place where water turns into ice as soon as it falls. That place is located in the northernmost part and is uninhabited all year round!" Shui Tingfeng said with a frown.

Of course, he had only heard of this place from his friends in the martial arts world, and he himself didn't know it.

"No matter where it is, I will find the Kong Ling Immortal Grass!" Zhu Qing'an's eyes were full of determination. She looked at Shui Tingfeng and said, "Second cousin, you have made many friends over the years. Please ask him to find out about Binghan Island for me!" Then she looked at Zhu Baiwei and said, "If it weren't for my second sister today, I don't know when I would have found the whereabouts of Kong Ling Immortal Grass. Next, please continue to look up information about Duan Sheng Hua for me!"

"Don't worry!" Zhu Baiwei and Shui Tingfeng said in unison. They wished they could share Zhu Qing'an's worries so that they wouldn't have to watch Zhu Qing'an lose his appetite all day long while they were powerless to do anything.

Although there is no news about Duan Shenghua yet, Zhu Qingan feels that the future is full of hope at this moment. She believes that hard work pays off.

Zhu Qing'an immediately sent the news to the Cining Palace and also sent someone to inform Bian Jingsheng.

In the past, her biggest worry was that if Bian Jingsheng ascended the throne, her aunt would suffer a tragic end. But now that she knew that Bian Jingsheng was raised by her aunt, that worry disappeared.

She knew very well that Bian Jingsheng and their Wen'an Marquis Mansion were now in the same boat, and Zhu Qing'an would not hide anything from Bian Jingsheng.

But she didn't expect that just as she delivered the message to Prince Zhongyi's Mansion, Bian Jingsheng appeared quietly in Yongfu Courtyard.

The moment they saw him, the maids in Yongfu Courtyard were shocked, but before they could call for help, Zhu Qing'an waved his hand and asked the maids to leave.

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