Mad Queen Leaves the Palace

Wang, the eldest brother, went up to the third floor and waited outside for a while before being called inside. Unexpectedly, the chess game was still not over.

The eldest brother, Wang, first bowed to the man in white: "Greetings, Your Highness Prince Qi, may Your Highness be well." The man in white waved him off. Wang then turned to the man in black and bowed again: "Greetings, young master. I've already been to the second floor. That young master Xiao is indeed a woman. She has pierced ears. However, after I told her that you were interested in making her acquaintance, she claimed she was seasick and couldn't meet me now. She also said that we would meet again someday if fate allowed."

Upon hearing this, the man in white laughed and said, "Cousin, this Miss Xiao is unwilling to show her true face or meet you. It seems I've wasted three days waiting with you." With that, he placed a piece, and the black pieces successfully surrounded the white pieces, gaining a bunch of white stones.

"Your Highness, who can know the outcome until the very end? As long as it's not a hopeless situation, there's still a chance." After saying this, Ye Yuandong began to surround Bai Zi again.

Seeing his cousin's enthusiasm, King Qi suddenly became curious about the woman downstairs. He turned to Elder Hu and said, "Since that young master Xiao is so seasick, let's find a place to dock and get a doctor to come aboard. If he doesn't get better, we can wait until he does before setting sail again. We won't be in a day or two of trouble, right, cousin?"

Previously, Xiao Lan had lied about being seasick and refusing to see guests, but everyone knew it was just an excuse. So, Boss Wang hadn't even considered finding a doctor for her. Now, this Prince Qi, in order to get Xiao Lan to see his cousin, had actually come up with such a wicked scheme. Even Ye Yuandong sighed inwardly: From now on, he'd better be extremely careful in front of this prince. When he was younger, he only knew that this cousin was intelligent, one of the best among the princes, but he never expected him to be so cunning. Indeed, there isn't a single simpleton in the royal family. However, he quickly replied to Prince Qi, "Your Highness is right."

He turned to Old Master Wang and said, "Go and do it. Report back if anything comes up."

After saying that, the two of them focused their attention back on the chessboard. The only sounds left in the room were the clinking of the chess pieces against the board.

After receiving his orders, Boss Wang found a small town, docked the boat, and quickly sent someone to fetch a doctor.

Meanwhile, on Xiao Lan's side, Yue'er was the first to notice that the boat had docked. She quickly went inside and said to Xiao Lan, "Miss, Miss, look! The boat has somehow docked already."

"It's not even Hai hour yet, why are you stopping the boat so early? Have Uncle Li go and ask. If you're stopping now, have Dingdingdangdang go down and buy some food. I'm tired of eating dry rations these past two days. Buy more meat; Uncle Li and the others have worked hard, they can't go without meat."

It was inconvenient to cook on the boat, and the kitchen only provided hot water. Moreover, the heat made it difficult to preserve food, so Li Yuan had prepared dried meat and flatbread for them. Combined with the food Xiao Lan had brought, they were almost finished. Usually, the boat didn't stop until after 9 PM, and even after disembarking, no shops were open. Today, however, the boat stopped early. Xiao Lan thought she would have Dingding and Dangdang go and buy more food. After all, it would still take most of the day to walk to the city gate after disembarking.

Before Yue'er had even left for half an incense stick's time, she rushed in again in a panic: "It's terrible, young master, something horrible has happened." Li Yuan followed her in.

"Tell me slowly," Xiao Lan said, looking at Li Yuan. "Uncle Li, you're here too. Has something happened?"

Li Yuan said, "Young master, Miss Yue'er just said that we should stop the boat so that Dingding and Dangdang could go and buy food. I was worried about safety, so I went to ask the boat captain first. Who knew that we were stopping the boat not to rest, but to call a doctor for you?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Lan was speechless. "What? Call a doctor for me?" "Uncle Li, please invite Boss Wang over for me." Xiao Lan was also curious about Ye Yuandong's intentions. Why would he call a doctor for her out of the blue?

Before long, Boss Wang was led up to the second floor. Upon meeting him, Xiao Lan didn't stand on ceremony and asked directly, "Boss Wang, I heard that the ship is docking today to fetch a doctor for me. I wonder what's going on?"

After thinking for a moment, Old Master Wang realized this was too malicious to pin on his own young master, so he told the truth: "Just now, after meeting Young Master Xiao, I went upstairs to report to my young master. My young master's cousin, Young Master Yan, happened to be there as well. Hearing that Young Master Xiao was seasick, he was worried he might be suffering, so he ordered us to stop the boat and have a doctor treat him. Young Master Yan said that if he recovered, that would be fine; if not, we could wait a few more days until he was fully recovered before leaving. Everything is for Young Master Xiao's health."

After hearing this, Xiao Lan thought to herself, "Cousin Yan, isn't that just that scoundrel Yan Linfeng? I was blind in my past life, thinking he was a gentle and unassuming gentleman. I never imagined he was such a cunning and ruthless man. He doesn't even know me yet, and he's already come up with such a despicable scheme to get me to meet Ye Yuandong. If the doctor cured me, then claiming I was dizzy and couldn't see anyone would be a lie. If the doctor didn't cure me, he's stuck here, and I only have seven days until the entrance exam. Besides, we're stuck on the edge of a small town, with no horses or carriages to be found. Taking the land route is also impossible. I'm in a dead end no matter what I do." So, she gritted her teeth and said to Wang Laoda, "Then please thank you both for me. When the doctor arrives, just have him give the medicine to my maid." With that, she waved for Wang Laoda to leave.

After Wang Laoda left, Xiao Lan gave Yue'er some instructions, then went to bed and fell asleep immediately. She wasn't usually seasick, but now she was almost dizzy from anger. She decided to stop thinking about it; she couldn't leave today anyway, and even if she felt better, it would be tomorrow.