The First National Preceptor of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 338

The princess must be feeling down, so she ran off to play, or perhaps she's just being childish and can't figure something out. We'll find her and bring her back.”

Dongfang Tingyun's words comforted everyone.

For several days in a row, Magistrate Chen ordered his soldiers and the surrounding garrison to search for him. Even Xu Tian had to take a carriage to the Anxi Protectorate.

However, once they reached the road, Dongfang Tingyun and Qin Xian spurred their horses and chased after them.

Dongfang Tingyun said directly, "Master, are you perhaps confused? It takes half a month to get from here to the nearest Anxi Protectorate. Are you planning to go by carriage?"

Qin Xian whistled, and a dark shadow flew in from the sky.

"Yesterday, Magistrate Chen gave me a gyrfalcon. Gyrfalcons are much faster at delivering messages. It will arrive at the Anxi Protectorate in no time."

Dongfang Tingyun nodded as well.

Xu Tian wrote a letter inside the carriage.

About an hour later, Qin Xian handed the envelope from the bamboo tube to Xu Tian, ​​who couldn't help but cough a few times.

Qin Xian and Dongfang Tingyun exchanged a glance, both very worried about Xu Tian's health.

Since arriving here, Master Xu has often coughed. The western weather is cold, with snow falling in August, and the summer is unusually short.

Xu Tian had sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, a cold glint flashing in his gaze.

"The princess has not yet reached the Northern Protectorate, but she is not far from the Anxi Protectorate. The princess is returning to the palace."

Seeing that Xu Tian's expression was not good, Dongfang Tingyun did not dare to ask any further questions.

Qin Xian simply said, "Since the princess is returning to the palace, why don't I go and escort her?"

Xu Tian simply shook his head and lowered the carriage curtain.

“Let’s go back. The general of the Anxi Protectorate has sent five hundred cavalry to escort the princess back to Chang’an. Besides, this report has already been delivered to the garrison commander of Tongguan, so the princess will certainly not be in danger.”

The next morning, Xu Tian caught a cold.

Qin Xian sighed, then personally went to the county government's medicine storehouse to retrieve a piece of purple ginger, and then went into the kitchen.

The cook was quite surprised to see Qin Xian.

"Why is General Qin in the kitchen?"

Without saying a word, Qin Xian finely chopped the ginger and made a bowl of ginger soup.

He then put it in a food box and took it to Xu Tian's room. After drinking it, Xu Tian felt much more energetic, sweating profusely, and was able to get out of bed early the next morning.

Dongfang Tingyun sent over mooncakes she had made herself.

"Sir, the Mid-Autumn Festival is just around the corner. I have specially made some mooncakes. Please allow me to have a taste."

Looking at Xu Tian again, he got up a little late today and was just wearing a white undergarment, his black hair cascading down his chest.

Dongfang Tingyun didn't seem to care much, and the two chatted casually.

“In another month, my term at Hongwen Academy will come to an end. However, after this period of time, I have come to realize that I want to stay in the Pamir Mountains.”

As Dongfang Tingyun spoke, she glanced at Xu Tian's expression and saw him pick up a mooncake, eating it while nodding.

Clearly, the mooncakes made by Dongfang Tingyun tasted quite good, even better than those made by the women of the Yuan family in Chenjun. Xu Tianzhen was seen eating them one after another.