After transmigrating into the book, I helped my mother reconcile with her divorced husband.

Lu Yun's injuries haven't healed yet; he'll die if he goes to find A Lu like this.

"Why didn't you stop him?" Lu Zhiyuan gripped the Crown Prince's sleeve tightly. "Tell me, why didn't you stop him?"

Just as the Crown Prince was about to explain, Lu Zhiyuan let go of his hand and ran outside. The Crown Prince hurriedly reached out to grab her, but his sleeve brushed against his fingers, and he missed.

Upon reaching the door, before even untying the horse from the hitching post, she saw Zuo Yi standing there, carrying a blood-stained bundle and with disheveled hair. Lu Zhiyuan stood motionless, her body seemingly frozen in place.

Zuo Yi stepped forward and, seeing Lu Zhiyuan's pale face, assumed she was frightened. He quickly hid his bundle behind his back and asked nervously, "Why is Madam here?"

Lu Zhiyuan snapped out of her daze, forcing back her grief, and asked in a trembling voice, "Who is it?"

"It's Lu—"

Before Zuo Yi could finish speaking, Lu Zhiyuan's body went limp. He instinctively reached out to support her, but instead handed her the blood-stained bundle. Just before Lu Zhiyuan collapsed, the Crown Prince stopped her, asking Zuo Yi, "Where is Lu Yun?"

The one on the left, carrying a bundle, said, "Here—"

Before she could finish speaking, Lu Zhiyuan suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

Along with the mouthful of blood, a man clad in armor and covered in blood appeared. Just before Lu Zhiyuan closed her eyes, the shoes, treading through the blood, reached her.

Before falling into a coma, Lu Zhiyuan heard Lu Yun urgently call out, "Miss!"

The main room was brightly lit, and Imperial Physician Cui and Imperial Physician An paced back and forth in front of the door. Standing at the side doors were Lu Yun, Han Ting, and Zuo Yi, who knew he had caused trouble. Inside the room, the Crown Prince knelt before Imperial Physician Jiang, his eyes filled with self-reproach and pain: "What did you say, Uncle?"

“Yuan’er only has less than half a month left.”

"How could that be?" The Crown Prince shook his head and looked at Lu Zhiyuan lying on the bed: "When I left the capital, my uncle told me that if I took good care of myself, three to five years would not be a problem. Later, when she was attacked, the two imperial physicians, Cui and An, diagnosed her and said... A-Yuan is also a doctor. She said she... Uncle, please, save her."

The prince was so anxious that he became incoherent.

Physician Jiang patted his shoulder and said truthfully, "I watched Yuan'er grow up, and my desire for her to live well is no less than that of the Crown Prince. I also treated her illness. From the moment she was born to the Crown Princess she is today, I know every aspect of her condition. I was the one who said that Yuan'er wouldn't live past her coming-of-age ceremony. Her heart ailment is very serious, and it has long since reached the point where she can no longer support her body. Your Highness, Yuan'er has come this far thanks to her extraordinary medical skills and unwavering willpower."

Who but Lu Zhiyuan would resort to such a risky method as using poison to prolong life?

Heart disease is the most painful. As your heart deteriorates day by day, you, as its owner, can feel it. When your heart aches, you are restless, unable to eat or sleep, and you feel as if you want to cut out that useless, burdensome heart. This disease affects not only the heart, but also the liver, spleen, and lungs, which will also fail along with the heart.

Over the years, in order to treat Lu Zhiyuan's illness, Physician Jiang came into contact with many people suffering from heart disease. Their symptoms were not as severe as Lu Zhiyuan's, but when they had an attack, they were in agony, and some even hanged themselves because they could not bear the pain.

How old is Yuan'er?

He's only fifteen years old at most.

She lived such a hard life, yet she never showed it to anyone. She was well-behaved, sensible, intelligent, self-disciplined, and always considerate of others. Whenever her illness was mentioned, she would smile and say, "Is there a doctor in the world more skilled than me? Don't worry, I will definitely make sure I live a few more years and make that person who predicted I wouldn't live to adulthood slap me in the face."

They all wanted her to live, and she wanted to live too, but no one asked her if living like this was hard.

Physician Jiang's words made the Crown Prince sit down on the ground instantly.

"Send a letter to General Xie and your mother-in-law, asking them to set off for Ganzhou immediately." Imperial Physician Jiang sighed slightly. "You also need to submit a memorial to your father and mother. Given Yuan'er's condition, I'm afraid she can't return to the capital."

"Is there really no other way?" The Crown Prince, like a helpless child, curled up on the ground and stared at Lu Zhiyuan with unblinking eyes: "Half a month is too short. There won't be enough time for what A-Yuan wants to do."

"There's no time to waste, so we have to focus on the most important things, the things she wants to do most right now." Jiang said, barely suppressing his grief.

From the capital to Ganzhou, a long journey of a thousand miles, he traveled day and night. Along the way, he had considered what kind of Lu Zhiyuan he would face. He had considered all the worst-case scenarios a doctor could think of, but he never expected things to be even worse than he imagined.

He was covered in wounds, both internal and external, and was only kept alive by the toxicity of that poison.

"Poison...poison?" The crown prince stood up. "What poison? When was it ingested? How come I didn't know?"

"It must have been after that attack," Physician Jiang said. "Yuan'er is skilled in medicine making. The pills she concocts are unique in the world, among which the Hundred Poisons Pill is the most precious."

"The Hundred Poison Pill? I know it. A-Yuan gave it to me." The Crown Prince said anxiously, "Taking this pill can make one immune to all poisons. Even if one encounters poisons like the Heartbreak Grass or Arsenic, it can save one's life. A-Yuan was worried that I would be plotted against, so she gave me one in my second year in the palace. Lu Yun, Liu Ying, and Han Ting have also taken it."

“The Crown Prince only knows one side of the story.” Imperial Physician Jiang took out a pill, its color a blue that the Crown Prince had never seen before: “There are twelve types of these Hundred Poison Pills, distinguished by color, with different effects and toxicities. The one that A-Yuan gave you should be the ordinary Hundred Poison Pill, extracted from a hundred kinds of poisonous substances and herbs, which can counteract most poisons in the world. This pill must be taken only when one is already poisoned; otherwise, it is tantamount to ingesting poison.”

The prince remembered.

A-Yuan gave him the pills after a palace banquet. He was being helped out of the hall by a eunuch and felt slightly unwell, so he sat down to rest on the veranda. Just as he closed his eyes, he smelled a fragrant medicinal scent. When he opened his eyes, he saw A-Yuan standing in front of him.

That was her second year in the palace. After being taught by the palace maids, her speech and behavior were no different from those of a princess. Because she was backlit, he almost mistook her for his own sister.

He hadn't been drinking, but he pretended to be drunk, his eyes glazed over. She bent down to look at him, her gaze intense, and she smiled: "I'll give you a treasure. Next time you try to slip wine into your sleeve, you won't make this mistake again. Also, poison doesn't necessarily have to be put in the wine; it could be smeared on the wine glass, the tablecloth, or other food. Just not drinking isn't enough to protect you from those people's schemes."

After saying that, she took out two pills and handed one of them to him.

At that time, he was unaware of Lu Zhiyuan's exceptional medical skills, let alone her expertise in medicine, and he didn't take her words to heart. In fact, he was wary of her because of her young age. It wasn't that he was worried she would harm him, but rather that she was too young and might be exploited by those with ulterior motives in the palace.

His sister, Princess Ping Le, was once used as a tool to harm him.