“When I ran back to the street, the officials and soldiers were still dealing with the chaos. Fortunately, the poisonous smoke only has a short-term disorienting effect, and the people who fainted suffered nothing serious.”
She and Feng Qingbai had taken Xue Qinglian’s Hundred Poison Pills, and that level of ecstasy had no effect on them at all.
“I’m afraid that you’d be anxious when you find out that you can’t find me after chasing the wrong person, so I went back to the entrance of the restaurant to wait for you. I believed you would definitely find me. Aren’t I smart?” The young girl’s eyes shone brightly, like a cat wagging its tail, seeking praise.
Feng Qingbai gently smiled. “Smart, but we also have tacit understanding.”
“Who led you there? Do you know who designed this incident?” It was strange. It didn’t feel like an assassination. If it was, they should have killed her in the smoke, not just taken her captive.
“This matter has been settled, so don’t think too much about it.” The man avoided answering, hugged her and said lowly, “Go bathe. I’ll sleep here tonight.”
“…” This was another incident that he couldn’t be driven away.
When the young girl went to the bathing pool, Feng Qingbai sat in the room, his eyes dark.
That kind of disgusting thing, he did not want her to know.
After this incident, Zuo Xuan also wouldn’t have the opportunity to jump out again.
With Prime Minister Zuo’s nature, pawns have no choice but to obey, even if they were his closest relatives.
The next day, rumors in the city abounded again.
The Prime Minister’s granddaughter fell off a horse during the Mid-autumn Festival and injured her leg. It was feared that she wouldn’t fare well in the future.
Speaking of the granddaughter of the Prime Minister Zuo, she seemed to be down on her luck recently.
Not long ago, a drunken man flirted with her, and now she broke her leg; misfortunes fell on her one after another.
In the past, she was the most outstanding and famous in the whole circle of powerful noble children in the capital, and she had an endless stream of marriage seekers…But now, that was hard to say.
In the Sangha, Zuo Xuan was lying on the bed, looking at the top of the tent, and his eyes were filled with raging hatred.
She had already gained an impure reputation after merely being taken advantage of and became the object of scorn. And now, she couldn’t even walk on the road. Even though she was from the Prime Minister’s household, few were willing to ask her hand in marriage.
Meanwhile, in the Prime Minister’s mansion, Zuo Xuan was lying in bed, staring at the ceiling with her eyes brimming with hatred.
She was pinned down by a wall of dirt for nearly half a night before someone came to rescue her!
But because her leg was crushed too long, there was no way it could recover as before!
The imperial doctors who came to treat her, every one of them shook their heads and sighed!
They all said the same thing!
There was nothing they could do! There was nothing they could do!
She would become a cripple!
If Feng Qingbai had been willing to save her, even if she had been pulled out, she would not have been in this situation!
In the future, she would be a cripple!
Feng Qingbai, Feng Qingbai… she loathed him to her bones!
“What the hell did you do last night? How did you get into this state?! What are we going to do now? If a woman is crippled, her life is ruined! How can you marry into the royal family in the future?! Even ordinary figures and nobilities wouldn’t not want a wife like you in charge!”
Zuo Xuan turned her head left and looked at the person who was constantly weighing her value by the bed.
This was her mother.
Her father was also sitting next to her, holding a cup of tea and drinking it. His brow exuded indifference, as if this didn’t matter.
Footsteps echoed outside the door.
Hearing the familiar rhythm, Zuo Xuan’s face became white, and fear faintly surfaced from the bottom of her eyes.
Her hands unconsciously gripped the sheet.
Wearing a purple official uniform and a waist pendant goldfish pouch, a shrewd-eyed old man entered. He didn’t look angry but powerful.
“Grandfather…” Zuo Xuan greeted, dropping her eyelids, and not daring to look at him directly.
“This daughter-in-law greets father.”
“Father, did you just come from the court session?”
The other two people in the room scrambled to their feet and saluted, then hung their heads and retreated to the side, not daring to say a word.
The room that had been noisy all morning went quiet and inexplicably suffocating.
The old man ignored his son and daughter-in-law, walked to the bed nearby, and quietly regarded Zuo Xuan for a moment. It wasn’t until Zuo Xuan’s palms were oozing with cold sweat that he spoke, “On the twelfth of next month, marry the second son of the Minister of Coachmen. You have a month to prepare.”
He left right after speaking, unwilling to stay a second longer.
Zuo Xuan’s heart turned cold.
Her grandfather’s word was the law, and she couldn’t resist.
The woman’s voice rose again beside the bed, piercingly shrill, “The young master of the Minister of Coachmen? That is only a fourth-ranking official. He has almost no real power in the court! What can Xuan’er do if she marries him? What’s more, she’s marrying the second son! She’s all ruined!”
“It’s not bad to marry a fourth-ranking official now. Do you still think your daughter can marry into the royal family and earn you a grant?” The man laughed coldly and brushed his sleeves away.
Only two people were left in the room.
The woman looked at the numb person, lying on the bed, and scolded her angrily, “Look what you’ve made of things! The daughter of the prime minister’s family ended up marrying a second son who doesn’t even have the right to inherit! Your heart is big, and your wings are hard. I can no longer control you! Do what you like!”
When silence returned to the surroundings, Zuo Xuan began to laugh out loud.
The sound of laughter echoed in the room for a long time, sharp and bizarre.
Nanling Palace.
Liu Yusheng slept soundly all night, opened her eyes in the morning, but the man who accompanied her last night was no longer around.
She reached out to caress the already cool position where he lied on, and a wisp of a smile floated on her lips.
He must have gone to court. Looking at the time, it was estimated that the court session had already ended.
She got up and washed, then went to visit Fu Yuzheng in the servant quarters.
When the woman lying on the bed propped up and sat, upon seeing her coming. “Miss Liu, I’m already much better. There’s no need for you to bother coming to visit.”
“I’d feel much more relieved if I come to see you. It’s just a few steps, so it’s no trouble,” Liu Yusheng smiled and snapped, “You don’t have to be so polite all the time. We’re friends now, aren’t we?”
Friends.
Because of one word, Fu Yuzheng’s heart warmed underneath, and her lips curled up. “Yes.”
When she told her she was great and that she liked her a lot, they became friends.
It was at that moment that she began to genuinely put down her guard against this wonderful young girl.
Liu Yusheng examined the wounds on the lower back of the woman. Even if she used a diluted spiritual water solution, the effect was very good, and the blood scabs had faint signs of shedding.
“It’s almost done. As long as you don’t scratch it, it shouldn’t leave a scar.”
“Thank you. Your medicine really works well.” Fu Yuzheng was not someone without insight.
The medicine the young lady used for her was even more effective than the one used by the imperial doctors in the palace.
Liu Yusheng blinked at her. “I told you a long time ago. I have a nickname in our village. They call me the Little Divine Doctor.”
The two exchanged a glance and burst out laughing.
Only then did Liu Yusheng notice that a delicate and small lotus lamp was placed in the innermost part of the bed behind the woman.
“Eh? Why do you have a flower lamp here?”
The moment she asked, she noticed that Fu Yuzheng’s face suddenly reddened, and her eyes dodged.
Liu Yusheng immediately understood and asked keenly, “Who gave it to you?”
During the Mid-Autumn Festival yesterday, lanterns were only sold on the street. With the woman’s physical condition, it was impossible that she bought it on the street. Then, only someone else could have sent it.
Fu Yuzheng replied uncomfortably, “A friend – A friend sent it.”
“Do you have other friends besides me? Introduce me to them!” Liu Yusheng secretly smiled. She could actually render Fu Yuzheng into stutters. This friend wasn’t simple.
“Miss Liu!” Fu Yuzheng was shy and anxious, but she didn’t know how to deal with this kind of teasing, so she could only helplessly scold her.
“Okay, I’m not going to tease you. Look at your face, it’s so red you can fry an egg.”
“…”
Peek-Aboo 
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