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When Du Xiaoli and Beiling Yicheng entered the room, Du Xiaoli could tell with one glance that there was something abnormal about Beiling Yu’s complexion.
“7th Prince, let’s have the princess take the medicine first.”
Beiling Yicheng nodded and took a small bottle from his chest pocket. He poured out a pill from the bottle and had the servant girl bring over a cup of water.
Looking at the murky black pill, Beiling Yu tilted her head and asked, “Elder Brother, what medicine is this?”
“This is what Miss Du and I went to a very far place to get for you. Take it quickly,” Beiling Yicheng said. In front of Beiling Yu, he had once again become that warm and gentle older brother.
“Okay.” Beiling Yu drank some water but kept it in her mouth. Then she picked up the pill that was on Beiling Yicheng’s hand and tilted her head back. Placing the pill in her mouth, she swallowed it with the water. After taking the medicine, she asked, “Elder Brother, what medicine did I just take?”
To ask what medicine it was after already taking it… Du Xiaoli didn’t know how to describe the relations.h.i.+p between the pair of siblings. She supposed it was also a kind of blessing to be able to trust wholeheartedly and be trusted in return,
“Didn’t you fall sick? This illness is quite severe. But after taking this medicine, you’ll be fine,” Beiling Yicheng said with a smile.
“Really? I was still in pain yesterday evening, but you weren’t around then. You have no idea how much pain I was in!” When Beiling Yu thought of the sharp pain she’d felt the previous night, she still had some lingering fears about it returning. “Will I really be fine after taking this medicine?”
“Yes, Princess Yu. After taking this medicine, you won’t be in pain anymore, and it won’t affect your compet.i.tion later. Let me check your pulse again.” Once Du Xiaoli finished talking, she came to the bedside to check Beiling Yu’s pulse. After a while, she withdrew her hand and said, “Your condition has already started taking a turn for the better, but time will be necessary for the medicine to display its effect.”
“Thank you, Miss Du. You’re way better than your second oldest sister!” Beiling Yu said with a laugh.
“Many thanks for your praise, Princess Yu,” Du Xiaoli replied while smiling. “7th Prince, since Princess Yu is fine now, I’ll be heading back first. Having been away for two days, there are some matters that I need to attend to. I’ll come to have another look at the princess in the evening.”
Beiling Yicheng thought of the tough time Du Xiaoli had these past two days and said, “Thank you, Miss Du. Please do as you wish.”
“Goodbye.”
Du Xiaoli brought along Xia Yuan and returned to her own courtyard before telling the latter, “Go prepare some hot water. I want to take a bath.”
“Mistress, on the way back… did you run into some trouble?” Xia Yuan asked.
“How did you know?” Du Xiaoli didn’t actually have the intention of hiding this matter from Xia Yuan. She was just somewhat shocked that Xia Yuan already knew about it.
“There’s a faint scent of blood around Mistress and 7th Prince,” Xia Yuan replied. Thinking about what Fu Wansan had said before, she also asked, “Was it the work of Water Moon Paradise? Did they go find you? Mistress, did you get hurt?”
“How did you know the members of Water Moon Paradise would go looking for me?” Du Xiaoli stopped in her tracks and turned to look at Xia Yuan.
“It was Uncle Fu who said it,” Xia Yuan answered.
Soon after, she told Du Xiaoli about how Fu Wansan had come to find her. Then Xia Yuan asked, “Mistress, did Water Moon Paradise try to s.n.a.t.c.h away the secret book?”
“It wasn’t that. I’m very tired right now. I’ll tell you after I’m done with my bath,” Du Xiaoli said.
“This servant will go prepare it now.” Once Xia Yuan finished speaking, she left for the kitchen to prepare the hot water.
Han Mingxiang heard Du Xiaoli’s voice and left the room. When she saw the latter, she went up and pulled on Du Xiaoli’s hand and said, “You’re finally back! While you were gone these couple of days, I’ve been so terribly worried about you!”
“It’s been hard on Princess these two days.” Du Xiaoli pulled Han Mingxiang back to the drawing-room.
“What’s so hard about this? It wasn’t hard at all,” Han Mingxiang said. “It’s all for the sake of Feng Ming. Speaking of which, we—the royal family—should be thanking you.”
“You want to thank me? Hehe. Princess, why don’t you go to His Majesty the Emperor and request for him to reward me with some money?”
“You’re still lacking money? I think you’re pretty much comparable with the state treasury now!” Han Mingxiang said with a laugh. “I think a business proprietor like you must be way richer than a princess like me!”
“No way. I only have just a little bit of money!” Du Xiaoli let out a loud and aggrieved cry.
“Oh, stop that. As if we still don’t know you well enough!” Han Mingxiang glanced at Du Xiaoli. “I’m not going to argue with you about it. What have you been doing these couple of days? You just told me that you had something to do and needed to leave, so you had me come over to watch over your place for a few days. But I don’t even know just what exactly you’ve been doing.”
“I went to Mount Yin to find herbs,” Du Xiaoli replied.
She told Han Mingxiang about Beiling Yu getting poisoned.
“Xiaoli, you’re truly Feng Ming’s lucky star,” Han Mingxiang said with a sigh after hearing about the matter. On her face was an expression filled with grat.i.tude.
The last time, it was Lu Junqi’s matter, and this time, it was Beiling Yu’s. If Du Xiaoli weren’t around, how many more catastrophes would have occurred in Feng Ming?!
“Princess, you’re being too serious. Since I’m being paid an official’s salary, I must naturally do things wholeheartedly. Moreover, the country needs to be stable so that we ordinary people can open up our doors for business!” Du Xiaoli said. “Oh, right. How were these three days of the compet.i.tion?”
“Speaking of which, I would like to congratulate you,” Han Mingxiang said.
“Congratulate me?”
“Yes. During the compet.i.tion this morning, your older brother won fifth place,” Han Mingxiang said.
“My older brother won fifth place? That’s not bad at all!” Du Xiaoli was truly happy to hear this news.
In such a compet.i.tion where the cream of the crop of every country had gathered, it was truly a piece of good news for the Prime Minister’s Manor that Du Xiuheng managed to rank at all!
“That’s right. Your father said previously that the moment your older brother gets a good achievement, he will go straight to Cabinet Minister Fu’s home to propose a marriage. So I reckon it will be soon. Yalan will soon become your sister-in-law!” Han Mingxiang said with a laugh.MoonWhisperer, TWIP"s Thoughts
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