There are two cherry blossom trees planted in the backyard of the Tianxing Medical Center, which are said to have experienced ten years of wind, frost, rain and snow. The trunk of the www.biquge.info tree is straight, like a girl, the morning breeze blows, and a large number of cherry blossoms fall, as if it is a dreamy cherry blossom rain, and the petals that cling to the branches are struggling to leave, like a stubborn child.

Under the cherry blossom tree, there is a turquoise stone table, and three bowls are placed on the smooth tabletop, all of which are filled with medicinal juice, and it is unknown how effective the medicine is.

The little girl in the green shirt frowned and took a quick sip of the lightest bowl on her left.

"Wow...... It's so bitter......" The bitterness that swept through her mouth made the little girl's already small facial features shrink at this time, and she swallowed the first bite with difficulty, but this second bite ...... It's hard to swallow.

Once you've experienced what bitterness tastes like, are you willing to try it a second time?

Even though she had been dependent on medicine for as long as she could remember, she had never drunk such bitter medicine.

Wait, there's no one around?

The little girl lowered her head, rolled her eyes, and used a trick that she had tried and tested repeatedly when drinking medicine at home. She dragged the medicine bowl to the edge of the stone table, tilted slightly, and the brown liquid slowly flowed out along the trend and spilled on the ground, her head still buried in the bowl, and those who did not know would think that the little girl had drunk too quickly to make the medicine spill.

While burying her head, she was secretly complacent about her cleverness, and she couldn't prevent the medicine bowl from being held down, and her little trick showed its original form on the spot.

"Sister Wuxian?" she moved up her gaze along the finger holding the medicine bowl, and saw Wuxian's expression that seemed to be smiling, and suddenly felt empty, and said seriously on the surface, "Sister Wuxian, Yue'er didn't secretly pour the medicine, it was Sakura who wanted to drink my medicine." ”

"I see. Wuxian seemed to believe her words, and nodded in agreement.

The medicine was boiled by Wu Yan's own hands, and in front of her, the little girl didn't dare to make any small moves, and obediently took the bowl and drank the rest of the medicine.

Her weeping expression amused Wu Wu.

I saw that Wu Wu stretched out his hand like a trick, and there were three big red candied fruits between his fingers, which looked full and round.

It must taste sweet and delicious. Yue'er stared at the three candied fruits between her fingers and swallowed involuntarily.

"These three candied fruits were originally for you," Wu Xian said lightly, "Since Sakura drank a bowl of medicine for you, then one of them will be reserved for it, Yue'er, what do you think?"

"Huh?" said Yue'er, pouting her little mouth, "But, Sakura...... I don't know how to eat preserves. ”

"Yes, Sakura doesn't eat preserves, but she drinks medicine, which is a miraculous thing. ”

Yue'er lowered her head, her face turned red, it turned out that Wuxian had already seen through her little caution.

Wuxian touched her head, didn't say anything, and left the backyard with a light smile.

When Yue'er raised her head, she found that she was the only one left in the backyard.

Oh no, and the three big red preserves lying on the turquoise stone table.

Yue'er picked one up and put it in her mouth, feeling that it was the sweetest candied fruit she had ever tasted, and it immediately diluted the bitterness in her mouth. Suddenly, his eyebrows and eyes were crooked, and his smile turned into two crescents.

Aunt Yang stood behind the curtain leading to the backyard, looking at Yue'er's happy appearance when she ate candied fruit, and remembered what Wuxian had just said to her when she stood beside her.

"Yue'er's illness is very special, it is difficult to find it in medical books, if there is no effective treatment for her, once the condition worsens, I am afraid that it will ...... Time is running out. ”

"Then, Yue'er, is she still saved?"

Wuxian pondered for a long time and sighed, "If my father is still alive, there must be a way to cure her illness." It's a pity that my medical skills are still shallow, so I can only prolong her life for half a year, and I have to see if I can find an opportunity in the future. ”

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Changyin Town seemed to be still calm, but the people in the center of Horizhou City were aware of the restless aura under the dark tide.

General's Palace.

Su Xiao paced in the inner courtyard over and over again, full of worries, but he didn't know where to start.

It wasn't until the sun went down and the night began to fall that Murong Jie's brows flattened slightly.

"Look at your expression, still haven't you found it?"

Obviously in her own home, she didn't dare to speak loudly, for fear of alarming some people with ulterior motives who were hiding in the dark and eavesdropping.

The news of the emperor's death will soon come out of the palace, but the crown prince has mysteriously disappeared at this moment, and no one is sure that anyone will associate these two events together.

Murong Jie shook his head silently.

"I have searched carefully in all directions, and there are no clues about the crown prince. The palace attendant revealed that on the night of His Majesty's death, he had seen a man in civilian clothes leave the palace gate. Now that I think about it, it is very likely that it is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. ”

"You mean, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince left the palace alone?"

"The investigation is still ongoing, and the results are unknown. Murong Jie didn't dare to jump to conclusions.

"If it is really the crown prince, why did he leave the palace that night? His Majesty died, shouldn't he be the first to come out to guard the spirit?"

According to Nanxuan's custom, the body of the deceased must stay at home for three days, which is the so-called "suspension", while the immediate family needs to be by the side for three days, which is called "wake".

His Majesty died, and his eldest son, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, was missing, leaving only her only daughter, Princess Piantong, who was qualified to guard the spirit.

"So these three nights, it was Princess Piantong who was keeping a vigil. ”

"Tonight is the third night," Su Xiao sat down by the flower bed with Murong Jie in his arms, "Xiaojie, if you still can't find His Royal Highness the Crown Prince tomorrow, will Your Majesty's burial ceremony be held as scheduled?"

"No, it won't. ”

"Won't the delay in burial affect the preservation of His Majesty's remains?"

"The national teacher has his own arrangements. ”

At the mention of the national teacher, the two fell into silence in unison, I don't know if it was because of relief or fear.

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Changyin Town, Tianxing Medical Center.

Under the cherry blossom trees, the turquoise stone table is piled with all kinds of medicinal herbs, all wrapped in brown paper, revealing only a small opening for people to identify.

"Ephedra, cinnamon branches, nepeta, xanthium ......" Wuxian counted the medicinal materials and repackaged them.

"Hey, where's the cypress incense?"

Tianxing Medical Hall is remote, and every month she needs to buy a batch of native medicinal materials from Dongcheng in Horizhou, during the day she told her partner Xiaofu to go out to buy medicine, and he drove back in the evening, probably because he was in a hurry to remember the medicine wrongly.

"Xiao Fu!" Wu Xian called him out, "No one comes to see the doctor at this time, you take a good look at the medical hall, I'll go out to buy medicine." ”

"Martyr girl, haven't I already bought the medicine back?" Xiao Fu looked at the neatly arranged medicinal materials on the stone table in confusion.

"What I want is an inch of cypress, but what you brought back is rosin, I have to buy it again. ”

Xiao Fu scratched her head embarrassedly twice, followed after Wuxian, and helped her carry the medicinal materials on the stone table to the medicine cabinet in the front hall.

"Innocent girl, I bought the wrong medicine, or let me go again. ”

"No, I'm faster. ”

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Even if she deliberately sped up, when she came back after rushing to Dongcheng to buy an inch of cypress, the night was already very deep.

Just as she was about to ride her horse into Changyin Town, the white horse under her suddenly let out a neigh, and the two hooves in front of her were raised high and stopped moving.

"What's wrong?" Wu Wu immediately jumped off his horse to check on the situation.

As she walked in front of the white horse, a faint smell of blood wafted to the tip of her nose.