bookcurios Chapter 665: No One Is Right
Chapter 665: No One Is Right
Yan Shu and Jiang Ci chatted for a long time in the study.
"I should go back now. I have to go to the palace to give acupuncture to the old emperor tomorrow morning. I may not be able to take you to the Imperial Examination Hall in time."
Jiang Ci held her waist tightly with his arms and refused to let go.
"Just stay here tonight."
Yan Shu looked at his expectant eyes and shook his head: "No, Xiao Zuo has been having nightmares at night recently. I asked him to sleep with me in my room. If I don't go back, he might not dare to sleep all night."
Jiang Ci's eyes suddenly flashed with displeasure, and his bony fingers unconsciously increased the strength on her slender waist.
"He is a man after all. It is not appropriate for him to sleep in your room."
Yan Shu said with a smile: "Xiao Zuo is just a five-year-old child."
Jiang Ci stubbornly leaned over to her lips and bit them, staring at her deeply to assert his sovereignty.
"I don't care. Only I can sleep in your bed. It doesn't matter if he's three or five years old, as long as he's a boy, it's not allowed."
Yan Shu was helpless: "Don't be so overbearing, I'm a doctor, Xiao Zuo has already had a psychological stress reaction, and needs to receive treatment for a period of time."
Seeing that Jiang Ci still looked unhappy, Yan Shu raised his hand and touched his head in a good-tempered manner: "Are you a grown man and you are jealous of a child?"
Jiang Ci held her in his arms: "I'm jealous whenever a man gets close to you. You belong to me alone."
Yan Shu suddenly realized something.
The white fox Snowball that she kept in the space used to be very close to her, but later she found that whenever Jiang Ci was in the space, Snowball would stay away from her. When she wanted to reach out to hug it, the little guy would look at Jiang Ci with fear in his eyes.
She didn't think much about it at the time, but now she thinks that Jiang Ci must have done something to Snowball when she wasn't noticing, which made Snowball so afraid of him.
Are all yanderes so possessive?
"Knock down!"
The door was knocked in time, which automatically solved the problem of how Yan Shu could comfort the sick girl.
"Master, Master Liu and Master Wen are here, and they said they have an appointment with you tonight."
A hint of displeasure flashed across Jiang Cifeng's eyes. At this moment, he just wanted to monopolize the little fox in his arms and didn't want to go anywhere.
Yan Shu gently persuaded, "Since you have already made an appointment with your friends, just go and do your work. I should go back as well."
After saying this, Yan Shu straightened her dress that was torn by someone, and was about to walk out of the room, but Jiang Ci grabbed her wrist.
"It's getting late. It's not safe for you to go back alone. I'll have someone escort you back."
Yan Shu pondered for a moment and then nodded in agreement.
Jiang Ci pulled Yan Shu out of the study and ordered Ying Qi outside the door to take a few people to escort Yan Shu out of Hongyue Tower. Jiang Ci stood in front of the window on the third floor and watched her get on the carriage and leave before going to meet Liu Yunzhao and Wen Yutang.
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next day
Shortly after dawn, the royal carriage stopped outside the Cui Mansion.
After Yan Shu packed up his medicine box and paid his respects to Mr. Cui, he left Cui's house and got on the carriage to the palace.
When she saw the old emperor again, he seemed to look better than the previous two days. When she arrived, the old emperor was having breakfast being served by a group of palace maids.
"I pay my respects to your majesty."
The old emperor looked at Yan Shu with a smile on his face and asked, "Has Miss Cui had her breakfast?"
“It has already been used.”
"Then sit down and have a cup of tea with me."
"Yes."
Yan Shu carried his medicine box and walked to the dining table in an orderly manner. Yang Zhong personally brought the freshly brewed tea and poured a cup for Yan Shu.
The old emperor looked at her quietly.
"Maybe your acupuncture last time worked. I have slept much better in the past three days. Cui girl, what reward do you want?"
Yan Shu's eyelids twitched. Was the old emperor going to reward her?
"As a doctor, it is my duty to cure illnesses and save lives. Your Majesty, you don't have to reward me with anything. If possible, I can take a walk around the palace when I have time. It will be an eye-opener."
Emperor Hongwu looked at her in surprise and said, "What kind of reward is this? You will have many opportunities to come to the palace in the future, and you can even live in the palace."
"I just want to broaden my horizons and see the majestic scenery of the imperial city with my own eyes, but the palace is heavily guarded and I am afraid of accidentally bumping into the nobles."
The old emperor smiled and said to Yang Zhong beside him, "Go and bring me my piece of Huanglong jade."
"promise!"
Yang Zhong went to the old emperor's inner hall and quickly took out the jade pendant.
The old emperor said to Yan Shu: "With this jade pendant, you can enter and leave the palace as you please. Just think of it as a reward from me."
Yan Shu looked at the jade pendant that Yang Zhong handed to him, and was secretly delighted. As long as he got the old emperor's personal token, it would be much more convenient for him to move around the palace in the future.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The old emperor was in a particularly good mood today. Not long after he had finished his breakfast, the young eunuch outside the door came in to report.
"Your Majesty, the Seventh Prince has arrived."
"Let him in."
After a moment, a clear figure walked in slowly.
"My son, I will meet my father."
"Get up, why did Old Seven come to see me so early?"
Jiang Qiuchi looked in the direction of Yan Shu, who was also secretly observing this man.
Is he the substitute arranged by Jiang Ci?
This face is indeed about 60% similar to Jiang Ci, but the eyes are much clearer, not as gloomy and cold as Jiang Ci.
Jiang Qiuchi immediately withdrew his gaze and said respectfully to the old emperor: "Father, I heard that the Wuji Immortal has developed a golden elixir for you that is extremely effective. One of the ingredients is the blood of a loved one. I am willing to donate my blood to make the medicine for you."
The news of taking heart blood had spread throughout the harem. The old emperor's children were in a panic, fearing that the old emperor would come after them.
Apart from Ye Lanxuan who donated his heart and soul, Jiang Qiuchi was the first one to speak up.
Jiang Ci secretly arranged for Jiang Qiuchi to do this. Jiang Ci was sure that the old emperor would definitely reject Jiang Qiuchi's self-recommendation, but the reputation of the seventh prince's filial piety would inevitably spread afterwards.
The old emperor was silent for a while and then smiled faintly.
"It's enough that you have this intention. Now that you have just arrived at the Ministry of War, you have a lot to learn, which will consume a lot of your energy. For the time being, I don't need you to draw blood."
Jiang Qiuchi secretly breathed a sigh of relief. His master was right. His Majesty really rejected his voluntary blood donation.
"If Father needs blood donation from me in the future, I will do my best to help."
The old emperor stood up and lay on the couch, and ordered Yan Shu to start acupuncture. By the way, he asked about Jiang Qiuchi's daily schoolwork and his position in the Ministry of War. Jiang Qiuchi stood respectfully by the side and answered every question.
Yan Shu focused on giving acupuncture to the old emperor and listened silently to their conversation.
If I hadn't known the old emperor's purpose in advance, I would have been fooled by the scene of loving father and filial son.
"Your Majesty, after the acupuncture today, you can sleep for about an hour. I would like to go out for a walk when I have time. I hope Your Majesty will agree."
The old emperor looked at Yan Shu and said, "I have already given you the Yellow Dragon Jade Pendant. You can go if you want. Yang Zhong, arrange for someone to follow Miss Cui. Be careful that she doesn't get lost."
"promise!"