Chapter 52

When Liu Wuyi was waiting anxiously outside of the valley for Yan Ke to give back his son, everything went smoothly as Yan Lingxiao had planned and after diagnosing Prince Mu’s illness, he and Lianshan were sent to the guest room to rest.

Lingxiao didn’t care what Prince Mu had been poisoned with at all. He wasn’t here to save anyone, not to mention that this person was Nangong Du, who had taken his fiancée! He already showed mercy not having spread poison to hasten the villain’s death. If his body couldn’t be detoxified within a day, Nangong Du was sure to have a toxic attack and die, so Lingxiao was confident that people of the mansion dared not send him away. Now that the ball was in his court, even the emperor and the empress dowager had no choice!

If Prince Mu died as a result of delayed treatment, the consequences could be serious. As no one could prove that Lingxiao’s diagnosis was wrong, people dared not accuse him of alarmist, and now he was lying on a couch under a willow by the lake and enjoying the breeze in a good mood.

Standing beside him, Lianshan was jabbing at the trunk of the willow, saying that it would help him remember the human body’s acupuncture points.

After practicing for a while, Lianshan was so tired that he sat down to rest, throwing a piece of candy into his mouth. A moment later, something important suddenly popped into his mind. “Young Master, have you noticed that there was something wrong with the princess?” swallowing the candy up in haste, he asked in a low voice.

“What makes you think this way?” Lingxiao asked, opening an eye drowsily.

“She smelled like ‘Liuyun’!”

“It’s not just that it smells like ‘Liuyun’, it’s the fragrance of ‘Liuyun’!” With that, Lingxiao suddenly rose from the couch with his eyes sparkling as he looked at the glittering lake.

“Huh?” Lianshan was caught dumbfounded.

With a mysterious smile on his face, Lingxiao lowered his head and took out the white jade bracelet he had brought in the morning from his pocket. Observing it carefully in the sun, he seemed drunk with pleasure. “Lianshan, the princess is more beautiful than the white jade! Don’t you think so?” he stared at the bracelet in a daze.

Hearing him associate the white jade with the princess, Lianshan suddenly figured out what was on his mind. “Young Master, are you thinking that the princess is your childhood sweetheart?” he asked in astonishment.

Turning a deaf ear to his question, Lingxiao still looked at the bracelet affectionately, as if it were his fiancée whom he had been separated from for thirteen years. “Xiuxiu is still as pretty as before! It’s no wonder that dad and mom insisted on our engagement! Hahaha…”

Thinking of this, he suddenly burst into laughter, which made Lianshan’s hair stand on end. “Seems my young master is crazy about that princess! Heavens! Something big is going to happen! Given his stubbornness, he’ll definitely manage to take the princess away. Then we’ll have to hide in the Valley of Fallen Blossoms for the rest of our lives and my dream of tasting all the delicacies in the world will never come true!”

“Young Master, don’t be silly! Come on! Wake up! What’s wrong with you? Young Master! Young Master…”

“Physician Ling, what’s up? Don’t take things too hard! Nothing is more precious than life! Physician Ling! Physician Ling…”

When Lianshan was trying to bring Lingxiao to his senses, he suddenly heard someone else’s voice ringing. Looking up blankly, he found in surprise that the princess, who was considered even more beautiful than white jade, was holding his young master close!

“What are they doing?!” Liangshan was so stunned by what he had seen that he felt like a bomb exploding in his head, which made him leave all the delicacies, like the candied haw, the mutton kebab, the glutinous cake, the sweet soup… behind. “Gosh! Since when have the two been hooking up?”

“Physician Ling, don’t be silly! You only live once! No matter what happened, you should cherish your life!” Zixiu had thought that Lingxiao was going to throw himself into the lake when he happened to walk by, so he rushed over and grabbed the one who was about to commit suicide in haste, without noticing that he was holding Physician Ling tightly.

“Xiuxiu…” Lingxiao had never thought that Zixiu would have wrapped him in his arms and he couldn’t help but call his name gently, almost drowning him in his affectionate gaze.

Hearing that, Lianshan got goosebumps all over instantly. “OMG! It’s terrible! Since I began serving him five years ago, I’ve never heard my young master address anyone so intimately! Urgh—” Holding against the willow, he retched with his face twisted.