Chapter 1027

The first condition Cui Wenzi proposed was to obtain the blood of Meng Tian's mount, the sweat-blood horse "Black Wind." Everyone in the world knew that Meng Tian loved his horse as his own life; this horse was his best companion.

Obtaining Black Wind's blood was extremely difficult.

But in order to fulfill Cui Wenzi's condition and have him save Yushu, Yi Xiaochuan could only do as he was told.

Thus, a scene of brothers recognizing each other unfolded.

Because he had previously been mistaken by Meng Tian as his long-lost younger brother, Yi Xiaochuan easily entered Meng Tian's mansion and subsequently obtained the blood of the sweat-blood horse, Black Wind.

Of course, the reason Meng Tian helped him, besides him being his younger brother, was that this concerned Yushu's life and death.

Meng Tian was also deeply enamored with Yushu.

After the first condition was fulfilled, it was time for the second.

If the previous one was somewhat difficult, "470," it could still be accomplished by appealing to reason and emotion. However, the second condition placed Yi Xiaochuan in a dangerous situation.

Cui Wenzi asked Yi Xiaochuan to steal the deep-sea night-luminescent pearl treasured in the inner treasury.

Upon hearing this condition, Yi Xiaochuan felt that Cui Wenzi was being unreasonable and making things difficult for him.

But the situation was stronger than the person; to save Yushu, the only person he could rely on was Cui Wenzi. Ultimately, he went to do it.

To steal the night-luminescent pearl, he racked his brains, even coming up with the idea of catching fireflies, making a box to hold the pearl, placing the fireflies in the interlayer of the box, and putting ordinary pearls on top to pass them off as the night-luminescent pearl, thereby stealing the real one.

As Yi Xiaochuan fulfilled the two conditions, Cui Wenzi naturally could not refuse anymore, so he had to step forward to help Yi Xiaochuan.

Of course, before this, he proposed a third condition.

That was, when they reached the palace, Yi Xiaochuan would go to treat Yushu alone, while he would guard outside.

As for the reason, it was because Cui Wenzi was afraid of death.

Although he could cure the plague, he was afraid that he might accidentally get infected and then lose his life.

After all, it had been rumored earlier that many physicians had died from infection.

Yi Xiaochuan naturally agreed to this third condition.

Soon, Yi Xiaochuan went to take up the imperial edict.

After the edict was issued, basically no one dared to take it. After all, this was the plague; although one could receive the Emperor's reward after curing it, the greater possibility was that one would die from the plague first.

To receive a heavy reward, one must have the life to enjoy it!

Because he was the only physician who took up the edict, Yi Xiaochuan and Cui Wenzi were soon brought into the palace.

After stepping into the palace, Yi Xiaochuan looked at the Qin Dynasty palace and found it very novel.

If it were when he had just traveled through time, he would probably have appreciated it thoroughly, as this was the legendary palace, but right now, his heart and mind were only on Yushu, and he was in no mood to pay attention to these things.

Led by the guards, they headed toward the sleeping palace where Yushu lived.

On the way, Cui Wenzi observed everything around him and let out a strange exclamation, "Strange!"

"What's strange?" Yi Xiaochuan heard his friend's words and asked with some curiosity.

Cui Wenzi explained, "Logically speaking, with the plague rampant in the palace, many people should be dying, but as we walked along the way, we didn't see the guards taking any epidemic prevention measures, and this palace doesn't look like it's being ravaged by a plague at all."

Yi Xiaochuan's brows lifted slightly, and he said in a deep voice, "But the imperial edict has been posted, it's impossible that His Majesty the Emperor is lying to us!"

Cui Wenzi was stunned for a moment and said, "That's true. It must be that some measures have been taken in the palace so that we don't see the scene of the plague running rampant."

Soon, the two arrived in front of Yushu's sleeping palace.

Upon arriving here, they finally saw some epidemic prevention measures.

The so-called epidemic prevention measures were that the entrance to Yushu's palace was covered in lime.

At the same time, many guards standing outside had cloth wrapped over their mouths and noses.

"Is Yushu inside?"

Yi Xiaochuan looked at the palace in front and whispered to himself.

His longing for Yushu and his worry for her filled his heart in an instant.

He walked all the way to the entrance of Yushu's palace.

Cui Wenzi then said to Yi Xiaochuan, "From here on, it's up to you. I hope you can come out alive."

Yi Xiaochuan nodded.

According to the agreement, Cui Wenzi would not follow him inside; he would be the only one going in to treat Yushu.

Borrowing a piece of cloth from a guard nearby, Yi Xiaochuan covered his face and then stepped into the palace.

After entering the sleeping palace, it was extremely spacious inside.

In Yi Xiaochuan's original expectation, it would be filled with palace maids and eunuchs infected with the plague. As it turned out, it was beyond his expectation; it was empty, with no one there.

No, when Yi Xiaochuan walked to the deepest part of the sleeping palace, pushed open the door, entered Yushu's room, and saw the figure lying on the sickbed, he was stunned.

This person was Yushu.

At this moment, Yushu's face was haggard, she had lost all her radiance, and her weak eyes were slightly closed.

It was hard to imagine that the once beautiful-as-a-fairy Yushu had become so frail.

Yi Xiaochuan forgot himself, pulled off his mask, knelt before her bed, and called out, "Yushu, Yushu! It's me, Xiaochuan!"

Yushu, in a state of chaos, suddenly heard the two words "Xiaochuan," so she tried her best to open her eyes and saw Yi Xiaochuan's appearance in a blur.

The corners of her mouth moved, and a faint smile slipped out, "Xiaochuan? Am I in a dream now, or in heaven?"

Yi Xiaochuan said excitedly, "Yushu, you are not dreaming, and you are not dead. It really is me, Xiaochuan! Touch me!"

The two, reunited after a long separation, then began to reminisce, pouring out their longing for each other.

They did not notice.

Outside the room, at some point, two more figures had appeared.

One was Su Xuan, and the other figure was Lu Su.

44 Earlier, Su Xuan had cured everyone who had the plague, except for Yushu, which made her very curious. Today, Su Xuan brought her to Yushu's sleeping palace, and she thought Su Xuan was here to treat Imperial Concubine Yushu.

As it turned out, Su Xuan said he was bringing her to watch a good show.

She did not understand his meaning at first, until she saw a familiar figure walk into Yushu's room in secret. She had been impatient to rush up and recognize the other party, to tell him that she was Susu and that she had not died.

But Su Xuan stopped her and told her to keep watching.

Thus, she could only force herself to endure her longing for Yi Xiaochuan and continue watching.