Chapter 43

I know, the National Teacher previously calculated that, this young master is the utmost yin person! Gu Rongjin clicked his tongue, impatiently pushed aside the blocking Xiao Nianzi.

Xiao Yunzi: "Young master, don't overlook the virgin boy behind."

"This young master is!" How annoying!

"What right does someone who frequents the Rouge Pavilion every day have to say that!" Hongdou's face flushed as she shouted.

Linglong, beside them, face red, nodded: "Young master, if you really want to help, hurry outside to look; maybe you'll still make it."

Having said that, she wanted to cry again; there's not much time left.

Gu Rongjin rolled his eyes at the sky, driving them away like herding ducks: "Even if I tell you idiots, you won't understand; move out, move out!"

"Young master!" Hongdou tried to stop him, but Xiao Nianzi grabbed her: "Forget it, Hongdou, just let him in; with the young master here, teasing the master will also ease her burden a bit."

"Alright..."

"But is it proper for Master Jin, a man, to come and go freely in the master's bedchamber?"

"That's right, so this young master will immediately go out, climb through the window and sneak in; none of you make a sound." The returning Gu Rongjin smiled as he instructed.

All: ……

The window of Weiyang Palace—Gu Rongjin was already familiar with it, climbing in easily—but he never expected that as soon as he entered this time, he'd capsize!

"Scared to death, Little Zhiyan, you standing there staring at me is really frightening! Aren't you supposed to be resting in bed?" Gu Rongjin patted his chest, seeing that although her face was deathly pale, her spirit was clearly still okay, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Good thing we made it in time!

Mu Yuanzhi, leaning by the window, nodded in her heart: the person who just snatched her prescription certainly wasn't him.

Without a comparison, she couldn't be entirely sure, but now with the genuine article for comparison, the impostor who had pretended to be Gu Rongjin while she was deliriously ill is now obvious.

"Quick, your lifeline—I'm here; how should we bleed, how much?" Gu Rongjin didn't know whether to stretch his neck or his hand, but following the instructions' manner.

Mu Yuanzhi blinked her eyes: "Are you a virgin boy?"

"Mm-hah!" Gu Rongjin nodded firmly: "Genuine through and through."

Indeed, this person's fondness for visiting the Rouge Pavilion is also fake.

What exactly is he hiding?

Why does he present himself as a spoiled young noble?

Mu Yuanzhi smiled: "Young master, what do you really do when you go to the Rouge Pavilion every day?"

"No one would believe it if I said it—just drinking and listening to music." Gu Rongjin said, waving his hand: "Wife, don't busy yourself with inspections now; saving lives is urgent, look how you've wasted away to a shadow."

He achingly touched Mu Yuanzhi's face, which had lost its luster and rosiness, but immediately withdrew his hand when her gaze shifted to it, flustered.

His reflex made him think she was going to hit him.

He's done this before, and she's beaten him for it.

I didn't expect Mu Yuanzhi to just chuckle softly: "Thank you for your concern, Cousin Rongjin; I'm fine now."

"Calling me Cousin Rongjin again." Gu Rongjin's heart blossomed: "As long as you're okay."

Wrong!

"Whose blood did you use? How did you use it?!" Gu Rongjin stepped close to Mu Yuanzhi, his eyes flashing with unwillingness.

His probing gaze seemed to want to examine Mu Yuanzhi from head to toe, inside and out, crystal clear.

"No blood needed; this is just something I made up to deceive Pei Yunxi." Mu Yuanzhi sat down; she had been standing for a while and was getting tired.

The poison had just been dispelled, she hadn't fully recovered yet, and still needed daily medicinal baths to repair her depleted body.

Gu Rongjin also sat down beside her, after a brief thought he understood: "You're afraid she'll secretly sabotage you, so you deliberately added that hardest herb, so she won't pay attention to the others?"

"That's right; she sent people to steal my prescription and wanted to frame you." Mu Yuanzhi didn't mind exposing it, giving Pei Yunxi another enemy.

"How outrageous, that poisonous woman!" Gu Rongjin slammed the table: "She actually dares to sow discord between us husband and wife!"

Mu Yuanzhi's pallid face flushed with color; she kept telling herself not to always react to Gu Rongjin's off‑the‑wall remarks, or else she'd easily be led by the nose by this guy.

"Your face is much rosier now—are you shy?" Gu Rongjin leaned in, unafraid of death.

"Get lost!" Still failed!

Mu Yuanzhi felt vexed, helpless; she'd been sparring with him verbally for years, it's ingrained, can't change quickly.

"Seeing the mistress regain her vigor, I as husband am deeply relieved; I should take my leave, lest the pedantic see us and gossip about a lone man and woman sharing a room."

Gu Rongjin rose, sat again, leaned close to Mu Yuanzhi displeased: "You really have nothing to say to me?"

Mu Yuanzhi looked at him, puzzled: "Say what?"

"Never mind, good night." Gu Rongjin slipped out the window.

Mu Yuanzhi glanced at the sky again.

Daytime good night…

After Gu Rongjin left, Mu Yuanzhi ordered Xiao Nianzi and Xiao Yunzi to prepare the wooden tub and hot water for the medicinal bath, while Hongdou and Linglong readied the herbs.

"Master, has your poison been cured?" Hongdou circled Mu Yuanzhi uncertainly.

"It's gone." Mu Yuanzhi tested the water temperature; it was just right for a medicinal bath.

"So Master Jin really is…… a virgin boy?"

Unbelievable!

"I don't know if it's him, but this last herb was originally just a decoy."

"A decoy? I get it now! It's to fool that woman Pei Yunxi! Master is truly brilliant!" Xiao Nianzi clapped his hands.

He was about to say more when suddenly a hand landed on his shoulder, startling him out of the blue: "Master, Master, why are you staring at me like that?"

"Speak, what benefits did Gu Rongjin give you?" Mu Yuanzhi asked coldly.

The air all around fell eerily still in an instant.

Xiao Yunzi frowned; Hongdou and Linglong, not understanding, looked toward Xiao Nianzi.

Xiao Nianzi lowered his head, his face pale, swallowed hard with difficulty: "I don't understand what you're saying, sir; I have no connection with Master Jin at all……"

"You're still being stubborn—you've sneaked out of Weiyang Palace several times just to crawl through a dog hole to meet Gu Rongjin, and every time you come back from him you're smeared with the incense he loves most."

Xiao Yunzi understood; it's just that the master is clever—apparently they already knew Xiao Nianzi was sneaking out.

Mu Yuanzhi loosened her grip, but Xiao Nianzi suddenly seemed to wake up with a thump and knelt down, saying, "Sorry, master! I have indeed received favors from Young Master Jin, but I have never done anything to disappoint you! Every time I go to see Young Master Jin, I only want him to help! I know you dislike Young Master Jin, so I didn't dare tell you……"

He spoke sincerely, every word genuine, with not a hint of deceit.

The others exchanged glances, and finally they all looked at Mu Yuanzhi.

Mu Yuanzhi gestured for Xiao Yunzi to help him up, but Xiao Nianzi couldn't read the master's intention, dared not look at her face, and didn't dare rise; he pushed away Xiao Yunzi's hand, kowtowed to apologize, and swore to heaven: "If I harbor even the slightest intention to harm the master, may heaven strike me down and earth destroy me!"