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As the carriage returned to the mansion and passed through the long street, dusk was already falling on the horizon.

Shen Jingque, clutching a hand warmer, moved closer to Xiao Mingyue: "Why did Mother suddenly come to the Yong'an Marquis's residence today?"

Xiao Mingyue lowered her eyes and straightened the cloak that was askew on her shoulder.

"Chang Geng sent your bodyguard back to the manor to deliver a message that Xiao Jingchen has also gone to the Marquis's residence."

"He mentioned the Wenjin Pavilion incident before, saying that Xiao Jingchen had blocked you under the pretext of buying books, so I took some people over to check it out."

Shen Jingque lifted the curtain and looked around: "The secret guards? Where are they?"

Xiao Mingyue looked at her and found it amusing: "Of course it's hidden in the shadows, you can't find it."

Shen Jingque immediately nodded: "So it was true that you said you'd find someone to protect me last time. I was wondering why I'd never seen anyone."

Xiao Mingyue smiled slightly and reached out to pinch her cheek.

"Did you suffer any injustice today?"

Shen Jingque immediately leaned into her arms, resting her forehead against her arm and acting coquettishly: "I suffered such a great injustice. If Mother had come any later, I would have been forced to confess by those people."

Xiao Mingyue placed her palm on the top of her head and ruffled it: "Next time you encounter trouble, if you can't win an argument, just run away."

Shen Jingque obediently replied, "Daughter will remember."

Sitting opposite, Xiao Changqi watched the two being so intimate and leaned in to rub his face against Xiao Mingyue's sleeve.

"Mother, I have also suffered a great injustice today. Those people in the Marquis's mansion cursed me for being full of money. Please touch me."

Xiao Mingyue extended a finger, tapped his forehead, and pushed him back to his original position.

"How old are you, still arguing with your younger sister?"

Xiao Changqi covered his forehead and sighed, "Sons are like old clothes, but sisters are like new cotton-padded jackets."

Shen Jingque peeked out from Xiao Mingyue's arms, grinning mischievously, "Second brother, face reality."

Xiao Changqi tapped the carriage wall with his fan: "I will go to the accounting office tomorrow and take back all the silver notes with pearl ornaments that I prepared for you."

Shen Jingque immediately grabbed Xiao Mingyue's arm: "Mother, my second brother is threatening me."

Xiao Mingyue glanced at him.

Xiao Changqi immediately changed his tune: "Okay, okay, I was just talking in my sleep. Take whatever you like, little sister."

Shen Jingque nodded in satisfaction: "That's more like a family."

Laughter filled the carriage for a while.

When the carriage stopped in front of the Princess's residence, Uncle Xu had already come down the stone steps to greet him.

The old man is usually very steady and reliable; even if the sky were to fall, he would remain as calm as Mount Tai.

"Your Highness, Second Young Master! Young Miss!"

His expression was grave, and he was barely breathing.

"The eldest young master has important business at Shadow Bamboo Garden; you must go there immediately."

Shen Jingque paused in her steps.

Yingzhu Garden?

The three of them looked at each other.

Xiao Changgeng was usually very calm and never showed his true colors in ordinary matters. His sudden urgency suggested that something serious had happened.

Xiao Mingyue frowned slightly.

"What happened?"

Uncle Xu shook his head.

"This old servant doesn't know either. His Highness wasn't there, and Young Master Shen had already gone over there."

Shen Jingque's heart skipped a beat, and an outrageous thought flashed through her mind.

No way...

Could it be that her black coal-shaped pill really brought her back to life?!

Shen Jingque's heart was pounding.

She lifted her skirt, turned around, and ran into the mansion.

Today, Xihua was wearing a dress with many layers, which made her look like she was dragging a moving curtain when she ran, so she had a lot of trouble running.

Xiao Mingyue and Xiao Changqi also looked serious and followed closely behind.

As you walk through the corridors and bamboo groves, the closer you get to Shadow Bamboo Garden, the stronger the familiar medicinal fragrance becomes.

Shen Jingque's mind raced with a thousand thoughts.

Back then, she saw that the antidote pill was only at the initial stage, and Ji Qianshang had been trying to cure him for so long without success, so she was just trying anything as a last resort.

But now it seems that the pills produced in this Shennong space are more effective than she expected.

The usually quiet and elegant courtyard was brightly lit at this moment.

The swaying bamboo shadows revealed an unusual restlessness.

Shen Jingque pushed open the door, and the scene in the garden suddenly came into view, causing her to pause in her steps.

Shen Yan and Ji Qianshang stood in the courtyard, both with joy on their faces.

The tall figure standing in the middle, surrounded by them, was...

Xiao Changgeng.

He was actually standing.

Her dark blue robe hung down, the wind blowing the hem and revealing her straight legs.

He gripped the edge of the stone table with both hands, his shoulders and back tense, as if he was trying his best to maintain his balance.

Shen Jingque's breath caught in her throat for a moment.

Holy crap.

Basic antidote pills...

That's incredible!

Before Shen Jingque could even finish being shocked...

Xiao Changgeng, who was standing by the stone table, suddenly swayed and his knees bent abruptly.

Then, as if his bones had been removed, he tilted to the side.

"Big brother!"

Shen Jingque lunged forward reflexively.

Because of her small stature, she bumped right into Xiao Changgeng's leaning arms.

The little girl had thin shoulders, yet she held on tightly to prevent his sliding body from collapsing.

Xuan Qihun flew away.

"Young Master!"

Before they could even rush over...

Xiao Changgeng had already subconsciously reached out and placed his hand on Shen Jingque's shoulder.

His large palms held her firmly, and the two of them managed to stand still.

Shen Jingque looked up.

She ran so fast that her cheeks were flushed and her bangs were disheveled.

But his eyes were surprisingly bright.

"Big brother!"

"Your legs... you can really stand up?!"

Xiao Changgeng let out a low breath.

At this moment, half of his body was leaning on the little girl's shoulder. He slowly shifted his weight and gently sat back in his wheelchair.

Then he reached out a hand and stroked her frizzy hair.

"Not fully recovered yet."

His voice was still deep and cool, but it had a touch more genuine warmth than before.

"But the numbness and tingling in my legs... have lessened by more than half."

Xiao Changqi walked over slowly and blankly, squatted down on the ground, his voice trembling with excitement.

"Big brother...did you really stand up by yourself just now?"

Just as Xiao Changgeng was about to answer, he felt a pinch on his left leg.

Looking to the side, he saw the little girl pinching and touching his thigh with two fingers.

"Do you...feel anything like that?"

He suddenly chuckled.

Doesn't this brat have any sense of gender segregation?

Can you touch a man's legs as you please?

Even if he is the older brother...

But she nodded anyway: "Mm."

Ji Qianshang, who had been eerily quiet on the side, suddenly took off from the spot.

"Amazing...absolutely incredible skill!!!"

He yelled so loudly he almost startled the sparrows in the tree, and rushed over to grab Shen Jingque's shoulder.

"Girl!"

"What exactly was the formula for the pills you gave the eldest young master yesterday?!"

"What is the main ingredient?! What processing method was used?! What was the cooking temperature?! What is the guiding ingredient?!"

Shen Jingque: "..."

It’s over.

An academic madman has appeared online.

She instinctively took a half step back.

"Big, it's probably..."

"I just randomly rubbed it in?"

Ji Qianshang's eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

"Nonsense!"

"How could a medicine capable of rapidly breaking down the residual poison of the Bone-Corroding Powder be made haphazardly?!"

"Write it to me quickly! Quickly, quickly!"

Shen Jingque felt a chill run down her spine.

Ji Qianshang is quite frightening when he goes berserk.

She could write the prescription, as the herbs in the detoxification pill formula were not rare.

But the most useful items are the specialties of Shennong Space.

Using the spring water as a guide, the spring grass eliminates the toxicity of medicines and amplifies their effects.

Rubbing common herbs according to a prescription may not necessarily be as effective.

She would never expose her secrets, but fortunately, she was just a twelve-year-old girl at the moment.

She has the right to refuse.

The next moment, Shen Jingque immediately put on her dramatic act and let out an incredibly long yawn.

"oops……"

"Master Ji, actually, there is one of the main ingredients in that prescription that I found by chance in the courtyard."

"The leaves are like stars, and the roots are purple. I haven't seen a second one since I picked it."

"Even if you asked me to write it now, I couldn't."

She spoke as she backed away.

Then she fell into Shen Yan's arms with a thud, rubbing her eyes and snuggling into her father's embrace.

"father--"

"I'm so sleepy—"

"I'm exhausted from the flower appreciation event; I can barely keep my eyes open now."

Shen Yan: "..."

He couldn't tell that his daughter was just trying to fool him, but lately she had always been sensible and wouldn't act recklessly.

Perhaps they are truly tired at this moment, or perhaps they have some unresolved difficulties.

If her own father doesn't help her, who will?

So he sighed helplessly yet indulgently.

"Young Master Ji, Que'er is still young and has a lively and impetuous nature."

"It was probably by chance that she obtained this prescription by accident."

"She's had a long day, let's not let her rest now, we can try to recall the prescription tomorrow."

Ji Qianshang was so anxious that he stomped his feet.

"What do you mean by accident?! This is clearly a medical prodigy!"

"The sooner she gave me the prescription, the sooner I could develop the antidote and remove the remaining poison from the eldest son."

Upon hearing this, Shen Jingque's eyes darted around.

It seems like it would be okay to not write a prescription and let him figure it out on his own?

So he immediately took out the last two basic antidote pills from his pouch and stuffed them into Ji Qianshang's hand.

"Here you go!"

"You can have the remaining two!"

"Take your time to study it!"

"I'm so sleepy, I'm going to die from exhaustion if I don't go to sleep soon!"

After saying that, she immediately collapsed into Shen Yan's arms, closed her eyes, and began to snore.

Ji Qianshang's eyes lit up when he got the pills. Ignoring the little girl's feigned sleep, he turned and ran towards the pharmacy.

Shen Yan nodded to Xiao Mingyue and carried Shen Jingque out of Yingzhu Garden.

Only the three people from the Princess's residence remained, looking at each other in bewilderment.

After a long while, Xiao Mingyue finally laughed out of relief.

"Never mind, she'll talk when she's ready. The little girl won't hurt you."

At this moment, Shen Jingque, who was lying in her father's arms pretending to be asleep, suddenly heard a familiar notification sound in her mind.

[Ding—Key plot developments are about to begin]

[A Shocking Turn of Events at the Night Banquet: During a palace banquet, the host will face danger alongside Xiao Jingchen, the chosen one, leading to a deeper emotional bond.]

Shen Jingque's snoring suddenly stopped.

Dad, brother.

She doesn't even know Xiao Jingchen well, okay? Forget about "sublimation"!

And this ridiculous plot twist, when will it ever end?!