Ugly Princess: The Second Marry of the Bloodthirsty Eighth Prince

Chapter 241

Two days after Gongsun Xiaomei left, Xueyi was also very anxious when she learned of Shangguan Chonglian's accident, but Xueyi knew that this was not the time for her to act on her own will. There is the bigger picture.

With Xiao Li'er and Yan Shisan looking for it, she could only suppress her inner worries and pray that they could find Shangguan Chonglian. Shangguan Fenglan has already summoned various imperial physicians in the capital, and together with Xueyi's method, he will treat the plague-stricken people. common people.And gather the children suffering from the plague in the east city in a temporary greenhouse.

Xue Yi wondered in his heart, when did he think of this?
"You have such a plan?"

Shangguan Fenglan replied: "Fool, do you think I will let you face thousands of people alone? I summoned the imperial physician, and you discuss the treatment method with them. It will only help you more." , once these children are cured, and the prescriptions and treatment methods are proven to be effective, then the doctors in other places in the imperial capital will know about your good prescriptions, and only in this way can we truly help the people suffering from the plague everywhere.”

"So you did everything for me early in the morning." Although Xue Yi had already understood Shangguan Fenglan's thoughtfulness, she never thought that he would make such a proper arrangement, and included her safety in the plan .

"But... if I can't do it, once I can't do it, then all you have done will be in vain." She even suspected that she didn't even have the courage to face those imperial doctors.

"I said, I will always be there, you just need to do your best." Shangguan Fenglan said this, not just to comfort and encourage him, but because he had indeed seen Xueyi's ability from Shu'er. It was because she had put too much pressure on herself, so that Shu'er's death was not just a death for her, but her own failure, but she didn't know that she had never had the responsibility and obligation to save Dong. Ling people, she just couldn't ignore that thousands of people found the only glimmer of hope in her in this desperate moment, she just couldn't bear it
Shangguan Fenglan knew Xue Yi very well.

So he knew that if Xue Yi did not get out of this shadow, she would not be able to get out of this matter in her life. Although he was not very sure, he wanted her to know that escaping was not the solution to the problem. The death of her son will be her lifelong debt.

So no matter whether Xue Yi can cure the plague, once she stands up again, then she will have a day of relief.

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Dongcheng, a small town somewhere.

"Is anyone there? Is anyone there!" This is already the third house. In the middle of the night, the empty and silent town seemed to be lost in the boundless darkness. The moonlight was covered by dark clouds, and the cold wind swept the dust at the door. bluestone steps.

The door was closed tightly.

I don't know if there are people or no one inside. Even if there are people, I'm afraid no one will open the door at this time.

Gongsun Xiaomei kept patting, "Excuse me, is the doctor there? Please open the door! Is anyone there!"

A dog barking was faintly heard on the street. Younger Sister Gongsun descended the steps disappointedly, and glanced at the outline of the roof tiles stretching in the dark night. There were almost no lights, and the chill of the night invaded her thin clothes. The horse trembled, and his limbs were cold with cold.

Sitting on the steps for a while, he suddenly stood up again.No, Brother Lian is still waiting for her, she can't just give up like this.We must rush back as soon as possible.Thinking of this, she led the horse forward, searched around a few times, and stopped in front of another pharmacy.

Just as he reached out to knock on the door, he drew his fist back before it dropped.

"No, it won't help. The people inside probably won't open the door. We have to think of a way." Gongsun Xiaomei looked up at the lintel and thought for a long time, only to hear a watchman coming over from a distance. , she subconsciously flashed, led the horse and hid in the corner.

"It's dry, be careful with candles"

The gong and glass rang four times along the way, and the fourth watch was over.

Watching the uncle at the shift go away, a strange light glides from the bottom of her eyes, "Yes." Younger sister Gongsun hurriedly searched for some waste firewood, piled the waste firewood at the door of the medicine shop, took out the firewood and put Some wet waste wood was lit, and thick smoke billowed in from the crack in the door.

"It's not good! It's on fire! Open the door! Open the door quickly! Your house is on fire!" She thumped on the door panel hard, and the door rattled and shook, and a thin layer of ash fell from the top of her head. The burnt smell rushed into the pharmacy, but after a while, Gongsun Xiaomei lay on the door panel, and heard a burst of footsteps inside, and two other families around opened the door, and someone rushed over: " Oh, great, but there's a fire somewhere!"

'Boom! '

The door of the pharmacy opened, and an old doctor who was over half a century old came out, wearing underwear and a coat, holding a dilapidated lantern, "Oh! This, who is setting fire to the old man's door, it's really abominable! "The old doctor was angry and anxious, and the woman inside also rushed out wearing outer clothes, "Old man, be careful! Don't let the fire hurt you!"

Younger sister Gongsun was overjoyed, she had already put out the prepared rattan to put out the fire, the fire was still some distance away from the door, it was not that big, and it was extinguished after a few neighbors rushed over.

"Doctor! Doctor! I'm really sorry, I started the fire, I just—"

"What!" A group of people stared at her in surprise, and the old man shouted: "You, you little girl, you are all right, but why did you come to set fire to my house? Go away, otherwise don't blame the old man for being rude and will You are taken to the government, the old man sees that you are young and ignorant, let you go once, get out!"

"Yes, yes, if this fire catches up, what a disaster it will be if it burns down our house!" Neighbors who came out said one after another.

"In the middle of the night, a crazy girl who doesn't know where, disturbs people's lives!"

"Hey, now that the capital is in such a mess, it's better to close the door tightly. Let's go and go home quickly." The neighbors began to disperse.

The doctor's old woman came up and said, "Girl, let's go, it is kind of us not to send you to the government, and we can't do such a thing again next time." After speaking, she sighed, "Oh, it's probably a family member again. If you die from the plague, you are all crazy."

"Wait, I'm not crazy. It's my fault that I set the fire, but I really can't help it. Please let me in. I just need to grab some medicinal materials and leave immediately! Please!" Gongsun Xiaomei begged, The two old people didn't listen to what she said, and pushed her outside.

Younger Sister Gongsun was in a hurry, and knelt heavily on the ground, with a crisp sound, her knees were probably torn.

"Hey, you, what's wrong with you girl, get up, our old bones can't bear it." The two elders were startled, neither holding nor pushing.

Younger Sister Gongsun tugged at the hem of their clothes, crying and pleading: "Please, I... my elder brother is seriously ill. I need to grab some medicinal materials and rush back to save him. You are doctors, and doctors hang the pot to help the world. I beg you to let me in." , I will leave immediately after taking the medicine!"

The two elders looked at each other.

"I have money, I have bracelets and jewelry, I give them all!" Seeing their hesitation, Gongsun Xiaomei quickly took out a jade bracelet and a pair of gold earrings from her bosom, pulled out a silver hairpin from her head, and even her close-fitting ancestral hairpin. The jade pendants were also handed over to them: "I, I was in a hurry to go out, and I didn't bring any silver. These are for self-defense, and this jade pendant is my family heirloom. Although it is not worth a lot of money, but... But I That's all."

Her black pupils were full of sincerity and pleading, and her red and swollen eye sockets showed that she had cried very sadly.The two elders saw that although there was a burn mark on her face, her eyes were clear, she didn't look like a crazy girl.

"I beg you, please!" Gongsun Xiaomei kowtowed her head vigorously, and there was a loud bang on the ground.

The old woman came back to her senses first, and quickly stretched out her hand to support her, "Girl, girl, don't do this, get up, get up, alas."

Younger sister Gongsun was very happy, wept with joy, and thanked excitedly: "Thank you, thank you doctor!" With the support of the two elders, she endured the pain in her knees and stood up. She fell down, but fortunately the doctor dragged her away from falling to the ground.

"She's too weak, come on, old woman, first help her into the house and bandage her wound on her leg." The doctor gave her a pulse, first led her horse in, closed the door, and the three of them entered the house.

After a while, the old woman brought a bowl of noodles, "Girl, hurry up and eat."

"This..." Gongsun Xiaomei felt very guilty in her heart, but she was too hungry right now, how could she go back if she didn't have the energy?After thinking about it, she picked up the noodle bowl and ate it with big mouthfuls.After eating, he wiped his mouth with his sleeve, "Thank you, mother-in-law."

But after a while, the old doctor came out of the house, holding a bag of medicinal materials in his hand: "Girl, these are what you want. Except for the symbolic medicine, which I lack, everything else is in stock, just..." The doctor looked at it. The Fang Zi that Gongsun Xiaomei wrote to him frowned and paused hesitantly.

"Old man, why are you dawdling?" the old woman said.

The old doctor walked over, stroking his gray beard: "Girl, did you write this prescription?"

Gongsun Xiaomei was stunned, "Why, what's the matter?"

The old doctor sighed, with a strange light in his eyes, "This old man has been practicing medicine for decades, but he has never seen such a prescription. This prescription is divided into three stickers, and each sticker has a different purpose. The middle sticker It is relatively heavy, it has the effect of catalyzing the disease, it seems dangerous, but if you take it with the other two patches in stages, it will complement each other, but this old man has never seen this kind of treatment." After speaking, he looked at the other side Son, stroked his beard and pondered.

"Girl, what disease does your elder brother have?" the doctor suddenly asked.

Younger Sister Gongsun hesitated for a while, then said in a low voice, "It's just that I got a cold, and my health has been bad, so I'm seriously ill." She smiled, "No. This prescription doesn't seem to cure typhoid fever."

"Where did this prescription come from?" the old doctor asked again.

Little sister Gongsun didn't know what to do, so she thought about it and asked, "Is there a problem with this recipe?"

The old doctor smiled, "That's not true, it's just that this prescription surprised me a bit, but maybe the person who prescribed this prescription is an expert who can help the world, and this old man is ignorant."

After hearing this, little girl Gongsun let go of her trembling heart just now, and felt even more hopeful. Seeing the old doctor's appearance, Xue Yi's prescription and treatment methods should be fine, just like she learned from Shangguan Fenglan. Knowing that Shu'er may have died of poisoning, maybe Xueyi can really cure people suffering from the plague!
In any case, she had no sustenance at this time. Apart from using these medicines, she couldn't think of any other way to save Shangguan Chonglian. What she did was just holding on to a glimmer of hope.

If it is true that Shangguan Chonglian cannot be saved, she has nothing to fear, and she will die with him.

Gongsun Xiaomei replied in a low voice: "I don't know much about medicine. I got this prescription from someone else by accident."

"Since you are asking for medicine today, I don't have to worry about it. You can take these and go." The old doctor handed her the packaged medicine. "It's not yet dawn outside, and the East City is too chaotic now. It's not safe for you to go to a girl's house at night. It's not too late to stay in the humble house until dawn."

Younger Sister Gongsun took the medicine gratefully, "No need, I don't worry about my elder brother, I want to go back as soon as possible."

The old doctor hesitated for a moment, "That's all, you should be more careful."

Gongsun Xiaomei thanked her with a smile, suddenly remembered something, hesitated for a while, the old woman said: "What else is there for you to say?"

Little Miss Gongsun bit her lip, looked at the horse in the yard, and said, "Grandmother, I want to trade my horse for some food with you. I wonder if it's possible?"

The old woman hesitated for a while, "Forget it, for the sake of your loneliness and pity, I will help others to the end today. We two old couples can get by with a single livelihood. We put some food at home. You Take some away, and the horse will not be used, this is not a valuable thing, the bracelets and jade pendants you gave are enough."

Little sister Gongsun was even more grateful and delighted when she heard this.But after a while, the old woman came back with a big bag, "Okay, you are a girl, you have to be very careful, the plague has been raging recently, there are too many refugees on the street, and if you don't pay attention, someone will rob you."

"Hey, I remember what my mother-in-law said." Gongsun Xiaomei thanked repeatedly, and the old woman wrapped the medicine in the bag, and Gongsun Xiaomei tied the bulging bag tightly in front of her body.

After thanking her, she was determined to rush back.

At the same time, on the one hand, Xue Yi was discussing with the imperial physicians day and night on how to cure and prevent the spread of the plague, but she was always worried about Shangguan Chonglian. whereabouts.

The horse galloped for an hour, and the sky gradually revealed a fish-belly light.

On a road, there was a roadblock in front of the road, and Gongsun Xiaomei stopped the horse suddenly.

A smirk came from behind, she was turning over from the horseback, when she turned around, she saw a slovenly man staring at the burden on her body like a torch, her heart froze, she was holding on to the burden in her arms , took a few steps back again and again, "You, what are you going to do?"

"Ugly girl! Leave the burden behind, or don't blame the uncle for being rude!" The man forced to come forward with fierce eyes.

Gongsun Xiaomei was already very scared, "You, don't come here! There is only medicine in this bag, nothing else. My elder brother is waiting for me to go back and save him. Please let me go."

"What are you talking about, just call the burden out!" The man was so impatient, he had already rushed up to snatch it. The younger sister held on tightly to the burden and refused to let go.

"No! I beg you, if I don't have these things, my brother will die, I beg you to let me go!"

"Damn!" The man was very impatient, and slapped him hard, Gongsun Xiaomei fell to the ground with a scream, her brows and eyes frowned in pain, the man knelt down and wanted to pull the burden, Gongsun In a panic, the little girl pressed the burden under her body, holding on to the corner that had been dragged out, refusing to let go.

"No! I beg you, there is no food in here, there really is no food!"

The man probably has never seen such a stubborn woman, his eyes were full of fierceness, "Shh! You want to die!" He cursed angrily, kicked Gongsun Xiaomei's back hard with his feet, and the sweet blood flowed from the corner of his mouth. The sticky overflowed, her eyes were bloodshot, she just felt that the world was dark, and the huge pain on her back and limbs seemed to kick everything out of her stomach before giving up.

"Don't grab my baggage"

The man was so angry that his veins burst out, and he kicked hard, Gongsun Xiaomei screamed, the back of his hand was blurred with blood, and the pain was so painful.The man grinned grimly, seized the opportunity to snatch the bundle, spat again, took the bundle and squatted down in the open space beside him, wanting to rummage anxiously.

The man tore away the burden, scattered medicine bags and food all over the place, and his eyes were shining.

Just as he was about to reach out to take it, he groaned, and fell to the ground in disbelief, with blood gushing from his forehead, and there was a snap before his eyes, and a huge stone fell to the ground, stained with blood.Gongsun Xiaomei was shaking like chaff, her eyes were bloodshot, and there was a persistent and frightening light in her pupils.

Tears were still hanging on her face and trembling, she held the hand that was holding the stone just now, took a deep and deep breath, and then suddenly fell to the ground, quickly repacked the scattered bundles and hugged her tightly in her arms. Dare to look at the man lying on the ground again, with a pale face, staggering towards the horse.

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"Brother Lian! Brother Lian, I'm back!" When we returned to the old house, it was already daylight. Younger Sister Gongsun was sweating, and shouted anxiously from outside the door, but stopped when she reached the door. pace.

She ran to the well and wiped her face, wiped off all the blood, wrapped her bloody hands with a cloth, straightened up, endured the pain all over her body, smiled and hurried into the room .

"Brother Lian! Brother Lian!"

The call stopped abruptly, Gongsun Xiaomei looked at the empty bed, her mind went blank!
The burden rolled on the ground, and she rushed out, "Brother Lian! Where are you, Brother Lian!" No, he couldn't have gone far. Could it be that he was rescued?

No, if someone came to save her, it's impossible for him not to leave some clues for her.

But where would he go?

Gongsun Xiaomei's anxious tears rolled down her face one by one, the strong hopelessness tugged at her heart, she looked at the rising sun around her, why was her heart so cold?Why is the heart so painful?
Brother Lian, are you afraid of hurting me, so you left without saying a word?

Falling to the ground weakly, she beat herself hard, "Why didn't you think of it! Why didn't you come back earlier! Why is it so useless!"

A mournful sob is sent in the wind.

She slowly stopped crying, and suddenly turned her head, staring at the door, a gleam of light flashed in her eyes.

Recalling that when I came back just now, the door was closed!Climbing up from the ground, she almost staggered into the room with a few steps, just in time to see Shangguan Chonglian, who was behind the door and couldn't hide in time, fell to the ground.

She was so surprised that she jumped up and hugged him, "Great! You didn't leave! You're still there!"

Shangguan Chonglian struggled a few times in frustration, then lay down powerlessly.

He didn't want to hurt her, but he didn't have any strength to leave. Seeing her lying on the ground crying in despair, he never felt better.Gongsun Xiaomei helped him back to the bed, and hastily cooked some food for him.

"Brother Lian, eat something."

Shangguan Chonglian was lying on the bed, looking at the roof tiles with vain eyes, opened his mouth to take a bite and spit it out.Gongsun Xiaomei hurriedly wiped off the spitting residue for him, and continued to feed him carefully. She only took a few mouthfuls of a bowl of porridge, and most of them came back.

"You are tired, lie down first, and I will make medicine for you."

Covering him with a quilt, enduring the great grief in her heart, she hurriedly took a pack of medicine and walked out of the room with tears in her eyes. She couldn't hold back the soreness in her heart at this moment, and a big teardrop boiled down.

The man who used to be like a god, now that she has become like this, how can she not feel sad or in pain.

It was never him who burdened her, she was always just his burden.

She understands, always understands, that he won't have her in his heart, even if he treats her well because of guilt, it's just guilt.

If this guilt will harm him.

Then she never wants to.

Maybe the one who should go is not him, but her.

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The 6000-word combined chapter, the cat thanks everyone for your support and encouragement, good night, dear ones.

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