Isn’t it good for the five of us to be together?

I took the cooked soup and fed it to her one bite at a time.

Song Shiyi drank the medicine without hesitation: "Why is it so bitter?"

Me: "Good medicine tastes bitter and is good for diseases. Princess, please drink it slowly."

Song Shiyi: "I will go out after I finish drinking."

I stopped her: "No, the eldest princess has to lie down for a few days."

Song Shiyi: "I am not that fragile."

"Princess, please lie down. I won't let you out no matter what."

Song Shiyi: "Why are you as stubborn as the Imperial Master?"

I corrected: "I am not as stubborn as the Imperial Master."

Song Shiyi really couldn't get out, so she simply lay down and said nothing. After being tired for so many days, she closed her eyes and fell asleep after a while.

Although the aid arrived, more and more soldiers were falling ill outside, and the antidote formula for the plague had not yet been produced, so the people were naturally panicked.

The rain hasn't stopped, and I don't know when it will get better.

On this day, the doctor suddenly came to me and said that he wanted me to go to the National Preceptor as soon as possible.

Seeing that the matter was urgent, I hurried there.

Seeing Jiang Yuchen lying on the bed with red cheeks, my heart skipped a beat.

The doctor asked me to put on my veil, and I asked, "What's going on?"

The doctor said: "No one could stop the Imperial Preceptor yesterday. I went to the patient's place for a while. When I came back, I started to have a fever and fell unconscious. I saw that I kept calling the girl's name, so I called her here."

The doctor said: "Your Excellency has been ill a few days ago and should not be overworked. I don't want you to listen to anyone else... It's like this."

Seeing Jiang Yuchen lying down, I was really angry and distressed. He actually tried his best and fell down. What should I, a person who knows nothing about, be left behind?

Are you waiting?

Regardless of the objections of others, I insisted on staying and taking care of Jiang Yuchen, but Song Shiyi might have to find someone else.

I don’t know if I am just angry with Jiang Yuchen, thinking that if I really contract the plague, the matter of testing the medicine can naturally be left to me.

"If you had let me test the medicine earlier, you wouldn't have collapsed."

I poked his face, and only then did I dare to be so bold.

Looking at the pile of medicinal materials on the table that I couldn't fully identify, I sighed again and decided to take care of Jiang Yuchen first.

At night I fell asleep leaning against the bed, and was woken up by Jiang Yuchen's voice.

"Anping..."

Me: "..." It turns out that the doctor was not lying to me when he said he kept calling my name.

I leaned closer to hear what he was saying.

He was just murmuring: "Don't...don't go..."

He grabbed my hand and held it tightly.

I comforted him gently and wiped the sweat on his forehead with a hot towel. I didn't know what he was dreaming about that made him so scared.

He usually has a calm face, and he is afraid that he is just suppressing his emotions and digesting them secretly.

He said he wouldn't feel bad when he saw me around, but he drove me away in order to prevent me from trying the medicine.

I don’t know if it’s hard for him, but it’s hard for me anyway.

I hate that he keeps me out of the situation. It certainly does not mean that I am not a trustworthy person for him.

When I woke up again, I was woken up by the sunlight outside. I suspected that I was hallucinating. I actually saw Jiang Yuchen wearing a white coat and making medicine at the table.

I stared at him blankly. The hem of his clothes moved slightly with the movement, and the sick look on his face looked like a crescent moon that was about to disappear.

"woke up?"

Jiang Yuchen saw me.

Only then did I realize that this was not a dream, it was time to wake up. Jiang Yuchen woke up earlier than I did every time he was sick, and he felt uneasy if he went back to sleep.

Jiang Yuchen: "You don't know that I have contracted the plague?"

"I know it myself."

Jiang Yuchen: "Then why are you here?"

I asked back: "Then why is the Imperial Master still making medicine?"

He didn't speak, probably because he was too uncomfortable and didn't have the energy to argue with me.

Seeing his face flushed, I took the thing from his hand and put it aside.

"you……"

I ignored him and just continued to lie back on the bed with him.

I said to him: "Master, I'll tell you the truth. I don't know when the master will fall again. But the patient needs the master, and everyone here needs the master, not me, a ignorant person."

Jiang Yuchen pursed his lips, and he understood what I meant.

If you continue to be stubborn now, no one will get better.

"Master Imperial Master, leave the preparation and testing of the medicine to me. All you need to do is lie down and talk."

Jiang Yuchen: "Why did you do this?"

The questions he asked were strange. Maybe sick people think differently.

I said: "Now the adults need me, and I also need the adults. There is no reason for this."

The rain outside has stopped long ago, and it feels like the weather will be nice in the next few days.

After one day and one night's work with Jiang Yuchen, we still haven't found an antidote to the plague, but it can alleviate the pain, at least not so uncomfortable.

Jiang Yuchen was now able to get out of bed and move around normally. The main task of making medicine was still left to him, but he didn't stop me from trying the medicine anymore.

Fewer people were sick, and our mood gradually became brighter. When Jiang Yuchen prepared the antidote, everyone was happy.

Jiang Yuchen has also relieved himself of his fatigue. His nerves have been tense these past few days. I know that he has never had a good night's sleep. When he fell asleep, he had nightmares again and again, and he woke up all of a sudden.

Yunze brought me a bowl of medicine.

I said, "I'm not infected with the plague, so there's no need to give me something to drink."

Yunze was a little embarrassed: "This is the girl's own antidote."

When he said this, I remembered that there was another kind of poison in my body. To my surprise, I hadn't drank it for several days, but I seemed fine.

Jiang Yuchen seemed to have noticed my doubts and said: "Drinking too much of the antidote will naturally detoxify it. If you don't drink it for a day or two, nothing will happen."

I nodded as if understanding, took the bowl of medicine and drank it. It was bitter, but I drank too much, and I was already used to it: "When will this poison... be cured?"

Jiang Yuchen was silent for a while before saying, "I don't know."

Well, let’s keep drinking.

People outside are preparing for today's dinner, which is very lively.

Jiang Yuchen took me out for a walk to see if the antidote would work for everyone.

Many people were cooking on the spot on the road. Seeing Jiang Yuchen's arrival, they all warmly entertained him with home-cooked food.

Jiang Yuchen took a little of each, and soon both hands were full. In addition, because of his reputation as a national master, many little girls handed him flowers they had picked, which made him look gorgeous. Coupled with Jiang Yuchen's indifferent expression, it seemed a bit inconsistent.

"what are you laughing at?"

I was caught secretly laughing.

"No... I just think that Mr. Imperial Master is lovable, loved by everyone, and the kind that makes flowers bloom when you see him."

Jiang Yuchen used a free hand to pluck a flower from his head and put it on my head.

"Flowers match beauty...I can't speak, but I think you are also very lovable."