The Favored Concubine: The Doting Prince

When Fan Yue got closer, she found that the group of people were carrying several cloth bags. In the dark green velvet bags were dark red flowers with four petals. There were some white lines on the petals. Fan Yue reached out and prepared to take one out to take a closer look.

As soon as Fan Yue made a move, the palace servant who was kneeling closest to her wanted to stand up and stop her. Fan Yue lowered her eyes and glanced at him, and the palace servant froze there, and finally knelt back down. After bringing it closer, Fan Yue lowered her head and sniffed it lightly. The strong smell made her frown and instantly feel a little palpitating and nauseous.

Fan Yue held the flower in her hand and turned to look at Yuxiao, with some doubts in her eyes.

"This is the auspicious flower." Yuxiao said with a smile. The last time they were so close was when they sent Fan Yue to Youran.

"I've heard of the seeds of the Xixiang flower, and they seem very expensive. What about this flower?" Fan Yue recalled the dissatisfied words of the woman on the street at that time.

"Of course, it's also very rare. This peanut is very special. It blooms twice a year and releases seeds twice, but the effects of the first half and the second half are very different. The one that blooms in the first half is called the happy flower, which is a nourishing and strengthening medicine." Yuxiao didn't know why she always wanted to say a few more words.

Fan Yue found it a bit strange to hear this. "I do know a herb that is a cordyceps in winter and a grass in summer. It's also very special." Wang Yueran thought of Cordyceps sinensis.

"This flower is called the auspicious flower in the first half of the year and the evil flower in the second half. However, the shapes of the blooming flowers and the seeds are the same, but the effects are contradictory." Yuxiao continued, looking at Fanyue's profile.

"So what you mean is that the evil flowers in the second half of the year are difficult to distinguish. If you take the wrong one, will it hurt people?" Fan Yue couldn't help but worry.

"Don't worry, Princess Consort. The evil-looking flower is neither beneficial nor harmful to people. It's just..." Yuxiao wanted to say something again, but swallowed it back after thinking about it.

"Moreover, the medicines used by the prince are all cared for and raised by special personnel before being sent to the palace, so there will be no mistakes." Yuxiao added.

Fan Yue nodded, took the flowers and went back to the room thoughtfully. When she returned to the room, Fei Xue was still sleeping. She seemed to smell something and opened her eyes.

"Isn't it strange that His Highness needs someone special to serve him in the palace just to take a bath?" Fan Yue looked at Fei Xue.

"Xixianghua, the old emperor is really willing to spend money," Feixue said, looking at the flowers on the table.

"I don't think this flower is that good. It makes me feel sick just by smelling it. This one flower is enough to make me suffer. When I think about taking a bath with this flower, I worry that the prince will be infected with this smell." Fan Yue deeply doubted that this smell could cure diseases.

Hearing the word "disgusting", Feixue stood up and leaped onto the table and walked around the flowers.

"I've only heard of this flower and know what it looks like. I know that humans use this flower to strengthen their bodies. But this flower is rare. Sometimes people pick a few to make wine or tea, but I've never heard of using it to take a bath." Feixue observed it closely.

"Yuan Yi is different." Hearing this, Fei Xue rolled her eyes and said, "That's because I can't use this thing. If I want to use it, I can get as much as I want. Just like the evil flower has an effect on monsters, this happy flower only works on humans."

"Against the monster?" Fan Yue asked

"This thing is also strange. The Happy Flower is a nourishing holy medicine for humans, while the Evil Flower is a deadly poison for monsters. Although it won't take effect immediately, it will greatly damage the monster's power and cause damage to the body. Slowly, one day, the monster will die from it." The fox explained with disgust on his face.

There actually is such a plant that can heal and kill at the same time. Just as Fan Yue lowered her head to study this unprepossessing flower, Yuan Yi walked in quickly. "I heard Yue'er was looking for me?"

"Well, I opened my eyes and didn't see Your Highness, so I wanted to look for you." As Yuan Yi approached, he noticed the flowers on the table, and his brows furrowed in fright, and he stopped in his tracks.

Fan Yue naturally noticed Yuan Yi’s difference. “Your Highness, don’t you like this flower?” Seeing Yuan Yi come in, the fox wisely ran out.

Yuan Yi sat opposite Fan Yue and thought for a long time. "I don't like it very much." Yuan Yi didn't want to admit his fear and incompetence, and sometimes even felt that he was a little hypocritical. But he didn't want to hide anything from Fan Yue. "I feel like I might as well die when I take this medicinal bath. It's really too painful. It feels like I've been rolled in boiling water. It's obviously a tonic holy medicine, but it makes people feel so uncomfortable. However, these flowers are precious and rare, and I'm still not satisfied with taking a bath with them." Yuan Yi lowered his eyes and explained, his expression looked like he had done something wrong.

"Your Highness doesn't like it. It hurts so much. Let's not soak in it anymore." Fan Yue was heartbroken.

"No, I want to live." Yuan Yi looked at Fan Yue, his eyes full of pleading and desire. That burning look made Fan Yue unable to refute. "It's not as painful as you say, it's okay." Yuan Yi continued to persuade Fan Yue.

Just then Yuxiao came in with a jade bowl filled with some medicine juice. Fanyue clearly felt Yuanyi dodging, but suddenly Yuanyi remembered that Fanyue was still watching him, so he took the bowl and drank it all.

"What is this drink?"

"This is what you said, Her Majesty, that the effect of the Xixianghua seeds is stronger than that of the Xixianghua. Taking it as medicine or using it as a flower for bathing can prolong life and strengthen the body." Yuxiao replied.

Fan Yue wanted to ask something else but she didn't want to embarrass Yuan Yi, so she took a candied fruit from the crystal plate on the corner of the table and handed it to Yuan Yi. Yuan Yi forced a smile.