Of course, just almost.

He couldn't tell what was wrong, but he just felt that everything was wrong. He was just like Xu Chengjin said, after all, he had just woken up, and his mind was still a little unclear, so he just glanced at the sky, and saw that it was still early, and the little girl should still be asleep, so he was not in a hurry to see her, just nodded and said, "I know. Later, you can ask Lin Mu to deliver a message to the palace, saying that I woke up, but my injuries were too serious and it was not suitable for me to get up, so I couldn't go to the palace to see the emperor in person."

Those topics that made people feel guilty came to an end. Master Xu finally remembered that the patient in front of him was still poisoned and seriously injured. He gathered his sleeves and felt his pulse with a frown. He was somewhat disapproving of him dragging his body to deal with those evil spirits in Shengjing. He suggested, "Why not take care of him? Keep the news secret for two days first?"

"No need. When I really recover, they will be timid again. It's really meaningless." The patient, whose poison had not yet been cleared and whose injuries had not yet healed, smiled in a way that did not look like a patient who had just returned from the gates of hell.

Mr. Xu curled the corner of his mouth and said, "Oh, you're worrying too much. Apart from his health, I shouldn't worry about anything else for him."

……

In the early morning, after the hustle and bustle of the night had faded away, Zuihuanlou was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Hong Lan was already used to getting up early, and the maidservant who served her was sent downstairs. When she was on the third floor, no one would serve her. She put on her clothes and stood up. Passing by the dressing table, she picked up a wooden hairpin and tied up her long hair. She walked to the window and opened it. She squinted her eyes and breathed in the slightly cool air of the early winter morning. She stared at the steaming breakfast shop at the street corner downstairs. After a while, she turned around, opened the door, went downstairs to find the maidservant to buy buns across the street.

She suddenly wanted to taste it.

While waiting for the buns, the young man dressed as a eunuch walked up quickly with his head lowered and said in a low voice, "The one from Marquis Kejing's mansion has woken up." After saying that, he took a half step back and waited with his head lowered.

Hong Lan glanced at the other person and waved her hand, "Got it, go down."

The young man bowed and retreated.

That young man was his. In the early years, he called her "Miss Hong". Now, he followed the people in the building and called her "Mother Hong". Maybe she was no longer suitable to be called "Miss Hong" at her age... The steamed buns had not arrived yet, but Hong Lan suddenly lost her appetite and turned back to her room on the third floor. She sat quietly in front of the dressing mirror, tilting her head slightly to look at herself in the mirror. She was a woman in gorgeous clothes, looking old and charming, but with a wooden hairpin in her hair, she seemed out of place.

I have been running Zuihuanlou for many years, and I have become a woman with some reputation in Shengjing City. Everyone calls me "Hong Mama" when they see me, which makes my life worthwhile. However, after all these years, I almost forgot my age and origins. Even the face in the mirror looks a little strange. Only this wooden hairpin has become more round and smooth after wearing it for many years. But every time I take it off in the mirror in the dead of night, my heart aches. The emptiness at that moment is like something is being gently cut out of my life...

She cut them out over and over again with her own hands, but those things would always grow wildly in her life again, tightly squeezing her heart, just like this wooden hairpin that she had thrown away countless times and picked up again with her own hands.

Hong Lan looked at herself in the bronze mirror for a while, then raised her hand and gently stroked the wooden hairpin, her eyebrows curved, full of charm, and she called softly, "Sanlang..."

She stole this wooden hairpin from him.

She had seen him holding the box and not wanting to eat or drink, so she got him drunk and tricked him into opening the box... She thought there must be a priceless treasure locked in the box, and she was just curious. Who would have thought that the priceless ebony box contained a crudely carved hairpin... That night, she took the hairpin away, and soon, there was a "Hong Mama" in Shengjing City.

She fell in love with a man who was destined to never respond to her, and that man was also destined not to respond to her. So, in a sense, they were in the same boat, weren't they? Hong Lan stroked the wooden hairpin in her hair and smiled softly. After a while, she walked to the door and told the young man who was guarding outside, "The news about Luo Fengxuan has been kept secret for the past few days. Even the imperial physician can't get in. There must be something wrong. Now that he's awake, it's a good thing... Let Tong Mingru keep an eye on the Imperial Hospital."

The young man responded in a low voice, and then asked, "Then...what about the Second Prince?"

Hong Lan pondered for a moment, then suddenly sneered, "Since he wants to protect that woman Jin Su, let him protect her well! Don't worry about him for now, just have someone keep an eye on her. If they see that damn girl Jin Su, follow her and take her away when no one is around!"

“Yes.” The young man stepped back quickly, and when he went downstairs, he passed by a maid who had just returned from buying buns. The maid glanced at him and frowned slightly. It seemed that she had never seen this young elf before… But she quickly put this thought behind her. When she looked up and saw Hong Lan standing at the stairs, she just raised her head and said, “Sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time. There are quite a lot of people buying breakfast, and they have been queuing for a long time. Come down and have breakfast!”

Hong Lan glanced at the steaming bun in the other person's hand and said, "No need, eat it yourself." After that, she waved her hand listlessly and went upstairs.

……

Ever since she saw the low-key veiled woman at the door of Qin Yongpei's study that night, Tong Wanzhen became more cautious, but she never saw the girl again. Instead, a nanny around Qin Yongpei was missing. She mentioned it casually, and Qin Yongpei also thought about it casually before remembering it, and said that she had gone home to visit her relatives.

Tong Wanzhen didn't believe it, but the servants in her yard were all Qin Yongpei's spies. They were followed by someone when they went in and out on weekdays. Any movement would be heard by Qin Yongpei in a moment. Naturally, she didn't dare to act rashly, so she had to go to the street frequently with the excuse of buying rouge yesterday, buying black ink today, and buying a certain color of embroidery thread tomorrow. Just when the servants began to show their impatience, God rewarded those who worked hard, and finally let Tong Wanzhen see the nanny wearing a headscarf and carrying a basket on the street, walking quickly with her head down...

Visiting her parents? I'm afraid she has a mistress hidden in her golden house, so she specially sent her trusted maid to take care of her!

Tong Wanzhen used the excuse that she had a stomachache and had to go to the toilet. She threw the snacks she had bought after shopping for half a day into the servant's arms, picked up her skirt and went to "find a toilet". After turning around, she disappeared in an instant, leaving her standing in the wind, at a loss...

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