Not until Ji Lingxue's back disappeared did the people in Linglangxuan come to their senses. The shopkeeper hurriedly ordered the shop assistants to pack up all the things that Ji Lingxue had just taken a fancy to and send them to Prince Chen's Palace as quickly as possible. This was a big deal, so of course it had to be done to perfection.
The waiter scratched his head with a bitter face, trying hard to recall what Ji Lingxue had touched since she entered the room. It was true that one cannot judge a person by appearance. A girl dressed so simply turned out to be the princess of Prince Chen's Mansion. This time he must remember her, so as not to offend her next time.
Lady A said, "That's actually the princess of Prince Chen's Mansion. Is she the concubine who just got married yesterday? She has a bad temper. She's a newlywed after all, but the clothes she wears are too plain. Didn't the Ji Mansion give her any dowry?"
Madam B said, "The Ji family has not been in decline over the years. Ever since the death of the original wife of the Ji family, the emperor and the empress dowager have deliberately neglected the Ji family. The head of the Ji family, Ji Baichuan, originally had a position in the palace, but was dismissed by the emperor on the grounds that he should retire in retirement."
Mrs. A said, "The Ji family is marrying both of their daughters to the Chen Palace. Isn't it because they want to climb up the Chen Palace tree and hope to get the Chen Palace's protection... Speaking of which, this concubine is pretty, so why is she willing to be a concubine?"
Lady B said, "Prince Chen is a chaste man. He has only one concubine in his palace, and she is a silly one. If she gets married, she will just act arrogantly. Oh, don't talk about this. It's getting late to leave."
The two women changed the subject as they were talking, and quickly bought clothes and left Linglangxuan.
Xiao Yichen, with a face full of red rashes, resisted the urge to scratch his face and leapt to the bamboo forest outside the city. Seeing the man in white leisurely drinking tea outside the bamboo house, he raised his hand and threw the purse at his face, saying angrily, "You'd better prepare the antidote for this poison within a quarter of an hour, otherwise you will have a face full of red rashes like me due to the unbearable itchiness."
The man in white is none other than the genius doctor Bai Mo. He is good friends with Xiao Yichen and is considered his personal doctor. However, Bai Mo prefers quietness and lives in a bamboo forest outside the city. Lin Zizi has set up a formation so that ordinary people cannot find him.
Hearing this, Bai Mo raised his sleeves to cover his face, then flew into the air and avoided it from far away. The purse just missed him and fell alone on the ground.
Bai Mo flicked his sleeves, spun gracefully and landed beside the purse. He glanced at the purse lying on the ground, raised his head and looked at Xiao Yichen, who had a rash on his face and looked funny, with a half-smile, "What woman did you offend to make you suffer like this? Don't you know that you should not offend women and villains?"
Xiao Yichen's face darkened, and adhering to the principle of not airing family disgrace in public, he stiffened his neck and said, "I came here to ask you for the detoxification, not for you to laugh at me." Then he picked up the teacup on the table beside him, poured himself a glass of water, and drank it in one gulp to calm his anger.
Bai Mo bent down to pick up the purse on the ground, patted the dust off it and said, "It's rare to see the invincible and powerful King Chen being humiliated, and you won't let me say a few words?"
Xiao Yichen glared at Bai Mo, but finally gave in. It was because he came here to ask for help to cure his poison. He could laugh if he was laughed at. It was a good piece of meat anyway. He would remember the debt and return it someday.
Bai Mo put away his smile and sniffed the purse seriously. Seeing Bai Mo's serious look, Xiao Yichen's anger subsided a lot. He found a stool and sat down, waiting for Bai Mo's result.
After a moment, Bai Mo said: "Agarwood, Schisandra, Peony, Jasmine... These are all common spices, not poisonous."
(End of this chapter)