After the old man left, Shen Qingwan sat in the house to change the medicine for Fu Yuheng.
Shen Qingwan carefully removed the gauze tied around Fu Yuheng's body, then took out the herbs prepared by the old man and slowly applied them to him.
"Once we return to the capital and settle everything, we will come back to thank you for your rescue." She took out new gauze for Fu Yuheng to change, then looked at him with a firm gaze and said.
"Of course." Fu Yuheng nodded, then he breathed a long sigh of relief. Looking back on the experiences of the past few days, he felt that they were particularly long. All this was his fate. Fortunately, he and Shen Qingwan did not separate.
"I had been thinking about bringing my uncle to live in the capital and enjoy a peaceful life there, but he is living in seclusion here and will certainly refuse. He is self-sufficient and won't be interested in our gold and silver. Alas," she said with a sigh.
Shen Qingwan's worried look was particularly endearing. Fu Yuheng couldn't help but smile leisurely, then reached out and stroked her black hair, saying gently: "It's okay, the old man also said that as long as we do more good deeds in the future, it will be considered as a reward for him."
In the evening, the setting sun cast its orange-red light into the cottage through the gaps in the dense woods. The old man also returned from the forest, his figure stretched particularly long by the setting sun.
"Uncle, you're back." Shen Qingwan heard the noise outside the house and immediately went out to take the old man's hoe and straw hat.
"Well, I went to the mountains to find some game for you. If you two want to recover quickly, food supplements are essential." After the old man said this, he smiled and raised the bamboo basket in his hand, which was filled with various fruits and vegetables and medicinal herbs. The results of his busy afternoon were all here.
"Thank you for your hard work. You have toiled so hard for us. It's really a shame for me and my husband." Shen Qingwan was full of gratitude. She helped the old man pull down the bamboo basket, then stepped aside to make way for the door of the hut. "Please go in and have a rest. Let me cook dinner."
"It's nothing." The old man smiled calmly, "Don't look at me because I'm much older than you. I'm still strong." The old man stroked his long beard, "You are still injured, you should rest more. It's up to the host to entertain you."
Fu Yuheng walked out of the house at this time, patted Shen Qingwan's shoulder gently, then turned his gaze to the old man, and said respectfully, "Thank you very much. I will definitely come to thank you again with my wife after my birthday."
Shen Qingwan no longer insisted and went into the house with him.
The next morning, Shen Qingwan and Fu Yuheng got up early, ready to hurry back to the capital. When the old man learned that they were leaving, he did not try to persuade them to stay, but insisted on making breakfast for them, and gave them some dry food for them to eat on the way.
Shen Qingwan and Fu Yuheng left with gratitude, and the old man stood at the door of the cottage and watched them go.
The two walked out of the forest and soon arrived at a small town according to the direction the old man told them.
Shen Qingwan took off a jade hairpin from her head and a gold-thread bracelet from her hand, and handed them to Fu Yuheng. "I don't usually like to wear jewelry, and I only have these two things. Take them, and let's go to the pawn shop to exchange some money to solve this urgent problem first."
"I see that you love these two pieces of jewelry. When we return to the capital, I will send someone to redeem them for you." Fu Yuheng held the jewelry and looked at her seriously.
"It doesn't matter. Objects are dead, but people are alive. As long as you and I are safe, that's all." She raised a smile and comforted Fu Yuheng.
The two found the largest pawnshop in the town, and Fu Yuheng handed over the jewelry. "Boss, how much can you pawn these for?"
The boss came over when he heard the voice, looked at the jewelry, nodded, then looked up at Fu Yuheng and Shen Qingwan's clothes, and had a basic idea in his mind.
"We are a small place and cannot afford to offer too high a price. Seeing that you two are people of extraordinary status, our shop dare not neglect you. However, this is already our highest offer." After saying that, the boss took out an iron box, took out some silver from it, and placed it on the table.
Fu Yuheng looked down and saw that the money was not much, but he had to bow his head under the eaves. Other small pawnshops probably couldn't give him much. Shen Qingwan tugged at his sleeve, and Fu Yuheng understood, nodded, and accepted the silver.
After running around, the two were a little tired, so they found an inn not far from the pawnshop and stayed there. "Waiter, are there any rooms available?"
"Yes, yes," the waiter nodded repeatedly, and then led them in attentively, "Sir, please come in."
After they simply packed up their luggage, they went downstairs to prepare for dinner. Fu Yuheng and Shen Qingwan chose a small corner near the window because they didn't want to attract too much attention.
"What would you like to eat, gentlemen?" The waiter poured them tea and greeted them warmly.
"Just serve a few of your restaurant's signature dishes." Fu Yuheng said after taking a sip of tea.
"Okay!" The waiter responded and quickly turned around to greet the next table.
Shen Qingwan sat against the wall, her sight basically covering the entire store. She noticed that the men at the next table were dressed differently from the common people in the small town, and the dishes on the table were rich in fish and meat, looking very lavish.
Next, the conversation between those people attracted Shen Qingwan's interest even more.
"Have you heard? Things in the capital are not peaceful recently." A man in white put down his chopsticks mysteriously, stared at his two companions and whispered.
The gray-clothed man opposite him was puzzled, "Ah? What's wrong?"
"I heard from my relatives in the capital that the court was in chaos because the emperor and the virtuous concubine fell off a cliff and disappeared."
The man in gray was a little unconvinced and curled his lips, "Is this true? Don't try to scare us."
"My relatives in the capital have acquaintances in the palace, and the news is absolutely reliable!" The man in white said anxiously, fearing that the two men would not believe him.
"Now that the emperor is missing, doesn't such a big country have to be ownerless?" He frowned.
"That's right. I heard that some people are ready to make a move." The man in white said with a meaningful smile.
Shen Qingwan was shocked after listening to their conversation. She looked up and found that Fu Yuheng also looked solemn. They had never thought that there would be such a big mess in the capital, and they wanted to rush back urgently.
But they are still a long way from the capital, and now they don’t have any guards around them.
Fu Yuheng and Shen Qingwan had no choice but to adjust their bodies first and then inquire about the situation.
Inside the palace, Zhao Yuanrong was walking in the garden at this time. Thinking about what the imperial physician said, he couldn't help but smile knowingly.