Chapter 221 Going to the Palace to Ask for Herbs
Before entering the palace, the prince instructed Chi Ying, "Go to the teahouse and bring Qianhuan's personal maid over to take care of her. Also, send someone to guard the prince's mansion. No matter who comes to the mansion to inquire about the news, no one in the mansion is allowed to disclose it."
Chi Ying bowed his head and accepted the order, "Yes, I understand."
In the palace, Emperor Jingxi, who was in his fifties, was resting with his eyes closed. The chief eunuch Li Dequan was standing behind him, massaging his temples.
Emperor Jingxi suddenly asked, "I heard that Ziyu carried a maid out of the palace today? Did you find out which palace the maid was from?"
"Your Majesty, I have sent people to various palaces to inquire, and I have not heard of any palace maids disappearing. The woman should not be from the palace. She may be someone that the prince brought in from outside the palace himself."
"This is quite interesting. Ziyu doesn't even have a maid to serve him at home, but now he has brought women with him."
Li Dequan was about to reply when the eunuch outside the door suddenly came in hurriedly and announced, "Your Majesty, Prince An wants to see you. Would you like to summon him into the palace?"
Emperor Jingxi said with a smile, "I didn't expect that Cao Cao would appear when I mentioned him. Let's call him in."
"Yes, I obey your order." The young eunuch hurried out to convey the emperor's order.
The prince followed the young eunuch into the hall in a hurry.
Because the prince had led his troops to defeat the Canglang Kingdom repeatedly, and his soldiers defended the border like a rock, and made great military achievements for Dayuan, the emperor ordered that he be exempted from the kneeling ceremony.
So when he entered the palace and saw Emperor Jingxi, the prince simply bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."
"No need to be polite, Ziyu, why are you coming to the palace at this time?"
The prince got straight to the point and said, "Your Majesty, I urgently need the Purple Extreme Grass to save people, so I came to the palace to ask for it from Your Majesty. I also ask Your Majesty to give the Purple Extreme Grass to me."
Emperor Jingxi didn't expect that the prince actually came to ask him to reward him with the Purple Extreme Grass.
This purple grass was a tribute from foreign countries. It was a holy medicine for detoxification. There were only three of them in the entire palace. The Queen Mother had one and he had two.
Emperor Jingxi thought that since Ziyu had made great contributions to Dayuan, it would not be impossible to reward him with a purple grass.
But the emperor was very curious about who the prince wanted to save with the Purple Extreme Grass. Could it be his sweetheart?
"This Purple Extreme Grass is extremely precious. I can give you one, but you must tell me honestly, who are you going to save with this Purple Extreme Grass?"
The prince answered honestly, "To save someone who is very important to me."
Emperor Jingxi asked curiously, "But your sweetheart?"
The prince nodded, "Yes."
"Hahahaha", Emperor Jingxi suddenly laughed, and it was obvious that he was in a very happy mood.
"Zi Yu, good, you finally got it and know how to find a woman. The Queen Mother has been looking forward to your marriage. Okay, I will give you one of these purple grasses as a reward."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward."
Emperor Jingxi then ordered Li Dequan, "Go to my private vault and take out the Purple Extreme Grass."
"Yes, I'll get it right away."
After a while, Li Dequan came out holding a transparent box.
The purple grass was lying in a transparent box, and cold air was still coming out of the surrounding area.
Li Dequan handed the box to the prince, and then reminded him, "Prince, you must use this Purple Extreme Grass as soon as possible after you take it back, otherwise you will have to use ice to preserve it. If the temperature is too high, the Purple Extreme Grass will quickly wither and lose its effect."
"Thank you, father-in-law, for reminding me."
Having said that, the prince took the box, bowed and left.
After the prince left, the emperor lost his smile and asked Li Dequan in a serious tone, "Li, what do you think about the prince having a lover?"
"Your Majesty, the prince has someone he cares about, which is naturally a very good thing for you."
The emperor nodded. "Yes, you are right. Go and find out which girl he likes."
"Yes. I will send someone to inquire about it right away."
When the prince entered the palace, Chi Ying went to the teahouse to pick up Yin Hua.
Chi Ying appeared directly in the teahouse room and wanted to take Yin Hua away.
Yin Hua was startled. She looked at Chi Ying with a vigilant look, "Who are you and what do you want to do in my room?"
"I am the personal bodyguard of Prince An. Your daughter is in our house. The prince asked me to take you back to the house to take care of your daughter."
"What? Miss is actually in the Prince's Mansion. Then take me there quickly."
On the way, Yin Hua learned from Chi Ying that her young lady had been poisoned, and she became extremely worried.
When they arrived at the prince's residence, Yin Hua saw that her young lady was hot all over and her face was flushed. She was so scared that she rushed over and cried, "Young lady, how could you be poisoned? You just entered the palace, why did you end up like this after returning? What should I do?"
Meng Yuanzhou stepped forward to comfort her, "Yinhua, don't worry, your young lady will be fine. My cousin has already gone to the palace to ask His Majesty for the detoxification holy grass."
"Young Marquis, what on earth is going on? What kind of poison has the young lady been poisoned by?"
Meng Yuanzhou then told Yin Hua what he had guessed. Yin Hua was so angry when she learned that her young lady was almost defiled by Prince of Runan in the palace that she started cursing.
"It must be that Princess Ningjia who harmed our young lady like this. Our young lady has been in the capital for so long and has never offended anyone else. She only offended Princess Ningjia a while ago. I didn't expect that the princess was so vicious and actually wanted to ruin our young lady's life."
The young marquis also said, "Princess Ningjia is a person who will never give up even if she is wronged. I was negligent. I should have expected that she would not let it go."
Yin Hua looked at Meng Yuanzhou with gratitude and said, "Young Marquis, it was you who asked Prince An to rescue the young lady from the palace. I will never forget your great kindness."
Meng Yuanzhou was a little embarrassed. "Yinhua, if you want to thank someone, thank the prince. I didn't have the chance to tell him, but he had already rescued the person from the palace."
"Prince An is truly a kind-hearted man. When he comes back, I will kowtow to him to express my gratitude."
Meng Yuanzhou sneered, "Yinhua, you are the first person to say that he has a kind heart. Everyone in the capital knows that my cousin is cold-blooded and ruthless, and he doesn't know how to be gentle with women."
"Young Marquis, the common people must not know the prince well enough to say that. The prince doesn't know our young lady. If he is really a cold-blooded person, how could he save a strange woman from the palace and bring her back to the mansion to find a miracle doctor to treat her?"
When Meng Yuanzhou heard this, he began to wonder, "Yeah, isn't Zi Yu always cold to girls? He doesn't even know Qian Huan, so how could he have rescued her and brought her back to the mansion?"
As soon as the prince brought the purple grass back home, Doctor Bai immediately began to prepare the medicine.