The Divine Doctor And A Common Farmer-Chapter 1506 - 1590: Liang Zhichen, Xiao Qingyao
When Dong Huiying arrived in Nanling under the guise of ’Liang Dabao’, she was unaware that Shujun had already tracked her down. To prevent the men in the Capital from worrying, she dispatched a letter to the city.
A full half-month later, the letter finally reached Liang Zhichen’s hands.
"Is the mistress well?" Yixuan immediately asked upon learning of the mistress’s letter while at the suburban estate.
Liang Zhichen read the letter once and then handed it over to Yixuan. Yixuan quickly skimmed through it as well, finally letting out a sigh of relief, "At least she’s alright."
"Alright?"
Liang Zhichen chuckled lightly, "If everything were truly alright, why would the mistress use her left hand to write this letter instead of her usual right hand?" Zhichen, meticulous as ever, merely observed the handwriting and deduced that the mistress must have encountered some troubles. He even speculated that her right hand must have been injured, thus compelling her to write with her left.
Yixuan’s expression turned cold.
Zhichen pondered for a while and then said, "Little Liu, prepare yourself and quickly go meet up with the mistress. As for the affairs in the Capital, I can’t leave just yet." If he could, he would have flown to the mistress’s side immediately, but the political struggle in the Capital was at its most chaotic phase.
Ever since that day when Zhichen entered the palace to secretly discuss with Ji Jiuhuang, numerous incidents had occurred in the Capital. Ji Jiuhuang had taken the opportunity while the Eighth Princess left the Capital to cleanse the palace internally. In truth, Zhichen did not care who ruled this world, but the relationship between his mistress and the Ninth Princess was quite good, whereas the Eighth Princess and that so-called Prime Minister were clearly enemies of the mistress. He was fed up with these Capital affairs, so he had been maneuvering quite a bit lately, hoping to resolve everything soon and take his mistress back to their old home in Pingchang Prefecture.
No matter what, no matter where they are, only there was their home, their true home, that barren little hill, that unremarkable mountain, was where their roots lay.
Yixuan set off immediately, carrying many things, including some Gu that the mistress had refined while in the Capital. He left a few of the poisonous Gu for his elder brother, but brought all the rest with him, intending to hand them over to the mistress upon meeting her.
As Yixuan departed, Zhichen was invited to the Prince Meng Mansion. At the Prince Meng Mansion, he met someone.
Doctor Yao, or rather, Xiao Qingyao!
The two faced each other, and although Prince Meng didn’t explicitly state it, he had long known Xiao Qingyao’s identity. The former son of Prime Minister Xiao, also the younger brother of Xiao Qinghe.
"Do you recognize each other?"
"We do."
Therefore, Prince Meng left, thoughtfully granting them the space to ’reminisce’.
In the past, in the Taihang Village nestled in the mountains in Pingchang Prefecture, their friendship, though not a matter of life and death, could certainly be called intimate. However, many things happened later with the Liang family, causing frequent departures, and Xiao Qingyao too eventually left Kaoshan Village. In the blink of an eye, several years had passed without them meeting.
Xiao Qingyao was a bit unsettled; just now, with Prince Meng’s one sentence ’Do you recognize each other?’ and the look he gave him at that moment, made him realize. To think he’d thought that with mere disguise he’d be foolproof, yet his true identity had long been known by Prince Meng.
Not knowing exactly what he felt inside, he sighed softly, "Brother Chen."
Liang Zhichen regarded Xiao Qingyao for a long while, "Qing Yao, why are you here?"
Xiao Qingyao smiled wryly, "If not here, then where? However, you brothers, really surprise me."
