Chương 664

666. Chương 666: Tái Ngộ (Phần Một)

Bên trong chiếc hộp, có một hàng nguyên vẹn các lọ ngọc được xếp gọn gàng.

Mùi thơm của thuốc nhẹ nhàng lan tỏa khắp không gian.

Shen Yanchuan ngẩn người, “Đây là…”

“Đây là một số viên thuốc và kem thuốc; nếu hàng ngày có chuyện đau đầu, sốt, mất ngủ hay bị thương, chúng đều có thể phát huy tác dụng.” Khóe miệng Ye Chutang nhẹ nhàng cong lên, “Không quá đắt tiền, nhưng để lại cho hoàng tử phòng trường hợp cần thiết thì cũng rất tiện.”

Shen Yanchuan ngước mắt nhìn cô.

Anh tự nhiên biết rằng những thứ này không hề là những loại thuốc bình thường mà cô nói là “không đắt tiền”; bất kỳ một viên thuốc nào trong số đó cũng có thể rất khó tìm được nếu muốn mua.

Cô đã dành những loại thuốc tốt nhất cho anh.

“Tất cả những thứ này đều do chính cô tự làm phải không?”

Ye Chutang cười nhẹ và gật đầu, “Tất nhiên.”

Shen Yanchuan im lặng một lúc lâu, rồi hỏi: “Cô đoán được điều gì không?”

Ye Chutang chớp mắt, “Hoàng tử nói vậy là có ý gì?”

Hai người nhìn nhau trong chốc lát, và gần như ngay lập tức đã hiểu được suy nghĩ của nhau.

Nội bộ triều đình đang rối loạn; lại có kẻ bán vũ khí cho họ, không biết họ đã âm mưu với nhau từ bao lâu rồi.

Nam Hu bất ngờ tấn công, cử người lén lút chiếm đóng thành Lộng Thành; nếu không phải họ phản ứng kịp thời, e rằng Vương Yan Nam đã sẽ gặp thất bại.

Hơn nữa, sức khỏe của Hoàng đế Mù Vũ cũng không còn như trước nữa.

Có lẽ những ngày yên bình sẽ không còn kéo dài được lâu nữa.

Thủ đô này đã từ lâu bị bao phủ bởi những đám mây u ám; bề ngoài có vẻ yên ổn, nhưng thực tế thì dòng chảy ngầm đang rất sôi động.

Hôm nay Ye Chutang mang những loại thuốc này đến, là để bảo vệ mạng sống của Shen Yanchuan.

Dù chỉ là phòng trường hợp có chuyện gì xảy ra, cô cũng không muốn điều đó xảy ra.

“Nếu sau này hoàng tử không cần đến những thứ này nữa, thì thật tốt biết bao.” Đôi mắt đen trong veo của Ye Chutang chứa đựng nụ cười, cô nói một cách có ý nghĩa.

Shen Yanchuan cũng mỉm cười.

Anh nhìn thẳng vào mắt Ye Chutang và nói từng từ: “Món quà mà cô tặng rất quý giá, tôi sẽ trân trọng nó.”

Ye Chutang mỉm cười, “Dưới đây còn có một tầng nữa, hoàng tử cũng có thể mở ra xem thử.”

“Ừ?”

Shen Yanchuan hạ mắt, dùng tay gõ nhẹ vào phần đáy hộp.

“Kẹt.”

Tầng bí mật thứ hai bất ngờ bật ra.

Nhìn thấy những thứ bên trong, anh hiểu ngay ý nghĩa của nó.

Shen Yanchuan nodded slightly, having already guessed the purpose of Ye Chutang’s visit.

“Do you want to meet him?”

Ye Chutang nodded in agreement.

“Coincidentally, I’ve been helping a friend with mobility issues develop some medicinal formulas recently, and that’s when I thought of him. To be honest, it was my idea to bring him here in the first place, but after all this time, I haven’t found the time to visit him at all, which is indeed rather impolite of me. Today I happen to be free, so I brought some medicine for his injuries. Would that be convenient?”

“Of course, it’s not a problem at all.” Shen Yanchuan replied.

Ye Chutang’s eyelashes trembled slightly.

This man...

Shen Yanchuan pondered for a moment, then said, “Wait a moment.”

With that, he turned around and took a exquisitely crafted box inlaid with mother-of-pearl from a storage compartment behind the screen.

Then, he took everything from the second hidden compartment and placed it inside the mother-of-pearl box.

Ye Chutang looked puzzled, “Prince?”

Shen Yanchuan explained, “We’ll need to take all these things with us later, so it’s more convenient to pack them in a box.”

Ye Chutang: “?!”

But there was already a box, wasn’t there?

Why not just take out the layer that was meant for him in the first place? Why go to the extra trouble of...

“This mother-of-pearl box must be quite expensive...” Ye Chutang glanced at it and immediately realized its high value.

Although her tools and medicines were indeed important, they didn’t seem to require such an expensive box to store them in, did they?

Shen Yanchuan also seemed a bit puzzled, “Weren’t you also given this box as a gift?”

Ye Chutang: “……???”

She slowly lowered her head and glanced at the cheapest wooden box she had chosen from the stall, then fell into silence.

Well... perhaps it’s okay then!

“Since the prince likes it, then let’s keep it.” Ye Chutang said sincerely, “If the prince likes it, I can buy a few more to give to you.”

In the end, Shen Yanchuan took away all the medicines along with the box.

Ye Chutang looked at the mother-of-pearl box filled with a mess of items and sighed inwardly.

They say the Northern Marquis’s mansion is wealthy, and today she had witnessed it for herself.

What is this called, but wasting resources needlessly?

Isn’t that exactly what this is?

But after all, the prince is wealthy and capricious... let it be!

She didn’t forget the second important matter she came here for today.

“Has he said anything since he’s been here for such a long time?”

“Not a single word.”

Shen Yanchuan continued, “Since he came here, he hasn’t said more than five words in total.”

Apart from sending Su Mu and others to treat that person’s injuries at the beginning, Shen Yanchuan hadn’t done anything else.

Ye Chutang seemed thoughtful.

“I thought he was quite talkative... shall I go and see him then?”

Shen Yanchuan hummed in agreement and glanced to the side.

“Xiao Wu, today we’ve made a few more pastries that you like. Would you like some?”

Xiao Wu’s eyes lit up, and she nodded vigorously—yes, yes!

……

In the back courtyard of Marquis Dingbei’s mansion, there was a secluded room.

It seemed empty, as if no one was there at all.

But as soon as Ye Chutang arrived at the door, she felt several pairs of eyes watching her.

There was no need to ask; those were surely the black guards sent by Shen Yanchuan to keep watch here.

To be so cautious even in his own territory was indeed in line with his usual style.

Shen Yanchuan stepped forward, came to her side, and knocked on the door.

Knock, knock.

The feeling of being watched by several unseen eyes immediately dissipated somewhat.

In the next moment, Shen Yanchuan pushed the door open.

Creak.

Shen Yanchuan and Ye Chutang exchanged a glance before he stepped inside first.

Ye Chutang followed closely behind.

That person’s knees had been dug out, so naturally, it was inconvenient for him to open the door himself.

It was afternoon at the time, and the sunlight was quite good, yet the room was quite dim. Only a sliver of light entered silently as they pushed the door open.

A stale, dusty smell wafted out, as if they had just opened up an abandoned space that had been sealed away for a long time; even the air was filled with fine dust particles.

Shen Yanchuan tilted his head slightly and explained, “Since his wounds had scabbed over, this door hasn’t been opened again since then.”

Ye Chutang thought to herself, as expected.

She stood still in place and looked inside.

The room wasn’t large, so she could see at a glance the person sitting on the chair.

He was leaning back against the chair, his eyes tightly closed, seemingly asleep.

Ye Chutang took in his appearance; compared to the last time they met in the prison, his complexion had improved somewhat, but he was still very thin.

If before he looked like a ghost, then now, at least he looked a bit more human.

Ye Chutang stepped forward and said with a smile, “Senior, it’s been a long time since we’ve seen each other. How have you been?”

The man’s fingers trembled slightly, and finally, he slowly opened his eyes.