After pressing for a while, it lay down and placed the cold finger on its stomach. Yan Jiuchao rubbed his temples.

Waah—

The little snow fox was overjoyed!

“Yan Jiuchao, I have something to tell you.” Yu Wan peeled a lychee.

“What is it?” Yan Jiuchao asked as he rubbed the little snow fox.

Yu Wan fed the peeled lychee to the little snow fox. As the little snow fox enjoyed his master’s massage, it took over his mistress’s delicious food. It held the lychee with its little claws and sucked it in big mouthfuls.

“Lady Wan of Bright Deportment… drugged you with the Fragrance of Hundred Miles.” Yu Wan told Yan Jiuchao everything. Yu Wan only stated the truth objectively and did not add her subjective judgment. Yan Jiuchao had a scale in his heart to determine the intentions of Lady Wan of Bright Deportment’s intentions and the efforts of Xiao Zhenting. He did not need her to add any weight.

Yan Jiuchao’s finger that was rubbing the little snow fox paused. After the little snow fox finished slurping a big lychee, it raised the lychee core and looked at its master’s finger resentfully. It pulled it over and soaked it in ice. After soaking it, it continued to press it on its stomach.

Yan Jiuchao came back to his senses and continued to massage it. The little snow fox closed its eyes in satisfaction.

Yu Wan wanted to say more than that. Lady Wan of Bright Deportment was the culprit, but she was not the true culprit. The true culprit was the Little Princess of Nanzhao.

“Why aren’t you surprised at all?” Yu Wan looked at Yan Jiuchao in confusion. “You… know?”

When Yu Wan told him that Mrs. Yao had seen his father’s mistress, Yan Jiuchao had already guessed that the mistress was the Little Princess of Nanzhao. The son of a chief of a small tribe was just a pretense. The so-called elopement was just to hide in Yan City.

“My father might not be dead.”

Yu Wan was stunned.

“He might even become the Prince Consort of Nanzhao.”

Yu Wan was stunned.

It was enough for people to feel as if they had been struck by lightning that Prince Yan was not dead. But he actually became the Prince Consort of Nanzhao… Yu Wan did not know how to react.

If this was true, then the Little Princess of Nanzhao had enough motive to kill. She wanted Prince Yan for herself. She wanted her son to be Prince Yan’s only flesh and blood. Then what about Prince Yan? What did he think? What happened in between? How did it end up like this?

“You… felt that Father wasn’t dead long ago, right?”

Therefore, he was unwilling to inherit the throne for a long time. He was waiting for his father to return, but he did not expect this man to already have a family outside. Prince Yan had abandoned Shangguan Yan and him. His lifelong faith seemed to have collapsed overnight.

This was too unfair to Yan Jiuchao. What was his waiting and persistence all these years for?

“Maybe it’s not what we see.” Yu Wan held Yan Jiuchao’s hand tightly.

The poison had to be cured. The truth had to be investigated!

… .

For the past two days, Old Cui had been studying the prescription provided by Lady Wan of Bright Deportment in seclusion.

“How is it?” Yu Wan found him.

Old Cui frowned and said, “To be honest, the prescription is a good one, but I can’t guarantee that it’s right or wrong.”

Yu Wan said indifferently, “Just make it first.”

Old Cui snorted. “Easy to say. Several herbs can’t be bought in the Capital.”

Yu Wan’s eyes paused. “Then we’ll buy it elsewhere. I don’t believe that there are medicinal herbs in this world that the Yan Manor can’t buy!”

Old Cui waved his hand and handed Yu Wan a small porcelain bottle. “Alright, alright. Let’s not talk about this first. I’ll show you something.”

“What is this?” Yu Wan asked.

“Medicine.” Old Cui stuffed the medicine bottle into Yu Wan’s hand.

Yu Wan removed the cork and sniffed it. “For Yan Jiuchao?”

Old Cui said seriously, “No, it’s for your father-in-law!”

“Grand Marshal Xiao?” Yu Wan paused.

Old Cui’s eyes flashed. “Don’t tell me you still don’t know about the childless medicine even though you’ve already taken down Lady Wan of Bright Deportment?”

“How do you know?” Yu Wan narrowed her eyes dangerously.

“Ahem.” Old Cui cleared his throat and said guiltily, “I was the one who prescribed the childless medicine back then.”

“You!” Yu Wan picked up the vase on the table!

Old Cui jumped under the windowsill with three steps and looked at Yu Wan fearfully. “Don’t be rash! I’m just following orders! How can I resist when the Emperor wants me to prepare medicine? Do I not want my head?!”

Yu Wan took a deep breath and put down the vase. “Then why didn’t you say so earlier? Are you planning to keep this matter to yourself until I take down Lady Wan of Bright Deportment?”

“How could it be?” Old Cui rubbed his nose guiltily. “Didn’t I… make the medicine for you?”

Old Cui had also held back back then. The Emperor had asked him to make childless medicine, but he had only put in half the dosage and even changed a few herbs. At that time, he thought that if he was at his wits’ end in the future, he could sell a favor to Xiao Zhenting and survive. Of course, he did not sell this favor now. Instead, he was exposed and caused trouble.

Yu Wan glanced at him coldly. “Are you sure this medicine is useful?”

Old Cui curled his lips and said, “How can I be sure? After all, so many years have passed. Moreover, the same prescription doesn’t work on everyone. But in short, he’s already like this. You guys can try everything you can. It’s best if you can treat him. If not, it’ll be the same as before.”

His words were rough, but his logic was not. Yu Wan called Jiang Hai over and asked him to send the medicine to Xiao Zhenting. Shadow Thirteen and Shadow Six left the Capital to buy herbs.

Old Cui taught Yu Wan the method of Cui Family’s golden needle and temporarily suppressed the poison of the Fragrance of Hundred Miles.

In the first half of July, two joyous events happened in the Yu family. One was that Yu Feng and Bai Tang’s marriage had been decided. The Princely Heir Consort of the Yan Manor had personally come to propose marriage. Old Master Bai was so frightened that his legs went limp. How could he refuse? Moreover, his daughter was old and had a domineering reputation. Old Master Bai was long prepared that his daughter would not be able to get married. Now that the Princely Heir Consort’s brother was willing to marry her, Old Master Bai was just short of letting the two of them consummate their marriage on the spot!

Then there was Yu Feng’s background.

He was the cousin of the Princely Heir Consort. Bonus points.

His brother was a student of the Directorate. Bonus points.

He was the young master of the workshop. Bonus points.

There was still a mine at home!!! Crazy bonus points!

In comparison, it did not matter at all that he’s a farmer.

The wedding date was set for September. They were originally planning for October. But Old Master Bai was worried that the Yu family would go back on their word, so he moved the wedding date forward.

Bai Tang’s eyes were cold. “You make it sound like I can’t get married!”

Old Master Bai: Aren’t you?!

The other thing was the monthly exam of the Directorate. Yu Song had gotten first place in Class B.