Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language

Chapter 872: Only One

Early the next morning.

Just when Gu Chan was still sleeping in the inn room, a servant from the Guo residence came to find her.

Xuan Xiao learned that this person was sent by Guo Pinchuan to find Gu Chan. He did not dare to delay and immediately rushed upstairs and knocked on the door.

Gu Chan was woken up, got dressed, opened the door and said, "Why are you knocking so early in the morning?"

"Miss, President Guo sent someone to invite you to his house." Xuan Xiao said.

"You sent someone to invite me so early?" Gu Chan frowned.

"Yes! The servant is waiting in the lobby downstairs now, and the carriage is parked outside the inn." Xuan Xiao nodded.

Gu Chan's face turned ugly.

She had just gone to Guo's house disguised as a man last night, and early this morning, Guo Pinchuan sent someone to look for her. This was obviously not a good thing.

Xuan Xiao saw that Gu Chan looked unhappy, and whispered, "Miss, how about I go down and find a reason to send him away?"

"No need. It's not appropriate to make enemies with the Guo family right now. We have to go." Gu Chan waved her hand and said.

Xuan Xiao nodded without comment.

Gu Chan rolled her eyes and said cunningly, "Well, after I go to Guo's house, you go to Yuanyang Tower to find my cousin's wife and tell her that my brother helped her get her business letter last night, and ask her to come here to find me."

"Yes, Miss." Xuan Xiao responded respectfully.

Gu Chan said no more. She straightened her clothes and went downstairs with all her energy.

After reaching downstairs, she left the inn with the servants of the Guo Mansion and took a carriage to the Guo Mansion.

Halfway there, Gu Chan looked a little tired sitting in the carriage.

The key point is that she now has to constantly switch between two identities and deal with the Guo family. This not only makes her feel physically tired, but also somewhat overloaded psychologically, which makes her feel uncomfortable.

But in order to get the red spider lily spiritual herb, she had no choice but to force herself to adapt to the days of switching between two roles.

Half an hour later, the carriage finally stopped safely outside Guo's mansion.

Gu Chan got off the carriage, and the servant took her directly to the study in the backyard of Guo's mansion.

When she came to the study, she found that Guo Pinchuan was the only one sitting behind the desk in the study. Qian and Guo Yu, mother and daughter, had gone somewhere unknown.

Guo Pinchuan waved his hand and said, "Sit down!"

"Chairman Guo, why did you call me here so early in the morning?" Gu Chan said as she sat on the chair next to her.

"Let's talk about your brother." Guo Pinchuan said.

Gu Chan chuckled and pretended to be stupid.

Guo Pinchuan said seriously, "Last night your brother said that he is already married and has a wife and two concubines. Is this true or false?"

"Really, my three sisters-in-law are now in Tiancang Country, and his half-dead friend is also from Tiancang Country." Gu Chan said without hesitation. Anyway, Guo Pinchuan couldn't send anyone to Tiancang Country to investigate, and even if he did, he might not be able to find out the truth, so in this case, she didn't need to deliberately conceal it.

Guo Pinchuan was a little disappointed, but he quickly recovered and said, "Yes, your brother is very outstanding. It is reasonable for someone to marry his daughter to him."

"President Guo, I want to ask on behalf of my brother, what's going on with the red spider lily herb in your Chamber of Commerce?" Gu Chan said, changing the subject.

"That was picked by Prince Leng who specially sent people to the Other Shore Mountain as a reward for the top three in the spring exam. This spiritual herb has the effect of bringing the dead back to life. It is one of the top spiritual herbs and is a priceless treasure." Guo Pinchuan explained.

Gu Chan's heart skipped a beat when she heard this, and her face instantly turned ugly.

She was still wondering last night if there was any way to pry this magical herb away from the royal family, but now she finally understood that it was impossible to pry it away, so it would be more realistic to get it from the top three in the spring exam.

Guo Pinchuan added, "I also learned last night that your brother wanted the Higanbana Spiritual Herb to treat his friend. In my opinion, you should tell your brother and ask him to take the spring exam. If he can get into the top three, he will have a chance to get the Spiritual Herb."

"But my brother is not from Diyue! Can he also take part in the spring exam?" Gu Chan said with his hands spread out.

"We in the Diyue Kingdom are not that pedantic. The Queen is eager to recruit talented people. As long as someone with status and position in Kyoto recommends them, even people from other countries can participate in the spring exam." Guo Pinchuan said with a smile.

Gu Chan was stunned when she heard this, and couldn't help but give the Queen a thumbs up in her heart.

And now she finally understood why the Diyue Kingdom was so much stronger than the Tiancang Kingdom and the Yexing Kingdom. The key was that the queen of this country was very wise in seeking talents from abroad, and she did not collect too heavy taxes from the people, which not only allowed the people to live a good life, but also increased everyone's loyalty to her.

No matter from which perspective, this queen is an extremely remarkable existence.

Thinking about this in her heart, Gu Chan did not say it out loud, but asked in confusion, "President Guo, I don't quite understand. If that cold prince wants to reward the top three, why did he only pick one red spider lily instead of three?"

"Do you think there are many spiritual herbs like this? It takes thirty years for it to sprout, thirty years for it to grow leaves, and thirty years for it to bloom. It takes ninety years to grow into a mature spiritual herb. Now, in the huge Bi'an Mountain, only this one spiritual herb has matured. The others are still in the growth stage of sprouting and growing leaves. It's useless to pick them!" Guo Pinchuan explained.

Gu Chan put her hand on her forehead and felt like she couldn't breathe.

After all this time, she only realized now that the growth cycle of the red spider lily spiritual herb is so long, and there is only one of it that has grown to maturity in the huge Red Spider Mountain.

Oh shit!

She had thought before that if she couldn't get the red spider lily from the Chamber of Commerce, she would sneak into the Other Shore Mountain and steal one to bring back.

But now, her idea has completely failed!

Seeing her embarrassed, Guo Pinchuan quickly comforted her, "Don't worry, at least your brother still has a chance to get the only red spider lily spiritual herb."

"President Guo, does that mean that the unmature red spider lily herb has no medicinal effect of bringing the dead back to life?" Gu Chan asked.

"Of course, it has to be mature to have some miraculous effects!" Guo Pinchuan said affirmatively.

Gu Chan said with a stiff face, "There is only one of these, and there are three people in the top three. Could it be that Prince Leng wants to divide the one spiritual herb into three parts and give them to three people as rewards?"

"Of course not. He will only reward one of them. It depends on who can get his favor," said Guo Pinchuan.

Gu Chan smiled bitterly and suddenly wanted to die.

Even if she did as Guo Pinchuan said and dressed up as Xu Xian to take the spring exam, let alone whether she had the ability to pass it, even if she was lucky enough to get into the top three and wanted to stand out and be favored by a prince, that would be impossible, right?
It is extremely difficult to get the only mature red spider lily spiritual herb, but only one person among the top three can get it. Isn't this a hell-level difficulty?