Warm medicine emits fragrance

Yan Qiu swallowed hard. Fan Liuer in front of him was too fierce, as if she had become a different person, which made him a little scared. He subconsciously asked Li Chenbi for help.

Li Chenbi didn't look at him, but turned to Yan Qi who came in from behind, and said, "My wife was frightened and was rude just now. Please forgive her, Your Majesty."

Yan Qi glanced at Li Chenbi and, seeing that he seemed to be in relatively good spirits, waved his hand and said, "It's nothing, but it still surprised me quite a bit. I didn't expect that someone as timid as her could have such a fierce side."

Yan Qi really didn't intend to hold a grudge against Fan Liuer. He knew what kind of person Fan Liuer was, and he was more surprised and taken aback.

Moreover, given Li Chenbi's current situation...

He couldn't bear to argue with the couple any longer.

Upon hearing this, the Empress said, "Concern can cloud judgment, I understand. This time, we owe a great debt to Shen Bi. You two have saved Yan Qiu's life time and time again, and you must be rewarded handsomely this time."

Fan Liuer looked up at Yan Qi, then lowered her eyes again, and said in a low voice, "Forget about the reward, just don't let him get hurt again. He's been injured time and time again; even if he can take it, I can't."

"Fan Liuer," Li Chenbi said in a deep voice, feigning a reprimand, "Don't be rude."

Fan Liuer pursed her lips and didn't say anything more.

Li Chenbi looked at Yan Qi again, "Your Majesty, please don't be offended. She is young and doesn't know any better."

"It's alright. There are no outsiders here, no ruler and subject, so there's no need for such formalities," Yan Qi said, looking at Fan Liuer. "Don't worry, similar things won't happen again."

"Shenbi has worked hard during this period, so I'm giving him a long vacation so he can rest and recuperate at home."

Fan Liuer reluctantly spoke, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Yan Qi felt sympathy for the two of them at this moment and had no intention of taking Fan Liuer's rudeness to heart. After offering a few words of comfort, he left.

Before leaving, the Empress glanced at Fan Liuer and sighed softly.

Yanqiu also wanted to stay, but Fan Liuer chased him away.

After the person had gone some distance, Li Chenbi laughed and said, "You did a pretty good job of pretending. I was worried that you would be too nervous and give yourself away, but it seems I underestimated you."

Fan Liuer snorted angrily, "Pretend? I wasn't pretending with him at all. I was just telling the truth."

"If it weren't for him, would you have gotten injured time and time again?"

"Your last injury was only just healed!"

"Just because he's petty, he's made you suffer so much. If he was really that afraid of you, he shouldn't have hired you in the first place. 'Trust those you employ, and don't employ those you don't trust'—I know such a simple principle!"

Fan Liuer vented her dissatisfaction in a low voice, but Li Chenbi did not stop her. He listened with great interest while lying on the bed, occasionally chiming in with a few words.

"that is."

"you're right."

"I think so too."

After scolding Yan Qi, Fan Liuer felt relieved and then looked at Li Chenbi, saying, "Don't keep this from me again. If it happens again, I'll really be angry with you."

Li Chenbi suppressed a laugh and said, "I wouldn't dare. I've seen your temper firsthand. When you're angry, you even dare to curse the emperor."

Fan Liuer rolled her eyes at him before asking, "Will this plan even work? Will he really let us go?"

"Of course, I risked my dignity as a man. I suppose the imperial physician has already informed him of my poisoning. He will secretly investigate when I was poisoned. Once he finds out who is behind it and learns that the poison was originally intended for Yanqiu, and that I was just an unlucky guy who took the hit for Yanqiu, his guilt and sympathy for me will be even deeper."

"Furthermore, I cannot do that kind of thing, and we will hardly have any children in the future. My life is predictable, and even if I have ambition, no one will inherit what I fight for, so I will naturally become a slump and no longer pose a threat."

"At that time, whether out of guilt or sympathy, he would no longer stop me from returning to Xingzhou."

This was their original plan. Fan Liuer said, "Isn't this enough? Why hurt yourself again?"

"If I'm not injured, how can I reasonably have the imperial physician examine me? Yan Qi is naturally suspicious; everything must happen in a way that is completely plausible and without any flaws to convince him."

Upon hearing this, Fan Liuer's anger, which had just subsided, flared up again, and she muttered, "Ungrateful wretch!"

"Crossing the river and then dismantling the bridge!"

"Insidious and cunning!"

"ungrateful!"

As Li Chenbi listened to her scolding, the smile on his lips grew wider and wider, his eyes filled with doting affection.

To take care of Li Chenbi, Fan Liuer stayed in the palace, while Yan Qiu took Li Chenbi to his own palace and sent more than a dozen palace servants to take care of the two of them.

Yan Qi and the Empress sent many tonics.

The two stayed in the palace for a few days, during which Li Chenbi and Fan Liuer worked together to extract information from Yan Qiu.

Yan Qi was young and no match for Li Chenbi. He was tricked into revealing information by Li Chenbi in no time.

He bit his lip, looking at Li Chenbi with a guilty expression. "Brother Chenbi, I'm sorry for what happened. Don't worry, I will search all over the country to find the antidote for you and make sure you get better."

Li Chenbi's face was grim. After he finished speaking, Li Chenbi abruptly threw down the medicine bowl in his hand and roared, "Get out!"

Startled, Yan Qiu stood up and looked at him cautiously, "Brother Chenbi."

"Get out!" Li Chenbi looked at him, his eyes filled with a frighteningly gloomy expression.

Fan Liuer looked distressed, and seeing him like this made her even more upset. She stepped forward and said, "Li Chenbi, you..."

Before he could finish speaking, Li Chenbi looked at her and said, "You go out too."

"I..." Fan Liuer wanted to speak again.

"Get out!" Li Chenbi raised his hand and waved his hand, overturning the table next to the bed where he was to put his medicine.

Yanqiu immediately said, "Alright, alright, let's go out. You calm down first."

As he spoke, he winked at Fan Liuer.

Fan Liuer raised her hand to cover her face, sobs escaping through her fingers, and then turned and ran out of the house.

"Hey, sister-in-law." Yan Qiu looked at Li Chenbi, then at the room outside the door, finally sighed, and chased after her.

When she left, she even closed the door behind her for Li Chenbi.

As soon as the door closed, the sound of smashing and breaking came from inside the house and continued for a long time, scaring him so much that he dared not leave and stayed outside the door.

Fan Liuer was nowhere to be found, so he sent people to look for her. The palace servants came back and reported that Fan Liuer was sitting by the lake and weeping.

Yanqiu was worried that she might do something foolish and jump into the lake, so he sent several people to watch over Fan Liuer to prevent her from doing anything stupid.

He had to keep an eye on Li Chenbi while also looking after Fan Liuer, leaving him overwhelmed with work. In the end, he had no choice but to tell Yan Qi about it.

Yan Qi knew this couldn't be kept secret, and sighed upon hearing this, "No one could accept this news. Let him vent if he wants to. Send a royal physician to your palace to keep an eye on him, so he doesn't aggravate his wound when he gets angry."

Li Chenbi and Fan Liuer performed for three consecutive days. During these three days, Li Chenbi did not see anyone, not even Fan Liuer.

Fan Liuer would cry to everyone she met, without saying a word, just crying.

Three days later, Li Chenbi opened his door, and his first words were that he wanted to divorce Fan Liuer.