After being forced into a marriage with a wealthy family, the virtuous wife caused a huge uproar.

"Of Gu Shizi's four previous brides, the longest-lived was only a month. He married Rong Shi on the eighth day of last month, but today is the ninth day of the ninth month, and she is still alive, breaking that record. Perhaps this Rong Shi has some ability," Pan Zhenming guessed.

"Uncle Pan, send someone to investigate the Rong family thoroughly for me right now, the more detailed the better," Li Xuanye ordered urgently.

"Yes."

It wasn't until it was almost dark that Pan Zhenming brought the message into the study.

"Young Master, there's nothing special about this Rong family. She's just an ordinary merchant's daughter. The Rong family is the richest family in the capital, but they are not imperial merchants."

Miss Rong grew up in the capital and occasionally accompanied her father to check on shops that weren't too far away.

Most of the time, she stayed at home, learning music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and helping her father with accounting. "In a short time, Pan Zhenming found out this information."

"How many young ladies does the Rong family have?" Li Xuanye felt something was off; how could this possibly be a young Taoist priest?

"There is only one young lady. The head of the Rong family only married one wife and never took a concubine. Madam Rong was very fortunate and gave birth to five children in three pregnancies, but the last child, a daughter, died young. So the Rong family has three sons and one daughter."

"No, Gu Ce didn't marry Miss Rong at all," Li Xuanye said with absolute certainty.

"Young Master, this is impossible. It was an imperial decree bestowing a marriage upon them. How could the Rong family dare to use someone else to replace their daughter? If this is exposed, it would be a crime of deceiving the emperor." Pan Zhenming did not believe that the Rong family had the guts to do so.

"Do you know where Madam Gu is now?" Li Xuanye couldn't wait a moment longer; he wanted to see the young Taoist priest and get the answers.

"She's gone back to her parents' home. She should be on her way back to the Gui family mansion around this time." Pan Zhenming had been inquiring about Rong's whereabouts that day, so he knew this very well.

"Did Gu Ce come with him?" Li Xuanye asked again.

"no."

"Quickly, prepare the carriage, I need to see her," Li Xuanye ordered.

"Young Master, this is against the rules." Pan Zhenming felt that his young master had gone mad today. Suddenly asking about Gu Ce and then about Gu's young mistress was too abnormal.

"Go when I tell you to." Li Xuanye's gaze turned cold.

Pan Zhenming had no choice but to arrange a carriage, and he would go with him personally. If the young master did anything out of line, he could still stop him.

When Madam Gu travels, she is always accompanied by guards. If they were to injure her, it would be even more serious.

Rong Yingluo returned to her parents' home today and was in a good mood, chatting and laughing with Yinghong in the carriage.

The carriage was currently traveling in a relatively secluded alley, and Wu Guishan said that this route would be shorter.

Suddenly, two soft shouts came into the carriage, and then the carriage stopped.

By this time, it was completely dark.

Rong Yingluo was always very alert, and immediately pulled out a dagger from her leg, about to get out of the carriage.

"Mrs. Gu, it's me." A man's voice came from outside, sounding somewhat familiar.

Rong Yingluo then lifted the carriage curtain and saw that the two guards assigned by the Gu family had fainted on the ground, while her own four guards had emerged from the shadows and were facing off against Li Xuanye's guards with their swords drawn.

Wu Guishan was immobilized after his pressure points were struck.

"Crown Prince of Liao? What are you doing? Didn't we agree to meet at Mingyue Tower the day after tomorrow?" Rong Yingluo asked curiously.

They weren't enemies, were they? How did he manage to take down her guard?

"I can't wait until the day after tomorrow. I'm feeling really unwell right now, so I'd like to ask you to treat me tonight. Cough cough..." Li Xuanye pretended to be very weak, and Pan Zhenming reacted quickly, immediately supporting him.

It is indeed impolite to stop a woman's carriage so abruptly tonight. Without a proper reason, there could be a big misunderstanding between the two of them.

"Then get in the carriage." Rong Yingluo's heart softened when she saw him in distress.

Pan Zhenming helped the person into the carriage.

Rong Yingluo's carriage was a gift from the Fourth Prince. It was quite large, and even with four people in it, it wasn't too crowded.

"Yinghong, bring out the medicine box," Rong Yingluo instructed.

Yinghong took out her medicine box, took out a pulse pillow from it, and placed it on the small table in the middle.

As soon as Li Xuanye entered the carriage, his eyes were fixed on Rong Yingluo.

Nine years had passed, and she was even more beautiful than when he was seven. Bright eyes and white teeth, fair skin with a rosy glow, and lively, spirited eyes—she bore a striking resemblance to the woman of his dreams.

If he hadn't always kept her in his heart, he wouldn't have recognized her at a glance at the Imperial Ancestral Temple today.

"Put your hands down." Rong Yingluo reminded him when she noticed him staring at her.

Li Xuanye then regained his composure and obediently placed his hand on the pulse pillow.

Rong Yingluo leaned over to take his pulse.

When Rong Yingluo placed her hand on his wrist, a faint warmth instantly washed over him, making him feel as if he were floating on clouds.

My heart softened, and my gaze lingered on her earnest face, unwilling to look away.

If only she hadn't gotten married.

Rong Yingluo, who was carefully taking his pulse, squinted her eyes, completely unaware of what he was thinking.

His pulse was indeed weak and deep, as if it were being suppressed by something.

"You can't use your internal energy, and you can't do strenuous exercise, right?" Rong Yingluo already had a good idea of ​​what was going on.

"That's right. My young master has been unable to do any strenuous exercise since he was poisoned a year ago, let alone engage in any fighting," Pan Zhenming replied on behalf of his master.

"Young Master Li has been poisoned by the Erosion Powder. This poison will not kill you immediately, but it will make your body weaker and weaker. However, if you are treated properly, you can live for ten or eight years, or even twenty years. It will not delay your marriage and having children."

The Beicang Kingdom also knew that they couldn't let you die, otherwise the Liao King would never let it go, but they could still inflict a heavy blow on the Liao King.

The eldest son of the King of Liao is half-dead, and it won't be easy for him to support the King's mansion in the future.

If your other brothers continue to make trouble, internal strife will surely break out in the Liao Prince's Palace. If the enemy invades again, they will likely suffer a defeat. The border of Southern Xia will then fall.

"If the Emperor is intolerant, then we can take this opportunity to destroy the Liao Prince's Mansion, and from then on, there will be no more kings of different surnames in Southern Xia." Rong Yingluo easily guessed the purpose of the Northern Cang Kingdom.

She had accompanied her master to the border several times to rescue people, and knew how important the generals guarding the border were.

It's perfectly normal for the Beicang Kingdom to want to harm the people of the Liao Prince's Mansion.

"Young Taoist priest, you've really grown up. You even know how to analyze situations now." Li Xuanye smiled gently.

"I'm sixteen years old, of course I'm all grown up." Rong Yingluo was a little unhappy at being looked down upon. "Your poison is not easy to cure, and I don't have the necessary medicinal herbs on hand. If you can find the Red-banded Toad, I can completely cure you of this poison." Rong Yingluo said.

As soon as she uttered the words "Red-banded Toad," Rong Yingluo suddenly realized that the poison in Gu Ce's body might also be utilized by the Red-banded Toad.

That's great.

She had been thinking about it for many days, and meeting Li Xuanye today suddenly opened her eyes.

The red-striped toad cannot directly cure Gu Ce's poison, but she can raise it into a red-striped toad that can cure his poison.

Li Xuanye was truly her lucky star.

Upon hearing that there was a way to completely cure the poison, both Li Xuanye and Pan Zhenming were overjoyed.

"Mrs. Gu, where can we find the Red-banded Toad? We'll definitely find it!" Pan Zhenming said excitedly.