Chapter 307: Chapter 307: She Really Doesn’t Seem Normal

Song Lianhe was not the type to wallow in self-pity.

She sat up and took a deep breath.

’Success or failure, life is an adventure. Big deal! I’ll just start over!’

’If I can win over Zhou Cangyan once, I can win him over a second time!’

’The title of Princess Qing will be mine and mine alone!’

BWAHAHAHAHA—

Zhou Cangyan narrowed his eyes suspiciously, staring at the woman. ’She really doesn’t seem sane.’

After a moment of psyching herself up, Song Lianhe felt she was back on her game.

She slowly stood up, dusted off her clothes with one hand, neatened her hair, and turned back around with a smile.

Zhou Cangyan’s expression remained unchanged. His cold gaze swept over her lips, which still had crumbs on them, before slowly rising to meet her eyes.

“Your Highness Prince Qing, my apologies. I lost my composure due to some unforeseen circumstances.”

She seemed like a completely different person, her conduct now poised and measured.

Zhou Cangyan slowly retracted his gaze. “So, can you save her?”

“Yes! Of course I can, I must, I absolutely can!” A smile stretched across her cheeks, nearly reaching her ears.

’In any case, this is our first meeting. I absolutely have to leave a good impression!’

Only upon hearing this did Zhou Cangyan’s expression finally warm up slightly. Even the murderous intent in his eyes lessened.

Song Lianhe desperately suppressed her emotions, while in her mind, she silently took out a little notebook and jotted it all down, stroke by stroke!

’I won’t hold it against him for now. After all, there’s plenty of time for payback!’

“As for Prince Ling, you know what to say and what not to say.”

Song Lianhe forced a smile that didn’t reach her eyes. “Rest assured, Your Highness. I know my place.”

Only after Zhou Cangyan pushed the door open and left did Song Lianhe finally collapse.

Perhaps because her emotions had settled and she had relaxed, the sharp pain in her lower abdomen returned, even more intense than before!

Her face began to turn pale. She clutched her lower abdomen as beads of sweat, visible to the naked eye, formed on her forehead and trickled down her cheeks.

The pain was so intense that Song Lianhe doubled over. It felt like there was a blender in her belly, determined to churn everything upside down until the world itself roared in protest!

’Who could possibly understand this kind of pain?’

Instantly drained of all her strength, Song Lianhe fumbled to retrieve a set of silver needles from her person, the very ones she had asked Zhou Junlin for earlier.

Then she lifted her skirt to expose her ankle, placing a needle on the Sanyinjiao acupoint. With some effort, she unfastened the front of her dress and inserted another needle into her lower abdomen, three cun below her navel on the midline—the Guanyuan acupoint.

After inserting these two needles, the pain finally subsided slightly, and some color returned to her face.

She let out a sigh of relief, then removed the needles and straightened her clothes…

Just then, Song Lianhe froze.

A man in dark robes stood in the shadows, his aura cold and detached, like a phantom.

’He never left!’

’Does that mean he saw the entire scene of me “undressing” just now?!’

Song Lianhe felt her face flush with embarrassment.

’I was careless!’

’But on second thought,’ she mused, ’we’ve already “seen each other in the nude” before. There’s nothing to be shy about!’

She lifted her chin, putting on a nonchalant air that screamed, ’Go ahead and look. I don’t care.’

“Is… is there something else you need?”

But her voice betrayed her nervousness.

The man didn’t speak, but slowly stepped out of the shadows.

She took a deep breath. ’Stay calm. I can’t let him intimidate me.’

But this guy radiated such a destructive aura that it felt like no life could grow wherever he went.

It was truly difficult to remain unfazed and unaffected.

After Zhou Cangyan drew near, he glanced down, then slowly reached up and began to unfasten his robes…

’Holy crap!’

Song Lianhe’s eyes widened in shock. ’Is it about to get this intense?’

’Would a scene of this level even pass the platform’s content review??’

Her breath caught. She stared at him blankly, her mind racing through a dozen different Q&A scenarios in a split second!

’If he’s thinking of doing it front side, back side, every side…’

’Should I go along with it, or not?’

’If I do, what would this be between us? A fling born from lust?’

But before she could find the perfect answer, Zhou Cangyan had already taken off his black outer robe and casually tossed it over.

The large man’s robe landed over her head, plunging her into darkness.

Stunned, Song Lianhe caught the faint scent of pine and cypress incense from his robe.

By the time she pulled the robe off her head, Zhou Cangyan was already gone.

She looked down at the black robe in her hands, not understanding why he would give her his clothes.

Then she suddenly thought of something and quickly turned to look behind her…

As she expected.

The back of her dress was stained…

Ah!

Song Lianhe buried her face in the man’s robe. ’So embarrassing!’

When she emerged from the kitchen, a yawning maidservant came up to greet her.

’How did I just doze off like that?’

Then she looked curiously at the black… long skirt? wrapped around Song Lianhe’s waist.

“This is…”

“A wrap-around skirt.”

Song Lianhe said without batting an eye, “I stained my clothes while eating just now.”

“Oh.”

The maid couldn’t help but glance at the “skirt” she was wearing. The fabric was clearly of the highest quality—what a waste to use it as a makeshift skirt.

Song Lianhe hadn’t prepared any sanitary supplies or a change of clothes, so she asked the maidservant for them.

After she had bathed and changed into fresh clothes, she finally went to see Zhou Junlin.

Gu Ha also happened to return at that moment. “I’ve collected all the herbs.”

As he spoke, he stared warily at Song Lianhe. “The apothecary owner said that the live creatures among them are highly venomous and must be handled with extreme caution.”

Zhou Junlin also looked at Song Lianhe, but she just spread her hands with a calm and composed air. “That’s right, you finally guessed it! When the Imperial Physicians are helpless and the noble Princess Consort Ling can only wait for death, I go out of my way to find some rare poisons, and then, I plan to poison her right in front of you all and reveal my identity as the poisoner… To think you saw right through such a vicious plan!!”

Gu Ha was so angry he gritted his teeth, but he couldn’t think of a single retort and could only glare at her.

Song Lianhe snorted contemptuously and turned her head, refusing to even look at him.

Zhou Junlin lowered his gaze, but after a brief moment of contemplation, he asked, “What needs to be done?”

Song Lianhe looked over with great interest. “Aren’t you afraid I’ll poison her to death?”

Zhou Junlin slowly shook his head. “You’re not that foolish.”

“Heh, but of course! If we healers had malicious intentions, we would surely kill without a trace! If we left behind any clue for you to find, we’d be a disgrace to our forefathers!”

Song Lianhe wasn’t idle as she spoke. Still using her strange pen grip, she scribbled down the instructions for the medicine.

After putting down her brush, she looked around and pointed directly at Gu Ha. “You there, yes, you. First, give those poisonous creatures a bath. Then give them a massage to get their blood flowing. Try to keep them in a cheerful mood before they’re used as medicine.”

Gu Ha thought he had misheard. “A… a bath? And a massage?!”

“That’s right!” Song Lianhe said matter-of-factly. “Got a problem with that? Fine, I’ll go do it. That means you’ll be in charge of administering the needles to your Princess Consort.”

“You…” Gu Ha gritted his teeth and stormed off.

Compared to this, saving the Princess Consort was more important!

’But if this woman can’t save the Princess Consort, I’ll settle all our scores, new and old!’

’Wait, old scores?’

Gu Ha was suddenly confused. He disliked her, yes, but when had they ever had “old scores”? And why would he even think that?

He really couldn’t figure it out, so he stopped thinking about it. He still had to go give those poisonous creatures a bath and a massage.

Song Lianhe was very satisfied with this outcome. ’If he has the spare time to come and tattle on me, it must mean he doesn’t have enough work to do. Well, I’ve fixed that!’

Gu Ha might not have seen it, but Zhou Junlin could tell with a single glance that she was deliberately teasing Gu Ha.

Strangely, he didn’t expose her.

Song Lianhe turned back, the smile not yet faded from her face, and her gaze unexpectedly met Zhou Junlin’s cool eyes.

Her smile instantly stiffened. She knew her little trick wouldn’t fool him. She gave an awkward laugh and said, “The atmosphere was a little tense, so I was just making a little joke… just a joke…”

Not daring to look at him, she quickly ran to Song Xilan’s bedside to make preparations.

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