C21

She only found out the identity of this little overlord from the old man in the grey robe.

The little tyrant's name was Qi Lin, and he was the youngest son of the Misty Rain Pavilion's boss. He didn't study well, and his personality was very bad. Instead, he liked to be led by the eldest son of the Assistant Minister of Revenue.

"So that's how it is. In that case, I can't use his silver." Gu Danyan picked up his money bag and handed it to the old man. He asked, "Sir, there are people collecting herbs nearby, I want to go with them."

This place was very different from what she remembered, she would definitely go out to check the growth of the herbs.

"Yes, but there are no wild beasts on the mountain outside the city, so if you want to go there, you must be careful. Also, do not provoke any of the little overlords in the city. " The grey-cloaked old man repeatedly instructed, but he still wrote a letter and gave it to her, telling her to open the gates tomorrow and pass the letter to the medicinal farmers.

Along the way, she ordered a few dishes from a nearby restaurant and carried two boxes of food back to the house.

This courtyard wasn't very big; it only had two courtyards. Two smaller courtyards, one for her own residence, one for the servants and one for the servants. There was one for her to store medicine and books, and one for her guest rooms in case of need.

At this moment, the few courtyards had been tidied up in a neat and orderly manner. It was just that the signboard at the entrance was still empty.

"Let's call it the Medicine Mansion, so we don't need to use too much knowledge." As she ate the prawn dumplings, she instructed the workers beside her.

On the other hand, Yin Gou and Qing Dai didn't have any objections. Gu Daiyan didn't bother to think about it, he only arranged the things that his grandfather Yun Qingyang had sent him in the clean room onto a shelf. Jade Dragon Snow and the phoenix gall were placed together with the shelves.

It wasn't until the second night that she rubbed her forehead and crawled into bed.

Before dawn the next day, she had already tied up her hair and changed into a light set of clothes. She took a small basket from the small courtyard and told Yin Qiufu to hurry to the city gate after watching them beat up the shed.

There were a lot of people carrying baskets outside of the city gate, but most of them were just moving goods. She also came to the side of the group and looked around before the leader of the group smiled and said, "We're waiting for you. Let's go."

There were only four people in her team. These medicinal herb farmers were not there to pick herbs for sale, but they belonged to the various pharmacies and pharmacies. Therefore, it was much safer for them to go up the mountain.

Halfway up the mountain, Gu Liuyan was already feeling exhausted. He wiped the sweat from his forehead. The few people beside her had already spread out to search for herbs, leaving her alone and waiting.

The herbs here were very dense, but the people here seemed to think that some of them were just weeds, while she had picked quite a bit. These herbs looked ordinary, but if you add them into the mix, it could be used for medicinal purposes.

As she thought of this, she realized that there were some fruits growing in the shade of the mountain. She had never seen them before and was about to raise her hand to grab them when the leading woman saw them on a rock on the mountain and shouted, "Be careful! "This is a poisonous insect fruit, its skin is poisonous and its interior is sweet. Anyone who eats it will be delirious, and their four limbs will ache unbearably."

She had already discovered that there were more plants here than she had ever seen before. She did not expect to see these things today, so she took out a small jade box about three fingers wide and placed the fruit inside it.

This time, she simply followed behind the woman and asked, "I saw that most of those medicinal farmers were men. Why did young lady come personally?"

"I'm a widow. It's not easy for me to survive in Sky Flame City with my two children. I have to beg for food." The woman wiped the sweat from her forehead and skillfully wrapped up the pampered plants before throwing them into the basket. After a while, she said, "I'm Fang Fang, what's your name?"

"Just call me Yan'Er." Gu Mingyan imitated her actions and cut the herbs in front of her and threw them into her basket. Fang Fang smiled, "If you throw it into my basket, then the Hall of World will only give me money."

"It doesn't matter. If you didn't remind me, I might have touched the fruit and rolled down the mountain." Gu Daiyan was smiling. She was not here to make money, so Fang Fang could only nod and continue picking.

"Help! Someone save me! " Suddenly, a person's scream came from the forest.

"Prince Jing, the imperial concubine is a subordinate of the Yun clan after all. The Lingnan Yun clan has always been protective of their people, but Yun Qingyang didn't even dare to move against the current emperor. My imperial concubine must not mistreat the imperial concubine." The old man, who had lived for more than a hundred years, chattered on and on.

If it was any other official, Duan Chengxuan would have told them to scram, but this old official had single-handedly pulled him up, so he could only endure it and send him off.

If she wasn't the direct daughter of the prime minister and a subordinate of the Yun Family, and if she didn't want to marry him, Wan'er would be the imperial concubine right now! But then he thought, if it wasn't for her, Wan-Er's illness might never be cured. He clenched his fists and didn't know what to do with Gu Mingyan.

"Your Highness!" A military officer in silver armor hurriedly walked in and knelt on the ground.

"What is it?" Duan Chengxuan waved his sleeve and sat down.

"Crown Princess Jing sneaked into the medicine farmers' houses early in the morning and left the city. By the time my men reacted and went to chase after her, she was already nowhere to be seen on the mountain!" The high-ranking officer ruthlessly cupped his hands together.

Duan Chengxuan immediately stood up and slapped the table. He was afraid that Gu Mingyan would disregard his family's lives and escape, so he ordered the military and the capital's officers to pay attention to the imperial concubine's movements. He didn't expect her to become so bold in just two days.

"Go outside the city and deploy a hundred elite soldiers to search the mountains with this king!"

Duan Cheng Xuan put the sword on her waist and walked towards the door in large strides.

Su Yuwan brought a bowl of chicken soup over, but she only saw Duan Chengxuan's back. After knowing what Duan Chengxuan had done, her gaze turned cold as she returned to her room.

She had originally wanted to pretend to be sick in order to keep Duan Chengxuan, but she didn't expect that because of her illness, Duan Chengxuan would be walking so close to Gu Tinyan. She tightly clenched her fist, as she believed that all of this was caused by Gu Daiyan clamoring to marry into the estate, otherwise she would have been able to recover in the right time!

In the midst of the light rain, Duan Chengxuan urged his horse forward. Looking at the gloomy sky, he instead felt a bit worried.