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Ye Qichi had been busy for an entire day and night.
Thinking that with the arrival of the dicinal herbs, treatnt could be expedited, she prepared all the prescriptions.
She sorted the prescriptions for everyone categorically.
She stretched lazily.
Glimpsing the color of the sky outside.
It was already the hour of the Dog.
In two hours, it would be the hour of the Pig.
Gu Xingchuan, still had not arrived.
Ye Qichi had been continuously busy at first, but amidst the bustle, she occasionally felt so worry.
Now that all tasks were completed, her anxiety inevitably intensified.
Gu Xingchuan would co.
But what if he was too late...
Too many external factors, many things were uncertain.
Ye Qichi stood up from the ground.
Currently, many patients in the plague area had already fallen asleep.
"Sister." Xiao Xi suddenly called out to her.
Ye Qichi looked at the little girl who had not yet fallen asleep.
After rescuing her from the massive fire, her injuries were not light. Lacking dicinal resources, she could only slowly recuperate. Moreover, due to her injuries, she later contracted the plague, and her ntal state hadn’t been well during this ti.
"Are you not sleeping yet, Xiao Xi?" Ye Qichi’s voice was gentle.
"Sister, aren’t you going to sleep?" Xiao Xi asked with concern, "You haven’t had a good rest for so long."
"I’m not tired." Ye Qichi touched Xiao Xi’s cheek, "Go to sleep early."
"I really hope that we all recover soon." Xiao Xi said sincerely, "So that sister can have a good rest."
Ye Qichi was moved.
She smiled.
She didn’t tell Xiao Xi anything.
She didn’t tell them.
That tonight, it would all end.
If Gu Xingchuan ca, they would be rescued.
If he didn’t.
They would die.
Thinking of this, Ye Qichi felt sowhat oppressed inside.
She comforted Xiao Xi with a few words and walked out of the shrine hall.
Outside, the stars shone brightly, unusually so.
It seems that tomorrow would be a sunny day.
Only, it’s unknown.
If the people inside could still see it.
So she paced outside.
Not being nervous was just lying to oneself.
She was always waiting, waiting for Gu Xingchuan’s arrival.
From afar.
Ye Qichi thought she saw so lights.
Her heart tightened a bit.
She didn’t dare hope too much, for fear of being suddenly disappointed.
And that feeling was not pleasant to endure.
Her eyes were fixed intently.
The lights grew closer and closer.
Ye Qichi did not see Gu Xingchuan; instead, she saw Xiao Wu.
Xiao Wu rode at the front, leading the army on horseback.
As he reached Ye Qichi, he promptly dismounted and knelt to pay respects, "Princess."
Ye Qichi looked at Xiao Wu and then at the surrounding soldiers.
"Prince has ordered to prepare in advance," Xiao Wu said, "As soon as the incense clock burns to the designated ti, the order will be imdiately executed."
Ye Qichi nodded.
She didn’t object.
She wouldn’t fuss over the arrangents she had agreed to with Xiao Jinxing.
However.
Ye Qichi asked Xiao Wu, "Has Gu Xingchuan not arrived?"
"I’ve sent Pang Nan to personally et Young Master Gu outside the city. If Young Master Gu arrives, Pang Nan will ride fast with the Whip to send the ssage. But if Young Master Gu hasn’t co..." Xiao Wu said, "I ask that the Princess not be too heartbroken."
Ye Qichi nodded.
"I’ll continue with preparations."
"Hmm."
Xiao Wu, with the troops, surrounded all three shrine halls.
As if to execute them.
It should be by incineration as well.
Simple and fast, and the bodies would be cremated along with everything else, thus completely eradicating the plague.
Ye Qichi watched as everyone made their preparations.
The plague-stricken patients inside the ancestral shrine had also noticed the unusual activities outside.
There was already so restlessness inside.
Yet, Ye Qichi did not go back to explain.
She did not know how to explain.
This ti, it was already beyond her capabilities.
If death was indeed inevitable, she would simply leave.
Just like that.
Another half an hour passed.
A carriage, escorted by people, appeared in front of Ye Qichi.
It was clearly Xiao Jinxing and Bai Mowan.
Not Gu Xingchuan.
They stepped down from the carriage.
Xiao Jinxing just stood a few ters away from Ye Qichi, looking at her.
Ye Qichi also looked back at him.
For a long while.
Xiao Jinxing asked Ye Qichi in a cold voice, "Are you going to keep standing there?!"
Obviously.
The position where Ye Qichi now stood was closer to the plague-stricken common folk.
If she did not leave.
She would be burnt to death along with them when the incineration began.
"The ti has not yet co," Ye Qichi stated plainly.
Xiao Jinxing scoffed coldly.
And with a touch of contempt.
Clearly.
He did not believe that Gu Xingchuan would co.
Up to now, even Ye Qichi herself was not sure anymore.
Ye Qichi continued the standoff with Xiao Jinxing.
"There’s half an incense stick of ti left," Xiao Jinxing stated bluntly, glancing at the incense clock held by a soldier beside him.
Ye Qichi bit her lip.
"Are you still going to persist?" Xiao Jinxing asked her coldly.
In his tone, there was sarcasm.
Ye Qichi took a deep breath.
After all, there was so reluctance.
But ultimately.
She chose to walk towards Xiao Jinxing.
Xiao Jinxing’s eyes flickered slightly.
He hadn’t actually expected Ye Qichi to keep her promise so faithfully.
She really did give up resisting.
Bai Mowan was also sowhat surprised.
She thought that Ye Qichi would still insist.
Even if it was just a verbal fight.
However, she compromised just like that.
Bai Mowan did not even know if Ye Qichi was not kind enough or if she was simply a person who kept her promises, but anyway, Ye Qichi surprised her.
A surprise that was baffling.
Ye Qichi returned to Xiao Jinxing’s side, still deliberately maintaining so distance.
Xiao Jinxing did not look at Ye Qichi either, his gaze fixed on the ancestral shrine in front of him, he scornfully said, "The one you believed in, is not as trustworthy as you think."
Ye Qichi did not argue back.
Not because she thought Gu Xingchuan wasn’t trustworthy.
But at this ti, she was not in the mood to quarrel with Xiao Jinxing.
At that mont, she heard Xiao Jinxing’s loud command, "All n, on my order!"
The well-trained soldiers raised their bows and arrows, the flaming arrowheads aiming at the ancestral shrine.
Xiao Jinxing’s deep and stern voice was just about to give another order.
"Prince, please hold your hand!" A hasty voice rang out from a distance.
Along with the sound of urgent hoofbeats.
Growing closer and closer.
At the critical mont.
Pang Nan, riding a fine horse, appeared before everyone’s eyes.
Following behind him was... Gu Xingchuan in flowing white robes.
Gu Xingchuan, whom they hadn’t seen for half a month...
Had finally arrived!
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