Chapter 1411: Chapter 1389: Detox III (October Monthly Ticket Bonus 5)
Eunuch Wu and Manbao exchanged a glance, realizing they were being summoned, and promptly went inside.
As soon as she entered, Manbao felt she had no place to stand; the floor was covered with shards of porcelain and scattered tables and chairs.
The Crown Princess sat cross-legged on a high chair, with a cup of tea beside her, and almost everything in the room, except where she sat, had been smashed by the Crown Prince.
Manbao twitched her lips, thinking, “Wow, he really smashed it thoroughly. Aren’t these porcelain pieces expensive?”
The Crown Princess saw Manbao and, with a glimmer of hope in her eyes, immediately got up, paying no heed to the broken porcelain pieces on the floor. She stepped over them when possible and walked over them when not. She reached out to take Manbao’s hand, smiling, “Doctor Zhou Junior is here, please have a seat.”
Looking around, she realized there was no place to sit, so the Crown Princess smiled and said, “Your Highness, why not move to my small study room?”
Having already vented his anger, the Crown Prince snorted coldly, feeling somewhat calmer, and turned to leave.
Eunuch Wu quickly followed behind him to serve.
The Crown Princess tightly grasped Manbao’s hand, pulling her along.
The group relocated to the small study next door belonging to the Crown Princess, where Eunuch Wu, particularly attentive, brewed a new pot of tea and served it.
The Crown Prince frowned at him, gesturing, “Leave!”
Eunuch Wu bowed and left, taking the people inside the room with him, and after closing the door, he personally stood guard at a distance.
There were only three people left in the room, and the Crown Prince sarcastically looked at Manbao, asking, “What, you actually made the antidote so quickly?”
Manbao nodded, “We made it.”
The Crown Prince was taken aback; did they really make it?
The Crown Princess, on the other hand, became excited, holding onto Manbao’s hand and saying, “That’s wonderful, you don’t know, after you took that stone away the night before, I washed His Highness’s hair. His Highness’s hair…”
She paused at this point, her eyes reddening, and pressed her handkerchief to the corner of her eye without saying anything.
Manbao instinctively looked at the Crown Prince’s hair and asked, “Is he losing hair?”
The Crown Prince’s expression was very unpleasant.
The Crown Princess, however, did not want to hide the ailment and nodded, “I just gently rubbed it, and the hair fell out in handfuls…”
Manbao hadn’t expected it to be this severe, but according to Teacher Mo, this was just the initial effect. She quickly reassured them both, “No need to worry; fortunately, there’s no nosebleed.”
Manbao opened her medicine chest and took out a porcelain bottle to give to the Crown Prince, “This is the antidote. After drinking it, you should exercise a little, maybe practice sword fighting or dance, as long as you sweat. Once you sweat, take a bath and sleep, and you’ll feel better.”
The Crown Prince took the porcelain bottle, raised his eyebrows, and asked, “It’s that simple?”
Manbao nodded, “You’ve only been exposed to the stone for a short time, so as long as you take the medicine to expel the toxins, you’ll be fine.”
The Crown Prince opened the bottle stopper and peeked inside, momentarily dumbfounded, thinking he must have seen it wrong. He then casually dumped the tea from the teacup and poured the medicine liquid into the cup.
The Crown Princess lowered her head to look and was stunned as well.
The couple stared at the blue liquid, somewhat in disbelief, “Is this the antidote?”
Manbao nodded, “Yes, this is the antidote.”
She looked at the Crown Prince with encouragement, “Your Highness, please drink it.”
The Crown Prince glanced up at Manbao and then down at the strange-looking potion, finally raising it to smell. He found that the antidote was completely odorless.
Which made it look even stranger.
The Crown Prince tapped the porcelain bowl and asked, “How did you make this antidote?”
Manbao couldn’t help but scratch her head; oh no, she had come out too early today and forgot to ask Bai Shan if he had figured out that mysterious formula…
Manbao looked at the Crown Prince with innocent, big eyes.
The Crown Prince stared at her for a while and eventually did not ask further. After contemplating, he still tilted his head back and drank the medicine.
The Crown Princess also anxiously watched him for a long time, and when she saw he hadn’t had any reaction, she asked, “Your Highness, how do you feel?”
The Crown Prince frowned, “I don’t feel anything, but this medicine indeed has a peculiar taste—it’s not bitter, but rather refreshing.”
Manbao suggested, “Do you want to go outside and sweat it out?”
The Crown Prince glanced at Manbao and turned to walk outside. He summoned Eunuch Wu to retrieve his sword and began practicing in the courtyard.
Manbao and the Crown Princess watched him practice under the corridor, and to be honest, the Crown Prince looked quite heroic.
Manbao turned to look at the Crown Princess, wondering if she should inquire about the Crown Prince’s thoughts when suddenly the Crown Princess looked back at her, smiling, “Doctor Zhou Junior looks different today, very beautiful.”
Manbao then remembered she had changed her hairstyle and hair accessories today. Speaking of which, the Crown Prince didn’t seem to notice; oh well, it seems vanity is a girl’s prerogative.
Manbao beamed at the Crown Princess, also complimenting her makeup, “The Crown Princess looks beautiful today too.”
The Crown Princess touched her cheek and smiled softly, “I’m old now, not as youthful as you all.”
Manbao blinked, “Old? Your Grace still looks so young.”
The Crown Princess smiled with raised lips and watched as the Crown Prince darted behind the fake mountain. She said, “I really didn’t expect Doctor Zhou Junior to make an antidote so quickly. So, will the Crown Prince and I have children?”
Manbao assured her, nodding, “As long as Your Highness and Your Grace follow medical instructions, you definitely will.”
For some reason, a surge of warmth filled the Crown Princess’s heart. If she had been like falling into an icy cave the day before yesterday and heartbroken yesterday, today felt like a spark igniting within the ashes.
She gazed fixedly at Manbao, both of them nervously swallowing, and she whispered, “Alright, I trust you.”
Manbao took the opportunity to softly ask, “What about the Crown Prince?”
The Crown Princess turned to look at the Crown Prince’s stern figure, holding his sword without saying anything for a while.
Honestly, she didn’t know either.
Thus, she did not answer Manbao.
The Crown Prince carried more pressure than the Crown Princess, facing more harm, and right now, the Crown Princess couldn’t discuss anything more with Zhou Man.
Manbao stopped asking.
The two stood under the corridor watching the Crown Prince finish two sets of sword forms, sweating heavily and panting, as he sheathes his sword and carries it back into the study room, then turned to tell Eunuch Wu, “Prepare hot water, I need a bath.”
“Yes, Your Highness,” Eunuch Wu quickly bowed out to make arrangements.
The Crown Prince changed the water twice, and by the time he came out, steam rose from his face and body like a boiled shrimp.
With eyelids drooped, he barely spoke before reclining on a soft couch and falling asleep.
The Crown Princess watched anxiously.
Manbao reassured her, “It’s alright. This is normal; I can give him some acupuncture now to help adjust.”
Manbao had already spent points to ask Keke to scan again and obtained data showing the expelling effects were particularly good.
The Crown Prince’s body hadn’t been contaminated, so the medicine’s effectiveness was great, and due to the medicine’s restorative effects, his body had even been slightly repaired.
Looking at the scanned data, Manbao stroked her chin, pondering deeply. Her mother had drunk that potion…
Manbao’s consciousness opened the store, searched for the potion again, and as she examined the potion, looked down at the Crown Prince, she couldn’t help but glance at the potion once more…
Seriously, why hadn’t she thought of it before?