When Ning Ziqing woke up, it was already three o'clock in the morning.

She lay on the bed, and it took her a long time to realize that she was in Jiang Quhan's medicine valley.

She stood up and called Yinxiang to help her change clothes and comb her hair.

After a simple breakfast, she went to look for Bai Yifeng.

At this time, Bai Yifeng had just finished a set of boxing in the courtyard and was sitting at the stone table to rest.

Wen Nian was carrying luggage, while Qingxu and Qiang Ze were busy chopping firewood.

Ning Ziqing didn't see Su Yanqi and thought he was still sleeping, so he went to find Jiang Quhan.

Finally, when she walked to the kitchen, she saw Jiang Quhan had changed into a gray dark patterned robe, with his sleeves tied up at the waist and was cooking.

Ning Ziqing walked forward with a smile and praised her. Jiang Quhan rolled his eyes at her and asked her to help wash the vegetables.

Ning Ziqing shook his head and hid, then picked up a cucumber and started chewing it.

Jiang Quhan was so angry that he held up the kitchen knife and scolded Ning Ziqing for not knowing anything.

Ning Ziqing said that she was originally the daughter of the Hou family, and these things were all done by servants.

These words made Jiang Quhan so angry that the two bickered for a long time.

In the end, Jiang Quhan couldn't bear it and sent Ning Ziqing to the alchemy to find honey to make sweet soup.

Ning Ziqing readily agreed and chewed cucumbers all the way to the alchemy pharmacy.

After pushing the door open and entering, she found two portraits of beauties hanging on the wall.

Curiosity drove her closer and she took a closer look at one of the portraits.

Surprisingly, the woman in the painting looks so similar to herself.

Ning Ziqing guessed that this should be a portrait of his mother, painted by Jiang Quhan's master Luo Xuanyou.

But why are there two portraits of women in the room, and who is the woman in the other portrait?

Ning Ziqing was rummaging for honey with doubts, and accidentally knocked over a shelf and dropped a medicine jar to the ground, smashing it into pieces and making a loud noise.

Jiang Quhan, who came after hearing the sound, was dumbfounded when he saw this scene, and angrily scolded Ning Ziqing.

Ning Ziqing argued with him unconvinced and was kicked out of the alchemy by Jiang Quhan.

Bai Yifeng and others who came later hurriedly broke up the fight and helped clean up the debris on the ground.

Ning Ziqing glared at Jiang Quhan angrily and handed out a white bottle in his hand.

"Who asked you to ask me to find honey? It's so troublesome to find so many bottles. I accidentally... knocked it over!" Ning Ziqing defended with a guilty look on her face.

Jiang Quhan snorted and taunted her: "Ning Manman, you just don't succeed enough and fail more than you do. Stay away from the alchemy in the future!"

"Stingy!" Ning Ziqing complained to him disdainfully.

Jiang Quhan took the bottle angrily, and suddenly realized something was wrong. He quickly opened it and smelled it, then his face suddenly changed and he shouted loudly.

"Little ancestor, this is poison, do you want to poison us?"

Ning Ziqing was stunned: "Ah? Isn't this honey? It tastes very similar!"

Jiang Quhan rolled his eyes and didn't even bother to scold her.

At this time, Su Yanqi came to the alchemy. Jiang Quhan picked up a basket and stuffed it into his hand, pulled Ning Ziqing and pushed it in front of him.

"Su Yanqi, take Ning Manman to pick flowers quickly, don't let her appear in front of me!"

After Jiang Quhan finished speaking with a sullen face, he turned around and went into the alchemy to get some honey. He closed the door angrily and locked it. He glared at Ning Ziqing fiercely and walked away.

"Jiang Quhan, you are such a stingy person!" Ning Ziqing yelled at his back excitedly.

"Qingqing, don't be angry." Su Yanqi pulled Ning Ziqing to comfort her.

Then he took her out of the courtyard and along the bluestone path to a depression in the valley where flowers bloomed.

Ning Ziqing threw herself into the flowers in a good mood, picked a bright red flower, put it in front of her nose and smelled it a few times.

Su Yanqi stood beside her holding a basket and silently watched her picking flowers.

After a while, Ning Ziqing's hands were filled with a large handful of flowers of various colors.

When she stood up and put them in the basket, two flowers accidentally fell out.

Ning Ziqing knelt down to pick it up. Su Yanqi caught a glimpse of a few flowers and leaves stuck to her hair and shoulders, and reached out to help her remove them.

Shocked to find a mark on her left shoulder, Su Yanqi subconsciously pulled open her clothes to reveal the tooth mark.

The bite mark was so deep that it still looks shocking.

Su Yanqi stared blankly at this dazzling mark, feeling as uncomfortable as dripping wax.

Ning Ziqing was startled by Su Yanqi's movements. She stood up and pulled up her collar to cover her teeth marks, not daring to look directly into Su Yanqi's eyes.

Su Yanqi's breath was stagnant, his brows were furrowed, and he asked with a trembling voice: "Did His Highness bite it?"

Ning Ziqing nodded.

A hint of pain flashed in Su Yanqi's eyes, and the tips of his fingers in mid-air were trembling slightly.

"You...?" His voice became deeper.

"No, Qi Langjun, it's not what you think!" Ning Ziqing hurriedly interrupted him to explain.

"The Fourth Highness bit me because he was angry that Jiang and I went to Hanbaitang to get married."

Hearing this, Su Yanqi took back his hand and stared at Ning Ziqing darkly.

Ning Ziqing lowered her eyes, embarrassed and at a loss.

Su Yanqi pursed her lips, gritted her teeth, and tried her best to control her emotions.

He felt a surge of anger running through his chest, making him almost lose control.

This is his most beloved girl.

He handed her over to Huo Yunchue, not to let him hurt her.

He suddenly had the impulse to take Ning Ziqing away immediately.

Let no one find her.

"Qi Langjun, what's wrong with you?" Ning Ziqing asked Su Yanqi worriedly after noticing something was wrong with him.

Su Yanqi came back to his senses and his eyes softened.

He caressed Ning Ziqing's head and showed a gentle smile.

"It's okay. I misunderstood. When I return to Kyoto, I will prepare an ointment for you to heal your wounds and return to normal."

Ning Ziqing was afraid that he would worry, so she didn't refuse.

She put the two flowers into the basket and wanted to go back to the courtyard.

From a distance, I saw Jiang Quhan walking down waving his folding fan.

"Ning Manman, come on, follow me to pick lotus flowers and lotus pods, and I will make lotus seed soup for you after you get the lotus seeds."

Ning Ziqing turned her head and refused: "No, you just hurt me!"

Jiang Quhan was stunned: "You are so angry?"

Ning Ziqing gave him a look that you just know.

Jiang Quhan choked, snorted coldly and walked past the two of them towards the lotus pond.

Ning Ziqing made a face at his back, picked up a rose and played with it.

The next moment he was pricked by flower thorns and screamed.

Jiang Quhan turned around and smiled happily.

Ning Ziqing glared at him angrily, her fingers hurting.

Su Yanqi put down the basket, reflexively picked up Ning Ziqing's fingers and put them into his mouth, gently licking her wounds with the tip of his tongue.

Ning Ziqing froze, blushed with embarrassment, and wanted to withdraw her hand, but Su Yanqi wouldn't let go.

Ning Ziqing looked at Jiang Quhan for help, and Jiang Quhan shrugged helplessly.

Su Yanqi didn't let go until Ning Ziqing's pain disappeared.

"Don't pick it off anymore, go back!" Su Yanqi said with a sullen face and a bad tone.

Ning Ziqing felt puzzled.

It was obviously him who was injured, so why was Su Yanqi angry instead?

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