Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

Gu Qianhan said politely, "The Crown Prince's Consort is a guest, how can we let a guest feed Ah Ning medicine? This kind of thing should be handled by me as her brother, right, Ah Ning?"

Gu Qianning: “No…cough cough cough!”

"You also think that the Crown Prince's wife shouldn't be fed medicine? Okay, I'll listen to you. Come on, open your mouth and drink this medicine in one breath."

Gu Qianning became even more horrified when she saw the steaming bowl of black medicine.

She suspected that her second brother wanted to scald her to death, or make her suffer to death, or choke her to death. Anyway, he wanted her to die!

While coughing, she held Shen Wantang's arm and shook her head desperately. Several silver needles stuck in her head kept shaking as she shook her head. The scene was quite funny.

Gu Qianhan seemed to be blind and could not see his sister's resistance at all. He even gently pressed his sister's shoulder and said, "A Ning, it's just a bowl of medicine. You are not a child anymore. Don't resist or move around. Drink it."

Gu Qianning felt the amazing force on her shoulders and could not move at all. She looked at Gu Qianhan in shock and anger: "Cough cough cough! Cough cough cough!"

Gu Qianhan almost pushed the medicine bowl into her face: "Alas, you are so sick that you can't even speak."

Gu Qianning was roaring in her heart: How dare you say that?! What the hell is wrong with you?! You are not feeding me medicine, you are taking advantage of the situation!

Unfortunately, the only sound she could make at this moment was: "Cough cough cough!"

Shen Wantang finally couldn't bear it anymore: "Second Master, you can't feed the medicine like this, you will choke Ah Ning."

She no longer cared about the differences between men and women. While blocking the medicine bowl, she held Gu Qianhan's hand that was on Gu Qianning's shoulder, then exerted a little force to move his hand away.

Gu Qianning was freed instantly. She looked at Shen Wantang with gratitude, then swiftly hid behind her, fearing that her second brother would hold her down and force her to take medicine.

Unfortunately, what she didn’t know was that Gu Qianhan was no longer paying attention to her at this moment.

All his senses were focused on the back of his hand.

Shen Wantang's hand touched him.

This was the second time she touched him so closely, the last time was at the last moment of his life.

At that time, he was in a broken state, covered in blood, and was a rat crossing the street that everyone wanted to kill, but she did not despise him. She held his face with her clean and warm hands, fed him a fatal pill, and ended his endless pain.

Now, she was touching him again, and again she was feeding him medicine, though this time it wasn't to him.

Gu Qianhan watched her take the bowl of medicine, blow on the boiling hot medicine to cool it down slightly, and then feed it to Gu Qianning with a spoon. When Gu Qianning coughed, she patted her back gently to help her breathe, and continued to feed her when she stopped coughing.

She was so gentle and patient. In order to prevent Gu Qianning from coughing, she even told her some interesting stories to divert her attention.

Gu Qianhan admitted that he was a little jealous of his sister at this moment.

How come he isn't the one who's sick?

Gu Qianning glared at her second brother while drinking the medicine. She now understood why her second brother insisted on feeding her the medicine himself - he just wanted to take the opportunity to get closer to this beautiful woman.

People just took his hand away, and he just froze and stopped rushing to feed the medicine.

After finishing a bowl of medicine, Shen Wantang handed the empty bowl to the maid.

But before the maid could take it, a slender hand reached out and took the empty medicine bowl from her hand.

Shen Wantang didn't react much to this. Gu Qianhan was very well-behaved. He just took the bowl and didn't touch her hand. Besides, he was closest to her, so it was normal for him to take the bowl.

The maidservant next to him almost popped her eyes out. What happened to the Second Young Master today? Why is he so abnormal?

Who would dare to ask him to take the bowl on normal days? Besides, he is such a cold person, it is impossible for him to take the bowl even if it is handed to him. He will just ignore it. Even if the bowl falls to the ground and breaks, he will not take it.

Not to mention the bowl, even if someone dropped something in front of him, he wouldn't even look at it, let alone help!

The maid was puzzled. When she saw him put the medicine bowl on the table, she couldn't help but look at the bowl. However, no matter how she looked left and right, she couldn't see what was so different about this bowl that the Second Young Master was willing to take it.

Could it be that she was so grateful to the Crown Princess for coming to treat the eldest lady in such a cold weather? That was why she took the initiative?

There should be no other reason.

The maid didn't think about the relationship between men and women at all, because other people might be attentive to Shen Wantang because of her outstanding appearance, but the second young master would never do that! He has no interest in women!

Shen Wantang did not stay for long. She took the silver needle and said goodbye to Gu Qianning. Seeing that Gu Qianning wanted to get up to see her out, she quickly held Gu Qianning down and said, "Take good care of yourself. Don't see me off. If you still feel uncomfortable, remember to write to me."

Gu Qianning felt that she had come all this way to do something and it was very rude and apologetic that she couldn't personally see Shen Wantang off.

She asked Shen Wantang tentatively: "How about letting my second brother take you there on my behalf?"

Just as Shen Wantang was about to refuse, she heard Gu Qianhan say, "Just ask Manager Cui to send it off."

Shen Wantang nodded: "Okay, that's it."

She also didn't want Gu Qianhan to send her off, so it would be enough to ask the steward of the Duke's Mansion to send her off.

Soon, she left with her maid.

Gu Qianning's maid also followed her instructions and sent Shen Wantang away, leaving only the brother and sister in the room.

Gu Qianning looked at Gu Qianhan strangely: "Second brother, why didn't you go and see her off? You just missed such a good opportunity?"

Gu Qianhan looked indifferent: "It doesn't make sense to ask the men in the mansion to send your friend out. It won't sound good if it gets out."

Gu Qianning understood that his second brother was considering Shen Wantang's reputation again. He was afraid that he would bring trouble to others, so even though he wanted to send her off, he restrained himself.

She had thought that her second brother had loved her so much that he had lost his mind, but it seemed that he was still rational and would not do anything excessive.

Even when he took the bowl just now, she noticed that her second brother did not take the opportunity to take advantage of Shen Wantang. He restrained himself and only took the bowl without touching her hand.

Gu Qianning originally wanted to scold him, because he pretended to feed her medicine to scare her, but now seeing him like this, she couldn't bear to scold him.

She also has someone she likes, and she knows what it feels like to secretly like someone but not be able to get close to him. It’s sweet, but also painful.

Gu Qianhan was not distressed at the moment because he could not send Shen Wantang off. He looked at his sister's face, which had regained some color, and asked her, "Are you not coughing anymore? Are you feeling better after taking the medicine?"

Gu Qianning then realized that she wasn't coughing anymore. She was very surprised: "Oh, I really don't cough anymore! Atang's medicine is so effective. No wonder King Ning was showing off everywhere because she cured his cough!"