TFWYH – Chapter 890 The So-Called Princess

“Wait!” As soon as Tang Wan heard that someone needed saving, she immediately put aside what she was doing and looked apologetically at her handsome husband.

Ling Yu smiled. “Go ahead. I’ll take care of things here.”

“All right. Sorry to trouble you, husband. I’ll go take a look and come right back.”

With Ling Yu’s permission, Tang Wan hurried behind the counter, grabbed some essential medicines, slung a basket onto her back, and left with the palace matron.

Princess Royal’s Residence!

As soon as Tang Wan entered, she encountered someone hurrying out. It was the same man who had accompanied the Princess Royal to the medical clinic in disguise last time.

The man’s name was Yun Shen. The moment he saw Tang Wan, his eyes lit up, and he immediately rushed over and knelt before her.

“Princess, please save Her Highness the Princess Royal!”

Tang Wan quickly stepped aside and frowned. “Get up first. Take me to see her!”

“Yes, yes! Princess, this way!”

Yun Shen got up and led Tang Wan toward the rear courtyard.

As they walked, Tang Wan couldn’t help feeling shocked.

Although this was the residence of a Princess Royal, there were only three or four female servants doing the cleaning.

The garden was clearly long neglected, while the pavilions and buildings were old and dilapidated. It was obvious that no one had maintained them.

This Princess Royal’s residence was actually worse than the residence of a mere seventh-rank official!

Yun Shen noticed where she was looking and gave a bitter smile.

“Princess, do you feel that this place doesn’t look like somewhere a princess should live?”

Tang Wan nodded. “Yes. Why are there so few servants in the Princess Royal’s residence?”

She was a princess!

When she went out, she should have been riding in an eight-bearer sedan, accompanied by magnificent carriages and fine horses. Her residence should have been splendid, luxurious, and imposing!

The man’s expression grew even more bitter.

“When no one cares about you, this is what happens. Her Highness has had a very difficult life. Despite her noble status, she is practically under house arrest.”

Tang Wan: …

Probably because she wasn’t the Empress Dowager’s biological daughter.

And on top of that, she had been poisoned.

Sigh…

Being a princess in this era really wasn’t easy.

As they spoke, Yun Shen led Tang Wan to a courtyard.

There wasn’t a single servant in the enormous courtyard.

After entering the room, Tang Wan found that the furniture and furnishings were equally old and worn.

She passed behind a screen and saw the Princess Royal lying on the bed.

It had only been some time since they last met, yet the Princess Royal had become so thin that Tang Wan almost failed to recognize her.

Looking at the woman on the bed, Yun Shen’s eyes grew moist as he spoke softly.

“Recently, Her Highness’s poison has been acting up more and more frequently. We still haven’t obtained the antidote this month. I truly don’t know how much longer Her Highness can hold on.”

Tang Wan said nothing.

She stepped forward, took the Princess Royal’s pulse, and carefully examined her.

Minute after minute passed, and Tang Wan’s brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

The man beside her was extremely nervous. When Tang Wan finally withdrew her hand and fell into thought, he cautiously asked, “Princess, is Her Highness all right?”

Tang Wan’s brows remained tightly knitted as she shook her head.

“Very bad. After being poisoned for so many years, her body has already been thoroughly damaged. Even if the poison were removed, she wouldn’t live more than five years. And right now, I don’t even have a way to detoxify her.”

Yun Shen’s eyes turned red.

“Is there really nothing that can be done?”

Tang Wan thought for a moment before saying, “It’s not completely hopeless. After the Princess Royal left last time, I started studying medical texts. There is a method, but it’s rather difficult.”

“No matter how difficult it is, I’ll find a way to do it. Please, Princess, save Her Highness!”

As he spoke, the man tried to kneel again.

“Stop kneeling every time!” Tang Wan hurriedly caught him and said helplessly, “The method I’m talking about is using poison to counteract poison. But if we use this method, the Princess Royal will have at most two years left to live.”

“Two years?”

The man wondered if he had heard incorrectly.

Tang Wan explained, “Everyone knows that Seven Insects and Seven Herbs is made by combining seven poisonous insects and seven poisonous herbs. To cure this poison, we need to know exactly which seven poisonous herbs and insects were used, as well as the order in which they were combined. Therefore, only the person who originally created the poison knows how to make the antidote. No one else can properly detoxify the Princess Royal.”

“What I mean by using poison to counteract poison is that I can concoct another batch of Seven Insects and Seven Herbs to suppress the Seven Insects and Seven Herbs already in the Princess Royal’s body.”