Little Sorcerer, Divine Doctor-Chapter 890 - 42: The Medicine Field Eccentric

After Qing Qiang dismissed a few people from the Crown Prince Mansion, she headed towards Empress Qing’s Danhuang Palace.

As soon as she entered Danhuang Palace, she was greeted by a seductive fragrance.

A beautiful woman was lying on a beauty couch, her eyes closed. Two maids knelt before her, applying rouge.

The woman’s age was hard to discern; her face showed no traces of time, her skin was white and supple, with an oval face adorned with heavy makeup, sensual and full water-red lips, and a tight-fitting red low-cut palace dress that accentuated her already captivating curves even more.

Looking closely, the woman bore a resemblance to Qing Qiang in the brows and eyes, though the woman lacked Qing Qiang’s naive charm, instead exuding the beauty of a mature woman.

As Qing Qiang approached, she obediently stood behind the beautiful woman, kneading her shoulders.

"Qiang’er, you’re here. You haven’t been to Danhuang Palace for days. Come, let me have a good look at you," the beautiful woman fluttered her long eyelashes and opened her eyes. Seeing Qing Qiang, her expression softened.

Pulling Qing Qiang in front of her, she scrutinized her for a few moments, and Empress Qing furrowed her brow, "Qiang’er, why do you look so haggard? Has Li Huali or Chi Bi been bothering you?"

Empress Qing of Hou Qin was the legitimate eldest daughter of the Hou Qin family, Qing Family. As the mother of Crown Prince Dugu Xiu, she had enjoyed twenty years of unrivaled status in the harem.

She always wanted a daughter; unfortunately, among the many concubines, Dugu Sheng had only "granted" her a son.

Since Qing Qiang had frequently visited Emperor Yang Palace since childhood, and her temperament and appearance were very similar to Empress Qing, Empress Qing always treated her as her own and even granted the wedding between Qing Qiang and her cousin Dugu Xiu when Qing Qiang expressed affection towards him.

Empress Qing intended to support Qing Qiang as Dugu Xiu’s Princess Consort, and many years later, inherit the position of Empress Dowager Hou Qin. Who could have predicted that the Emperor of Post Qin would appoint Dugu Xiu to marry that useless princess from the Eastern Capital?

This matter even led to an altercation between Empress Qing and Dugu Sheng.

In Empress Qing’s view, the Eastern Capital was long past its glory, and apart from a royal bloodline, how could their princess compare to a girl of the Qing Family?

Moreover, midway through this marriage, rumors of Princess Donghuang’s runaway surfaced, deepening Empress Qing’s disdain for the princess from the Eastern Capital.

Upon hearing this, Qing Qiang’s eyes reddened, "Aunt, who else could it be but that low-born from the Eastern Capital."

"What? You’re talking about that useless princess? Wasn’t she neglected in Taxue Garden?" Empress Qing was both surprised and distressed, having never seen her niece in this state.

With Qing Qiang’s fiery temperament, usually backed by her support, how dare a newly arrived low-born princess, who hasn’t even consummated the marriage, provoke Qing Qiang?

"Neglected is an understatement. On her first night, she forced Nanny He’s death, who was by Li Huali’s side. Cousin the Crown Prince not only didn’t reprimand her but let her move to Yu Yu Pavilion. Yet that woman was so arrogant, disobeying orders and setting traps in Taxue Garden, injuring one of Cousin the Crown Prince’s guards, even driving Cousin away," Qing Qiang’s accusations thoroughly stirred Empress Qing.

Such uproar on a new bride’s first day in the mansion?

Xiu’er not only remained calm but intended to let that rude woman move to Yu Yu Pavilion?

Given the childhood experiences, Dugu Xiu maintained a heartless and cold disposition, extending little courtesy even to her, the Empress Dowager. Moreover, her cousin, always regarded as a forbidden ground, opened up to that woman?

Evidently, the low-born princess from the Eastern Capital possessed quite some tactics.

"Not only that, but the woman is a shameless flirt. Before entering the mansion, she exchanged flirtatious glances with Prince Dugu Qian. One day at the Heavenly Pavilion, she seduced my eldest brother, and he unwittingly fell into her trap, coincidentally witnessed by Cousin the Crown Prince. Cousin disarmed my brother’s right hand, and now, it’s feared irreparable," Qing Qiang mentioned wrongs with tears streaming down.

"Outrageous! Does that woman really assume a lofty status? Hou Qin is not the Eastern Capital," Empress Qing boiled with anger, kicking aside the kneeling palace maid, leaving her trembling on the ground.

Empress Qing fiercely protective, with the Qing Residence shielded, unchecked within Hou Qin.

Donghuang Sheng, arriving at Hou Qin, acting so brazenly, wouldn’t eventually she have even Empress Qing, the Empress Dowager, subjugated?

"Indeed, Aunt, you must properly reprimand that woman. Her arrogance is unbearable, mesmerizing Cousin the Crown Prince with unknown tricks," Qing Qiang, seeing Empress Qing incensed, secretly rejoiced.

"However, that woman, after all, is a princess from the Eastern Capital. Considering her royal legitimate status, no blatant punishment would the Holy Emperor or the Crown Prince concede." Despite Empress Qing’s anger, she wasn’t reckless; her ascension through ’borrowed legacy’ onto the throne, enjoying the six palaces, spoke of her proficiency.

"Aunt, must that little low-born be allowed free reign?" Qing Qiang discontented.

"Rest assured. Isn’t there the azalea banquet shortly? Perennial convention dictates the azalea banquet never remains tranquil. Qiang’er, await, watch how Aunt deals with that little brat, showing her true order," Empress Qing’s benevolent expression contrasted the chilling malice in her eyes.

The maids knelt on the ground shivered; last time Empress Qing sentenced a favored palace maid to death, her demeanor mirrored this.

Taiyang Palace was spacious, the banquet situated in the front hall, offering radiant sunlight starkly contrasting the gloomy Taxue Garden where Yun Sheng resided.

Blooms bursting with azaleas—red, purple, white, orange—encompassed the garden.

Escaping the crowd, Yun Sheng felt invigorated.

Presently, she resembled a golden canary, seemingly free yet inescapably bound.

Nonetheless, Dugu Xiu should refrain from self-satisfaction, believing that capturing her was victory.

Moyin was merely the beginning.

Soon she would ensure Dugu Xiu regretted bringing her to Hou Qin.

"In this palace, not only are flowers cultivated excellently, even medicinal herbs thrive," passing through azalea clusters, Yun Sheng faced a thriving field of medicinal herbs.

As a Doctor, Yun Sheng held greater interest in medicinal herbs than azaleas.

The medicine field boasted various holy-grade herbs and high-grade medicinal herbs.

"Young lady, should you learn why these herbs and flowers flourish so, you’ll lack the desire for admiration."

An abrupt voice interrupted Yun Sheng’s musings.

Yun Sheng noticed a middle-aged man standing beside the medicine field.

Startled, Yun Sheng wondered when this flower farmer appeared, his presence undetected by her.