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Long Yin stood next to her bed with his hands behind his back, his brow still furrowed.

His expression became colder in response to her overly polite tone, and he asked, “Isn’t Grandmother around? Didn’t you ask her to treat you?”

Lu Xue shook her head and explained, “Both Grandfather and Grandmother aren’t around. You know Grandmother and Aunt Liangwei have developed a prescription that can improve my health over the past two years, right? One of the guiding herbs is extremely rare—it blooms only once every five years and grows on the steepest ridge of Sacred Hillock Peak. Grandmother heard that it’ll bloom soon, so she and Grandfather set out a few days ago to wait for it.”

As she spoke, she could not help feeling guilty—her entire family had worried themselves sick just for her sake.

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Long Yin was aware of the guiding herb, but he was surprised to hear that it was going to bloom soon.

Joy flitted across his face, and he reassured her, “Since both of them are involved, I’m sure they’ll bring the guiding herb back, and then you can finally get better.”

Lu Xue smiled too. “Yes, but the guiding herb can’t be used right away. It needs to be dried and stored for two months.” She lifted her head and looked at Long Yin. “I’m sure you have a lot to do, Cousin Long Yin. You don’t have to stay here with me—you can go back now.”

“Very well,” Long Yin replied. Although Xue’er was his cousin, she was already thirteen, and it was inappropriate for him to stay in her maiden room. “Get some rest, then.”

“I will. Have a safe journey to the Yan Kingdom,” said Lu Xue sincerely.

“All right.” Long Yin gave her a significant look before turning and leaving.

Lu Xue watched wistfully as her cousin’s tall and lean figure disappeared out of the doors.

She envied Yaoyao and Ji’er a lot.

They had a good brother like Cousin Long Yin, but she did not have a single sibling at all. Being the only young person in the large Grand Duke Mansion, she would sometimes feel dreadfully lonely.

It had been bearable in the past as Yaoyao and Ji’er would occasionally visit her, but now that both of them had left the imperial capital, she no longer had any companions.

Sighing, she gazed out of the window yearningly.

The next day, Long Yin and his entourage departed for the Yan Kingdom.

All of a sudden, Lu Liangwei was a little uncomfortable with how empty the palace was.

For the past many years, her three children had always been by her side. Although Long Yang would occasionally send Long Yin on inspection tours, at least Yaoyao and Ji’er were around, so she had not been too bothered.

However, now that her three children had left the imperial capital and her one after another, she was unused to their absence.

Hearing this, Lu Liangwei looked at him and suddenly sighed.

“What’s wrong?” Long Yang was curious.

“I should have followed Yin’er to the Yan Kingdom. That way, I could travel with my son instead of staying here and sighing at these palace walls. You’re the one who’s busy, not me—why didn’t I think of that earlier?” Lu Liangwei exclaimed regretfully.

“Could you seriously bring yourself to leave me alone in the palace?” Long Yang frowned unhappily.

“Of course.” Lu Liangwei grinned. “In fact, you’re probably longing for me to go away so you can have an affair.”

Long Yang narrowed his eyes threateningly and said, “You really think I won’t?”

Lu Liangwei looked him up and down and suddenly said ambiguously, “You never know what’s going to happen in life. Just when you think a person won’t do something, they will; when you think they’ll do it, they won’t.”

No matter how smart Long Yang was, he could not guess what she meant right away.

“What are you trying to say?”

Lu Liangwei blinked mischievously and took a step back. “What I’m saying is—we’re not young anymore. If we didn’t fool around when we were young, it’s even more unlikely that we’ll have the energy for it now that we’re old.”

Long Yang finally understood what she was implying and narrowed his eyes ominously. “Lu Liangwei, are you trying to say that I’m old and incapable?”