715 Don’t Want to
“Are there any other Guardian Beasts?”
Su Xiaolu was surprised and stopped touching Mantis Shrimp.
Mantis Shrimp moved its butt and then said in a childish voice, “Of course. The world is very big, and so is the universe. There must be more than one Guardian Beast protecting the world. If there’s only me, I’ll be exhausted.”
With that, Mantis Shrimp nudged Su Xiaolu’s palm with its head. “Xiaolu, you have to cultivate well. When I grow up in the future, I can bring you to see such a vast world. Don’t you want to go back to the past? Then you have to work hard.”
It was a good thing to be broad-minded. It was one step closer to its goal.
Su Xiaolu pondered and touched Mantis Shrimp. She smiled and nodded. “Okay, I’ll work hard.”
After interacting with Mantis Shrimp in the Space for a while, Su Xiaolu left the Space to sleep. She now took the time to enter the Space every day to see Mantis Shrimp and interact with it.
In her heart, Mantis Shrimp was her partner.
The next morning, after dinner, Su Xiaolu told her family and went out.
Old Wu instructed her, “Come back early for dinner.”
Su Xiaolu nodded.
When she arrived at the Wisdom King’s Residence, Jin Wu was guarding the door. When he saw Su Xiaolu, Jin Wu greeted her respectfully, “Miss Su, you’re here. Miss Su, please come in.”
Su Xiaolu was about to go in when a delicate shout sounded from behind.
“Wait!”
It was a woman. Her tone was a little special. Her long, flaxen hair had already revealed her identity. It was Princess Sindili.
Behind her was a maidservant. The maidservant had an ordinary face and her eyes followed Sindili.
As Su Xiaolu examined Sindili, Sindili was also sizing Su Xiaolu up. Sindili walked up to her and asked indignantly, “Why can she go in but I can’t? Which family’s young lady is she from? I want to compete with her!”
Sindili sized up Su Xiaolu and treated her as a competitor. She held her head high and puffed out her chest. She was full of momentum and shouted that she wanted to compete with Su Xiaolu.
Su Xiaolu explained politely, “I’m just a doctor. I’m here to treat the Wisdom King.”
“Treat him? Can his illness be cured?”
Sindili frowned. She had chosen Zhou Zhi because his identity was suitable and he looked sickly. If his illness could be cured, wouldn’t her plans be in vain?
If Zhou Zhi wanted her to sleep with him and give birth to children for him… Sindili frowned when she thought of this. A trace of sadness flashed across her eyes, and she looked at Su Xiaolu expectantly, waiting for her answer.
“It can be cured.”
Su Xiaolu’s short answer shattered Sindili’s fantasy. She subconsciously blurted out, “Impossible.”
She had asked around about Zhou Zhi. His legs were disabled, he was seriously ill, and his entire body was full of poison. It was rumored that he would not live past 25 years old.
“Nothing’s impossible.”
Su Xiaolu retorted calmly. She had worked so hard to save Zhou Zhi’s life because she hoped that he could live a long life. She was about to do it, and she could do it too.
“Can he really be cured?”
Sindili refused to believe it and asked again. Before Su Xiaolu could answer, she said to herself, “You must be afraid that he will punish you, right? That’s why you said that.”
“Princess.”
Jiang Wei reminded her when Sindili lost her composure.
Sindili also realized that she had lost her composure, but she still looked at Su Xiaolu expectantly.
“No, I can really cure him. Besides, in this world, only I can cure him.”
Su Xiaolu told Sindili firmly. She was not lying.
“Who—who are you?”
Sindili took a few deep breaths before calming down. She looked at Su Xiaolu and asked for her identity.
“I’m Su Xiaolu, from the Minggu Medical Sect.”
Su Xiaolu cupped her hands at Sindili politely. She had not forgotten that Sindili was the candidate Zhou Zhi had chosen to help Zhou Heng out. In the future, she would have to share her sister’s burden, so Sindili should be her friend.
“It’s the divine doctor.”
Sindili was very disappointed. She did not expect Su Xiaolu to be a divine doctor.
“Your Highness, let’s go back first.”
Jiang Wei held Sindili and said softly to her.
Sindili looked at Su Xiaolu again and finally followed Jiang Wei back to the neighboring residence.
Only then did Su Xiaolu prepare to enter the Wisdom King’s Residence. Seeing that Sindili had left, Jin Wu said to Su Xiaolu, “I don’t know what’s wrong with this princess. She pestered our master, but our master didn’t see her a single time.”
“Fourth Brother hasn’t seen her even once. Isn’t that bad?”
Wasn’t this princess arranged by the emperor?
Jin Wu smiled and shook his head. “There’s nothing wrong with it. Master arranged for someone to take care of her. Anyway, it’s fine as long as we don’t neglect her.”
This was a mission, so it was naturally impossible for him to ignore it. Zhou Zhi only used the excuse that his body was inconvenient and asked his subordinates to accompany her.
The diplomatic mission had nothing to say. After all, everyone knew that the Wisdom King was not in good health.
Jin Wu brought Su Xiaolu to the main courtyard and left.
Zhou Zhi sat in the pavilion and boiled hot tea on the small stove. He warmed his hands on the stove and glanced at Su Xiaolu with a smile. “Xiaolu, come and have a cup of hot tea.”
Zhou Zhi was wearing white clothes and a white fox fur coat. He looked lazy and comfortable.
Su Xiaolu sat down and watched Zhou Zhi pour tea for her.
Neither of them spoke for a moment. They just held their teacups and drank slowly.
“The Li Dynasty is brave and good at fighting. Recently, it has been a troubled period. As it’s a neighboring country, the envoys of both countries do not want to fight. They both want to wait until they find out the new order before making plans. I found out that she likes the same sex, so I thought of a way to get her to come over.”
Zhou Zhi said calmly. After saying that, he smiled self-deprecatingly and added, “But I didn’t expect her to do the opposite.”
Su Xiaolu listened. She thought for a moment and said, “What if she doesn’t want to enter the palace?”
Entering the palace meant that she would have no freedom and had to abide by many rules.
“Xiaolu.”
Zhou Zhi called Su Xiaolu. He looked into Su Xiaolu’s eyes and said, “Xiaolu, I did not think of that.”
Zhou Zhi took a sip of tea and took a deep breath. “In that case, I have to change my plan.”
Su Xiaolu was interested. She asked curiously, “Fourth Brother, what are you going to do?”
Zhou Zhi smiled. “Let’s get straight to the point. Benefits are equal. Let’s come to a compromise.”
Since they were using each other, they would each take what they needed.
Su Xiaolu nodded. This was a good idea. After all, Princess Sindili’s visit was only for two months. It was not good for things to get too complicated.
“This matter will be resolved in a while. Although it’s fake, it’s still a marriage in name. Your sister still has to understand this. When you’re free, you can visit the palace to see her more. She doesn’t have anyone in the palace who knows her well,” Zhou Zhi looked at Su Xiaolu and said gently.
Zhou Heng wanted to be the emperor, but he also wanted to be with Su Xiaoling for the rest of his life. The path they took was naturally bumpy. Sometimes, even if they understood and trusted each other, they would still feel uncomfortable. Su Xiaoling came into the palace for Zhou Heng. He was afraid that she would fall into a bad state and cause Su Xiaolu to be heartbroken.