This is the first time we are dividing a chapter into two parts. Chapter 18’s length is two times the normal length for other chapters, so I couldn’t translate it all at once. Apologies~
She didn’t know whether she should call him a psychopath?!
Fang Jiu shook away his hand and held a silver needle with her fingertips, her face alarmed, “I’m warning you. Stop putting your hands on me. Don’t think I’ve forgotten what happened last night!”
The silver needle glowed coldly under the sunlight, and the disgust in her eyes was very blatant. Xuan Yuanfan’s brows furrowed, “What happened last night?”
Fang Jiu: “…”
“I don’t want to talk to you!” Fang Jiu was so angry she turned around and walked away. She had seen perverts before, but she hadn’t seen perverts like him!
He did it, but now he wouldn’t admit it. What grown-up man was he!
As she continued to grab medicine at the counter, she saw that “pervert” mumbling something to her father. As if noticing her glance, the two of them resolutely went into an inside room together, and Ming Yi guarded them at the entrance.
He was an emperor, but he did lots of things that could not be seen under broad daylight. Fang Jiu didn’t want to mind their business, either. Within a short time, she saw the emperor and Ming Yi walking out of the hospital together, not even waving goodbye to her.
Seeing how now there was no one, she went into the room and saw her father, frowning as he pondered.
“Dad, what was your mysterious conversation about?” She asked out of curiosity.
Mr. Fang stared at her numbly before sighing, “Your mother surely made mistakes, your Shishu is too aggressive, and you are too young. How can you possibly win against those two?”
This was the first time her father mentioned what happened years ago. Fang Jiu knew what he meant. This female lead was not a Marie Sue, and she would never let anyone she disliked go easily. Fang Jiu was the enemy’s daughter, so the results would be easy to predict.
“I will cure the poison for him. After his poison gets cured, that woman probably won’t trouble us again,” At this time, Fang Jiu could only comfort herself like this. After all, although the female lead was merciless, she wouldn’t kill the innocent ones. As long as Fang Jiu cured her son’s poison, this grudge should be resolved?
Mr. Fang didn’t speak. He shook his head and went out of the inside room.
Fang Jiu felt as if Xuan Yuanfan said something to her father. Which emperor in history didn’t have secret schemes? What did Xuan Yuanfan say? If it wasn’t for him, why would her father be so sentimental?
Evening arrived. Strangely, her father cooked for her in person. Fang Jiu felt mysteriously flattered.
The candlelights wavered. As he watched her take small bites, eating slices of potatoes, the eyes on Mr. Fang’s wrinkled face narrowed. He said seriously: “In the outside world, you need to have a wary mind even with the closest people you know.”
Fang Jiu, confused, chew on her chopsticks. She didn’t understand why her father suddenly started teaching her philosophies?
But in the next moment, she felt a huge wave of dizziness fill up her head. Before she even had the chance to talk, she blacked out.
…
When she woke up, she could only felt everything around her was shaking. She drowsily opened her eyes and thick, heavy carriage curtains appeared in front of her. A light smell of sandalwood filled the large carriage. She was lying on a soft couch, and palatable snacks and drinks were placed on the wooden desk beside her. A gentle breeze incessantly blew in through the curtains.
Fang Jiu rubbed her forehead and randomly felt around. She suddenly realized the needles she carried were gone!
Lifting the curtains at once, she saw Ming Yi in the front, directing the carriage. Not far away in front of them, a familiar silhouette was riding on a tall horse. As if he was cooperating with the carriage’s speed, the brown horse under him was walking extra slowly.
“Where is this?!” Fang Jiu grabbed onto Ming Yi’s back lapels, her angry eyes continuously scanning over the bushes around them.
At that instant, the servants and guards surrounding the carriage all turned their heads to stare at her.
“This…” Ming Yi put a lot of his strength into pulling his lapels away, and he then guiltily glanced at her, “Your father probably thought being an emperor’s wife is better than being a female doctor, so he…”
“Bullsh**!” Fang Jiu couldn’t resist but cursed, “Stop right now!”
Now that she thought about it, Fang Jiu knew her father had drugged her. Logically, she should’ve noticed. However, they were too close, and she didn’t even think about the other aspects. She didn’t know her father would really drug her!
Because his ears ached from her hollering, Ming Yi could only stop the carriage. In the next moment, Fang Jiu leaped down from the carriage and directly ran in the direction they just came from, not caring about how rural the area they were in was.
She hadn’t run for a long time before horse hooves hitting the ground sounded behind her until it caught up with her. Xuan Yuanfan was sitting on the horse, looking at her from an above, supreme position as he said: “This is your father’s wish.”
“You think I would believe you?” Fang Jiu laughed coldly, her pretty eyes full of irony.
All right. Although she had already understood what her father wanted and could only complete the mission staying beside the male lead’s son if she just accepted this fact so easily, wouldn’t she lose her face!
“If you don’t come with me, you will only die in my mother empress’s hands,” As if recalling something, Xuan Yuanfan suddenly turned around and got down from the horse. Before Fang Jiu had the chance to speak, he took her in his arms in one go and put her on the horse!
Sitting behind her, his face showed an aloof expression. He slashed the whip, and the horse they were riding on instantly started galloping.
He had business in the capital, and he had been postponing his return for a very long time. At this time, it was such an emergency that it could not be delayed anymore.
“You… Let me go back!” It was Fang Jiu’s first time riding a horse, and she felt very dizzy from the unstableness.
Tightly holding her in his arms and protecting her, Xuan Yuanfan lowered his head and said sternly, “I’ll let you return once you cure my poison.”
Seeing how serious he looked, Fang Jiu felt a bit regretful inside. It looked like she was still only a doctor to the male lead’s son. She had to try harder now.
“You… What if you forget what you just said?” Her coquettish brows furrowed as if she felt unbelievable.
His eyes flashing, he said with a deep voice, “An emperor’s words are to be taken seriously.”
Sike!
Seeing his stern look, Fang Jiu blinked. As she watched the scenes flash by around her, she couldn’t resist but tightly held on to the horseback, “You… Slow down… Why don’t you let me go back into the carriage?”
“I have an emergency that needs to be attended to back in the capital, and taking the carriage is too slow,” Seeing how nervous she was as she held onto the horseback, Xuan Yuanfan suddenly got inspired. Giving a pull to the reins, the horse suddenly raised its front hooves and did a leap. It instantly dashed forward at an extreme speed.
The servants behind them closely followed, causing dust to fly into the air on the broad path.
Fang Jiu abruptly bumped into him, and her head seemed to crash into his jaw. However, this horse was too fast, making it a bumpy ride. She rubbed her head with one hand, and her other hand grabbed tightly onto his arm as she exclaimed: “Can you slow down?”
Reaching one hand to cover her eyes, he said with a deep voice, “Go to sleep. When you wake up, we’ll be at the tavern.”
This horse was way too fast that Fang Jiu could only close her eyes. She languidly leaned into his arms as if she had fallen asleep.
As if he had never seen her be so silent, Xuan Yuanfan couldn’t help but lowered his head again to say in her ears: “That day, why did you come back to save me?”
The mumbling made Fang Jiu feel helpless. Why was he asking the same question so many times!
Ignoring him, Fang Jiu fell asleep in the end.
When she woke up, she realized she was already lying on a huge bed. Looking around at the room’s decorations, this should be the tavern.
As soon as she got off the bed, she saw two women in black next to the table. Seeing she woke up, they immediately stood up and asked: “Does Ms. Fang want to have dinner?”
Feeling these two might work for Xuan Yuanfan, Fang Jiu went to the window to look at the street outside. Although the sky had already darkened, the buildings outside could still be seen clearly. Just one glance made Fang Jiu sure that they were already in the city.
But where was her Shishu?
Fang Jiu didn’t even have to think to guess he must be in the dark, sneaking looks at them. However, if the female lead was this easy to kill, she wouldn’t be the female lead.
“How long until we arrive at the capital?” Fang Jiu turned around and took a look at the two women.
“In around ten days,” one of them immediately replied.
Fang Jiu nodded and went to the doorway, pondering. However, before she had the chance to open the door, she got pulled back by the two of them.
“Miss Fang, if you would like to have dinner, just order us to serve you it,” The duo blocked the doorway as if they didn’t want her to go out.
It looked as if she was imprisoned. Fang Jiu frowned, “I’ve already agreed to go back to the capital with your emperor. What’s the point of you doing this?”
This was a joke. Even if they let her go, she wouldn’t. How would she complete the mission if she left!
“No, but… Today’s a bit special. Just one night!” The two women seemed to feel ambivalent.
Fang Jiu became even more confused when she saw this scene. Just one night?
It couldn’t be… Is that playboy already starting to find other women?
But he recalled her reminder of not touching women for 49 days, and he didn’t want to get scolded by her. So he prohibited her from coming out?
Fang Jiu became angrier as she thought about it. Infuriated, she glared at the duo in front of her: “Move!”
They exchanged glances, but they still didn’t plan on letting her leave.
“I’m telling you. Now I will need to perform acupuncture on your emperor. If I’m late and something happens, you will be criminals to the entire palace!” Fang Jiu said sternly.
The pair hesitated for quite a moment before they finally moved slightly, and Fang Jiu immediately pushed open the door and dashed out.
Xuan Yuanfan, who never liked publicity, took over the entire tavern. There were guards all over the building, no matter out in the open or the darkness. There were even rows of guards standing in the corridor, and they looked extraordinarily wary.
“Miss Fang, I’m begging you. Please go back!” Ming Yi, who was just passing by, immediately blocked her way. His face was looking very anxious.
Fang Jiu’s expression slightly changed. She was even more certain that the man was finding another woman!
“You, move…”
“Young Master, if that’s the case, then shuxia will return to report.”
TL’s Note: shuxia = one’s way of calling himself/herself a subordinate
The door to Xuan Yuanfan’s room suddenly got pushed open by someone, and an aloof-looking man in a black robe and holding a long sword suddenly walked out. As if he heard something, he suddenly turned his head to see Ming Yi, standing there and awkwardly smiling.
“Ming Yi, who’s that standing behind you?” The man’s voice was extraordinarily cold.
The latter was so scared he hurriedly stood in front of Fang Jiu to hide her. His expression was looking very weird, “My girlfriend, okay?!”
Fang Jiu: “…” Is this man crazy?
“Nonsense. Give her to me!” The man flourished his long sword, a strong Qi straightforwardly hit the railing. In that instant, that part of the railing broke into two pieces.
TL’s Note: Reminder that the eastern doctors and ancient Chinese believe an element named “Qi” is the basic material supporting a human’s life. They believe it’s a power that’s within a human body.
Xuan Yuanfan, who was behind him, walked out too. He looked at Ming Yi, who was standing to the side, before his darkened eyes turned to the man, “Sure, you are a subordinate of mother empress’s. However, if zhen kills you, zhen believes mother empress won’t say anything.”
The man took two steps back, and his eyes containing complex emotions looked towards Xuan Yuanfan. The long sword he held slightly quivered.
Until this moment, Fang Jiu fundamentally understood what happened. She hurriedly turned around, as if she was afraid that man would see her appearance.
The original novel recorded that the female lead herself trained an organization full of assassins. Every one of them inside was skillful enough to kill 100 opponents by themselves, and ever since the organization was founded, there wasn’t once when they failed their mission.
Fang Jiu only felt as if her brain was too relaxed. It looked like she needed to quickly finish the mission, or her weak life would’ve gotten taken away by the female lead at any time.
“Young master, the mistress is doing this for your good. Lin Yin is a vicious woman; your poison is a masterpiece of hers. That year, before she gives birth to you, the mistress was tortured as well. Once, when her poison got aroused, she even almost killed your father. All of this happened because of that woman. Such a vicious woman must have given birth to a vicious daughter as well. Young Master, you, shouldn’t get tricked by her!” The man, frowning, said a bunch.
TL’s Note: Lin Yin is Fang Jiu’s mother.
Ming Yi could guarantee that he had never heard this man say so many words at once.
Xuan Yuanfan strode to get in front of Fang Jiu before he pulled her to stand behind him. He looked at the man, his eyes fierce, “Begone!”
Different from last time, Fang Jiu now appreciated how good-sounding this “begone” was!
Holding tightly onto his long sword, the man scanned Fang Jiu with a meaningful look, “Young master, when mistress gets here, this woman still won’t escape her death!”
After he said his words, he flipped his body and jumped onto the first floor. Xuan Yuanfan glanced with the corner of his eyes, and in the next moment, Ming Yi leaped onto the first floor, too, with a tacit understanding. Many guards then instantly surrounded the man.
Turning his head, the man astoundingly looked at Xuan Yuanfan, who was still standing on the second floor, “Young Master, what are you doing?”
Translated by: Sydney
Vandez Translations 
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