Becoming the Empress: Golden Finger Set Under My Bed

Translator: Storm in a Teacup

Ye Chengzhi got off the wagon and stood at the entrance. Staring at the black inscribed plate hung above the door, he murmured blankly, “The First Pharmacy?”

He suddenly remembered that his master did mention this place several days ago when he gave the silver needles to An Rushuang. However, it was beyond his expectation that the First Pharmacy was actually that shabby.

An Rushuang went to knock the door directly. Hurrying forward behind her, Ye Chengzhi came to realize whom she was going to meet. It must be the person his master mentioned that day, Luo Qu.

Following An Rushuang’s order, Hong Yu and Xiaotao were waiting inside the wagon. Though worried about Bian Wen, they could do nothing except for giving their lady a few words of comfort.

It was after a long while that An Rushuang heard the light footsteps behind the doors followed by a childish sound. “Who is it? We don’t sell herbal medicine today. Please come tomorrow.” It was Kong Qing.

An Rushuang answered after a second thought, “Kong Qing, I come here to meet master Luo Qu.”

The black painted doors creaked after a period of silence. Seizing the door with his snowy and tender small hand, Kong Qing poked his chubby face out and frowned heavily upon seeing An Rushuang.

“How come you are here again?” Brother Chuan Qiong and Brother Gu got so angry at her visit last time that they even refused to play with him later on.

An Rushuang couldn’t help smiling bitterly. She seemed to be unwelcome, but she mustn’t give up now at the entrance of the First Pharmacy. An Rushuang squatted, keeping their heads on the same level. She said quite sincerely without a trace of contempt, “Kong Qing, listen to me. I must meet Luo Qu today. Please tell Chuan Qiong that I have gotten the letter already.” 𝗳r𝗲𝙚w𝐞𝚋𝘯𝚘ѵ𝗲l.𝑐oｍ

Feeling a little uneasy about her tone, Kong Qing stared blankly at An Rushuang with his eyes wide open before looking back subconsciously.

Following his eyes, An Rushuang caught a corner of the green robe fluttering in the wind. Knowing Chuan Qiong was there, she then shouted loudly, “Chuan Qiong, since you have heard my words, please let me have a talk with Luo Qu.”

Chuan Qiong didn’t show himself until a long time had passed. Clad in a green robe covered by a layer of gauze, he was still that eye-attracting young man. He came up unhurriedly, his eyes sparkling with a tinge of unhappiness.

“What did you say just then?” He asked with a sneer.

Staring at him in resoluteness, An Rushuang repeated her words again. “You have promised to let me have a talk with Luo Qu if I got the letter. Since Mr. Bian Wen is in trouble now, I must meet her to...”

Even before she finished speaking, Chuan Qiong interrupted her with an ironic smile which seemed so weird on his handsome face.

“Resort to Luo Qu when he is in trouble? Why didn’t he lend her a hand when Luo Qu was in peril?”

He continued loudly in rage, “Do you think you can be Luo Qu’s disciple with the letter in your hand?! No way! She taught no one before, and won’t make an exception for you!”

An Rushuang sighed slightly. She actually calmed down upon hearing his words. “I don’t expect I can bd apprenticed to her. However, since Bian Wen is in danger, please ask her whether she is willing to meet me. I will wait for you here. If she refuses, I will leave at once and never visit the First Pharmacy again for the rest of my life!”

An Rushuang chuckled. “As for the letter, give it to her for me. Please tell her, Mr. Bian Wen had always waited for her at the Emerald Lake until he was abducted.”

She took out Bian Wen’s last letter and handed it to Chuan Qiong.

Slamming the door with a hard kick, Chuan Qiong went inside with the letter clenched in his hand. There was no sound in the inner room.

Quite astonished, Ye Chengzhi knew clearly that how much An Rushuang longed to learn medical skills. She actually claimed she didn’t care if Luo Qu was willing to teach her or not at such a key moment.

Bian Wen was surely her big trouble.

Ye Chengzhi turned to her. “If, I mean if she refuses, are you willing to give up your dream?”

Knowing his meaning, An Rushuang slightly smiled before responding slowly, “I learn medicine to save lives. Have you ever heard that someone who cares nothing about life wants to learn medicine? Why should I learn it if I can’t save the ones important to me? What’s more, I still have you if Luo Qu refuses. It’s okay for me to find a second-best master.”

She was really as free and easy as a heroine. Ye Chengzhi nodded with a smile. “I am totally unqualified to be your teacher.”

They stared at each other in chuckle.

Suddenly, the lightening skimmed across the sky like a silver dragon. As the deafening thunder rumbled, the cloudy heaven was lit by the bolt.

As the sky turned darker and darker, numerous raindrops started to beat the ground to the flurry of ear-splitting thunders. It felt freezing cold with the rain touching your skin.

In a moment, the drizzle turned to a downpour.

An Rushuang onlysaw the drizzle of Mohe City. She had never experienced the downpour in the capital. As powerful as the waterfall, the rain had blurred her eyes completely.

The eaves were too narrow to provide shelter for them. Ye Chengzhi stepped backward slightly to give more room to An Rushuang. His clothes were soaked before long.

“Go to the wagon at first. I will call you if he comes,” An Rushuang suggested.

With his face going crimson, Ye Chengzhi was silent. When a girl was in trouble, how could a man stand by? Shouldn’t she go to wait in the wagon instead? Since he was already soaked, it made no difference where he stayed now.

“Miss An, go to the wagon. I will wait for him here.” Ye Chengzhi said in a hurry.

An Rushuang shook her head in resoluteness. “I have promised him to wait outside the door. I mustn’t break my promise.”

Ye Chengzhi fell into silence upon hearing her words.

Hong Yu and Xiaotao jumped off the wagon to offer An Rushuang the cape and insisted upon staying there with her, but were driven back instead in the end.

Even under the eaves, An Rushuang couldn’t help shuddering in the cold wind mixed with the freezing rain.

It was until their face turned ghastly pale that the black painted doors squeaked open.