The night was silent. Yang Yun was in a daze. His heart and thought were empty. He missed his wife, Mingyue so much. Staying in this room will only remind him of Mingyue. He can no longer see his wife's warm and cheerful smile.

However, Yang Yun knew that he could not go on like this. Mingyue will not like it if she saw his condition right now. With that thought in mind, Yang Yun tidied up himself and decided to walk out of his quarters.

"Big brother," Yang An called when she saw his brother. "Where are you going?"

Yang Yun paused and turned around to find his sister behind him. "I'm going out."

"It's late," Yang An pointed out.

"I know."

"You haven't had anything to eat for a day. Have something to eat before you head out," Yang An said.

"I'm just not hungry right now. I'll be heading to Mingyue's grandfather's place and grab something to eat there."

"Big brother, you cannot be like this. If sister-in-law sees you right now, she will be sad."

Yang Yun forced a smile. He took a step forward and patted his sister's head. "I promise that I will grab something to eat later. Yang An, you have to look after our mother for me. Go and rest early. Don't wait for me."

Yang An could only grip her fist in frustration as she watched her brother walked away. She was saddened to see her brother lifeless condition. However, there was nothing she could do but to allow him to grieve over her sister-in-law's disappearance.

When Yang Yun arrived at Han Zhenting's place, a few of the old physician's apprentices were still awake as they have to look over some boiled medicines. They were all surprised to see Yang Yun at the infirmary.

"Brother Yang Yun," one of Han Zhenting's apprentices greeted. "It's late. What are you doing here?"

"Has Grandfather went to bed?" Yang Yun asked.

The apprentice shook his head. "Physician Han should be in the herbs storage room."

Yang Yun nodded and went towards the storage room to look for Grandfather.

"Help me to fetch that basket of herbs by the door," Han Zhenting spoke without looking up. Soon, a small basket of herbs was placed on the table beside him. The old physician looked up and was surprised upon seeing Yang Yun before him.

Yang Yun ignored the old physician's inquiring gaze and turned to look at the dried herbs grandfather was tending after. "Is that the Shadow Gra.s.s?"

It took a few seconds before Han Zhenting replied. "Yes. It should have dried nicely. Soon, I will be able to start to prepare the prescription for Lingchen." he gave a bitter smile.

Han Zhenting was happy that they would finally be able to cure his granddaughter. The Princess has been suffering from the cold poison for years. One small mistake, the Princess might die. That was why they were looking for Shadow Gra.s.s. But to harvest the essential herbs needed to prepare this prescription, he had lost another granddaughter.

"That's good. Mingyue will be happy to hear that the Princess will finally be free of the poison," Yang Yun said.

The old physician lowered his gaze. His granddaughter would love to stay by his side as he prepared the concoction. After all, Mingyue has been by Princess Lingchen for years to treat her. Shadow Gra.s.s was a rare herb. The chance to learn how to prepare the herbs and concoction was small. Mingyue would love to learn to prepare everything from the initial process.

Han Zhenting walked to the door and spoke with one of his a.s.sistants. Then, he looked at Yang Yun with a faint smile. "I've asked my a.s.sistant to prepare for supper. Have you had eaten yet? Accompany me to eat for a while. I haven't eaten anything all day. You know how it is when I was preparing the herbs."

"Alright," Yang Yun could only agree to accompany Grandfather to eat. He knew that Grandfather was saying those to trick him into eating something.