at the same time.

Inside the royal palace reception hall.

Elder Luo and the others had already arrived at the palace.

Mr. Li was the last to arrive.

Seeing the exhausted looks on Elder Luo and the others, he feigned ignorance and asked, "Why do you all look so pale? Did you not sleep well last night?"

Before they could answer, Old Li asked in surprise, "Or did you spend the whole night studying that prescription and not get any sleep at all?"

Yes.

Old Luo and the others were indeed not asleep.

Not sleeping isn't the problem; the key issue is that the research isn't making any progress.

That's why they all looked so grim.

Seeing Li Lao's radiant appearance, Luo Lao and Lan Lao's expressions became even more unpleasant.

"Professor Li looks so energetic, it seems he has made a breakthrough in his research?"

Old Li looked puzzled: "What breakthrough? I didn't study anything last night."

Old Luo and the others were stunned for a moment, but they didn't believe Old Li's explanation at all.

They felt that Old Li must not want to share his results with them, and wanted to be the first person to actually formulate the medicine, so he deliberately said that.

At this moment, as if remembering something, Elder Li looked at Elder Luo and the others in surprise: "That prescription, at first glance, does seem feasible, but in reality, it is simply impossible to implement. Master Zhang Heyun personally verified this back then, and after Master Zhang Heyun, many other masters have also tried it, but without success..."

Upon hearing this, everyone was taken aback: "What do you mean?"

"What I mean is that this prescription wasn't actually the Crown Princess's idea. She probably doesn't really know anything about medicinal plants. The reason she spoke so eloquently last night was probably because she had read Master Zhang Heyun's book."

At this point, Mr. Li took out his "Notes on Pharmacy".

After reading the book, Elder Luo and the others all turned pale.

One of the master apothecaries even sneered, "Pretending to know what she doesn't, this Crown Princess of the Lingliu Empire is really interesting."

"Exactly! If you saw it in a book, just say so. Her pretentious act made us believe her completely, and we wasted a whole night investigating!"

Old Luo never expected things to turn out this way.

But with this explanation, he found it to be quite reasonable.

After all, according to his first investigation, Ling Luo didn't even have the opportunity to come into contact with potions when she was on the desolate planet. In addition, she was unable to cultivate, so how could she really have such a deep understanding of potions?

Hearing this, he smiled and said, "The Crown Princess is still young, so it's normal for her to be a little vain. Everyone, please don't be too angry."

Elder Lan and the others were thoroughly humiliated by Ling Luo's words.

As a result, they also began to doubt themselves.

Plus, they'd stayed up all night for nothing, how could they not be angry?

Just as everyone was talking about this, Night Snow arrived.

Upon seeing him arrive, the others bowed to him.

However, this time the ceremony was performed more casually than the one last night.

Ye Xingxue had just arrived and didn't know what had happened. He noticed that their expressions were not good, and their eyes were filled with mockery as they looked at him.

He saw it all and knew that something had probably happened that he didn't know about.

However, since they didn't say anything, he was too lazy to ask.

After all, if it really concerns him, even if he doesn't say it, they will definitely rush to tell him themselves.

Thinking of this, he said, "Thank you all for your help."

"Your Highness is too kind," Old Li said with a smile. "I've heard that Your Highness and the Crown Princess have a very harmonious relationship. Why didn't the Crown Princess come with Your Highness?"

Night Snow: "She has something to do."

"Oh?" Old Master Li chuckled, "Is the Crown Princess busy reading?"

These words sound like they have a hidden meaning.

Ye Xingxue understood that their varied expressions so early in the morning probably indicated that the problem still lay with Ling Luo's reading.

He smiled faintly: "Yes."

"The Crown Princess really loves reading," Old Li said with a smile, taking out the book "Notes on Potion Making." "The Crown Princess should be very familiar with this book, right?"

Ye Xingxue paused for a moment: "She did see it."

Before Elder Li could speak, Elder Lan smiled and asked, "Your Highness, have you read this book?"

Night Snow: "No."

"We hadn't read this book before today either," the pharmacist said with a half-smile. "Speaking of which, reading a lot of books, even if you can't use them yourself, still has some advantages, like fooling people who haven't read this book, hahahaha..."

Ye Xingxue narrowed her eyes. Seeing this, Elder Luo coughed lightly: "I know you are all very angry, but I believe the Crown Princess did not do it on purpose. Besides, you only asked the Crown Princess for her opinion last night. The Crown Princess gave her her opinion, and we believed it ourselves. So you can't blame the Crown Princess, can you?"

"So, we can only blame ourselves for not loving to read as much as the Crown Princess?"

Old Luo looked at a loss for words: "That's not what I meant—"

With their back-and-forth banter, Ye Xingxue roughly understood where the problem lay.

He had never heard of this book, "Notes on Pharmacy".

But he knew what kind of book it was.

Combining what they said with their own words, it wasn't hard for him to guess what they really meant.

However, he didn't say anything, he just watched them perform.

After a while, Ye Xingxue still seemed unaware of what had happened.

Old Li sighed, "Your Highness, it's really nothing serious. It's just that everyone discovered the prescription the Crown Princess mentioned last night had some adjustments; it was copied directly from Zhang Heyun's book. Old Lan and the others didn't know this last night, and spent the whole night studying it without any results, so they're a little angry..."

Night Snow paused: "Copied directly from Master Zhang Heyun's book?"

"Yes." Old Master Li looked at him in surprise: "Didn't the Crown Princess tell you?"

Ye Xingxue shook her head: "Are you sure it's a direct copy?"

"Yes, Your Highness, you can see for yourself."

As she spoke, she handed him the book.

Ye Xingxue glanced at the book and said calmly, "It does look very similar."

Ye Xingxue's comment about the resemblance was merely a superficial observation; she didn't seem to believe that Ling Luo had actually copied the content from the book.

Hearing this, everyone laughed in anger.

"From what you're saying, Your Highness, it seems you really believe your Crown Princess is knowledgeable about medicine?"

Ye Xingxue nodded: "Yes."

Since Ling Luo said it's okay, then it definitely is.

Moreover, Zhang Heyun guessed that what was said before could only happen under extremely ideal conditions.

This further demonstrates that Ling Luo's idea is not flawed.

"Your Highness, you are unfamiliar with medicine, perhaps..."

They felt that the reason Ye Xingxue trusted Ling Luo so much was simply because she had read some books and casually mentioned some in-depth knowledge, which fooled him.