Seeing that Zhao Shu understood his meaning, Physician Peng chuckled and whispered, "On the way here, Granny Zhong told me that ordinary people dare not treat His Highness the Crown Prince's leg ailment. I thought that even if someone dared to treat him, they would mostly be inexperienced. Since they have no experience, let's create experience. What do you think?"

Zhao Shushen agreed and nodded. "I'll go find General Peng." Then, she looked at the old physician Peng with some curiosity and asked, "Aren't you also surnamed Peng? Are you related to General Peng?"

Physician Peng hurriedly shook his head, "Your Highness, are you saying that everyone with the surname Zhao in the world is your relative?"

Zhao Shu responded with an "oh" and went to find Peng Rui. At this moment, Peng Rui was protecting the Crown Prince. He dared not be careless at all. If something happened to the Crown Prince in his hands, it would give the Emperor a chance to take back military power. Although his father had always acted as if he were loyal, who knew what the Emperor was thinking?

The current liveliness of the Ningguo Marquis's mansion in the capital is due to Wei Tingsi's secret instigation, but without the emperor's support, he doesn't believe Wei Tingsi would be so idle. However, on the other hand, the Ningguo Marquis's most favored concubine actually came from the Yongwang Mansion. It's true that women are the root of family chaos.

Granny Zhong brought a lot of mattresses, clothes and shoes, and was helping the prince put them on. She also put thick mattresses on the carriage and burned incense before having the prince moved into the carriage.

Zhao Shu walked up to Peng Rui and said, "General Peng, may I speak with you in private?"

Before Peng Rui could respond, Granny Zhong came over and put Zhao Shu aside, implying that, in front of everyone, Princess, you should not act recklessly.

Helpless, Zhao Shu decided that since it wasn't anything shameful and hiding it would only make things worse, she said softly, "Old Peng said he saw many men in black buried alive outside the manor. I wonder if these assassins could be delivered to me by General?"

Peng Rui was puzzled. What did he need the men in black for? Most of these men in black were assassins who couldn't find anything out. Even if they could find nothing, they couldn't provide any useful evidence. To bring down someone of a certain status, they would need to find someone of equal status to testify, just like the Wang family.

Granny Zhong was also puzzled, thinking to herself, "Sure enough, the princess has become bolder after not seeing her for a day." Just as she was about to give the princess some earnest advice, Zhao Shu said, "It's like this, His Highness the Crown Prince's leg injury is extremely difficult to heal, and many doctors are inexperienced. I suppose those assassins also had injuries, so I thought I'd try using them."

As soon as Zhao Shu finished speaking, Granny Zhong quickly covered her mouth, "Little ancestor, how could you say such a thing!" After saying that to Zhao Shu, she said seriously to Peng Rui, "Young general, the princess didn't say anything just now, it was all me who said it."

Peng Rui pondered for a moment, then smiled and summoned a subordinate, instructing him: "Take the ten assassins back to the city, and bury the rest alive."

The subordinate agreed and left.

The old physician, having achieved his wish, happily followed Peng Rui's subordinates down the road. These were all treasures; he usually tested the medicines himself, sometimes getting covered in sores from the tests, and the most dangerous time was when he almost died from poisoning.

Well, those assassins deserved to injure the Crown Prince's leg! They even nearly caused his lovely little princess to be unable to return home. It's infuriating just thinking about it.

The old doctor, Peng, who was becoming more and more like a playful old man, didn't realize that he was becoming more and more adorable.

Sun Yun followed Huo Danlan closely, going wherever she went. She had been terrified these past few days, but she hadn't fallen ill, which showed her strong mental fortitude. After Huo Danlan had arranged everything, she came out to greet Granny Zhong.

"The nanny is here."

Although Zhong Mama's face was warm towards Huo Danlan, her eyes held a coldness. The Empress Dowager's most precious child was Prince Yong, and Prince Yong's only daughter had almost lost her life here. How could she face Huo Danlan without any objection?

However, the Huo family is a first-class family, and the court now relies on the Huo family. Huo Danlan is the eldest daughter of the Huo family and has been in charge of the family. Naturally, she is different and should not be offended unless absolutely necessary.

Most importantly, the Empress Dowager valued Huo Danlan's gentle temperament and her family background, and wanted Prince Yong to marry her as his concubine.

"Is the young lady injured?" asked Granny Zhong.

Huo Danlan smiled faintly, her face covered by a veil, which Zhong Mama couldn't see, but the smile in her eyes was genuine. "She wasn't injured."

After exchanging a few simple pleasantries, the two fell silent. Sun Yun, however, took Zhao Shu's hand and told her to stay with Huo Danlan and not run away.

Besides Peng Rui, who arrived later, and Wei Tingsi, who had already left, the only other people on the estate were the three women. Looking at them, Granny Zhong was secretly surprised. Zhao Shu and Huo Danlan seemed unfazed, while Sun Yun's lips turned pale.

However, compared to ordinary young ladies, Sun Yun was far superior, and what was even more remarkable was that the princess remained calm.

If she knew that Zhao Shu had died twice, suffered hardships, and had studied medicine in modern times for several years, including autopsies, she wouldn't be surprised.

However, Zhao Shu appeared too calm, and now she regretted it. She should have pretended to be more afraid. She wondered how she would explain it later. It seemed that she would have to keep mentioning Gan Luo. If anyone had doubts, she could bring up Gan Luo. It would probably be of some use.

“Miss Sun has been frightened,” said Granny Zhong. “The people from the Sun family came to the palace yesterday looking for you. They said that you have a sister who is already engaged and the wedding is scheduled for before the new year. They asked if you would like to come to the capital with her.”

This was good news, but Sun Yun didn't smile at all. Of the ten sisters in the manor, none could compare to Zhao Shu, so she didn't answer immediately. "I wonder which sister is engaged?"

“It’s the Fourth Miss,” said Granny Zhong.

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