Lin Zihan felt that he was so busy that even taking a breath felt like a waste of time.

He held a pen in one hand, writing and drawing in the ledger, while using the abacus in the other, quickly reviewing the accounts.

As soon as he looked up, he saw the fourth prince returning from the air, carrying large and small bags in his hands, followed by two eunuchs carrying two food boxes.

Seeing that his third brother was still busy with accounting, Lin Ziqiu said to the eunuch behind him, "Take that box with the crispy duck to my third brother to try. He's been very busy these past few days and needs to nourish himself."

"Yes." The little eunuch immediately and respectfully placed one of the boxes on Lin Zihan's table, and even helped open the box to take out a plate of sliced ​​crispy roast duck.

The crispy roast duck is served with three dishes of sauce, six dishes of washed and chopped vegetables, and a crescent-shaped cake.

The crispy duck cakes sent from the palace are not only beautiful in color, but also tempting in taste. Just looking at them makes your mouth water before you even put them in your mouth.

Lin Zihan couldn't help but glance at it a few more times, and his hands moved even faster.

I need to finish the accounts quickly so I'll have time to have a couple of bites!

"Third Brother, you still haven't finished writing down all these accounts?" Lin Ziqiu said, leaning closer.

"..." Lin Zihan said enviously while working, "Did you go to the Imperial Hospital again?"

"Yes, I also went with Physician Wang to check the pulse of a concubine. That concubine thought I was cute, so she specially sent these over. You should try them, they're delicious! Especially the duck skin, it's crispy, and with some sauce, it's both sweet and spicy," Lin Ziqiu said.

Lin Zihan pouted, feeling incredibly envious.

Ever since the last time Lin Ziqiu, the fourth prince, went to the palace to examine Qi Yuan and prescribed some medicine, Qi Sichen has often sent him to the palace to treat the emperor. Naturally, he has become familiar with the imperial physicians of the Imperial Hospital.

Hu Jiuyuan then suggested that Lin Ziqiu go to the Imperial Hospital to broaden his horizons.

Learning medicine isn't something you can do by rote memorization; you have to learn it through practice.

With Qi Sichen's words, the people of the Imperial Hospital were naturally overjoyed and were also very fond of Lin Ziqiu, who was so talented at such a young age.

This child, at such a young age, was able to calmly diagnose the emperor's pulse and prescribe medicine. This composure alone is something that many people cannot learn in many years. In addition, there is his solid basic skills, and the prescription he wrote was not only appropriate for the symptoms, but also remarkably effective.

The old physicians in the Imperial Hospital all felt a desire to take advantage of this talent and wanted to recruit him as their apprentice.

Lin Zihan felt a pang of sadness upon hearing this, and couldn't help but put down his calligraphy brush, grab a large, oily, and shiny duck leg, and stuff it into his mouth.

The taste was good, especially the crispy skin on the surface, which was still a little warm. The duck meat inside seemed to have been braised, and it tasted delicious. It had a different flavor after being dipped in the sauce.

Seeing his third brother enjoying his meal, Lin Ziqiu couldn't help but sigh and say, "Actually, I'm annoyed too."

"What's bothering you? It can't be that Qi Yuan gave you a hard time, right? Didn't you say last time that you thought those medicinal herbs were too bitter? You got some capsules from Wanwan, and they weren't bitter after you ate them?" Lin Zihan asked curiously while gnawing on a duck leg.

Lin Ziqiu sighed again, "Sigh, they all keep trying to take me on as their apprentice. Look at all these things they gave me; I feel bad refusing them. I already told them that my master is Hu Jiuyuan, a famous and incredibly skilled eccentric doctor in the martial arts world!"

"But they didn't believe me. They all said that my master had been dead for so many years and couldn't teach me anymore, so they wanted me to recognize them as my masters. It was so annoying."

Lin Zihan: "..."

This guy's troubles are just too infuriating!

Lin Zihan couldn't empathize with the pleasant annoyance of too many people vying to be his apprentice. In a fit of anger, he stuffed the contents of the two food boxes on the table into his stomach.

Unfortunately, he was too young, and although he managed to stuff everything inside, it was indeed quite delicious.

But my stomach couldn't handle it.

In the end, the pain became so bad that he had to ask Lin Ziqiu to prescribe medicine for him, and he had to squat in the outhouse for a long time before he could relieve himself.

It just means I'll have to stay up late again tonight to do the accounting.

Lin Zihan could only sigh, wondering why he hadn't become Hu Jiuyuan's apprentice back then!

That's such a loss.

...

On the other side, Hu Jiuyuan was also complaining to Master Cui and the others about those shameless imperial physicians who dared to steal his apprentice!

After venting his anger at the shortcomings of the imperial physicians, Hu Jiuyuan said, "With their meager medical skills, they dare to teach my apprentice? That's just misleading them! My apprentice will never learn anything good if he follows them."

Laifu, munching on candy beside him, asked curiously, "Since you dislike them so much, why do you keep making the fourth brother go to the Imperial Hospital? Why not just stop him from going altogether?"

Anyway, he felt that those old doctors still had some sense of shame and probably wouldn't come to your house to snatch people away.

Hu Jiuyuan hummed twice before saying, "Although those imperial physicians are not skilled, the place is indeed quite nice. There are many rare medicinal herbs, all of them good stuff, and a lot of teaching aids. It will be convenient for me to go there to teach my apprentices."

Lai Fu and the others understood that since Hu Jiuyuan wanted to get something for free, it wasn't surprising that his promising apprentices were being targeted.

Lin Zihan had diarrhea from eating too much, which delayed him, and he didn't finish settling the accounts until the middle of the night.

But because it was so late, I always felt sleepy around midnight. When I handed the finished account book to the old manager, he found several errors.

The old shopkeeper neither hit nor scolded him; he simply looked at his face, sighed, and shook his head helplessly.

Seeing his helpless expression made Lin Zihan feel incredibly guilty, yet he couldn't suddenly transform himself into a business prodigy capable of handling things on his own.

When Lin Zihan returned with a large stack of account books, she couldn't help but secretly shed tears.

After Lin Wanyue saw this, she quickly went over to comfort her third brother: "Third brother, don't be sad. You're still young. It's okay if you made a mistake."

"But I've already miscalculated so many times. If it were you, Wanwan, you definitely wouldn't make a mistake," Lin Zihan said, wiping away her tears.

Lin Wanyue felt that her soul was at least that of a twenty-something adult, and comparing it to a little kid seemed a bit too much of a bully.

She could only comfort her third brother: "Third brother, don't worry. We still have the old manager at home to help you oversee things, right? If all else fails, we can ask Uncle Wang to hire a few more managers for you, and that will solve the problem."

Looking at his adorable younger sister, Lin Zihan gritted his teeth, stomped his foot, and made a decision.