Chapter 54 was unexpectedly missed.
Yu Jing paused briefly, then looked at Yu Nian with some relief.
His little sister has really grown up. She's not only becoming more sensible, but she's also starting to help others.
But his predicament is one that no one but himself can solve.
Saying it out loud will only cause trouble for others.
"I'm fine. After resigning from my post at the Imperial Medical Academy, I wanted to open my own pharmacy. I've just been a bit busy these days. Don't worry, on your wedding day, your fourth brother will definitely give you a generous dowry."
Yu Jing's eyes flickered, but in the end, he didn't tell Yu Nian the truth.
"Fourth Brother, you've worked hard. You still need to take care of yourself."
Yu Nian lowered her eyes, her fine eyelashes concealing the suspicion in them. Yu Jing hadn't told her the truth; the system wouldn't lie about things like a character turning evil. It seemed Yu Nian would have to find out what had happened herself.
Yu Jing and Yu Nian exchanged a few words of casual conversation before hurriedly preparing to leave. Before leaving, Yu Jing spoke up seemingly unintentionally.
"By the way, Xiao Wu, I heard that Minister Lu's youngest daughter is sick. You two have always gotten along well, so you can go and visit her if you have time."
After saying those words, Yu Jing regretted it somewhat, feeling that he had taken advantage of his sister. But at the moment, he really had no faster way to see Lu Mingzhu.
"You mean Zhu is sick?"
Yu Nian was surprised. No wonder she couldn't find that girl at the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet that day; it turned out she was sick.
"Then I'll go see her this afternoon..."
Yu Nian blinked her big eyes twice and looked at Yu Jing.
"Fourth Brother is a doctor. If you're free this afternoon, could you come with me? We can also check on Mingzhu's condition. If you're really busy, then forget it."
After Yu Nian finished speaking, Yu Jing answered her almost without thinking.
"Okay, I'll go with you. I won't disturb your rest for now. I'll come find you this afternoon."
Yu Jing's decisiveness confirmed Yu Nian's guess. He was usually so busy that he was rarely seen, but he was quite happy to go to the Minister's residence with her.
Yu Nian didn't even know that Lu Mingzhu was sick, so how did Yu Jing find out?
"Chuntao, have you ever heard any rumors about Fourth Brother and Lu Mingzhu?"
After Yu Jing left, Yu Nian turned to look at Chun Tao. Chun Tao should know all about these rumors.
"Miss, are you sure it's the Fourth Young Master and Lu Mingzhu? Not the Fourth Young Master and Consort Lu? I've heard of the latter, but not the former."
I heard that Consort Lu had taken a liking to the Fourth Young Master before entering the palace, but he didn't agree. Later, by a twist of fate, Consort Lu caught the Emperor's eye and entered the palace, and then no one mentioned it again.
Yu Nian couldn't figure it out from just the phrase "spring peach," so she decided to stop thinking about it for now and find the answer when she went to the Minister's residence in the afternoon.
In the afternoon, Yu Nian waited at the gatehouse for an hour, but did not see Yu Jing.
When questioned, the housekeeper said that the fourth young master had left home that morning and had not returned yet.
Yu Nian could hardly believe that a gentleman like Yu Jing would stand her up.
"Never mind, Chuntao, let's go take a look first."
Yu Nian pictured Lu Mingzhu's bright and sunny smiling face.
Knowing that the life of the concubine's daughter in the Minister's mansion was already difficult, and now that she was ill, she felt she had to go and see her to put her mind at ease.
But seeing that Yu Jing hadn't come, Chun Tao actually started to back out.
“Miss, why don’t we wait a little longer? The Fourth Young Master is a doctor, and we’re going to treat Miss Lu, so we’ll have a proper title. But if it’s just the two of us, the Lu family matriarch is a notoriously shrewish woman, and she might not let us into the Minister’s mansion’s backyard.”
At this hour, it would be a waste of time to find another doctor at an outside pharmacy, and most importantly, it's uncertain whether they would be reliable.
The Minister's residence... Lu Mingzhu seems to have mentioned that Minister Lu has a good relationship with the Crown Prince.
Yu Nian had a sudden inspiration and asked Chun Tao with some excitement.
"What about my cousin? Is she home?"
Moreover, the female lead is also a highly skilled doctor, so why not ask her for help?
Chun Tao was somewhat surprised to hear this, but she still nodded.
"That's settled then, I'll go find her."
Yu Nian happily walked towards Beiyuan, where Yu Zhirou was temporarily staying.
Chun Tao looked worried. Yu Nian asked Yu Zhirou to help with something. She was busy preparing for her wedding. Could she come and help?
As it turns out, Chuntao was overthinking it.
Before the time it takes to drink a cup of tea is up to you, Yu Nian, with Yu Zhirou's medicine box slung over his arm, led her onto the carriage, much to Chun Tao's astonishment.
Even a cold-hearted and aloof iceberg like Chunyu Han couldn't withstand Yu Nian's persistent persuasion, let alone Yu Zhirou, who was originally a kind-hearted little saint.
Yu Nian used a self-inflicted injury to successfully persuade Yu Zhirou to decline the Crown Prince's invitation and go with her to treat Lu Mingzhu.
Yu Zhirou also had her own selfish motives; doctors naturally have a desire to explore illnesses.
On the occasion of the Princess's birthday, she had taken Miss Lu's pulse once, and the pulse was indeed very strange. She was also interested in seeing how Miss Lu was doing now.
Once inside the carriage, Yu Nian proactively offered tea to the protagonist, a powerful figure, as one should always have a good attitude when asking for favors.
"Thank you for coming with me, cousin. I'm so sorry to have kept you and His Highness from going to the silk shop to look at fabrics. It's all my fourth brother's fault. He promised me this morning, but now he's nowhere to be found."
Yu Zhirou took the teacup and looked up at Yu Nian. Ever since Yu Nian was rejected by the Crown Prince, she seemed to have become a different person. How could the former Yu Nian have cared about other people's lives?
"A doctor should be compassionate and can treat patients at any time. It would be difficult to deal with if the illness was delayed. However, I have heard that Madam Lu is not easy to talk to. I may not be able to see her on this trip."
Yu Nian smiled and thought, "Look at the female lead's vision; she's a hundred times better than that Crown Prince."
However, even Yu Zhirou, who was devoted to studying medicine, knew that the wife of Minister Lu was not easy to deal with, so this Madam Lu might really be a bit difficult to handle.
"It's alright, cousin, just focus on the medical consultations. Leave the rest to me."
Yu Nian patted his chest, thinking, "Whether I can get in or not, I'll have to try to find out."
Yu Nian's exaggerated actions amused Yu Zhirou, who raised her hand to cover her lips and gave a very ladylike smile.
"I only realized today that my cousin is such a witty person."
Yu Nian smiled. She had prepared her response to questions like these since the first day she transmigrated. Her personality was very different from the original owner's, and there would always be times when she couldn't keep up the act. It was better to just return to her true self.
Yu Nian waved her hand and replied calmly.
"My older cousin used to be foolish and jealous, and she got stuck in a rut and did a lot of wrong things. I have to thank my younger cousin for giving me a chance to change my ways, so that I can see myself the way I am now."
Yu Nian's words were eloquent and generous, bringing to light what a young woman should have kept hidden in her heart and been too ashamed to say, which made Yu Zhirou feel a little favorably towards him.
"It's my cousin who knows her mistake and is able to correct it. Although we are distant relatives, we are still cousins. Cousin, you don't need to be so polite with me."
The atmosphere in the carriage was very harmonious, and they soon arrived at Minister Lu's residence.
Looking at this gate, it is not as grand as the Prime Minister's residence, and it is worlds apart from the majesty of the Regent's Mansion.
But even with such a conventional entrance, Yu Nian found after getting out of the car that, let alone going in to see Lu Mingzhu, they couldn't even get past the threshold.
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