Long street.
A group of people were beating a man. He was kicked to the ground, clutching a book tightly to his chest, screaming in agony, "This is my family's medical book, I didn't steal it—"
"Pooh--"
The servant spat in his face, "The manager said that the contents of your book are exactly the same as the ancestral book of our medical clinic!"
"How dare you steal our clinic's ancestral home! Beat them!"
The servant kicked the man several times.
Sudden--
A group of servants wielding sticks rushed out from the alley next door.
They rushed over, snatched the books, and dragged the injured man away!
Between comings and goings.
In just a few breaths!
The clinic's servants were all kicked to the ground!
When they got up, both the people and the books were gone...
Two big heads were perched on the old tree by the alley wall.
"Miss...can we...go down now?"
The tree is a bit tall.
A Yuan's legs felt a little weak.
Jiang Jiaojiao nodded and jumped down!
"Ouch—"
"Miss--"
"Your Highness—"
Jiang Jiaojiao: "..."
They forgot they were no longer ghosts.
Jiang Jiaojiao patted her bottom and sat up, seemingly not in much pain?
Is the ground still soft?
Well--
Something doesn't seem right...
"Your Highness—"
The guard Dao Qing glared at Jiang Jiaojiao, "Miss, please get off His Highness immediately!"
Jiang Jiaojiao scrambled to her feet.
Seeing the man sprawled on the ground in a "big" shape, she wondered why he wasn't in pain. It turned out someone had acted as a human back support.
Dao Qing quickly helped the man on the ground up.
He revealed a familiar, stunningly beautiful face!
Jiang Jiaojiao almost jumped up, "Seventh...Seventh Prince?"
"Whoosh—"
"Smack—"
As A Yuan climbed down the tree trunk, she heard Jiang Jiaojiao's shout and fell down. Dao Qing pushed the prince aside and was hit by A Yuan, seeing stars.
"Miss!"
"Huh—it doesn't hurt?"
A Yuan looked completely bewildered.
Dao Qing suppressed the metallic taste of blood rising in his throat and gritted his teeth, "Get up!"
A-Yuan looked down and was so frightened that she quickly scrambled to her feet, crying out, "Ah—ah—I...I'm so sorry!"
Dao Qing got up, grabbed the Seventh Prince, and ran away.
Jiang Jiaojiao was a little embarrassed. She hadn't expected it to be such a coincidence that the Seventh Prince happened to be under the tree and was hit by her.
I thought of the Seventh Prince's frail health.
This smash... could it mean I'll start living the life of a widow early?
Should we urge Mother to hurry up and propose marriage to the Seventh Prince?
The Seventh Prince's Residence.
Dao Qing was so humiliated by Dao Hong's insults that he couldn't lift his head.
"How exactly have you been taking care of His Highness?!"
"Last time, someone climbed into my bed!"
"I fainted again this time!"
"If His Highness gets into trouble, you wouldn't have enough heads to chop off!"
Dao Qing felt a mouthful of blood rising in his chest. He didn't know what was going on. He had only been gone for a short while when he bumped into that woman. He was stupid to have been tricked into leaving the mountain last time.
But this time... His Highness was just curious about what that woman was doing when he was knocked unconscious!
Who would have thought that woman would just jump down?!
Doesn't she know her own weight?
Doctor Qin emerged wearily and questioned Dao Qing, who was cowering like a quail, "Didn't you go to seek medical books from the descendants of the Xue family? How come you came back covered in injuries?"
"If it weren't for the good ginseng and medicine I've been giving Your Highness these past few days, you would have lost half your life today! Where is the Xue family's medical book?"
"If we can't find the secret recipe, we can just wait to collect their corpses."
Dao Qing was both shocked and terrified. "Just as we were about to rescue them, a group of people suddenly rushed out and snatched both the people and the books away..."
"So! Not only did we not find the book, but we've also lost the person?!"
Dao Hong immediately exploded, "Why don't you just lose yourself!"
"His Highness shouldn't have taken you out!"
"No—I'll go myself. It concerns His Highness's health, so I can't worry about anything else! Did you see what those people looked like? Where did they go?"
Dao Qing pondered for a moment, "They acted with discipline and moved quickly, unlike ordinary servants! Judging from the looks of it... they went in the west of the city."
"Well-organized?"
"Could it be one of the others? This matter cannot be delayed, I'll go and snatch it back!"
Before leaving, he glared fiercely at Dao Qing, "If His Highness gets hurt again, you won't be able to stay by His Highness's side anymore!"
Dao Qing quickly agreed.
And he decided that from now on, whenever that woman appears, he will definitely take His Highness far away!
Doctor Qin sighed, "His Highness's health is getting weaker and weaker. If we can't find a solution soon, I'm afraid... he won't even be able to go out in the future. No wonder he's anxious. You should also be more careful!"
After saying that, he shook his head and left.
Dao Qing swore that he would never leave His Highness's side again.
In a dilapidated temple somewhere in the west of the city.
Jiang Jiaojiao flipped through the medical book in her hand, "How much silver do you want?"
The man knelt down and kowtowed, "I have no way to repay your life-saving grace, so I will give this book to you, Miss!"
Jiang Jiaojiao pulled out a heavy money bag. "I won't take advantage of you in your time of need. You're being watched by the clinic now, so you'd better take this money and leave quickly!"
The man was filled with grief.
If his elderly mother hadn't been seriously ill and he hadn't been illiterate, he wouldn't have sold off his family's medical books!
The man took the heavy money bag, opened it, and found it full of gleaming silver, a total of two hundred taels!
He hurriedly kowtowed to express his gratitude.
He quickly left with the silver.
Seeing that Jiang Jiaojiao was so generous.
The group of servants who had rescued the man rubbed their hands together and surrounded him, staring at A Yuan's money pouch, their mouths watering with envy.
A-Yuan tossed the money bag in her hand to the lead servant with the round face, saying, "This is the agreed-upon payment."
The round-faced girl took the money pouch, weighed it in her hand, and her small, beady eyes darted around. "This is much lighter than the previous money pouch!"
Jiang Jiaojiao smiled.
"Business is all about integrity, don't you think? Boss..."
The head of the gang immediately changed his expression, eyeing Jiang Jiaojiao and her maid warily. "This young lady...does she know me?"
"I heard that the boss values integrity the most, which is why I asked you to do this business. As for the rest... I know nothing about it."
Jiang Jiaojiao also looked at him through the veil.
After a long pause, the leader finally looked away, weighing the money pouch in his hand. "Miss is right. I value integrity above all else. If there is a next business opportunity... please don't forget us, Miss."
Jiang Jiaojiao chuckled softly.
She pulled another money pouch from her sleeve, noticeably larger and heavier than the one in the leader's hand. "This young lady does indeed have a long-term business deal she'd like to discuss with the leader..."
A-Yuan stood behind her young mistress, her legs trembling.
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