In the inn room, the fifth prince sat on a chair and looked at Song Luo standing opposite him, blaming her for her reckless behavior just now.
As the seventh princess of the current dynasty, she concealed her identity to participate in the competition and suddenly destroyed the statue of the Holy Doctor. If it were someone else, no matter how reasonable they were, they would have been dragged away and beheaded!
Not to mention the sudden emergence of such important new technology.
Song Luo said aggrievedly, "I understand, Fifth Brother. Who knew those guys would be so excessive? They all wanted to steal my achievements."
The Fifth Prince looked at Song Luo's aggrieved look and couldn't bear to argue anymore. He comforted him, "Don't worry, I will help you get back at these families one by one after returning to the capital."
Song Luo smiled and said, "Thank you, Fifth Brother."
Then Song Luo told the Fifth Prince about what happened along the way, how he met Zhou Zhilu, and how he killed the snake demon.
Naturally, he was scolded by the Fifth Prince again for being too outrageous!
"Who is that Zhou Zhilu?"
"Fifth brother, don't you know him? He caused a lot of noise in the capital before. It was said that he was the nemesis of the powerful and wealthy."
The Fifth Prince suddenly understood. "So it was him. I've heard some folk rumors about him. He's the nemesis of the powerful and wealthy... Oh, what a boast."
Song Luo explained: "These names were given by people with ulterior motives. He is not that arrogant. He is still relatively cautious in doing things..."
The Fifth Prince glanced at Song Luo who was explaining, and said unhappily, "Careless and foolish, are you still playing along with me? Xiao Qi, are you... falling in love with this guy?"
Song Luo's face flushed, his eyes widened, and he waved his hands in panic, "Fifth brother, what are you talking about? I just saw that he saved me, so I just explained a few words for him. What's the point of liking or not..."
The voice grew quieter as he spoke.
The Fifth Prince frowned slightly upon seeing this and said, "You should be mindful of your status. He's just a mere Night Guard, and you're a princess. How can you be together?"
Song Luo pouted and whispered, "What's wrong with being a princess? Who wants to be a princess? You're not allowed to do this, and you're not allowed to go that..."
"You!" The fifth prince glared at Song Luo, but softened his heart when he saw Song Luo holding his head and begging for mercy.
The current Emperor Wen has nine children, among whom the eighth prince and the ninth princess are still young, still at the toddler age.
Song Luo and the Sixth Prince were both children of Concubine Li, and the Fifth Prince was the son of Concubine Xian. However, because Concubine Li and Concubine Xian had a very good relationship, the Fifth Prince often took the Sixth Prince and Song Luo to play together when they were young.
Until an accident happened later, the Sixth Prince was assassinated. When Song Luo arrived, the Sixth Prince was still breathing. Unfortunately, she did not know any medical skills at that time and eventually missed the opportunity to save the Sixth Prince.
It was also from that time that Song Luo began to study medicine.
The fifth prince also treated Song Luo as his own sister.
In this imperial family full of intrigue, such family affection is extremely precious.
The Fifth Prince sighed and said, "If you really like him, I can help improve his status and position and do my best to make him worthy of you."
Hearing this, Song Luo hurriedly said in a panic, "No! Don't say anything to him... Just, just let it go. I'm still young and don't want to talk about marriage so early."
"Then don't cry if you get lost next time." The fifth prince joked.
"I wouldn't..." Song Luo retorted, but he had a lot of thoughts in his mind.
The two then talked about the relief funds from the Holy Medical Conference.
The Fifth Prince said with a sullen face, "The aristocratic families...are truly becoming more and more greedy."
Then he sighed and said, "But they are right. My Great Song Dynasty currently has no way to eradicate the problem of aristocratic families. Whether it's local maintenance or the collection of taxes and grain from various places, we all need their help, not to mention how many people in the court have aristocratic family backgrounds."
"Then are we just going to leave it alone?" Song Luo said unwillingly.
The Fifth Prince said, "No, it can be handled. The end result will be that the shopkeepers of each family in Jiangkang Mansion will be pushed out to take the blame. There may be innocent people among them. After killing these people, the same thing will happen again the following year because... the temptation is too great. Moreover, if they don't take the lead, I'm afraid the other small families won't be able to donate much. In the end, they may not even have 50,000 taels..."
"Of course... only fifty thousand taels left is indeed a bit excessive. I will report this to my father and have him put a stop to them."
Song Luo was silent for a moment after hearing this, and then he said softly, "I heard... if it was the time of the retired emperor, these noble families wouldn't dare to spend a single cent..."
"Xiao Qi!"
Before he could finish his words, the Fifth Prince scolded Song Luo.
Unwilling to give up, Song Luo turned around and left the room.
Seeing this, the Fifth Prince sighed deeply, stood up with a cup of tea in hand, and slowly walked to the window. Looking out at the streets of Jiangkang Prefecture, he murmured with a cold glint in his eyes, "If the court can't handle it, others will..."
Then he suddenly asked, "What is the prince doing over there?"
An old man suddenly appeared behind the Fifth Prince and replied, "The Crown Prince took the medicine to the Xiao Mansion."
“Crack!”
The Fifth Prince immediately crushed the teacup in his hand and said with a frosty face, "As the Crown Prince, he only knows how to win over the noble families. He is truly worthy of being called such!"
…
The next day, at the entrance of the inn.
"You gave up the title of An Shi Fang?" Zhou Zhilu looked at Yu Qingkui beside him in surprise.
Yu Qingkui smiled bitterly and said, "There's nothing we can do about it. After all, the Seventh Princess isn't from our Yuanming Clinic. Besides, this title has the big families eyeing her covetously. We're just a small clinic, and we really can't afford it."
Zhou Zhilu burst out laughing upon hearing this, then nodded in agreement, "You're right, giving up might be the most appropriate option."
Then he looked at the dim sky and said with a smile, "It's almost time. The other clinics should have left. Let's go too."
Today is the day when all the major medical clinics provide free medical treatment and medicine to the refugees outside the city. The medical clinics that were awarded the title of Anshifang this year will take the lead, and each medical clinic will be responsible for an area.
However, since Yuanming Medical Clinic has given up its title, it is likely that this year's Anshifang will fall into the hands of the Xiao family again.
During this period, Fuyesi was also responsible for the security of various places. Whether inside or outside the city, there had to be someone guarding to prevent the demon tribe from attacking again.
Zhou Zhilu was assigned to guard the area under the responsibility of Yuanming Medical Clinic, while Yun Li was responsible for staying in the city.
At this time, in a remote courtyard of Jiangkang Mansion.
Liao Bufan, wearing a blue embroidered robe, was sitting in the courtyard, drinking tea and rubbing a low-quality medicinal herb in his hand. He looked in the direction of the statue of the Holy Doctor and said softly, "It's almost there. Wait a little longer. Today... I'll collect some interest for you, hehe."
As his fingers exerted force, the medicinal herbs were rubbed into powder, and drops of green liquid flowed out of it.
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