She needed to prepare some medicine for the patient, but she didn't know if it was because she was used to Doctor Fu's herbs, but when she went to other pharmacies, she always felt that the quality was unsatisfactory.

I walked to the end of Zhuangyuan Street and finally found a suitable pharmacy.

There are many types of medicinal materials and the quality is also good.

As for the price...

Don’t expect to get a bargain in Beijing.

Su Xiaoxiao picked out some medicinal herbs and went to the counter to pay.

Most people who come to buy medicine bring prescriptions with them, but Su Xiaoxiao makes all the medicine herself.

The medicine boy looked at her strangely, and saw that she was buying some common medicinal herbs for healing, which were not expensive. Then, judging from her clothes, he knew she was not a big customer, so he did not ask any more questions.

"Five taels." said the medicine boy.

Su Xiaoxiao took out some silver and said, "Please, pack it up."

The medicine boy went to pack the medicine.

Su Xiaoxiao waited patiently at the counter.

Most people would not wait quietly but would walk around the shop. But Su Xiaoxiao was different. She had just finished looking around and would wait attentively.

Qin Yanran entered the pharmacy at this time.

She was wearing a gorgeous skirt, a jade and gold hairpin on her head, and a white jade tassel hanging around her slender waist.

She wore a veil, revealing only a pair of beautiful eyes.

Such noble ladies are rare in the capital. It's not that there are no women of noble status in the capital, but with her appearance and demeanor, she must be at least the daughter of a first-class duke or marquis.

The shopkeeper quickly put down his work and came out to greet her with a smile: "Excuse me, does this girl want to get some medicine or see a doctor--"

Qin Yanran said in a gentle voice: "I asked someone to order a thousand-year-old ginseng from your house last time. Do you have it?"

The shopkeeper patted his head and said, "Ah, did you order the thousand-year-old ginseng? It just arrived this morning! I'm keeping it for you! I'll go get it for you right away!"

The shopkeeper ran faster than he was reborn.

The little maid beside Qin Yanran chuckled.

Qin Yanran frowned slightly: "Xing'er, don't laugh at me."

"No, miss, look." Xing'er pointed in the direction of the counter.

Qin Yanran looked in the direction her finger pointed and saw Su Xiaoxiao waiting quietly.

Xing Er whispered, "Miss, she is so fat."

Su Xiaoxiao glanced at her indifferently and Xing'er was startled.

Qin Yanran met Su Xiaoxiao's gaze and nodded slightly to apologize: "I'm sorry, my servant's words and actions were rude, please don't take it to heart, young lady."

"The medicine is ready." The medicine boy handed the packed medicine bag to Su Xiaoxiao.

Su Xiaoxiao grabbed the medicine bag, ignored Qin Yanran, and walked out of the pharmacy.

Xing Er muttered, "Miss, why is she like this? She ignores me when I talk to her?"

"Miss, here's your thousand-year-old ginseng!" The shopkeeper came over with a brocade box in his hands, smiling.

He looked at Xing'er, who looked pale, and asked, "What happened?"

"No." Qin Yanran said, "Xing'er."

Xing'er took the brocade box.

Her family was a noble lady, so it was impossible for her to personally accept something handed over by an ordinary person.

Qin Yanran paid the money and took Xing'er into the carriage.

She told the driver: "Go to Zhenbei Marquis Mansion."

In the evening, just as Su Xiaoxiao finished making the ointment for her wound, Su Mo's driver came to her door.

"Miss Su, the old marquis has woken up, and Doctor Fu wants you to come over."

"knew."

Su Xiaoxiao said to Su Cheng who was practicing in the front yard, "Dad, I'm going to go out for a while."

Su recognized the Su family's coachman and knew that he was going to treat Mr. Su's father. He did not object but only told Su Xiaoxiao to come back early.

Su Xiaoxiao took the ointment and went to the Marquis' Mansion.

She looked at the unconscious old marquis on the bed and asked, "Awake?"

Doctor Fu coughed lightly and said, "He really did wake up just now. If you don't believe me, ask Xiaoquanzi."

Xiaoquanzi, the servant who takes care of the old marquis.

Xiaoquanzi said hurriedly: "Yes, Miss Su, it's just... he fell asleep again after a while."

Su Mo is not here.

We should go and investigate the old marquis's poisoning.

He did not spread the news but investigated it secretly, and asked Doctor Fu to keep it secret.

Su Xiaoxiao felt the old marquis's pulse and looked at his pupils: "How's his blood pressure?"

"The blood pressure has risen a little." Doctor Fu said, and then yawned loudly.

Among the group of people going to the capital, Doctor Fu was the weakest, and he got up very early today.

Su Xiaoxiao said to him, "I'll stay here tonight, you go back and rest."

Doctor Fu quickly said, "No, no, I'll just keep watch."

"Come and take my place tomorrow morning." Su Xiaoxiao said without giving way to refusal.

Doctor Fu was ultimately unable to persuade Su Xiaoxiao, and got on the marquisate's carriage and went back.

Koizumi looked at Doctor Fu's departing back, his face full of confusion.

Why does Doctor Fu listen to his apprentice so much?

Shouldn't the disciple listen to the master?

Is he still a master? ...

Qin Yun also lived in the mansion. When he heard that his sister had come, he rushed out of the door and said, "Sister!"

Qin Yanran looked at her brother who was walking towards her at a brisk pace and smiled slightly: "Ayun."

Qin Yun grabbed her sleeve and acted coquettishly: "Sister, why did you come to see me just now? I've been back for two days! Are you here to take me back home?"

Qin Yanran said, "I heard that you came back two days ago and slept for two days."

Qin Yun pouted: "It's because the journey is too tiring. I don't know what my cousin was thinking. He had to take me along? Wouldn't it be better for me to come back with my uncle?"

Qin Yanran said in a gentle voice: "You are the one that my great uncle loves the most. Now that he is seriously ill, my eldest cousin must bring you back first. By the way, how is my great uncle's condition?"

When this was mentioned, Qin Yun's eyes flickered.

Qin Yanran frowned slightly: "You haven't visited your great uncle yet?"

Qin Yun said aggrievedly: "You can't blame me for this... You don't know how hard it is to travel... My cousin didn't let me rest at all... I almost died of exhaustion on the road... Sister, you see I have lost weight..."

Qin Yanran shook her head: "Forget it, come with me to visit my uncle and grandfather."

Qin Yun muttered, "Then can I go back home tonight?"

Qin Yanran said: "You stay here with your uncle and grandfather!"

Qin Yun whispered: "Why... I miss my mother..."

Qin Yanran said sternly: "Granduncle loves you so much, can't you show some respect to him?"

Qin Yun said weakly, "I am filial, but you can't stop me from returning home. Besides, it's obvious that you are the one that my uncle loves the most."

"You...ah." Qin Yanran sighed helplessly, "Forget it, let's go."

The brother and sister went to the old marquis's yard.

"Why don't you see my cousin?"

"I don't know what he was busy with. I didn't see him when I woke up."

Xiaoquanzi was cracking walnuts in the yard, at Su Xiaoxiao's instruction.

Hearing the familiar voices, he stood up quickly: "Cousin, cousin!"

Qin Yun asked, "What are you doing? I just heard you making some noises. Aren't you afraid of disturbing my great uncle?"

Xiaoquanzi smiled and said, "Miss Su asked me to crack some walnuts."

Qin Yanran was slightly surprised: "Miss Su...?"

The family of Zhenbei Marquis's Mansion is surnamed Su, but there is no daughter in Zhenbei Marquis's Mansion. If there was, they would not address her in such a polite and unfamiliar way.

Su Xiaoxiao came out lazily: "Xiaoquanzi, have you cracked the walnuts?"

Qin Yun's eyes fell on Su Xiaoxiao. After a while, he exclaimed, "It's you?!"

Qin Yanran also recognized it.

Isn't this the fat girl I met in the pharmacy? Xing'er opened her eyes wide: "Oh my, Miss, it's her! It's her!"

Qin Yun: "Wait, sister, you know her too?"

Qin Yanran: "Do you know him?"

Xiaoquanzi was confused: "Master, Miss, do you... know Miss Su?"

Everyone really has their own story.

Qin Yanran and Su Xiaoxiao only met once, so they couldn't be considered to know each other.

Qin Yun has more entanglements on his side.

At the Su family's ancestral home in Qingzhou, he had a fight with Su Ergou. Later, he asked someone to find out Su Ergou's identity and was told that he was a snack maker hired by the Su family and his name was Su Ji.

A pair of siblings, the sister is a fat girl and the brother is a little dark-skinned boy.

Qin Yun originally wanted to bring people to get back the place, but unfortunately he was scolded by Su Yuan, and Su Yuan ordered him not to cause trouble, otherwise he would go back and tell his grandfather.

Qin Yun was most afraid of his grandfather.

Qin Yun and Su Xiaoxiao had never had a serious confrontation. It was when Su Xiaoxiao went to find Manager Yu to settle the bill that Qin Yun glanced at her from afar.

Su Xiaoxiao's appearance is enough to make anyone unforgettable.

Qin Yun rolled up his sleeves arrogantly: "Great! I didn't cause any trouble for you, but you brought it to me!"

"Brother!" Qin Yanran called him.

Xiaoquanzi took two or three steps forward and stood between the two of them: "My cousin, Miss Su is the doctor who came to treat the old marquis..."

's apprentice.

"Is there any misunderstanding between you and Miss Su?" asked Koizumi.

Qin Yun was too lazy to bother with a servant. He said to Qin Yanran, "Sister, do you remember the Su Ji I told you about in the letter? It was her brother who whipped me! My face was swollen for half a month! I must get the whip back! I...what did you just say? What doctor?"

Qin Yun asked Xiaoquanzi belatedly.

Xiaoquanzi said awkwardly, "The doctor invited by the eldest master from Qingzhou."

Qin Yun scolded, "She is a cook! How can she treat illnesses? My cousin must have been deceived by her!"

What? Miss Su is the cook?

Now it was Koizumi's turn to be surprised.

Keren was invited back by the eldest master, and Koizumi can't really let her be harmed by her cousin.

Xiaoquanzi had no choice but to bite the bullet and said, "No, no! My cousin, Miss Su is the apprentice of that doctor..."

Qin Yun was furious: "What apprentice? She is just a cook! Oh, I see, you must be a swindler!"

Qin Yanran's gaze involuntarily fell on Su Xiaoxiao.

Compared to Qin Yun who was so angry that he was about to burst into flames, Su Xiaoxiao was much calmer. She even grabbed a handful of walnuts that Xiaoquanzi had cracked and ate them with relish.

Qin Yanran frowned slightly.

A very strange feeling rose in her heart.

(End of this chapter)