If we go down the mountain at this time, we can get home before dark.

Su Xiaoxiao packed up the medicine basket and said to the old man, "Senior, let's go back."

The old man was playing with his new tinderbox, blowing on it so hard that he almost burned down the cave.

After Su Xiaoxiao's repeated urging, he reluctantly put away the tinder, and took it down the mountain along with the anesthetic and binoculars.

On the way back, Su Xiaoxiao asked him: "Senior, we are all family now, I still don't know how to address you?"

The old man hesitated for a moment and responded, "My last name is Qiu."

Su Xiaoxiao: "Senior Qiu."

The three continued to move forward.

Su Xiaoxiao said: "My husband's name is Wei Ting, and I'm Cheng Su in Southern Xinjiang. You can call me Xiaoxiao. The one with the golden arm is my sixth brother, you can just call me Xiaoliu, she is a saint."

"Puppet." The old man corrected.

Su Xiaoxiao rubbed her hands together: "You figured it out."

There is no difference in the aura between Ling Yunlian's puppets and the Holy Maiden Hall's puppets.

The old man hummed.

He was not at all curious or surprised about the fact that Su Xiaoxiao turned the saint into his puppet.

Su Xiaoxiao secretly gave him a thumbs up, a typical hermit who didn't meddle in other people's business.

When the three of them returned home, Wei Ting was already awake.

He was thirsty, so Wei Liulang went to the kitchen to boil some hot water for him.

He lay alone in bed, mad at himself.

After collecting the herbs, her father-in-law was saved, and she also found a master for her handsome husband. Su Xiaoxiao was in a good mood and was happy to coax him.

Su Xiaoxiao came to sit beside the bed, looked at him without blinking and asked, "Why are you unhappy?"

"Humph." Wei Ting turned his face away coldly.

Su Xiaoxiao continued to play dumb: "Did you have a fight with Sixth Brother?"

Wei Ting turned around and complained bitterly, "You did it on purpose."

He even called her his wife, but she still told Sixth Brother that he had not recovered his memory!

Su Xiaoxiao was embarrassed.

Well, she is addicted to playing.

"Who told you to tease me first?"

Su Xiaoxiao curled her lips.

Wei Ting hesitated to speak, unable to refute.

Su Xiaoxiao stopped when she saw that things were going well, pulled his arm, smiled and said, "Don't be angry, how about I give you a master as compensation?"

Wei Ting, who suddenly had a master: "..." -After nightfall, Su Xiaoxiao prepared to make medicine for Wei Xu.

The old man had an alchemy furnace at home, so she didn't take out the furnace from the pharmacy to avoid having to explain where the furnace came from.

She went to the pharmacy and picked some snake bone flowers.

This snake bone flower is very big, even bigger than the one used to treat my second brother's cold. I wonder if it is more effective as a medicine.

Wei Liulang came over to help her, and seeing how busy she was, he advised, "Xiaoxiao, there's no need to spend all night, let's do it tomorrow, go and rest first."

The fertilizer from the pharmacy was too strong. The snakebone flowers bloomed quickly and would inevitably wither quickly. She was afraid that by tomorrow not even the petals would be left.

Su Xiaoxiao said: "It's okay, Sixth Brother, I'm not sleepy."

The pills were refined until late at night before they were ready. There were ten pills in total, each one was round and plump.

Su Xiaoxiao sealed the pill in a box and handed it to Wei Liulang, saying, "Sixth brother, I originally planned to return to the capital to heal Dad, but I thought about it carefully and decided that Dad's internal injuries should not be delayed any longer. You should take the pill back tomorrow, one pill a day, just chew it. Also, bring the Saint back with you."

Wei Liulang was puzzled: "Why bring her back?"

Su Xiaoxiao said: "Zong Zhenghui has just regained the throne, and the six major tribes are still at the border. With the support of the Saint Maiden Palace, it will help him stabilize the situation better."

In addition, Cheng Qingyao's secret power should now come in handy.

Wei Liulang understood: "Okay, go and rest quickly, I'll clean up."

The men of the Wei family are absolutely unambiguous when it comes to taking care of the female members of the family.

There aren't so many messy things. Everyone has been through the ups and downs in the military camp and can do these jobs to some extent.

After breakfast the next day, Wei Liulang set off with the elixir and the saint.

The last time Zong Zhengming conducted a city-wide search, Wei Xu, Zong Zhenghui, and the Saint were hidden in the lotus pond of the Saint's Palace by Elder Lou.

It rained heavily all night and the water surface was full of ripples. The three people hid for a long time without being discovered.

After the Royal Guards searched, the elders and disciples of the Holy Maiden Temple conducted another round of searches, and this time they found the lotus pond.

Unfortunately, it was Elder Lou and Yin Xiaodie who led people to investigate.

Afterwards, Elder Lou took the three people back to his secret room.

Wei Xu stayed in seclusion in a secret room for several days to recuperate from his injuries and only returned to Changliu Lane this morning.

Wei Liulang quickly took the pill and went to his father's room.

On the other side, the Saint returned to the Saint's Temple.

Many people in the Holy Maiden Palace had doubts about Zong Zhenghui's ability to regain the throne.

The elders, eunuchs, Yin Xiaodie and the Saint Maiden sat in the meeting hall to discuss the matter.

Elder Ji asked, "Saint Lady Cheng, was the previous emperor really a fake one?"

"Yes." said the saint.

Elder Yue asked dissatisfiedly: "Since you knew it long ago, why didn't you inform us?"

The Saint said: "This is a serious matter. The fewer people who know about it, the better, so as to avoid leaks."

Elder Ji mocked, "I think you want to take all the credit for yourself? You have been reluctant to hand over to the new Saint, and you have been secretly trying to win over other forces. Now you have helped His Majesty regain the throne. Maybe His Majesty will be happy and let you be re-elected."

The Saint said, "I came to the Saint's Palace this time to take over with the new Saint. After I abdicate, I will not continue to stay in the Saint's Palace as an elder."

When these words were spoken, everyone was shocked.

Yin Xiaodie didn't know the inside story, so she was also shocked.

She only thought that Cheng Qingyao and Cheng Su had joined forces briefly because they both chose to be loyal to the real King of Southern Xinjiang.

Elder Lou asked, "Have you thought it through?"

"I've thought about it." said the saint.

Elder Ji and Elder Yue choked.

It is now impossible to say that the saint has selfish motives.

When Zong Zhengming was in power, he gave the Saintess more power. Now she wants nothing and unconditionally sends Zong Zhenghui back to the throne. Who can still question that Zong Zhenghui is not the true dragon emperor? The people of Southern Xinjiang believe in gods.

Yin Xiaodie and the Saint jointly presided over a heavenly bestowal ceremony.

During the ceremony, Zong Zhenghui kowtowed to the gods and lit an ever-burning incense stick that could not be extinguished even by pouring water, indicating that this was a command from the gods.

Zong Zhenghui is truly a son bestowed by heaven.

The people knelt down together and shouted "Long live the emperor".

The six major tribes were still at the border, and Zong Zhenghui invited the two legitimate sons of the Yue family and the Ji family into the palace, and asked a tutor to teach them in the name of cultivating pillars of southern Xinjiang.

Zong Zhenghui’s attitude was very clear: you go and recall the tribes under your respective command. If you do, your sons will be given official titles and promoted to higher positions; if you fail to recall them, your sons will be treated as traitors.

As for the two major tribes that were originally under the Cheng family, after Zong Zhengming's death, they were leaderless. As long as the Yue and Ji families surrendered, they would naturally not be stupid enough to continue serving a dead fake king.

What's more, Zong Zhenghui also returned the Cheng family's mine to Cheng Sang.

With the military pay in hand, are you still worried that you won’t be able to recall them?

Second update, I'm just asking for votes 　　 　 (end of this chapter)