Not only did the young masters of Jinzhou City believe Jia Ren's words, but they also felt that Su Muxi was deliberately delaying the epidemic in Fukang County so that the Wei family and Jia Ren would have no chance to turn things around, and then take the opportunity to swallow up the entire Wei family.
Even Qiao Ziming, who came to Fukang County with Su Muxi, believed Jia Ren's words.
Otherwise, there's no way to explain all of this that Su Muxi arranged.
Before Su Muxi even left the capital, she arranged for people to travel by shortcut to Jinzhou to purchase medicinal herbs and grains along the way.
They also arranged for secret guards to lie in wait in Fukang County to investigate the truth and seize the opportunity to act.
Most importantly, Su Muxi had never examined the pulses of the people in Fukang County before, so how did she know the formula for the antidote?
Unless Su Xing had been testing the waters from the very beginning and knew that the people of Fukang County were suffering from poisoning, not plague.
This explains why Su Muxi was so certain that the prescription she gave would be effective.
Because all of this was planned by Su Xing and Su Muxi!
"Mu Xi, is what Jia Ren said true?"
Just as Su Muxi was about to explain, she heard Qiao Ziming's sudden remark.
Her delicate brows furrowed slightly, her heart filled with indescribable disappointment.
But when Qiao Ziming saw that Su Muxi did not directly deny it, he assumed that Su Muxi had admitted it, and suddenly sneered, "Ha! You talk about being united, but you're just using me, aren't you?"
Qiao Ziming's face was full of grievance and sadness.
Qiao Ziming's appearance only made the young masters of Jinzhou City more convinced of what Jia Ren had said.
The feeling of not being defeated by the enemy but being betrayed by one's comrades was truly unsettling for Su Muxi.
"Qiao Ziming, what have I ever used about you?! What do you have that I could possibly use?"
As soon as Su Muxi finished speaking, a young man dressed in black brocade robes stepped out from the crowd.
This person was none other than Shao Hongzhuo, the heir apparent of the Marquis of Anyuan.
"Qiao Ziming, Jia Ren was spewing filth all over the place, but you licked his saliva and thought it smelled delicious!"
Qiao Ziming looked at Shao Hongzhuo, and his face immediately showed anger.
You're the one who eats shit!
However, Shao Hongzhuo did not continue arguing with Qiao Ziming, but instead said to everyone: "Princess Yong'an was not sure beforehand that the people of Fukang County were infected with poison rather than plague. The reason she was sure was because my father sent someone to secretly enter Fukang County and found out the suspicious points."
All the people in the city were infected with the plague, but only four government officials were infected.
If there really was a plague in Fukang County, why were there so few government officials who got sick, while the common people all ended up getting sick?
That's why my father and Princess Yong'an both believed that the plague in Fukang County was actually caused by someone poisoning the area!
As for the prescription written by Princess Yong'an, it wasn't something she already knew; rather, it was written down after repeated deliberation and experimentation!
Immediately afterwards, Shao Hongzhuo recounted the specific process by which Su Muxi researched the prescription.
Before arriving in Huayang City, Su Muxi was repeatedly pondering the news from Fukang County and analyzing the symptoms of the people in Fukang County to figure out how to treat the plague there.
Furthermore, based on the medicinal herbs sent to Fukang County, they deduced what illnesses the people of Fukang County had developed.
To this end, several of the guards secretly tested the medicine for Su Muxi.
But since Su Muxi didn't say anything, no one knew.
Qiao Ziming and Xie Xuan, who were traveling together, assumed that the guards who were feeling unwell were simply suffering from acclimatization issues.
Unexpectedly, Su Muxi hadn't been idle the entire way; she had been researching treatments for the plague...
Hearing this, Qiao Ziming felt a pang of guilt towards Su Muxi.
He hadn't even gotten the facts straight before he wrongly accused Su Muxi...
But it's because Su Muxi didn't tell him beforehand!
"Mu Xi, why didn't you tell me all this before?!"
Before Su Muxi could speak, Shao Hongzhuo scoffed, "Hmph! Princess Consort isn't the kind of person who likes to show off! She'll do what she can quietly, otherwise, do you expect me to solve all this? Do you even have Princess Consort's abilities?"
"And another thing! You just said that the Princess Consort was using you. I've thought about it for a long time, but I still can't figure out what the Princess Consort could possibly use you for!"
"Is it to take advantage of your status as the heir apparent of the Marquis of Anyang, or to take advantage of your abilities as the heir apparent of the Marquis of Anyang?"
"In terms of status, the Princess Consort's status is far higher than yours, a mere prince!"
"As for ability..."
"Oh!"
"I heard that the Marquis of Anyang's heir only managed to find three yamen runners and a small cartload of medicine and grain. If we rely on the Marquis of Anyang's heir for the whole thing, I'm afraid that before he can uncover Jia Ren and the Wei family's conspiracy, all the people of Fukang County will be dead!"
Shao Hongzhuo's blunt words made Su Muxi unable to help but curl the corners of her mouth.
She really liked Shao Hongzhuo very much.
"you!"
Qiao Ziming angrily pointed at Shao Hongzhuo, but before he could utter a single word, Shao Hongzhuo loudly interrupted him.
"What do you mean, 'you'! If you had just stayed quietly to the side, you would have been a huge help! I really don't know why the Emperor would send someone as useless and incompetent as you!"
Su Muxi felt that Shao Hongzhuo's description was accurate; Qiao Zimo was indeed a person who was more trouble than he was worth.
Not only were they of little help along the way, they also kept causing trouble.
The reason she told Qiao Ziming about her plans after entering the city was because she was afraid that Qiao Ziming would do something bad if he didn't know the truth.
Qiao Ziming blushed at his words and looked at Su Muxi with a slightly aggrieved expression, but Su Muxi only glanced at him indifferently and did not intend to pay him any attention.
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