“Brother Wei, I don’t know how long this trip to Shengjing will take. I plan to bring my older brother and younger sister with me.”
Zheng Quchi looked at Wei Yao and frankly told her his plans: "My younger sister has been having inexplicable headaches lately, and I want to find a famous doctor to diagnose her condition. Also, there's my older brother's leg. If there's any hope of it being cured, I'll sell everything I own to get him treated."
If Sang Yaomei was indeed poisoned by the Mo family's slow-acting poison, it's likely that a small place like Fuxian County wouldn't be able to cure her.
After speaking with Princess Sheng'an that day, she privately asked Doctor Liao to go to Hegou Village to examine Yaomei. However, when he returned, he said that he had examined Sang Yaomei, but he couldn't figure out what was wrong with her.
His medical skills were limited, so he could only ask her to find a more skilled doctor.
At that time, she had the idea of going to see more prosperous places. Since she had to go to Shengjing now, she could kill two birds with one stone.
Wei Yao also knew about the situation at the Madam's home. He said, "I will make proper arrangements for the Madam so that Brother Sang will not suspect the Madam's identity on the way. As for medical treatment, there is Liu Fengmian in the capital. He has always been unconventional in his friendships and knows all kinds of people. If the Madam needs anything, she can just ask him. He is familiar with the General and will certainly not refuse her."
"Liu Fengmian... there really is such a person?" Zheng Quchi exclaimed in surprise.
Wei Yao said, "Yes, he is currently the only one who is not afraid of the general and is willing to take the initiative to approach him."
Mentioning Yuwen Sheng made Zheng Quchi's heart feel heavy, like a sponge soaked in water. She asked, "It's been so long, and there's still no news?"
Wei Yao lowered her eyes: "Madam, if there is any news, Fu Rong will send a message back immediately."
Upon hearing this, Zheng Quchi gave him a strangely profound look and then ended the conversation.
Seeing that she didn't ask, Wei Yao's tense expression eased slightly, and he remembered something else.
"Madam, have you seen the Mo family spy imprisoned in the water dungeon?"
This refers to Qiu, the only Mo family spy who has not yet been detected, transferred, or disposed of.
But he wasn't questioning Zheng Quchi; rather, he was wondering why the lady, who had previously been indifferent, had suddenly decided to see him.
Zheng Quchi hadn't fully grasped the intricacies of the situation yet, so she didn't want to tell him now. She simply said, "Yes, I went to inquire about Gan Xin's whereabouts. It was Qiu who told me about him."
Wei Yao knew that the Madam was secretly planning to capture Mad Saber Gan Xin, but she didn't expect that it was this Mo family spy named Qiu who not only didn't resent the Madam for her previous betrayal, but also helped her.
This autumn, it seems, is just like that Gongshu Jiruo, "watching the lady with covetous eyes" and "having ulterior motives."
He suddenly felt a strong sense of crisis. The lady was so popular, he had to protect her for the general and not let these monsters have a chance to get close to her.
"Madam, the Mohist school will definitely send people to participate in the six-nation military exercise with Hongsheng Kingdom. The other countries each have their own allies, but our Ye Kingdom is the only one isolated and helpless."
He skillfully sowed discord at opportune moments, seizing every opportunity to make the lady aware that the Mo family were their enemies and to cry out for their side's plight, thereby awakening Zheng Quchi's sense of shared hatred against the common enemy.
However, his desire to incite hatred did not arouse much indignation in Zheng Quchi. Her thinking was simple: "Alliances formed for profit will eventually crumble because of profit."
After listening, Wei Yao wholeheartedly agreed: "They're all a bunch of vultures pecking at carrion."
"Alright, let's not talk about them anymore. Let's call Lieutenant Wang to go see the Crown Prince later. It's better to resolve conflicts than to let them fester. If he holds a grudge against us, it will be troublesome in the future."
"I will do as you say, Madam."
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Doctor Liao has been extremely busy these past two days. He's like a spinning top, being whipped into this overseas mission one moment and whipped back to treat someone who only has external injuries but has been unconscious the next.
According to Lieutenant Wang, this person was the Crown Prince who had been missing for more than ten years. Therefore, he treated him with even greater trepidation, fearing that he might make a mistake and fail to cure the person.
However, the other person only had some minor injuries, with no broken bones or internal injuries or serious illnesses, yet he had inexplicably been unconscious for a whole morning, which puzzled him.
"Logically, he should be awake by now, so why is he still unconscious?"
He muttered to himself as he dried the herbs.
Outside the fence of the medicine hut, three people were walking heavily toward them.
On the way, Zheng Quchi, Wei Yao, and Wang Zebang were discussing how to undo the damage they had already caused to the eldest prince.
"When she wakes up, what do you think we should say?" she asked.
Wei Yao thought for a moment and said, "Should we just admit our mistake?"
“Kneel down before him,” Wang Zebang interjected.
Zheng Quchi's lips twitched.
Was it this powerful right from the start?
"How about we start by asking each other how we feel?" she strongly suggested.
The two looked at Zheng Quchi with slight hesitation. If he really held a grudge, their "warm greetings" would be seen as "hypocrisy" in his eyes.
Besides, isn't this apology and admission of wrongdoing somewhat lacking in sincerity?
But Zheng Quchi felt that, "As the saying goes, you can't hit a smiling face. Let's reason with him first. This matter is not our fault. We are just following the rules. He tried to assassinate someone, so he shouldn't have any reason to be right, right?"
The two exchanged a glance and nodded: "Mm."
“In the law, we are not in the wrong, but he is, after all, the crown prince of a country, of noble and honorable status. We hurt him, so we still have to apologize with a smile and make him feel better, right? In short, we should try to be courteous first and then resort to force.”
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