He was stunned for a moment: "Doctor?"
"Please take me there first. Time is tight. I'll talk to you on the way, okay?" I looked at him anxiously. He didn't ask any more questions and quickly set up the carriage.
"Hey." We soon arrived at Xiaximen. On the way, he listened to my brief explanation of the situation and said, "Mu Zhaoyi, it seems that Doctor Sun is a bully who only cares about the strong and the weak. You should stay in the carriage. I will go and invite him."
I nodded gratefully. "Trouble you."
After a while, a thin middle-aged man with a flattering face lifted the curtain and his eyes lit up when he saw me sitting inside.
Before I could even open my mouth to curse him, he was grabbed from behind and coldly said, "What are you looking at? Sit outside!"
"Yes, yes, sir, you are right."
The coachman returned very quickly and soon saw the small wooden door again.
The groom respectfully informed me, immediately tied the horse rope to a tree, and dragged Doctor Sun directly to Cheng Yao's house.
Fortunately, Doctor Sun seemed to be somewhat competent at treating patients. He took a pen and wrote several notes on paper and handed them to Mrs. Wu: "Take these to the pharmacy to get medicine. Just apply it according to the schedule."
Cheng Yao's father was already sweating profusely. Wu took the paper list and asked tremblingly, "About how much silver do you need every day..."
"Isn't it written on the list?" Doctor Sun puffed his beard and looked at her with disdain.
"Just tell me what I'm asking you, why are you talking so much nonsense!" The groom pushed Doctor Sun's shoulder. It seemed that the groom's favorability towards Doctor Sun was negative from the beginning to the end.
Although I am also... Of course, I secretly thought that it was a good recommendation!
"Yes, yes, yes," Doctor Sun turned around and said humbly, looking at Wu, "One day is fifty. His illness will take a hundred days to heal."
"Ah!" The paper in Wu's hand fell to the ground. Cheng Yao wiped his father's sweat with a towel without saying a word.
"Cheng Yao, can you take me to the toilet?" I saw Cheng Yao was wringing a towel.
He was stunned for a moment and said "Okay".
The groom over there pushed Doctor Sun and said, "So expensive? Your medicine is made of gold!"
"Hey, hey, hey, sir," Doctor Sun dodged, "That's not my medicine..."
As soon as Cheng Yao and I entered the dark courtyard, I stuffed the deposit slip from Duan Xiao's pocket and covered his mouth before he could speak. "I'm also pressed for time, so let's be brief."
"Your brother Duan is now in another country, and he asked me to take good care of you. This money is for your emergency needs. Fortunately, I happen to be free today. You can take this deposit slip to Qianji Money House to withdraw it."
He tried to push the deposit slip back to me, and just as I was about to knock his hand away, he suddenly grabbed the deposit slip tightly and knelt down in front of me.
I hurriedly helped him up. Although he was young, he was very strong. "No matter whether this money belongs to you or Brother Duan, it is owed by me, Cheng Yao, and I will pay it back one day."
"Good boy," I felt my heart soften and unconsciously touched his head, then hurriedly lifted him up: "Go in quickly, it will be difficult to explain if you're late."
"Please tell me your name and address, sister," he pulled my sleeve and said, "Cheng Yao is not joking."
"Mu Shuang... I live in Chen Shuang Pavilion!" Before he could say anything else, I pulled him in. He kept asking, "Which Mu? That Shuang?"
"It's on the deposit slip!" I whispered to him. The reason I was so panicked was that I felt that it was almost more than two hours.
When I got to the house, I suddenly remembered that I was here to buy embroidery, so I hurriedly asked Wu, "Madam, I often hear Mr. Duan praise your craftsmanship. Today I want to buy a few pieces of embroidery from you."
She had wiped away her tears and hurriedly brought a few finished products from the house. "These are just what your young lady from a wealthy family likes. Since you are Mr. Duan's friend, you can take them all."
She seemed to suddenly think of something: "Excuse me, Master Duan, is he here now?"
I shook my head helplessly at her: "He is not in the capital now."
"Oh!" Mrs. Wu sighed. I was about to take out the money when I realized that I had no cash on me!
The groom quickly stuffed a few banknotes into Wu's hands: "My young lady's."
Mrs. Wu wanted to refuse, but when she glanced at the bed, she thanked him repeatedly, but still only took a silver note.
The coachman took back the remaining banknotes without saying a word. Doctor Sun seemed to be about to make a joke, but he stopped talking after being glared at by the coachman.
"Miss, let's go." The groom called to me. I nodded while holding the embroidery. Then the groom looked at Doctor Sun and said, "Are you going or not?"
This surprised me a little, but I didn't want to care.
The carriage clattered to the south side of Xiaxi Gate, and the driver shouted fiercely, "I'll come and see. If you don't pay the pharmacy for them, you'll be in trouble!"
"Yes, yes, how could I dare!" Doctor Sun's voice became farther and farther away, and I felt a warmth in my heart.
The carriage hadn't been going for long when I suddenly fell forward. "What happened?"
"Ouch!" The anxious voice of the groom came from outside the curtain: "Where is the pit? The wheel got stuck in it!"
I hurriedly got off the carriage and saw that the wooden wheel was somehow stuck in a hole. The coachman tried to pull it out for a long time but it didn't move.
"That's great! His Majesty will definitely blame me!"
I was also anxious. Many stars in the sky were brighter, and I was afraid that the three hours were almost up.
"Do you mind walking back by yourself?" I asked hurriedly.
"I'm fine! The key is you!" He patted his head: "I wanted to carry you back, but - oh!"
I shook my head and instantly jumped onto my horse: "Please use your knife to cut these ropes."
He was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously raised his sword to cut the string connecting the horse and the sedan chair. The next second, he quickly handed a token to me: "Mu Zhaoyi, the entry and exit token, and the veil hat."
The veil hat has always been prepared in the carriage, but I forgot to wear it when I went to Cheng Yao's house. He is really thoughtful.
I took the mukashi and smiled at him, understanding what he meant. "Be careful on your way back. Thank you for today!"
Without saying anything more, I quickly ran towards Youhuimen. Fortunately, the distance was not far, and there were few people on this winter night, so the road was smooth.
But as soon as I arrived at Youhui Gate, I was stopped by the guards who shouted at me. I pulled the reins hard, and I heard the neighing of the horse as if it was about to cut through the long night.
"Who are you? How dare you trespass into the palace!" As soon as I finished speaking, I was surrounded by a group of guards, and the sound of swords being unsheathed "clang clang" could be heard.
I quickly took out the token the groom had given me and showed it to the leader. He walked closer with a torch in his hand and squinted at me, obviously noticing that I was dressed as a woman.
He took a closer look at the token, then looked up at me intently for a long time: "The palace gates are heavily guarded, please take off your veil." He then whispered a word to the soldier beside him, and the soldier quickly ran into the palace.
I left the palace because Song Heng made an exception and let me out. If I show my face, will it be disadvantageous to him?
My palms were sweating as I was wondering how to deal with it, or whether to just stall for time and wait for the coachman to arrive?
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