Sun Yun and Physician Peng walked to the side, ignoring Xiao Zhu's report. They both knew that Xiao Zhu was Zhao Shu's confidant, but he didn't often serve her. They weren't ordinary people, so they naturally knew what Xiao Zhu did.
Zhao Shu asked, "What happened?"
Xiao Zhu glanced around and said in a voice only Zhao Shu and he could hear, "Imperial Brother-in-law, let's go."
"Explain yourself." Although Zhao Shu listened to Huo Danlan's words, she didn't intend to let him die so soon. The Crown Prince's injuries hadn't healed yet; how could he die!
Xiao Zhu Zi hesitated for a moment, then said, "I just saw Granny Zhong come out of the side room. When I went in to check, the Imperial Uncle had already passed away."
Zhao Shu sighed. Her grandmother certainly didn't want anyone to know what she had done to Hao Zekai, but she also wanted it to be found out. If it wasn't found out and the news spread, she would see if those people would still dare to mess with her. If they wanted to assassinate the Crown Prince, they would have to think twice about whether they had nine lives!
She did so much, only to have it all go down the drain in the end?
"You... never mind." Zhao Shu suddenly changed her mind. If she let her people leak the information, it might cost them their lives.
Sigh, we'll have to think of another way.
While she was still deep in thought, Xiao Zhuzi said, "Princess, this servant has a premonition that the Hao family is coming. We have no evidence, and the Emperor's father-in-law and brother-in-law are dead. What should we do?"
Zhao Shu had already considered this problem. After thinking for a moment, she said, "Just say that there were too many assassins that night. The Grand Tutor and the Grand Uncle sacrificed His Highness the Crown Prince to save their own lives, but they were still killed. How dare they abandon His Highness the Crown Prince? They are disloyal, unkind, and unjust. This time, we must stand on the highest moral ground, from blood ties to human morality and loyalty to the dynasty, and bring Guo Haozi and his son to their lowest point! If we can't torture them, we'll make them infamous for eternity! Since they're coming, you go and make the arrangements now. Make sure everyone in Guanzhou knows about it!"
Xiao Zhu Zi was startled and hurried off to do so. He had been thinking about how to help the princess through this difficult time. Killing Hao Zi had indeed been satisfying, but upon reflection, he realized there was no evidence and the princess had overstepped the bounds of the court, so she could not escape punishment no matter what.
Zhao Shu's face was gloomy. Sun Yun asked her inexplicably, "What's wrong? Did something happen to the shop?"
"It's alright, let's go."
Although Sun Yun did not believe it, he knew that Zhao Shu was unwilling to talk about it, so he did not continue to ask.
The three of them arrived at the courtyard of Physician Peng. Several beauties, including Chu Chun, had also arrived. The others who were not serving Zhao Shu had all come to report for duty earlier.
Seeing so many beauties, Physician Peng's eyes were dazzled. With so many beauties, they all looked ordinary. Indeed, a beautiful woman can only be seen as a beauty when placed next to someone with an ordinary appearance.
"Princess, what's going on?" Physician Peng was puzzled. She was so old, could it be that she was going to become his concubine? No, no, no, please don't! Although his wife was old and her beauty had faded, he still had feelings for her. He usually arranged for his wife to take concubines, and he never interfered. Even if he occasionally took a fancy to one or two, he would only think about it and admire their pleasing appearance, but he would not take them as concubines.
Zhao Shu had no idea what he was thinking and said, "Old Peng, could you help me take a look at their skin? Then I'll write down a few prescriptions for them to use for beauty treatments. What do you think?"
Physician Peng shrank back. "Princess, His Highness the Crown Prince's injuries are extremely serious. I am too busy to attend to anything else." He was a doctor, not a cosmetics seller!
Zhao Shu wanted to laugh, but she held it back and said, "I didn't ask you to make rouge and face powder with me, but I did ask you to take a look at their skin type and see which kind of medicine would be suitable for them."
Old Physician Peng shook his head again, looking as if he were about to be beheaded, resolutely shaking his head.
Left with no other option, Zhao Shu resorted to her trump card, "I have a few prescriptions, but I'm not sure if I should share them..."
"Come one by one, line up." Upon hearing this, Physician Peng immediately changed his tune, beckoning Chu Chun and the others over to take their pulses one by one, then carefully observing them and making detailed medical records.
Zhao Shu and Sun Yun exchanged a glance and laughed. They walked to the desk, where Sun Yun ground the ink and Zhao Shu began to write the prescription. She didn't know the recipe for the face mask water, so she could only rely on the pharmacology she remembered to slowly prepare it and then make it, trying it out according to different skin types.
Skin diseases are generally divided into many types, and she remembered many of the prescriptions. She wrote all of these prescriptions down from memory, and the rest was up to the old doctor.
Despite his reluctance, Dr. Peng is the kind of person who, once he starts researching something, is determined to succeed, otherwise he will be restless and unable to sleep.
He wrote down more than ten prescriptions in one go, all of which were related to the skin. After he finished writing them down, Physician Peng also took the pulse and completed the medical record.
Zhao Shu handed over the prescription. He glanced at it a few times, clicked his tongue in admiration, and then bowed to the air, saying, "Thank you for your generous gift, Your Highness. This old man is very grateful."
Zhao Shu smiled. Doctor Peng was such an honest person, so easy to please. He wasn't cunning and was an upright man.
He had just finished thanking them when a sack fell from the sky and landed in the courtyard, startling all the maids. As the sack landed, the young lady-in-law entered, saying, "Princess, the person has been brought."
No one knew who this 'person' was, but Zhao Shu did. She waved for Chu Chun and the others to leave and said, "Bring the person into the house."
"Yes," Xiao Guozi replied, hoisting the sack onto his shoulder and bringing it into the house, placing it beside the table.
"Ah Yun, didn't you want to talk to Fei Peng about something?" Zhao Shu turned to Sun Yun and said. What was about to happen might be very cruel, and she didn't want to affect Sun Yun. She was someone who had lived several lifetimes, but Sun Yun was different. She was still young and innocent, and her heart had not yet changed. She hoped that Sun Yun could live a sunny and happy life in this lifetime.
Sun Yun was very cooperative, "Yes, we need to go find him. I'll come find you later."
After saying that, she left the courtyard, but the old physician Peng still called after her, "Miss Sun, why don't you play a tune for the Emperor?"
Sun Yun turned to look at him, thought for a moment, and then agreed. She nodded to Physician Peng, smiled, and left.
Once everyone in the room left, only Zhao Shu, Physician Peng, and Xiao Guozi remained.
"Princess, what do you need to do?" Physician Peng was bewildered. Recently, a legend had been circulating in the palace that Princess Jun was a reincarnation of Gan Luo, a female version of Gan Luo. At first, he didn't know who Gan Luo was, but after inquiring, he learned that she was the only youngest Shangqing (a high-ranking official) from the Qin Dynasty to the present. His heart sank slightly, thinking that he was quite old and still just a junior physician. However, he then thought that it wasn't shameful for him to ask the princess for advice on a prescription, after all, Gan Luo was alive.
Zhao Shu smiled mysteriously, but that smile made the two of them involuntarily shudder.
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