"Speak, what exactly do you want?"
"Dr. Su, do you have any readily available medicine? Could you prescribe some for me?"
Upon hearing this, Su Jingzhan exclaimed, "Good heavens! What did I just hear? Are you sure it's your master who wants that kind of medicine?"
An Si's eyes widened. [How did he know what his master wanted? No, how did he know I wanted it for the Prince?]
Dark Four shook his head guiltily, "How could that be? Of course it's... of course it's Dark Three."
An Si muttered to himself, "I'm sorry, brother, I can't betray the prince. If he finds out, I'm definitely dead."
“But you just said it was your prince.”
At this moment, it was as if a bolt from the blue struck An Si hard.
When did I mention "Your Highness"? Didn't I just say that no one was in trouble?
...
"...Brother, I'm a doctor. No one's in trouble. Why are you looking for me so late at night? What's wrong?"
"It's not that no one got into trouble, it was my prince."
The conversation he had just heard seemed to replay in his mind.
[I'm doomed, I confessed... I confessed, Your Highness, I've already admitted it myself...]
[But it's alright, there's still a chance. As long as we deny it to the death, they won't suspect it's a prince.]
"No, you misheard me. How could I possibly have said 'Your Highness'?"
"Are you doubting my hearing? Dark Four, do you think it's more likely that there's something wrong with my ears, or that there's something wrong with your mouth?"
[Oh no, why won't Doctor Su admit that there's something wrong with his ears?]
"Hehe, of course it's my mouth that's wrong, how could Doctor Su have misheard me?"
"After you told me last time, I checked my pulse and there was nothing wrong. Since you say so too, then tell me, what does Xiyuan need these things for?"
An Si suddenly remembered that he had already told Su Jingzhan about this before, but he didn't expect that Su Jingzhan had already taken the prince's pulse.
[That's not right. If the Prince has no problems, why does he always look like that when he comes back? Doesn't that look obviously unwell? The Prince must be deliberately altering his pulse to prevent others from discovering anything, so that Doctor Su can't detect it.]
The more An Si thought about it, the more confident he became, and the more he trusted his intuition.
"It's not that Your Highness wants it, it's that An San wants it. Yi Renxiao is one of those people, right? She has a lot of men with her, so I wanted to get some of those for An San. That way, Yi Renxiao's business will be better, and Your Highness will be even richer."
"Hmm, that makes sense, but... I won't give it to you."
Why?
"Huh? You're questioning me?"
Su Jingzhan's lips curled down, revealing a sinister smile that sent chills down one's spine.
An Si suddenly remembered the "antidote pill using poison to fight poison" that he had just mentioned, and instantly wilted.
"Oh dear~ Doctor Su~ Why won't you give me anything~"
An Si tried to coax Su Jingzhan into giving him some, saying, "Your Highness, for the sake of your happiness in your later years, I will do anything to get it for you."
"Don't do that, it's disgusting! I'm going to throw up!"
It's really too much for a grown man to act cute in front of her; it would be different if it were Xi'er.
Su Jingzhan's mind drifted to Yuexi, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.
I wonder what Xi'er is doing now, whether she's eating properly, sleeping well, or...
"Dr. Su? Dr. Su?" An Si kept waving his hand in front of Su Jingzhan.
"Are you trying to summon a spirit here?!"
"I was just looking at you so intently, and you wouldn't answer no matter how I called you."
Since An Si had disturbed his sweet dream, he naturally wouldn't give the item to him so easily.
After all, he had already sensed a hint of gossip in it.
Su Jingzhan has been studying medicine under Yan An and has read many modern books. He has already learned and applied some of the modern terms in them.
"If you don't have anything to do today, you should hurry back. Xiyuan might be looking for you everywhere. If he can't find you, your butt might be in danger."
"Then please give it to me quickly, Doctor Su, so I can go back and serve the Prince as soon as possible."
"no."
"Why?"
“Yi Ren Xiao’s business has always been managed by An San. Yi Ren Xiao has always had the kind of medicine you want, so I can’t give it to you. If Yi Ren Xiao runs out of medicine, An San will send someone to find me.”
Even with all his calculations, An Si never anticipated this.
"Since that's the case, then I'll tell you the truth. Actually, I need this medicine for myself. I'm already over twenty years old and I don't even have a wife. I only found out about this recently, so I wanted to secretly come to you to find some medicine."
An Si lowered his head silently, his shoulders trembling slightly, clearly trying his best to suppress the sadness in his heart.
【Your Highness, once you recover, please don't forget your subordinate. For your sake, I've sacrificed all my dignity.】
[If I ever fail to find a wife in the future, you must make sure to find one for me.]
"Since that's the case, then don't let your trip be in vain. Sit down, and let me take your pulse."
Upon hearing the request to take his pulse, An Si refused without a second thought. If he were to take his pulse, wouldn't everything be exposed?
He didn't have the prince's internal strength, and besides, if he accidentally revealed something, he would really lose face.
"No need, no need. Just prescribe some medicine for me, Dr. Su. I'll take it and see."
"That won't do. Every medicine has some side effects. You can't just take this medicine randomly. Let me take your pulse so I can prescribe the right medicine for you."
As she spoke, she pulled An Si to sit down in a chair, saying, "Don't feel embarrassed. You're still young. If you really get that kind of disease, it's easy to treat."
An Si closed his eyes, waiting for darkness to descend, because Su Jingzhan's hand was already on his pulse.
Su Jingzhan touched and probed left and right, sometimes frowning and sometimes sighing.
So frightened was An Si that sweat dripped down his forehead.
"Dr. Su, am I beyond saving?"
Su Jingzhan released An Si's hand. "It's nothing, just a little weak. You don't need to take such strong medicine. I'll prescribe a few doses for you to try first. Come back and have your pulse checked after you've finished."
An Si was panting heavily. "Dr. Su, you scared me to death!"
"Don't worry, nothing will happen."
As An Si was leaving with the medicine, he said, "Dr. Su, um... please don't do this when you take other people's pulses in the future, it's too scary."
"Do you think I'm stupid? If I treated patients like that, they would have smashed my livelihood long ago."
These words struck An Si like a bolt from the blue.
So, I'm the only one who suffered this injustice.
"Fortunately, they prescribed medicine. I will decoct this medicine for the Prince tomorrow. I, An Si, am the number one hero of the Regent's Palace!"
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