But Zhong Muyu would never admit it: "Hard work pays off. I didn't do anything. It's all thanks to the doctors."
"Them? If they were truly capable, the epidemic wouldn't have dragged on for a month. Zhong Muyu, wasn't it you who brought the epidemic cure?"
Zhong Muyu had her back to him and couldn't see his expression, but when Lu Ziying said those words, her back visibly trembled.
After all, the other party was the Crown Prince; it seems she had taken things too lightly.
Seeing that she didn't turn around, Lu Ziying took another step closer: "Now you're wondering how I found out, aren't you? Ha! Making little moves right under my nose, I am the Crown Prince, how could I not know?"
Zhong Muyu steeled her heart, turned to look at him, and said indifferently, "You know now, that's perfect, let's get straight to the point."
Lu Ziying said, "Since you're going to talk about it, let's find a place to have a proper discussion."
"No need, I don't talk much. Our original intention was to treat Lu Ziqing, but now that we've found a method, we won't disregard human life, which is why we had the physician keep it a secret. His Majesty sent His Highness the Crown Prince to handle this matter, and there's no need for irrelevant people's names to appear in the whole process."
To everyone's surprise, Lu Ziying laughed: "That's similar to what my seventh brother said. It seems you've already made this plan. However, I'm not the kind of person who holds grudges. I will report this matter to Father Emperor truthfully."
Zhong Muyu really wanted to reply that it was unnecessary.
"Now that you've asked everything you wanted to ask, can I leave now?"
Lu Ziying quickly walked up to her: "You can't leave yet. I said I have many things to ask you."
Zhong Muyu really didn't want to deal with him anymore: "Your Highness, didn't you stop me to confirm this matter? Is there anything else?"
"I have so many questions, I could never finish asking them all if I were standing outside."
Lu Ziying did indeed have many doubts. When Zhong Muyu came here to help treat the plague, he specifically sent his bodyguard to inquire about it because of his doubts.
The result was, of course, quite interesting.
“But I don’t want to answer Your Highness’s questions anymore, and I don’t need to answer everything you ask. I’m tired, so I’ll take my leave now.”
Zhong Muyu refused him without hesitation, then walked past Lu Ziying, walking faster and faster as if afraid he would catch up again.
Being rejected so bluntly made Lu Ziying feel a little embarrassed. Fortunately, there was no one else around, otherwise his face would have been even darker.
Zhong Muyu ran back to her residence in one breath. At this time, Lu Ziyuan had just returned from outside and found her in a strange manner: "Why are you running in such a hurry?"
Zhong Muyu grabbed his arm and took a breath: "I did this to avoid the Crown Prince's harassment. He already knows about the prescription."
Inside the room, Zhong Muyu recounted everything that had just happened, but Lu Ziyuan was not surprised.
“It’s not easy to keep it from him. He tested me a few days ago, and I knew he had found out then. Today I’m asking you for confirmation.”
“I was too naive. He said he would report everything truthfully, but I don’t think he would say anything nice. If he reports everything truthfully, then wouldn’t the Crown Prince have done nothing at all during his trip to Baijun?”
"He won't report everything, but you're right about the last point, he won't say many good things either. In short, it won't have much of an impact, so don't worry."
Lu Ziyuan patted her hand to reassure her.
"Let's hope so. Now that things are over, we have no reason to stay here. Let's leave early tomorrow."
Lu Ziyuan nodded; in fact, his worries went far beyond that.
...
The night passed, and early morning arrived.
After Chengfeng and Zhiyu had packed their things and said goodbye to everyone, Lu Ziyuan and Zhong Muyu boarded the carriage and set off back to Lingqing.
Unexpectedly, they hadn't gone far when Chengfeng and Zhiyu, who were sitting in front of the carriage, saw a familiar person riding a fast horse towards them.
"Halt! This is the Prince of Ling's carriage!"
Zhiyu stood up to greet the person who had come.
"What's up?"
Lu Ziyuan pulled back the carriage curtain and peeked out.
Chengfeng said, "Your Highness, it's a messenger from the military camp."
Upon seeing that it was Lu Ziyuan, the arriving soldiers immediately dismounted and took out an urgent letter from their pockets, handing it to them.
"Your Highness, there is an urgent report from the border. The enemy has launched an attack on us under the pretext of border inspection and seizure of goods!"
Upon hearing this, everyone's expression turned serious.
Lu Ziyuan quickly took the urgent letter, which briefly described what had happened during this period. In general, the Xi Rong people took the opportunity to cause trouble and launched an attack on the border, led by the Zonghan tribe.
Lu Ziyuan asked, "What is the situation at the border?"
"At that time, General Zhao was actively leading his men to resist, but the enemy's 200,000-strong army was coming in with overwhelming force, and I was afraid..."
Before the messenger could finish speaking, Lu Ziyuan immediately gave the order: "Go! Get back to Lingqing as quickly as possible!"
"etc!"
Just then, Zhong Muyu stopped them.
"Yu'er, what are you doing?"
"Even at the fastest speed, it would take four or five days of non-stop running. How could anyone possibly stand that? Even the horses couldn't take it. You come down with me first."
Zhong Muyu jumped off the carriage and pulled Lu Ziyuan down with her.
Immediately afterwards, she confidently directed the people present: "You all go first, Lu Ziyuan and I will go back in another convenient way."
However, they undoubtedly saw this as a joke.
"Your Highness, please don't be silly. This is not the time for jokes," Zhiyu advised her.
"When have I ever acted recklessly about something this important? Listen to me, let's go! If you don't leave, we might get there before you!"
The two had no choice but to turn to Lu Ziyuan for help, but the reply they received was: "Trust your princess; don't you know how capable she is?"
There was nothing they could do; since the prince had said so, they had no choice but to comply.
As the carriage drove away, Lu Ziyuan asked, "Now, shouldn't you tell me your method?"
Zhong Muyu smiled brightly: "You trust me the most. Hide behind the tree and close your eyes!"
In order not to frighten Lu Ziyuan, Zhong Muyu made him hide. Lu Ziyuan was also curious about what she was going to do, so he did as she said.
"Alright, come out now."
In just a few minutes, Zhong Muyu let Lu Ziyuan out, but when he saw the enormous thing in front of him, he was still startled.
What is this?
What Zhong Muyu took out was a high-performance off-road vehicle!
Actually, she hadn't expected there to be such a thing in the space. If it weren't for the book Chi Xuanzhu gave her that taught how to adjust and use the space, she wouldn't have discovered these things.
Chi Xuanzhu is right; her understanding and use of this space is far from sufficient.
Zhong Muyu patted the hood of the car: "This is a car, one of the great inventions that changed human travel in our time. I can't go into too much detail, but anyway, get in quickly, this thing is much faster than a horse-drawn carriage!"
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