Chapter 22 It Can't Be Her
Zhuo Yu pondered for a moment, then frowned and said, "Although that little thief has no internal strength, she is agile and fast. She must have learned some moves or has rich experience in fighting enemies. There shouldn't be many women like her. Send someone to investigate on both sides of the river to see if there are any women who meet the requirements."
"Master, do you think it could be Miss Mo Er? Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence?" Jing Ji asked again.
"Impossible. Although Mo Huaiqing is the second daughter of a great general, she is selfish and narrow-minded. Since she is willing to make a private deal, she will definitely not think of taking it back."
Jing Ji thought about it and it made sense. Zhuo Yu suddenly asked, "General Mo has an older daughter, right?"
"Master, are you talking about Miss Mo? It's impossible for her to do that. Recently, the whole imperial city has been talking about her and Prince Lan being framed for adultery, and the crown prince broke off their engagement. How could she have the mood to be a thief?" Jing Ji denied it directly.
"Oh, tell me more about it." Zhuo Yu immediately became interested. "I didn't expect that the prince wanted to get the support of General Mo, but now he has given up on his own initiative?"
"How can we allow a woman who committed adultery with Prince Lan to be the Crown Princess without taking the initiative? But I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince turned around and said that he wanted to marry Mo Huaiqing as the Crown Prince's concubine. I hate General Mo."
Jing Ji continued gossipingly, "In a few days, the Crown Prince will publicly select a Crown Princess. It seems that it will be arranged in Jiutian Pavilion. At that time, all the prominent unmarried women in the imperial city can participate. By the way, will the Crown Prince also select more concubines and maids? Of course, it is also an opportunity for men and women of marriageable age to find their other half."
Zhuo Yu's eyes lit up and he said, "Very good, ask Young Master Yun to come over. I have something to say. I'll make some arrangements. I'll also go and join in the fun."
Jing Ji immediately agreed happily. This way, he would also have the opportunity to see the beauties in the imperial city.
At this moment, Uncle Lan, the owner of the drug store on the street, ran up in a hurry.
"Master, someone wants to buy Thousand Bow Grass and Blue Snow Flower." The shopkeeper's forehead was covered with sweat. "We don't have Thousand Bow Grass, and we only have a little Blue Snow Flower left, the size of a thumb. I offered 20,000 taels, and this guy actually said he would buy it and gave a deposit of 10,000 first."
Zhuo Yumeng narrowed his eyes and asked, "The same person bought two kinds of medicine?"
"Yes." Lambert nodded.
"Do you know who it is?"
Lan Bo shook his head: "He asked when the Thousand Bow Grass would be available, and he knew the Pavilion Master was here, so he wanted a specific time."
"Thousand Bow Grass is extremely rare. All the pharmacies in the five countries combined may only have a few. Who on earth wants this? Normally, someone who is infected with Black Crow would have died long ago, and there would be no time to take the antidote."
Zhuo Yu tapped the table with his fingers: "Green Snow Flower is the antidote for scorpion grass poison. Scorpion grass is very difficult to find. Who was poisoned by this poison?"
As he spoke, he looked at Jingji, who nodded immediately.
"Uncle Lan, go tell him that Thousand Bow Grass will only be available in half a year, and one gram costs 100,000 silver coins." Zhuo Yu said after thinking for a while.
"I'll go right away." Uncle Lan went downstairs and Jing Ji quickly followed.
Zhuo Yu raised his eyebrows. This trip to Qingyun seemed much more interesting than the previous times.
But thinking of the lost blood jade, he felt very angry and depressed.
I never thought he would lose. With his strength, he is unbeatable in the whole world. This time he really fell into a trap.
He really underestimated the enemy and was too careless.
Thinking of the cartilage powder, he was still frightened. It was too powerful. If the thief wanted to take his life at that time, it would have been easy.
The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. For the first time, Zhuo Yu broke out in a cold sweat.
Yuan Qing returned to Yaoguangyuan with the deposit receipt signed by Wanyao Pavilion.
"Twenty thousand taels?" Mo Yunzhu's voice became sharp when she saw the small amount Yuan Qingbi had.
"Yes, and it's the last bit." Yuan Qing had been told to buy as much as possible, so he dared to pay a deposit of ten thousand.
"It's damn expensive, but if you really want it, I'll ask my dad to come over later. As for the Thousand Bow Grass, it's 100,000 taels per gram. That's really a lot of money. If you don't want to sell it, then just don't take it."
Mo Yunzhu thought that this kind of thing could be found in the deep mountains and old forests. Since it was so expensive, she might as well go into the mountains to look for it herself. She could also find some other medicinal herbs and sell them to Wanyao Pavilion.
Mo Tiancheng and Feng Jinyu knew that their daughter wanted money to buy medicinal herbs for Prince Lan, and they didn't say anything. After all, Prince Lan was definitely their son-in-law, and they couldn't let their daughter marry him and become a widow.
Mo Yunzhu began to think about ways to make money. Her greatest skill was her medical skills, which allowed her to treat difficult and complicated diseases, and wealthy families could afford her services.
But it was impossible for her to open a clinic, so she had to get on a boat and plan carefully.
On the other side, Jing Ji followed Yuan Qing to General Mo's mansion and asked a few people around, then went back to report.
"Miss Mo?" Zhuo Yu was very surprised.
"Yes, the man who bought the medicine was Miss Mo's servant Yuan Qing."
"Someone in the General's Mansion was poisoned?"
"It seems not, but I heard that Miss Mo was assassinated and is recovering from her injuries."
"Assassinated?" Zhuo Yu immediately ruled out Mo Yunzhu. After all, the thief was not injured last night. However, he was still very curious about why Miss Mo bought these two rare medicinal herbs.
Also, the armory blueprints were stolen, but there were buyers for these items, so he had to find another way.
"Find out why Miss Mo wants these two herbs."
"Yes, master." Jing Ji took the order and left.
Two days later, Mo Yunzhu, who had been pretending to be sick, was able to walk again. When she was reading a medical book under a tree in the yard, an imperial decree came down from the palace.
Mo Yunzhu was puzzled because she and Prince Lan were going to be married in half a month. She heard from Yuan Qing that many people were sent from the palace to decorate Prince Lan's palace.
In the general's mansion, her mother had already prepared everything for her.
Tomorrow is the day when Prince Lan will come to present the betrothal gifts, so what is the decree from the palace today?
"Miss." The maid Qingwen ran in and said, "Miss, the Queen sent someone outside to issue an edict to grant the second young lady a marriage as the prince's concubine. The wedding will be on the same day as the eldest young lady's marriage into the Prince Lan's mansion. The eldest young lady cannot have a big banquet, but can only have two tables. As for the second young lady, she will be brought into the prince's mansion through the side door, so there will be no banquet."
Mo Yunzhu narrowed her eyes suddenly. The Queen's behavior was so disgusting!
This will completely embarrass the General's Office.
How can Mo Tiancheng put his face after this?
The two sisters got married on the same day, but there was no grand banquet, which was an embarrassment to the general's mansion.
The Queen and the Crown Prince were truly ruthless this time, and were determined to take back the Crown Prince's face from the General's Mansion.
I wonder if the emperor knows about this?
It is impossible that the emperor does not know about such a big thing.
After all, everyone knows that General Mo Tiancheng only has two precious daughters, and this is going to deprive a father of his pride.
Is the Emperor using the Empress's head to embarrass and warn my father?
"I understand." Mo Yunzhu nodded in a very gloomy mood, and was very worried about her parents.
But then a cold and cruel smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.