If Su Ruojin were from a poor family, she could understand not daring to offend the princess and could only silently endure it. But Lu Junyuan was the eldest son of the Prime Minister's mansion, and he did not need to humiliate himself like this.
Not only that, the guards also returned to report that Lu Junyuan had arranged to meet Princess Yuening at Xiangshi Pavilion to pick out jewelry today.
Xiao Yanchu remained silent. Su Ruojin looked at him and asked, "What did you discover?"
Xiao Yanchu shook his head. "No, it's just that I feel like something's not quite right."
He's a man, so naturally he understands men.
Even if Lu Junyuan was restrained because of Princess Yuening's status, as a human being, he would still have emotions to some extent. It was impossible for him to pretend that nothing had happened after learning that his fiancée was keeping a male lover.
Moreover, according to the information gathered by the secret guards, Lu Junyuan treated Princess Yuening very well, even to the point of doting on her.
The deeper you love someone, the stronger your possessiveness becomes.
This whole thing is eerily strange.
In Yunqi, Yan Gang had to compromise himself to protect his wife and children. Could Lu Junyuan really do that for the sake of the Prime Minister's Mansion?
Empress Dowager Wu favored Yuening, but in the end, Yuening was just a princess with no real power and no chance of influencing the court.
The Prime Minister's mansion has achieved its current power not simply by marrying a princess.
However, Xiao Yanchu and Su Ruojin shared the same idea: since they couldn't borrow Lu Junyuan's knife, Princess Yuening would definitely have other tricks up her sleeve.
"Ah Jin, she's a princess after all. It would be troublesome if she died."
"Okay, I'll see how it goes."
If Yuening doesn't cause them trouble, fine, otherwise they shouldn't blame them; they don't have time to waste on her.
At this moment, Yan Luo walked in, carrying several packets of medicine in her hand, her face filled with anger. "Your Highness, someone from Miaoshoutang claims to be the disciple of the Sage of Medicine."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yanchu teased, "Ah Jin, when did you take on a disciple? Why didn't I know?"
Su Ruojin rolled her eyes at him, then looked at Yan Luo and asked, "What is your background?"
"He is a man in his forties named Kang Taihe. We haven't found any other background information yet. He said he came to Longxiao City from his travels."
Traveling to Longxiao City?
He also happened to be the apprentice of the Sage of Medicine.
What a coincidence!
It seems there are quite a few people in this world who want to be associated with the Sage of Medicine.
"Ever since this Dr. Kang arrived, the price of medicines sold at Miaoshoutang has increased tenfold compared to other clinics, and the supply still can't meet the demand. This is the medicine I bought from Miaoshoutang, Your Highness, please take a look."
Yanluo opened the packets of medicine one by one and placed them in front of Su Ruojin.
Su Ruojin glanced at the medicines and immediately understood why Yan Luo looked so pale.
Not to mention those who impersonate the disciples of the Sage of Medicine, there have been some who have even gone so far as to claim that they are the Sage of Medicine.
As long as they don't use the name of the Medical Sage to make money and harm people, Su Ruojin won't care.
Moreover, when it comes to medical skills, everyone can tell whether they are genuine or not as soon as they are used. Not just anyone can impersonate a medical saint, otherwise the whole world would be full of medical saints.
What truly angered Yanluo was that these medicines were actually made by her young mistress.
The apprentice of the medical sage was fake, but the prescription was real. No wonder he was able to fool people for a while.
Su Ruojin didn't care who used these prescriptions; as long as they could cure illnesses and save lives, they were good.
But selling a single dose of medicine under the name of the disciple of the Medical Sage at ten times the price—isn't that just sucking the blood of ordinary people?
"Let's go take a look."
The entrance to Miaoshoutang was bustling with people, a lively scene indeed.
A man in his fifties, dressed in rags, was pleading with the shopkeeper, clutching a worn-out money bag. "Please, I really only have five hundred coins left. Please sell me some medicine."
The waiter waved the uncle away, "Go away, go away. Our Dr. Kang is considerate of everyone. One dose of medicine only costs two taels of silver. If you can't afford it, don't stand here. Hurry up and leave, don't disturb the other patients."
The man panicked and grabbed the waiter, pleading, "Please, I really need this medicine to save my life!"
The waiter noticed the uncle's dirty hands grabbing his sleeve and shoved him away, shouting, "Get out of the way! Don't touch me with your dirty hands!"
The man staggered back a few steps, and just as he was about to fall, someone caught him.
"I never knew this was the behavior of a disciple of the Medical Sage!" the newcomer shouted sternly.
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