The most frightening thing was the sudden silence, so Su Ruojin quickly changed the subject: "Um, Your Highness, has Young Master Mu not been at the residence lately?"
Xiao Yanchu nodded: "The weather has warmed up, and Mother Consort's health has improved a lot. Mu Jingshan took some time to go to Shenyu Mountain to gather herbs."
Shenyu Mountain, a large mountain connecting the border between Da Chu and Xiaoyue Kingdom, is famous for growing various rare medicinal herbs.
However, besides its exceptionally steep terrain, Shenyu Mountain is also home to various ferocious beasts.
Legend has it that there are many ancient caves in the mountains, and if you are not careful, you will fall in and never come out. Most herbalists only dare to collect herbs on the outer perimeter of Shenyu Mountain and dare not go deep into the mountain.
Almost every year before the rainy season, Mu Jingshan would go to Shenyu Mountain to find some rare materials for his own research on medicinal formulas.
When Su Ruojin traveled with her master, she had visited Shenyu Mountain. She wanted to go into the mountain to take a look, but her master said she was too young and insisted that she not go in, so she gave up.
Su Ruojin originally planned to secretly go and see it when she had time later, but due to various affairs of the Heavenly Medicine Pavilion and the Dark Alliance, as well as the changes in the Lin family, she kept putting it off and was unable to make the trip.
Now that she heard Xiao Yanchu say that Mu Jingshan went to Shenyu Mountain, she was also tempted. Perhaps she would go and see him after she brought her grandmother back.
Judging by the timeline, it will be at least two months from now. Sigh, there's just not enough time.
Su Ruojin snapped out of her thoughts and asked, "With Young Master Mu not here, who will be in charge of Xiaobao's medicine and food?"
"Before Mu Jingshan left, he had already arranged Yi'er's medication for this period of time. There is also a physician in the manor who will be responsible for taking care of Yi'er's medication. Food is being taken care of by Granny Li. Is there a problem?"
Xiao Yanchu knew that Su Ruojin wouldn't ask these questions for no reason.
"I don't know the specifics of the problem yet, but Xiao Bao's health isn't as good as it was in Yan Yang. Haven't you noticed he's lost some weight?"
In fact, Xiao Yanchu also noticed that Yi'er had lost weight, but he thought that Yi'er had been practicing swordsmanship recently and had been exercising more, so it was normal for her to be thinner than before, and he didn't take it to heart.
But now that Su Ruojin said this, he realized it was because of a problem with his health.
Is it serious?
Su Ruojin shook her head: "It's not very serious. It will recover with some treatment, but we need to find the cause. Don't tell anyone about this. I'll observe it from the manor."
Xiao Bao's health couldn't have deteriorated for no reason. Even if she recovers now, it might get worse again after she leaves the palace.
Su Ruojin is still unsure whether Xiaobao's problem is purely due to changes in climate and diet, or if it's caused by human factors; she can only decide after observing the situation.
The image of Cuiping's bowl of bird's nest soup flashed through her mind.
Xiao Yanchu nodded: "Thank you for your hard work, Ajin. Let's have a meal together."
Looking at the time, it was lunchtime, and Su Ruojin didn't refuse.
Xiao Bao hugged Su Ruojin tightly and looked at Xiao Yanchu expectantly, his meaning was clear: he wanted to be with her too.
Xiao Yanchu smiled and said, "Alright, Yi'er will join us too. Someone, have the kitchen send lunch to the Prince's courtyard. Miss Su and I will be having lunch here with the Prince."
When lunch was served, Granny Li followed closely behind, as was her custom: "Your Highness, this old servant has come to serve the young master his meal."
When Li Mama saw Su Ruojin, she was stunned. She never expected that the doctor who came to the manor would be this young girl.
She was actually the Sister Jin that the young master had mentioned!
Granny Li thought back to when she made a fool of herself in Yanyang, and it must have been this wretched girl who was behind it all.
Thinking of this, her gaze toward Su Ruojin turned somewhat sinister.
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