The other elders were still trying to figure out how to save the situation that might happen next.
"The imperial court has always been eyeing our pharmacy, and now they have found an excuse. We absolutely cannot sit there and wait for death, letting them control us." The third elder said with a gloomy look.
The Second Elder looked at him and said, "What can we do? The imperial court is quite powerful. We can't fight them head-on."
"If we want to take back the initiative, we naturally have to find a way to check and balance them. I heard that the war between Liao and Jin on the border is about to break out. Perhaps we can..." The fourth elder hesitated to speak, but everyone understood what he meant tacitly.
Ji Tingfeng was hesitant: "If we go too far, we will completely offend the imperial court and there will be no way out."
And when he thought of Yun Miao's strength, he became even more cautious.
However, the Third Elder said, "Business is business. We are businessmen. Even if the imperial court knew what we did, they wouldn't be able to find fault with us. We just need to have enough bargaining power to avoid being completely suppressed by the imperial court. Besides... the Medicine Pavilion is in the Jianghu and is involved with various major forces. If the imperial court really wants to fight to the death, it will only hurt the enemy a thousand times and hurt themselves eight hundred times. Don't worry! We have a plan."
Hearing this, Ji Tingfeng finally compromised: "Remember, the court is now full of talented people, and their strength is unfathomable, not as simple as we previously estimated. You must be careful and measured."
"Understood, Pavilion Master..."
*
The smoke of war between the imperial court and the pharmacy is slowly rising, and an invisible war is about to begin.
But before the storm comes, it is still relatively quiet.
As the winter solstice was approaching, Yun Miao had a simple tea room built in the courtyard.
It's so cozy to sit around the fire.
The neighbor next door would visit from time to time, and figured out the protagonist's thoughts. First, he fed Peppa Pig until she was fat and white, and even jumped into a man's arms when Yun Miao was around: "Hunchi hunchi~"
"This is the Colorful Delights from Yipinlou. Try it. It's made with your favorite vegetables and minced meat." Mulansheng no longer disguised himself. He was now wearing a noble fox cloak and his voice was so gentle, as if the piglet in his arms was not a pig, but his and Yun Miao's child.
In the yard outside the tea room, Chang Fang and Qin Xuan were grilling meat over charcoal fire and chatting about something, looking very happy.
In the tea room, Yun Miao looked at a man and a pig. The man was patiently feeding the pig with Yipintang's popular dishes. The scene was very heartwarming.
"Peppa, I think you have completely betrayed me." Yun Miao glanced at it.
The pink pig's butt was facing her, showing no sign of awakening.
Mulansheng raised his eyebrows and looked at her, "Look, even Paige can tell the difference between true love and false love, but you, a woman, are so heartless."
"A vicious woman like me will naturally not indulge in love. In life, love is like a shackle that makes you laugh, cry, have expectations, confusion, or disappointment. It is better to be free and happy alone." Yun Miao understood clearly that she had lived long enough, and seeing those infatuated men and resentful women, the cycle of cause and effect, or separation and death, her heart had long been vicissitudes of life, and she had no special desire to care about or choose anything.
Only after changing to her current body did she occasionally experience vivid emotional fluctuations, so she had been drifting with the crowd and blending in with the people around her, pretending to be a mortal.
Mu Lansheng looked at Yun Miao's quiet eyes and always felt that there was a long distance between her and him. This distance was of the soul, and he could never get close to her.
But so what?
Mulansheng looked at her seriously, "If you are afraid of disappointment, then it must be because I haven't done well enough to earn your trust. I am willing to wait, willing to do everything I can to make you feel that being with me will not make you cry, be disappointed, or be confused, and that it is better than being alone."
But I know that forcing you to give me a result is essentially binding you. I like you, that's my business, whether you give me the result or not, I will still like you. I exist simply to make you happy.
However, although these words came from the heart, how could love control a 100% Buddhist style? During this period, Mulansheng pondered for a long time and decided to use both soft and hard tactics in the future, using thirty-six strategies to spend his whole life to solve the problem of Yun Miao, thinking about what she likes and respecting what she needs.
"Hehe, you know that I am soft-hearted and not hard-hearted." Yun Miao felt that Mulansheng was indeed cunning, and a man's gentle embrace was indeed a bit fragrant.
Mulansheng smiled softly: "I just follow my heart."
Although the weather is getting colder, for Yun Miao, her relationship with Mulansheng has officially entered the harmonious beginning of spring.
As the saying goes, the world will eventually unite after a long period of division, and will eventually divide after a long period of unity. There will never be permanent peace.
Although there was no major war, there were constant small battles on the border.
As the New Year approaches, people on the street are talking anxiously:
"I heard there's been a sudden outbreak of plague on the border during the war with Liao. The important medicinal materials are now monopolized by the Pharmacy, and the few remaining pharmacies like Shengbaoju simply can't supply such a powerful supply. The plague itself was already untreatable, and now the war has suddenly put them at a disadvantage, they can barely afford the medicine for injuries." Someone who had received the inside scoop lamented, "The Emperor must be having a headache right now. This is the side effect of making enemies with the Pharmacy."
Yun Miao, who had just left the hospital, heard the news.
She knew the complicated relationship between the imperial court and the various forces in the martial arts world. She couldn't just turn a blind eye to the fact that the old emperor was willing to openly challenge the pharmacy for her.
As expected, upon hearing this, the common people immediately shook their heads and said, "If only the court had told us earlier that they wouldn't have abandoned the entire Tiansheng Kingdom for one person, why would they have to deal with the pharmacy if Imperial Physician Yun wasn't seriously injured?"
"Yes! The plague is now rampant on the Liao border, and our border will soon fall. This Western country has been eyeing our Tiansheng Kingdom covetously for the past two years and is now waiting for an opportunity!"
Yun Miao naturally knew that in this situation, she would become the focus of public opinion.
In the court.
All the ministers bowed in worship.
Yun Shengzhi took the lead and said, "The Western Nation is already eager to show its fangs. This plague must be their masterpiece. Not only does the Medicine Pavilion control a huge source of precious medicines, but it also has many powerful alchemists. It would be unwise for us to make them our enemy!"
Mu Qianqiu looked at the group of ministers below and laughed angrily: "Are you so used to kneeling that you can't even stand up?"
Seeing that the emperor was angry, no one dared to speak.
Mu Qianqiu slammed the table and stood up. "I believe you all know better than I do how medicine prices have been in the capital in recent years. This isn't the first time this pharmacy has monopolized the market and raised prices. For years, the common people have only been able to afford treatment for minor illnesses, but not for serious ones. While rare medicines are hard to find, now this pharmacy is even trying to control several key ingredients in wound medicines. Isn't their intention unacceptable?"
"Now you want me to bow to them, why don't you just give them the kingdom under my feet?"
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