Yi Zexuan raised his glass and drank it all in one gulp.
Lin Ziwen looked at them with disdain: "I'm not drinking anymore. We haven't even had a bite to eat this morning, and you're already drinking? Are you crazy?"
The man rolled his eyes at him: "Did you drink less before? Everyone else's bags are full of dry food, but yours are stuffed with alcohol. It's hard to carry."
Lin Ziwen's lips twitched; he hadn't expected his secret to be exposed so quickly.
Yi Zexuan exchanged a glance with him, and then one person locked him up from behind while another pried open his mouth.
"Hey, hey, hey? This is an unfair victory for you!" Lin Ziwen mumbled.
In no time, Lin Ziwen had been forced to drink half a pot of wine.
"Cough cough!" Lin Ziwen coughed violently.
"Isn't everything fine? After being a pampered young master for two years, you've become quite spoiled. But you can still drink a lot, can't you?"
Lin Ziwen pointed at the two of them and said, "Well, you two are ganging up on me."
"It's all your fault for ruining the atmosphere," Yi Zexuan said, looking at him.
Lin Ziwen snorted and rubbed his stomach: "My stomach is burning right now, I can't eat anything."
“If you can’t eat, then we’ll eat.” With that, the two started eating.
A short while later, Lin Ziwen's face lit up, and he was already somewhat dazed, with his head drooping.
The man chuckled, pointed at him, and said, "Look at him, how much is he? And he's already like this."
Yi Zexuan shook his head and smiled: "Let's ignore him, come on, keep eating."
"These peanuts are still so crispy, I haven't had them this fragrant in a long time. Your cooking skills haven't changed at all," he said, popping a peanut into his mouth.
"Actually, I'm a bit rusty now, and this is only the second batch of peanuts I've fried. The first batch was already burnt to a crisp."
The two chatted and laughed, and soon finished their meal.
In the afternoon, Lin Ziwen sobered up, and the two began to say goodbye to him: "We are very grateful for your hospitality these past two days, but we must go back now."
"You two ungrateful bastards, you took the stuff and ran away, you really don't consider yourselves outsiders."
Lin Ziwen laughed twice and put his hand on his shoulder: "No, no, we'll come to see you often."
He slapped Lin Ziwen's hand away and said, "You'd better hurry up and leave, otherwise it will be difficult to get down the mountain after dark."
Yi Zexuan clasped his hands in a fist and said, "Take care."
"No need to be so polite, go back now."
On the way back, Lin Ziwen said to Yi Zexuan, "I didn't expect everything to go so smoothly on his trip."
"I just don't know if this medicine will work for her."
"Since he said he increased the potency of the medicine, it should work. We'll know once we get back and try it."
"I think it would be good to have the imperial physicians study it."
Lin Ziwen chuckled: "Don't blame me for not warning you in advance. These voices are all quite mediocre. If we fail to figure them out and delay the princess's treatment, that would be terrible. At worst, we can just give her the medicine first. If it doesn't work, we can come back and have him mix a stronger one."
"It's rare to find someone with such a sharp mind."
Lin Ziwen's lips twitched, and he said, "I can't tell whether what you're saying is good or bad."
"You'll have to figure that out for yourself."
Meanwhile, Yuan Ruo had already arrived at the Empress Dowager's tomb. Because it was too terrifying in the middle of the night, Yuan Ruo waited until dawn before entering.
He found the Empress Dowager's coffin shortly afterward.
Fortunately, the coffin wasn't nailed shut and could be easily pushed open, and there was no one inside.
Yuan Ruo was taken aback. She clearly remembered coming here a long time ago, and there was everything there then. Why was it empty this time?
Yuan Ruo couldn't help but wonder, as she searched the entire place but found nothing.
So when he got back, he quickly wrote a letter to Yi Zexuan.
But as soon as they came out, they were surrounded by people.
A masked man stepped forward and said, "My master was right. This tent is so close to the Empress Dowager's place, there must be something fishy about it. Sure enough, you only appeared after several days."
Yuan Ruo frowned slightly, sensing something was wrong, and took two steps back.
"Stop struggling, just let us take you away obediently, and you'll suffer less."
Yuan Ruo scoffed dismissively, "Do you think that's possible?" After saying that, Yuan Ruo adopted a defensive posture.
"You were originally prepared to refuse a toast only to suffer a penalty shot." With that, he waved his hand, and all the people around him stepped forward.
Yuan Ruo started fighting with them.
Although he is alone, his combat skills are still very high, and he currently has the upper hand.
After quickly beating these people, the man told them to leave.
"It seems I'll have to come and meet you in person."
Then the two started fighting again.
At this point, Yuan Ruo was already quite exhausted and was clearly on the lower end of the scale.
After a round of fighting, the man said, "As expected of the Regent's guard, you're quite the fighter. Fine, I'll let you go today and pretend you were never here. But watch out, I'll catch you again next time."
Yuan Ruo was somewhat suspicious: "I'm not falling for your tricks. What if you have some other scheme up your sleeve?"
"A gentleman's word is as good as his bond. I said I'd let you off this time, and I will. But you won't be so lucky next time."
"Then I guarantee you won't be able to catch me next time either."
The man shrugged and said, "That depends on your skills."
Yuan Ru snorted and walked to his side, saying, "I didn't expect you to be able to recognize me even when I was disguised like this. I really admire you."
"I don't know you, I'm just guessing randomly, but you've just admitted it yourself."
Upon hearing this, Yuan Ruo's lips twitched, and she left without saying another word.
"I advise you to tell your prince this information after the autumn hunt is over, otherwise, you will implicate many people."
Yuan Ruo stopped and turned to him, saying, "Thank you for your kindness. Although I don't know who you are, I will remember your kindness."
After the person had walked away, the man looked at Yuan Ruo's back and said, "You don't even recognize me, how can you repay this favor?" He then shook his head helplessly.
At this moment, one of them stepped forward and asked, "Boss, are we just going to let him go like this?"
"If so many of you can't beat him, wouldn't it be dishonest for me to win?" The man rolled his eyes at him.
"Yes." He slunk back.
Soon, Lin Ziwen and his companion returned to their residence.
Yi Zexuan handed the medicine he brought back to the imperial physician, but first asked the physician to diagnose him.
The imperial physician looked at Yi Zexuan with surprise and asked, "What kind of miraculous medicine did Your Highness receive? You're all better in just one morning, without any signs of poisoning."
Yi Zexuan nodded and said to him, "Go feed the princess the bottle you're holding."
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