After getting on the carriage again, Qu Li and the high priest still sat face to face.
Perhaps because of Qu Li's previous plot, the high priest was now on guard, and his eyes were like a bottomless cold pool.
"Satisfied?"
Qu Li leaned back in his chair and said calmly, "I'm not very satisfied."
"You've said before that I'm selfish, so stop challenging my bottom line! Otherwise, just as I can bring Changsun Lingsi back from exile, I can also let him die accidentally in exile!"
What she cares about most is her family, and she would even do anything to protect them. So he has no choice but to threaten her with what she cares about, so that she will learn her lesson!
Qu Li narrowed his eyes dangerously, raising the corners of his eyes: "Threatening me!"
“Just stating the facts!”
"Heh!" She said nothing, her slender fingers stroking the rim of the teacup.
The carriage stopped, she got off and walked in without looking back.
As night fell, she planned to use the space to secretly go to the Lan Mansion, but unexpectedly, the high priest suddenly appeared in her room.
"What's up?"
"Have you read the medical book you took from me before?"
Qu Li: ? ?
"Come in!"
As he finished speaking, several guards came in one after another, holding trays covered with red cloth in their hands.
"Is this preparation for the on-site examination?"
She was naturally sensitive to the taste of medicinal herbs and guessed what the high priest wanted to do. He was simply worried that she would target the Lan family again and wanted to keep an eye on her.
She even wondered if the high priest would guess that she had the space blessing to protect her.
"We have to see what you are capable of." The high priest raised his hand, and several guards retreated quietly again.
He threw a silk handkerchief to Qu Li and said, "If you answer all the questions correctly, I will agree to one condition of yours!"
"Sure?"
"I never lie!"
"Okay! Then a gentleman's word is as good as gold!"
She covered her eyes with a silk handkerchief, and the high priest lifted the red cloth.
She felt the shape of the herb, sniffed it, and said what it was.
The high priest looked at her with an increasingly intense gaze.
This girl's talent is simply astonishing!
"The last one is..."
Qu Li hesitated for a moment, but finally said the name of a medicinal herb.
"How is it? Is everything correct?" She lifted the silk handkerchief and suddenly met the high priest's deep eyes.
He felt like he was looking at some rare treasure, but it was not like the feeling of a man looking at a woman.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Alarm bells were ringing in her heart, fearing that the high priest would do something excessive again.
"I'll give you a chance. Do you want to be my apprentice?"
"You can do it, I might as well. But if you want to accept me, a disciple with extraordinary talent, just for these herbs, I'm being a bit of a fool."
Her mind raced as she thought: If she could get him to teach her about the poisonous insects, she could also help the little emperor get rid of the poisonous insects in his body.
"If you can learn most of my medical and poison techniques, you'll be considered amazing." The high priest's eyes were gently locked on her face, which was full of disdain. "I basically don't accept disciples!"
Qu Li wanted to laugh.
She had already drugged him while he was in the thick of it.
Unfortunately, he hasn't noticed it yet and dares to say such things in front of her. Where is his face?
Seeing that she was not moved at all, the high priest frowned.
"Your poison skills may not be better than mine!"
"Haha! It's true that a newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger!" The high priest couldn't help laughing.
"Want to compete?"
"Okay, whatever you say! If you lose, you must serve tea and become my disciple!"
"What if I win?" Qu Li looked fierce.
"impossible!"
"Confidence!" Qu Li shrugged. "Have you ever heard of that saying? Overconfidence is arrogance."
"Okay, let's have a competition!"
"Okay, if you lose, you have to agree to one condition of mine!"
"Yes!" The high priest agreed without hesitation.
The two hit it off immediately, and the competition was scheduled for the third day.
…
Feng Yi rode at full speed all the way to Xiling.
The horse under his crotch is a rare and excellent horse that can travel a thousand miles a day.
Along the way, he basically never stopped except when the horse needed to rest.
With the help of Nan Qi and Bai Ruowei, the dam did not break and no more serious disaster was caused.
In addition, Qu Li wrote down prescriptions for preventing and treating the plague in advance, so there was no shortage of medicinal materials, and the flood situation in the south was not particularly serious.
We are about to enter the north, and the riots among the disaster victims have eased.
Xiao Xian was indeed a capable man. No matter what his intentions were in helping him clear obstacles and become the crown prince of Southern Qi, he would repay the favor.
After regaining his spirit, he climbed back on his horse. The Saker Falcon circled in the air, making eagle cries.
He whistled, raised his arm, and the Saker Falcon dived down towards him.
Feng Yi took out the newly collected letter paper from Shadow Pavilion and quickly browsed through it.
"The high priest actually wants to compete with Li'er?"
His face was solemn, his internal energy accumulated in his hands, and the letter in his hand instantly turned into powder.
He leaned over and whispered in the horse's ear, "Rumo, thank you for your hard work! You must reach Xiling within three days!"
Rumo was in tune with him, raised his front hooves, neighed, and then galloped forward.
…
Qu Li concentrated on preparing for the competition with the high priest, and quietly released Goudan to deliver a letter to Changsun Mansion.
Chang Sun Wu spread the news that Lan Yufeng was severely punished by the high priest.
This year, many women were harmed by Lan Yufeng.
In the past, those people were worried that the high priest was the Lan family's backer, so they dared not speak out and could only swallow their anger.
Within an hour of the news spreading, everyone knew about it.
Many people rushed to the outside of the Lan Mansion, claiming that simply kneeling in the ancestral hall was not enough to offset the evil deeds done by Lan Yufeng.
Zhuona was annoyed and her face was as black as the ash at the bottom of a pot.
Lan Yuqiao's eyes were bloodshot.
"It must be Qu Li!"
"So this is what that smile on her face meant when she left that day!" Zhuona narrowed her eyes.
"Mom, I'm going to kill Qu Li!"
Zhuona glanced over and said, "If you can't control your mouth again, I won't need the high priest this time. I will force you to drink a bowl of mute medicine!"
Lan Yuqiao stammered.
She used the best medicine on her mouth, but it still hurt.
She knew that it was the heartache of being hurt by the man she loved and admired!
Now, her own mother actually used this matter to hurt her heart. She felt that what she was breathing was not air, but steel needles, which made her heart bleed.
"Even if you want her life, you can't say it so openly! Yu Qiao, you are the smartest child in the Lan family. The Lan family will still need you to take the helm in the future."
If Lan Yufeng wasn't a man, the Lan family's incense would still need him to be carried on. She really didn't want such a trouble-making son!
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