After dealing with these matters, Qian Youxue returned to her courtyard. With her current medical skills, she should have no problem dealing with the doctors outside, but if she were to try to tamper with the medicine in front of a true master, she would have to think twice. After all, the disguise pills Wu Xie gave her weren't of a very high grade; to refine higher-grade pills, she would need to find several more medicinal herbs.
Oh, right!
These are not particularly special medicinal materials. Although they are rare, Wan Yao Ge should be able to find them.
Without delay, she immediately took Lianxin and secretly left the Qian residence.
When Lianxin heard that her mistress was going to buy medicinal herbs, she worried about whether she had enough money. She hesitated and dared not voice her thoughts, so she could only obediently follow behind her mistress.
The bustling streets of Xuancheng were filled with merchants and travelers. Qian Youxue, dressed as an ordinary young woman, still wore a veil. Having not been out for a while, she wasn't in a hurry to go back. She planned to wander around the nearby bookstores and see if there were any books she liked to buy.
Seeing that her mistress was about to enter the bookstore, Lianxin tugged at her clothes and stammered, "Miss... are you going to buy books?"
"It's rare for me to go out, so I thought I'd look for some medical books I like?" Qian Youxue replied casually.
Lianxin was dumbfounded. When did Miss become interested in medical books?
Qian Youxue hadn't heard Lianxin's reply for a long time, so she subconsciously turned her head and smoothed over what she had just said: "You don't know, a few days ago when I was bored, I ran away and met a master. That master taught me a lot of medical skills."
"Really?" Lianxin was skeptical. She knew her mistress's capabilities; how could she learn medicine when she couldn't even read many words?
Qian Youxue noticed Lianxin's suspicion and patted Lianxin's shoulder casually: "You don't believe me? Just wait and see!"
After saying that, she happily tried to continue walking into the shop, but Lianxin pulled her back: "Miss, medical books are very expensive, and you don't have much money left."
So that's what Lianxin was worried about. But it makes sense. The original owner's monthly allowance was siphoned off by the Liu family mother and daughter under various pretexts, leaving her with very little. What Lianxin had left was what her grandmother occasionally gave her secretly. A lot of the money had been taken by Qian Yingxue.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel deeply sorry for the original owner of this body. There was no way around it; it was the same everywhere. The weak would always be bullied. If you didn't want to be trampled underfoot, you had to be strong enough.
"Miss, why don't we go back? It's better to have some money on us than nothing," Lianxin tried to persuade her.
Qian Youxue knew that Lianxin was genuinely worried about her, so after thinking for a moment, she took out a few silver notes from her person and stuffed them into Lianxin's hand.
When Lianxin saw the face value on the banknote, her eyes widened and her mouth opened so wide it could fit an egg.
"Alright, don't ask anything. Just know that you won't have a hard life following Miss." Qian Youxue always felt sorry for the original owner, who didn't have any friends besides this silly girl.
“Miss, I am not suffering. As long as I can stay by your side, I am willing to die.” Lianxin shook her head repeatedly in reply.
A memory surfaced in Qian Youxue's mind: the original owner first met Lianxin on her seventh birthday. At that time, the little girl was a low-ranking servant who had been beaten half to death by the steward for making a mistake. Seeing the little girl's pitiful state, the original owner begged her grandmother to take her away from the family. From then on, the little girl stayed by the original owner's side.
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