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Chapter 207 Rare Objects
Led by the servants of Prince Shuo's mansion, the three returned to the Li Garden.

After entering the Li Garden, the runes and talismans stood there like two door gods, keeping the servants of Prince Shuo's Mansion out.

"Is the conclusion you just made about physiognomy true?" Zhu Yu asked curiously after sitting down in the living room.

Yan Daoxin grinned. Now that there were no outsiders around, he didn't put on that godly air anymore. He waved his hand at Zhu Yu and said, "Since I was a child, I have only liked to learn medical principles from my master. I have no interest in other things.

I don't understand anything about astrology, divination, face reading, or bone reading.

What I just said were just words that I had read in the hexagram books in the past. I am not really sure what they actually said.

I've been by my master's side for so many years, and I've been influenced by him and I think this rhetoric sounds quite plausible. I don't believe that Princess Shuo can be more proficient in it than I am."

Zhu Yu laughed.

You know what, Yan Daoxin's trick was really intimidating. He insisted on talking about some bond from past lives, saying that only if Pang Yuzhen treated Miao well could she be blessed. Just by hearing this, she was also stunned when she was standing behind.

Based on her understanding of Pang Yuzhen, she did listen to him.

Then, my mother's life in Prince Shuo's Mansion should be much better in the future.

This is all she can do for the Miao family right now, and it is all thanks to Yan Daoxin's eloquence.

"What's the story behind the three-ingredient longevity ointment?" It was broad daylight, and Zhu Yu didn't want to keep wearing a veil, so he didn't touch the fake skin on his face.

"That Three-Ingredient Longevity Paste is indeed precious, but no matter how precious it is, it's nothing special. After all, it's not some magical elixir from the Heavenly Palace. But there's one thing you'll understand once I tell you." Yan Daoxin lowered his voice mysteriously, "To make the Three-Ingredient Longevity Paste, you need two very rare medicinal herbs. Both of these are produced in Lan Country."

"Lan Country..." Zhu Yu was stunned for a moment, deep in thought. "What kind of herbs are those? Is it possible that the herbs were sold to Shuo Country before being made into the Three-Flavor Longevity Paste?"

"Unlikely." Lu Qing shook his head, "The reason why those two medicinal herbs from Lan Country are so rare is because they are difficult to obtain.

One of those two things grows in swamps, and the other comes from the abyss. People need to tie ropes around their bodies and go down to pick them. If they are not careful, they can die.

And once those two things are picked, they need to be crushed and boiled into ointment, otherwise they will wither quickly. Once they wither, they will have no effect and will not be effective.

If it weren't for the pressure of life and the fact that people really couldn't make ends meet, few people would be willing to take such a big risk to collect herbs.

Therefore, this three-ingredient longevity paste is very rare even in Landi.

I don't believe that it can be bought in Shuo Country by spending some money."

"You mean, the Pang family really has some connections with forces outside of Shuo Kingdom?" Zhu Yu frowned. Although she and Lu Qing had not said it explicitly before, they both realized that something might be wrong with the Pang family.

Now, thanks to Pang Yuzhen's superficiality, believing Yan Daoxin didn't think her body was noble enough to consume expensive tonics, she suddenly showed off the Three-Ingredient Longevity Cream, confirming this suspicion. "That's the only suspicion we can have now," Lu Qing said, motioning her to calm down. "Right now, we know that the Pang family's influence happens to include weapon forging and iron mining, which seems to be related to the two batches of weapons not recorded in the Ministry of War that Situ Jing and Lu Zhang mentioned. The only thing we know is the Three-Ingredient Longevity Cream, which is unique to Lan Country.

These things are suspicious, but not enough to prove anything. We need to take a long-term view and not act hastily, otherwise we might alert the enemy and fail."

Zhu Yu nodded: "I understand, it seems that this trip back to my mother's home was not in vain, maybe I can catch a big fish.

The most important things now are the canals and food. As long as things go smoothly there, everything else will be easy."

That evening, Zhu Cheng sent his steward over to tell Zhu Yu and the others that he had sent people to prepare some food, which would probably be delivered to the pass early the next morning. If everything went well, they could start arranging the construction of the canal.

It seems that Zhu Cheng is not very confident about the canal construction.

Zhu Cheng didn't seem to know much about Yan Daoxin's diagnosis and prescription for Princess Shuo, and his fortune-telling for her and Miao. He just asked the steward to ask politely. When he learned that the prescription would take several days to take effect, he didn't ask any more questions.

After all, building the canal was a big deal, so it took up most of his attention and he seemed to have no time to take care of anything else.

However, even though he himself had no time to come, the steward of the palace had almost taken root outside the Liyuan, waiting outside every day. No matter what Zhu Yu requested, he would give orders immediately without any ambiguity.

However, Zhu Yu knew in his heart that although this seemed to be a concern, in fact, Zhu Cheng was just worried that Zhu Yu's identity would be discovered by outsiders and cause trouble for himself, so he sent the steward to keep an eye on him.

But she didn't care too much. After all, she was very tired from the journey, and there was nothing urgent in the past few days, so it was just a good opportunity to relax.

Originally, Zhu Yu thought about asking Miao some questions. After all, she was married to Pang Yuzhen. Before Pang Yuzhen became the Princess of Shuo, her indentures might have always been in the hands of the Pang family. Therefore, she was naturally more familiar with and knowledgeable about the Pang family than anyone else in the mansion.

But Lu Qing advised her to give up the idea.

After all, they are mother and daughter. Even though they could not live together in the past because of Pang Yuzhen's obstruction, Miao is still the person who pays the most attention to Zhu Yu in the entire Shuo Palace.

The last time she saw a strange face in a Taoist robe, she could associate Zhu Yu's figure with her daughter. Now was obviously not a good time to contact her, so as not to reveal her true identity.

Zhu Yu felt that what he said made sense, so he temporarily put the idea aside.

It was two days later in the morning that I saw Zhu Cheng again. It seemed that he had spent the whole night in the weapons depot. He came straight here when he returned to the mansion in the morning. He looked tired and his eyes were bloodshot.

When the steward brought him in, Lu Qing was practicing with runes and talismans, while Zhu Yuze and Yan Daoxin were sitting in the corridor watching.

Seeing Zhu Cheng coming in, Zhu Yu stood up and bowed to him, saying, "Father, you're here."

She was about to call Lu Qing when Zhu Cheng raised his hand and signaled her to keep quiet. He stared at Lu Qing and the others, unable to take his eyes off them.

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