At first, she thought Jiang Hong was attracted by the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, but this stubborn and silly son fell in love with Pei Yan.

How could a daughter of a mere censor be a match for her son who was the crown prince?

Seeing the queen's grim expression, Pei Yan did not dare to neglect it, and quickly bowed and said, "The daughter-in-law greets the queen mother."

The queen said coldly: "It's so late, what are you doing here?"

"My daughter-in-law made sweet-scented osmanthus cake today. Thinking that my mother loves to eat it, I thought of sending it to her to satisfy her craving." Pei Yan glanced behind her and saw a maid came forward and handed her a food box.

"Take it back. I have a poor appetite recently and cannot eat such sweet and greasy food."

After saying that, she didn't even look at Pei Yan, and went straight back to the house, then she cursed without hesitation: "What's the point of giving a sweet-scented osmanthus cake? As the master of the harem, I can't eat anything. I just do some useless work every day. I haven't given birth to a child in so many years. I think it's time for the prince to take a concubine."

Outside the house, Pei Yan's face turned pale and her body trembled slightly. After a while, she turned around and left silently.

The sweet-scented osmanthus tree in the palace garden swayed its branches in the wind, and a few broken and scattered petals fell off. When the wind blew again, a rosy glow had quietly appeared in the sky.

That day, Lin Shuning got up early, asked Lian'er to dress her up, then put on a veil and quietly left the house.

Perhaps because it was early in the morning, there were not many people on the street, and the entrance of the clinic was even quieter.

Liuzi, the servant cleaning the door, saw Lin Shuning and said in surprise, "Boss, you're here."

Lin Shuning nodded and walked into the clinic, asking as he walked, "How is the clinic's income these past two days?"

Liuzi sighed and took out the account book. "Business these days is the worst ever. All the people have been snatched away by the clinic on North Street. I sent someone to inquire and found that their medicine prices are much cheaper than ours. Now some people are accusing our clinic of being black-hearted."

Lin Shuning raised his eyebrows: "Is this true?"

"Isn't it?" Liu Zi said with a sad face: "Boss, what do you think we should do?"

Lin Shuning pondered for a moment and said, "Well, I will be seeing patients in the clinic these few days. As long as you buy medicine in our clinic, I will not charge you a penny for the treatment. Send people to spread the word. I guarantee that within half a day, our clinic will be packed with people."

"Okay! I'll do it right away!" Liuzi ran out swiftly.

Sure enough, just as Lin Shuning said, many people came to the clinic in a short while.

Lin Shuning set up a separate area for consultations, where she and Uncle Zhang sat and saw patients, and everyone lined up in turn.

After all, in this dynasty, what was expensive was not the medicine but the medical treatment. When people heard about the free medical consultation, they naturally came in droves.

When Lin Shuning was seeing patients for the common people, she saw Liuzi's face was numb from smiling from collecting money. She made an excuse to get up and asked Liuzi for twenty taels of silver to upgrade Xiaobai. In the space, she could see that Xiaobai had been upgraded to another level, and his figure was clearer than before.

Lin Shuning took a break from his busy schedule, and before he could speak, he heard Xiaobai's excited voice: "Host, after I upgraded this time, I unlocked a new function!"

Lin Shuning was also very excited and asked quickly: "What function?"

Xiaobai said proudly, "I can temporarily possess the bodies of various animals."

Lin Shuning's mouth twitched: "I thought it was some high-end function, it's just like the monsters in the storybooks."

"It's different! Of course it's different! I'll show you now!"

Seeing that Lin Shuning was not impressed by his new changes, Xiao Bai was eager to prove himself, but was suppressed by Lin Shuning: "Okay, let's talk about it later. I have to be busy. You just be quiet."

After saying that, he plunged into the consultation, which lasted until the evening, when Lin Shuning returned home.

She twisted her aching neck and just as she entered the mansion, she saw Lin Cheng sitting in the main hall with a cold face: "You are now going to marry into the Duke's Mansion, how can you be so ignorant of etiquette and come home so late, what a shame!"

"My daughter was playing outside today and forgot the time. She won't do that next time." Lin Shuning responded casually. She was exhausted both physically and mentally now and had no intention of arguing with Lin Cheng.

But everything was fine today, why did Lin Cheng suddenly become so crazy?

Lin Shuning sensed something was wrong, and sure enough, the next second he heard Lin Cheng say, "Today, I have asked the matchmaker to draw up a marriage certificate. Come over and sign it now. After a few days, when we pick an auspicious day, I will let you and Zhou Yuan get married as soon as possible."

Lin Shuning was startled and couldn't help asking, "Where's the betrothal gift? Where's the dowry?"

"Those things will naturally be there on the day you get married. Now you sign first and finalize the marriage. The Duke's Mansion values ​​you very much, so you should naturally show some appreciation. It is your blessing that the Duke's Mansion likes you. What else are you dissatisfied with?"

Lin Shuning didn't say anything. His eyes fell on the marriage certificate. He just glanced at it and frowned tightly.

This is not a marriage certificate, it's almost like a contract of sale.

Besides, she had no intention of marrying Zhou Yuan, that dandy boy. She just wanted to take the betrothal gifts and dowry and run away.

"I won't sign this marriage contract. Father, think about it. What if I sign it and the marriage is settled, but the Duke's Mansion goes back on its word and refuses to give such a large betrothal gift?"

Lin Shuning took a few steps back calmly.

Lin Cheng's face darkened. "What nonsense are you talking about? The Duke's Mansion and I are on good terms, how could they do such a despicable thing? I think you have other evil thoughts. Tell me! You came back so late today, did you sneak out to meet your lover?!"

Lin Shuning's mouth twitched, and he subconsciously asked, "Which eye of yours saw me secretly meeting my lover?"

“How dare you!” Lin Cheng slammed the table. What he hated most was that the chess piece in his hand was out of control. He glared at Lin Shuning and said, “How dare you talk to me like that, you rebellious girl! Today, you have to sign this marriage certificate whether you want to or not! Someone, capture the Third Miss!”

After these words fell, the guards in the courtyard became restless.

Lin Shuning was about to take out the silver needles from the space, but suddenly remembered that all the silver needles in the space had been used up when she consulted patients today. Now she had no money, so she quickly called Xiaobai in her heart: "Xiaobai, can you get me a few silver needles to help me out?"

Xiao Bai was also very anxious, and said: "My current ability is not enough to control space! Host, how about you sign this marriage certificate first!"

Lin Shuning shook his head: "I will never sign this marriage certificate no matter what. Although I can change my identity after escaping the mansion, the original owner cannot. If she signs, her reputation will be completely ruined. I live in her body, even if I can't let her become famous, I can't let her reputation be ruined."

While they were talking in their minds, the guards had already stepped forward. Lin Shuning quickly dodged several large hands that were stretched out towards her and pressed their acupoints with her bare hands, but they were outnumbered and she was quickly subdued.

"Bring her here and make her put her handprint here!" A hint of viciousness and satisfaction flashed in Lin Cheng's eyes.

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