I was given the contraceptive soup and became the emperor's white moonlight

"Wei Shi?" Su Minglang paused, and asked calmly, "Have you found out where those beasts came from?"

"I remember that His Majesty handed this matter over to that Dali Temple official to investigate?"

"Yes!" The guard nodded. "But there is no definite news yet. Tomorrow the garrison will be responsible for escorting the emperor back to the palace. The troops from the Dali Temple and the Imperial City Bureau will stay behind."

Su Minglang nodded when she heard that. Seeing that she was fine, the guard took his leave first. He was in a hurry to notify other people.

It was still early, and Su Minglang was struggling with whether to go into the mountains. First, she had not met Qi Zhongyuan formally yet, so she didn't know what his condition was. Second, the doctor was brought by the Su family after all, and it was still unclear whether she could trust him even if she threatened or bribed him. Moreover, the environment in their hiding place was very bad, and they had to hide from place to place, so they couldn't do anything.

What's more, I must inform the old doctor if I want to leave early.

We have to set off at 3 p.m. tomorrow. If we go in the morning, it might be too late. Moreover, if we leave right away and rashly go into the mountains, it will easily attract attention.

She took a look at the sky outside, thought about it and decided to go for it.

"Xiaoye, Nanxing, you two can stay here and don't have to follow me. I have something to do."

The two were already accustomed to Su Minglang's independent actions, so even though they were reluctant, they still nodded and stayed obediently.

Su Minglang walked up the mountain along a sparsely populated path. It was very difficult for her to avoid the patrolling guards along the way. Fortunately, most of the patrolling troops had gone into the mountains, and the few scattered troops outside were all drowsy in the midday sun.

"Who is it!" The old doctor was startled when he heard a rustling sound at the entrance of the cave. He stared outside with the silver needle in his hand, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Su Minglang show up.

"Empress?" The old doctor hurriedly put away the silver needle. Before he could say the rest, Su Minglang's attention was attracted by the people in the cave.

"Are you awake?" Su Minglang asked softly.

The man who was barely sitting on the ground nodded twice slowly after hearing this, although it looked more like he was drooping weakly.

"What's the matter?" This question was asked to the old doctor.

"May God bless this young man. His fever has finally subsided after one day and one night." The old doctor was obviously relieved. "The wounds on his body have been treated and the dead flesh has been removed. All that's left is to take care of him."

Only then did Su Minglang realize that the man's face was extremely pale, with blood marks on his lips.

Seeing Su Minglang staring at his face, the man lowered his head, then realized something was wrong and moved his lips with difficulty, "Thank you very much, madam, for your help."

Su Minglang looked at him for a long time and waved to the old doctor beside him, "Come out with me. I came here today to tell you something."

The old doctor glanced at Qi Zhongyuan, nodded, and followed Su Minglang out of the cave.

"Things have changed. I will return to Beijing tomorrow, but your plan remains unchanged. You still have to leave on time." Su Minglang paused and took out a brocade cloth bag from his arms. It was heavy and full of things.

Su Minglang placed the cloth bag in the doctor's hand and said, "I said I won't treat you unfairly, but I have a request."

She glanced at the old doctor and continued, "After you go down the mountain, you must not only cure that man's injury, but you are also not allowed to return to the capital."

"I will find someone to escort your family out of the city, and I will give you the other half of the reward money. But from now on, you are not allowed to set foot in the imperial city again."

"do you understand?"

"This..." The old doctor hesitated.

Su Minglang opened the brocade bag, and the golden color inside almost blinded the old doctor's eyes. He had never received such a heavy medical fee in all his years of practicing medicine, let alone for gold!

The hesitation in the old doctor's eyes disappeared instantly, and was replaced by a smile, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will never set foot in the capital again!"

"You've probably heard some of the rumors out there recently. Just keep your mouth shut and you won't get into any trouble." Su Minglang smiled slowly, "If you said something you shouldn't have."

"The man you saw before was the Dali Temple Minister. You must have heard of his name since you live in the capital, right? Jade-faced Rakshasa."

The old doctor swallowed his saliva, and a cold sweat instantly appeared on his forehead. He bent down and hurriedly assured: "Don't worry, Madam, don't worry! I will keep my mouth shut!"

The heavy bag of gold in his hand no longer sparkled. It seemed like a hot potato that he wanted to throw away. He was really reluctant to give up such great wealth.

Su Minglang nodded slightly. He believed that a smart person would know what to do.

"Please wait outside. I have something to say to that man."

"Yes, yes!" the old doctor responded quickly.

Su Minglang left him alone and walked into the cave, and saw the man staring at her.

"Qi Zhongyuan." Su Minglang uttered these three words calmly.

The man trembled all over and looked at the woman in front of him in disbelief.

"You, who are you!"

"You will know who I am later. Now you just need to know that I am your savior." Su Minglang did not tell Tan his identity.

There are simply too many variables that have emerged recently, and she must be fully prepared before exposing herself.

"I have two things for you to do." She continued without waiting for Qi Zhongyuan's response: "First, you must do your best to recuperate. You don't have much time left. You must go down the mountain at midnight in two days."

“You’ll get better treatment that way, too.”

Qi Zhongyuan nodded without saying anything. He was waiting for Su Minglang to say the second thing.

"The second thing, and this is also the reason why you came to the capital, is that I want you to be admitted to the Imperial Medical Bureau."

Qi Zhongyuan was stunned for a moment. The woman in front of him seemed to know him very well, but he was sure that his benefactor knew nothing about her. "This is my purpose. I will naturally do my best."

Su Minglang nodded. She called the doctor and gave all the medicine she brought from the palace to the old doctor. She took another deep look at the man lying beside her and left.

It was already late when Su Minglang came back from the mountain. He thought Xiaoye and Nanxing would come out to look for him out of worry, but he did not expect to see his luggage neatly organized when he returned, and the two men were sitting comfortably in the house.

They didn't ask anything except that Xiao Ye gave them a disapproving look when she saw them come in.

Su Minglang breathed a sigh of relief. Not having to make up excuses for his behavior really saved him a lot of time.