When Gong Yuanzheng appeared in the corridor, the group of "lazy guys" and "unintelligent trash" in his eyes all sped up their actions - in order to increase the chances of winning, even the servants were taught the technique of rubbing pills. A group of six people, none of them was idle.

When Gong Yuanzheng announced that the time was up, the six distinct teams in the yard sighed in frustration at the same time. Then, taking advantage of the one or two seconds of sighing, they rubbed the pills twice more and quickly put them into the tray.

Under Gong Yuanzheng's surprised and speechless gaze, they washed their hands, straightened their clothes, lined up in groups, and were led by the doctors to the bottom of the stairs. They looked respectful and stood straight, with no trace of their previous timidity.

Jin Miao stood next to Gong Yuanzheng as Zhang Xueming had taught him and handed the tray covered with red cloth to him.

The moment the red cloth was lifted, the white silver on the tray sparkled alluringly under the sunlight.

Gong Yuanzheng clearly heard a lot of inhalation sounds coming from the six rows of people at the bottom of the stairs.

He pursed his lips and reluctantly praised them according to what Zhang Xueming had taught him, and asked the other two doctors on duty to check the pills prepared by each group.

The doctors on duty who lost the chance to earn extra money because they had to be on duty were filled with rage. They found fault with everything in the most rigorous manner they had ever taken in their lives, and made the leading doctors of the six teams who turned back to pay attention to the spot check results turn green in the face and their eyes were about to spit fire.

The results came out very quickly, and it was Gong Yuanzheng who announced the winning team and presented the prize money.

The young Lord of Zheng Palace looked in amazement at these people who usually wanted to stay eight feet away from him. They happily took the red silk bag of silver from him and bowed to him happily to thank him. He completely forgot about the rumors about him such as "full of poison" and "evil-hearted". His mischievous heart was ready to act.

He turned his head to look at Zhang Xueming, who was looking at him with a gentle smile on his face.

Her smile always easily infected him. He seemed to be able to clearly feel her love and care for him. His heart was sore and he couldn't help but smile at her. In the end, he suppressed the desire to cause trouble.

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After the game, the winners went to divide the money with joy, while the defeated members of the sixth group could only stay behind and clean up the yard with sad faces.

In the next week, their group will have to clean the pharmacy under the mocking eyes of everyone in the clinic.

The head doctor was soon called away, leaving only the apprentices and servants to work.

There was still some medicinal mud left in the sixth jar, and a servant scraped it out with a clean bamboo piece and put it into the basin. He then scraped the remaining mud from the other jars and the wooden basin, put them together, sat on a small stool, and silently began to rub the medicine pills.

"Hey, what are you doing?" an apprentice asked him, "You've been rubbing all afternoon, aren't you satisfied?"

The servant replied, "It's not much. It will be finished in a short time... This medicine is life-saving. Don't waste it."

The apprentice was suddenly thinking of something, and after a shout, two other apprentices and a servant came to help.

With so many people around, they worked quickly. In less than a quarter of an hour, they had rolled out two trays of pills. Then they moved the pills drying on the wooden rack to an empty room in the pharmacy, washed the utensils and tools, and waited until there was almost no one in the cafeteria before the five of them went to eat.

The person who served them actually left some rice for them, and there was also a meat dish, eggs stewed with minced meat, and each person got a big spoonful of it, which covered all the rice.

The maid who served the meal today was a lively girl with a small round face and quick words: "You five also went to participate in the competition this afternoon, right? The whole clinic is benefiting from you. Miss Zhao asked the doctor to add two meat dishes, and everyone else only had one. Master Zheng was afraid that you would miss the meal because you were busy working, so he asked the new Green Jade Maid to come and inform the kitchen to save some food for you five. All right, you guys hurry up and eat, I'm going to pack up and go back."

The five people stared blankly at the meat in their bowls, and after a while they started to eat under the dim light of the cafeteria.

"Miss Zhao is such a nice person, beautiful and kind-hearted." An apprentice sighed while eating.

"Master Zheng is not as bad as they say..." Another apprentice wiped his eyes.

"Don't you see where those words came from, Yu Gong?" An apprentice lowered his voice and said, "That young master Yu has always been at odds with our young master Zheng. Our young master Zheng is so awesome. He built up Zheng Palace when he was only a few years old. He created Baicaocui when he was a teenager, and later he made Baizhi Jincao Tea. Can that young master Yu compare to him? When the two are compared, how can Yu Gong be happy? It's not that he has bad words. After all, he has a father who wields a blade..."

"Hush, eat." An apprentice interrupted him, "We got what we deserve today. We must work harder and study harder in the future."

"Very, very much." Someone echoed.

The cafeteria returned to silence, with only the sound of chewing being heard.

A figure flashed outside the door. Who else could that round-faced girl be but the one who served the food just now?

She smiled contentedly and waved towards the corner. Two guards holding lanterns came over. The three of them left the clinic and headed towards Zheng Palace.

"Miss Jinxiu, what did those guys say that makes you so happy? Could they be praising our Miss Zhao?" asked a guard with a simple and honest look. He was the more honest of the two guards who were on duty at the gate of Zheng Palace during the day, and his nickname was "Golden Wood".

"Not only that, but also praise Master Zheng." The maid Jinxiu, who was preparing to fight for the food among the second-class maids, smiled even more happily. It was worth it that she specially took the job of serving food in the kitchen today. She would be able to show her face in front of Miss Zhao again in a while. "Most of the people who come to eat today are good at remembering things. Miss Zhao will definitely be happy when she knows about it."

"We often remember the good things that happened at one time, but rarely remember the good things that will happen in our lifetime. But it's better to meet someone who knows how to be grateful than to meet an ungrateful person." Another guard tightened his thick scarf. He was the one who complained to Jin Miao while guarding the gate. He was nicknamed "Jin Qiaozui".

Wearing new winter clothes, he was not unhappy about being called to work overtime after his shift. He even took the opportunity to ask the doctor to feel his pulse and prescribe medicine. Thinking that he could soak his feet in the medicine tonight and sleep comfortably until dawn, he couldn't help laughing: "It's great that Miss Zhao is here. Mr. Zheng's temper has improved and he has a kind heart. When he came back to see me and Jinmu today, he even said 'thank you for your hard work'. It's not easy."

As the three of them talked, their pace gradually quickened.

No one noticed that there was a dark shadow hanging behind them, hiding under the cover of trees, and heard everything they said.

"Gong Shangjiao is really generous. He even gave his fiancée to his younger brother... Miss Zheng Er is also very capable. She can live so comfortably even with a new fiancé..." The man murmured softly, his thin lips raised in a mocking arc, "It seems that Gong Yuanzheng cares a lot about this fiancée. I wonder if he is willing to give another Chuyun heavy lotus in exchange for his fiancée's life... Heh."

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