The Regent Princess has run away again

After reaching the mountain, Mu Xingchen left them behind and disappeared.

Mingzhi seemed to have gotten used to it, and quickly moved the herbs on the ground under the eaves one by one.

As expected, the weather was going to change. The sky was covered with dark clouds, with occasional muffled thunder. The weather was so oppressive that it was almost hard to breathe.

Xue Zhiyu didn't just stand there and followed Mingzhi to move the herbs.

The two men moved quickly and managed to move all the herbs before it rained.

Mingzhi took a small wooden stool and placed it next to Xue Zhiyu, then moved one over for himself and began to fiddle with the medicinal herbs.

"Mingzhi, you really don't know where the master has gone. After all, this day is so dangerous."

"Master never told me, so I didn't dare to ask. Don't look at me as if I'm not like those people who practice martial arts. In fact, I'm much better than them," Mingzhi said with pride while processing the herbs.

Xue Zhiyu twitched her lips. Forget it. Even if she hadn't asked, she should have known long ago that this brat just liked to brag about Mu Xingchen, and he was almost praising him to the sky.

"By the way, let me tell you how to classify these medicinal herbs. First..."

"Okay, I understand," Xue Zhiyu had a good memory. Although she had never seen some of the herbs before, she had learned a little bit about them after Mingzhi's popular science.

The two of them worked quite quickly, and when the rain stopped, they had cleaned up all the herbs.

Xue Zhiyu stood up, stretched her waist, and walked to the open space in the courtyard. She breathed in the mountain air, which was mixed with the fishy smell of soil. A breeze blew towards her, bringing a drizzle across her cheeks.

Ming Zhi had just put the sorted herbs in the cupboard, closed the door and turned around when he saw this scene. He was so scared that he picked up the raincoat and put it on himself. Then he picked up the raincoat beside him and ran over to put it on Xue Zhiyu.

"Miss, don't let this bother you. You'll get sick."

Xue Zhiyu was stunned for a moment. Seeing Mingzhi's pretty face full of anxiety and worry, she couldn't help but feel a little warm in her eyes. She deliberately put on a stern face and said, "Why call me Miss? After all, I am your junior sister. You can also call me Zhiyu."

"No, no, no, how can I call you by your name? I'd better call you junior sister," Ming Zhi shook his head like a rattle when he heard it, which was funny to watch.

Xue Zhiyu stopped teasing him and looked towards the entrance of the courtyard. "Master, has he been out for so long? Why hasn't he come back now that the rain has stopped? Did something happen?"

"It's normal. Sometimes Master doesn't show up for a day or two. If he wants to see you, he can find you no matter where you hide. Don't worry, Master will be fine. I'll go and rest for a while."

"Okay, I'll stay for a while," Xue Zhiyu responded, and seemed to remember something. She turned around and walked quickly towards another thatched hut.

After taking off her raincoat, she saw a jade hairpin on the wooden cabinet not far from the door. Xue Zhiyu picked it up, took a look at it, and then put it back into her sleeve.

There was a hint of sarcasm in her eyes. This hot potato should come into play soon. She was really looking forward to what new tricks her elder sister could come up with.

"What are you thinking about?"

Hearing Mu Xingchen's voice coming from behind, Xue Zhiyu turned around in fear, patted her chest and said speechlessly, "Why are you walking so quietly? It's not good to scare others."

"You're obsessed with it, so you can't blame me," Mu Xingchen dusted off his body and walked in.

Xue Zhiyu walked to the table, picked up the teapot, poured a cup of water and handed it over, "Mingzhi and I have prepared the herbs, do you need anything else?"

"We'll go down the mountain and find a place later. Take Mingzhi with you."

"Okay, I'll go call him now." Seeing that he didn't say anything else, Xue Zhiyu didn't ask any more questions.

He walked to the door of the next room and knocked. No one answered. He said, "Mingzhi is up. He will go down the mountain with Master to do some things later."

After a while, still no one answered. Xue Zhiyu hesitated for a few seconds and had to push the door open.

He walked to the bedside and looked at Mingzhi who was sleeping soundly. He pushed him gently a few times at first, but when he saw that he was still not awake, he had to use his ultimate move, pulled back his quilt and took a deep breath.

"Mingzhi!!! Get up!!! If you don't get up I will throw you off the mountain!!!"

Mingzhi turned over and the quilt was pulled over to cover his ears by the roar. "Just let me sleep for a while. Master won't know if you don't tell me or I don't tell him."

Xue Zhiyu couldn't help but roll her eyes. If it weren't for the master coming back, she would have planned to take a break. "Can you get up? Otherwise, I'll ask the master to come and call you personally."

When Ming heard this, the sleepiness in his eyes quickly disappeared. He hurriedly got up and looked at the door. Sure enough, he saw Mu Xingchen waiting outside. He was so scared that he didn't dare to delay for a second. He put on his shoes and rushed out immediately.

"Master, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

Mu Xingchen hummed lightly, glanced at Xue Zhiyu, and walked towards the door.

Mingzhi glared at Xue Zhiyu in annoyance and muttered softly, "Why didn't you come and call me earlier?"

"Please, I came to call you as soon as the master came back, or someone just stayed in bed and didn't want to get up," Xue Zhiyu walked beside him and almost wanted to kick him away.

..........

The three of them got on the carriage. Mingzhi seemed to have thought of something, but was afraid. He moved his lips but didn't dare to say it out loud.

"Tell me, she is not an outsider," Mu Xingchen knew what Mingzhi was afraid of, glanced at him and spoke softly.

"Recently, Concubine Zhao has been sending people to look for you, saying that she wants you to see a doctor, and she has almost paid a large sum of money to find you. Isn't it inappropriate to go down the mountain now?"

"Hehe, the Zhao family is indeed seriously ill, but don't worry too much. There will be people who don't want me to come out again."

"Are we still going there today?"

"No, I'm going to visit an old friend today."

The two chatted for a few more sentences and calm soon returned to the car.

After the carriage entered the city, Xue Zhiyu looked at Mu Xingchen and said, "Master, I remembered that I need to do something. Just drop me off at the shop in front."

Mu Xingchen didn't ask any more questions and just nodded to agree.

Arriving at the shop in front, Xue Zhiyu got out of the car and walked towards the clinic according to her memory.

When I was almost at the clinic, I saw from afar a woman holding a child crying and shouting. Her voice was so loud that it seemed as if she was afraid no one could hear her.

"My poor child!!! It was this black-hearted clinic that killed my child, and their family refuses to admit it. Is there any law!!!"

"Don't talk nonsense. You went to see us and said you went to get the herbs yourself. You ran away with the prescription our doctor wrote. Why are you slandering me here?!"

When the woman heard this, she started to throw a tantrum, "It's all because of your prescription that my child was killed. Everyone, please be clear. This is an unscrupulous pharmacy. You must stay away from it!"

It was the first time that the man encountered such an unreasonable person. He was so angry that his ears turned red and he didn't know how to argue.

"Who is making noise here?"

The man standing at the door nodded to the person behind him, as if he had seen a savior and hurriedly said, "Madam, this woman brought her child to see Doctor Ji last time, but strangely, she refused to pick up the medicine here, took the prescription written by Doctor Ji and ran away, and couldn't be called back. Now she says that our medicine killed her child. It's too much!"

Madam Li nodded to show that she knew, and walked forward to look down at the woman, "Do you have evidence to prove that it was my pharmacy that killed your child? If you can't say anything, I will sue you in the government office. You should think it over carefully before you speak."

The woman gritted her teeth, her hands holding the child trembled, a flash of nervousness flashed across her eyes, and then she raised her head, still full of anger, "Humph, don't even think about threatening me. I won't lie to everyone present just because of your threats!"

The people around also started whispering, all of them with contempt in their eyes.

Xue Zhiyu didn't plan to continue watching, so she walked forward and said, "Since you said that the prescription prescribed by this pharmacy killed your child, then what's the evidence? If everyone could prove the so-called truth with just one sentence like you, wouldn't the world be in chaos?"

When Mrs. Li saw the person coming over, she was stunned for a moment. After she reacted, she immediately walked up to her and held her hand, with an excited look on her face, "Zhi Yu, you're finally back. Are you okay?" After saying that, she looked her up and down with a little concern.

Xue Zhiyu shook her head at her, "I'm fine, let's talk about the details later, let's deal with this first."

Mrs. Li nodded in agreement, reached out and shook her hand, and said nothing more.

Xue Zhiyu walked forward and took a closer look at the child in the woman's arms. The child's face was ashen and it looked as if he had eaten something wrong and died.

"Show me your recipe."

The woman looked at Xue Zhiyu with a vigilant look, "What do you want to do?!"

"Didn't you keep saying that it was our recipe that killed your child? You don't want to show me the recipe. Are you feeling guilty?"

The woman choked up and had to take out a prescription from her sleeve and handed it over, "Here, this is the prescription. It was because of your prescription that I lost my child!"

Xue Zhiyu took the prescription and took a look at it. The more she read, the more she felt something was wrong. It was obvious that this prescription contained incompatible medicinal ingredients. She made eye contact with Madam Li, who nodded in understanding.

Soon, an old man in his fifties came out and took the prescription from Xue Zhiyu's hand.

As soon as he got it, he glanced at it and said angrily, "This is not my prescription at all! There are two herbs in it that are obviously incompatible. It can't be the prescription I prescribed!"

"You, you, you, it was clearly you who treated my child that day, how can you deny it?!"

Doctor Ji was also annoyed by what he said, and he cursed, "How dare you insult me? I saw that you had no money on you that day, so I didn't take your money. But you turned against me and bit me. You are simply inhuman!"

"Then...then you can't harm my son because of this!"

"You!!!" Doctor Ji was so angry that he almost fainted. Fortunately, a man next to him rushed forward to support him.

Xue Zhiyu frowned and exchanged a glance with Madam Li. She knew that if she continued to let this woman act like a spoiled brat, she would probably not be able to work normally.

Just as I was about to say something, a middle-aged man's voice came from a distance, "Hey, what's going on?"