Your Highness, please stop chasing me.

Mu Xue focused on treating Mu Feng at the Red Maple Courtyard.

After learning that the ancient physician was Mu Xue, Mu Qi immediately went to find Mu Hu and finally found Mu Hu's figure in the tree in the backyard of Aunt An's courtyard.

Strangely enough, the very night Mu Qinghe returned to the Mu residence, she summoned Mu Hu and asked him about trivial matters. Only at the end did she inquire about Mu Xue's condition.

Mu Hu truthfully recounted Mu Xue's situation over the years.

Although he wanted to say a few good words for Mu Xue, he didn't, and this time he didn't exaggerate at all.

After listening to Mu Hu's account, Mu Qinghe said nothing and simply dismissed him.

Just when Mu Hu thought Mu Qinghe would assign him another task, he waited for several days but no new assignment came.

After that, no one assigned him any other job, which suited him perfectly, so he settled down to be a guard in the Mu household.

After finding Mu Hu, Mu Qi grabbed him and left without saying a word, leaving Mu Hu completely confused.

He was led to a secluded spot, where he asked, "Xiao Qi, what's going on? Why did you drag me here?"

Mu Qi looked around furtively like a thief, then whispered into Mu Hu's ear, "Third Brother, Fifth Miss is in our Mu residence right now!"

"What?" Mu Hu exclaimed in surprise.

Mu Qi quickly covered his mouth and said hastily, "Keep your voice down, are you afraid others won't know?"

Mu Hu nodded, signaling him to put his hand down, and Mu Qi slowly lowered it.

Mu Hu asked anxiously, "Have you seen your master?"

"Oh, no. I've been staying in the side courtyard the whole time, and I hardly ever run into anyone! But just now, the guard who's with the Ancient Physician found me and told me to go see the Fifth Miss." Mu Qi told the truth.

“I was thinking, doesn’t Miss Wu have connections with the Treasure Pavilion? And this Ancient Physician is from the Treasure Pavilion, so I guess Miss Wu has something to discuss with you,” Mu Qi continued.

Mu Hu frowned, thought for a moment, and asked, "You mean the guards who follow the Ancient Physician?"

Mu Qi nodded and said, "That's right! Third Brother, you would never guess where Fifth Miss is right now?"

Mu Hu glanced at him and said, "He's treating the young master at Red Maple Courtyard."

"How did you know?" This time, Mu Qi was surprised.

Mu Hu couldn't wait to find Mu Xue.

He said to Mu Qi, "Your brain is a good thing; use it more often."

After saying that, he was about to run out to find Mu Xue, but Mu Qi grabbed him.

"Third Brother, are you going to go there now because you're afraid people won't know that the Ancient Physician is the Fifth Miss?" Mu Qi said speechlessly.

Mu Hu stopped and slapped his forehead, saying, "Look how anxious I was, how could I forget about this?"

Mu Qi said gloatingly from the side, "Third Brother, maybe all older men have such bad memories."

Mu Hu glared at him and said, "Weren't you resting? Perfect timing, you can go to Red Maple Courtyard and keep an eye on things. It's inconvenient for me to appear in front of the general right now."

Mu Qi thought what he said made sense. Then, thinking about Mu Xue's current situation, he asked, "Third Brother, now that Fifth Miss has left the Mu family, do you still want to follow her?"

Mu Hu patted Mu Qi's shoulder, but his eyes were looking into the distance. He seemed to be talking to Mu Qi, but also seemed to be talking to himself, saying, "The master is the only one who asks me how I feel when I carry out orders. She cares about my feelings. She doesn't treat me as a subordinate. She is the master who will stand up for me."

Looking at Mu Hu like this, Mu Qi suddenly understood what Mu Hu was insisting on.

"Third Brother, I also want a master like that." Mu Qi leaned her head on Mu Hu's shoulder longingly.

Mu Hu suddenly pushed his head away in disgust, saying, "Go away, don't pass on your stupidity to me. With your IQ, Master will find you repulsive."

"Third Brother, I never expected you to be like this! How could you say such a thing about me?" Mu Qi said, hurt.

Mu Hu sneered.

Then, he said very seriously, "Xiao Qi, you've been by my side since you were little. Now you're going to follow your master. Have you thought this through?"

"Third Brother, when I stayed at the Mu residence with you, didn't we agree that good brothers should always stay together? So wherever you go, I have to go. You can't leave me behind!" Mu Qi said very seriously.

He actually longed to follow Mu Xue; it would be better than being just a lowly guard in the Mu family now.

Mu Hu also felt deeply moved; he fully understood how Mu Qi was feeling.

Before he joined Mu Xue, he thought he would be a guard in the Mu family for the rest of his life.

"If you've made up your mind, then I'm going to find my master now." Mu Hu said, not even glancing at Mu Qi, before running off.

Mu Qi reached out to grab Mu Hu's hand, but before she could let go, she did.

Mu Qi was left standing alone in the wind, bewildered. What happened to the brotherhood they had promised? He watched Mu Hu's retreating figure, feeling an indescribable sense of desolation.

"Third Brother, has all our friendship gone down the drain?" Mu Qi muttered to himself.

Mu Hu stopped outside the back gate of Red Maple Courtyard. He leaped onto a large tree in the backyard, from where he could see the inside of the house.

As Mu Hu climbed the tree, Ren Yuan's seated body straightened slightly.

Mu Xue glanced at him and said, "Brother Ren, go and get me a few jars of strong liquor."

Ren Yuan's eyes flashed, and he understood Mu Xue's intention. He said, "Brother Changsheng, come with me. The Ancient Doctor needs a lot, and I can't carry it all by myself."

Changsheng was changing Mufeng's clothes when he heard Ren Yuan's words. He was stunned and looked at Muxue.

Mu Xue nodded and said, "The two of you go together, each carrying two jars back, that should be about right."

Chang Sheng carefully lowered Mu Feng's arm and said, "Yes, Doctor Gu."

After the two left the room, Mu Xue took out a silver needle and inserted it into Mu Feng's pressure point to induce sleep. Only then did she feel relieved and walked to the back window, calling softly, "Ah Hu."

Mu Hu quietly jumped out of the window and came to Mu Xue. He said excitedly, "Mu Qi said that the master is looking for me. I'm coming right away."

Mu Xue asked him, "How have you been these past few days?"

"I've met with Granny Kang, and she said you're going to detoxify the Regent," Mu Hu said.

He recalled the news he had heard at noon and continued, "I was just thinking of going to see you, Master. I overheard Miss Zhu and her maid mentioning you."

So Mu Hu told Mu Xue everything he had overheard about the conversation between Zhu Zhiyue and Xiao Chun at noon.

Mu Xue touched her chin, a smile playing on her lips. Sure enough, none of this was a coincidence.