Your Highness, please stop chasing me.

Cang Lin leaned against the gate and watched the carriage drive away.

Wang Heping stepped forward and said, "If you're worried, Master, you can come along and take a look."

Cang Lin snorted, turned around and walked back, saying, "Who cares about that heartless little brat!"

Wang Heping smiled and closed the door, following Cang Lin back. He echoed, "Yes, Master isn't worried about Miss. Master is just afraid that Miss will be carried away by wolf cubs."

"Good lad, you've got guts, here's your reward." Cang Lin clapped his hands and cheered, then casually took off the decorative jade pendant from his waist and threw it to Wang Heping.

Wang Heping accepted it and said happily, "Thank you for the gift, Master."

Cang Lin waved his hand, dismissing him, and returned to his room.

Wang Heping found Granny Kang with the jade pendant in his pocket.

These past few days, Granny Kang has been unwell and has been resting in her room. Su Su and Wang Heping have been taking care of her.

Now that Susu has gone to Muxue's side, he naturally has to come and take care of Granny Kang.

Ye Shangyuan is now out of danger, but Mu Feng is not so lucky.

These past few days have been unbearable for him, both day and night. Mu Qinghe's hair seemed to have turned white overnight.

Mu Feng also visibly lost weight, and the effects of the pills Mu Xue gave him became weaker and weaker.

Changsheng has been going to the Treasure Pavilion every day for the past few days, and Manager Liu is getting impatient with his questions.

Liu Ming walked up to Changsheng and said, "Brother Changsheng, it's not good for you to stay at the entrance of my Treasure Pavilion every day. Why don't you go back to the Mu residence first, and I'll go and ask the Pavilion Master for you again? What do you think?"

Upon hearing this, Changsheng bowed repeatedly and said, "Thank you very much, Manager Liu."

Liu Ming turned back to the Treasure Pavilion. At this moment, the young shop assistant came over and asked, "Manager, are you really going to see the Pavilion Master?"

"Go away, get out of here. You'd better not ask about this." Liu Ming scolded the young waiter who had come over.

He sighed and walked towards the backyard.

As soon as he mounted his horse through the back door, he inadvertently saw the young waiter who had come over earlier sneaking around, hiding behind the back door and watching him.

Liu Ming narrowed his eyes, then turned his head away thoughtfully, avoiding looking in the direction of the young waiter.

Liu Ming didn't go directly to Dongfang. He wandered around the streets several times, then went into a clothing store and didn't come out for a long time. By the time the people following him realized something was wrong, he had already disappeared.

In fact, Liu Ming did not leave the clothing shop. This shop was also under the name of Zhenbaoge and was a contact point known only to the various shopkeepers.

When he realized he was being followed, he had already decided to come to this clothing store.

A small window in the attic of the clothing shop was ajar. Liu Ming, hidden behind it, watched as two men dressed in formal attire rushed out of the shop, looking around furiously. Then, they ran headlong towards the Jing Prince's residence.

The Jingwang Mansion has been making quite a commotion these past few days, all in search of Muxue.

Liu Ming felt the situation was serious.

Surely the Prince Jing's mansion wouldn't bother to find someone to keep an eye on the Treasure Pavilion?

Actually, Liu Ming was overthinking it.

Mo Shijie wanted to find Mu Xue and get revenge for himself.

His main goal was to find the ancient doctor behind the scenes through the Treasure Pavilion, so that he could be introduced to Mu Qinghe. In that case, he and Mu Qinghe would inevitably be tied together.

However, even he himself could not have imagined that the two people he was looking for were actually the same person.

Mo Shijie's ideas were beautiful, but reality was harsh.

Watching the two guards run away, Liu Ming turned his gaze away. Sitting opposite him was a beautiful woman.

The woman leisurely sipped her tea and said, "Xiao Ming, you're so careless. How did you manage to let your tail follow you all the way here?"

Liu Ming sat back down opposite her and said angrily, "The Prince Jing's Mansion is becoming more and more arrogant in Yu Nan City. They've even dared to extend their reach into my Treasure Pavilion."

"Oh? Is that so?" The woman became interested upon hearing this. She sat up straight and looked at Liu Ming.

Liu Ming said sheepishly, "A few days ago, my concubine said her younger brother was always causing trouble at home, so I arranged a job for him."

Now that things have been said to this extent, how could anyone not understand?

The woman took a sip of tea and slowly said, "So your brother-in-law was bribed by the Prince Jing's mansion?"

"Tsk tsk," the woman continued, "Xiao Ming, have you perhaps forgotten the rules set by our master after being the manager of this Treasure Pavilion for so long?"

Liu Ming quickly replied, "I didn't forget, how could I forget? I was just thinking that letting him familiarize himself with the skills first would make it easier for him to pass the assessment!"

Liu Ming was also feeling uneasy; he hadn't expected such a mistake to happen on his end.

He was filled with unease. He looked at the woman opposite him and asked, "Boss Liu, you usually have the most ideas. Do you have any good ideas? Please help me think of something."

"Manager Liu, you're joking. How could there be a way to deal with this? What doesn't the master know? I advise you to explain to the master this morning, lest it be too late when the master asks," Liu Xuer said.

Upon hearing this, Liu Ming slumped back in his chair, realizing that his time as manager was likely over.

It was all because of this good-for-nothing brother-in-law's troubles. Now, he even dislikes the concubine he just married.

Seeing Liu Ming's expression, Liu Xuer knew what he was thinking. She advised, "Manager Liu, for the sake of our many years of acquaintance, you'd better investigate whether your brother-in-law has been bribed or whether your beautiful wife is just bait."

After Liu Xuer finished speaking, she stood up and continued, "You stay here for now, I'll send someone to inform Steward Leng."

Upon hearing Liu Xuer's words, Liu Ming was so shocked that he broke out in a cold sweat and didn't even notice when she had left.

With vacant eyes, Liu Ming muttered to himself, "How could I have been so careless and fallen into their trap?"

It turns out that his newly arrived concubine was not someone he and she were mutually attracted to.

Not long ago, he got drunk and accidentally wandered into someone else's yard. The beautiful woman happened to be enjoying the cool air in the yard and didn't notice anyone entering.

Liu Ming was in a daze and somehow ended up in the young lady's room. The young lady screamed, which made Liu Ming sober up a little.

The scream drew all the neighbors out to see what was going on; the young woman was threatening suicide. Left with no other option, Liu Ming's wife, Wang, had to take the initiative and bring her into the family.

Because of this incident, Wang went back to her parents' home and hasn't returned yet.

The more Liu Ming thought about it, the more suspicious he felt.

He got drunk exactly three days after the auction of the fifth-grade pill.

The more she thought about it, the more alarmed she became; he had clearly been set up.

Through all these events, it's clear that the one plotting against him was the Prince Jing's mansion.

He jumped up, determined to tell the Pavilion Master about this as soon as possible!

He paced back and forth anxiously, wanting to go out but afraid of being discovered.

Fortunately, he didn't have to wait too long; Leng Quan arrived as soon as he received the news.