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Xiao Liu, who was watching this scene, secretly gave Jiang Yuyue a thumbs up.

It seems that our young lady has a good idea. Putting everything else aside, Lian Mo's face is a great weapon to attract young girls!

Seeing that someone had taken the lead in striking up a conversation with Lian Mo, the other girls couldn't sit still any longer. They swarmed forward and surrounded Lian Mo, racking their brains to find topics to talk about with him.

Seeing that people were gathering around, Jiang Yuyue immediately gestured for Xiao Liu to go forward and promote the product with her.

"Young lady, this Jade Skin Flower is a wonderful beauty and skin-nourishing ingredient. If you use it in medicine or add it to your daily diet, it will be of great benefit to our skin."

Jiang Yuyue enthusiastically introduced, "Moreover, our shop is newly opened. For anyone who purchases more than fifty taels of silver worth of medicinal herbs from our shop, our waiter Lian Mo can provide you with a medical consultation once."

"If you bring friends to our shop, this waiter can also provide medical care for the ladies!"

Upon hearing this, the crowd, who had come specifically for Lian Mo, brightened up and eagerly pulled out their wallets to buy his item.

Lian Mo, who was standing to the side, finally realized Jiang Yuyue's intention in making him stand at the door, and his expression immediately darkened.

"Don't be so reluctant, be gentle, or you'll scare these girls away."

Jiang Yuyue whispered, "I need money from my pharmacy to pay your wages, right?"

Hearing this, Lian Mo felt some resistance, but he had no choice but to accept it.

Since he's already on this pirate ship, there's only one way forward: to go all the way down this path.

After the first wave of customers came, a second wave followed. Although initially most of the customers were young girls attracted by Lian Mo's face, as the shop's foot traffic increased, it also attracted many people who came to buy medicinal herbs in a legitimate way.

The busy work lasted until evening. After tallying up the day's income, even Jiang Yuyue was somewhat shocked.

"We actually sold 1,700 taels of silver today?!"

This number startled Jiang Yuyue, who quickly used the abacus to calculate it again and verified it repeatedly. After confirming that it was correct, she was overjoyed.

Although I knew long ago that selling these rare medicinal herbs would be extremely profitable, I never expected that I could make so much money in just one day, even before deducting the cost of purchasing the herbs!

Sure enough, you can find money everywhere near the capital!

"Looks like I'll have to get some more medicinal herbs from you again."

Jiang Yuyue smiled and invited Lian Mo, "You must be tired today. I'll go buy some good wine and food later. Why don't you come home with us for a meal? Xiao Liu's cooking is superb!"

Exhausted from a long day, Lian Mo immediately pictured the man's unfriendly expression when he heard he was going back with Jiang Yuyue. He quickly stood up to leave.

"...No, we don't have enough medicinal herbs. I have to go back and prepare more. You can go back and eat them yourselves."

Seeing his alarmed expression, Jiang Yuyue raised an eyebrow, sensing something was amiss.

He felt as if her house was a den of wolves and tigers, and he wanted to avoid it at all costs.

She stared thoughtfully at the departing figure for a while.

When Jiang Yuyue and Xiao Liu returned home, they saw Xie Jinglan sitting in the courtyard with his eyes closed, resting.

Although she secretly complained that Xie Jinglan always stayed at home and seemed bored, she was in a good mood today because she had earned some money and didn't bother arguing with him. She simply greeted him.

"I bought some good food today, I'll show you Xiaoliu and my cooking skills later!"

Xie Jinglan glanced at her and saw that Jiang Yuyue looked energetic, which did not seem like the "illness" she had mentioned last night.

Seeing the two women, mistress and servant, enter the kitchen, Xie Jinglan turned to ask Jixiang.

What did she do today?

"Your Highness, she, Xiao Liu, and Lian Mo have been at the pharmacy all day."

Jixiang observed her master's expression and keenly noticed that Xie Jinglan's face flashed with displeasure when he heard the name "Lian Mo".

"Lian Mo?"

"Yes."

Ji Xiang continued, "Lian Mo seems to be working as a helper in the pharmacy, and he is indeed doing the work of a waiter."

Why would Lian Mo, the young master of Medicine King Valley, choose to work for Jiang Yuyue's small pharmacy?

Xie Jinglan lowered his eyes, his fingertips rubbing his palm.

"We've also got news about what His Highness asked Feng Ling and the others to investigate."

Jixiang immediately added, "The Medicine King Valley has been closed off for some time now, and no one is allowed to enter or leave at will, so Fengling and the others haven't figured out exactly what happened."

"However, after staking out for several days, they only found that Medicine King Valley had been secretly transporting medicinal herbs out at night for the past few months. The specific destinations are still unclear, but most of them were distributed to various places, and the prices were not as high as before. It seems that they are in a hurry to exchange the medicinal herbs for silver."

That's quite a rare thing.

Xie Jinglan had always known about Medicine King Valley. With its unique geographical advantages, it had hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land suitable for cultivating various medicinal herbs. Most of the rare medicinal herbs in the world came from Medicine King Valley and then went on to the market.

Thanks to the medicinal herb business, Medicine King Valley has always been wealthy, but who would have thought that it would be in such a hurry to dump its stock today?

After a moment's hesitation, Xie Jinglan said, "Continue the investigation and make sure we understand the situation at Medicine King Valley."

"Yes."

At the dinner table, Xie Jinglan, thinking about the unusual situation at Medicine King Valley, subtly tried to find out some information from Jiang Yuyue.

"Did you hire a helper for your shop?"

"Yes."

Jiang Yuyue had no intention of hiding this, "You two met last time."

Seeing that she answered fluently, Xie Jinglan continued, "He doesn't seem like an ordinary person. Why would he work as a helper in your shop?"

Jiang Yuyue could hear the probing in his words. Suddenly, she thought of something and smiled. "Don't worry, he's just a herbal medicine dealer I met by chance in the black market. He said he needed money and that's why he worked at my shop. You can see he's even younger than A-Huan. How could I possibly do that to him?"

Xie Jinglan: "..."

Xie Jinglan, who was drinking soup, almost choked on her words. He coughed twice before finally recovering. Jixiang, who was standing next to her, pinched her thigh hard to stop herself from laughing out loud.

"Or are you interested in the helpers in my shop?" she changed the subject.

Xie Jinglan frowned and blurted out, "No."

Jiang Yuyue still smiled and picked up a piece of braised pork, stuffing it into his mouth. "Then why did you suddenly bring this up? Since it's not true, then eat properly so you don't choke again."

Xie Jinglan: "..."

His brow remained furrowed as he stiffly chewed and swallowed the piece of meat.

Jixiang, standing to the side, was completely dumbfounded, as if she had seen a ghost.

The eldest young mistress... has her relationship with His Highness really progressed to this point?

She casually brushed aside the matter concerning Lian Mo.

Although she didn't know why Xie Jinglan mentioned Lian Mo, Jiang Yuyue vaguely sensed that it was probably because of some conflict that occurred during his last visit, which made Lian Mo unwilling to come again.

After a busy day, Jiang Yuyue was exhausted and went to bed early. Xiao Liu breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that her young mistress did not seem to be going to the next room tonight, and then she also went to sleep peacefully.

Meanwhile, in the neighboring courtyard, Xie Jinglan, having confirmed that Jiang Yuyue would not be coming over tonight, summoned Yueying Fengling to the house for a discussion.

Xie Jinglan took a sip of tea, fiddling with the porcelain cup in his hand, his expression inscrutable.

"Is there any unusual activity in Jiangnan?"