To divorce his wife, the top scholar preferred being cuckolded to wearing a red hat.

Su Mingyue raised an eyebrow as she listened to his words: "I think the Fifth Prince's cold came at an inopportune time. Qingzhou City is right in front of us, but there's no way to enter the city. But are you sure you want me to bring the things in your carriage in? If you're going to let me bring things in, you have to let me know what those things are. What if I bring them in and harm Xiao Zhan? What if we can't explain ourselves?"

"What, you want to inspect the goods too? Su Mingyue, I'm only giving you this opportunity and trust because of my uncle. Don't push your luck. If you want to bring it in for me, I'll do it myself. I don't need you."

“Alright, then the Fifth Prince can take care of himself. The Fifth Prince has already arrived at Qingzhou City, it wouldn’t be right not to go in. As for the Fifth Prince’s cold, A-Zhan brought so many imperial physicians with him, a small cold won’t be a problem for them, so you can go in with peace of mind.”

The Fifth Prince glared at her. This petty woman, fine, she doesn't want to bring it. He wouldn't trust her to take the things inside anyway.

Seeing that the Fifth Prince intended to go in by himself, Zhao Fu was extremely anxious: "Your Highness, you can't go in! I just heard that the situation inside is very bad, and people are dying every day. If no one was dying, the city wouldn't have to be sealed off."

"She wants to inspect the goods, but why should I, the prince, allow her to? They dare to go in, so can I. I refuse to believe that her life is tougher than mine."

"Don't be impulsive. You are a prince, how can she compare to you? Let her inspect if she wants to. There's nothing wrong with this batch of goods, why should she be afraid of not being able to inspect them?"

"I have already told her that I don't need her anymore. Do you expect me to swallow my pride and save her?"

"How could that be? What is her status, and what is yours? How could we possibly ask you to save her? How about I go and beg Princess Su? Princess Su is reasonable and understanding; she will definitely be willing to help."

"She doesn't even give me the respect due to a prince, why would she give it to you? What are you thinking?"

"Then what should we do? The situation inside is complicated, and I don't want you to go in and take the risk."

"What's there to be afraid of? They're not afraid of death, so why should we be?" Xiao An sneered. "I want to see how she's going to get in. If she can't get in, she'll have to come begging to us."

"That's right, we can negotiate with her later."

When they were only ten miles from Qingzhou City, Xiao You's fever suddenly broke. Her mother excitedly called out to Su Mingyue from inside, "Miss Su, Xiao You's fever has broken! Her fever has broken!"

Su Mingyue jumped off her horse and took Xiao You's pulse through the curtain. Her body temperature had indeed returned to normal, which meant that the medicine Xiao Xiang had given her was working well: "We can't be careless yet. I don't know if it will relapse in a while. If it doesn't relapse within two days, she should be fine."

"Okay, okay." The woman was in tears. How lucky she and Xiaoyou were to have met Miss Su and her party.

If she hadn't encountered Miss Su and her group, she would most likely have returned to her parents' home. Whether she and Xiao You would survive was a minor matter; the real problem would have been bringing the illness to her parents' home, which was a large village, and the consequences would have been unimaginable.

"I think I heard something about fever reduction or not. You have a sick person in your carriage?" Xiao An and Su Mingyue rode side by side. "Who are you to bring someone sick with you?"

"This county magistrate is kind-hearted."

"You can fool my uncle with those words, but you can forget about fooling me, the prince."

"believe it or not."

"Your attitude is extremely poor. Believe me, I, the prince, will punish you right now." The fifth prince was furious at her disdainful expression.

"Fifth Prince, don't get too angry. If you do, you won't be able to transport the goods into Qingzhou City. If you fail to complete the mission and delay the process, won't the Emperor punish you?"

"Shut up." The Fifth Prince realized he couldn't talk to her; talking to her would only make him furious.

Su Mingyue obediently shut her mouth and said nothing more.

Upon reaching the city of Qingzhou, the city gates were tightly shut, and apart from the people on the city walls, not a single person could be seen outside the gates.

There were quite a few people hiding inside the gate, all looking for a chance to escape. However, they could only look from the outside; with the gate tightly shut, how could they find an opportunity?

Zhao Shoucheng looked at the people gathered around the gate and shooed them away with a dark face: "What are you all doing here? If you don't leave, don't blame me for being impolite."

"Sir, please let us out. We're not from Qingzhou City, just passersby. We have elderly parents and young children at home; if we don't get back, they'll starve." A small merchant knelt before Zhao Shoucheng, his face full of pleading, hoping he would have mercy and let him return to his family.

"Yes, Lord Yang, we are just passersby, not people from Qingzhou City. Even if we are to die, we would like to die in our hometown, not here. Please let us go back, sir."

"You want to die, and you want to drag your families down with you? We know the situation in Qingzhou City without me having to tell you. If you really care about your families, stay here obediently. The imperial court has already sent many imperial physicians here, trying to find ways to treat everyone. If you stay here, your families still have a chance to live. If you go back, you will die, and your families may die too. Is that what you want to see?"

"What exactly is going on with this illness? A renowned physician claims to have a cure, but there's no medicine in the entire city of Qingzhou. The city gates are tightly shut; medicine can't get in, and people inside can't get out. You're not trying to save us; you're trying to suffocate us here. Open the gate! We want to get out! We want to get out!" A fat, middle-aged man spoke harshly, banging on the gate, trying to force everyone out.

"Brother Yang." Zhao Deyou's young subordinate looked at the man who was leading the riot and his eyes flashed with ruthlessness. "We must teach them a lesson. If we don't teach them a lesson and more and more people follow them in causing trouble, the consequences will be unimaginable."

"Take them all down and lock them up somewhere." Zhao Shoucheng was also having a headache.

"Yes, sir." The young officer received the order and led his men to arrest the person.

"Sir." Another junior officer ran over and said, "There are people outside the city who want to enter. We dare not let them in casually, but you can go down and take a look."

"Let's go take a look." Zhao Deyou got up and went up to the city wall. Standing on the wall, he indeed saw a group of people standing at the city gate.

It was Su Mingyue and Qingyu riding horses, along with a carriage behind her.

As for the Fifth Prince and his entourage, they hid not far away. He didn't go with Su Mingyue; he wanted to see how Su Mingyue and her group would get in.