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

Seeing that Su Mingyue had agreed, Zhu Sha smiled and looked at the crowd: "Folks, as you've all seen, Miss Su and I have different opinions on your ailments. We will brew medicine according to our own prescriptions. If you find my prescription more effective, come to me for the medicine. If you find Miss Su's prescription more effective, go to Miss Su's for the medicine. We'll set a three-day timeframe. After three days, you can all check how your bodies feel. If you think my prescription is better, Miss Su will have to listen to me from now on, and I'll do whatever I say. If everyone thinks Miss Su's prescription is better, I'll listen to Miss Su from now on, and I'll do whatever she tells me to do. Let's all be witnesses, shall we?"

"We believe in Dr. Zhu and are willing to bear witness to his work."

"Yes, so many patients have taken Dr. Zhu's medicine and recovered greatly, so of course we trust Dr. Zhu. As for this Miss Su, could she be the daughter of some powerful family in the capital, who came to Qingzhou City specifically to learn from his experience? She has absolutely no experience, yet she dares to prescribe medicine haphazardly. This isn't about saving people, it's about harming them."

"Physician Hu, you can't just listen to her because of her high status and disregard our lives. Thankfully, Physician Zhu reminded us in time. If we had drunk the medicine prepared according to her prescription, we might have died instantly."

“Yes. Just because she has a noble status doesn’t mean you have to listen to her. If it weren’t for Doctor Zhu discovering in time that you had changed the prescription, we wouldn’t have known that someone was bullying us like this.”

"Then let's do it this way." Seeing everyone's overwhelming support for Zhu Sha, Su Mingyue smiled faintly: "How about we each take charge of a stronghold? You'll be in charge of this one, and I'll be in charge of the south of the city."

"No, we must let everyone choose for themselves. No matter which stronghold it is, we must use both prescriptions together and let the villagers choose for themselves." Zhu Sha was determined to compete with Su Mingyue so that Su Mingyue would know that her prescription was the best.

"Alright, if you want to compete, then let's compete." Su Mingyue turned to Physician Hu: "Physician Hu, I have no objections."

"Since none of you have any objections, then let's do it this way. You can all go with Miss Su and Doctor Zhu to help, five of you on each side. You can discuss among yourselves who will go with whom."

The five people, led by Pharmacist Song, naturally followed behind Zhu Sha and indicated that they would follow Zhu Sha's arrangements.

“Miss Su, I am Liu Sheng, a pharmacist from the Imperial Medical Academy. For the next few days, we will follow your instructions.”

Su Mingyue nodded to him: "Then I'll have to trouble you. The workload has been quite heavy these past few days. Please come with me, I have some things to tell you."

Watching them leave, Jinxiu sneered, "Some people are really shameless. Luckily we knew about their plan beforehand, otherwise she would have stolen the credit, and the young lady would have been truly wronged."

“Miss Jinxiu, don’t underestimate her. She has quite a background. If she didn’t, Physician Hu wouldn’t be so polite to her. I heard she even met the Prince directly, and the Prince agreed to her doing so.”

"It must be that she shamelessly seduced the prince. Once the results of our young lady's contest with her are in, the prince will know who is more capable. I believe that a man as upright as the prince would definitely prefer someone like our young lady, rather than a vixen like that surnamed Su."

“Jinxiu, stop talking about this. The situation in Qingzhou City is dire. We should be concerned about the lives of the people, not focusing on her. Pharmacist Song, bring your fellow disciples with me. We'll sort the herbs now and try to brew the medicine as soon as possible.”

"Dr. Zhu is very righteous. My fellow students and I will definitely cooperate with Dr. Zhu."

The two sheds where medicine was being boiled were more than 100 meters apart.

Zhu Sha rewrote the prescription and asked Pharmacist Song to fetch the medicinal herbs.

On the other side, Su Mingyue carefully checked the prescription and went to the medicine warehouse with Liu Sheng and the others.

Two hours later, the first pot of medicine was ready.

When they carried the medicine out, Zhu Sha had already set up the pot, and many people had already received their share.

Seeing Su Mingyue and the others come out, Jinxiu raised an eyebrow at them: "Oh dear, Miss Su, I'm so sorry, our medicine came out before yours. The villagers have already started drinking it."

Xingchun wanted to retort, but Su Mingyue pulled her back: "The critically ill patients can't come out. You and Xiao Guo stay here, and Pharmacist Liu and I will go and deliver the medicine to those critically ill patients."

“Miss, those patients don’t even look at us, they all go over there. We’ve been working so hard…” Xingchun didn’t mean to discourage her young mistress, but the patients had a preconceived notion that the medicine from Zhu Sha’s side was the best.

"Don't worry, someone with discerning eyes will recognize its value." Su Mingyue wasn't in a hurry at all.

Seeing that her sister's condition was much better, Liu Duoduo was very happy and told her sister about the bet that Sister Su had made with another doctor.

“Those patients all believe that Dr. Zhu’s medicine is good, and they don’t believe Sister Su at all. Sister, why don’t we help her spread the word and let everyone go to Sister Su’s place to drink her medicine?”

“Miss Su’s medicine is indeed very good. I’m not feverish anymore, and I don’t cough as much. I’ve also regained some strength. Her method must be correct.” Liu Yun thought she was about to die, but then she met Su Mingyue.

After taking Su Mingyue's medicine, she felt like she had come back to life.

No one believes in Miss Su's medicine now, so she definitely has to go and help Miss Su.

"Duoduo, go find Liu Zhi and have him take the people from Willow Tree Village to Miss Su's place for a drink. Tell them I'm all better now and they won't regret it."

Liu Duoduo nodded: "I'll go now."

Her uncle's whole family had passed away, leaving only her cousin Liu Zhi. When Liu Duoduo found her cousin, he was on his deathbed and spoke weakly.

"Brother, how do you feel?"

"Duoduo, what brings you here? Get away from me, I'm very sick right now, I don't want to infect you."

"I'm fine, don't worry about me." Liu Duoduo helped Liu Zhi sit down. "Big brother, there's medicine outside that can cure your illness. I'll go get you a bowl now. You'll definitely be fine after drinking it."

"I've also heard that a cure has been found, devised by a divine physician named Zhu, who supplies medicine outside. Duoduo, go and fetch me a bowl. Whether I live or die depends on fate." With the news that there was a cure for the disease, the patients who were originally on the verge of death seemed to have regained their vitality.

"Big brother, do you know? The day before yesterday, my sister had a high fever that wouldn't go down, and she was having convulsions. She almost died. Later, Sister Su gave us some medicine, and after one night, her fever was gone. My sister asked me to tell you that Sister Su's medicine is also very good, and you can try it."

Liu Zhi smiled at Duo Duo and nodded: "Then I'll do as you say."