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

Fu Jingsheng simply lacks foresight.

He couldn't see through Su Mingyue's skills at all.

If Fu Jingsheng knew that Su Mingyue's medical skills were so good, he would probably regret it.

"I'm not hiding my abilities; I just want to be a doctor quietly. The Fifth Prince coughed several times just now, and his complexion isn't good either. Could he have gotten an infection?"

Xiao An was taken aback: "You're not lying to me?"

Su Mingyue shook her head: "Why would I need to lie to you?"

"Quickly, help me check, am I really infected?" Xiao An didn't feel unwell anywhere, just a slight cough and occasional dizziness, and he thought he was infected.

"These are the initial symptoms of mild cases. Fifth Prince, you must start taking your medicine as soon as you get back. The longer you delay, the more serious it will become, and that will be troublesome."

Xiao An no longer had the mind to ridicule Su Mingyue, and told Zhao Fu to hurry up and get him the medicine.

Fortunately, there is now a solution for this disease; if I had been infected a few days earlier, I might have been left to die.

Zhao Fu didn't dare to delay and ran off.

Su Mingyue has been taking preventative medication these past few days, so she hasn't been infected.

"Miss Su." Just as Su Mingyue was about to go ahead to check, Jinxiu ran up to her: "My young lady just fainted, and I'll have to trouble you to go and check on her."

"Fainted? How did you faint?" Su Mingyue frowned.

"She's been too tired lately and hasn't had much rest," Jinxiu said, her voice trembling with tears. "Please, Miss Su, take a look at my daughter."

"Lead the way."

Zhu Sha had indeed fainted, running a fever and falling into a coma. A pulse check confirmed that she was indeed infected.

"She is infected."

“My young lady has barely rested lately because of the affairs of Qingzhou City. She just fainted because she couldn’t stand the results of the competition. Miss Su, my young lady values ​​her reputation the most. Please, for the sake of the people of Qingzhou, let’s cancel the bet we made before, okay?”

The previous competition was proposed by Zhu Sha, and the loser had to unconditionally obey the winner's commands.

Zhu Sha was proud and arrogant. It was already hard for her to accept losing, and to make her listen to her would only make her faint from anger.

This little girl has a short temper; she can get so angry over something so trivial.

"She made the conditions, and I have no objection if she doesn't fulfill them now. However, her reputation will be somewhat damaged in the future. Are you sure you want me to break my promise?"

Jinxiu fell silent.

"Hurry up and bring over a bowl of medicine. If your daughter's fever doesn't break soon, she'll become delirious." Jinxiu silently went out, walked to Su Mingyue's stall, and asked for a bowl of medicine.

Half asleep and half awake, Zhu Sha held onto her hand tightly, murmuring to herself, "Your Highness, please look at me, okay? You saved me before, don't you remember?"

Su Mingyue watched Zhu Sha's actions and listened to her words with interest in her eyes.

Oh, so she's one of the Prince Zhan's admirers. No wonder she was so hostile towards me.

Jinxiu quickly brought the medicine over and served it to her young lady.

"Keep an eye on her tonight; she might still have a high fever. If the fever goes down by tomorrow, she'll be fine. As for the bet we discussed earlier, she can come and tell me about it herself after she wakes up. When she wakes up, tell her that Pharmacist Song is with me."

Jinxiu's hand holding the medicine almost trembled.

She arrested Pharmacist Song.

They did try to tamper with the medicine, but it seems that Pharmacist Song's attempt failed.

The night is getting darker.

Xiao Zhan stood in the moonlight waiting for her.

Seeing her coming over, he took her hand and led her back: "How is she? Is she alright?"

"I got infected, and I just lost the IV drip, so I got really upset." Su Mingyue hooked her finger around his: "Did you know her before? Do you know why she came to Qingzhou City?"

"How would I know such things? She was introduced by Physician Hu, who said she had a prescription that would be effective for this illness."

"You really don't remember?" Su Mingyue looked up at him with bright, sparkling eyes.

"Should I know him?"

“She had a high fever and kept saying that you saved her. She wanted to repay your kindness and wanted to marry you.”

"I don't remember anything at all. She might miss me, but I don't. I already have a fiancée, and no other woman would even look at me."

"really?"

"I lied to you that I was a puppy."

“It doesn’t matter. Anyway, we…” Su Mingyue was about to say that their engagement was by agreement, but Xiao Zhan lowered his head and sealed her lips with a kiss.

Previously, due to the illness, the two hadn't had a proper intimate moment. Tonight, the prescription was distributed, and the people of Qingzhou City could all drink the antidote. A weight was finally lifted from Xiao Zhan's heart.

He carried Su Mingyue back to the courtyard, showering her with tender kisses once more.

Su Mingyue punched him: "Don't do anything reckless. You're covered in viruses. I need to take a shower."

Xiao Zhan then released her.

“I’ve found the source; it’s that stinking ditch in Willow Village. A virus has formed there, and it’s parasitizing those mountain rats. The virus looks like it was deliberately thrown in.”

"You mean this virus came about suspiciously?"

Su Mingyue nodded: "It must be that someone threw an animal carrying the virus in there before. Those mountain rats were foraging there every day and got infected and mutated. You take some people over there now, kill the virus in that stinking ditch first, and then fill it up. Also, I need to check if there are any problems with the nearby water sources."

"It must have been done by spies from the Western Qi." Upon hearing that the viruses had been deliberately introduced, Xiao Zhan quickly concluded that it was the Western Qi who were responsible.

Why would they do that?

"Of course they want to take our city without losing a single soldier. Qingzhou City is an important military stronghold. If it falls, it will be much easier to take the cities behind it."

"Then you must investigate thoroughly. Xiqi treated us this way, we must return the favor with a generous gift." If that's the case, the people of Xiqi are truly shameless.

"Then you should rest well. I will go find the person and return a generous gift to Western Qi."

"By the way, before the evaluation results came out today, a pharmacist tried to poison my decoction. I've locked him up now. You can interrogate him carefully; you might find some clues."

Xiao Zhan quickly had Song Ning brought over.

"Song Ning?"

"This humble official greets Your Highness." Song Ning's expression remained relatively calm, but his slightly clenched hands betrayed his nervousness.

"I heard you were planning to poison the herbal medicine. Is that true?"

"Your Highness, you have truly wronged me. How could I possibly do such a thing? It would not benefit me at all. It is the Princess who has misunderstood me; those medicines were merely something I carried with me for self-defense."

"It's fine if you don't admit it." Xiao Zhan said calmly, "I have a few things to show you. After you've seen them, you might have something you want to say to me."