Severed ties and living in a dilapidated house? No worries, the poor thing has a space.

Inside the box lay a jade hairpin wrapped in silver thread, carved with plum blossoms, budding and about to bloom, elegant and refined, as if one could still smell the faint fragrance of plum blossoms.

Fang Yu picked it up and examined it closely between her fingertips. Suddenly, she looked up, a glint of light flashing in her eyes: "Lord Xiao, would you mind helping me put it on?"

"Ah."

His voice was soft, but you could hear the extraordinary doting he had for her.

His fingertips touched her simple hair bun, and he gently inserted the hairpin into her hair.

"It suits you perfectly."

Fang Yu gently touched it with her hand, blinked her beautiful eyes and looked at him: "Lord Xiao, you are very thoughtful."

She took two steps toward the door, then suddenly turned back, leaned close to his ear, and said in a tender, gentle voice, "I like it very much."

She even deliberately blew a breath of hot air into his ear before turning around and striding away.

Xiao Jingqi's wound, which should have been very painful, seemed to have healed instantly. He stared blankly at her departing figure.

Fang Yu walked out the door, stopped in front of Mo Jiu, and looked back at him: "Incense can indeed cover up the smell of blood, but it can't cover my eyes. I am a doctor."

"..." Mo Jiu scratched his head, looking both innocent and foolish: "Miss Fang, didn't you say you weren't a doctor?"

“Uh…” Fang Yu raised an eyebrow and said seriously, “Treating people and treating animals are no different, don’t worry about these details.”

She left just like that, her steps light and quick. When Mo Jiu saw the hairpin in her hair, she was stunned for a moment, then turned around and pushed open the door to go in: "Master, are you alright?"

Xiao Jingqi was still in a daze, still savoring the words Fang Yu had whispered in his ear, "I like it very much."

Seeing that he didn't react, but the smile on his lips was unusually bright, like a wild dog in heat, yes.

Mo Jiu walked over and waved her hand in front of Xiao Jingqi's eyes: "Master, you rushed back early this morning with your injuries just to give that hairpin to Miss Fang? I thought you were going to take it back to Yunjing to give to Miss Jinluo. Miss Fang was just flirting with you."

Xiao Jingqi snapped out of his daze, his face darkening instantly: "Have you caught them?"

Mo Jiu hadn't realized that Xiao Jingqi was angry, so he replied, "No."

"If you don't have it, why aren't you going to catch it?"

“I…” Mo Jiu scratched his head again: “But Master, I’m afraid the murderer will attack you again because of your injuries.”

"If he dares to come, he will never return."

Xiao Jingqi walked to the window and sat down. He glanced at the location of his wound. If he hadn't wanted to save the patient, he wouldn't have been hit by the hidden weapon, but the thief still managed to succeed.

There was a sudden knock on the door of the private room. Mo Jiu, who was about to leave, opened the door, thinking that Fang Yu had come back with something else to say.

"?" Upon seeing the person at the door, Mo Jiu was taken aback at first, then her eyelids widened slightly: "Your Highness, you arrived so quickly?"

Xiao Lanzhi walked in, flicked his sleeves, clasped his hands and bowed to Xiao Jingqi: "Your humble servant greets Your Highness, the Prince of Qin."

Xiao Jingqi coughed, his face even darker than before: "Xiao Lanzhi, Xiao Zixi, what are you doing?!"

Xiao Lanzhi said in a serious tone, "I will take up my post as the governor of Qingshan City immediately, and I will certainly not dare to be disrespectful to the Prince of Qin."

Xiao Jingqi coldly uttered a single word: "Get lost!"

Their fathers were brothers, and the two grew up together since childhood. They were of similar age, were of the same blood, and were as close as brothers.

Xiao Lanzhi broke into a smile in an instant, stood up and waved to Mo Shisan behind him: "Bring the things here."

With a simple smile, Mo Shisan knelt down to pay his respects and then took down the backpack hanging on his chest, pulling out a package from the layers inside and out.

Mo Jiu thought it was something else and hurriedly took it and handed it over. When she opened it and saw that there were still steaming sweet potatoes inside, Mo Jiu's face turned as dark as if she had just experienced a sexual encounter.

"Your Highness, you are openly plotting to murder my lord."

"No way." Xiao Lanzhi walked over and hooked his arm around Xiao Jingqi's shoulder. "I bought these myself. I could smell the aroma of these sweet potatoes from ten miles away. I felt I had to buy them for you to try."

Holding a sweet potato, Mo Jiu strode over and kicked Mo Shisan, who was still grinning foolishly: "Don't you know the Prince can't eat sweet potatoes? Are you doing this on purpose?"

Mo Shisan pouted, "This summer's aroma is really wonderful. I've already eaten three, and they're incredibly delicious. If Your Highness doesn't want any, I won't be polite."

Just as Mo Shisan was about to take it, Mo Jiu withdrew his hand and handed the sweet potato to Xiao Jingqi, saying, "Master, should I take it and throw it away?"

Xiao Jingqi covered his eyes and took a deep breath. It was indeed a good decision to send Mo Shisan to Xiao Lanzhi.

He picked up the sweet potato and, under Xiao Lanzhi's feigned expectant gaze, took a small bite.

He hadn't tasted sweet potato in ages; it was sweet and sticky, truly delicious.

"You...you..." Xiao Lanzhi grabbed his shoulders: "No, you really ate it? What's bothering you? Did a woman dump you?"

“That’s not right,” Xiao Lanzhi said to himself. “You’re not interested in women. Apart from your cousin Jinluo, I’ve never seen you get close to any other woman. So it’s not you.”

"...Xiao Jingqi ignored him and continued to eat the sweet potato slowly."

Mo Jiu stared in shock, his mouth agape. Xiao Lanzhi suddenly shouted at him, "What are you standing there for? Go get the doctor!"

"I...I..." Mo Jiu was still holding the sweet potato, about to put it down and call the doctor, when Xiao Jingqi spoke up: "No need."

In the past, if he had accidentally eaten a sweet potato, he would have fainted and turned red in the face within three breaths.

He's almost finished one now, and he's acting like nothing happened.

Mo Jiu suddenly realized and exclaimed in surprise, "I didn't expect that Miss Fang's medicine could really cure my master."

"Miss Fang?!" Xiao Lanzhi grabbed Mo Jiu with a gossipy expression, asking with a look of doubt and surprise, "Did I hear you right? You said a girl?"

Mo Jiu nodded.

Xiao Lanzhi looked at Xiao Jingqi in disbelief, then walked over and put his arm around his shoulder: "Zizhao, when did you really meet a girl? How come I didn't know? When did you meet her? Introduce me, I'm really curious."

Xiao Jingqi glanced at him, pulled his arm down, and instructed Mo Jiu, "Show the guest out."

Xiao Lanzhi sat down and acted shamelessly: "Hey Xiao, as soon as I heard you became the governor of this place, I immediately wrote a letter requesting an imperial decree to come and help you. I ran three horses to death just to see you, but I didn't expect you to want to drive me away!"

Xiao Jingqi lowered his eyelids, looking utterly hopeless: "I think you used me as a raft to escape the marriage arranged by your royal aunt, and you still put on such a high-sounding act."

"..." Having his thoughts exposed, Xiao Lanzhi stubbornly refused to admit it and even tried to change the subject: "Oh, I will definitely govern well and make sure the people of your Qingshan City live and work in peace and contentment, how about it?"

He chuckled to himself, "When I entered the city just now, I dealt with your men. You actually made things difficult for a girl. The mooncakes she made were delicious, but unfortunately I forgot to ask her name."

As he spoke, he suddenly noticed the food box on the table. He slowly stood up and asked, "Zizhao, where did you get this food box? I feel like I've seen it somewhere before."

Looking at the mooncakes next to the chessboard, he said, "These mooncakes look familiar. Where did you buy them? Can I try one?"

Before Xiao Lanzhi could even touch him, Xiao Jingqi, enduring the pain from his wound, got up and, while carrying the mooncake in his arms, went behind the screen.