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"The new recruits should arrive soon," Xiao Rui said as she picked up the teacup in front of her and finished it in one gulp. "Wait a day or two for a little while longer."

Cheng Zixiu looked around cautiously, then whispered into Xiao Rui's ear, "Recently, I've been seeing that the Emperor's pulse is a little strange."

"What do you mean?" Xiao Rui served the two of them some more tea.

"Sometimes, the Emperor's pulse would be weak, and sometimes, it would sink. However, his face was rosy and full of vigor." Cheng Zixiu pulled Xiao Rui to sit down and told him about the doubts in his heart. "I've checked the Emperor's living and dietary records for the past two months, and they're still as normal as before."

"What are you suspecting?" Xiao Rui's expression turned serious.

He, who had been reborn, would naturally not forget that the current Emperor of the martial world only had two years left to live.

"Based on my many years of medical practice, this is really against common sense," Cheng Zixiu said as he leaned back in his chair. He narrowed his eyes and continued, "From his pulse, the Emperor looks more like an old man whose body has been hollowed out. But from his appearance, I couldn't figure out what he looked like."

"And before that, His Majesty had vertigo and gout," Cheng Zixiu said with a frown, "Although I've already controlled his vertigo with medicine … "But in this period of time, not only has the emperor's dizziness stopped, even his gout has disappeared …"

"Two birds with one stone, for you to be able to cure dizziness while also being able to treat gout, doesn't that make your Imperial Physician Cheng even more skilled?" Xiao Rui looked at Cheng Zixiu and teased him with a smile that was not a smile.

Cheng Zixiu rolled his eyes at Xiao Rui, "If those old scholars in the Imperial Hospital flattered me like this, I would be displeased. However, I want to say something to you and me. With my knowledge now, there's nothing I can do about the Emperor's gout."

"What do you mean? Could it be that someone else is treating His Majesty's illness? " Xiao Rui raised his eyebrows and looked at Cheng Zixiu.

Cheng Zixiu sat there, his handsome, sword-like eyebrows knitting together. "Unfortunately, Shardbearer isn't in the palace right now. There are some things I want to investigate, but no one can trust him."

"Oh? Why don't you tell me what you suspect? " Xiao Rui sat up straight and leaned towards Cheng Zixiu, "Maybe I can find someone to help you ask around."

"Although I'm unwilling to admit it, I have to say, someone must be secretly giving the Emperor medicine." Cheng Zixiu said solemnly to Xiao Rui, "Someone gave medicine to the emperor without the permission of the hospital!"

When Xiao Rui heard this, he immediately understood the seriousness of the situation.

The emperor's daily meals are tested by a special palace.

Without a prescription from the Imperial Hospital, it was impossible for him to present it to the Emperor.

"Do you have anyone you suspect?" Xiao Rui asked as he lowered his eyelids.

"Yes!" Master Jing! " Cheng Zixiu said firmly.

Jiang Shu?

Although Xiao Rui and Xiao Yu had not interacted much with each other before, she knew that her background was insufficient for her to do something like this.

"How?" Xiao Rui suppressed the doubts in his heart and asked.

"The Emperor's records began to be chaotic right after Serenity entered the palace!" Cheng Zixiu said confidently.

Xiao Rui looked at Cheng Zixiu meaningfully.

Having known Cheng Zixiu for so many years, he knew that he was definitely not someone who would speak without thinking.

However, Jiang Shu … Did she really have that kind of ability?

In Xiao Rui's mind, the Jiang family's girls could only do this much to Jiang Yu, who had become the Crown Prince's concubine.

"Right, how did you arrange for us to go to the West Mountain on the fifteenth?" Xiao Rui calmed down, lowering her head to pour more tea for the two of them. "I heard that the Imperial Physician Guild followed the Emperor to the palace in the Western Mountains yesterday. Why didn't you go with him?"

"The Grand Hospital?" Cheng Zixiu snorted coldly, "Those old fellows still don't know how to push me. Why would they call me over for something like this?"

"That's also because you normally show off too much." Xiao Rui smiled.

Cheng Zixiu was a bit of a prideful person.

"My family has been practicing medicine for five generations, but my father was born with a indifferent disposition towards fame and fortune, so he was unwilling to enter the palace and become an official. That's why he ended the family's legacy in the Imperial Hospital for a generation." Cheng Zixiu said disapprovingly, "Otherwise, how could those old fellows in the whole hospital have any leeway left to argue? Because they are afraid that I would once again be in charge of the Grand Hospital, they normally only let me see the illness of a woman and the illness of a child.

"They are always on guard against me. I don't even want to be in the same place with them." Cheng Zixiu rolled his eyes, "I saw long ago that they didn't want me to travel with them, so I came on the pretext of checking your pulse."

"So you're not going to the West Mountains?" Xiao Rui recalled how Cheng Zixiu liked to watch a show, but he didn't believe that he wouldn't be able to join in on the fun.

"Go!" "Why don't you go?" As expected, Cheng Zixiu, who had been leaning back against the chair, sat up. "Aren't you going to the Western Mountains to celebrate as well? I'm going with you. The sickly Crown Prince Jin has travelled a long distance to the Western Mountains. How can he be short of an imperial physician who can take care of him?"

Xiao Rui shook his head as he listened to Cheng Zixiu talk to himself. He had wanted to invite Cheng Zixiu to go with him, but he hadn't expected him to do so.

On the fourteenth day of the sixth month, just as dawn arrived, the entire Jin Mansion began to get busy.

The servants in the house carried the black boxes and boxes one by one to the gate, and loaded the five big carriages up to the ceiling.

Madam Qiao, who had specially arrived early, lifted the curtains of the carriage to see the situation. She couldn't help but be speechless, thinking to herself, Is Jiang Wan and the others planning to move?

"What did you say?" "Madam Qiao's carriage has arrived?" The drowsy Jiang Wan rubbed her sleepy eyes, and while listening to Clove's report from outside through the side door, she said, "Let Madam Qiao go to the parlour to drink tea first, I'll come right away."

Jiang Wan looked at the Western Bell that was placed on top of the Myriad Treasures Pavilion.

She quickly nudged Xiao Rui, who was beside her, and scolded him for not sleeping with her until the middle of the night. They all had their grudges towards the two of them, so why didn't he wake her up earlier?

It really made him lose face in front of his second aunt this early in the morning.

She hastily called in Han Li's mother, Xia Yi, and the others who were waiting outside. She hastily washed up and changed into a simple set of clothes before hurrying to the Flower Hall.

The moment Jiang Wan entered the parlour, she saw Madam Qiao, dressed in a flowery robe, sitting in the parlour and drinking tea at a moderate pace, while a red shadow suddenly jumped out from the door. When Jiang Wan looked over, she saw that it was Jiang Yan.

She said to Jiang Wan with a mocking expression, "This is the spring snack in the Hibiscus Courtyard, won't the monarch be arriving soon?"