In front of the Dongxiang Marquis Mansion.
The Hidden Guard mounted his horse, staring at the gilded plaque of the Dongxiang Marquis Mansion, lost in thought for a long ti.
In his mind, the two things the Marquis Dongxiang said kept echoing—
Get the money for the dicine from the Emperor.
No need to be polite to the Emperor.
He knew the Marquis Dongxiang wasn’t polite to the Emperor.
And he wasn’t just a little impolite either.
But how could the Eldest Young Master not be polite to the Emperor and ask him for money?
It’s said like throwing dumplings at a dog, they never return, but with the Marquis Dongxiang, it’s not just the dumplings that are gone, even the dumpling maker can’t be saved.
Fortunately, this ti the one being robbed wasn’t the Eldest Young Master, but the Eldest Young Madam.
The Marquis Dongxiang unintentionally robbed his own daughter.
The Hidden Guard found it a bit funny.
Afraid that the servants of the Dongxiang Marquis Mansion would be suspicious if they saw him amused, he quickly rode away.
Back at the Agarwood Pavilion, Su Jin happened to be in the study, so the Hidden Guard reported the process of delivering the dicine to Su Jin and Xie Jingchen.
After delivering two jars of dicine, they were forced to handle all the dicine used by the Dongxiang Marquis Mansion.
Su Jin, "..."
Xie Jingchen, "..."
Ahem!
Xie Jingchen stifled a laugh.
"How does it feel to be robbed by your father?" His mood was exceptionally good.
This is a family that doesn’t understand family, huh.
Su Jin blinked and said, "To be robbed by my father and laugh so happily, it must feel pretty good; no wonder the servants of the Marquis Mansion praise your broad-mindedness, much admiration."
Xie Jingchen, "..."
"It was you who got robbed," Xie Jingchen said, rubbing his forehead.
"You should clarify whether my father was robbing you, his son-in-law, or , his daughter," Su Jin smiled.
"The Marquis would never rob a lady," Xingxing asserted.
"..."
The Hidden Guard was confused.
He laughed too soon earlier, not expecting the Eldest Young Madam to play innocent. He said, "Eldest Young Madam, Eldest Young Master doesn’t have money, nor can he make ointnts, even if he wanted to give them, he couldn’t."
This was exactly what Xie Jingchen wanted to say.
For the first ti, he thought having no money was a good thing.
He picked up a teacup and leisurely took a sip.
It’s your father, you figure it out.
Yet a mouthful of tea, not swallowed yet, was all sprayed out.
"It’s okay if you don’t know, I can teach you," Su Jin laughed.
"..."
"Besides, being sick for a long ti makes a good doctor, you ought to know a little without teaching," Su Jin said.
"..."
"So, it’s happily decided."
"..."
"Take as your master."
"..."
Xie Jingchen, rubbing his forehead, "What did you just say? Say it again."
"Take as your master," Su Jin repeated.
"The sentence before," Xie Jingchen said.
"So, it’s happily decided?" Su Jin blinked.
"I’m not happy at all," Xie Jingchen stated.
"..."
How could he be happy?
She sent her father dicine once, and now her father’s dicine was all his responsibility—
Isn’t there any justice?
Thinking of these words.
Xie Jingchen felt utterly defeated.
He actually wanted to reason with the Marquis Dongxiang, with his daughter; he seed really sick indeed.
Su Jin looked at him and said, "The reason people are unhappy is that they are unsatisfied with the status quo, yet powerless to change it."
The Hidden Guard, "..."
Xie Jingchen, "..."
Unable to argue.
Su Jin, propping on the desk, said, "I’m giving you a chance to change your current circumstances now, shouldn’t you be happy?"
Xie Jingchen looked at her, "What chance to change the current situation?"
"Once you learn my dical skills, you won’t have to rely on to detoxify you. When others try to poison you again, you’ll be able to prevent it," Su Jin encouraged.
"How long will it take for to learn?" Xie Jingchen asked.
"You’re quite talented, diligent in your studies, ten years should be enough," Su Jin said earnestly.
"..."
Ten years?
Did she start learning dicine at five?
"If I live for ten years, all my enemies should be dead by then. Who’s going to poison ?" Xie Jingchen said.
"..."
"That’s too absolute, how could no one poison you, don’t you still have ?" Su Jin remarked.
"..."
Xie Jingchen rubbed his temples, "You don’t have to persuade anymore; I won’t last ten years to learn dicine and be poisoned by you."
"Why?" Su Jin asked.
"Because by then, I would have been angered to death by you guys!"
Su Jin, "..."
Xingxing, "..."
The room was silent for quite a while.
Until Xingxing wiped tears from the corners of her eyes.
"Master’s words make people feel sad, this maid wants to cry," Xingxing said.
"..."
Xie Jingchen’s face darkened.
He lifted his foot and left.
The Hidden Guard silently glanced at Xingxing.
This maid is a master at being poignant while hitting where it hurts.
She’s achieved the highest level of irritation—
Hurting people with brutal honesty.
Who knows what unlucky person didn’t burn enough incense in a past life and will et her, definitely having a more miserable life than the Eldest Young Master.
Xingxing looked at Su Jin and said, "Miss, if the master doesn’t want to learn dicine, don’t force him; let him get money from the Emperor."
Su Jin, "..."
The Hidden Guard, "..."
Does this maid think getting money from the Emperor is easy?
Su Jin always had a question, she asked, "Did my father and the Emperor know each other from before?"
The Emperor doesn’t seem like an unwise ruler, but he’s particularly tolerant of her father, which is too abnormal.
After all, her father is a classic example of defying imperial authority.
"No, they don’t," Xingxing shook her head.
"If they don’t, why is the Emperor so tolerant of my father, just because I saved the Emperor?" Su Jin wondered.
"The Emperor probably got deceived," Xingxing thought for a mont and said.
"..."
"Deceived by what?" Su Jin was curious.
"Two years ago, soone went up the mountain to persuade the Marquis to surrender, or else the court would send a large army to besiege our Qingyun Mountain. After sending that person away, the Marquis discussed the matter with Madam," Xingxing explained.
"Madam said that with the Marquis’s bad temper, surrendering would be like entering the capital and being cornered. Even if they were to surrender, they needed a foolproof plan to avoid failure."
"Madam said the Emperor was easy to deceive, so she had the brothers of Qingyun Mountain disguise themselves as Taoists to wait under a Bodhi tree for the Emperor to take the bait."
"..."
"After waiting for the Emperor for over half a year, the Taoists finally t him and told him he would encounter a fierce and tyrannical minister who would ss up the court and make him furious. This minister would ask him for money and power and would have an exceptionally cute daughter. He should employ him because he would help the Emperor achieve his heart’s desire."
"..."
"Help the Emperor achieve what wish?" Su Jin was curious.
"This maid doesn’t know, Madam said everyone has wishes, and the Emperor is no exception. If unable to answer the Emperor’s questions, just say it’s heaven’s secret not to be divulged."
"..."
Her mother truly grasped the essence of a Taoist’s deception.
"So the Emperor believed it and was especially lenient towards my father?" Su Jin was speechless.
"The Emperor is easy to fool."
"..."
This obvious scam, the Emperor believed it, truly easy to fool.
Outside the room.
Xie Jingchen, "..."
Really didn’t know what to say.
This is a cri punishable by death for deceiving the Emperor.
And it was said so openly, even saying the Emperor is easy to fool.
The deadly part is the Emperor really believed it.
If the Emperor is so easy to fool.
Should he take his father-in-law’s advice and go to the palace to scam money?
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