Chapter 54: Don't Think Too Much

Although I knew that the Jinyiwei had no shame, experiencing it firsthand still infuriates me.

"This is just like a mangy dog." Seventh Chen said, "You can't beat it or scold it away, it's just disgusting."

"Yes, it's disgusting." Manager Liu said.

"You can't tell me no one will deal with him." Seventh Chen slammed the desk and said, "This is simply too bullying, I'll file a complaint."

Manager Liu smiled.

"What complaint? Don't we have an imperial decree?" he said.

"Yes, use the imperial decree to tell Yunqi Lu, not to come here anymore." Seventh Chen said.

"Do you think he would listen?" Manager Liu said with a smile, "Even if we don't let him come, he'll find other ways to bother us."

Not even listen to the imperial decree?

Seventh Chen and Fang Jinxiu looked towards Manager Liu.

"If he doesn't listen, who will arrest him?" Manager Liu continued, "Is there anyone in the dynasty who would or dares to arrest him?"

Indeed, others would avoid him if they could.

Seventh Chen frowned.

"What about the emperor? Won't the emperor handle it?" he said, "Right, go to the emperor, our Miss has developed the smallpox vaccine, relieving the suffering of thousands of people."

"So what? If the emperor doesn't punish him, should Miss stop providing the vaccine to the people?" Manager Liu said.

Seventh Chen was taken aback.

"Of course not." he said.

Manager Liu spread his hands.

"So what's the use then?" he said, "For someone of Yunqi Lu's status, do you think the emperor doesn't know what he's doing?"

Seventh Chen's expression couldn't hide his anger.

"So there's no solution?" he said, pulling out the imperial decree from his chest and placing it on the table, "Is this imperial decree useless then?"

Manager Liu looked at the imperial decree and laughed.

"Of course, it's useful." he said, "Just not in this way."

"How should it be used then?" asked Seventh Chen.

"Kill Yunqi Lu first, then show the imperial decree." Manager Liu said, "To save your life."

As soon as he spoke, someone entered the door, wearing a flying fish uniform and a Jinyiwei, his grim face instantly darkened the spring atmosphere of the Jiuling Hall, and Seventh Chen was so startled that he literally jumped up.

This person was not Yunqi Lu, nor did he carry the rejected betrothal gifts.

He glanced at Seventh Chen, who also sighed in relief, blaming his own reaction on Manager Liu's intimidating words.

"What do you want?" he asked.

"I am here for Miss Jun." the Jinyiwei said.

"What do you want with our Miss?" Seventh Chen asked.

Could this be an outright abduction?

He reached his hand out to grab the imperial decree on the table.

That decree could perhaps be useful now.

Before the Jinyiwei could answer, Miss Jun walked in from the inner courtyard, carrying a medicine box.

"It must be the follow-up visit at Prince Huai's mansion." she said.

The Jinyiwei nodded and turned to leave.

"Another follow-up visit?" Seventh Chen said, "At this time..."

Miss Jun looked at the medicine box in her hand.

"It needs to be done at any time." she said.

But this time is really inconvenient.

"Miss Jun, perhaps let Doctor Feng go instead." Manager Liu said.

Although Miss Jun didn't explicitly tell him that Prince Huai had nothing to do with smallpox, after this smallpox incident, Manager Liu understood that Prince Huai didn't have smallpox, and the so-called follow-up must be for vaccination.

Miss Jun glanced outside.

"Yunqi Lu is definitely at Prince Huai's mansion at this time." Fang Jinxiu said.

"That's fine, I was also intending to talk to him." Miss Jun said, "It's not a solution to leave things so unclear and unresolved."

Is that so?

Seventh Chen and Manager Liu exchanged glances.

"Can you really reason with a lunatic?" Manager Liu remarked.

Miss Jun chuckled.

"Let's try talking to them," she suggested, "one only knows after trying."

Fang Jinxiu remembered back at Jin Yun Hall when facing Registrar Lin, who was furious because his daughter's reputation was ruined, she too abruptly suggested to talk to Clerk Lin alone.

In such a situation, what seemed like a lunatic move turned out surprisingly changing Clerk Lin completely.

Thinking of this, Fang Jinxiu nodded.

"You go then," she said, "and have a good talk."

Miss Jun knew what Fang Jinxiu meant, but feared she might have to disappoint her this time, as Lu Yunqi was no Clerk Lin, but she couldn't show her unease, lest these people worry more.

With a smile and nod to everyone, Miss Jun walked out of Jiuling Hall, but instead of taking the carriage brought by the Jinyiwei, she took one from the Jiuling Hall.

Many onlookers surrounded the streets, and seeing Miss Jun boarding her own carriage instead of that of the Jinyiwei's and following them all the way to see it stop in front of Prince Huai's mansion, they seemed slightly relieved.

"It's impossible after all."

"Miss Jun couldn't possibly have that kind of relationship with Thousand-Man Commander Lu."

"She's going to Prince Huai's mansion, not Lu Mansion."

But there were also scoffs.

"There's no difference between Prince Huai's mansion and Lu Mansion."

"It's said that Miss Jun harbored feelings for Thousand-Man Commander Lu right in Prince Huai's mansion."

"I bet Thousand-Man Commander Lu is waiting for Miss Jun in Prince Huai's mansion right now."

...............…..

"You're here."

Lu Yunqi stood in front of the palace and smilingly addressed the approaching girl.

The guiding eunuch bowed his head and quickly retreated, and there was no sign of Prince Huai in the palace.

Miss Jun halted.

"Lord Lu, what do you mean by this?" she asked.

Truth be told, they had never really spoken normally.

Though they met frequently, Lu Yunqi was no longer the cheerful and talkative Lu Yunqi she knew. Aside from looking at her, he hardly spoke.

And the few times he did speak to her were either by grabbing her by the neck or pinning her against a tree.

Perhaps the more he looked at her, the more he felt she was familiar, but the more she looked at him, the more alien he seemed.

Lu Yunqi looked at her.

"It's just like Miss Jun still willing to come to Prince Huai," he said.

"I came to Prince Huai's mansion out of a physician's kind heart, Lord Lu, is this humiliation also out of kindness?" Miss Jun retorted.

Lu Yunqi suddenly stepped forward, standing in front of Miss Jun, looking down at her.

"A physician's kind heart?" his voice was rich, "You take this name, you show a thousand poses, you rush to diagnose for nobles spending thousands, you gamble with imperial physicians, isn't it all to come here, meet Princess Jiuli, and announce your name?"

Miss Jun looked at him and smiled.

"The Lord is perhaps overly influenced by his time in Jinyiwei, thinking too much," she remarked.

Lu Yunqi shook his head.

"No, I'm not thinking too much, and I never liked to think that much," he said, "I think simply; I don't care what you want to do or why you're here. Since you wanted to come, I let you come, and I will keep you here forever."

His gaze slowly moved across her face.

This eye, this nose, these lips, finding not a trace of similarity.

But what of it?

Even just for that one song, he wouldn't let go.

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