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  The outer official of the Ministry of Works, Mr. Huang, is at his residence.

  "I heard that your family's young master is going to marry the niece of Minister Li?" A plump and wealthy-looking madam leaned in, lowering her voice to ask.

  Madam Huang was taken aback: "What? Madam Zhao, who told you that? That's not true!"

  "It's probably spread outside already, didn't you know?" Madam Zhao asked in surprise.

  "Who's spreading this rumor? How dare they! My Qier would never marry a woman of that kind!"

  "Ah, I said so! You're a shrewd person, how could you be muddled about such an important matter? It's not that we look down on her for being a concubine's daughter or anything, as long as she's passable, it's fine. The key is her character. When marrying a wife, one must marry a virtuous one. If you marry someone who's loose-tongued and likes to gossip, it'll be disastrous for the family. Don't blame me for being nosy, our two families have a close relationship, as soon as I heard about this, I rushed over to ask. Since you don't have such intentions, I can rest assured. But where did these rumors come from? If they spread like this, it'll be 'three people making a tiger' and 'a crowd silencing the truth', Huang Gongzi's reputation will be affected."

  Madam Huang heard her daughter recount the words of the Princess of Wuyang that day, and immediately gave up on the idea of marrying them off. The other day, Madam Li sent over an invitation to visit and chat, but she pretended to be ill and declined. Who would have thought that outside, rumors were flying everywhere? How could Qi'er find a decent daughter-in-law in the future? Madam Huang was so angry she wanted to curse, but held back because of Madam Zhao's presence, gritting her teeth silently: "If I find out who started this rumor, I'll make them regret it."

  Mrs. Zhao thought for a moment and said, "It's possible that someone with a loose tongue was just joking around, or maybe someone intentionally wanted to ruin my nephew's reputation... Or who knows, maybe the Li family spread it themselves... Ah! Anyway, other people's mouths are not ours to control, what can we do?" Mrs. Zhao sighed as she spoke.

  Madam Huang thought it made more sense, Madam Li took the initiative to find her, and must be eager to settle the marriage, fearing that she would regret it. Seeing that she was unmoved, she deliberately released the news to force her to surrender, which might not be certain. Thinking of this, she was even more furious in her heart, but could only smile warmly on her face: "Thank you, Madam Zhao, for telling me, otherwise I would still be in the dark! This matter I have my own plans, and I will definitely not let those people with ulterior motives succeed."

  Han was initially flustered, but after calming down and thinking carefully, he became suspicious again. He looked through the account book left by Mr. Gu in detail, which was done very meticulously, and couldn't find any flaws. No good, still have to ask the Huang family about it.

  Lin Lan waited for Li Mingyun at the pharmacy as usual before heading home together, but today Mingyun seemed particularly late and hadn't arrived even though it was almost noon.

  Yin Liu looked up at the sky and anxiously said: "Second Young Mistress, should we call Wen Shan to take a look?"

  Lin Lan didn't care, thinking that there were still things to be done in the shop, and said indifferently: "What's the hurry? Second Master must have official business that hasn't been finished yet, just like me, Second Mistress, let's wait slowly!"

  Yin Liu pouted and continued working. She quickly packaged the medicine and was about to hand it over to the person waiting to pick up their prescription.

  Mozi You "hiss" shouted, snatched the medicine package from Yinliu's hand.

  "What's wrong?" Yin Liu looked at him in confusion.

  Mozi Youdao: "I saw that the mushrooms were not even weighed before being grabbed by hand, don't lose your accuracy."

  The silver willow's slender eyebrows rose with self-confidence as she pointed at the medicine package: "Try it, if it doesn't work, I'll call my master."

  Lin Lan saw them fighting again and smiled: "Calling Master is not allowed, I am already the master. Do you want to switch to another school? I won't agree."

  "I...I didn't mean it like that."

  Mozi You smiled with ill intentions: "By reason, it should be called Shibo like this, and there is no need to change the master's door. If you lose, in the future, honestly call me Shibo."

  Yinliu put her hands on her hips and looked at Mozitou with a slant: "What if I win?"

  Mozi blinked his eyes: "Then I'll just call you Little Shifu!"

  "Alas... should I get this medicine checked or not?" The uncle waiting for his medication hesitated.

  Yinliu smiled and said to the old man, "Uncle, please wait a moment." Turning back to Mozhiyou, she said fiercely, "If you want to check, hurry up, don't make Uncle wait."

  Mozi sighed and rolled his eyes, thinking that Xinyu was polite to everyone else, but with him, she was cold and distant, not gentle at all. Alas! How pitiful!

  Mozi didn't distrust Yinliu's accuracy, but just wanted to make an excuse to tease her a bit. However, looking at the old man's worried expression, he was really afraid that the medicine wasn't prepared according to the doctor's dosage, so he had no choice but to open the package and take out the tuckahoe slices to weigh them on the scale.

  "Not too much, not too little, just three coins." Wenshan walked over to take a look and then looked at the prescription again. Suddenly, he gave a thumbs up and praised, "Xinliu, I really didn't expect it! You actually have this skill."

  Yin Liu glared at Mo Ziyou with a provocative gaze, saying lazily: "Second Young Mistress once said that when doing anything, one must pay attention to the method. As long as you grasp the key to it, you can achieve twice the result with half the effort. No wonder back then, our five fellow disciples combined couldn't surpass Second Young Mistress - it's because we don't use our brains when doing things."

  "Ah! You're really pleased with yourself, aren't you......"

  Yinliu rewrapped the medicine and handed it to Uncle: "Uncle, rest assured, our doctor at Chuntang is highly skilled, and his apprentices are all experts. They can measure the medicine accurately, so you can take it with confidence!"

  The uncle finally felt at ease and smiled: "Miss is right, I've made up my mind to return to Chun Tang."

  Lin Lan couldn't help but laugh, and Xinyu this little girl was also trained by Mo Shixiong to be eloquent, it seems that arguing is not without its benefits.

  On the other side, Mozi You curiously asked: "Don't brag, say something real and we can be convinced, right?"

  Yin Liu said with a big smile: "This can't be taught casually, otherwise I'll call you Master first..."

  "Hey...... I'm telling you, a stinky little girl, thinking of defying heaven but can't?"

  Just then, Li Mingyun and Dongzi walked in.

  Wen Shan hastily went forward to greet him. Lin Lan also put down the work in her hand and handed it over to Fu An beside her: "According to this prescription, grab the medicine well, and send it to Sun's house later."

  Fu An took the prescription and went to take care of things.

  "Are you busy?" Li Mingyun walked up to the counter and asked with a slight smile.

  While picking up things, Lin Lan asked: "Is there a lot of official business today?"

  Li Mingyun neither confirmed nor denied it, and simply said: "Let's talk about it on the way!"

  As she got on the horse carriage, Lin Lan saw Li Ming's lips slightly raised, with a calm and composed expression. She thought for a moment and asked in a low voice: "Has something happened in Shanxi?"

  Li Mingyun leaned over and gently tapped Lin Lan's nose with his finger, smiling and sighing: "Can't you be less clever?"

  Lin Lan brushed off his hand, giggling as she leaned against Ming Yun's side, wrapping her arm around his, urging: "Quickly tell me."

  Li Mingyun smiled and pulled out his arm, wrapping it around her slender waist, his warm voice filled with delight: "Mr. Gu should have gone to see the old witch today."

  Lin Lan's heart skipped a beat as she finally waited for this day. Would the old witch spit out blood in anger?

  "Was it just now that you went to see Mr. Gu?" Lin Lan asked.

  "Not yet, it's better for me not to meet him before the dust settles. Anyway, we've already discussed what needed to be discussed, and now each of us can go our separate ways. This is to prevent being seen through by the old witch." Li Mingyan said lightly.

  Lin Lan nodded: "This is true, being careful can sail a boat for ten thousand years."

  "Today I should have informed you to go back and watch the show early, but I think it's better for us to stay out of this and let them struggle on their own." Li Mingyun said.

  Lin Lan smiled and said, "No need to look, just thinking about it makes me feel relieved. The old witch must have fallen down again."

  Li Ming allowed a snort of laughter and said mockingly: "She can't even lie down properly."

  "What did you say?"

  Li Ming said slowly: "Father already knows about Mingzhu."

  Today is absolutely the darkest and most sorrowful day in Mr. Han's life.

  The long-awaited business went bankrupt, all the savings were lost, and a large debt was owed. The matter was still unresolved when someone came to report that the master had returned in a rage and rushed to the Xiu Jin Pavilion.

  Han Shi, who was already half dead, suddenly jumped up and rushed over.

  Not yet entering the courtyard, I heard inside a miserable cry like Mingzhu killing pigs: "I was wrong, I dare not again, father... mother... save me..."

  Han heard this, as if his heart had been dug out, that pain! He stumbled and rushed in, only to see a wide bench placed in the courtyard, four or five family servants holding down Mingzhu tightly, while another person was beating Mingzhu with a board, hitting him hard. Ming knelt on the ground, pulling at Master's hem, pleading bitterly, while Master stood there, his face iron-gray, shouting coldly: "Beat him, beat him heavily!" Han felt a sharp pain in his heart, his eyes turned black and he almost fainted, but was awakened by Mingzhu's heartbreaking scream.

  "Stop it, all of you stop it..." Han didn't know where he got the strength from, but he rushed forward and pushed away the person wielding the board, throwing himself onto Mingzhu's body.

  Those tears don't know when they flowed out, just a mouthful of salty water seeped in, Mrs. Han looked at the old master with a sad and sorrowful expression, crying out in pain: "Old master, even if Mingzhu doesn't understand things and has made a big mistake, you should spare her this once because she's been fatherless since childhood! How can she bear such a heavy punishment? Are you really going to beat her to death?"

  Mingzhu heard her mother was coming and cried even more miserably.

  Li Jingxian glared at his subordinates and shouted: "Which dead slave went to spread the news?"

  Everyone below was trembling with fear and hanging their heads down.

  "Ming then hastily said: 'Father, you just calm down! Cousin this time really knows she's wrong, you just forgive her this once......'"

  Li Jingxian kicked Ming Ze to the ground, pointing at Han Shi and Ming Zhu, and scolded: "I knew you were protecting her, covering up for her, hiding everything. Now look what's happened! The whole city knows that my Li family has a spoiled, ill-behaved young lady who has ruined our reputation. And you still want to protect her? Get out of the way, I'm going to beat this wretch to death today..."

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