Quick Transmigration: What to Do When the Male Supporting Character You Saved Becomes Obsessed with

Chapter 132 The Ruthless and Disabled Crown Prince (36)

As Lu Liruan left the teahouse room, she breathed a long sigh of relief; the air outside was so fresh.

Zhuang Yuxun led her away through a side door. Lu Liruan asked a question she had been wanting to ask: "Your Highness, why did you arrange to meet me at the teahouse today, when you were allowing me to return to my maiden home?"

It seems you two haven't just met, so why don't you have a private meeting place? Like in many novels and TV dramas, there are secret passages or private meeting houses...

Zhuang Yuxun understood what she meant and blinked: "This is the way people usually think."

Lu Liruan immediately realized what was happening.

Yes, for example, I seem to have implicitly agreed that when we meet in private, we need a safe and secluded place.

"A fixed, secluded place doesn't necessarily mean safety. It could also mean that someone has something on you, or that you hide things you don't want others to see in a secluded place," Zhuang Yuxun explained earnestly to Lu Liruan.

“You’re right,” Lu Liruan agreed. “It was just my assumption.”

"Then..." Lu Liruan wanted to ask further, "When we meet, how should we choose a location and how should we contact each other?"

But as soon as Lu Liruan opened her mouth, she realized that it was inappropriate for her to ask that question.

If something unexpected really happens, wouldn't Ji Shumin be the first to suspect me?

"Actually, this is also the first time I've met His Highness the Crown Prince outside the palace," Zhuang Yuxun said with a smile.

"Huh?" Lu Liruan thought to herself, "Then how come you acted so naturally!"

I was just wondering if the original storyline didn't explain things clearly, and if you guys were meeting in private all along!

"What about last time in the palace?"

"That was the first time I saw His Highness the Crown Prince after returning to the capital. At that time... everything went black," Zhuang Yuxun admitted casually.

So you two just don't have a good impression of each other?

That's...that's great!

Lu Liruan was already clapping her hands in her heart. As long as there was no romantic subplot, her mission was half accomplished!

Lu Liruan felt that she must have played a part in it.

After all, Lu Liruan doesn't know what impression Zhuang Yuxun has of Ji Shumin in the storyline, but Ji Shumin must have had an unusual interest in Zhuang Yuxun, otherwise he wouldn't have fallen deeply in love with her later.

My role was to break the initial antagonism between them.

The location is a dog hole.

It's exciting when one comes out, but when two come out, all that's left is absurdity.

Lu Liruan suddenly became curious about what Ji Shumin felt when they first met, since she was the first one to emerge from the crowd.

Sleeping Beauty falls in love with the first person she sees when she opens her eyes. Could Ji Shumin simply fall in love with the first girl who crawls out of a dog hole?

Stop!

Lu Liruan cut off her thoughts and shivered. How could she have such an outrageous curiosity?

Perhaps it was because His Highness the Crown Prince's ideas were truly illogical, and he was also shrewd and exceptionally intelligent, that Lu Liruan couldn't help but be attracted to him.

This is probably a kind of temperament of those in power. If one cannot attract attention and followers, one probably cannot become an emperor.

Lu Liruan was quite frank: It's normal for me to pay attention to him, there's nothing to resist.

As she passed a long-established pharmacy, Lu Liruan stopped, looking a little embarrassed. "Miss Zhuang, could you wait here for me? I'll go see a doctor I know."

Looking at Lu Liruan's expression, Zhuang Yuxun suddenly realized: "You may go."

Lu Liruan deliberately misled her into thinking that she had some secret female ailment and went to see a doctor.

After entering the shop, Lu Liruan did indeed find a familiar old doctor.

The Marquis of He'an's household usually consults this old doctor for medical treatment. He is over sixty years old, but still has a ruddy complexion and a full head of black hair. It is said that he was once a wandering doctor who traveled around and had superb medical skills, with the ability to bring the dead back to life.

Later, he went to the capital to treat patients and gradually settled down, practicing medicine at this pharmacy.

Lu Liruan didn't know if the rumors were true or false, but the old doctor was indeed familiar with Marquis He'an and had known the young ladies for many years.

"Miss Lu?" The old doctor was grinding medicine powder when he saw Lu Liruan come in and wiped his hands.

"With my failing memory, I should now address you as Your Highness the Crown Princess," the old doctor said with a smile, gesturing for Lu Liruan to sit down.

He remained calm and composed, looking at Lu Liruan with the same unchanging gaze: "Why are you here today? Has your headache returned?"

For a while, Lu Liruan always had a throbbing headache. The old doctor used acupuncture and cured Lu Liruan's ailment in half a month. It has not recurred since.

This is one of the reasons why Lu Liruan thought his medical skills were superb.

"Dr. Lü, I would like to ask you to take a look at a medicine for me," Lu Liruan said cautiously.

"Oh? What medicine?"

"But after you've seen this, can you pretend you never knew about it?" Lu Liruan pursed her lips.

Doctor Lü was taken aback, then stroked his beard: "What do you want me to do?"

Lu Liruan shook her head: "It's not mine, it belongs to someone else. I just want to know what it is..." Lu Liruan sensed that Doctor Lü wanted to ask: What, is it going to be used to harm someone?

“Very well, I have known the Marquis of He’an’s family for many years. If you are willing to trust me, I will not say anything more.” Doctor Lü’s words were very convincing.

The reason Lu Liruan came to him was because Marquis He'an had asked him to help keep some secrets.

Lu Liruan accidentally learned about it from Marquis He'an, and tried to probe him several times, but the old doctor kept his mouth shut.

Lu Liruan took out a handkerchief, opened it to reveal a small, bright red pill, and handed it to the old doctor.

Doctor Lü picked it up, examined it carefully in his palm, and slowly furrowed his brow into a "川" (river) shape.

He then held the pill to his nose and smelled it; the pill's color was simply too vibrant.

Lu Liruan had never seen any medicinal herb this color before. When she saw Ji Shumin taking it, her heart skipped a beat for no reason.

"How is it?" Lu Liruan asked nervously, looking at Doctor Lü's expression.

"This thing..." Doctor Lü crushed a small part of the pill, ground it into powder with his fingertips, and tasted it on his tongue.

"I won't ask where it came from, but this thing doesn't look like a pill to me, but it does contain medicinal ingredients," Doctor Lü said.

"If it's not a pill... then what is it?" Lu Liruan asked, confused.

"I am not very knowledgeable about this thing."

After a moment of contemplation, Doctor Lü said, "This thing is probably a medicinal pill."

"Pills?" Lu Liruan never expected to get this result.

Because she was unaware of Ji Shumin's physical condition, Lu Liruan originally intended to judge his condition by observing the medication he was taking.

But why is he eating this kind of thing?

In an instant, all sorts of things related to pills flashed through Lu Liruan's mind.

My first thought was: This is no good! Whoever eats this stuff is doomed!