I insist

Chapter 306: Investigation

"It was all your good son's idea. Yu Huailin beat up Liuli first thing this morning, and then he beat up Liu Xiaoyue too." Qingzhi couldn't help but laugh at the sight of the two women being beaten by Yu Huailin.

"Yu Huailin can beat people up too." Song Miqiu was both amused and exasperated.

"Isn't this getting revenge for you? You've been looking so gloomy all day, it worried Yu Huailin to death." Qing Zhi said with an indifferent expression.

“Miqiu, I really don’t like them at all.” Yu Huailin’s sudden appearance startled Song Miqiu and Qingzhi.

Qingzhi wisely withdrew.

“I swear to God, I have no connection with those two women whatsoever. You know Liu Xiaoyue, I don’t like her at all. As for Liuli, she was arranged by the old eunuch, and I had him get rid of her.”

Yu Huailin was afraid that Song Miqiu wouldn't believe him, so he spoke with great conviction.

Not wanting to put Yu Huailin in a difficult position, Song Miqiu said, "Okay, okay, I know, I'm not angry with you anymore."

Song Miqiu put on a sweet smile, and Yu Huailin finally breathed a sigh of relief. Judging from Song Miqiu's expression, she shouldn't be angry anymore!

“Miqiu, look, we’ve known each other for so long. You still haven’t given a proper answer about our relationship.” Yu Huailin reached out to take Song Miqiu’s hand.

Song Miqiu quickly retreated, and Yu Huailin's hand grasped at empty air.

"Let's talk about this later." Song Miqiu really hadn't figured out how to handle this relationship yet.

Yu Huailin said dejectedly, "Miqiu, isn't my feeling for you obvious enough?"

Song Miqiu knew that Yu Huailin admired her, and she herself felt the same way, but there were too many problems between them.

I know how you feel, but I haven't thought it through myself yet.

“If you have any concerns, you can tell me, and we can resolve them together. This ambiguous relationship makes me feel uncomfortable.”

Yu Huailin turned his head away sadly, not wanting Song Miqiu to see his sorrowful expression.

"I have no concerns, I just haven't thought it through."

"Okay, I understand. We'll talk about it when you've thought it through." Yu Huailin left dejectedly.

As Song Miqiu watched Yu Huailin's departing figure, she felt as if her chest was being whipped repeatedly.

The next day

As Song Miqiu prepared to enter the palace, Yu Huailin was ahead of her at the main gate. Yu Huailin simply looked at Song Miqiu without offering any words of concern as usual. Song Miqiu was taken aback for a moment, then immediately walked away.

Yu Huailin watched Song Miqiu leave and gave a bitter smile.

"My place in her heart is nothing more than this; it seems I was just being delusional," Yu Huailin said, but in his heart he didn't believe that Song Miqiu had no feelings for him.

Song Miqiu got into the carriage, but he couldn't help feeling down.

The coachman called out several times, but Song Miqiu didn't hear him. It wasn't until the coachman opened the curtain that Song Miqiu came to her senses.

Ming Taicheng looked at the swaying, listless Song Miqiu.

"You've been resting at home for the past two days, why do you still look so listless?" Ming Taicheng was very puzzled. Just two days ago you were full of energy, and you didn't look like this after returning from the imperial mausoleum.

Song Miqiu said somewhat evasively, "No, no, I just didn't sleep well yesterday."

Mingtai City is not so easily fooled.

"It doesn't look like it. It looks like he hasn't slept all night. His dark circles are almost as bad as a panda's."

Song Miqiu quickly touched her eyes and said, "Really? No, it's hard to get rid of dark circles."

Ming Taicheng was speechless at Song Miqiu's comment. I was talking about this, and she was talking about dark circles under her eyes. We weren't on the same wavelength.

"Has anything happened in the palace recently?" Song Miqiu had been resting for the past two days and didn't know what was going on in the palace. She had to find out to avoid offending any of the ladies.

"There's nothing much happening in the palace lately."

"That's good, so that no lady gets upset and ends up in the line of fire without even realizing it."

Ming Taicheng looked like he was joking.

"With your personality, you won't suffer any losses."

"How could you not suffer a loss? Last time, I almost broke my legs kneeling."

Song Miqiu rolled her eyes at Ming Taicheng.

"Alright, alright, I'm not joking with you anymore. How did you come up with that Jade Skin Powder you made last time? How did you manage to make such a good product with such a simple formula?" Ming Taicheng was very impressed with Song Miqiu.

"How did you know?"

"Consort Li came over yesterday and asked me for this. She said it's very effective. I know what the ingredients are, but I don't know how many grams it contains."

Ming Taicheng admired Song Miqiu for coming up with such a thing.

Song Miqiu certainly knew this prescription was good, but it wasn't something he came up with on his own.

"Okay, I'm free now, I'll send it over to her."

Ming Taicheng pulled Song Miqiu to the table and pointed to the medicinal herbs on it.

"Song Miqiu, can you take a look at this for me? This is something I've come up with recently. But I always feel like it's missing something."

Ming Taicheng believed that Song Miqiu might be able to help him.

Song Miqiu saw on the table: ephedra, cinnamon twigs, apricot kernels, licorice root, and gypsum.

Song Miqiu glanced at the prescription, then went to the pharmacy next door and got out ginger and jujubes.

Ming Taicheng suddenly realized and exclaimed, "Wonderful, wonderful, absolutely wonderful! Song Miqiu, you are simply amazing!"

"No, I just thought of your prescription. Ginger is warm and can relieve exterior cold, while jujube can regulate the body's vital energy. Combining these, your prescription can treat colds caused by wind and cold as well as summer heat."

“Song Miqiu, you should be the head of the Imperial Medical Academy. Ming Taicheng believes that Song Miqiu’s medical skills are no less than his.”

Song Miqiu would never dare to take this position. First of all, he didn't have the ability, and secondly, his medical skills were definitely not as good as Ming Taicheng's. All of these things were provided by the system.

"You should do it yourself. This position isn't one that just anyone can do."

"Hehe, I was just kidding. I wouldn't really give it to you." Ming Taicheng said jokingly.

"You helped me so much today, I'll treat you to a meal next time."

"No need. The rest you figured out yourself. I just added two herbs for you."

"You're quite modest. Sometimes success is just a hair's breadth away, and that's failure." Ming Taicheng put on a profound expression.

"Fine, stop pretending. I can't stand it." Song Miqiu glared at Ming Taicheng. Others may not know what he's like, but don't I, Song Miqiu, know him well enough?

Ming Taicheng chuckled awkwardly and said, "Can't you let me pretend for a bit? I'm just really happy."

Song Miqiu was extremely busy at the Imperial Hospital today, but she finally made it home and rushed home to get a good night's sleep.

Song Miqiu became drowsy as soon as he got into the carriage.

"Master, don't sleep anymore, get up."

Qingzhi pushed the carriage, where Song Miqiu, who had been sitting motionless, was now being dragged away by bandits, along with the carriage. Song Miqiu probably wouldn't wake up.

Song Miqiu groggily opened her eyes. She was startled to see Qing Zhi's large face in front of her.