I insist

Chapter 76: Set Off Immediately

The system was issuing a task, and Song Miqiu immediately went into the room.

Upon seeing the instructions, she frowned and looked at the heavily guarded gate.

Never mind, the mission is more important.

Song Miqiu approached the door with only a tentative attitude, but before he could even touch it, he heard the maid's voice.

"What does the divine doctor need to do? Just give the instructions from inside the room."

"As I get older, I feel a little unwell if I don't move around for a day, so I want to go out for a walk."

Noticing the look in the maid's eyes, she frowned in dissatisfaction and was about to speak up to fight for her chance when another voice came from the side.

"You can go wherever you want, but it's getting late, so why don't you go out tomorrow?"

"Alright then, we'll go out again tomorrow."

Whether it was a misperception or not, Song Miqiu heard several people breathe a sigh of relief as she closed the door.

She didn't care about any of that, and soon felt sleepy and fell asleep after lying in bed for a short while.

The next morning.

To avoid any further trouble, Song Miqiu walked straight out the door.

It seemed to have been arranged last night. No one stopped us, but I could feel someone's gaze coming from behind me.

Song Miqiu didn't pay much attention to this, and instead continued walking towards the location she had planned for yesterday.

However, as they passed the pharmacy and prepared to go deeper, a withered hand came into view.

"Please, please save my child. If you can wake him up, you can do whatever you want with this jade pendant."

"It's not that I don't want to treat this child, but his illness is too strange, and there's simply no way to treat him. You should prepare for his funeral as soon as possible."

Upon hearing the doctor's words, the woman lost control and burst into tears.

"My son, I'm sorry. I don't have the ability to save you. If anything happens to you, I'll have to go with you."

The sound echoed throughout the street, but no one stopped to listen, as if they had long been accustomed to these things.

Song Miqiu looked at the jade pendant in the woman's hand, then glanced at the child who showed no reaction at all, and finally couldn't help but step forward.

"Could I also take a look at this child? Perhaps there is still hope?"

"Really? You're not lying to me?"

Seeing the antique jade pendant swaying in the woman's hand, Song Miqiu naturally shook his head.

Without regard for anything else, they handed the child they were holding over directly.

Song Miqiu placed her hand on the child's wrist, but the next moment she frowned and looked at the woman in astonishment.

Perhaps feeling that she had no other choice, the woman lost control of her emotions again and let out a cry that was even more piercing than before.

Unable to bear her noise any longer, the doctor in the pharmacy couldn't help but let out a low growl, which finally brought peace back to the shop.

“I have a way to cure it, but I need a place to boil the medicine.”

"You are free to use these things."

Since the shopkeeper said so, Song Miqiu didn't stand on ceremony and directly placed the herbs he had exchanged earlier into the woman's hands.

"Boil three bowls of water down to one bowl and feed it to the child."

Unexpectedly, it was so simple. She was stunned for a moment, but in the end, she decided to try anything and threw all the medicine into the pot to boil.

When the bitter smell spread throughout the clinic, Song Miqiu placed the child in her arms on the bed and looked at the woman with tears streaming down her face.

"Are you going to watch the medicine boil dry? Quickly pour it out and feed it to him."

"Yes, I will pour it out right away."

She quickly wiped away her tears, poured out the medicine, and carefully fed it to the child.

The child was more severely poisoned than the prince, and the medicine took effect more slowly. It took a full hour before he weakly opened his eyes.

Seeing him cough up foul blood like a prince, Song Miqiu reached out and took the jade pendant in her hand, then walked out of the pharmacy without hesitation.

But no sooner had she left than someone entered the pharmacy, opened the still-hot medicine pot, and examined the dregs inside.

Upon discovering that the medicine inside was exactly the same as the previous one, he couldn't help but frown, but he suppressed his doubts and quickly left the clinic.

On the other side, Song Miqiu put the jade pendant into the system and continued his plan, wandering the streets.

That evening, as soon as she returned to the city lord's mansion, she was escorted by the guards to the crown prince's bedroom.

"Upon careful consideration recently, I realized that yesterday's decision was too hasty. I didn't even ask the divine doctor about the manpower, medicine, and other supplies he needed."

"These things still need to be determined. We can't rush it. Could you allow me a couple more days to think about it?"

When the Crown Prince heard that Song Miqiu was still trying to decline, his handsome brows furrowed slightly, but his gaze remained gentle as he looked at her.

"If the divine doctor has other matters to attend to, I will not insist. I can only send a few doctors in here first, so that a few lives can be saved."

While the words did express concern for those people, Song Miqiu knew they were a threat.

If we don't agree now, this person will send some of the people in first.

But she didn't want to enter the city of plague unprepared, so she could only pretend to look up at those eyes with resignation.

“I know you care about the people who are suffering, but I am not entirely sure that entering would further spread the epidemic.”

"Your Highness need not worry too much. I will prepare everything within two days and head to Lincheng."

After saying this, Song Miqiu finally felt the stagnant air in the room begin to flow again, and couldn't help but take a deep breath of fresh air.

"In that case, I can rest assured."

"Your Highness is concerned about the country and its people, but you should also take care of your health. After all, you have just recovered, so it would be better for you to rest."

The crown prince didn't pay much attention to her words, waved his hand, and buried himself in the documents in front of him again.

Seeing his appearance, Song Miqiu stopped talking, bowed slightly, and quickly walked out of the room.

Only after entering the room did he exhale a breath of stale air and open the system to check today's income.

But when he saw the number, which was far from what he had estimated, he couldn't help but exhale a sigh of relief.

"If it's always this little bit each day, when will it ever end?"

"what?"

Upon hearing Yu Huailin's disguised voice, she immediately stood up and saw him already sitting at the table.

"In a bad mood? Is it because the reward isn't enough, or are you still looking for other ways to leave?"

"I'm used to being free, and I can't adapt to being cooped up in a place like this all the time. Can't I go out and have some fun?"

Besides, she just wandered around that street and did nothing else except treat the mother and child.

Even if someone has doubts, at most it will be considered as an investigation into the situation in Lincheng before the rescue.

Seeing that Song Miqiu was still the same, Yu Huailin suddenly paused, as if he had discovered something, and turned to look at the tightly closed door.

After confirming that there was no other movement, he turned his gaze back to the person beside him.