Chapter 47

“Young Master, don’t go to the Prince Mu’s Mansion! You’ll get yourself in trouble!” At the gate of the Yuelai Hotel, Lianshan was grabbing the young man by the clothes with an anxious look. “Young Master, please! Let’s go home!”

“But Lianshan, I already took down the notice. If I don’t go and cure the prince, I’ll be beaten up with sticks!” The young man had made up his mind to go, so he pushed Lianshan’s hand, trying to get rid of him.

However, instead of letting go of him, Lianshan applied more strength to his grip. “Young Master, it’s not a big deal to be beaten thirty times. But if your dad knows about what you’re doing, you, you…”

“Saving lives is the duty of a physician, so I’m sure dad won’t blame me for that,” the young man straightened himself while speaking righteously.

“But… but you didn’t tell your dad before you left home!” Lianshan was reluctant to give in.

However, what he said didn’t work. Pattering him on the shoulder, the young man promised with a solemn look, “Calm down, Lianshan! My dad won’t know I’ve gone to the prince’s mansion. Just imagine the amount of candied haws and mutton kebabs I’ll buy you as soon as I get that ten thousand ingots of silver!”

“Young Master, go home with me, please! I don’t want the candied haws and mutton kebabs!”

“Lianshan, come on! Why are you so stubborn? Let go of me right now, or I’m gonna beat you!”

“No way! Young Master, even if you beat me…”

“Why don’t you two go get a room?” the officer who had been waiting by the gate couldn’t stand their nagging anymore and he turned to them with a poker face. “If you dare make a scene in the Prince Mu’s Mansion, you’ll know how we’ll teach you a good lesson with sticks!”

“Lianshan, did you hear what he said? If I get beaten, it’s your fault!” The young man didn’t take the officer seriously and he only tried to take this opportunity to get Lianshan to let him go.

“Huh, my fault?” Lianshan was rendered speechless. After all, he was only a child at the age of twelve. Looking at the officer, he found the latter staring at them with a grim look as if he were going to pick a fight with them at any time. “If my young master is annoyed and fights with him… the consequences could be serious!”

Weighing the pros and cons, Lianshan had to loosen his grip on the young man. “Young Master, you have to promise me that you’ll come home with me as soon as you finish the diagnosis!” he reminded.

“You have my word!” the young man nodded with a smile and then striding forward, waving his fan.

After quite a while, they finally arrived at Prince Mu’s Mansion. Several guards were standing near the closed red-painted gate, looking as ferocious as the two copper lions on either side.

“Wait! What are you doing here?” As soon as they came up the steps, they were stopped by a guard.

The officer immediately put on a flattering smile and handed over the notice that the young man had taken down. “He’s here to treat Prince Mu!”

Taking the notice, the guard glanced at it and then shifted his gaze to the young man in white, who looked only seventeen or so. “What’s your name? Where are you from?” he asked expressionlessly.

The young man unfolded his fan and answered with a smile, neither too humble nor too arrogant, “I’m Ling Xiao. I come from a medical family in Qingzhou. I have some prescriptions which were passed through generations in our family for incurable diseases. On my way to visit my relatives, I heard that Prince Mu was sick, so I’m here to see how I may be of service to him.”

Looking them up and down for a while, the guard snatched the medical kit from Lianshan and examined carefully before letting them in.

With a squeak, the red-painted gate was opened from inside, and a middle-aged man with mustache walked out. “Sir, this way please,” he motioned to Lingxiao in respectfully.

Lingxiao nodded politely and then strode into the mansion, but no one had noticed the flash of resentment on his face. “Xiuxiu, you must have been forced to marry that lascivious prince! Your fiance is coming to get you out of here!”