Even after hearing the reminder from others, Zhan Tianye made no move to kill or discard the little snake.
He still held the little snake.
Before leaving, he uttered a sentence, "It will not harm people."
Watching Zhan Tianye's dashing figure depart, the people in silence looked at each other.
No one had expected such an ending.
The conspiracies they had initially envisioned all fell apart.
In the end, the Snow Spirit Snake turned out to be Prince Jin's pet! Kittens and puppies were so cute, why would anyone keep a little snake?
Many who had harbored intentions towards Zhan Tianye found their own feelings of complex emotions at this moment, so much so that they couldn't even understand them.
Looking at Ningde County Princess and Qin Linglong, they suddenly felt that their own complicated emotions were nothing compared to the complexity of those two.
After all, Prince Jin's gaze towards the Snow Spirit Snake seemed gentler than his gaze towards them earlier.
With no Snow Spirit Snake threatening their lives, everyone's hearts relaxed. The sky was also getting late, so they dispersed to prepare for rest, as tomorrow was the main event.
As for the minor interlude that had just occurred, upon returning, it would inevitably be discussed with others.
Yun Shu did not rush to leave.
After everyone had dispersed, she said to Zhen Lin and Ningde County Princess, "Let me examine this patch of flowers. You two can go back first."
For the Snow Spirit Snake to not hide obediently but instead come to play in this patch of flowers, there must be something wrong with the flowers.
"Flowers?" Zhen Lin glanced over.
They were just ordinary, common flowers; what would attract her to linger?
Because Ningde seemed absent-minded, as if preoccupied, Zhen Lin did not stay. Instead, she reminded Yun Shu to call for help if needed, and then walked back with Ningde, inquiring about her thoughts on Prince Jin.
Knowing that the siblings were weighed down by worries, Yun Shu felt even more at ease to investigate the flower patch.
She moved slowly along the edge of the flower patch.
To outsiders, it seemed as if Yun Shu were merely admiring flowers under the moonlight.
Suddenly.
Yun Shu stopped in front of a patch of flowers.
She bent down slightly.
Before her was a patch of inconspicuous little pink flowers.
At first glance, there seemed to be nothing unusual, nothing different.
However, as she bent down, a faint and peculiar fragrance from the little pink flowers wafted into her nostrils.
She plucked a small pink flower.
A clear, cold arc curved on her red lips.
"No wonder. This is interesting."
Holding the little pink flower in her palm, Yun Shu stood up and headed back the way she came.
Halfway back, she was stopped.
And the one blocking her path was an acquaintance.
"Your name is Ning Ruan, isn't it?" Yun Yueyin asked Yun Shu.
Her eyes scanned Yun Shu from head to toe.
Yun Shu looked at Yun Yueyin calmly, letting herself be assessed. It had to be said that Yun Yueyin, whose face had been pale with fear from the Snow Spirit Snake just moments ago, had now calmed down.
She asked back in a cold, distant voice, "Is there something?"
Being treated with such disregard, Yun Yueyin's heart seethed with anger. She said in a deep voice, "You saw me today, and you should know that I am the legal wife of the Second Young Master of Pingyang Prince's Estate. How can you be so rude?"
"I am like this to both the Crown Prince and the County Princess," Yun Shu smiled.
Old habits die hard. It was true. Look at Yun Yueyin, changing location, yet still the same.
Yun Yueyin was furious but understood the purpose of her meeting with Ning Ruan. Thus, she suppressed her anger and said, "I heard your medical skills are excellent. What other doctors cannot resolve, you can, especially for the Crown Prince, who has improved greatly under your treatment. Is that correct?"
With such exquisite medical skills, if she could exploit them, then perhaps there would be no need to eliminate her.
This was also why she was waiting here.
Yun Shu chuckled lightly, "The Crown Prince is indeed recovering day by day."
"How much did the Crown Prince and the County Princess pay you for treatment?" Yun Yueyin asked again.
She had had people investigate this matter, but the results were that both Ningde County Princess's attendants and Zhen Lin's attendants remained tight-lipped, revealing nothing.
Yun Shu raised an eyebrow and retorted, "Do you want to hire me as well?"
"Indeed. No amount of money is too much. As long as you stop treating the Crown Prince immediately, everything is negotiable." Yun Yueyin had a certain confidence.
Everyone loved money.
Since Ning Ruan was treating Crown Prince Zhen, her fees must be exorbitant. Therefore, as long as her price was high enough, she could make Ning Ruan do other things.
Hearing Yun Yueyin's words, Yun Shu couldn't help but laugh. "Everything is negotiable?"
"Yes, everything is negotiable. Name your price." Yun Yueyin, seeing Yun Shu smile, assumed she had heard what she most wanted to hear. Satisfied that she would succeed today, she was quite pleased.
Yun Shu lowered her eyes, appearing to be genuinely thinking.
Although Yun Yueyin was somewhat impatient, she still waited patiently at this moment.
After a moment's pause, Yun Shu finally spoke, "Five million taels."
"What?!" Yun Yueyin's expression changed drastically. She looked at Yun Shu in disbelief.
To start with a price of five million taels was daylight robbery! It was simply incredible!
Yun Shu raised an eyebrow, "Do you think my price is too low?"
Yun Yueyin's face turned increasingly ashen. Her gaze became somewhat fierce as she looked at Yun Shu, "You! You're doing this on purpose, aren't you? You never intended to work for me from the beginning, did you?"
Just a physician who appeared from who knows where, daring to ask for an exorbitant price just because she took the initiative to inquire!
Even if Zhen Xu's entire fortune were sold, it wouldn't amount to five or six hundred thousand taels. They were not like Zhen Xu and Ningde, who had endless wealth to squander.
Yun Shu seemed to hear something amusing. "The esteemed Second Young Madam of Pingyang Prince's Estate, yet you don't have a million taels? It seems the Second Young Madam hasn't inquired about me. When I treat Crown Prince Zhen, it costs hundreds of thousands of taels. You want me to betray my trust and be at your service in the future, yet you can't even come up with a mere million taels?"
Perhaps because she was in a good mood today, Yun Shu found that she could still exchange pleasantries with Yun Yueyin.
It had to be said, after so many events, how was Yun Yueyin still so short-tempered?
After a few sentences, she began to get anxious?
Yun Yueyin gasped again upon hearing this.
Hundreds of thousands of taels?
Ningde County Princess and Zhen Lin were able to pay it so easily?
Were they insane?
To give hundreds of thousands of taels to a rural physician?
"Good, very good." Yun Yueyin gritted her teeth, a murderous intent arising in her heart.
She could afford ten to twenty thousand taels. It would be worth it to buy a physician to serve her, but a million taels?
That was a joke!
Yun Shu saw the fleeting murderous intent in Yun Yueyin's eyes and inwardly sneered: Could it be that she was once again contemplating murder to silence me?
Unable to afford the money, she wanted to kill someone?
Tsk tsk.
Watching Yun Yueyin storm away, Yun Shu felt that this hunt had become more interesting.
Before leaving, she cast a casual glance at a spot not far away and then left as if nothing had happened.