Chapter 5766: Patience?
"Can it be cured?" Mo Yu asked, pursing his lips impatiently.
"Yes, it can be cured, it can be cured, it can be cured." Imperial Physician Liang nodded repeatedly, immediately scrambling up from the ground and rolling back into Princess Huaizhu's carriage.
Qiao Lin wore an amused expression.
Mo Yu directly lowered the curtain and delivered a cold remark to Qingluo: "Don't bother this prince if there's nothing wrong."
And don't bother him even if there is!
Qingluo hung her head dejectedly, crawled back into Princess Huaizhu's carriage, and exchanged glances with the princess, who was lying on the soft cushions. Although the master and servant said nothing, their eye contact conveyed everything.
[The Crown Prince is unyielding, I don't know what to do.]
[Let's think of other methods later.]
Huaizhu completely quieted down. It seemed that her continuous attempts to approach the Crown Prince had already greatly displeased him. But just thinking about herself, a dignified golden branch and jade leaf, being repeatedly rejected, she couldn't help but feel angry.
After Imperial Physician Liang nervously finished examining Princess Huaizhu and retreated, the princess immediately gave a meaningful look to her personal maid, Qingluo.
"Go deliver a message to Chen Yan." Princess Huaizhu slipped a note into Qingluo's hand and angrily gestured outwards. "I've thought of another way to test that Miss Qiao."
"Yes." Qingluo lowered her head to look at the note, then smiled and nodded. "Princess, please rest and recover. This servant will inform Chen Yan."
Princess Huaizhu gently pressed her back, and a sharp pain immediately shot through her. She grimaced, slowly lay down, supporting her waist with one hand. "Don't bother me unless it's important. Let me sleep a little longer."
"Yes, Princess."
Qingluo crawled out of the carriage and quietly went to find Chen Yan. All their movements were observed by Mo Yu's personal hidden guard, Baozi.
Not long after, Baozi relayed a message. Mo Yu merely glanced at it without saying much, only giving a faint command to continue the journey.
Qiao Lin was dozing off in the carriage. The constant bumping and jostling continued until late evening. The carriage stopped at the entrance of a small town, its wheel hitting a wooden stick, causing a heavy jolt. Qiao Lin's head suddenly swayed violently, waking her up.
Mo Yu, finding her amusing, couldn't help but curve his lips into a slight smile. "Awake?"
"Oh, where are we?"
"According to your property map, we should be at Pingyang Town now." Mo Yu held the map showing the Qiao family's property distribution, looking at it with interest. His slender finger pointed to one of the red dots. "See, it's here. It states there's a manor here, connected to a hundred acres of farmland."
"Why do you think sister-in-law would buy property in a small town like this?"
"What do you know?" Qiao Lin glared at the man, annoyed. "My sister is a person with grand aspirations. Acquiring properties across the entire country is her great ambition and goal. You men wouldn't understand a thing."
Mo Yu: ...
Actually, she just likes to accumulate wealth everywhere, Mo Yu mused inwardly. Perhaps during her travels for cultivation, she saw something good and just bought, bought, bought! That's probably her only hobby.
"The manor is on the easternmost side of the town. Shall we go now?"
Qiao Lin nodded. "Let's go!"
Confrontation at Pingyang Town
Just as they were speaking, a sudden commotion and shouting erupted from behind the carriage. Accompanied by piercing cries of alarm and uproar, the noise rapidly spread towards them. Mo Yu lifted the carriage curtain with one hand, seeing his hidden guard Baozi standing expressionlessly outside the window. When he poked his head out, Baozi said faintly, "Someone touched Miss Qiao's divine beast, and it's now chasing them."
Qiao Lin blinked her wide eyes and suddenly leaped out of the carriage. Looking up, she saw her little flying horse, its four dozens-of-meters-long wings unfurled, soaring in mid-air. It opened its mouth and spewed out a several-meter-long stream of fire, chasing someone directly below.
"Whoa!" The large crowd below broke out in cold sweat, scrambling and crawling to quickly dodge in all directions.
Qiao Lin was startled. She quickly soared into the air with a whoosh and swiftly reached her little flying horse. Don't mess around!
This Four-Winged Snow Steed was, in essence, a super divine beast infinitely close to a sacred beast. If it were to rage in the Lower Star Domain, a single breath of its blazing fire could incinerate thousands of people.
Qiao Lin broke out in a cold sweat. She quickly reached out to soothe the little horse's head. "What are you doing? No messing around."
The Four-Winged Snow Steed shook its head and nudged against Qiao Lin, its horse face clearly expressing "I'm in a bad mood."
Qiao Lin quickly circled it, relieved to see it unharmed. Then she wondered if she was being too nervous. What kind of place is this? This is Sikong Star, not Divine State Continent. How could anything possibly harm her divine beast?
However, her Xuexue had always been very docile. Why was it so angry now? Qiao Lin told it to retract its wings, rode it down to the ground, then dismounted from its back. She reached up and gently stroked the white fur on its neck. Turning, she saw Mo Yu slowly walking out from among the crowd. Qiao Lin asked him, "What happened? Who touched my Xuexue just now?"
If no one had touched it, based on Qiao Lin's understanding of this little horse, it wouldn't easily get so angry.
Mo Yu raised an eyebrow and turned to look at the hidden guard following him. Baozi waved his hand, and two guards appeared, escorting a thin, short, dark-skinned man. They pushed him in front of Qiao Lin, directly kicking him in the knee. With a thud, the man fell heavily to his knees, trembling like a sieve.
Qiao Lin glanced at the man, finding him unfamiliar. She didn't recognize him at all.
"Who is this?"
"Isn't Deputy Captain Chen going to explain?" Mo Yu smiled faintly, turning to look at Chen Yan, who stood rigidly without moving an inch.
"Chen Yan, His Royal Highness is calling you," two guards snapped impatiently.
Chen Yan's face was cold. He stepped forward to Mo Yu, knelt on one knee, and said sincerely, "This subordinate does not understand what His Royal Highness means."
"Oh? Look, is this person one of yours? You don't understand?" Mo Yu looked at him with amusement. "Why did your man touch Miss Qiao's mount?"
"Earlier, during the rest stop, this person wanted to feed Miss Qiao's horse, and somehow he angered it."
Chen Yan coldly glanced at the man, took two steps forward, and slapped him with a "pah!" "What's going on? Who told you to touch Miss Qiao's mount?"
The man bit his lip and remained silent. Even after being hit, he merely kept his head lowered, not saying a word.
"Chen Yan," Mo Yu called his name coldly. "Still not going to confess truthfully?"
"Does Deputy Captain Chen want to steal the horse?"
"What did you have someone add to the horse's feed?"