Unlimited estates for rural beauty-Chapter 564: Sneaking in the Second Time (4)

Not saying I wasn’t hungry, but once mentioned, I actually felt hungry. Feng Xuxu washed her hands and quickly made a few bowls of noodles. After they were full, Feng Xuxu and Dugu Chen left the space.

When Dugu Chen saw her pick up the flute and simply played a few notes, they sat down on the ground and waited.

In the time it takes to make a pot of tea, a flock of little birds flew in from all directions, gathering around Feng Xuxu and Dugu Chen, chirping and chattering.

Seeing his wife’s radiant smile, Dugu Chen had a pretty good idea where the remaining caves were located, or else his wife wouldn’t be smiling so brilliantly.

"Let’s go, my husband, I know where the remaining caves are." Feng Xuxu got up, pulled Dugu Chen from the ground, and, following behind a lark, found the remaining two caves. Without further ado, she scattered a sleeping potion, killed them, found food, and gathered it all up.

As dawn was about to break, Feng Xuxu and Dugu Chen returned to the space, exhausted. Seeing piles of collected food, their hard day’s effort was worthwhile.

The two of them washed up briefly and lay down on the bed alongside the two children, falling into a peaceful sleep.

As daylight brightened the outside world, those in the space woke up. After breakfast, the two adults and two children left the space and soon disappeared into the woods, returning to the inn in Yezhou.

The next day, Feng Xuxu sought the children’s opinions and allowed them to stay at the inn on the condition that they must not sneak out, with the most critical point being they had no Hidden Guards by their side, only two dead soldiers who lacked intelligence, which worried Feng Xuxu.

"Don’t worry, mother, my sister and I won’t go out. We’ll just wait for you inside," Qiqi insisted, not wanting to wait in the space anymore, grabbing onto his mother’s skirt and promising her.

"Alright, remember your words."

"Yes, yes, we remember, mother," Yueyue nodded vigorously, fearing her mother might change her mind and send them back into the space.

Dugu Chen disguised himself as the Divine Doctor of Yin Nan, while Feng Xuxu acted as his maid, following behind him. The thought of obtaining a hundred thousand taels of gold today brought a sinful smile to Feng Xuxu’s small face.

Arriving at the entrance of Prince Fu Residence, they saw the butler already waiting outside. Upon seeing the Divine Doctor, he hurried forward, "Please, Divine Doctor, my Prince has been waiting for a long time."

"Hmm," Feng Xuxu responded lazily and then walked past the butler.

Feng Xuxu lowered her gaze and followed behind Dugu Chen. Upon reaching the room, the butler stopped her, "You cannot enter this room, please wait a moment in the side hall."

Feng Xuxu looked up at Dugu Chen and seeing him nod, she followed a young manservant to the side hall.

Ever since she entered the small courtyard, Feng Xuxu had not seen any maids, only guards and young manservants. Although puzzled, she did not show it, just shrugged indifferently—it was none of her concern.

"The Divine Doctor is punctual indeed, and I have prepared all the medicinal ingredients," said Prince Fu, anxious to get the antidote as soon as possible.

Dugu Chen set down his medicine box, looked at the prepared ingredients on the table, and said with a feigned smile, "Getting these ingredients must have been quite troublesome for the Prince!"

Prince Fu smirked, "Indeed, it cost me a good dozen men."

Dugu Chen’s eyebrows lifted slightly, "Hmm, gathering so much medicine, and only losing so few—it is worth it. Spiders are one of the five poisons, and those guarding the herbs are even smaller and invisible."

Prince Fu’s mouth twitched, regretting not being informed of the deadly small spiders beforehand, which led to unnecessary losses among the men he had spent considerable effort training.

Dugu Chen’s purpose was to provoke him deliberately—after all, he was the one who sought trouble unnecessarily.

"I wonder if the Prince has prepared my benefits."

"Rest assured, as long as your medicine cures the poison, I will pay you in full," Prince Fu assured.

Dugu Chen nodded, "Hmm, my maid is in the side hall. Call her in so we can start making the medicine. You know what’s at stake."

"I hope you can cure this poison, or else, I will not let this go," Prince Fu huffed, flung his sleeves, and walked away.

Shortly after, Feng Xuxu entered the room, blinked at Dugu Chen, then silently followed his lead in making medicine. The whole process was observed crystal clear by a Hidden Guard lurking in the shadows.

After carefully measuring and mixing all the medicine, Dugu Chen called the butler waiting outside, "Go, bring a clay stove and a medicine jar."

The butler nodded lightly and walked away. Shortly after, he brought everything the Divine Doctor requested and placed them inside the room. Before the butler could even take a look, he was sent out.

The butler glared at the door, standing at the entrance, still feeling indignant but helpless, for the other was a Divine Doctor.

Half an hour later, a thick scent of medicine permeated from the room. Another half-hour passed, and the door opened. Dugu Chen walked out with his medicine chest, followed by his maid carrying a bowl of thick black medicine.

"Where is Prince Fu? Tell him the medicine is ready and to prepare my things as well," Dugu Chen commanded.

The butler approached with a bow, ingratiatingly smiling, "Please follow me, the Prince has everything ready."

In the side hall, several large wooden chests lay open on the floor, full of glittering gold, lined up in a row. Dugu Chen scoffed, "This is part of the antidote. I will make the rest into pills for you."

"The Divine Doctor did not mention part of an antidote before," Prince Fu said, face going cold as he eyed him disapprovingly.

"How am I to know the Prince won’t have me assassinated?" Dugu Chen retorted.

Prince Fu sneered and shook his head, "Fine, I have another favor to ask."

Dugu Chen looked at him impassively, "Let’s hear it."

"I will offer another fifty thousand taels of gold to wake up the Princely Heir and Commandery Princess."

Feng Xuxu, carrying the bowl of medicine, was so excited upon hearing this that she nearly spilled it. Inside, she was eager for her husband to agree. After all, people were dying—why let the gold go to waste? Using that gold to benefit the common people, what would that be? From the people, for the people—the silver in his hands was extorted from the people, so using it for them meant returning property to its rightful owners.