Chapter 113 Whereabouts
Chapter 113 Whereabouts
Prince Rui bent down and glanced at Chu Ci. Seeing that she had put on her coat, he asked, "They are all suspicious. Why don't you come out? I can't explain it clearly."
Seeing that there was actually someone below, Shangguan Xuan immediately opened his fan and swishily opened it, half leaning against the bookshelf, "Miss, you'd better come out. Our little Momo was just teasing you. He has someone he likes."
Chu Ci covered his face under the table. This time he became famous.
She glared at Cang Mo and slowly came out from under the table.
Cang Mo was carefully tidying up her clothes. His clothes had already dragged on the ground. Not only were his feet exposed, but he even cleaned the ground.
Chu Ci stood up and looked at Shangguan Xuan, her cheeks slightly red. "It's me."
Shangguan Xuan pointed at Chu Ci, then at Prince Rui, and finally looked at Chu Ci's clothes. "You guys, are we here at the wrong time?"
Chu Ci bit her lower lip. This misunderstanding had become a big deal. The problem was that there were so many officials behind Shangguan Xuan. She was considered useless. Did she still have a reputation?
"Well, if I say this is all a misunderstanding and nothing happened between us, would you believe me?" Chu Ci tried to explain, but he still had to struggle a bit.
Shangguan Xuan pursed his lips, forcing himself not to laugh, and pointed at the clothes on Chu Ci. "Guess whether we believe it or not."
Chu Ci looked at the clothes on his body, held his forehead and felt a headache.
Lin Feng covered his mouth and secretly gave his master a thumbs up, "Princess, what you said is true. We believe everything you say."
Lin Feng blinked at his master and looked at him flatteringly, as if to say, how do you think I performed?
The officials behind him all wanted to see clearly what their future mistress looked like. They were afraid to offend important people without knowing it, and they were afraid to offend their future mistress.
Lin Feng's words "Princess" touched Prince Rui's heart. He nodded in satisfaction at Lin Feng and said, "Award me two months' salary."
Chu Ci glared at him and said, "Shut up."
The whole audience was stunned, and no one knew what to say next. Shangguan Xuan kept smiling at Chu Ci and Prince Rui.
At this moment, Qiuyue rushed into the study in a hurry, "Master, the clothes are back, Master, the clothes are back."
When she finished shouting, she saw that there were people all around her and her master was standing next to King Rui. She didn't know whether to advance or retreat.
She looked at Chu Ci, "Master, your clothes."
Shangguan Xuan directly covered his eyes, leaving a slit in the middle, "Are you all so open now?"
Chu Ci took a breath and almost died of anger.
"Okay, go change your clothes first, and I'll leave them to you."
Chu Ci originally wanted to go to Li Jian to exchange, but when he saw those pairs of big eyes, he finally decided to go to Cang Mo's bedroom.
After Chu Ci left, Prince Rui sat back in his main seat. The maid quickly brought up the tea and closed the door.
Prince Rui coughed heavily a few times, instantly returning to his usual imposing demeanor. "Alright, what do you want to talk about?"
One of the officials stepped forward, holding a box in his hand. "Prince Rui, it seems that there is still a huge gap in the supply of medicinal materials to treat the illness in Happy Town."
Prince Rui drummed his fingers on the table and looked at the others. "What about you? What do you want to do here?"
After a while, no one spoke. Shangguan Xuan could only stand up stubbornly and said, "Okay, they don't dare to speak out, so I'll speak."
"I asked people to inquire at all the remaining medical clinics, and they found that all these herbs have been bought up. Even Shangfan, who provided herbs to the palace, has none. Even the palace only has the usual amount. Even if they could transfer all of them, it wouldn't last a day."
Prince Rui gritted his teeth, his brain working rapidly, but even the best cook cannot cook without rice.
"Where are those herbal merchants who collect medicinal herbs? Where are the medicinal herbs in their hands? Find them and buy them back at the original price." King Rui thought for a long time but could not think of any other way. This direction was really unfamiliar to him.
Shangguan Xuan lowered his head. "They found it, but all the herbs they had were sold. They said they were sold by someone and taken away some time ago."
"Xiao Momo, I suspect the source of this disease in Xingfu Village is not simple."
Prince Rui nodded and said, "Send someone to have a good talk with them. We must find out who these herbs were sold to and where they went."
"I've asked, and they really don't know."
As soon as Shangguan Xuan said this, everyone fell silent. This blocked all the roads. If so many people could not be saved, it would be a serious crime. In this case, King Rui would be in trouble.
Prince Rui closed his eyes and leaned back. "They're crazy! That's a village with tens of thousands of people. This is a disguised massacre."
One of the ministers stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, the village is in mourning and the issue of medicinal herbs is urgent."
At this time, Chu Ci had already changed into a bright red dress. She put on some simple makeup and tied her hair up simply.
She pushed open the door of the study and everyone's eyes were once again focused on her.
"I'm here for business."
Chu Ci walked towards Prince Rui, and the little maidservant swiftly brought her an embroidered cushion.
Just as she was about to sit down, Prince Rui stood up and pulled Chu Ci to his chair, "Sit here, it's comfortable."
Chu Ci didn't chat with him and finished the things he needed to do first.
Chu Ci pointed at the group of people opposite, looked at King Rui, and blinked.
Prince Rui quickly understood what she meant and smiled faintly, "Don't worry, they are all my people. If you have anything to say, it's okay."
"I've discovered a problem: someone is buying up large quantities of medicinal herbs and then disappearing. There's probably something fishy going on here."
Everyone looked at Chu Ci in surprise. Shangguan Xuan had just found out about this matter, so how did she know about it?
Prince Rui looked at Chu Ci in surprise, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, "Go on."
Chu Ci concluded his words, "From what I know about the incident in Happy Town, the medicinal materials should be a major issue. They have all been taken away. Now people everywhere are also hoarding medicinal materials because it is said that the medicine formula can also prevent it."
"Do you think there's one person behind this?"
Prince Rui frowned and looked at Chu Ci, "The people are hoarding medicinal herbs? When did this happen? How come I don't know about it?"
Chu Ci pointed in the direction of Huichun Hall and said, "Right now, the entrance to Huichun Hall is already full of people. Don't you know?"
"Do you have any idea of the number of people behind this?"
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