Elsewhere, inside the palace where the noble ladies were gathered.
Princess Hualian seemed absent-minded and clearly showed no interest in her surroundings, her mind entirely occupied by something else.
She clutched her wine cup tightly, a look of tension on her face.
"My Lord, Madam, neither of you has eaten a thing since this morning. This humble servant went to Drunken Fragrance Restaurant and bought two roasted chickens for you."
Seeing Wen Qingwan and her husband stepping out of the yamen, Jinque hurried forward with two roasted chickens cradled in her hands.
"We’ll take one, and you and Leng Yan can share the other," Wen Qingwan said, her tone neither happy nor sad.
Jiang Ning is surprised, how could the fourth prince be here?
She turned around, and the person behind her was indeed the fourth prince.
"How could Fourth Highness be here?" she asked.
Li Hexuan lowered his voice and replied, "I followed Miss Jiang here."
Jiang Ning prepared to return to where the noble ladies were. The palace roads were winding, but she still remembered the way back, so she had no need to worry.
Halfway along the road, she suddenly heard someone call out to her: "Miss Jiang!"
Jiang Ning stopped and turned her head, seeing that the one who called her was an unfamiliar palace maid.
The Crown Princess pulled Jiang Ning aside, asking her to help examine her pulse.
"I truly did not expect to meet the divine physician in the palace…"
The Crown Princess truly had not expected it. She had thought Jiang Ning was a physician from the common folk, but never imagined she was the daughter of the Marquis’s household. For a noble young lady to possess such skill in medicine—who had she studied under?”
Yan Ruoxi appeared in pure white, calm and ethereal. Born to a minister’s family and trained directly by Physician Ye, she quickly became the one everyone looked up to.
Yan Ruoxi smiled faintly, ready to step aside, when she suddenly saw a familiar figure.
Steadying her gaze, she saw—it was Jiang Ning!
It’s her, the woman with medical knowledge who stays close to Brother Chu!
Manager Tang of the Lotus Restaurant, upon seeing Xu Zhichun and her companions, smiled all the more sincerely and couldn’t help but share: "Miss Xu, we renamed that cold fish skin dish as Cold Tossed Crisp Tripe. It was served yesterday, and the guests who tried it all said it was good. Turning waste into treasure—truly a unique delight."
Xu Zhichun was also glad. "Congratulations, Manager Tang. Hearing you say this, I feel more assured about taking those fifty taels of silver!"
