Yuan Qingshan replied, "The Marquis of Dingyuan is probably blind by now."
Upon hearing this, Bai Yulang was taken aback, and then said, "Could it be... those few needles from Senior Brother just now?"
“He harassed me several times, even kidnapped my master, and frightened Yulang. All I wanted was a pair of eyes from him, which is not excessive.” Lu Chimo’s tone was calm, as if he were talking about an ordinary family matter.
Upon hearing this, Bai Yulang immediately laughed: "Not at all, not at all! Senior brother is truly amazing; you've avenged your family without us even realizing it!"
Feng Muting helped Su Fuliu walk ahead. After hearing what they were saying, he said, "It's better to take their lives than just their eyes. Although Song Renju is stupid, he's not so stupid that he can't figure out why his eyes suddenly went blind. Once he realizes what's going on, he'll naturally come looking for trouble."
Upon hearing this, Bai Yulang immediately looked at Lu Chimo and said, "Oh right, senior brother, what if he realizes what's happening and then comes looking for trouble with us?"
Lu Chimo looked at Feng Muting and said, "If Your Highness says so, you must have a way to help us."
Feng Muting smiled and looked back at Lu Chimo: "You've got a pretty good plan."
Lu Chimo smiled without saying a word, which was taken as tacit agreement.
Bai Yulang was completely confused: "Senior brother, Your Highness, what are you talking about?"
Feng Muting glanced at him and then said, "Next time Doctor Lu needs my help, just ask."
Lu Chimo smiled slightly: "Okay."
Then Feng Muting led Su Fuliu, who was equally confused, back home.
Bai Yulang was taken aback: "Senior brother, why did they go back again?"
"The prince has gone to eliminate any future troubles for us," Lu Chimo replied.
Bai Yulang shook his head: "Senior brother, can you explain this? I don't understand."
“We are just doctors. If we were to take the life of Marquis Dingyuan, it would be a grave crime. But if His Highness were to intervene, there would be no problem. However, His Highness has no intention of taking the life of Marquis Dingyuan. So, my senior brother has no choice but to give him a reason to take the life of Marquis Dingyuan. If we blind Marquis Dingyuan, he will definitely not let us go. If something happens to us then, who will treat Su Fuliu’s eyes?”
Bai Yulang suddenly realized: "I see. But, senior brother, wouldn't you say that you've also outmaneuvered the prince? Won't the prince be unhappy?"
“If he were really unhappy, he wouldn’t have gone back.”
"That's right, Senior Brother is really amazing, he even managed to outwit the Prince."
Lu Chimo shook his head: "Your Highness is only unaware of the purpose of the needles I inserted into Marquis Dingyuan's head just now because you don't understand medicine. Otherwise, Your Highness is so smart that you would have understood my plan at that time. You see, we had just finished talking about Marquis Dingyuan going blind when he immediately realized that I was plotting against him."
Bai Yulang nodded: "Yes, Your Highness is very smart, but I'm a bit slow, so I need my senior brother to protect me!"
Yuan Qingshan, who had been silent until now, spoke up: "Although Prince Ting is capricious, he is a man of great talent. He can distinguish between truth and falsehood, benefit and harm, good and evil. This time you guessed his temperament correctly and knew he wouldn't hold it against you. But don't do it again next time. Prince Ting just said that if there is a next time, just speak up. Sincerity is the most important thing in interpersonal relationships. It seems that Prince Ting considers you a friend, which is why he is not angry with you."
Lu Chimo cupped his hands and said, "Disciple will follow Master's teachings. When Your Highness returns, disciple will apologize to Your Highness."
"Yes, we should not only apologize, but also thank them," Yuan Qingshan said.
"Disciple understands." Lu Chimo humbly accepted the instruction.
Yuan Qingshan nodded in satisfaction. His disciple was extremely intelligent and insightful, and was destined to become an official, but instead he came to study medicine.
Chapter 234 This king is now a married man.
Feng Muting left the Dingyuan Marquis's residence again with Su Fuliu.
He held Su Fuliu's hand tightly, as if afraid of losing it.
Feng Muting looked at Su Fuliu's face and asked, "Just now, I didn't scare you, did I?"
Su Fuliu shook her head: "Didn't His Highness just tell me to cover my ears again? So I didn't hear or see anything, but I did smell blood."
"If I weren't worried about you leaving me, I would have let you stay here and wait. I'm glad you weren't scared." Feng Muting breathed a sigh of relief.
"But... Your Highness just handed over the Marquis of Dingyuan like this... How will Your Highness explain this to the Emperor?" Su Fuliu was quite worried about this.
"Don't worry, I've thought this through before I dared to do this." Feng Muting gently patted the back of his hand, signaling him to relax.
“Even if the Emperor doesn’t blame the Prince, what if someone with ulterior motives uses this as an excuse to cause trouble?” Su Fuliu asked again.
Are you referring to the Crown Prince?
Su Fuliu hesitated for a moment, then nodded slightly: "Yes, including him."
"Seeing how worried you are about me and how much you care about me makes me incredibly happy. Don't worry, I'm a married man now, so I'll think things through before I do anything. If it's something I can't do, I naturally won't do it. I can't let A-Liu worry, can I?"
Su Fuliu's face flushed slightly, then she nodded gently: "Mmm..."
Afterwards, Feng Muting led him to meet up with Lu Chimo and the others.
“Now, you have no worries at all,” Feng Muting said.
Lu Chimo cupped his hands and said, "I thank Your Highness and apologize for plotting against you earlier."
Feng Muting shook his head: "Dr. Lu, there's no need to be so polite. You've treated A-Liu with all your heart and soul, working tirelessly without charging a fee. I should be thanking you. Besides, your schemes haven't cost me anything, so there's no need to apologize. However... if Dr. Lu ever needs my help in the future, just say so. Similarly, if I ever need Dr. Lu's assistance in the future, I hope you won't hesitate to lend a hand."
“Okay.” Lu Chimo nodded.
"Now that Physician Yuan has been saved, we can set off back. There's no need to rush now; we can take the carriages. I'll arrange two carriages." With that, Feng Muting prepared to make the arrangements.
Lu Chimo stopped him, saying, "Your Highness has worked hard dealing with Marquis Dingyuan just now. Let me arrange the carriages."
"Alright." Feng Muting didn't move, and stood there with Su Fuliu waiting.
Seeing that Lu Chimo was about to leave, Bai Yulang quickly reached out and grabbed his sleeve: "I want to go with my senior brother."
Lu Chimo looked at him with a smile, and took his hand: "Let's go."
Yuan Qingshan stood there alone, feeling somewhat depressed. He felt awkward looking at Feng Muting and Su Fuliu, but it would also be awkward to walk with his two beloved disciples.
Although the four of them came to Xiangyi specifically to rescue him.
But now, he seems superfluous.
It wasn't until Lu Chimo and Bai Yulang had arranged for the carriage to arrive that he realized what true superfluity meant.
Feng Muting said he would arrange two carriages, but Lu Chimo and the others arranged three. Obviously, Feng Muting and Su Fuliu rode in one, Lu Chimo and Bai Yulang rode in another, and the remaining carriage was naturally for Yuan Qingshan alone.
Lu Chimo even said, "Yulang is noisy. To avoid him bothering Master along the way, I have specially arranged for you to ride in a carriage by yourself, so that you can have some peace and quiet."
Chapter 235 Treating Me Like a Monk
Yuan Qingshan smiled and said, "You're right. Yulang is indeed noisy and always makes me angry. Only you can control him."
Bai Yulang immediately said, "Although Yulang is noisy, Master is going to live for hundreds of years, longer than a tortoise. If there is no one to talk to Master, wouldn't Master be bored to death?"
"You brat, comparing your master to a turtle again, are you itching for a beating?!" Yuan Qingshan was immediately enraged by Bai Yulang, his beard bristling and eyes wide, and he reached out to grab Bai Yulang.
Lu Chimo hurriedly went over to stop Yuan Qingshan: "Alright, Master, let me help you into the carriage. You'll be much quieter once you're in the carriage. As for Yulang, I'll discipline him properly for you."
"You really need to discipline him properly, preferably like last time, teach him a lesson he can't get out of bed," Yuan Qingshan said, shaking his head angrily.
Lu Chimo smiled and nodded: "Yes, disciple obeys. Disciple will definitely teach Yulang a lesson and make him so painful that he can't get out of bed."
A suspicious blush flashed across Bai Yulang's face.
Upon hearing this, Feng Muting turned to look at Su Fuliu. Sure enough, the little fool blushed, apparently having also understood Lu Chimo's implied meaning.
"Shall we get on the carriage too?" Feng Muting asked.
Su Fuliu nodded.
Feng Muting helped him into the carriage. After he sat down, Feng Muting looked at Su Fuliu and saw his fair and rosy face, as tender and moist as a peach. He really wanted to take a bite.
"Look how well Doctor Lu and Bai Yulang get along. Bai Yulang doesn't resist at all, unlike A Liu, who treats me like a monk." Feng Muting looked at the delectable person in front of him with a resentful expression.
Upon hearing this, Su Fuliu snorted and blurted out without thinking, "It must be because Doctor Lu is better in that area that Bai Yulang didn't resist. Unlike the Prince, who just barges around rudely and almost knocks people apart."
Upon hearing this, Feng Muting was alarmed. He immediately grabbed Su Fuliu's hand and asked, "Ah Liu, are you complaining that my skills in that area are not good enough?"
He felt that Su Fuliu's words were as if she was saying he was incompetent, and he couldn't stand it.
"I..." Su Fuliu regretted it; he had just said something stupid in a moment of anger.
Wasn't A-Liu happy back then?
"..." Su Fuliu blushed, too ashamed to answer.
"You know Bai Yulang doesn't resist? Maybe he's just thinking about pleasure and not pain? If A-Liu could be like that, she'd definitely be happier than him!"
Feng Muting's series of questions left Su Fuliu completely at a loss for words.
I was too embarrassed to answer.
He regretted that his mouth had gotten ahead of his brain again.
Look how angry Feng Muting is.
"Your Highness...you...please don't be angry. I...I was just saying it casually, I didn't mean anything by it." Su Fuliu tried her best to salvage the situation.
But Feng Muting didn't say anything more. Instead, he let go of Su Fuliu's hand and turned his back.
Su Fuliu was stunned for a moment, feeling increasingly guilty.
He didn't mean anything by it; he just casually wanted to complain about how rude Feng Muting had been earlier.
But as Feng Muting said, did he not have happiness? Of course he did, but he was too embarrassed to say it out loud.
Now look what's happened, he's really infuriated Feng Muting.
To Feng Muting, what he just said was like criticizing his own skills as inadequate, while praising another man's skills. Anyone would be angry in that situation.
“Your Highness…” Su Fuliu reached out and touched Feng Muting’s back, then gently poked his back with her index finger.
Chapter 236 I'll Promise You Anything
Ke Feng Mu Ting ignored Su Fu Liu.
Su Fuliu couldn't see him, but she knew he must be very angry right now, and probably very sad as well.
After all, he's a grown man, and hearing such words must have made him uncomfortable.
"Your Highness...please don't be angry, don't be sad. I didn't mean to say those things. I take back what I said, okay?"
Feng Muting remained silent.
Su Fuliu was also getting anxious. It seemed that he had really hurt Feng Muting's pride. So she said, "Your Highness, I was wrong, okay? Please don't be like this. Tell me, what can I do to make you stop being angry? Or, I'll never punish you by making you sleep at the door again, okay?"
After he finished speaking, Feng Muting remained silent.
This really worried Su Fuliu: "Your Highness, what do you want from me? Just tell me, as long as you're not angry anymore, I'll agree to anything!"