Chapter 2: Entering the Royal Palace

The carriage gradually moved away from the bustling crowd, getting closer to the most prosperous area at the foot of the capital. The leading officer turned his head and looked at the young woman in green sitting in the carriage, unable to help but speak, "Miss, are you really going to the Prince Jin's mansion? Have you read the contents on the imperial notice clearly?"

"Yes, I've read it." The young woman in green shook the imperial notice in her hand innocently, "Isn't it just to cure the Ninth Prince's illness? And there's a reward of ten thousand taels of gold if it's cured. It seems that the Emperor really favors the Ninth Prince."

The officer choked at her words, seeing her innocent expression, he couldn't help but soften his tone, "Miss, this is no joking matter. Although the Emperor's reward is substantial, your own life is more important, isn't it?"

The young woman in green blinked, "Are you saying I will die?"

The officer nodded, "In the past three years, many physicians have tried to cure Prince Jin's stubborn illness, but none have succeeded. They entered the Prince's mansion full of confidence, but none have left alive. Do you think you are more capable than those renowned physicians?"

"I'm not capable," the young woman in green shook her head, smiled faintly, her eyes shining, "It's my mistress who is capable."

Mistress?

The officer instinctively looked towards the carriage, speculating what kind of woman the young woman in green referred to as her mistress. However, he quickly regained his composure and looked at the young woman in green, "Miss, you should think twice. Even the imperial physicians are helpless—"

But his dissuasion was too late. Not to mention the imperial notice in hand, there was no room for regret. Even the slowly opening gates of the mansion in front of them did not allow him to say another word.

The steward looked at the carriage outside the mansion, as well as the accompanying soldiers, and said calmly, "Who has taken down the imperial notice?"

The guiding soldiers looked uneasy at the question, all casting their gazes towards the young woman in green in the carriage.

"It's my mistress," the young woman in green jumped down from the carriage briskly and waved to the soldiers, "Thank you, brothers, for leading the way. You can go back now. When my mistress cures Prince Jin and receives the silver, she will definitely share some with you."

Silver aside, just being able to keep your lives would be a blessing.

The soldiers silently prayed in their hearts and respectfully left.

Their respect was certainly not for the young woman in green, nor for the young woman in the carriage, but for the master of the mansion, the unparalleled and highly favored Ninth Prince, Prince Jin.

The steward looked at the young woman in green, didn't say a word, and simply turned away, "Come in."

The unassuming carriage directly entered the Prince Jin's mansion. As the grand and solemn gates of the mansion closed slowly, everything was shut off from another world.

Those who had attempted to pry into even the slightest bit of information ultimately couldn't even catch a glimpse of the true appearance of the woman in the carriage, and could only return disappointed.

"Miss, would you like to rest for a moment, or..."

"Let's go directly to the prince's sleeping quarters," finally, a young woman's voice came from the carriage, as melodious as a heavenly sound, yet indifferent and aloof, as if carrying a nonchalant disregard for everything.