Chapter 10: Scammers, Demons, and Beautiful Men

The moonlight never fails to know, the original master used to be so respectful and cautious towards the crown prince, but now the crown prince wants to kill her. She might as well take the opportunity to retaliate and gain some benefits back. After all, the crown prince looks down on her and wants her dead. They have already become enemies, so she's not afraid to add another grudge.

As the crown prince walked away, he became increasingly angry on the carriage. Suddenly, a doubt flashed through his mind.

According to Wang Ermazi, he didn't see clearly who knocked him out and stuffed him under the bed. When he woke up, they were already inside.

Who could have knocked him out? If he didn't encounter the moon, then how did she get injured?

Her clothes were torn, and there were obvious signs of being mistreated on her body, which contradicted Wang Ermazi's testimony of being knocked out.

Could it be that someone else mistreated her? Or has she already lost her chastity?

But her chastity belt is still intact. This matter is full of doubts. He needs to personally confirm her chastity belt. If he finds out that she has lost her chastity, he will immediately have her executed.

He would never let her off for humiliating him like this.

After the crown prince left, there was no longer any entertainment to be found in the Luli Garden. Today was supposed to be the day when the crown prince invited the young ladies to the Luli Garden to compose poetry and appreciate chrysanthemums. However, due to the incident involving the moon, everyone lost interest in the festivities and left in small groups.

Looking at the crown prince's departing figure, Shangguan Yuqing furrowed her brows coldly, then turned to look at the moon, pretending to be kind as she approached to help her, "Sister, you've been frightened today. Let's hurry back to the mansion."

The moon coldly brushed off her hand, "Don't call me sister. We're not that close, are we?"

When she was falsely accused and mistreated by Mu Yandan, she didn't call her sister. Now she's pretending to be so kind.

If Shangguan Yuqing is a pure lotus flower emerging from the mud, then she is a black rose growing in the mud, eager to use thorns to kill the pure lotus flower.

At that moment, a maid ran in crying at the door.

"Miss, are you alright? Luoluo tricked me into the woodshed and locked me in there for an hour. I was so worried, afraid that they would bully you. Fortunately, a cleaning lady passing by let me out. Miss, have you been hurt?"

Yuching rushed in anxiously and threw herself in front of the moon. Seeing the moon's tattered clothes and injuries, she quickly took off her coat and put it on the young lady, crying even louder, her eyes swollen like walnuts, "Miss, who bullied you? Was it Luoluo? Let me avenge you. They always bully you like this."

"Stop crying! I'm fine!" The moon rubbed her forehead. She didn't like people crying over trivial matters, but seeing this maid's loyalty to her, she couldn't bring herself to blame her.

"But what about the injuries on your body?" Yuching noticed that her young lady seemed different, with a glint of radiance in her eyes, exuding an extraordinary aura, giving off a sense of inviolable dignity.

"I was almost molested by a villain, but he got what he deserved. As for your servant Luoluo, she conspired with the villain to frame me and has already committed suicide out of guilt."

The moon spoke nonchalantly, but Yuching was shocked to the core, "What? Luoluo dared to conspire with a villain to frame you? I want to whip her corpse!"

"Enough, I'm fine now. Let's go back to the mansion." Hearing Yuching's tone, even she seemed more spirited than the original master. If it weren't for her protection, the original master would probably have been long gone.

She couldn't understand what the original master was thinking. She had less courage than a mere maid. She admired such a maid.

After the moon's entourage left, Shangguan Yuqing's eyes flashed with a hint of malice. She had carefully observed the moon's every move and word. The moon had truly changed. She had either been replaced or possessed. She had become so calm and clever. Shangguan found herself unable to see through this waste of a person and felt a hint of fear towards her.

No, she had to investigate thoroughly to find out what had happened to this waste.

On the way back, Shangguan Yuqing rode in the most luxurious and beautiful carriage of the general's mansion, while the moon had to walk.

Fortunately, the Luli Garden was not far from the general's mansion, so she walked back with Yuching. She had already accepted the fact that the previous owner of this body was dead and had embraced her new identity, ready to make the most of it.

Since fate had chosen her to replace the original master, she would live her life to the fullest. She would not waste this hard-earned second chance and would live earnestly and confidently, without backing down.

As she looked around at the elegant and ancient buildings, the moon activated her memory to understand everything about this place.

The place she was in was called the Qingyun Continent, which had many countries, numbering in the hundreds, large and small.

The largest among them were the Great Jin Dynasty, the Great Yan Kingdom, the Great Qi Kingdom, and the Great Liang Kingdom. In the southeast, northwest of the continent, there were various ethnic minority countries and tribes, such as the Fire Cloud Kingdom in the west and the White Wolf Kingdom dominated by the Qiang tribe.

This year marked the 200th anniversary of the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty. Her father was named Shangguan Yun, a highly esteemed general of the Great Jin Dynasty. The Shangguan family also had a long-standing tradition of medical expertise, with every member of the family, male or female, learning medicine, with varying degrees of success.

Her second sister, Shangguan Yuqing, excelled in using silver needles for healing, while her third sister, Shangguan Qiuyue, was skilled in making and antidoting poisons. As for her, she was a waste who was incompetent in everything, and naturally, she was ridiculed and looked down upon by the family.

Look down on them if you want, but if they knew that in her past life, Liu Yue was a genius in both Chinese and Western medicine, what kind of expression would they have when they found out that she knew all of this at the age of five?

Liu Yue's lips curled into a cold smile, she was actually looking forward to it.

On the way, she secretly glanced at the ruby ring. The ring was round in shape, surrounded by a circle of bright green emeralds, and in the middle was a crystal-clear ruby that sparkled brilliantly in the sunlight. It was clearly a valuable treasure.

Seeing the ring, she remembered the mysterious man's words: "Rest assured, I will take responsibility for you."

"This is my token of affection. You wait, I will marry you."

Huh, is this real or fake?

However, this ring was obviously extraordinary. Ordinary people couldn't afford it, so its owner must be quite powerful.

The ring was made of pure gold and shone brightly in the sunlight. Suddenly, she saw two characters engraved on the inside of the ring: Chu Er.

However, due to the long-term wear by the owner, the character "Er" looked a bit blurry, appearing to be both a two and a one, and at times neither. It looked more like a mark worn by a finger than a character.

This didn't seem like a name. Who would be called Chu Er? There probably wasn't anyone.

However, the character "Chu" was very clear. The masked man claimed to be a prince, and the Great Jin Dynasty was under the rule of the Chu family. Could it be that he was a prince of the Great Jin Dynasty?

But would a prince be hunted down? And would he need to detoxify himself in such a crude manner?

If they wanted women, they could just beckon, and a bunch of women would come running. Why would they need to resort to such methods? Who knew if what the man said was true or false. Perhaps he was a womanizer, deliberately making up lies as an excuse to take advantage of women.

By using the excuse of being a prince, the women who were taken advantage of might not blame him, and eagerly wait for him to marry them. Those naive women might believe it, but Liu Yue didn't.

Thinking about how she had been violated as soon as she crossed over, Liu Yue clenched her fists tightly. She really hated that arrogant mysterious man. If she found him, she would give him a good beating.

At this moment, Yu Qing saw the bloody whip marks on Liu Yue's arm and couldn't help but shed tears. "That damned Mu Yandan, how ruthless of her. The wound is so severe and still bleeding. I don't have any golden sore medicine, nor do I have money to take you to see a doctor. What should we do?"

"She didn't fare well either. Her internal injuries are not light." Liu Yue's eyes flashed coldly. When she loosened the whip, Mu Yandan was pushed back and hit the fake mountain, with blood even coming from her mouth. It was obvious that she had suffered internal injuries.

At this moment, she walked to the side of the street, and her eyes coldly swept over the grass. With just a glance, she knew the names of the wild flowers and their growth habits, whether they could be used as medicine, and how toxic they were.

This was a skill she had been practicing since she was three years old. Her parents had taken her to the mountains to search for medicinal herbs since she was young, so with just a casual glance, she plucked out two stalks of summer withering grass. Summer withering grass, also known as self-healing grass, had oval-shaped leaves covered with fuzz and light purple flowers on top.

The juice of this grass could be used to disinfect and stop bleeding. Liu Yue picked up a smooth pebble from the roadside stream, crushed the leaves of the summer withering grass, and slowly applied it to the wound. Soon, the wound on her arm stopped bleeding.

Watching Liu Yue's skillful actions, Yu Qing's eyes widened in admiration. "Miss, how did you know that this grass could stop bleeding? You're amazing."

What's the big deal about this? Liu Yue smirked. There was no medicinal herb in the world that she didn't know. However, she knew that there were more types of medicinal herbs in ancient times, many of which had become extinct in modern times.

So she might encounter many unfamiliar herbs here, but she would study hard and not miss any opportunity to learn medicine. Only by mastering the medical skills she was good at could she establish herself in the Great Jin Dynasty.

Perhaps due to their growth habits or the lack of air pollution in ancient times, the summer withering grass's medicinal effects were indeed quite miraculous. Soon, the wound on Liu Yue's arm stopped bleeding, and she tore off a piece of cloth from her clothes to wrap around her arm, then continued walking forward with Yu Qing.

As they walked, Liu Yue faintly felt a pain in her abdomen, as if there was a poisonous needle wandering around inside her body. She had felt this sensation since she woke up, but at that time, the situation was urgent, and she had to defend her reputation, so she didn't pay much attention to it.

The pain wasn't very intense, but it felt like a needle was pricking her from time to time, making her very uncomfortable. She thought that the reason for her weak body must be related to this poisonous needle.

Madam Su Yingxue of the Shangguan family was most skilled in using poisonous needles, and she was Shangguan Yun's stepmother. If she said that this poisonous needle had nothing to do with Su Yingxue, she wouldn't believe a word of it.

At this moment, Yu Qing's stomach suddenly grumbled. She couldn't help but smile apologetically at Liu Yue. "I haven't eaten anything all day. I'm a little hungry. Are you hungry too? Unfortunately, we don't have any money. It's all because of Wang Po's greed. She took all of your monthly allowance. You don't have much to begin with, and apart from being deducted by Madam, it all goes into Wang Po's pocket. Not a single coin is left. It's a luxury for me to even think about buying a roast chicken from Zhao Si's."

Zhao Si's roast chicken was a famous delicacy in the capital. It was roasted to a crisp on the outside and tender on the inside, with a thin and crispy skin that smelled delicious. As they spoke, they arrived at the door of Zhao Si's roast chicken.

There were still people queuing there, and some of the commoners who managed to buy roast chicken couldn't help but sniff and eat, making Yuching look on eagerly, with saliva dripping from her mouth.

"Do you really want to eat that roast chicken?" Liuyue raised an eyebrow, her gaze sharp as she looked around.

"I do, but it's just a wish. Miss, let's hurry and leave. If we stay here any longer, I'm afraid I won't be able to resist the urge to go and snatch some to eat," Yuching said, trying to pull Liuyue away.

"Wait a minute." Liuyue shook off Yuching's hand and suddenly focused her gaze on a young man who had just walked out of the silver building, a sly smile forming on her lips. "A sucker has arrived."

The young man looked about seventeen or eighteen, dressed in a crimson brocade robe embroidered with some flowing clouds in golden thread. He wore silver-white jade boots and had a few jade pendants and a money pouch hanging from his jade belt, which was bulging as if to show off his wealth.

He had narrow, alluring eyes and fair, almost translucent skin, making him look more delicate and beautiful than a woman. He was clearly a seductive and enchanting man.

Unfortunately, no matter how wealthy this seductive man was, when he encountered Liuyue, he would become a pauper.

Liuyue saw the seductive man counting silver notes with his head down, looking completely oblivious to his surroundings. With a cold laugh, she slowly approached him, determined to teach him a lesson.

The seductive man was counting the silver notes in his hand, "One hundred taels, two hundred taels... five hundred taels... eight hundred taels... one thousand taels... two thousand taels. Wait, I clearly withdrew two thousand taels, why do I only have one thousand eight hundred taels?"

He looked up and decided to count again.

At that moment, Liuyue walked up to him, furrowing her brow and looking concerned, "Sir, I see that your forehead is dark and your eyes are lifeless. You have encountered the White Tiger's evil spirit, and within three days, there will be a disaster of bloodshed."

"What do you mean?" The seductive man's narrow eyes looked at Liuyue. The girl in front of him was dressed in tattered clothes, with a petite figure, but she had clear eyes like the sun, moon, and stars. Upon hearing her words, he couldn't help but chuckle, a hint of amusement playing on his lips.

Unexpectedly, this seductive man was not foolish and had a pair of shrewd eyes. Liuyue cleared her throat and continued with a solemn tone, "I'm not joking with you, I see that there is a heavy aura around you, indicating that you have encountered something unclean. However, we are strangers, and I'm just trying to give you a friendly warning. Whether you believe it or not is up to you. I'll take my leave."

Seeing Liuyue about to leave, the seductive man's eyes flashed with a mocking smile, and he quickly stopped her, "Wait, tell me what unclean thing is on me and how I should resolve it when encountering such a thing?"