Six people waited for the time it took for a cup of tea to brew, and two waiters then served them eight dishes, one soup, and a pot of rice in succession.
The group stared at the beautifully colored, fragrant, and appetizing dishes on the table. Although everyone was very hungry, no one dared to pick up their chopsticks carelessly.
After the waiters retreated, Chu Mingxuan quickly took out a silver needle from his sleeve and tested for poison on all the dishes, soup, and rice on the table. He found no poison. Finally, he even checked the bowls and chopsticks, but still found no poison.
The group was immediately filled with doubt. Had their senses all been mistaken? Were the people in this inn harmless?
At this moment, Leng Ruoli, for the sake of caution, activated the instruments in her system space to test the dishes, soup, rice, bowls, and chopsticks on the table. She discovered they were indeed not poisoned, which also left her somewhat perplexed.
"There's really no poison. Let's start eating!" Leng Ruoli said to everyone. After all, they had all taken detoxification pills. As long as it wasn't some rare and unusual poison, ordinary poisons wouldn't kill them.
With that, the group immediately grabbed their chopsticks and began eating heartily.
Indeed, the food at this inn was quite good, no worse than the dishes served in high-end restaurants.
After eating their fill, the group felt much warmer.
The waiters immediately led them to rooms on the second floor. The three rooms were divided into three groups: Leng Ruoli and Jun Mohan shared one room, Yin Chen and Chu Mingxuan shared another, and Yin Yi and Yin Er shared the third. Afterward, the group returned to their respective rooms to rest.
The environment in the rooms was quite good. There was a large bed carved from solid wood, two cotton quilts, a dressing table, a table, and toiletries were also prepared. Staying in such an inn in ancient times was considered quite good. However, Leng Ruoli and Jun Mohan both felt that the room was very strange.
As soon as they entered the room and sat down, someone knocked on the door.
"Bang, bang, bang!"
"Consort, are you asleep yet?" The speaker was Chu Mingxuan.
"No, I'm not. Divine Doctor Chu, do you need something?" Leng Ruoli asked politely.
Upon hearing his voice, Jun Mohan immediately frowned. He muttered to himself, "This fellow isn't sleeping at night and comes over to disturb their marital affection."
"May I ask you a question about medical techniques?" Chu Mingxuan asked from outside the door.
"You may!"
Leng Ruoli replied loudly. She stood up, walked to the door, opened it, and let Chu Mingxuan in to sit down.
"Consort, I want to ask..."
Just as Chu Mingxuan began to speak, Leng Ruoli interrupted him.
"Divine Doctor Chu, we are traveling incognito. You need to change how you address us." Leng Ruoli reminded him. If Chu Mingxuan kept calling them Consort and Prince, their identities would eventually be exposed.
"Right, right, right, I forgot. Then what should I call you and the Prince?" Chu Mingxuan slapped his forehead after hearing this.
Leng Ruoli thought for a moment, glanced at Jun Mohan, who was sitting beside her with a dark expression, and suddenly her apricot eyes lit up.
"You can call the Prince 'Young Master Mo' and me 'Miss Mo'. For now, the Prince and I are a brother and sister pair doing business outside," Leng Ruoli said with a wry smile.
With that, Jun Mohan and Chu Mingxuan: "..."
Immediately, Jun Mohan shot Leng Ruoli a chilly glance with his eyes. He didn't know what this little woman was thinking all day. They were clearly a couple, yet she insisted on dressing up as siblings. It was truly exasperating.
Leng Ruoli completely ignored Jun Mohan's dangerous gaze.
Chu Mingxuan, however, thought this way of addressing them was quite good. Posing as siblings instead of a couple would make it even less likely for Leng Ruoli and Jun Mohan's identities to be exposed.
"Divine Doctor Chu, what do you think of my and the Prince's new identities?" Leng Ruoli asked deliberately.
Chu Mingxuan glanced sideways at Jun Mohan's dark expression and suppressed a smile. He said, "Consort, I have no objections."
"Alright, then continue with your previous topic," Leng Ruoli prompted.
"Oh, Miss Mo, I wanted to ask if you still have any of that detoxification pill you gave us earlier?" Chu Mingxuan asked directly.
"Yes, I do," Leng Ruoli replied.
"Then could you give me another detoxification pill? After I took the detoxification pill earlier, I spent a long time trying to identify the medicinal ingredients used in it, but I could only recognize a few of them," Chu Mingxuan sighed.
"Certainly!" Leng Ruoli replied readily.
As she spoke, she took out two black detoxification pills, about the size of a thumb, from her sleeve and handed them to Chu Mingxuan. Chu Mingxuan sniffed and examined the pills again and again, but could still only distinguish a few medicinal components.
Leng Ruoli was not surprised at all, as her detoxification pills were made from ingredients extracted with special instruments. Their medicinal effects were also much stronger than detoxification pills made directly from medicinal herbs.
Seeing Chu Mingxuan's persistent demeanor, Leng Ruoli directly wrote down the prescription for the detoxification pill for him. After carefully examining the ingredients and their usage on the prescription, Chu Mingxuan was completely awestruck by Leng Ruoli's medical skills. As they conversed, an hour passed unnoticed.
Jun Mohan, sitting aside, watched Leng Ruoli and Chu Mingxuan chatting for so long, his expression gradually darkened like the bottom of a pot. The cold air emanating from him caused the room's temperature to drop lower and lower, making Leng Ruoli and Chu Mingxuan shiver.
Chu Mingxuan quickly sensed a dangerous aura approaching him. He immediately looked up at Jun Mohan's expression, which startled him. He quickly grabbed the prescription Leng Ruoli had written for him, then rushed out the door like a flying escapee and returned to his own room.
After returning to his room, he let out a long sigh and muttered, "That was really dangerous just now. I almost lost my life."
Leng Ruoli, watching the figure who had rushed out in a hurry, frowned. Why was Chu Mingxuan so afraid of Jun Mohan? They were just discussing medical issues, they hadn't done anything, so what was there to be afraid of?
"What, you're reluctant to see Chu Mingxuan leave?"
As Leng Ruoli was thinking, a deep, magnetic, yet very cold voice suddenly came from above her head.
Upon hearing this, Leng Ruoli looked up at Jun Mohan, feeling that he was being somewhat unreasonable. She ignored him and planned to go straight to bed and sleep fully clothed.
Seeing that Leng Ruoli was ignoring him, the anger that had been suppressed in Jun Mohan's heart surged to the top of his head. With a wave of his hand, he smashed the table in the room. Leng Ruoli, who was lying on the bed, was startled and immediately jumped up, shouting at Jun Mohan, "Jun Mohan, are you sick!"
"I am indeed sick. Do you, this divine doctor, know that?"
Jun Mohan immediately followed Leng Ruoli's words, leaving her speechless.
"Hmph! Do you really think you're some amazing divine doctor!"