Chapter 5: The Changyang Prince's Mansion Bounty Order

It was hard to say whether they would even be able to see anyone, and she knew for certain that Fourth Granny wouldn't leave. Right now, her body was too small, her internal space hadn't been developed, and her physical condition hadn't recovered.

If they encountered low-level assassins, it wouldn't be a problem. But if they ran into high-level ones, while she could protect herself, she couldn't guarantee the safety of someone else in her current state.

"Move aside, quickly, move aside..."

A sudden commotion broke out in the crowd as yamen runners in official uniforms pushed the people back.

Fourth Granny and Ye Qianning were shoved to the front by the flow of people. She was too small, and with the crowd so dense, all she could see were legs pressing in front of her. It made Ye Qianning want to use her poison needles to prick them.

"Ouch, stop pushing!"

Fourth Granny steadied herself, bent down, and hoisted Ye Qianning up with effort.

Only then did Ye Qianning see what was happening. The yamen runners were standing in a line, and the person in front was posting a notice on a wooden board. The characters were traditional and scribbled, so she couldn't really recognize many of them.

After staring for a long time, she managed to piece together a rough idea; it seemed to be a request for medical help...

"The Princess of Changyang's illness is truly strange."

"Exactly. I heard even the imperial physicians in the palace are at their wits' end."

"The doctor from Chongde Pharmacy went to see her the day before yesterday. Not only did he fail to cure her, but he also got a beating with the wooden paddle and nearly lost his life."

"Is that so? Who would dare to take on the notice now..."

The crowd was buzzing with discussion.

Ye Qianning perked up when she heard the word "medicine." For people with special abilities like them, the first rule of their organization's special training to extend their lifespans was medicine.

"Excuse me, Uncle, what does this notice say?" Ye Qianning tapped the shoulder of a young man nearby with her small hand.

The young man turned and saw the adorable child, his heart softening instantly. He whispered, "It says the Princess of the Prince of Changyang's estate has contracted a strange illness, and they are offering a heavy reward for a cure."

"What kind of strange illness?" Ye Qianning tilted her head and asked.

"We don't know the specifics of how strange it is, just that they say she's covered in rashes," the young man replied.

Rashes?

Ye Qianning thought that if she could cure the Princess, she might be able to temporarily latch onto the Prince's estate as a backer. Even if her deadbeat father wanted to kill them to silence them, he wouldn't dare make a move inside the Prince's estate.

As long as she could stall until her body was fully recovered, it would be fine. Besides... curing an illness was a good deed, right? It should count as a good deed...

"There are too many people here."

Fourth Granny looked back. They were squeezed right at the front; they would probably have to wait for the crowd to disperse before they could get out.

"Fourth Granny, I have a way to treat the Princess's illness," Ye Qianning whispered into her ear.

"Nonsense. Didn't you hear that even the imperial physicians have no way?" Fourth Granny dismissed it as a child's babble.

"It's true. It's just rashes. Don't all the children in Nanyuan get rashes?"

"The children back home are tough; how can they compare to a Princess?"

"They're all people, what's the difference? I remember when Erbao got rashes, I was the one who went to dig up the herbs for him," Ye Qianning said, calculating how to get Fourth Granny to take the notice.

"Don't think Fourth Granny doesn't know. Erbao getting covered in rashes wasn't because you egged him on to find wild boars on the mountain, and then he got chased all over the place and came back covered in allergies from the shuttle grass?" Fourth Granny wanted to laugh just thinking about it.

Is that so?

Ye Qianning ignored how it happened and said discontentedly, "In any case, Erbao got better. Fourth Granny, just trust me. If we cure the Princess, there's a reward of one hundred taels of gold."

Fourth Granny laughed, "If you don't cure her, there's a beating with the paddle. Stop stirring up trouble."

"A beating is just a beating, but if we cure her, there's one hundred taels of gold!" Ye Qianning struggled to get down.

Fourth Granny was already having trouble holding her, and with her chubby body twisting, she held on even tighter.