When the Luo Family’s gatekeeper saw it was Divine Physician Li, they first respectfully invited him inside, then hurriedly went to report.

Grand Commander Luo was currently at the manor.

Having commanded the Qilin Guard for many years, he had long passed the stage of keeping regular office hours at the ministry.

“What matter brings Sheng’er here?” Grand Commander Luo asked Luo Sheng in a gentle tone.

These past days, his daughter had let him feel at ease—she hadn’t caused any trouble at all.

“I plan to open a wine tavern and wanted to inform Father.”

“A wine tavern?” Grand Commander Luo hadn’t expected that his daughter’s notion from a few days ago about buying a cosmetics shop to open a wine tavern was actually serious.

He had thought it was just a momentary whim, buying a shop to play with.

Luo Sheng furrowed her brows. “Does Father think it inappropriate?”

Grand Commander Luo came back to his senses and waved his hand with a smile. “What’s inappropriate about it? If Sheng’er wants to open one, then open it. Are you short on funds?”

“Not short on funds, just wanted to inform you first.”

Grand Commander Luo felt warm inside hearing this, and the smile at the corner of his mouth had only stretched halfway when he suddenly stopped.

Wait, was it really a wine tavern, and not some male courtesan establishment or the like?

Yes, he was a first-rank Grand Commander and Grand Preceptor of the Crown Prince, concurrently commanding the Qilin Guard. It was perfectly acceptable for his precious daughter to live freely, but opening a male courtesan establishment would be going too far.

Going there secretly without letting him know would still be acceptable, but how could she open one herself?

No, he had to ask clearly.

“Ahem.” Grand Commander Luo picked up his teacup and took a sip, looking at his elegant and refined daughter while carefully measuring his tone. “Does Sheng’er truly want to open a wine tavern?”

Luo Sheng nodded.

What was there to doubt? If she were selling one thing under the guise of another, wouldn’t it be exposed as soon as one took a look?

“For a wine tavern’s business to flourish, you need a good chef.”

“Father can rest assured about this—the chef has already been found, and a server has been hired as well.”

Grand Commander Luo’s mind was finally at ease hearing this.

Since even the chef and server had been found, clearly his daughter was serious about this.

“Truly no need for your father’s help?”

“No need. Your daughter wants to try relying on herself.”

Grand Commander Luo nodded repeatedly. “Relying on yourself is good. If you encounter difficulties, then tell your father.”

It was a good thing for his daughter to put her heart into the wine tavern—profit or loss didn’t matter.

Mm, if losses were too great, he would just subsidize more—Grand Commander Luo silently made this decision.

At this moment, a servant came in to report that the Divine Physician had arrived.

Grand Commander Luo couldn’t help but stand up.

Why would the Divine Physician come?

He had heard about everything that happened while he was unconscious, and knew that Divine Physician Li had serious grievances against him.

Seeing Grand Commander Luo about to go greet him, the servant said fearfully, “Grand Commander, the Divine Physician specifically asked to see the young miss and won’t see you—”

Grand Commander Luo’s expression immediately darkened.

Luo Sheng, however, revealed a faint smile.

Things developing according to expectations was naturally a good thing.

“Father, then I’ll go meet the Divine Physician.”

Grand Commander Luo could only nod. After Luo Sheng left, he sighed quietly to himself.

The Divine Physician was indeed the Divine Physician—not giving him the slightest bit of face, yet he couldn’t do anything about it.

One must know that when the Divine Physician was treating the Late Emperor, he himself was still a small child.

Luo Sheng met Divine Physician Li in her own courtyard.

No other reason—Divine Physician Li was obviously here to settle accounts, and the inside story was not convenient for others to know.

“Divine Physician, please have tea.” Luo Sheng personally held out a cup of tea.

Divine Physician Li originally didn’t plan to accept it, but seeing several rose buds floating in the glass teacup, beautiful and refreshing, perhaps even with rock sugar or honey added.

At Divine Physician Li’s age, he had begun to crave sweets. By the time he reacted, the teacup was already in his hand.

Divine Physician Li simply drank the tea first, then heavily set the teacup down on the tea table with a thud.

Having walked all this way, he was thirsty too—drink tea when one should drink tea, scold people when one should scold people. The two were unrelated.

However—the rose tea was truly delicious.

Whether it was the quality of the roses, the amount added, or the sweetness of the tea, everything was just right…

Realizing his thoughts had strayed, Divine Physician Li came back to his senses and asked with a stern face, “Little miss, where exactly did you obtain the Nourishing Origin Pills and Cold Expelling Pills?”

“From you, Divine Physician.” Luo Sheng held her teacup and replied with a smile.

“Nonsense!” Divine Physician Li’s anger, which had been suppressed by a cup of rose tea, flared up again. “This old man already sent people to inquire—there’s no physician surnamed Li in Nanyang at all. Instead, there’s a Doctor Wang in Jinsha who spread the Divine Physician’s reputation, but because he sold fake medicine, he became a rat everyone shouts to beat…”

Hong Dou, standing to the side, cried out in surprise, “Doctor Wang?”

Had that old fraud truly broken his promise and taken the young miss’s medicine out to sell?

With one glance at the little maid’s expression, Divine Physician Li confirmed that Luo Sheng indeed had dealings with Doctor Wang, and became even angrier.

“That little bastard Wang has already admitted that you gave him the prescriptions for the Cold Expelling Pills and Nourishing Origin Pills. Little miss, you tell me exactly what’s going on here!”

“Divine Physician, please calm your anger. The weather is hot—it’s easy to get overheated.” Luo Sheng offered another cup of rose tea.

Divine Physician Li took it and drank it, saying huffily, “Don’t think this will make this old man give up on pursuing this matter!”

Luo Sheng’s tone was calm. “The prescriptions in Doctor Wang’s hands were indeed obtained from me. I wanted to treat my younger brother’s illness but didn’t know how to prepare medicine. Having the prescriptions but no way to use them, I could only seek help from others—”

Before Luo Sheng finished speaking, Divine Physician Li angrily slapped the table. “Such precious prescriptions—you give them to people just like that? Even if the other party is an unreliable pig, you still give them?”

Luo Sheng’s eyes curved, revealing a hint of cunning smile. “I didn’t tell him the catalyst for the Nourishing Origin Pills.”

So the greedy and insatiable person became a rat everyone shouts to beat.

She had said long ago—what she was willing to give, others could take; what she was unwilling to give, others would burn their hands taking.

Divine Physician Li couldn’t help but nod.

It should be exactly so. Otherwise, if he really found out someone else was using the Nourishing Origin Pills to fish for fame and reputation, he would be furious enough to die.

However, these weren’t the main point right now.

“These two prescriptions—where exactly did you obtain them?”

“Does the Divine Physician want to know?”

Divine Physician Li stroked his beard.

Wasn’t this obvious? If he didn’t want to know, what was he doing at the Luo Family’s gates?

The young woman across from him smiled sweetly, taking on a bit of the appearance of a sweet and soft little girl, yet the words she spoke nearly made Divine Physician Li’s nose crooked with anger.

“Could you perhaps help me with a small favor? Someone wishes to seek a consultation.”

“Little girl, you’re actually negotiating terms with this old man?”

Luo Sheng picked up her teacup and sipped the fragrant and sweet flower tea.

If she wasn’t negotiating terms, what else was she brewing a pot of rose tea and waiting here for?

When she spoke, she couldn’t say it like that though.

“How would a little girl like me dare negotiate terms with you? It’s just that I know the Divine Physician is a reasonable person who would feel uncomfortable in his heart prying into a little girl’s secrets for nothing. It’s better to exchange equally, each getting what they need.”

Divine Physician Li asked with a dark expression, “Who is seeking the consultation?”

So this little girl was being considerate of him after all?

Luo Sheng said, “Prince Kaiyang.”

“He’s ill?” Divine Physician Li thought of the young man who had been refused consultation several times and asked casually.

If he had known earlier, he would have stepped out from behind the screen to take a look. Unfortunately, the things Prince Kaiyang brought were all too uninteresting, so he couldn’t be bothered to see this uninteresting young man.

Hearing Divine Physician Li ask this, a crimson-robed figure flashed through Luo Sheng’s mind.

Was Prince Kaiyang actually ill or not?