The Lucky Farmgirl

Since it’s impossible to hide it anymore, let’s choose a more plausible explanation, this way, even if Lord Tang suspects, he won’t expose her.

Teacher Mo thought she must know her friends and the situation there better, so he nodded, "It’s not difficult to make this, I can give it to you tomorrow."

Manbao said, "Apart from glowing, everything else must be exactly the same, the color, the weight..."

"Don’t worry, I’ll make sure even the quality is the same." In their world, this was not difficult at all.

Isn’t it just about making a colorful, glossy stone?

The next day, Teacher Mo tossed a piece into the classroom textbooks for Manbao.

The stone was also floating in the air, Manbao pressed the button to apply for the teaching material, and the stone landed in her hand.

After taking out the system, she held it and weighed it. It seemed to be about the same weight. She inspected it carefully and couldn’t see any difference from the original piece.

So she placed the stone on the table, scrutinized it once more, and was satisfied.

Sanya came over with a wooden basin, pushed the door open, and said, "Auntie, here is the potion you wanted."

She tilted her head to one side, holding her breath as she placed the basin on the table, fanning the air afterward, "These are all the moldy herbs that were cleaned out from the pharmacy, Auntie, what are you brewing this potion for? Not to mention moldy, you didn’t even pick and choose, just threw everything in."

Yesterday afternoon, Zhou Man went to Jishi Hall to teach them medical skills, then chatted with Shopkeeper Zheng, and then wrapped up a lot of unusable herbs she found during the past few days while sorting them.

These herbs were meant to be thrown away; for a pharmacy, it wasn’t much, but Manbao managed to wrap two large packs, and she poured them into a large pot early in the morning, instructing Sanya to boil the decoction.

Now the potion in the wooden basin was black, probably because there were too many herbs, it appeared quite thick.

Manbao also thought the smell was strong, but she still picked up the stone from the table, took a deep breath, and was about to put it in.

Sanya was startled at seeing this and quickly stopped her, eyes wide, "Auntie, what is that? A gemstone, why are you putting it into the potion?"

Manbao replied earnestly, "This stone is poisonous, it needs to be soaked in the potion to detoxify."

If she hadn’t been the one brewing this potion, she might have believed it.

But seriously, what kind of toxin needs moldy, damp rehmannia glutinosa, China root, and gastrodia elata mixed to detoxify?

Sanya hesitated, reluctant to let go, when Bai Shan, passing by, saw this. After looking at the stone in Manbao’s hand, he said, "Let her put it in, the potion really is for detoxification."

He also spoke earnestly, "It’s a stone, not a human. Using moldy herbs won’t poison it."

Manbao nodded repeatedly.

Sanya actually believed a little, hesitantly about to let go, but seeing the colors on the gemstone made her a bit reluctant.

Bai Shan then said, "This stone is evidence and will be handed over to Lord Tang for safekeeping, it’s not ours."

Upon hearing this, Sanya immediately withdrew her hand.

Only then did Manbao carefully place the stone into the wooden basin.

The brilliant gemstone sank quickly, submerged by the black potion.

Manbao was satisfied seeing this, closed the door after picking up her medical kit, and said to Sanya, "You should go to the pharmacy; I have to enter the palace, I’ll teach you at Jishi Hall this afternoon."

Bai Shan also took his book basket, and as they were leaving, he asked on the way to the front courtyard, "Is that stone real or fake?"

Manbao swayed her head, "If you think it’s real, it’s real; if you think it’s fake, it’s fake."

So, it’s fake.

As for where the real one went, and where the fake one came from, isn’t it obvious?

Uncle Zhou must have swapped it out.

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Bai Shan said, "A few days ago, I saw a storybook in the bookstore, about an immortal fighting ghosts with magic, and later his ghost generals followed him to ascend to heaven as ghost immortals, do you want to take a look?"

Manbao looked at him meaningfully, feeling he was straying, so she earnestly said, "Bai Shan, the wise do not speak of strange powers."

Bai Shan looked at her, "Don’t you feel you’re the least qualified to say that?"

Manbao: ...

"However, you’re not wrong either, I’ll only talk about it with you, for others, we better not speak of spirits."

They arrived at the gate, the door was already open, Daji had brought the carriage out, and the palace’s carriages with the imperial guards were also waiting outside.

Bai Shan glanced back at the courtyard where Bai Erlang was nowhere to be seen, then told Manbao, "You go ahead."

Zhou Lixue and Zhou Ligu hurried out with their book baskets, climbed onto another carriage, "Auntie, we’re leaving first."

Manbao waved at them.

Their coachman drove them off to school.

Manbao and Bai Shan nodded at each other and climbed into the palace’s carriage.

After entering the palace, Manbao complained to the Crown Princess about the Crown Prince, "Since His Highness had Lord Yin investigate this case, why didn’t he inform me in advance, I’ve already dealt with that stone."

The Crown Princess was taken aback and asked, "How did you deal with the stone? Did you smash it?"

"Not really, I soaked it in potion," Manbao said seriously, "I ran with the potion for forty-nine days, successfully detoxified it, now it won’t glow."

The Crown Princess’s eyes widened, "Is that even possible?"

Manbao nodded, "Of course. By the way, does the Crown Prince still like gemstones? Should I return it to the Crown Prince?"

"No need; you’d better hand it over to Lord Tang. I heard he’s now investigating the case."

Manbao felt regretful; if the Crown Prince took it back and then handed it to Lord Tang, it would be much more credible.

The Crown Princess, unaware of these details, held Manbao’s hand and praised, "You are really amazing, you seem to know everything, I don’t know how that little head of yours holds so much knowledge..."

Manbao shyly lowered her head and smiled.

It’s really a pity, she didn’t have so much knowledge, the non-toxic stone was directly forged.

The Crown Princess chatted with Manbao, and after she took her pulse, she said, "Though the news isn’t publicly announced yet, my pregnancy is no longer a secret, I will have to trouble Doctor Zhou Junior a lot in the future."

Manbao assured her it wasn’t a problem; she was already used to entering the palace.

The Crown Princess then took the opportunity to bring up the flower banquet, she smiled, "Now with such beautiful spring scenery, it’s the peony blooming season, the princesses want to enjoy the flowers in the Imperial Garden and have invited some of their friends into the palace. I thought since you know Changyu and Mingda well, and the Empress mentioned inviting you, how about we go together tomorrow?"

Manbao had no objections, "Then I will come to the palace earlier to give the Crown Prince acupuncture."

"No need," the Crown Princess smiled, "The Crown Prince has to attend the grand court assembly tomorrow, let’s go to the flower banquet first, and then you can return to the Eastern Palace with me."