LiYing was walking and she saw some aloe vera plants.
{...Ooh. Aloe vera. I can use aloe vera to cure my face. The forest is so useful. I should go to the forest some more...}
LiYing rubbed off the light green gel from the aloe vera and she put the gel in a rogue box. LiYing put some aloe vera onto her face.
After a while, she washed her face. {...Oh, wait. My face doesn't hurt anymore when I clean my face using water. Hooray!...}
She stood up and kept on walking. Her stomach growled.
{...I'm hungry again. Nooo! I need food!...}
LiYing looked sad that she didn't have any food until she remembered something.
{...I do have some buns...}
LiYing took out the buns and ate them.
LiYing kept walking and she soon saw a wall.
{...Finally, I arrived. I thought I had to walk for about a week or something...}
LiYing went closer to the wall and saw a gate. In the top of the gate had a board that wrote:
LengBing city.
{...What a weird city name. LengBing means ice cold. Are these people mean?...}
LiYing went inside a city and was walking around. She saw a lot of people gathering around something. LiYing walked over and she saw a picture of her on the wall.
LiYing was shocked. She read the caption and it said, "Zhang LiYing. She is missing. Whoever has any information about her would be rewarded with 20 taels of silver.
{...This place fits its name. They are actually very cold-hearted. That's good my face is ruined or everybody would try to catch me to get money...}
LiYing went into a tavern and got a room. She went into her room and laid on the bed.
{...Should I go to the Zhang mansion? No. I don't want people to know that I'm back. They probably would be very mean to me but they probably won't even recognize me anyways...}
LiYing fell asleep but then she heard people screaming. There was no danger. The people screaming were only girls.
{...They scream so loud. Why are they screaming? Probably for the boys. Do they have to scream right below the taken I'm staying at? Why can't they just scream somewhere else? They are disturbing my sleep...}
LiYing opened her eyes that were filled with annoyance. She got out of bed and went to close her window. She looked down and saw a bunch of girls running and screaming after a guy. That guy was the third prince.
{...Him? Again? Oh come on!...}
LiYing shut her window very loudly in annoyance. The third prince heard the noise and looked up. He saw the window that was before opened now closed. He smiled. The girls screamed even louder.
{...They are getting louder! Are they doing this on purpose? Is that guy trying to make me explode? I wanna beat him up...}
LiYing couldn't hold it any longer so she forced herself to not want to sleep anymore. She got out of the tavern and the people were still there.
The girls were screaming and shrieking. There were a lot of people watching the girls scream to the prince and they were shaking their heads and whispering to each other.
"How disrespectful!" "Do they not show any shame?" "Those girls are from a rich family so they think that they could catch a prince's attention. They are so stupid." "The prince is so nice to us while what do the girls do? They just put on a lot of makeup and show-off. They don't help us! Those girls are not good enough for the prince!"
{...Hahaha! Keep on roasting them! They deserve it! How dare they wake me up from my sleep. They are so disrespectful!...}
The third prince looked at LiYing. He saw LiYing laughing. 'What's wrong with her? Why is she laughing? ' the third prince thought.
LiYing realized that the third prince was staring at her. LiYing was startled so she turned around and walked away.
LiYing looked in her money bag and there were 39 taels of silver still left.
{...I have to stay in this city to take revenge so I should work somewhere to earn some money. I should buy my own house and not stay in the tavern. I can work in a medicine shop or for a restaurant...}
LiYing looked around to find a place to work in. There were a couple but they didn't accept her.
{...Last one. I hope I can get accepted...}
She went inside and the shop looked very old. {...This place looks old. The boss must have lived in the forest or was a farmer. This a good place to work in...}
"Um, excuse me. Can I work here? " asked LiYing to an old man. The old man stood up and nodded.
{...Woah. He accepted me very fast...}
"You can work here but I need to know if you are good with medicine or not, " said the old man. "Ok, " said LiYing. The old man went into a drawer and pulled a herb out.
"What's this?" asked the old man. LiYing took it and smelled it. "Liquorice." "What's this?" asked the old man. LiYing took the other herb and smelled it. "Huáng Qi, " said LiYing.
"You're smart. Last question. What do you want your salary to be?" asked the old man. "It doesn't matter, " said LiYing. "Huh? Why doesn't it matter?" asked the old man. "The salary just has to be enough to feed me, " said LiYing. "Since you are not greedy. Then I would give you a salary of 10 taels a week." said the old man. "10 taels of silver a week is a lot. You should save money to upgrade your store, " said LiYing.
"Who said I would give you silver? I would give you 10 taels of gold, " said the old man. "Wait, what!? I don't need that much. You can keep it for yourself, " said LiYing. "I don't need it. I was lying to you. I am actually an imperial physician. I needed an assistant so I rented this place from a friend to find someone that was not greedy and is smart in medicine. I rented this dirty place for a reason. You were the only one that went to this bad store to get a job while the others wanted a higher salary. You're the best one, " said the old man.
"Oh. You're an imperial physician. Do I have to go with you to the imperial palace?" asked LiYing. "Do you want to?" asked the old man. "No." "Then you would go to the imperial palace to help me!" said the old man. LiYing's jaw dropped.
{...What a man...}
"What should I call you then?" asked LiYing. "Call me master, " said the old man. "I already have a master though, " said LiYing. "Oh. Then call me uncle Zhao or Lord Zhao." "Uncle Zhao, " said LiYing with a smile.