Shun Zi had also prepared food for him, but Shun Zi's cooking skills were not very good, and the food he made could only barely fill one's stomach.
Mo Xiuyan's body was weak and he didn't have much appetite to begin with, so he only ate a few bites before stopping.
Just then, Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran came, bringing sea cucumber rice porridge and side dishes.
Mo Jiuye fed his fourth brother a little more, and only after did He Zhiran hand over several medicines suitable for Mo Xiuyan to take to Shun Zi, telling Shun Zi to give them to him on time.
After taking the medicine, Mo Xiuyan saw that the two were still in disguise and asked, "Ninth younger brother, are you still planning to go out?"
Today, Mo Xiuyan was extremely weak. Mo Jiuye had only told him about the exile at home. He didn't know the details. He also didn't know Mo Jiuye's true purpose for coming to the Southern Borderlands.
If the fourth brother was healthy, Mo Jiuye would choose to tell him these things, but given his current condition, he probably couldn't take any more blows. Therefore, Mo Jiuye planned to hide these things for the time being.
Of course, as a Mo family man, he had the right to know these things. Mo Jiuye would choose to tell him after the fourth brother's health improved a little.
"Fourth brother, I and Ranran came here to find something. When we find it, we'll go back to the Northwest together."
Mo Xiuyan didn't know what Mo Jiuye was looking for that made him travel thousands of miles to the Southern Borderlands. He didn't ask any further questions, only nodded lightly, "You two must be extra careful when going out."
"Don't worry, fourth brother!" Mo Jiuye said and then instructed Shun Zi to take good care of Mo Xiuyan before leaving with He Zhiran.
The two's target today was the residence of the Crown Prince of the Southern Borderlands, to complete the second goal of their trip to the Southern Borderlands.
Because the fourth princess of Da Shun came here to marry the Crown Prince of the Southern Borderlands, the greatest possibility of finding dan pi was in the Crown Prince's residence.
Mo Jiuye had led troops to attack the Southern Borderlands capital city before, so he was no stranger to the terrain here.
The two galloped all the way and soon arrived outside the gate of the Crown Prince’s residence.
It had to be said that the defenses of the Crown Prince’s residence were extremely tight. Just by the naked eye, there were two teams of soldiers patrolling back and forth in front of the gate, not to mention how many were hidden.
Even if they wanted to sneak in by climbing over the wall, they had to beware of the hidden eyes, which showed how extremely difficult it was.
Even so, it did not diminish Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran's determination to enter the Crown Prince’s residence to investigate.
The two circled the wall of the Crown Prince’s residence and walked to the back garden, pretending to pass by.
The defenses there were slightly more relaxed than the front courtyard, but there were still several guards patrolling back and forth.
Mo Jiuye seized the opportunity, hugged He Zhiran and leaped over the wall.
At this moment, a team of guards happened to patrol by. He quickly pulled He Zhiran to hide in the corner until those guards were far away before carefully walking out.
In order to be able to move freely in the Crown Prince's residence with such tight security, Mo Jiuye came up with a plan.
Soon, two night watchmen walked by not far away. He and He Zhiran looked at each other, then they went behind the night watchmen at the same time, and each knocked out one with a swift hand blade. They then quickly changed into their clothes and casually picked up the tools they used to beat the night watch.
To prevent the fainted night watchmen from waking up, He Zhiran gave each a shot to ensure nothing went wrong.
It wasn’t because they were soft-hearted, especially He Zhiran. In her previous life, she was a military doctor and would never play with human lives, of course, except for those extremely evil people.
These two night watchmen were obviously servants and slaves bought by the Crown Prince’s residence. They only exchanged their labor for food. There was no need to kill them all.
After dealing with everything here, He Zhiran picked up a lantern and Mo Jiuye picked up the bamboo stick used to beat the night watch. The two wandered around the Crown Prince’s residence.
Mo Jiuye was familiar with the terrain of the Southern Borderlands capital city but wasn’t very clear about the structure inside the Crown Prince’s residence.
They could only rely on experience to search, figuring that as the Crown Da Shun princess married the Crown Prince as the official wife, her courtyard should be slightly bigger. Therefore, the two specifically looked for bigger courtyards.
Unconsciously, the two arrived outside a huge courtyard.
This courtyard was very different from the others. From the outside, lights shone and melodious music could be heard coming from inside.
In addition, Mo Jiuye, who had extremely good hearing, could hear bursts of women's laughter.
Just as he was about to observe further, two black-clothed guards suddenly appeared in front of them.
The dark guards growled for them to leave, "You two leave quickly. Is the Crown Prince's place somewhere you can peek at?"
Mo Jiuye pulled He Zhiran and nodded at the two dark guards, "Yes, yes, we're leaving now."
Although they were driven away for peeping by the dark guards, it wasn’t without some gains. At least they now knew the Crown Prince of the Southern Borderlands was inside.
It seemed that this Crown Prince liked enjoyment. This was good too, it didn’t hinder them from finding the whereabouts of the fourth princess.
Not long after leaving the Crown Prince’s location, they saw a woman dressed as a maid rushing anxiously toward the direction of the Crown Prince’s bedroom.
Perhaps the maid was too anxious. When she ran to a place not far from them, she didn’t know what she had stepped on and took a tumble.
He Zhiran took the opportunity to help prop the woman up, deliberately lowering her voice, "Sister, be careful."
The maid grabbed He Zhiran's arm tightly and struggled to stand up. As a result, her ankle seemed to be sprained. She almost fell again when taking the first step.
Now the maid was even more anxious.
"Brother, please go to the Crown Prince and help report that the Crown Princess has fainted. Please ask him to invite a witch doctor to come and take a look."
He Zhiran knew that the Southern Borderland people sought witch doctors. She just didn’t understand why the Crown Princess of a country needed to go through the Crown Prince to invite a witch doctor.
Also, she could hear the maid spoke in the Da Shun accent. She should be an accompanying palace maid of the fourth princess.
Mo Jiuye saw this too. To prevent the maid from noticing He Zhiran's accent was wrong, he quickly stepped forward and said, "That's not a place people like us can enter at all."
"Then what should we do? The Crown Princess is so seriously ill. If we don't ask a witch doctor to come and see, I'm afraid she may die." The maid was almost crying, which showed how helpless she felt.
Seeing this, He Zhiran hurriedly signaled Mo Jiuye with her eyes.
Mo Jiuye understood instantly and said, "This little brother's ancestors were witch doctors. He also knows some medical skills. Why don't you let him go and take a look at the Crown Princess first while you go find someone to ask the Crown Prince?”
The maid knew that given her current situation, going to ask the Crown Prince again would likely delay a lot of time. Here was close to the Crown Princess's bedroom. She decided to take them back first while letting others go find the Crown Prince.
