Forced to die for his loyalty, he was reborn in the arms of the cold and cruel regent!

The young man just lowered his head and hesitated for a moment before saying, "Luochuan."

I don’t know whether it is true or not, but at least there is a name. Cuiwei Cuiwei saw that he had helped a lot, and the expression on her face naturally looked much better.

"Luochuan, thank you for your help this time. If you have any problems in the future, feel free to come to me."

Luo Chuan nodded slightly, without saying anything more, turned around and prepared to leave.

Shen Mengyao stopped him and said, "Luochuan, are you willing to stay here and find a proper job in my house? When my business grows bigger, I will need more manpower!"

Luo Chuan paused and looked back at Shen Mengyao, with a hint of surprise in his eyes. Shen Mengyao continued, "I see that you are smart and know how to read people's expressions. If you are willing, I will never treat you unfairly in the future."

Luo Chuan hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded: "Thank you, Princess. Luo Chuan is willing."

Shen Mengyao breathed a sigh of relief. Although Luochuan was young, he had been mature and steady since he was rescued. Although she didn't know where he came from, he could still be used!

In the capital city, there was soon a shortage of medicinal materials, and drug prices skyrocketed!

Shen Mengyao specially cooperated with Kyoto Shan Ji Tang, and they put up a sign to sell medicinal materials for treating epidemics. Doctors had medicinal materials, and the prices were no different from usual prices. Some medicines were even cheaper. The business was booming on the first day, and there was an endless stream of people coming to ask for medicine!

Outside the Sian Chay Hall, a man in luxurious clothes was sitting in a carriage.

"Oh, I was wondering who was blocking my business, it turns out it was this group of people."

"Master, what should I do?"

The man in the carriage was silent for a moment, with a hint of viciousness in his eyes: "Since they want to steal my business, let them know who is the real overlord in the capital."

“Master, should we…” The subordinate made a gesture of wiping his neck.

"No, this is too direct and will easily alert the enemy." The owner of the carriage waved his hand, with a sly look in his eyes, "We need to use a more subtle method to make them collapse on their own!"

He pulled his follower over, pointed to the narrow road in the alley ahead, and whispered something.

The follower narrowed his eyes and nodded.

"Yes!"

At night, Cuiwei held the lamp for her while Shen Mengyao was doing the accounting on paper.

This girl had been with her for so long, and she was quite good at accounting. When she saw her calculate the final account, she said in surprise, "I thought the princess sold it so cheaply that she would not make any profit. I didn't expect that she could make some money."

"I can't afford to do a business that's losing money right now." Shen Mengyao clattered the abacus, and only put it back in place after she finished calculating the accounts.

"I don't know when this epidemic will end." Cuiwei sighed and looked out into the endless darkness: "People are really living in misery now."

"Don't worry." Shen Mengyao comforted her: "This is only the case around the capital. This situation will not last too long, at most half a month."

The business of medicinal materials is related to people's livelihood. She was afraid that something might go wrong, so she had been keeping an eye on the Sian Chay Hall since the first day to prevent any mistakes!

He saw about ten people coming in and leaving, most of them saying that their wives were sick and they wanted to buy medicine. Seeing that they were dressed like ordinary people, the doctor did not think much about it and directly prescribed medicine.

"Boil three bowls of water into one bowl."

People came and went. Shen Mengyao frowned slightly, opened the curtain, looked at the people queuing outside, and frowned: "Why are all the people queuing outside young and middle-aged?"

"The epidemic has been raging for several days. Perhaps the women and children are too weak to get out of bed." Cuiwei rubbed her shoulders while pounding the medicine.

Shen Mengyao frowned: "I'll go out and take a look."

"Princess, it's too chaotic outside!" Cuiwei wanted to stop her but failed, so she had to follow her and walked out quickly!

She vaguely felt that something was wrong, so she asked the doctor not to prescribe medicine yet and walked out quickly. The young men outside had different expressions and looked at everyone who came and went with vigilance.

Shen Mengyao deliberately put on a show: "You two, come with me to the front and move the herbs here. The medicine in the pharmacy is running out."

After hearing these words, the men finally relaxed a little.

Shen Mengyao walked out and suddenly saw four or five young men in linen clothes at the street corner in front of her, who were ferociously driving away a weak patient.

"Go away, we don't treat patients here, get out of here. If you want to buy medicine, go to Baicaotang."

She squinted her eyes and watched for a while. Without exception, all those who wanted to see a doctor and buy medicine were driven away. Most of them were the elderly, the weak, women and children. Even if there were young and strong people, they had already been tortured by the epidemic and were dying. They were weak and dared not fight against them. They had to return in vain and sigh in despair.

Those sturdy men were on high alert, with white scarves covering their faces, looking like gangsters in the flesh.

Cuiwei was so angry that she said hastily, "Princess, someone is really causing trouble. I'll go chase them away!"

Those people were all strong and healthy, how could Cuiwei be their opponent? Shen Mengyao quickly pulled her back: "Silly girl, do you want to die? Go back first! Just say that there is no medicine, and I will close the door for today."

“But Princess, they are like this…” Cuiwei looked at those who were driven away anxiously, her heart filled with pity.

Shen Mengyao shook her head and interrupted her: "Don't be impatient, doing this will only satisfy the short-term needs, we have to think of a long-term solution." Her eyes were deep, and she seemed to have a plan.

After returning to Sian Ji Tang, Shen Mengyao immediately summoned all the shop assistants and doctors and asked them to hang up a sign saying the business was closed.

After the door was closed, she said to everyone: "Someone outside is doing something tricky and wants to destroy our herbal medicine business."

After thinking for a moment, the shopkeeper said in a deep voice: "I heard that someone bought a lot of medicinal materials in the capital before. It may be that our presence has affected their business. Moreover... this person must be very capable. In Kyoto, such people are either rich or noble."

Shen Mengyao frowned: "What you mean is..."

"Our cheap herbs will definitely make it difficult for them to sell their herbs." The shopkeeper cleared his throat and said, "As long as we match their prices, we won't have to worry about not being able to sell them. This way, everyone will have business to do, and they won't cause trouble for us."

Shen Mengyao heard this and shook her head gently: "Although this method can temporarily avoid conflicts, it is not a long-term solution. Moreover, we sell medicine to cure diseases and save lives. If we raise the price just to make money, wouldn't that lose our original intention?"

She paused for a moment and continued, "And we have to find out who is behind this!"

Cuiwei looked at her worriedly: "Princess, the person behind this must be powerful. How can we find out?"