章 15: Owner

On the third floor of the Medical Pavilion…

A beautiful man was entertaining himself by feeding a crow kept in a cage. A rare smile brightened his face, which was only seen when he was with his favorite pets.

"Master, shopkeeper Yu is here to see you." Xi Ma told the man but heard no response after a while.

Xi Ma knew that the master was aware of the commotion on the lower level of the Medical Pavilion.

He was also aware that all that was said was heard by the master but he did not want to waste time dealing with it.

Mortals that had high cultivation had enhanced senses and he was sure his master had very sharp senses.

Looking at his master, Xi Ma felt that he had not been heard. "Master?" He called.

"I'm not deaf. Why are you so noisy?"

Xi Ma bowed and just looked at his dirty shoes. 'Master, if it's noisy, why are we still here? We can go back to the Wei palace instead.' He muttered.

His master, His Highness Prince Wei Jiayi, seldom went out of his palace. He even seldom visited the Medical Pavilion, so not many knew that he owned it.

If they knew, they would surely try to curry favor with the Prince whom they sometimes called a bastard when he was not around.

Many said that Prince Wei Jiayi was not really the son of the current emperor and he was only bestowed with the prince title.

Despite all agreeing to this, it was forbidden to have any matter regarding the origin of Prince Wei reaching the emperor as he doted on him to the extent that he allowed his son to do whatever he wanted.

For Xi Ma, it would be a good sight to see those official's embarrassed faces when they learned that Medical Pavilion was owned by the supposed bastard Prince.

What more if they got to know that he had more authority and connections that extended beyond the Mortal Domain?

Xi Ma knew that his master did not want the throne. But as a Prince, even though he did not show his capabilities, his competitor Princes still felt threatened.

Because of this, there were unnecessary sacrifices from time to time from those who wanted to challenge the Wei Prince.

Just like a snake that wanted to swallow an elephant, their greed would end up killing them.

On one hand, the numbers of high-ranking officials that Prince Wei was comfortable with were also very few. One of them was Left Minister Gao Qi.

Despite knowing that he could take advantage of the master's generosity, Minister Gao had still insisted on paying for the blood replenishing pill given by the master.

It was just unfortunate that the humble and trustworthy official had gotten a rogue for a daughter!

They also knew what happened and knew of the current condition of the Gao young miss. Judging by the severe wounds it might take awhile before she could recover.

Surely, she couldn't get a husband because of the possible scars that were left by the incident.

At least she had lived. If she continued to chase the Second Prince though, her father might die early because of worry. Even she might also end up dead.

"Deal with Yu An and that thing downstairs." Xi Ma heard his master Wei Jiayi. Yu An is shopkeeper Yu.

"Yes, master." Xi Ma bowed and went outside the room.

…..

Outside the room, shopkeeper Yu was preparing to speak with Wei Jiayi.

The door opened, but before he was able to get in or say anything, Xi Ma passed through the door and closed it.

"Let's go."Xi Ma said, then walked passed Shopkeeper Yu.

'Go? I have not even spoken anything to the owner!' Thinking this, he looked at the closed door, shook his head and just decided to follow Xi Ma.