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Chapter 217 - 216: A Complete Victory! Pan’er’s Another Drinking Contest_1

Chapter 217: Chapter 216: A Complete Victory! Pan’er’s Another Drinking Contest_1

Everyone turned their heads simultaneously, their faces changed immediately when they saw the newcomer!

It was none other than Old Xue and Qin Yi.

As soon as Qin Yi appeared, he rushed anxiously to Su Pan’er, carefully inspecting her from head to toe. Seeing that she was unharmed and even flashed him a faint smile, he finally let out a sigh of relief!

Old Xue entered the hall with hearty laughter, bowing to Jun Ruochen: "Please excuse the presumptuousness of my visit, Lord Jun."

"Old Xue?"

Jun Ruochen’s face lit up with joy when he recognized the visitor!

He instantly rose from his chair and greeted Old Xue, saying, "With Old Xue’s reputation as the benevolent medical maestro, even His Majesty would have to send an imperial decree to summon him. Your willingness to lend a hand for such a trivial matter is much appreciated!"

"Then, I’ll make an exception and intervene."

Old Xue laughed heartily again, glancing at the Eighth Master.

The Eighth Master’s face turned pale the moment he saw Old Xue.

The ability of this Old Xue was something he and Master Wang Qi had heard the Empress often mention when they were visiting her. She highly praised his medical skills, even though the attempts to win him over failed multiple times.

If he examined Seventh Master’s condition, it would indeed be clear at a glance.

This is bad!

It seemed their plot to frame Su Pan’er had completely failed!

Once Old Xue stepped in, he quickly identified the issue with the Seventh Master, and couldn’t help but give a big thumbs-up.

"This is Dr. Su’s treatment for the Seventh Master, is it not? Dr. Su’s treatment method is very appropriate. Even if I had done it myself, I could not have done better! After all, Master Wang Qi’s condition was extremely severe; it’s fortunate that he survived. Instead of being grateful, you guys even...ah!"

The truth of the case was finally revealed!

The Eighth Master and his men hurriedly left the county city for the Capital City overnight, crestfallen.

Su Sikong also slipped away amidst the confusion.

The Hua County Official declared on the spot that Su Pan’er was innocent and released her.

This outcome delighted Qin Yi, who immediately went forward and took Su Pan’er’s hand.

"Pan’er, are you alright?"

Su Pan’er smiled enchantingly, "Of course I’m fine, what about you? Why do you look so disheveled?"

No wonder Su Pan’er said that. In contrast to her fresh and clean appearance, Qin Yi was covered in dirt, appearing extremely ragged.

"Look at you; not only have you got mud all over your shoes, but your whole body is also smeared in dirt. What happened? Did you roll around in the mud?"

"You actually guessed right!"

Qin Yi touched his nose, "I was busy looking for Old Xue earlier and slipped accidentally. It was nothing serious. I heard the women’s cell in the county government office was a horrible place. But you, they captured you..."

"I’m fine, let’s talk about it when we get home."

Su Pan’er interrupted him and shifted her gaze back to the county magistrate entering the back hall.

When Jun Ruochen saw them coming in, he quickly turned around to greet them.

"This humble boy Qin Yi pays his respects to the County Magistrate."

Qin Yi quickly saluted him.

"No need for such formalities, Scholar Qin, please rise."

Lord Jun had a genial expression as he examined Su Pan’er for a moment, "Actually, this is the second time we’ve met. The first time was at the Market Fair where I happened to see you. I wanted to converse with you but an urgent matter came up. Since we have the opportunity today, how about joining me in the back hall for a little while?"

Su Pan’er’s gaze has been fixed on Jun Ruochen ever since he showed up, unable to look away.

Is it him?

It is him, right?

It doesn’t seem like him, yet it feels like him!

In her creed, one is one, and two is two. She has never been so conflicted before.

But at this moment, she was unlike herself on normal days. The internal conflict that she felt could not be adequately described with pen and ink.

"The County Magistrate has invited us. It would be disrespectful not to accept his invitation."

Qin Yi said, while hurriedly looking over at Su Pan’er.

Su Pan’er wanted to figure out the identity of Lord Jun before her, and without hesitation, she gave a slight nod to Qin Yi.

Qin Yi exhaled a sigh of relief, and continued speaking, "In that case, we shall be troubling the Lord!"

"Not at all, not at all! Ha ha...this way, please!"

Jun Ruochen extended his hand in invitation.

Su Pan’er and others were familiar with Old Xue and Lui Muyi, so they smiled at each other when they met.

Jun Ruochen played the host and also invited Hwa Diexiang, the county magistrate registrar, to keep company. The crowd chatted and laughed while making their way to the back hall to heat tea and brew wine, naturally enjoying each other’s company.

"Ah! When we last parted with Pan’er, we made a promise. Next time we meet, we must challenge you to a drinking bout again!"

Lui Muyi laughed boisterously and boldly, directly dragging Su Pan’er into it, "Lord Jun is our host today, and the fine wine is readily available. When drunk, just go straight to the guest room and lie down, and all will be well. What do you say? This time, you have no excuse to refuse, right?"

Guest room?

A light quickly flashed in Su Pan’er’s eyes.

"All right! Since we had an agreement, then let the drinking challenge begin!"

Su Pan’er, not wanting to lose, accepted the challenge straight away, "Let’s get this straight, you must not go easy on me when we drink this time!"

During the last drinking session at the Qin Family mansion, Lui Muyi did not go all out. Su Pan’er was aware of this.

"All right! This time, we shall let our true talents shine!"

Lui Muyi laughed heartily.

However, when they were seated, it was unclear whether it was intentional or not, but Qin Yi ended up sitting to the left of Su Pan’er. Without giving it a thought, Lui Muyi went ahead and sat to Su Pan’er’s right.

Not only that, they were still having a wine drinking challenge while roping in Old Xue to talk about the treatment of Seventh Master.

When it came to discussing medical matters, Su Pan’er and Old Xue were engrossed and quickly got absorbed in it. Apart from Lui Muyi occasionally chipping in with something about medicinal ingredients, Qin Yi, even if he wanted to, did not know how to intervene.

Against his will, he felt increasingly stifled.

Fortunately, Jun Ruochen was from a reputable family and was deft in managing the conversation among the few of them, keeping the atmosphere lively throughout.

Perhaps knowing that Qin Yi holds a position, Hwa Diexiang, the county official, seemed to be more considerate towards him. After three rounds of wine, he even started testing Qin Yi’s poetic skills.

"Scholar Qin, I hear that you topped the child candidate test in the year before last. I have a few questions that I was hoping Scholar Qin could help me clear up, would that be possible?"

Initially, Qin Yi was annoyed, but when encountered with such an excellent opportunity to explore his scholastic endeavors, he became thrilled and naturally would not let it pass.

"County Official Hwa overpraises me! When I aced that test, it was merely out of luck."

Although he spoke of luck, his smile was brimming with confidence, "As for solving your doubts, I am too humble to accept the task! I can, at most, share a few of my modest opinions for your reference. What do you think...?"

Such an impressive young man, humble and exuberant, confident and not arrogant, and most impressively, he has incredible composure at such a young age.

Despite only exchanging a few words, County Official Hwa’s evaluation of him significantly improved.

"Here it is, I have a few Word card poetry..."

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