Chapter 203, Seating

Chapter 203, Seating

Chapter 203, Seating

Early in the morning of the 9th day of the twelfth lunar month, Hua Changxi left Lingguang Palace and headed straight for the capital. When she arrived at the Medical Bureau, it was exactly 00: am.

She felt that she had arrived very early, and from a distance she saw Pharmacist Xu pacing anxiously back and forth at the gate.

"Oh my God, you're finally here."

When he saw Hua Changxi, Pharmacist Xu's eyes lit up and he ran towards her quickly.

Seeing that he was stretching out his hand as if to pull him, Hua Changxi quickly moved to the side, avoiding Pharmacist Xu: "Uncle Xu, please speak properly."

Pharmacist Xu had no time to argue with Hua Changxi, and said anxiously: "The various museum owners have arrived one after another at the beginning of the morning hour, and Prince Shou and the director also entered the meeting hall a quarter of an hour ago. My aunt, you are the only one who has not arrived yet."

Hua Changxi was surprised: "Why are you all here so early?"

Pharmacist Xu said helplessly: "It's not that others came early, it's that you came late." As he said that, he quickly led Hua Changxi and walked quickly towards the Medical Bureau building.

"Nine Lady, I'm telling you, Prince Shou has the worst temper among all the princes. If he reprimands you later, you must be submissive and admit your fault. But you must never go against the prince in public."

"Also, all eighteen museum owners are here today. No matter what orders are given by the higher-ups, we should not be the first to speak out. We should first see how everyone reacts, and then stand with the side with the most people."

"Among the 18 Qihuang Halls, only our hall and Halls 11 and 12 have little power. At this time, we must keep a low profile and be careful not to act impulsively."

As Pharmacist Xu was muttering, they arrived at the Medical Administration Building.

When they arrived outside the conference hall, Pharmacist Xu seemed to want to give Hua Changxi some more instructions. Seeing this, Hua Changxi quickly stepped into the conference hall.

Half of the first floor of the Medical Bureau building was occupied by the meeting hall. In the empty meeting hall, the seventeen directors of the Qihuang Clinic, the Prince of Shou, the director, and officials of all levels of the Medical Bureau were present.

As soon as Hua Changxi entered the meeting hall, it was as if the pause button had been pressed in the room. It suddenly became quiet and everyone looked at her.

Prince Shou and Director Gu sat high in the center hall, while the rest of the people sat on both sides facing each other. On the left sat officials of all levels from the Medical Bureau, and on the right sat the director of the Qihuang Hall.

Hua Changxi looked at the people in the meeting hall and was speechless about their seating arrangement. There was only one row of chairs on both sides. Obviously, if there were more rows, everyone could be closer to the main seat and facilitate communication, but they only had one row.

Thirty-six sets of tables and chairs are arranged in two rows, with eighteen sets of tables and chairs in each row. The last chair is at least twenty meters away from the person in the main seat. At such a distance, are you sure they can hear what each other is saying?
There were fewer people on the officials' side, with twelve sitting there, but the Qihuang Hall was full, with only the last chair left empty.

Hua Changxi felt annoyed when he saw that everyone was looking at him with eyes of scrutiny, evaluation, or curiosity. He calmed himself down, nodded to everyone, looked at the empty chair at the end of the row on the right, was silent for a moment, then decisively walked towards the officials and sat on the thirteenth chair.

Seeing her like this, many people showed interest.

The official sitting on the twelfth chair saw Hua Changxi sitting below him and kindly reminded him, "Master Hua, you should sit over there."

Hua Changxi knew the officials present, but was not sure of their seating order. However, the seating arrangement at the Qihuang Pavilion was not in the order of the Qihuang Pavilion. Sitting in the first seat was the seventh prince Chu Junhao, and the owner of Pavilion No. 1, Mu Qingying, was actually sitting on the fifteenth chair.

"Where should I sit? Are there any special rules?"

Of course, there are rules for seating. Officials sit according to their ranks, and those at the Qihuang Hall sit according to the forces they represent. These are all unspoken agreements. Official No. 12 couldn't say it directly, so he looked at Hua Changxi who was asking questions without shame and smiled awkwardly, "Not really."

Hua Changxi immediately smiled and said, "Since there is no rule, I will sit here. It is more convenient to listen to the prince and the director's speech here."

Officer No. 12: “.”

On the owner's side, Tang Yufeng, who was sitting on the eleventh chair, leaned over and whispered to Gu Jinfan, who was sitting below him, "I've heard that you, Hua Changxi, are quite unique. After meeting you today, I find you're really interesting."

Gu Jinfan glanced at him: "Interesting? She obviously doesn't understand the rules of officialdom."

Tang Yufeng didn't quite agree with this, but looking at Hua Changxi who seemed a little nervous as he was not used to this kind of occasion, he smiled and shook his head, thinking that his background was indeed a bit poor.

On the main seat, Prince Shou was originally angry that Hua Changxi came later than him. Now that he saw her sitting randomly, he was even angrier. He snorted coldly, "Hua Changxi, last month, Qihuang Hall No. 13 was the last one to hand in the elixir. This month is already the last day, and your hall's elixir has not been handed in yet. Shouldn't you give me an explanation now?"

After hearing this, Hua Changxi remembered that he still had to hand over the elixir.

Of course, Prince Shou knew that Hua Changxi had only stayed in the No. 13 Qihuang Hall for half a day throughout the twelfth lunar month and had never come back to refine the elixir. If he did not find someone to help, he would not be able to deliver the elixir for this month.

"The Medical Department distributes enough spiritual medicine every month, but you can't hand it in. Since you can't manage the No. 13 Qihuang Hall, I can only arrange someone." When Hua Changxi heard that the King of Shou was going to place someone in the No. 13 Qihuang Hall again, he decisively interrupted him: "I have already refined the spiritual medicine. I will hand it in after the meeting."

Prince Shou frowned and said in a bad tone, "Then you should hand it over now."

Hua Changxi was very disgusted with others forcing her. In addition, everyone in the meeting hall was staring at her with ambiguous expressions. She couldn't stop feeling annoyed and had the urge to hit someone. At this moment, she felt a dull pain on the back of her hand, which woke her up immediately.

"Whoo~"

Hua Changxi took a deep breath, quickly gathered her mind, glanced at King Shou, and prepared to take out thirty bottles of first-grade elixir that she had no use for a long time from the Sumeru mustard seeds. But when she took them, she found that the low-grade and medium-grade elixirs had been sold in the pharmacy, and the high-grade elixirs had been placed in the Lingguang Hall to be distributed to the Suzaku Army. Now she only had the first-grade top-grade elixir in her hand.

She couldn't bear to hand over the top-grade elixir to the royal family.

Hua Changxi looked at the various pavilion owners sitting opposite her, and then looked at Chu Junhao, Duan Yuyan, Mu Qingying, Shen Qianfan, and Zhu Qinghuan whom she knew, and finally her eyes fell on Mu Qingying: "Master Mu, can you lend me thirty bottles of elixirs? I will return them to you after the meeting is over."

When these words were spoken, Prince Shou burst into laughter out of anger, and the others present were also speechless.

Mu Qingying didn't expect that Hua Changxi would ask her to borrow elixirs under such circumstances. She didn't know what to do and couldn't help but look at Director Gu above her.

Director Gu didn't give any hints, obviously telling his apprentice not to meddle in other people's business.

After Mu Qingying understood what her master meant, she looked at Hua Changxi apologetically and said, "I'm sorry, Master Hua, I don't have any elixirs with me."

After hearing this, Hua Changxi looked at Shen Qianfan and Zhu Qinghuan again. They both quickly turned their heads away and did not look at her.

As a result, the only people he knew present were Chu Junhao and Duan Yuyan.

Thinking of the identities of these two people, Hua Changxi had no intention of speaking to them. Just when she was about to take out the top-grade pill, Chu Junhao stood up.

"Uncle, I will help Master Hua to hand in her elixir for this month. I don't think she is delaying on purpose. Please give her another chance, uncle."

Looking at Chu Junhao bowing and begging for mercy from Prince Shou, not only Hua Changxi was surprised, but everyone else present was also very surprised.

Although he knew that Chu Junhao wanted to win over Hua Changxi, due to his status as a prince, there was no need for him to humble himself.

Prince Shou looked at Chu Junhao. He still liked this nephew very much and gave him face: "For your sake, let it go this time. Next time, if Qihuang Hall No. 13 doesn't hand in the elixir on time, the owner will be replaced."

Chu Junhao hurriedly expressed his gratitude: "Thank you, uncle." As he said that, he took out thirty bottles of elixirs in public.

Just as Prince Shou was about to accept the elixir, Hua Changxi stood up and said, "Wait a moment."

Everyone's eyes were once again on Hua Changxi, not understanding what she was going to do.

Hua Changxi looked at Chu Junhao and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Seventh Prince, but I cannot accept your elixir."

Chu Junhao smiled and said, "Master Hua, I have taken your class before. We have a teacher-student relationship, so it is only natural for me to help you."

Hua Changxi shook his head: "The help I need is help, the help I don't need is not help. You should put your elixir away." After saying that, he turned his wrist and three wooden boxes suddenly appeared in his hand.

Everyone looked at Hua Changxi curiously until she opened the wooden box, and the extremely strong fragrance of the elixir immediately filled their noses.

The ultimate elixir!

Everyone's eyes widened when they knew that Hua Changxi had taken out a top-grade elixir.

The wooden box was made of black iron wood, which had a very good sealing effect. Hua Changxi had already taken out the top-grade pills, and he didn't want to lose three more wooden boxes. He took out a handkerchief and decisively poured out the 300 pills from the three wooden boxes.

During this period, the fragrance of elixir in the meeting hall became stronger and stronger. Everyone was stunned and heartbroken when they saw Hua Changxi's rude behavior.

"Your Majesty, this is the elixir handed in by Qihuang Hall No. 13. Please select it."

Hua Changxi reluctantly used his spiritual power to bring the top-grade elixir wrapped in a handkerchief to King Shou, then sat down with a gloomy face without saying a word.