Chapter 154: Choosing a Pavilion

Gu Xing lost his temper, and Prince Shou was driven out of the old courtyard. Others naturally found it difficult to continue staying in the courtyard, so they left the courtyard under the leadership of the Division Chief.

The Division Chief led everyone directly toward Prince Shou. After arriving, he even asked with concern, "Prince, are you alright?"

Prince Shou might have been hit hard, as he still hadn't managed his expressions well. He looked at the Division Chief fiercely. "You knew all along that Gu Xing's strength was formidable, yet you deliberately didn't tell this Prince. Are you trying to watch this Prince make a fool of himself?"

After hearing this, an exaggerated look of grievance immediately appeared on the Division Chief's face. "Prince, you have wronged this subordinate. First, you never asked this subordinate about Gu Xing's strength. Second, as a gatekeeper, Gu Xing's formidable strength... you should have been able to guess it." If he didn't even know this bit of common sense, then getting beaten was deserved.

After listening to Gu Qiming's words, Prince Shou was even angrier. He was angry that Gu Qiming was not loyal enough to him and didn't warn him about Gu Xing's danger beforehand; he was even angrier that Gu Xing dared to openly attack him, a Prince of the Blood.

He represented the royal family; Gu Xing attacking him simply didn't put the royal family in his eyes.

Prince Shou looked at the old courtyard gloomily, not avoiding the killing intent in his eyes at all.

Seeing this, the Division Chief thought of the Heaven Department Minister's instructions to take good care of Gu Xing, so he smiled and stepped forward, blocking Prince Shou's line of sight with his body, and smiled to change the subject. "Prince, for the eighteen Qihuang Pavilions, those who have wooden tablets choose first, and the rest will be allocated by you. How about that?"

Prince Shou looked at the Division Chief with cold eyes and snorted coldly. "Since I grew up, except for the Emperor and my two elder brothers, no one has dared to snatch the right to choose things before me."

Hearing this, the Division Chief smiled and reminded him, "Prince, in the hands of those without affinity, the Qihuang Pavilion is just a dilapidated courtyard. There is no difference in who goes first or last. If you really want to choose first, then choose first."

Prince Shou didn't really want to choose first; he just didn't want to act according to Gu Qiming's wishes. Moreover, what he really wanted to take over was not the Medicine Division, but the Alchemy Saint Hall.

He also knew that the key to opening the Alchemy Saint Hall still lay with these few people who had taken the wooden tablets.

If it weren't for this reason, just last time when he summoned them, given their disrespect toward him, he would have punished them.

Prince Shou looked at Mu Qingying, Yuan Tianchou, Gu Jinfan, Shen Qianfan, Zhu Qinghuan, and Hua Changxi. "All of you, tell this Prince, which Qihuang Pavilion do you want to choose?"

Yuan Tianchou and Mu Qingying looked at each other, and then both looked at Hua Changxi at the same time.

Seeing his two disciples looking at Hua Changxi, Gu Qiming also looked over with a smile. "Hua Changxi, you go first this time."

Prince Shou glanced at Gu Qiming and did not object.

Seeing everyone looking at her, and then looking at Prince Shou and the Division Chief who were staring at her, Hua Changxi didn't push it off either. Since they let her choose, she would choose. "I choose Qihuang Pavilion No. 18."

Hearing this, Mu Qingying, Yuan Tianchou, Gu Jinfan, Shen Qianfan, and Zhu Qinghuan were all somewhat surprised and looked at Hua Changxi thoughtfully.

Hua Changxi had always been active in Qihuang Pavilions No. 1 to No. 9 in the Servant Hall. She had never been to Qihuang Pavilions No. 10 to No. 18 in the Apprentice Hall, yet she chose Qihuang Pavilion No. 18. Why was this?

Mu Qingying and Yuan Tianchou looked at each other and guessed that Hua Changxi should have seen through the trap of letting her choose first. No matter what she chose first, she would be intercepted by Prince Shou or her own master, so she was choosing randomly here.

Sure enough, Prince Shou spoke up: "Qihuang Pavilion No. 18 won't do. This pavilion has other uses for this Prince. Choose another one."

Hua Changxi snorted in her heart and said again: "Then I choose Qihuang Pavilion No. 1."

Gu Qiming heard this and looked at his two disciples.

Yuan Tianchou and Mu Qingying looked helpless. Hua Changxi was choosing Qihuang Pavilions randomly; trying to find out from her which Qihuang Pavilion was beneficial to them was probably not going to work.

The Division Chief already knew what was taught in Qihuang Pavilions No. 1 to No. 6. Qihuang Pavilion No. 1 taught medicinal plant knowledge, which was suitable for his disciple Qingying, so he naturally had to intercept it.

"Qihuang Pavilion No. 1 won't do either. Hua Changxi, choose another one."

Hua Changxi looked at the Division Chief, a trace of mockery on the corners of her mouth. "How about letting others choose first? The last remaining Qihuang Pavilion will belong to me. No matter which Qihuang Pavilion I take over, I will accept it."

Gu Qiming felt uncomfortable, touched his nose, and laughed dryly. "Since I let you choose first, then choose."

Hua Changxi smiled. "Since that's the case, then I choose Qihuang Pavilion No. 6."

Gu Qiming coughed lightly again. "That, Qihuang Pavilion No. 6 won't do either."

Hua Changxi looked at him. "Division Chief, you see which Qihuang Pavilion is okay, just assign me one. I won't choose anymore."

Gu Qiming was also a bit embarrassed. Knowing that he couldn't find out anything from Hua Changxi, he simply stated his attitude directly, looked at Prince Shou, and smiled. "Prince, Qihuang Pavilions No. 1 and No. 6 are more suitable for this subordinate's two unfilial disciples; Qihuang Pavilions No. 2 and No. 3 were chosen by this subordinate and the Minister; Qihuang Pavilion No. 4 was chosen by the Tianshi Prefecture."

Prince Shou heard this and didn't say much, directly saying: "Since that's the case, then on the Servant Hall side, the remaining Qihuang Pavilions No. 5, No. 7, No. 8, and No. 9 will be taken over by Xiao Qi, Yuyan, and the other two."

As he spoke, he looked at Gu Jinfan, Shen Qianfan, Zhu Qinghuan, and Hua Changxi. "You four choose one from Qihuang Pavilions No. 10 to No. 17."

Gu Jinfan was speechless about the actions of Prince Shou and the Division Chief. They might as well have just allocated them directly. "Then I choose Qihuang Pavilion No. 10."

Shen Qianfan: "I'll take No. 11."

Zhu Qinghuan: "I'll take No. 12."

Hua Changxi: "Then I'll take No. 13."

This time, no one came to snatch the Qihuang Pavilion Hua Changxi chose. The remaining Qihuang Pavilions were allocated by Prince Shou to others.

After all eighteen Qihuang Pavilions had people taking them over, Prince Shou said directly: "The Qihuang Pavilions belong to the Medicine Division. You are now the persons in charge of the Qihuang Pavilions. In the future, you must submit thirty bottles of first-grade spirit pills to this Prince every month."

As soon as the words fell, Shen Qianfan was the first to refuse: "Thirty bottles of first-grade spirit pills? I don't have that many spirit medicines and spirit plants. If it's like this, I won't be the manager of the Qihuang Pavilion."

Hua Changxi also echoed: "Me too."

Gu Qiming had been secretly paying attention to Hua Changxi. Just now, when choosing the Qihuang Pavilion, she had always had an indifferent attitude. Now she was actually giving up the Qihuang Pavilion directly, which made him a bit unable to understand.

If the Qihuang Pavilion really had something special, could Hua Changxi give it up so easily?

Zhu Qinghuan also spoke up: "I also cannot produce so many spirit medicines and spirit plants."

Prince Shou looked at the three of them with dissatisfaction: "The Medicine Division will be responsible for providing the spirit medicines and spirit plants. You just need to refine the pills well."

Hearing this, Shen Qianfan breathed a sigh of relief: "If it's like this, then no problem."

Seeing that Hua Changxi and Zhu Qinghuan also didn't speak, Prince Shou said again: "Each Qihuang Pavilion can be equipped with eight medicine boys. The candidates for medicine boys can be decided by yourselves, but they must be people from the Medicine Division."

Afterwards, Prince Shou left with his people. After the Division Chief left with Mu Qingying and Yuan Tianchou, Hua Changxi went directly to Qihuang Pavilion No. 13 behind the Apprentice Hall.

Like the layout of the Servant Hall, the Qihuang Pavilions behind the Apprentice Hall were also all on one street.

Hua Changxi had long wanted to come and see the Qihuang Pavilions on the Apprentice Hall side. Now she could finally investigate openly.

She originally wanted to tour all the Qihuang Pavilions from No. 10 to No. 18, but who knew that each Qihuang Pavilion had two guards, so Hua Changxi could only enter Qihuang Pavilion No. 13.

After entering Qihuang Pavilion No. 13, Hua Changxi toured it once and found that there was no difference from Qihuang Pavilions No. 1 to No. 9; they were all stone courtyards with the same layout.

'What kind of medical skills will be taught in Qihuang Pavilion No. 13?' ===== CHAPTER 155 =====