Chapter 52
Heaven Dou City, Crown Prince's Residence.
Side courtyard.
Ning Rongrong gripped a broom, her forehead covered in sweat, her green robe stained with quite a bit of dust.
The young lady who had been pampered since childhood now had only one task every morning: sweeping the grounds.
She hadn't complained about being wronged these past few days.
The danger she had encountered at the market, and the ferocious looks in those burly men's eyes, remained vivid in her mind.
The young man in blue walked into the side courtyard along the corridor.
Su Chen stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze falling on the broom lying on the ground.
"Put the broom down. Go wash your face, then come out with me."
Ning Rongrong stopped what she was doing, her face full of confusion.
"Where are we going?"
Su Chen turned and headed toward the residence gates.
"To test the antidote I just refined."
The two boarded the carriage parked by the residence's side gate, one after the other.
The curtains fell.
The carriage traveled down the streets toward a secluded estate within the city.
Ning Rongrong curled up in the corner, both hands tightly clutching the hem of her clothes.
"Test medicine? On whom?"
"Some of the commoners who bought medicine on the streets have already started coughing up blood."
"Can't we just find any commoner to test it on?"
Su Chen remained seated where he was, resting with his eyes closed.
"This Strengthening Pill contains a Blood Fiend Formation. It's bait used by evil sects to raise blood sacrifices."
"Ordinary commoners are too frail to withstand the backlash of the Blood Fiend. Even if the antidote works, the strain when the medicine takes effect would be enough to kill them."
"We need someone with