“Shopkeeper, please bring us something to eat first,” Leng Ruo Li said with a slight smile.
“Certainly! Esteemed guest, please sit down, and I’ll have the waiter take your order right away.”
The innkeeper, as he spoke, led them to a small private room.
The inns here were somewhat different from those in the Tianwu Kingdom. Each table was separated by screens or beaded curtains, showing great respect for the guests’ privacy.
After Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mo Han were seated, the innkeeper immediately called a waiter to help them order.
Leng Ruo Li and the others casually ordered a few dishes that went well with rice. After eating, they asked the waiter to arrange some superior rooms for them.
Afterward, Leng Ruo Li inquired with the innkeeper about local famous clothing stores and various specialty snacks.
The innkeeper enthusiastically introduced a long list of them.
Subsequently, they went to the "Qing Shan" clothing store recommended by the innkeeper, and everyone went in to choose an outfit.
Leng Ruo Li chose an ice-colored, thin gauze, belted long dress, and a crystal beaded flower hair accessory. This displayed her cool and elegant demeanor.
When she walked out of the fitting room, Jun Mo Han and Chu Ming Xuan were stunned.
Good heavens! Their consort was too beautiful.
Her outfit and hair accessory were a perfect match.
She looked like a fairy who had descended from heaven.
Upon seeing Chu Ming Xuan, Yin Chen, and the others, as well as the shop owner and the shop assistants, staring at his consort, Jun Mo Han became furious. A cold aura emanated from him, his narrow, purple eyes sweeping over them chillingly, causing everyone to shiver and immediately look away.
Afterward, Jun Mo Han selected a piece of white, thin veil from the clothing store to cover Leng Ruo Li’s face.
Jun Mo Han’s action left Leng Ruo Li speechless; this Jun Mo Han was truly too overbearing!
However, after a few seconds of thought, to avoid trouble, Leng Ruo Li complied with Jun Mo Han’s request and covered her face.
Once Leng Ruo Li was dressed, Jun Mo Han and the others went into the fitting rooms to change into the local attire.
Jun Mo Han changed into a white and blue outfit, tied a blue headscarf around his head, and inserted three red, yellow, and blue feathers onto his forehead. Coupled with his aloof and proud demeanor, he looked incredibly handsome.
As for Chu Ming Xuan and Yin Chen, two of them chose dark cyan outfits, and two chose raven-black outfits. Everyone looked good and very sharp.
After changing, they each selected two spare outfits to take with them. The owner of the Qing Shan clothing store was overjoyed, laughing heartily as he saw Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mo Han out the door.
In all the years his store had been open, he had never seen customers so generous with their purchases, especially of his finest pieces. Others complained about his prices for a single set, yet Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mo Han bought over ten high-quality items at once. How could he not be happy?
These people were truly magnates; he had to serve them well.
After changing, they emerged from the clothing store and bought many necessities and food for their journey on the street. They then wandered around the street for a while, and as the sky gradually darkened, they discussed returning to the inn to rest.
Just then, a carriage approached them. A group of men in black descended from the sky. The pedestrians strolling on the street were immediately startled and scattered. Then, one of the men in black unleashed a palm strike that split the carriage in two.
The noblewoman inside the carriage and a young woman dressed as a maid were instantly exposed to everyone.
Subsequently, the noblewoman suddenly clutched her stomach and cried out in pain, "Ah… Xiao Zhu, it’s not good, I’m going into labor."
"Madam, Madam, please bear with it, I'll go find a doctor right away," Xiao Zhu said anxiously.
The noblewoman’s face was contorted in pain, indicating the baby in her womb had been startled.
The man driving the carriage, presumably a guard protecting the noblewoman, saw the men in black lunging towards her. He immediately drew his sword and engaged the black-clad assailants in a fierce battle. However, one man could not fight against many. After several dozen rounds, he began to falter.
At this point, if Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mo Han did not intervene, this noblewoman and her child might be killed by these people.
Therefore, Leng Ruo Li decisively took out a poisoned needle from her sleeve and flicked it towards the group of men in black.
The men in black, struck by Leng Ruo Li's poisoned needles, collapsed on the spot, convulsing all over, foaming at the mouth, and dying.
Jun Mo Han and Chu Ming Xuan immediately drew their swords and charged towards the group of men in black.
Leng Ruo Li seized this opportunity to quickly approach the noblewoman's carriage. The young maidservant beside the noblewoman, thinking Leng Ruo Li was going to harm her mistress, immediately shielded her and looked at her defensively.
"What do you want to do?"
"Don't be afraid! I am a physician, let me examine your madam's condition," Leng Ruo Li said in a gentle tone.
"Can I trust you?" Xiao Zhu retorted.
"If I wanted to kill your madam, I would have done so already. Why would I waste so much breath talking to you?" Leng Ruo Li's tone became somewhat stiff at this point.
Because she could see blood flowing from the noblewoman's calf, and even though she was enduring the pain with all her might, her pained expression could not deceive anyone.
At this moment, Leng Ruo Li did not want to waste another word with this young maidservant.
"Xiao, Xiao Zhu, please let this young lady examine me. I don't want the child to leave with me," the noblewoman said, enduring the pain.
"Yes, Madam!" Xiao Zhu nodded vigorously, immediately released her, and stepped aside.
Leng Ruo Li immediately went to the noblewoman's side and knelt down. She felt her pulse and touched her abdomen, then looked at Xiao Zhu and asked, "Is your madam's baby not full-term yet?"
"Yes, young lady. My madam's baby is only a little over eight months now and is about to be born. What should we do?" Xiao Zhu asked, full of anxious helplessness.
"Can you drive a carriage?" Leng Ruo Li asked Xiao Zhu.
Xiao Zhu shook her head.
"Chu Ming Xuan, Yin Yi, come here and help."
Leng Ruo Li shouted to Chu Ming Xuan and Yin Yi, who were still fighting the men in black.
Hearing Leng Ruo Li's voice, the two quickly ended their fight with the masked assailants and, under the cover of Jun Mo Han and Yin Chen, came to Leng Ruo Li's side.
"Yin Yi, quickly drive this broken carriage to the inn where we are staying. Chu Ming Xuan, pay attention to the pregnant woman's condition, I will help her with acupuncture to stop the bleeding," Leng Ruo Li instructed them.
Fortunately, this location was closer to the inn where Leng Ruo Li and her group were staying. After Yin Yi pulled the pregnant woman's carriage to the inn, Leng Ruo Li would take the noblewoman into a room and conduct a thorough examination.