Transmigrated into a farmer's lucky charm, all the villains in the family panicked.

The group crowded around to take a look, and only Yun Huaikang recognized a few characters, though he hadn't learned them all yet.

Yun Shengsheng also peeked out and was completely dumbfounded.

The sign prominently displayed the words: "Though there is no imperial carriage, it is as if I am personally present!"

[Holy crap! This is a gold medal bestowed by the emperor? Who is this old man? How does he even have something like this...?]

Upon hearing her heartfelt words, the family's legs went weak, and they all knelt down with a thud.

The clinic owner, who was crouching and peeking in from the doorway, first saw the signboard flash with golden light, then saw Yun Huaikang and his family kneeling down in unison. Startled, his legs trembled, and he too knelt down at the doorway with a thud. After kneeling, he still hadn't realized—what was I kneeling for?

The old man raised an eyebrow, looking at the family with surprise: "Oh, so there are people in your rural area who know their stuff? Not bad!"

He put away the sign, clapped his hands, and said, "Now do you believe me? I'm not a kidnapper, I really didn't come here to kidnap your daughter. I just saw that this girl is smart, she recognizes so many medicinal herbs at such a young age, she's bound to have a bright future. I'm getting old, and I'd like to take her on as my last disciple."

With the gold medals already revealed, how could Yun Huaikang and Gan Yuwan dare to utter a single word of dissent?

That's a gold medal! You can't just take on apprentices; you could drag them all out and beat them to death and no one would dare stop you.

The old man told them to get up, and the couple immediately got up and busied themselves with serving tea, pouring water, and massaging each other's backs, being extremely attentive.

Yun Shengsheng was pushed in front of the old man by Gan Yuwan, a cup of tea was stuffed into her small hand, and she held it above her head in a daze.

The old man smiled and took the teacup, took a sip, and then handed her a dark green jade pendant.

"This is a gift from your master to you. Alright, from today onwards, you are my sixth disciple."

"From now on, I'll be your master. I'll introduce you to your senior brothers and sisters another day."

He put down his teacup, looked down at the little bean sprout that wasn't even as tall as his leg, and liked it more and more the more he looked at it.

"By the way, little girl, what's your name? How old are you?"

Gan Yuwan quickly stepped forward, bending slightly at the waist, her voice three times softer than usual: "Lord Li..."

Old Man Li waved his hand and said casually, "No need to call me Lord Li, just call me Old Man Li."

Gan Yuwan quickly corrected herself: "Yes, yes, Mr. Li. My little girl's name is Yun Shengsheng, meaning 'life goes on'. She'll be three years old in less than a month, on the fifth day of the ninth lunar month."

Old Li's eyes widened in disbelief.

"What? This little girl isn't even three years old yet?"

Gan Yuwan nodded quickly.

Old Li looked Yun Shengsheng up and down again, and the more he looked, the more alarmed he became.

How can a toddler under three years old recognize so many medicinal herbs?

I didn't mistake any of the following: Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria cocos, Glycyrrhiza uralensis, Angelica sinensis, and Rehmannia glutinosa.

They even knew that the ginseng was fake!

He felt like he had struck gold.

Old Li was secretly pleased and chatted with Yun Shengsheng for a few more minutes. He then realized that the child still spoke in two or three-word phrases at a time, in a childish voice, like a little adult. He found it even more amusing.

What's wrong with being a late talker? Late talkers are often smarter!

Just as he was enjoying himself, Old Li caught a glimpse of the clinic owner peeking in from the doorway. His smile vanished instantly.

He stood up with a "whoosh".

"Girl, come with me."

He picked up Yun Shengsheng and then turned to Yun Huaikang, instructing, "You also need to go to the yamen for me and tell them that someone here is selling fake medicine."

Yun Huaikang dared not refuse and ran away as fast as he could.

The clinic owner was terrified and quickly ducked back into his shop.

Unexpectedly, despite his advanced age, Old Man Li was more agile than a young man. He caught up with him in a few quick steps, grabbed him by the back of his collar, and lifted him back like a chick.

The shopkeeper immediately knelt down, his face plastered with a fawning smile that looked like a mix of crying and laughing.

"My lord, my lord! I really won't do it again! Please forgive me this time, I... I didn't mean to—"

Old Li let out a cold laugh through his nose.

"Selling counterfeit medicine? This isn't just selling other counterfeit goods. Selling counterfeit medicine can cost lives! It's no different from buying poison, which is murder!"

There is absolutely no room for leniency when it comes to selling counterfeit medicine.

If he hadn't been wandering the streets on a whim today and happened to bump into an old woman holding a packet of medicine, coming to argue with the shopkeeper, saying that the medicine hadn't helped her at all, and had even made her illness worse.

But the shopkeeper argued that "the patient's illness was terminal, not the medicine's fault."

Old Li, out of curiosity, opened the medicine box to take a look.

This sight almost made him so angry his beard almost twisted out of shape.

The ginseng inside was all fake; it was all radish root! It was dried, sliced, and sold as ginseng.

If this were given to a seriously ill person, delaying the opportunity to save their life, it would be a matter of life and death!

Seeing that pleading for mercy was useless, the shopkeeper's obsequious expression gradually faded, replaced by a ruthless look, and he forced out the words through gritted teeth.

"I... I may not know who you are, but don't think I'm someone you can mess with! My boss is someone you can't afford to offend!"

Old Li narrowed his eyes, a meaningful smile curving his lips.

"Oh? Then tell me, who's backing you? Let me see if I can afford to mess with them."

The shopkeeper seemed to have grasped at a straw, straightening his back a bit more.

"My backer is the Prince Ming's Mansion! Even if you're from the Imperial Medical Academy, would you dare to talk back to Prince Ming?"

Old Li was taken aback.

He truly hadn't expected that selling counterfeit medicine would implicate the Ming Prince's Mansion.

Yun Shengsheng's face immediately fell.

[It's all over... The decline of the Ming Prince's Mansion began at this critical juncture. Oh no, oh no, oh no...]

[If only the Crown Prince could come quickly and deal with this person, otherwise things will only get worse once word gets out!]

[Thinking about how the Ming Prince's mansion was ultimately framed and imprisoned, the Ming Prince was beheaded and his head displayed in public, the heir's legs were broken, and the whole family was eventually exiled and their property confiscated—these were all small things that accumulated little by little.]

If we don't stop these things from happening now, they'll snowball and become increasingly uncontrollable...

Yun Pianpian overheard this and thought of that proud and bright man who would eventually have his legs broken, his home confiscated, and be exiled. Her heart sank.

Before Gan Yuwan could speak, she turned and rushed out.

She had to drag Zhen Linqing over before her father brought the officials back...