Yang Hanlun brought Lin Haihai to the emperor’s sleeping chamber. On the way there, Lin Haihai wore a tense expression and said nothing, so Yang Hanlun didn’t dare to say anything either and secretly observed her. Is she angry with him over what happened just now? When they arrived at the door, Lin Haihai suddenly parted her lips and asked, “Do you know of any abandoned mountain tops?”

“I do. Why are you asking about this?” Yang Hanlun was delighted that she finally spoke. 

“I want to clear the area and use it to plant medicinal herbs.”

“Plant medicinal herbs? You can buy them directly, so why bother planting them?” Yang Hanlun asked in confusion. 

“If I plant it myself, I can save a huge amount of money. The market for medicinal herbs isn’t stable right now and the herbs are very costly. Sometimes, these ingredients are hoarded by bad merchants and they sell them at high prices when the market supply is lacking. We are the consumers and this puts us at a disadvantage,” Lin Haihai analyzed. 

“But you earn lots of silver taels every day. Even if the medicinal herbs are on the costly side, it shouldn’t impact you too much. Why do you have to waste your efforts on this?” Yang Hanlun was somewhat displeased with her unscrupulous methods for he thought that her hospital was earning tens of thousands of silver taels on a regular basis.

Lin Haihai didn’t respond. In fact, she was embarrassed to...