Chapter 50.3

Chapter 50.3

He was going to explode this time.

Youre pregnant with his seed yet still unhappy?! How could you not have someone else in your mind?

In a rage, he stopped going to Consort Lius palace completely.

The Emperor naturally wouldnt think how the days of a concubine who didnt receive his favor lived. He only knew that Consort Liu gave birth to the Fifth Prince and begged him to let her family come to the palace to see her. Soon after the Liu family left the palace, Consort Liu died, leaving only a pair of children unattended.

And so the Emperor always had a nagging feeling in his mind about the possibility of someone else in Consort Lius heart.

All that said, if he himself hadnt investigated that Consort Liu almost married her maternal cousin before, he wouldnt have had such a thorn sticking in his heart.

But in all seriousness, if he hadnt investigated the fact that Consort Liu was tacitly allowed to marry her maternal cousin and that Lord Liu was happy with the marriage, he wouldnt have allowed the consort to be crowned Empress in order for Lord Liu to feel frustrated.

It was impossible for anyone to understand his mental derangement, so the Eldest Princess and the Fifth Prince, the poor sister and brother, were just inexplicably disliked by their Emperor Father.

The Fifth Prince was fine, he had been unappreciated since he was a child and was already used to it.

But though the Eldest Princess Shen Huyang was young, she could already remember things, and would sporadically remember how Emperor Father once doted on her and how he became cold overnight.

The younger sisters would envy her for being able to get the Hu name ranking, the same as the Princes. But when she was a child, how could she not have envied her sisters as well, who were loved by Emperor Father

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I have already written home. And in order to carry these urgent goods, they have sent good horses the entire way, so if nothing else happens, they should be able to reach Nancheng soon.

Zhao He didnt know these old stories, but he still tapped on the table and said, This time, my family listened to me and sent all the herbs over, but I dont know if its enough

Does Brother Zhao know the approximate quantity?

Zhao He quickly replied with a number. He was a member of the Zhao family after all, even though he was usually busy studying, his parents wouldnt hide these things from him.

Lin Shiheng nodded, The medicinal herbs given by the Imperial Court along with those donated by Brother Zhaos family should be able to hold out, though somewhat barely.

Barely?

Zhao He was surprised. Did the Imperial Court give you enough ingredients? I thought it was only a little bit.

It was an emergency and could only be taken from the treasury. But after all, its His Majestys private treasury, so no more will be available. Plus, the officers preparing these would exclude some of the people who might die.

How can the court be so petty when its a matter of life and death?!

Zhao He slapped the table and stood up in anger, If you give more herbs, then you are saving more lives!

Lin Shiheng shook his head and said nothing.

It was a bit difficult to get the court to pay, especially if you wanted them to pay for a small territory that the court didnt like very much.

By the way, Brother Lin, I have prepared the flying pigeon you asked me to prepare for you, I asked my familys treasurer in the capital to bring it to me, it can fly directly to the treasurers house in Nancheng.

Thank you, Brother Zhao.

Youre welcome.

Zhao He smiled bright and clear, I only hope that if the Fifth Highness attains his wish in the future, Brother Lin can give me a helping hand.

Lin Shihengs saluting hand faltered as he looked up with a light smile on his face.

Naturally.

I just dont know when Brother Zhao learned that I wanted to help the Fifth Highness.

He wanted to stop his horse and hunt a rabbit, but the letter said he had to act like Ill eat whatever you eat with his subordinates. Shen Huan wanted everyone to hunt rabbits and eat rabbits together, but then it says that he must work day and night all the way, and he cant waste time. In particular, he couldnt let others think that he was a Prince who couldnt suffer but had to eat wild game on the way to save people.

Shen Huan, who really cant suffer, suffered a lot along the way. Countless times he had wanted to quit, but then thought of his great desire and thus hardened himself to survive.

Fortunately, although he felt that he had suffered a lot, when he arrived at Nancheng, these soldiers had come to look at him with admiration. Some people even took the initiative to talk with him, and their words were very friendly, so Shen Huan no longer felt so struggled. The next arrangement was thus to follow the instructions on the letter directly.

First, find patients to test the medicine, wait until the prescription was confirmed to be effective, then tell all the soldiers to dispel their fear that they may be infected with the plague. Then finally, this group of soldiers could be arranged to get to work.

But before you get to work, you have to say something.

Shen Huan took out the letter and reread the words that were written down in case he didnt know how to say them, memorized them once, and then put them back in his pocket in a precious way.

Only then did he clear his throat and walk out onto the wide practice arena of the Governors Mansion.

As to why the residence of a civil servant had a training ground with two huge, appalling hammers just lying there, that didnt matter.

Shen Huan stood above as he looked down at the densely packed files of soldiers lined up all the way to the outside of the Governors Mansion below. Wearing armor and holding spears, all of them quietly looked up at him with conviction written in their eyes.

Shen Huan, who was already a little nervous, became even more nervous. Fortunately, he had a good memory and recited the words written in the letter directly.

I was worried about the exhaustion of the journey and the fact that the disease has not been removed, which was why I had everyone rest. But now that the imperial physician has reported that the disease has been eliminated, you soldiers should go with me to distribute the medicine to the people.

Everyone should remember: One, must not be violent to the people; Two, must not take the peoples personal belongings. And three, must not leave the city without permission. Can everyone do that?

The soldiers below responded with a shout, immediately responding at the top of their voices.

Yes!

As Your Highness says.

At the moment, he saw so many people standing below, wearing the same armor, and looking at him.

It was as if they were looking at their sovereign with admiration and respect.

And Shen Huans heart jumped.

The previous idea, which was only a general desire to sit upon the throne, was completely reinforced.

Right now, he was already imagining that if he were to wear a dragon robe in the future, it would no longer be a 1000 soldiers and horses standing below him but 10,000 or even 100,000.

He stood on high while the soldiers stood below as they looked up at him like this.

How exciting it would be to be like that.

Shen Huan clenched his fists, the tension in his heart was obviously gone, but his heart was still beating with excitement.

At this moment, he finally clearly understood what he wanted.

The throne.

He wanted to ascend to the throne and protect his Sister.

Thinking of the future when he would be able to support his Sister, Shen Huans face looked distant, but the corners of her lips curled up slightly in pride.

What had to be done now was to follow the letter given by the unnamed gentleman who could see into the depths of his heart and take care of Nanchengs situation, so that Emperor Father could sit up and take notice of him. It would be nice if he could get to know the gentleman after returning to the capital One much definitely recruit such a powerful figure into their own faction.

Then when he ascends to the throne with the help of the gentleman, he would be like the late Emperor who could banish the fuma at will if he treated his sister badly.

Shen Huan believed that that day wouldnt be far away.

However, after returning to the capital, the first thing he had to do was to scare his sisters fuma so that the guy wouldnt be disrespectful to his Sister.