Amazing Pastoral World: Unparalleled Medical Queen

"Chi Li won't hurt Ke'er." Ye Feng thought about his current situation and couldn't help but feel a little depressed. "Besides, he is right. Although I want to protect Ke'er, I can't help but be unable to do so."

“Your Highness…” Zuo Yi felt sad when he saw Ye Feng looking depressed for the first time.

"But Zuo Yi, this is only temporary." After a moment, Ye Feng regained his usual calmness and composure. "I will eliminate the potential threats and emerging crises as soon as possible. By then, Ke'er will no longer encounter this kind of danger."

"Your Highness, do you have a solution?"

"With the world's number one killer here, are we still worried about not being able to find the Soul-Seizing Tower's lair?"

"Your Highness, do you want to use Chili as bait to lure the Soul Suo Tower?"

"The poison that Chi Li was poisoned with can be cured, but Soul Seeking Tower doesn't know about it, and can't find Ke'er for the time being. We can let Chi Li take the initiative to contact Soul Seeking Tower. In secret, we send people to monitor her. The person who receives the letter must be the messenger of Soul Seeking Tower. He must be a close confidant of the Soul Seeking Tower owner, and it is impossible for him not to know the location of Soul Seeking Tower."

"This is a great plan. But what if Chili doesn't want to cooperate?"

"He will definitely be willing to cooperate." Ye Feng's starry eyes half closed, "Although I haven't found out the reason yet, it is undeniable that Ke'er has a different position in Chi Li's heart. He will not sit idly by and watch Ke'er get hurt. And the biggest threat to Ke'er right now is the Soul-Seizing Tower."

"I understand. If I were Chi Li, I would also choose to cooperate with Your Highness. Instead of passively defending, it is better to take the initiative to attack."

"Yes. There is one more thing." Ye Feng looked at Zuo Yi, "I estimate that the reward from the Emperor to Ke'er will arrive in the next two days. Soon after this is over, we will set off to return to Beijing."

Zuo Yi was shocked: "Didn't you say I could stay for half a year? It's only been more than three months, why is Your Highness so anxious?"

Ye Feng looked at the dark rolling mountains in the distance under the night sky and sighed softly: "The poison in my body has been almost cured. Grandpa Huang will know it. If I stay any longer, I'm afraid it will be bad for Ke'er."

Zuo Yi understood clearly.

As much as His Majesty loves his grandson, he is wary of strangers around him. Besides, Lu Ke'er is still a little girl who has not yet reached the age of marriage. His Majesty is also afraid that His Highness will have inappropriate thoughts about the little girl. In the royal family, the marriage of offspring is determined after careful selection and weighing of the pros and cons of all parties. His Highness is the crown prince, the future monarch, and his wife is the future queen, and her status must match His Highness. It is impossible for a peasant girl from a farming family to have such a status.

When Zuo Yi thought of this, he couldn't help feeling depressed.

After spending these days together, he still likes this little girl Lu Ke'er very much. Although she is young, she has an extraordinary demeanor, not to mention her own abilities cannot be underestimated. Most importantly, in front of Miss Lu, His Highness truly lives like an ordinary person with joys and sorrows.

He became His Highness's shadow guard when he was eight years old. His Highness was favored by His Majesty and seemed to have everything, but in fact, everyone around His Highness knew that His Highness had always lived a lonely life and was under great pressure. Living in an environment surrounded by wolves, His Highness was walking on thin ice every step of the way and had almost no time to relax and have fun. However, in the Lu family, he knew that His Highness was truly happy and relaxed.

If His Highness was an ordinary person, he would definitely choose to be with Miss Lu. Maybe the two of them would be together for life, maybe the two of them would become close friends... There would be more possibilities for the two of them. However, he would never choose to stay away for her peace like he is doing now.

"Your Highness, are you...really willing to let it go?" Zuo Yi asked after a long silence.

Ye Feng's expression was indifferent, but his eyes became more determined.

"Who can tell about the future?" he murmured.

He must take the future into his own hands.

………………

Lu Ke'er felt strange. She originally thought that Ye Feng would oppose her saving Chi Li, the killer. After all, Ye Feng had gone to her room in the middle of the night to "warn" her. But she didn't expect that after just one day, Ye Feng and Chi Li were getting along well. The two of them didn't confront each other angrily, nor did they draw their swords against each other, which puzzled her.

But she did not focus on this for long, because the court rewarded her.

The eunuch who came to announce the decree was a middle-aged eunuch with a white face and no beard. He was accompanied to Lingxia Village by Fang Xingzheng, the magistrate of Xilin County. Lu Ke'er heard Fang Xingzheng call the eunuch Zheng Gonggong. Later, Lu Ke'er learned that this Zheng Gonggong was the apprentice of Li Fuquan, the chief eunuch in front of the current Emperor Zheng'an, and was also the object of flattery by powerful ministers in the capital.

Eunuch Zheng stood in the Lu family's courtyard, facing the people kneeling in the yard, and read the imperial edict aloud.

"The Emperor, in compliance with the Will of Heaven, proclaims: ... There is a peasant girl, Lu Ke'er, who is intelligent, dignified, virtuous, and skilled in medicine. She saves the dying and the wounded, and helps the broad masses of people with her kindness. She saves the epidemic victims from danger, and provides relief to refugees, which is beyond the reach of the Emperor's grace. ... The people are grateful, and this comforts my heart. ... I commend her for her kindness, and encourage good customs. ... I now grant her a thousand taels of gold, a hundred rolls of silk, two sets of kingfisher headgear, and five hundred acres of mountain forest and fertile farmland... I decree this!"

"Miss Lu, please accept the order and express your gratitude." After reading the imperial edict, Eunuch Zheng looked at the girl kneeling in the first row in front of him, his eyes flashing.

Before coming here, he had also guessed what Lu Ke'er looked like. A peasant girl, even if she was an outstanding doctor, her appearance and temperament could not be outstanding. After all, she was born in a small family and had limited experience. I'm sure her rustic flavor would be difficult to cover up even with the most gorgeous clothes.

But he didn't expect that when he looked at the girl carefully, she was so stunning at first sight.

Although her petite body was kneeling, her back was straight and her temperament was graceful. Her appearance was also very outstanding, with skin as white as cream, eyebrows and eyes as beautiful as paintings, especially her pair of phoenix eyes, which were shimmering and shining. He didn't even notice what she was wearing.

There is a kind of person whose charm is enough to astound the world, and any clothes will only serve as a foil.

Eunuch Zheng recalled the hint given by his master Li Fuquan before he left Beijing, and couldn't help but feel a little hesitant.

Li Fuquan hinted to him that His Majesty did not like this peasant girl, and thought that she was scheming, eager for quick success, and had the suspicion of seducing the Crown Prince. The reward was just to stop the gossips of the world. Therefore, the reward for Lu Ke'er came so late after the epidemic ended for so many days.

Eunuch Zheng is a man who is good at reading people's faces and acting accordingly. This is why among so many eunuchs, he was chosen by Li Fuquan and accepted as his apprentice.

Before coming here, he had made up his mind to be neither cold nor warm to this Miss Lu, and to be distant and polite, but now he was a little hesitant.

"I, the peasant girl, thank you for your grace." Lu Ke'er took the bright yellow imperial edict calmly with neither servile nor arrogant attitude.

She didn't have a good impression of the eunuch who announced the decree.

Perhaps he was used to being flattered in the capital, although this eunuch Zheng's behavior was impeccable, he had a stubborn and arrogant look. Since he came in, he seemed rather distant towards her and even the entire Lu family.

Lu Tianning and Ji knelt beside Lu Keer, but they were extremely excited.

Their daughter's achievements were not only admired by the people, but also heard by the emperor, who issued an edict to reward her.

Seeing his daughter accept the imperial edict, Lu Tianning, as the head of the family, asked Qiu Ye to help him up, put him in a wheelchair, and come in front of Eunuch Zheng.

"The Lu family is extremely grateful to Eunuch Zheng for taking the trouble to come and announce the imperial decree. This is just a small token of our respect, but I hope you will accept it." After saying this, he stuffed a purse into Eunuch Zheng's hand.