Amazing Pastoral World: Unparalleled Medical Queen

Seeing this, Qu Wei suddenly said, "Do you know that the Crown Prince's health has begun to improve?"

Her words were like a drop of water falling into a boiling oil pan, shocking everyone.

"Godfather," she turned to him and said solemnly, "I also think that confronting Duan Tianhao head-on is not the best strategy. The most urgent thing is to conserve our strength and then think of him."

The aide came to his senses from his initial shock and immediately agreed, "Miss Qu is right. If the Crown Prince's health starts to improve, then the prince's situation will be even more dangerous, and we can't force it. We are not cowards, but we are thinking about the prince's cause!"

The general was also a little shaken: "But, you said that defending Pingzhou is not the best strategy, so where should we retreat to? The south is indeed mountainous, but we have no base in the south, I am afraid that we will be unable to move forward."

King Chen also frowned.

He would not give up his fiefdom unless it was absolutely necessary. When he thought about all his years of hard work going down the drain, he felt heartbroken and hated Ye Feng even more.

Seeing the livid expression on Prince Chen's face, Qu Wei secretly sneered in her heart, but her face remained gentle and considerate: "Foster father, if there is no more suitable place, your daughter has a place to recommend."

"Oh?" Prince Chen turned his head to look at her.

This adopted daughter has good medical skills and is also very ruthless. Let's hear what good suggestions she has.

"Foster father, have you forgotten? There is a place called Qianlong City in the southwest bordering Qi and Ling. Qianlong City is surrounded by dense jungles and rolling mountains. There are many foreign tribes scattered around. It is a no-man's land. The terrain there is easy to hide, and it is easy to defend but difficult to attack."

The staff were already tempted, but the military generals still had concerns.

"Although the power of the imperial court has not penetrated, the foreign barbarians are the biggest obstacle. If we send so many troops there, it will definitely cause resistance from the locals. I heard that some tribes have all kinds of strange tricks, some are proficient in witchcraft, and some are good at Qimen Dunjia. That's why Your Majesty did not station troops here, so that we can live in peace."

Qu Wei smiled slightly: "You may not know that this place is my master's territory. My master is very familiar with these tribal leaders."

She turned to look at King Chen, her eyes sparkling, "Foster father, why don't you have a good discussion with Master. Master will definitely help you solve your problem."

King Chen understood.

This is to let him negotiate terms with her master.

However, thinking of the woman who was obsessed with him and had planned everything for him for more than 20 years without asking for anything in return, she probably wouldn't make any excessive demands this time.

However, when he met Qu Wei's master Qu Hongmei, he realized that he had thought too simply.

"What? You want me to marry you as my second wife?" Ye Wenyan looked at Qu Hongmei in surprise, as if he had never thought that she would make such a request.

The woman in front of him was nearly 40 years old, and was not as youthful, beautiful, and charming as a girl in her twenties. Her face had aged visibly, her skin was pale and bloodless, and there were fine wrinkles at the corners of her eyes. At this moment, she was still staring at the handsome and elegant man in front of her as obsessed as before, but a hint of gloom and coldness occasionally flashed in her eyes that no one could see.

"Yan Lang, you don't want to?" Her face was calm, but every word she uttered was heart-piercing. "If I can't be your wife, then why should I plan for you with all my heart and soul, and risk my entire life for you?"

"Hongmei, you..."

"Yan Lang, have you forgotten the promise you made to me?" Qu Hongmei interrupted him and reminded him gently, "More than 20 years ago, you said that you would marry me sooner or later."

"Hongmei, I have never forgotten this promise. But when I met you, I was already married to the princess. I have never hidden this from you. You are the woman I love most. If it weren't for the fact that I still needed the help of the princess's family, I would have married you long ago." Prince Chen said to her affectionately.

Princess Chen was from the Qian family, the left prime minister in the capital. The former Luzhou prefect Qian Gui was a member of the Qian family.

"Yan Lang, you can marry me now without any worries." Qu Hongmei said softly, "I heard that the residence of Prime Minister Qian, the princess's family, has been raided, and Prime Minister Qian has been dismissed and thrown into prison. The Qian family is finished. Yan Lang, no one can stop us anymore."

"But Hongmei, now is not a good time to marry you." Ye Wenyan patiently persuaded her.

"Yanlang, are you worried about the local forces in Qianlong City?" Qu Hongmei smiled proudly, "That is the territory of my Medicine King Valley. Those forces dare not offend my Medicine King Valley. Don't worry, Yanlang, as long as you marry me, we will be husband and wife, and they will naturally not dare to be your enemy."

"...Okay." King Chen gritted his teeth secretly, his face full of tenderness, "But the current situation is very unfavorable to me. When we break out and gain a foothold in Qianlong City, I will definitely give you a grand wedding."

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New Year’s Eve arrived amid heavy snow.

In Lingxia Village, the sound of firecrackers rang out from far and near, and every household prepared a New Year's Eve dinner. Even the poorest family in the village, because they had a little income this year, also bought a few dishes of meat. In particular, the two dishes of fried snails with soy sauce and braised large intestines have become the must-have dishes for almost every household's New Year's Eve dinner. Some families also cooked pickled fish, but because they did not master the correct cooking method, the taste and flavor were a little worse than that of Pinxianlou, but it did not prevent everyone from liking this dish.

The Lu family’s New Year’s Eve dinner was very rich.

This was Lu Ke'er's first year since she traveled to this world, so she naturally took it very seriously. She used all her skills, frying, stir-frying, deep-frying, braising, and stewing, and she came up with eighteen dishes, many of which the people here had never even seen before.

Eight-treasure chicken, squirrel mandarin fish, crystal shrimp, spicy duck head, steamed sea bass... the little Lu Mingxi was drooling at the sight.

"Sister, it smells so good. When can we eat it?" He would ask every time a dish was served on the table.

“Haha, almost there!”

When the last dish was served and the family sat together at the table, Lu Tianning greeted everyone with a smile: "Come on, everyone sit down, let's have a good New Year."

Qiuyu, Qiushui, Qiuye and the others were very reserved and refused repeatedly: "How can servants sit at the same table with the master? This is against the rules."

"In our family, there is no distinction between master and servant." Lu Ke'er smiled and pushed them to sit down, pointing at Chi Li, "You should learn a lot from Chi Li. You see, he never considers himself an outsider in our family."

Qiuyu and the others couldn't help laughing when they saw Chili, who had been sitting at the table and looking at the dishes with a drooling look on his face.

Ji smiled and said, "Let's set off some firecrackers first, and then have the New Year's Eve dinner."