Amazing Pastoral World: Unparalleled Medical Queen

Rong Zhiyan was silent for a while, then hesitantly said, "I shouldn't have made random guesses or made rash assertions, but now both His Majesty and Prince Jing want the daughter of the Yu family to be the Crown Prince's Consort."

"Are you talking about Yu Qianxiu, the granddaughter of Master Yu and the sister of Yu Qianjing?" Chu Ying had heard of the noble men and ladies in the capital.

"That's right." Rong Zhiyan spoke the truth, "The emperor doted on the late Imperial Concubine Yu. Imperial Concubine Yu was the daughter of Imperial Tutor Yu and the aunt of Miss Yu Qianxiu. The emperor loved Miss Yu as well as everyone in her. Not only the emperor, but even the father of the Crown Prince, His Royal Highness Prince Jing, was very interested in Miss Yu as his daughter-in-law. He once praised her in public for being virtuous, elegant, and a role model for women. Excuse me for being blunt, but if the Crown Prince wants to marry Little Divine Doctor Lu as his principal wife, it will be very difficult. But if he just wants to marry her as a concubine, the possibility is still very high."

Chu Ying frowned: "Little Divine Doctor Lu will never be a concubine."

"But the position of concubine doesn't necessarily mean she will be buried." Rong Zhiyan said puzzledly, "The Crown Prince will be the emperor in the future, and his concubine may be the future imperial concubine. This is the highest honor. How could Little Divine Doctor Lu not be willing?"

Chu Ying sighed and said, "You have never met Miss Lu, so you don't know her at all. In my opinion, the glory and wealth in this world are like passing clouds in her eyes, not to mention the honor of being in the harem? What she cares about is never fame, wealth and status."

Rong Zhiyan was puzzled: "Then what does she care about?"

Chu Ying's mind flashed with the image of this girl who was not yet of marriageable age but already radiant, and she slowly replied, "Dignity, freedom, and devotion."

"What?" Rong Zhiyan scratched his ears, incredulous. "Are you talking about a woman? Where in the world are there such women? Which woman doesn't live and die by relying on others?"

"So there is only one Miss Lu in this world." Chu Ying suddenly wondered whether it was a blessing or a curse that the Crown Prince liked her. "Perhaps it was her uniqueness and eccentricity that deeply attracted the Crown Prince."

Rong Zhiyan shook his head: "But such a woman is not suitable to be the Crown Prince's Consort. The Crown Prince's Consort needs to be gentle, virtuous, kind and generous, and most importantly, not jealous, and magnanimous. In the future, the Crown Prince's Consort will be the Queen. She must be able to help the monarch manage the harem, ensure that the master has equal treatment, and do her best to ensure the continuation of the royal family's offspring. Lord Chu, if Miss Lu is pursuing freedom and devotion, then she is not suitable to be the Queen. No, not just the Queen. I think she is not qualified to be the wife of an ordinary wealthy family."

Chu Ying opened his mouth, but couldn't say a word in rebuttal.

Rong Zhiyan patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "Your Highness will make his own decision, so we don't have to worry about it. Right now, we should hurry up and wipe out the remnants of the rebellious king. Lord Chu, please come in!"

………………

In the mountains and deep forests.

King Chen Ye Wenyan felt sore and tired all over, his throat was burning, and he was panting like a cow.

As soon as the team stopped, he rolled off his horse and collapsed to the ground.

After fleeing for a day and a night, they had already entered the heart of the jungle.

There are towering ancient trees here, few people, but wild animals often appear here.

"Your Highness, have some water." One of his guards scooped a bowl of water from a nearby stream and handed it to him.

He took it and swallowed it in big mouthfuls. Then, he threw the bowl onto a rock nearby.

Suddenly, the porcelain bowl broke into pieces.

Several pieces of debris flew out and brushed past the guard's face, but the guard didn't dare to dodge. He just lowered his head and knelt on the ground, repeatedly apologizing: "Your Highness, calm down."

"Calm down? How can you ask me to calm down?"

At this time, Ye Wenyan was sweating profusely, and his brocade robe was scratched and worn by tree branches and stones and was in tatters.

His hair was messy, his body was covered with dirt and grass, and he looked in a very disheveled state.

He got up from the ground and roared like an angry lion: "Why? Why on earth? Fifty thousand people! Fifty thousand people! All of them are dead! Only these few are left, only these few!"

He fell to the ground, pounded the ground hard and burst into tears.

"They were not killed by the enemy, but by each other! What is going on? Oh my God, why are you so unfair to me? Why?"

The guards trembled.

Ye Wenyan cursed and cried loudly, venting his grief and anger.

After a while, he suddenly drew his sword and pointed it at his guards, with a frantic look on his face: "Tell me! Why? Tell me, why did this happen? How could I be defeated? How could this happen?!"

The guard was shaking, and seeing the tip of the sword trembling under his eyes, his instinct for survival made him raise his head suddenly and shout, "Your Highness, Your Highness, someone has poisoned, someone has poisoned——"

"Poison?" Ye Wenyan looked dazed.

"Yes, yes." The guard cried, "Your Highness, think about it, have those soldiers lost their humanity and become as cruel and brutal as wild beasts? They don't distinguish between friend and foe, they bite and attack each other indiscriminately. Your Highness, it's because they are poisoned! Poisoned!"

"Poisoned? How is that possible? More than 40,000 people, this poison actually killed more than 40,000 people." Ye Wenyan shook his head repeatedly, "What kind of poison is so overbearing? So vicious?"

"Your Highness, this poison comes from Medicine King Valley. Please ask your wife and she will tell you the truth." The guard said hurriedly.

All of them, the subordinates of King Chen, called Ye Wenyan's newly married Qu Hongmei "Madam".

"That's even more impossible!" Ye Wenyan was furious. He kicked over the guard and cursed loudly, "Madam and I share the same hatred and enemy. We will advance and retreat together! How could she harm me?"

The guards quickly got up and said, "Your Highness, I once saw with my own eyes a medicine man who was poisoned and went mad, biting each other with wolves in Medicine King Valley. It was a horrible scene. The wolves that were bitten also went mad and bit their own kind. This poison is contagious. This scene is exactly the same as what happened to the soldiers when they were poisoned. Your Highness..."

"When you knew about this poison, why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"I...I thought Madam had already told His Highness about this." The guard was also suspicious. "I always thought that this poison was developed by Madam and Miss Qu to deal with the enemy. But I didn't expect..."

Ye Wenyan was struck by lightning.

"Why? Why did she do this?" He was like a wild animal trapped in a desperate situation, restless and frightened. "I followed her words and divorced the princess, married her and gave her the title of my wife. I promised her that if I ascended to the throne in the future, I would let her enjoy all the wealth and glory in the world. Why did she betray me?"

The guard stole a glance at him and seemed to want to say something but stopped himself.

"Tell me! What else do you know?"

"Your Highness, actually..." The guard seemed to have finally made up his mind and spoke the truth through gritted teeth, "In fact, the lady is not of the same mind with Your Highness!"