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Chapter 757: The Saint is Cruel and Merciless (12)

Shen Kang sent people to provide disaster relief again. This time, it was the prince who was sent. He asked the prince to take the people to provide disaster relief in person, and asked Duan Jingwu to accompany the prince, responsible for protecting the prince's safety and quelling the rebellion.

The prince went there in person and killed several corrupt officials along the way to quell public anger. Public resentment was reduced, but the reason why corrupt officials dared to be corrupt was naturally because the government forces were complicated and they did not have enough confidence to take action. The forces behind these corrupt officials began to complain about the prince.

The royal family had stopped providing disaster relief a long time ago. The good official who had called for disaster relief was killed by the emperor. Only when the situation was about to get out of control did the emperor send the prince.

Duan Jingwu, the future imperial consort, hadn't even taken action against them. The Crown Prince, however, was so arrogant, calling for war and killing. If he wasn't taught a lesson, he'd truly become the ruler of a nation. He was supposed to govern his own country. The Crown Prince and his father, the Emperor, had been high and mighty for so long, how could they possibly care about the lives of ordinary people? If the Crown Prince hadn't been afraid of another riot by these untouchables, he wouldn't have wanted to come. After just over ten days in the disaster zone, the Crown Prince wanted to return to the Imperial City, but leaving was impossible. He had no choice but to stay in a safe area while Duan Jingwu left the city to strangle the rebels.

The prince would not go to places where epidemics occurred.

But the prince never expected that he would be infected with the epidemic while staying peacefully in the mansion and listening to reports from his subordinates every day!

The epidemic was so severe that the prince became emaciated in less than three days.

"Where's the medicine? Why hasn't the medicine to cure the epidemic been developed yet? Are you not working hard and hoping for your own death?"

The prince was seriously ill and didn't even have the energy to get angry. He hated himself for having skin ulcers, dizziness, nausea and vomiting, and difficulty breathing.

Several imperial physicians, wearing thick masks, knelt behind a screen, not daring to speak. The youngest physician, despite the pressure, said, "Your Highness is blessed with great fortune and will surely live a long and prosperous life. We, your humble servants, are diligently testing medicines and will do our utmost to cure Your Highness. Please give me some more time."

"I trust you, but please don't let me down. Otherwise, if I die, your nine clans will be buried with me."

The imperial doctors quickly begged for mercy.

After they left, the young imperial physician hesitated and said, "I heard that someone among the sick poor people outside the city has been cured of the plague. Why don't we go and take a look?"

"Humph, I heard she's just a female doctor. What could a woman like her know? It's just an accident."

"They are just people seeking fame and reputation. A good woman, instead of focusing on taking care of her husband and children, spends every day dealing with those patients. It's immoral."

The young imperial physician looked at the old men walking away, shook his head and sighed, "Medical skills are not differentiated by gender. Do they really want to die? No, I must live."

The imperial physician personally went to the slums outside the city, which were strictly controlled by the military, and those infected were not allowed to leave. He watched silently from the side and found that the woman was not only gentle in appearance, but also treated all patients equally and her medical skills were indeed good. After drinking her medicine, several patients infected with the plague looked like normal people.

He made up his mind and went up to talk to the woman. After she finished examining the patient, he took her back to the mansion where the prince was temporarily staying.

The prince naturally also heard about the female doctor and sent people to investigate her background. He found out that this doctor named Ruan Xin was a doctor who saved lives and had a good reputation among the people. She was called the "female doctor fairy". She had a clean family background and superb medical skills.

The fearful prince ignored the objections of the imperial doctors and agreed to let Ruan Xin treat him.

Three days later, the prince was able to get out of bed and walk, and Ruan Xin became a unique existence in the mansion. The prince treated her with special favor and rewarded her with many valuable items, but Ruan Xin did not want any of them. She only asked the prince to exchange these valuable items for medicinal materials to treat the people.

In front of the beauty and his savior, the prince naturally showed great care for the people. He praised Ruan Xin again and again, and ordered the imperial doctors to go and see the patients in person. They would only come back when the epidemic was under control.

Now, all the imperial doctors surrounded Ruan Xin, asking her about precautions, fearing that they would lose their lives accidentally.

Ruan Xin put aside her past grudges, gave detailed instructions to the imperial doctors, and made the prescription for treating the epidemic public, which made the imperial doctors put aside their pride and respect her.

When Duan Jingwu returned from suppressing the rebellion, he learned as soon as he entered the city that a beauty had cured the prince's epidemic, and even the epidemic in the city was under control.

He met Ruan Xin in the prince's room.