The Dramatic Crown Princess Wants to Poison Me!

Chapter 355: Person in Charge

With so many imperial records, so many eras, so many emperors, he can accurately recite which sentence is on which page and line of a particular year and book.

What kind of mind is this?

This contemporary great scholar, leader of the pure stream, truly lives up to his reputation!

The Emperor immediately commanded: "Come, please bring the ninth book of the Imperial Record from the twenty-third year of Emperor Pingzong’s reign!"

The imperial record is not a person, just a small booklet.

However, this is the imperial record of Prince Ping, the Emperor’s Grand Ancestor, so even this booklet must be requested politely.

Eunuch Feng personally went to "fetch" it.

Soon, Eunuch Feng respectfully brought over the requested imperial record on a tray.

Turning to the twenty-seventh page, fourth line, what was written matched exactly what Gu Hanmo had said. At that time, when Prince Ping left court, he had indeed said such a sentence, which was recorded by the attendant eunuch in the imperial record.

King Kang was the first to step forward, saying: "Prince Ping was wise, urgent military affairs, epidemics, these were all significant matters, and not following the regular reporting protocol was quite normal!"

The Emperor said plainly: "Court dismissed!"

He did not need to say anything further, and no one dared to speak more about the matter.

King Kang stood in place, shook his head and smiled. The Emperor, after all, is the Emperor; he surely knew that Prince Ping had also left such a statement.

Yet, during the intense debates between the factions of the Crown Prince and Prince Li, he expressed no meaning or stance.

Reflecting now, the award decree personally issued by the Emperor, even without Prince Ping’s words, he would not contradict himself.

It seems that he was too impatient, feeling that someone like Shang Jingwang should not be harmed due to a minor mistake made with ulterior motives, a hasty outburst, everything was under the Emperor’s control.

The Crown Prince glanced at Prince Li, his eyes showing both disdain and triumph.

Father Emperor stands on his side.

Prince Li and Huangfu Yuxuan did not look pleased.

It was clear that everything was under control, the Crown Prince stepped up to defend Shang Jingwang, and they cast Shang Jingwang into hell, which was a severe blow to the Crown Prince, and also a formal declaration of war.

But unexpectedly, this situation allowed Shang Jingwang to escape a calamity.

Prince Li just felt unlucky.

Huangfu Yuxuan’s gaze grew darker; he was still a bit too rash. Without the award decree issued half a month ago, Grandfather might not have cared about Shang Jingwang’s survival, thus would not have summoned Gu Hanmo to verify what Prince Ping had said.

Has he somehow drawn Grandfather’s attention?

Marquis Anning’s face turned pale, unsure whether from anger or something else.

In his heart, he thought about something.

The letter from Yu Shikui mentioned burning down the village plagued with the epidemic. Has he succeeded? His letter was sent, did he receive it?

Hopefully, Yu Shikui would be smart enough not to cause trouble.

Northern County, Wangshan Town.

After Huangfu Jingchen was confident that Shang Jingwang would be fine, Huangfu Jinxuan didn’t dwell on the matter further; after all, whether there is anything or not, his father would probably hint it to him.

He was more curious about Huangfu Jingchen.

This Young Master has been following Miss Xia everywhere, not even returning to Yunzhou. Is he temporarily infatuated with beauty, or like Uncle Cheng, prefers beauty over the empire?

However, curiosity aside, he dared only to be a spectator.

This time, he is the imperial envoy, but he feels there isn’t much he needs to do.

The solution to the epidemic has already been developed, and fewer and fewer people are being sent to the quarantine zone, where no longer does anyone die from the epidemic.

He, the imperial envoy, is idle; besides touring the mountains and waters, enjoying good food and drink, he has nothing to do.

He wished to stir up trouble, but Huangfu Jingchen warned him that this place is not like the Capital City, only common folk here, bullying them is no skill. Besides, he represents the Emperor and must maintain his image.

Huangfu Jinxuan rolled his eyes, he never intended to target common folk anyway! But thinking about Yu Shikui’s manner, it would sully his hands.

This idleness would drive him mad, but the mountains are here.

Huangfu Jinxuan took Wei Jun to hunt in the mountains.

And quite a harvest it was, every time he returned, he could bring back a game like boars, roe deer, or badgers. He finally found something that made him happy here.

As for Wei Jun, reduced from a guard to a hunter, what else could he do but accept it?

Yu Shikui had been residing in the Central Army Camp left by Wen Hao, but after being frightened by "Bai Yi’s ghost," he moved to an inn in town.

Knowing that Lord Governor and Lord Imperial Envoy have arrived, Kong Tixin, the County Magistrate of Yanglu County, who had been driven away by Shang Jingwang, eagerly hurried back.

After the cold reception last time in front of Shang Jingwang, this time he directly ignored Shang Jingwang.

After all, the Lord Governor ranks far above Shang Jingwang, the Prefect, and there’s also the imperial envoy, who represents the Emperor. These two were sufficient to flatter; what does Shang Jingwang count as?

Even with so many people staying here, Kong Tixin was not afraid of the epidemic spreading.

Huangfu Jinxuan was busy hunting, too occupied to bother with Kong Tixin, so Kong Tixin latched onto Yu Shikui. It was timely, as Yu Shikui was being suppressed by Huangfu Jinxuan; the distinguished Lord Governor didn’t even have the presence Shang Jingwang had before the imperial envoy. Harboring resentment, he was quite pleased with Kong Tixin’s flattery.

After two days, the Imperial Physicians and the Imperial Envoy’s Guard arrived.

Upon the physicians’ arrival, Xia Wenjin and Huangfu Jingchen prepared to leave.

They were initially just passing through.

Now that Xia Wenjin had organized the epidemic’s remedy, although the plague was no longer fatal, there were still many follow-up actions needed. The arrival of the Imperial Physicians to handle these was indeed ideal.

Upon hearing that the two were leaving, Huangfu Jinxuan felt quite reluctant, while Xia Wenjin was amidst the handover with the Imperial Physicians.

The team of Imperial Physicians dispatched this time included a Deputy Director from the Imperial Hospital leading three other physicians. The youngest among them was two cycles older than Xia Wenjin.

On the handover side, surprisingly, it was a young girl, which made them somewhat feel that Shang Jingwang’s handling was a bit casual. Of all people to handle the handover, why choose a young girl?

Luo Yuanzheng, the Deputy Director, was already fifty. He climbed to this position through hard work, was skilled in medicine, highly regarded by the Emperor, but was a stern and proud man.

He frowned, looking at the young girl before him, displeased: "Summon the person in charge of the quarantine zone’s medical staff! My time as Imperial Physician is for treating illness, not playing with children!"

A girl of fifteen or sixteen is but a child in his eyes; his granddaughter was that age.

Before Xia Wenjin could speak, Shang Jingwang hastily and politely said, "Director Luo, this young lady is indeed the person in charge of the medical staff!"

Luo Yuanzheng held a Fourth Rank position, while Shang Jingwang was Fifth Rank; by official ranking, Luo Yuanzheng was indeed superior.