Chapter 38 Snow Disaster

"His Highness has granted your permission. The two of you may remain carefree and uninvolved in the affairs of the court."

Shang Yuji's words dispelled Yan Qing's last concerns, and he picked up the jade token again, but this time he accepted it.

Soon, the other jade pendant was also taken away.

Yan Qing pondered for a moment and said, "The waters there are unfathomable. If we can escape, it's best to stay far away."

It seems that this young lady has long been involved with the eldest princess. Even though he doesn't pay much attention to the political climate in the court, he understands that the second prince is at the height of his power, and supporting the eldest princess's faction will undoubtedly be a long and difficult road.

She knew this was Dr. Yan's advice to them: "Thank you, doctor, but I'd like to give it a try."

Yan Qing crossed his hands, looking completely at ease: "Little girl, if you ever meet me outside and need anything, just let me know, and I'll take care of it."

Although he didn't want to get involved in court affairs, he was still willing to help Shang Xiaoni.

Anyway, he was just helping Shang Xiaoyou; he wasn't getting involved in power struggles.

If all else fails and his misdeeds are exposed, his medical skills, which are renowned for saving lives, will always attract powerful figures willing to protect him.

Fang Mu understood the meaning behind his senior brother's words and said to Shang Yuji, "You can also come to me if you need anything."

Shang Yuji quickly replied, "This junior thanks you both, seniors."

Just then, a patient arrived at the clinic. Fang Mu left first, and Yan Qing took a small bag from her waist and handed it to her: "Here are two life-saving pills. You can have them."

Shang Yuji wanted to refuse, but Yan Qing said again, "Take it, it's specially made for you."

She looked up in confusion: "What does this mean?"

"Junior brother was worried about me, thinking that the Gu on Jiang boy's body shouldn't lead to the death of both of us, but I was still worried and made two. Now that I know it's the Heart-to-Heart Gu, which causes death to both if their hearts are not in sync, I should be glad that I made two..."

If you get married, eat these before your wedding night. If the poison fails and turns against you, it can protect you once.

When the Heart-to-Heart Gu detects that the two are not of one mind and is about to take effect, causing both to perish, the pill in the bag can save their lives.

In other words, this changes the answer of the Heart-Connecting Gu from certain death to a chance to choose and break free from the inevitable crisis.

Shang Yuji was speechless for a moment, then hesitated and said, "The two of you have helped us a great deal, and this junior does not know what to do."

"Take it then." Yan Qing smiled. "You've helped us too."

I don't want to live to see another way of explaining medicine: bacteria, microorganisms, hygiene protection, and... the act of cutting open wounds or suturing them.

He had expected Shang Xiaoni to bring a surprise, but he didn't expect the surprise to be so big that he couldn't recover for a long time.

Shang Yuji led Jiang Xi to express their gratitude together, and accepted the somewhat worn-out little bag.

The number of people coming to the clinic has been increasing. With the changing seasons these past few days, more people have caught colds and fallen ill, so Shang Yuji decided not to nag any longer.

Before they got up to take their leave, Yan Qing called out to them, "I'm leaving now. I've stayed in Yangzhou for too long, it's time for me to set off."

She looked at Yan Qing and saw that his expression was natural, as if he were talking about something insignificant.

Shang Yuji was mentally prepared for the sudden farewell. From the beginning, she knew that Dr. Yan, who traveled around practicing medicine, would not be content with the status quo.

His medical principle is to travel thousands of miles and treat all kinds of people.

Or rather, being able to spend the summer and autumn in Yangzhou was already longer than she had expected.

"If we meet again, I would like to invite Elder Yan to my residence for a cup of tea."

"Our friendship is only worth a cup of tea? This is heartbreaking."

Seeing his feigned disappointment, Shang Yuji smiled and said, "Could you stay a few days longer? I have something to give you."

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The capital city, the residence of the eldest princess.

The snow was falling heavily, turning the capital city into a white wonderland. Inside the Princess's residence, people dressed in various styles hurried about.

As the year draws to a close, officials from all over the country travel to the capital to report on their duties, and the Princess's staff is unusually complete.

Yi'an, tanned from the sun at the salt fields by the sea, dressed simply and neatly, stood under the eaves with his arms crossed, gazing at the snow in a daze.

"What is Miss Yi looking at?"

Yi'an turned her head in the direction of the sound and saw Cui Shuxin walking towards her. She replied, "Kanxue."

"Has Miss Yi noticed anything?"

"Look at this snow, it's as white as salt on the beach, but salt can save people, while this snow is killing them."

After saying that, Cui Shuxin paused, then her eyes softened: "We should be able to get through this. We've done our best, haven't we?"

Yi'an exhaled, her vision momentarily blurred by the mist, and replied, "You're right."

The snow disaster brought by the continuous heavy snow has shattered the joy of welcoming the New Year in the capital, and recently, the imperial court has been in turmoil because of it.

Due to the urgency of the situation, and to avoid taking on the arduous task themselves, the officials repeatedly declined. In the end, it was Zhou Chaoyun who took the initiative to accept the disaster relief work, which barely stabilized the situation.

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"We said each household would contribute grain, but everyone just paid lip service to it, either shortchanging us or passing the buck!"

Qi Nian was young and not as mature as the others, so he was the first to complain.

Gongsun Ming then handed the documents in his hand to the eldest princess: "These are the surplus grains of various families that we found. Some families hid them too well and were heavily guarded, so we didn't investigate further, for fear of alerting them."

"Push them first, and if they don't cooperate, then bring out the evidence and forcibly take the grain on the grounds of 'disobeying the imperial order.' Of course, it would be even better if we could take the opportunity to let them visit the prison."

Before the sound arrived, the feather fan he was waving in his hand arrived; Cui Shu squinted as he fanned himself.

Gongsun Ming: "Fortunately, the grain we harvested in advance can last until then."

At this point, Qi Nian looked up from a pile of documents: "That Miss Shang, she was right again."

A single remark drew everyone's attention, and Gongsun Ming had to admit, "It's truly astounding."

"Ouch!" Gongsun Ming exclaimed in surprise when his fan was suddenly tapped.

"Be careful what you say." Cui Shu put away his feather fan. "Miss Mingming is a wonderful person."

Zhou Chaoyun stopped them from continuing: "Stop joking around. How's the granary doing?"

Gongsun Ming cupped his hands and said, "Everything is fine. We have maintained vigilance in our patrols, and our supplies are sufficient to weather the snow disaster."

Cui Shu nodded repeatedly: "'Preparing for famine in a good year' is indeed a good method. It can be continued after the snow disaster is over."

Zhou Chaoyun: "Okay."

Although this time, we received a snow disaster warning from Miss Shang, which prompted us to purchase grain crops from the capital region in advance to prevent grain stores from running out of food, driving up grain prices, and causing people to have no food to eat.

The principle of "preparing for famine in good years and providing disaster relief in famine years" ensured that there was no panic during famine years. The government intervened in the market to regulate grain prices and keep them within a normal price range.

At least because the grain distributed by officials and the grain collected in advance by the eldest princess were mixed into the market, the grain prices, which should have been rising daily, were caught off guard when the snow disaster struck, and did not rise to the absurd level of doubling.

Government regulation... Some sages have offered their opinions before, but none are as well-reasoned and logically sound as Miss Shang's.

Zhou Chaoyun: "It seems we can put the snow disaster aside for now. Everyone has seen the news from Yangcheng. What are your thoughts?"