Chapter 156: The Vicious Eldest Daughter (21)

Wang Yaozu stood up. "Thank you, Your Highness."

He stood up and finally saw the princess in front of him. He was instantly stunned. Was the princess a goddess descended from the heavens? He had always prided himself on having seen a lot of the world and many beautiful women, but this was the first time he had ever seen someone so beautiful.

Little Peach, seeing Wang Yaozu staring boldly at her princess, got angry and said, "How dare you! What are you looking at?"

Upon hearing Xiao Taozi's voice, Wang Yaozu immediately snapped out of his daze and knelt on the ground again. "I'm sorry, this humble subject was wrong. This is the first time in my life that I've seen a fairy like Your Highness the Princess. I was stunned for a moment. Please forgive this humble subject, Your Highness the Princess."

Wen Yan: "..."

"Alright, get up now, I don't blame you."

Wang Yaozu stood up again, "Thank you for your magnanimity, Your Highness."

"So, do you still want to marry my little peach?"

Little Peach: "!!!" What is the princess saying? Could it be that the princess despises her? So she wants to marry her off to this spoiled brat? The thought terrified her.

Before Wang Yaozu could kneel down and beg for mercy, Xiao Taozi knelt on the ground with red eyes and said, "Your Highness, I was born Your Highness's maid, and I will die Your Highness's maid. I never want to get married in this life. Please, Your Highness, don't abandon Xiao Taozi."

Little Peach was arranged by Madam Chu to be by Chu Huang's side. She grew up with Chu Huang since she was a child. So, although the original owner of this body was selfish, she was still really good to Little Peach. Little Peach was grateful and was extremely loyal to Chu Huang.

Wen Wan reached out and pulled Xiao Taozi up. "I was just joking. How can you all be so humorless?"

"A sense of humor??" Xiao Taozi and Wang Yaozu were both puzzled by what this meant.

"Even if you want to marry me, I don't even want to be with Wang Yaozu." Looking at Wang Yaozu, she said, "Even if you want to marry my little peach, you should at least pass the imperial examination, right? Even if you can't pass the imperial examination, you should at least have a way to make a living, right? I'm not comfortable letting my little peach go to waste by living off my savings. Besides, you need to lose some weight. You need to be at least good-looking, otherwise I would never marry my beautiful little peach to you."

Little Peach blushed. "Your Highness, please don't talk nonsense."

Wang Yaozu, who was standing next to him, was completely stunned.

Although he was not very knowledgeable, it was simply impossible for a maid to marry an official.

But that's not important. What's important is that he's ignorant and incompetent, and gets a headache as soon as he looks at a book. How could he possibly pass the imperial examinations? His father beat him for more than ten years without any results, but looking at Xiao Taozi who was following the Princess Consort, Wang Yaozu's mind started to wander again.

"I, a humble citizen, will work hard."

Even if he's not cut out for studying, he can learn to do business and he'll eventually succeed.

Wen Wan was just joking, but Wang Yaozu took it seriously. However, if Wang Yaozu could really do what she said, pass the imperial examination or make a living, and lose some weight, Xiao Taozi would be happy to see it happen if she liked it.

After chatting for a while, Wang Yaozu finally stopped kneeling before her all the time, and Wen Wan asked the others to prepare suitable accommodations.

...

Gu Xi is very busy, really busy. In the few days since he arrived, Wen Wan has hardly seen the male lead during her normal waking hours.

Wen Wan sent Wang Yaozu out to find out the current situation.

"Your Highness, there are nearly 12,000 people in Qihe County now. About 3,000 of them have been infected with the plague, and there are still some undiscovered cases. Those who have fallen ill are currently being isolated in the east of Qihe County."

When Wen Wan heard the number three thousand, she was still greatly shocked. She had to say that those officials deserved to be torn to pieces. This was only after the discovery; who knows how many people had been smothered to death in the early stages.

"What happens if this condition cannot be cured?"

Wang Yaozu said, "If we follow the old methods, and there is really no cure, we can only gather them together and let them die on their own, and then burn them all. If we are more cruel, we can directly demarcate an area where there may be a plague and burn them all to death."

Wen Yan: "..."

"It was just burned like that?"

Wang Yaozu: "There's nothing we can do about it. After all, no one throughout history has been able to solve a plague. We can't let all the healthy people perish for the sake of a small number of people."

Wen Wan actually knew this was the right way, but she couldn't believe that so many people would actually burn them to death.

The female lead should be able to cure the plague, right?

"I'll go take a look." As soon as Wen Wan finished speaking, Xiao Taozi, Wang Yaozu, Xiao Fuxing, and the others were terrified.

"Your Highness, you mustn't go! That place is too dangerous. Your Highness is of noble birth; how can you go?"

"I'll just look around from outside; I won't go in."

Little Peach was still unwilling, but in the end she couldn't resist Wen Wan's stubbornness and insisted on going along. Wang Yaozu also insisted on going along, as he considered himself a man and felt that since both women were going, he had to go along to protect them.

After taking precautions, the group left the magistrate's house, only to be stopped by guards. However, they were not stopped, but two more guards followed them. After all, if anything happened to the princess here, they would lose their heads.

This was the first time Xiao Taozi had ever seen such a scene. Even though this area was a safe zone, there were cries and sad people everywhere. After all, many of these people's relatives and friends had been taken away and were being controlled and not allowed to leave Qihe County. There were masked soldiers everywhere, distributing food and medicine to each household.

Xiao Taozi's eyes were red, and Wen Wan was also shocked. She lived in a peaceful era with advanced medicine, so she had never seen such a scene before.

As Wen Wan was walking, a commotion suddenly broke out ahead.

"Please don't take me away. Please, my daughter is still so young. She won't survive without me. Please."

A disheveled woman was being dragged away, and a little girl was being dragged away behind her.

"What's going on?" Wen Wan asked. Fortunately, the soldier wasn't completely incomprehensible, especially since Wen Wan was followed by people from the county magistrate's office. "This woman has a fever. According to regulations, she should be taken to quarantine."

“I don’t have the plague, I just have typhoid fever. I’ve had typhoid fever for half a month now, it’s not the plague.”

Wen Wan: "Find a doctor to take a look at her. If she doesn't have the disease, won't she catch it if she goes to that place?"

"this--"

Little Peach immediately said sternly, "The princess said to invite a doctor, why aren't you going yet?"

"Yes, Your Highness." The soldier immediately went to do so upon hearing the word "Your Highness," while the others dared not make any rash moves. The people around them looked at Wen Wan. They knew that Prince Xi had come, but they did not expect that even Princess Xi would come.

Soon, the soldier brought a doctor over. The doctor examined the woman carefully and finally confirmed that her symptoms were indeed caused by a cold. He then prescribed a medicine for the cold, and Wen Wan quickly sent someone to get the medicine for the woman.

The woman, overwhelmed with gratitude, knelt on the ground with her daughter, saying, "Thank you so much, Your Highness! Thank you so much, Your Highness!"

Wen Wan reached out and helped the person up. "It's good that you're alright, but don't blame the soldiers who arrested you. They were just trying to ensure the safety of others."

“I know, I know the officials are trying to help us, and I will not hold a grudge.”