Chapter 344 New Identity
"There really is nothing Your Highness cannot do..."
Qin Shen turned to look at Song Yunchu. He was grateful and respectful, but also confused. "When A-Lan was seriously ill, there were so many doctors watching. How did you deceive them?"
If Your Highness had only bribed Lin Yuanshi, it would be understandable. However, the Emperor later ordered a consultation with the Imperial Medical Bureau. It is impossible to bribe so many people one by one, and the risk of being exposed is too high.
"A great man once gave me a fake death drug."
Song Yunchu said, "Once the drug is taken, the person will gradually become weak and powerless until they fall into a deep sleep, and their breath and pulse will be gone, just like a deceased person. The drug will lose its effect after three hours, and before that, no matter how skilled the doctor is, he will not be able to find any flaws."
This is the ability of the King of Medicine. His medicine never disappoints people.
"So that's how it is." Qin Shen felt relieved now.
There is no need to bribe the imperial physician and Concubine De can die in front of everyone. This move will indeed leave no future troubles.
But he soon thought of another problem. "Your Highness said that he wanted to give Ah Lan a new identity. This is of course good, but no matter how the identity is changed, many people in the palace have seen Ah Lan's face. If someone sees it in the future, even if they cannot prove that Ah Lan is the deceased Concubine De, their doubts will probably not disappear. What if this matter is reported to His Majesty..."
As soon as Qin Shen said this, Song Yunchu and Huo Lan spoke up to dispel his concerns.
"Your Majesty won't care."
"How could your Majesty remember me?" Huo Lan said with a smile, "Zhen Fei and I are cousins, and we look somewhat similar. Your Majesty may not even be able to tell us apart. Moreover, even if people in the palace are suspicious, they may not dare to speak out. Think about it, if it is proven that De Fei faked her death and escaped, and lived with someone else, where would the royal family's face be? The informant may not get any benefit, and may even get into trouble."
"That's right." Song Yunchu took over the conversation, "A group of people watched Concubine De die in her bedroom. This conclusion will never change. Just put your mind at ease."
Qin Shen heard this and stopped worrying about it.
Come to think of it, having an unfavored concubine may not be a big deal for the emperor.
"Is the new identity that Your Highness wants to arrange for A Lan still a member of the Huo family?"
Qin Shen guessed that if A Lan wanted to keep in touch with her family in the future, the most reasonable way would be to use the identity of Concubine De's cousin.
People in this world are similar, especially in the same family, it makes sense if there are two people with similar looks. Moreover, if A Lan's new identity is a girl from the Huo family, she can continue to contact her parents naturally.
He knew that she couldn't bear to leave her family. Even if Minister Huo had gone too far, Mrs. Huo and Young Master Huo had done nothing wrong.
"Mr. Huo is the second oldest in the family. His elder brother died of an acute illness many years ago. At that time, Mr. Huo had just entered the officialdom, so the outside world knows very little about this old man of the Huo family. It is precisely because there is very little information left by this man that it is like a blank sheet of paper that can be fabricated at will."
"My idea is that this Mr. Huo has an only daughter who got lost on the street when she was young. Because she looks very similar to Minister Huo's eldest daughter, Huo Lan, when the Huo family accidentally saw this girl, they almost instantly recognized that she was one of their own and took her back home to recognize her ancestors."
"This matter still requires the cooperation of Minister Huo. If it succeeds, Miss Huo will have to change her name in the future and call Minister Huo and his wife Second Uncle and Second Aunt in front of others."
Listening to Song Yunchu's plan, Qin Shen was quite impressed. "Your Highness is very thoughtful! After some time, A Lan and I will go to see Madam Huo quietly and tell her the truth."
"Yes." Song Yunchu nodded slightly and then stood up. "Your matter has been resolved. I am leaving now. You don't need to see me off."
"Your Highness, your help to the two of us will be remembered in my heart and I will definitely repay you." Qin Shen bowed to Song Yunchu.
After Song Yunchu left, Qin Shen turned around and looked at Huo Lan with joy.
"Alan, what happened tonight is really unbelievable..."
As Qin Shen spoke, he held Huo Lan's hand a little tighter, "I'm really worried that I'll wake up and find that it was just a crazy dream."
Huo Lan raised the corner of her lips and reached out to pinch his face hard.
Qin Shen immediately grimaced, "It hurts!"
"It hurts." Huo Lan took back his hand. "Do you still think this is a dream?"
Qin Shen stretched out his hands and hugged her in his arms, "It's not a dream. In fact, I don't even dare to be so bold in my dreams. Since the day you entered the palace, I dare not have any more fantasies. It's a luxury to be able to see you once."
Faking his own death and changing his identity to be with him, he really... doesn't have the imagination to do that.
If he had not personally experienced the resurrection of his beloved today, how would he have known that there was such a thing as a fake death drug?
I can only say... His Royal Highness Prince Ning is truly amazing. He can do things that others cannot do, and his strategies are even more amazing.
"Alan, if you change your identity and return to the Huo family, will your father still oppose us?"
"Since we have changed our identities, why should we care whether he agrees or not? It's fine if he cares about his daughter, but is he going to care about his niece too?"
Huo Lan said without hesitation, "Didn't His Highness just say that? From now on, you have to call my father and mother second uncle and second aunt in public. Of course, I will still call my mother mother in private. As for my father...if he still doesn't treat me well, I will always call him uncle and see what he can do to me. It doesn't matter if he doesn't recognize me, my mother and brother will definitely recognize me anyway."
"Ah Shen, I used to listen to my father in everything, but from now on, I want to make my own decisions. No one can interfere in our affairs anymore."
"It has not been long since Concubine De died. We have to keep a low profile. Time passes quickly and Concubine De will gradually be forgotten. After I recognize my family, I will hide for a while and return to the Huo family at the beginning of next year. Then... you can go to my house to propose marriage. How about that?"
"Okay! You can arrange it however you want." Qin Shen responded straightforwardly, his eyes and eyebrows full of joy, "I'll do as you say!"
The two of them talked about many personal matters. After Qin Shen's joyful mood slowly calmed down, he began to think about one thing calmly.
"Alan, although my ability has been appreciated by His Highness, he can't help me just because I surrendered to him. Normally, he should recruit talents, give me money or promote me, but I haven't even made any achievements yet, and he has fulfilled my greatest wish... I believe you are involved in this. Did you make any deal with him?"
"It's not a deal. I helped him once." Huo Lan patted the back of Qin Shen's hand, signaling him to rest assured.
"Prince Ning is very clear about gratitude and resentment. Although my father was against him, I helped him, so one thing is another. The death of Concubine De is a blow to the Huo family. While Prince Ning is helping us, it would be good if he could let my father take back his utilitarianism. Now I just hope that he will not cause trouble, so as to avoid a complete failure in the future."
"Prince Ning is powerful and his position is increasingly stable. You will definitely have a bright future if you follow him. But you must remember that once you have chosen a superior, you should not waver or be instigated by others. You only need to do your job well and do not act on your own if it has nothing to do with you. There are many controversies surrounding Prince Ning. If you hear any rumors, do not believe them easily. Do you understand?"
The rumors that Huo Lan was referring to were naturally those rumors in the government and the public that Song Yunchu was cruel and ruthless, and a treacherous person.
But Qin Shen misunderstood, "Are you referring to the rumor that Your Majesty and Prince Ning are gay? How could I believe such talk?"
"I know that's all nonsense without you reminding me."
"People with dirty minds see everything as dirty. They twist the relationship between the monarch and his subjects into a relationship of homosexuality. Those people are really absurd and evil."
Huo Lan: “…”
After being silent for a moment, she said, "You are right to think so. In short, you should know how to judge those remarks that are not favorable to King Ning. Although King Ning and I have not had much contact, I think I can distinguish right from wrong. He is a good person."
"Don't worry, Alan. I agree with everything you said and I will keep it in mind."
…
When Song Yunchu returned to Prince Ning's Mansion, he saw from afar a man sitting under a tree, holding a piece of grass in his mouth, looking up at the sky in deep thought.
Song Yunchu walked up to him and tapped him on the head with a fan, "Why are you pretending to be so profound?"
Chu Yuni rubbed her head and sighed, "Your Highness, do you think the gifts I gave to Senior Medicine King are good or bad?"
"Not bad." Song Yunchu said, "At least it's practical for him."
"But he didn't take it." Chu Yuni's face was full of worry. "It was Nanyan who took out a new piece of clothing and forced him to put it on. He reluctantly wore it and went out. Your Highness, do you think that the Medicine King doesn't like me?"
He couldn't help but feel worried about the Medicine King's cold attitude. He wanted to get closer to him, but he was afraid that he would be too annoying and spoil the old man's mood.
"Silly." Song Yunchu was a little amused. "If he really rejects you, then no matter how Nanyan forces him, he will not wear the new clothes you prepare for him. Instead, he will drag Nanyan out to buy one nearby."
It is said that Nanyan forced Medicine King to wear new clothes, but in fact Medicine King was half-hearted.
It’s not that the King of Medicine dislikes those gifts, he just wants to show off his power to his future son-in-law.
"Your Highness, what you mean is that he doesn't dislike me?" Chu Yuni's eyes sparkled with light, "Then I still have hope?"
“Perseverance can carve a stone.”
Song Yunchu waved the folding fan in his hand, and said with some emotion, "It's a pity that I don't have a father-in-law and mother-in-law. Otherwise, if I were the son-in-law, I would definitely be better than you stupid guys who can't think flexibly."
"So what if I'm stupid? With your training, I will surely become smarter!"
Chu Yuni stood up and said, "I'll go and try it again!"
Let's see whether the old Medicine King will decisively refuse the fifty-year-old wine when faced with it, or will hesitantly refuse and be "forced" to drink it again.
Looking at Chu Yunni's cheerful figure, Song Yunchu curled his lips and turned back to his residence.
Not long after she sat down, Honglian brought information about the Wang family of Youzhou.
"Your Highness, as you expected, someone tried to kill the captured Wang family members. The day after they were locked up in the government office, their food was poisoned. Fortunately, our people followed your instructions and paid special attention to their diet, so nothing happened."
"Even if they are not poisoned to death, they will probably face a second crisis." Song Yunchu said, and asked Honglian to call Hu Erniang.
"Second Mother, there is something I need you to do. Take Thousand Faces Young Master with you to Youzhou and leave early tomorrow morning. This matter must be kept secret."
…
The next day, the sun was shining brightly.
"Tsk, Yan'er, why did you wake me up so early? Hurry up and close the window. The sun is so bright that it disturbs my rest."
Seeing that Yao Wang was complaining and covering his face with the quilt, Zhong Nanyue walked up and lifted the quilt.
"It's almost noon, it's still early?! I told you not to drink so much last night, but you insisted on drinking! It's okay to skip breakfast, but are you going to skip lunch too?"
"You can't blame me for getting up late, blame that kid named Chu for trying to tempt me with fifty-year-old wine. I didn't want to drink it, but the wine bowl was handed to me. Could I just throw it away? That's fifty-year-old good wine. How could I bear to waste it?"
"Then can't you drink less?"
"I didn't pay attention when I drank it. I didn't know it would have such a strong aftereffect..."
"Alright, alright." Zhong Nanyan was too lazy to argue with her father. "Hurry up and drink the sobering tea. We can't sleep any more today. Didn't you say you wanted to meet all my friends? We have to go to Ruihe Hall for lunch at noon. Rumin should be preparing it. Let's not go too late."
After hearing Zhong Nanyue say that she was going to meet a friend, Yao Wang's hazy mind became a little clearer. He quickly drank the sobering tea, got out of bed and tidied his appearance.
The two of them finally arrived at Ruihe Hall before dinner time.
"Dad, this is Miss Jiang whom I mentioned in the letter. Her medical skills are much better than mine. When you came out of the valley to see me this time, did you notice that my skin is much whiter and brighter than before? This is all thanks to the beauty cream she gave me."
Zhong Nanyan introduced Jiang Rumin to the Medicine King, and Jiang Rumin also greeted politely, "I have heard of your great name for a long time, and today we finally meet. I have prepared some wine and food for you, I hope you don't mind."
"What are you talking about, little girl? I'm just here to eat, how could I despise you?" Medicine King smiled cheerfully and turned to Zhong Nanyue and said, "You have a good eye for making friends."
All the girls who are friends with Yan'er have clever looks on their faces.
As for those guys he met these days... he felt that none of them were qualified to be his son-in-law. None of them looked as good as Xiao Song in men's clothing.
After eating and drinking, Jiang Rumin took out a packet of beige pills from the drawer and handed it to the King of Medicine.
"Senior, you have been away from the world for a long time. I wonder if you have ever heard of the Worry-Free Pill?"
"Worry-free Pill?" Medicine King asked in confusion, "What is this?"
"This is an addictive chronic poison, but it is not as painful as ordinary poisons. On the contrary, taking this drug in the early stage will make people excited and happy. The victims take it as a magic pill, but they don't know that this is the beginning of their journey into the abyss..."
Jiang Rumin sighed, and then told the Medicine King in detail the harmful effects of the Worry-Free Pill.
"I wonder how long you plan to stay out of the valley this time. If you have time, can you work with me to study a way to counter the Worry-Free Pill? There is currently no antidote for this drug, and countless people have been harmed by it. If we can find a way, we can help them regain their lives."
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