Chapter 174 Either Way, Death Is Possible
Yun Zhao leaned against the window, listening to the conversation inside, and couldn't help but crane his neck to see which family's young master it was.
Worried that she would be exposed, Wei Jingchen quickly pressed her head back down.
Before long, the people inside got up and came out, and the two quickly moved inside.
The old woman went into the kitchen, while the two who had stolen the rice stood guard over the person on the bed.
Wei Jingchen then peeked out through the broken window to see what was happening inside.
There was only one candle lit inside, making the room very dim.
A tattered quilt, found from who-knows-where, was piled up in the corner and used as a mattress.
Two men were guarding the person in the mattress; it was a small bulge, probably belonging to a child.
Not far away, in a corner of the wall, leaned a woman dressed as a maid.
The woman's eyes were closed, and she was only wearing a clean outer robe. Her fate was unknown.
Wei Jingchen pondered for a moment, then pointed at himself and then at the tiger.
He gestured for her to let the tiger follow him inside so that he could subdue the two people inside.
Yun Zhao nodded, whispered a few words into the tiger's ear, and then climbed off the tiger.
Wei Jingchen led the tiger in from the front. As soon as they entered the house, the two men who heard the noise assumed that the old nanny had returned.
Without turning her head, she said, "Granny, come quickly and see if the young master is having a nightmare?"
"Are you sick? We have a doctor."
Wei Jingchen suddenly spoke, and the two reacted quickly, drawing their swords and turning around to attack.
Little did they know, as soon as they turned around, they saw a huge tiger baring its fangs at them!
One of them jumped in front of the other and shouted, "I'll stop them! Take the prince away!"
The other person didn't stand on ceremony and turned around to pick up the child from the bed.
Wei Jingchen patted the tiger and said sternly, "Don't move! Tigers don't look at people!"
Only then did they notice the boy next to the tiger, and quickly shielded the children behind them.
Who are you?
"Now that you're in my hands, it's my turn to question you. Don't let a tiger tear a person apart with one claw."
Just stay put. And you're looking for a doctor, right?
After hearing his words, the two men exchanged a glance and looked him over suspiciously.
"Are you really able to get a doctor?"
"Zhaozhao, come in."
Upon hearing Wei Jingchen call her name, Yun Zhao grabbed her outer robe and ran inside.
"Here he comes, the doctor is here!"
Yun Zhao ran into the room and pounced on the tiger, staring at the two of them with his big, blinking eyes.
"Uncle, I have medicine! Are you trying to save someone?"
"you?"
The two couldn't help but be surprised. What could such a young child possibly know?
What terrified them even more was that the child was actually holding the tiger's head!
"My master is Master Pei of Medicine King Valley. We mean no harm. It's just that you were stealing rice from that dilapidated temple, so we had to come and see who was stealing the rice!"
"We didn't steal it. That was our property to begin with. You're the ones who occupied the dilapidated temple and took our things!"
One of the men said, embarrassed and annoyed.
"So, uncles, who are you? You call him 'Prince,' but which family's prince is he?"
Yun Zhao continued to ask.
The other person stiffened slightly, then blatantly lied, "You misheard me, I called for the Fourth Young Master."
"We encountered a breach in the dike while traveling as merchants, and were separated from our original caravan. We were forced to take temporary shelter in a dilapidated temple."
Yun Zhao was speechless: "Uncle, do I look like someone who's easy to fool?"
At this moment, the old woman in the kitchen heard the noise and hurriedly returned, only to see a huge tiger's butt!
"ah!"
She let out a soft cry, which drew Yun Zhao's attention.
It's no wonder I was shocked when I looked.
Isn't this old woman the wet nurse of her husband in her previous life, the Prince of Huainan?
So, could this child before us be the heir apparent to the Prince of Huainan?!
"You are from the Prince of Huainan's residence, aren't you?"
Wei Jingchen suddenly spoke, and even Yun Zhao looked at him in shock.
How did he find out...?
"no!"
The old woman immediately retorted.
"There's no need to deny it. In the Jiangnan region, the only one who can be called a 'young prince' is the heir of the Prince of Huainan."
The age and location matched perfectly. The previous queen of Huainan died in childbirth, and the king remarried in the same year.
The following year, she gave birth to her second son, but the old princess had already petitioned the court to establish her eldest son as the heir apparent.
The young prince is naturally blocking the path of the second son, are you all so afraid, are you being chased and killed?
Wei Jingchen's analysis was so accurate that the two guards broke out in a cold sweat.
"Who exactly are you?"
"I am the son of the former Minister of Revenue, my surname is Wei, and this is Princess Jinglan, daughter of the Prince of Jin."
She recently became a disciple of Medicine King Valley, and it was she who helped contain the plague in Yangguan County.
"If you want the young prince to live, you'd better tell the truth and let her diagnose him."
"The Prince of Jin?"
Upon hearing that they were men of the Prince of Jin, the two immediately laid down their weapons.
"Please, young princess, save our prince!"
Yun Zhao: ?
Her father's name really works everywhere!
Yun Zhao hurriedly stepped forward and pulled the blanket off, which was wrapped tightly around him.
The child looked to be seven or eight years old, with a small red mole on his brow bone, and his face was flushed red due to a high fever.
Yun Zhao paused.
This person is not Mu Yangxian.
So, this is the legendary child prodigy who died young, the first heir to the Prince of Huainan?
No wonder it was said to be early; if she hadn't come tonight, even if she hadn't burned to death, she would have been burned into a madman!
Yun Zhao, ignoring her surprise, quickly took out her needle case from the small pocket on her chest.
She first washed her hands with a water bag, and then used a gold needle to draw blood from the tip of the young prince's ear.
The wet nurse, disregarding her fear of the tiger, hurriedly ran inside to stand guard beside the prince.
Seeing Yun Zhao wiping away the blood, the nanny asked anxiously, "How is he?"
"He must have been caught in the rain and been frightened, which is why he suddenly developed a high fever."
We have medicine there. Let's take him back and have Sister Zhi Qiu brew the medicine for him.
"After taking the medicine for two days to bring down the fever, and drinking some calming tea, you should be fine."
Yun Zhao then performed acupuncture on him and explained.
"Take them back? No way, there are so many of you in your exile group, it's too dangerous!"
The old woman refused without even thinking.
"So you want to watch him die here?"
Wei Jingchen spoke coldly.
The old woman immediately fell silent, looking at the young prince whose face was flushed red from the fever, and tears welled up in her eyes with heartache.
One of the guards gritted his teeth and said, "We're going to die either way, Granny, why not trust them this once?"
"I won't die, I won't die! My master, Valley Master Pei, has his reputation!"
Yun Zhao shook his head and pulled out the gold needle.
She turned and ran to another corner to check on the maid.
The old woman looked at her, then at the tiger she had brought, steeled her heart, and knelt before her.
"Please, young princess, have mercy and save Cuizhu and our young master!"
Yun Zhao quickly helped the old woman up.
Back in the Prince of Huainan's mansion, if anyone truly cared for her, it was only this wet nurse.
"Don't worry, Granny, I will do my best. But what exactly happened? Is it really the Princess who is chasing the young prince?"
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