Chapter 44 Today's little prince is quite scheming (1 update)

Seeing that the blame was about to fall on Lu Ze'an, Shen Hong, who had recovered from the disease, also stepped forward.

"Your Majesty, the rumor has nothing to do with the eldest prince. The eldest prince really has a magic medicine. I can testify that I was able to escape death thanks to the eldest prince's medicine."

Lu Ze'an was confused: What?

Shen Hong is a military commander and the prince's uncle, so he is naturally in the same boat with the prince.

The eldest prince suffered, and the prince was the beneficiary.

Smart people know what to choose at this time.

The smartest thing to do is to watch the fire from the other side of the river, but Shen Hong stood up.

Not only did he stand up, but every word he said was sincere, from the bottom of his heart, and full of sincerity.

Shen Hong bowed to Lu Ze'an, "I was able to escape death and save my life this time, all thanks to the eldest prince's medicine! If it weren't for the eldest prince, I would probably have been reincarnated now."

Lu Ze'an looked numb: General Shen, General Shen, I didn't expect that a military general like you would be so good at acting!

"Boss, are you serious? Do you really have medicine to treat the epidemic?"

Lu Chengtian grasped the key point of the matter. As the king of a country, he didn't care about the rumors in the capital at all. The most important thing at the moment was the epidemic.

Lu Ze'an was panicked: I'm not! I don't! Don't listen to General Shen's nonsense!

Lu Ze'an appeared calm on the surface, "Your Majesty, I only got some by chance, but I didn't take it seriously before. This pill is different from what we usually take. If it weren't for this epidemic, I wouldn't have known that this medicine has such an effect."

"Okay! In that case, this epidemic will be handed over to you! When the epidemic is resolved, I will definitely reward you!"

"Your son obeys your order."

The epidemic that makes people terrified finally has a specific person in charge.

Before, it was only the prefectural governor of Jingzhao Prefecture who was in charge. The governor had no experience in dealing with epidemics. The most timely thing he did was to gather all the patients in Beijing and move them all to the farm in the north of the city.

Then he gathered the doctors and treated them together with the imperial physician. Apart from that, he couldn't do anything else.

During this period, he couldn't eat and lost two times the weight in just a few days.

Too many people really died, but he was powerless to do anything.

Now that the matter has been taken over by the eldest prince, he can be considered relieved.

Jingzhao Yin breathed a sigh of relief, and the pressure on his shoulders was transferred to Lu Ze'an.

As soon as the court was over, Lu Ze'an took the imperial edict and rushed to the East Palace.

He had just recovered, and he was given a job that the entire court was watching.

If he did it well, it would not only be a great achievement, but also make him famous and go down in history.

But if he did not do it well, he would be labeled as incompetent.

Therefore, even though everyone knew that this was a job that could gain merit, no one in the court dared to step forward.

Lu Ze'an did not want to take this job, not because he was worried about being considered incompetent, but because he really did not understand this aspect, and he did not want to harm so many lives.

Little did he know that the more he didn't want to do something, the more trouble would come to him.

Thinking of the culprit, Lu Ze'an walked along with great momentum and authority.

He was determined to find Lu Zexu and call him to account, but as soon as he entered the East Palace, he saw Lu Zexu sitting in front of the window embroidering a purse with an embroidery needle in one hand.

Lu Ze'an never thought that he would see such a scene in the East Palace!

He must have seen it wrong!

It must be like this!

How could His Royal Highness the Crown Prince imitate that woman and embroider at home?

He even rubbed his eyes, suspecting that he was dazzled and had hallucinations.

However, he rubbed his eyes until they turned red, but the scene in front of him remained the same. He even saw Lu Zexu holding up the embroidery and asking the little palace maid beside him for advice.

Lu Ze'an: "..."

Lu Zexu noticed the visitor and was delighted, "Brother, take a look, how is my embroidery?"

Lu Ze'an used all his strength to identify this unknown object and praised sincerely, "This horse and foal embroidery is lifelike. Although it is a beginner, it is very spiritual."

Lu Zexu looked helpless, "Brother, this is a peony."

Lu Ze'an: "..."

It's no good, he can't hold on any longer.

It's too difficult for him to brag without thinking.

"Don't worry about your wallet for now. Did you instruct General Shen to do that just now?" Lu Ze'an changed the subject and got to the point.

"No need to thank me. No need to be polite to me. I've already said that I believe in you. It's my duty as an uncle to speak for you."

Lu Zexu acted like he was very generous and choked Lu Ze'an to the point of being speechless.

He took a deep breath, the imperial edict in his hand creaked, and he gave a tired smile, "Thank you so much!"

Lu Zexu smiled and waved his hand, "Just remember it in your heart, brother. After you ascend the throne, don't forget your good brother!"

Lu Ze'an: "..."

He gritted his teeth hard, "What should I do now? I'm not afraid of being considered incompetent. I'm worried about so many people in the capital. If I don't handle it well, more innocent people will die. !"

Lu Zexu raised his hand and patted Lu Ze'an's shoulder, confidently, "How could it be? You are the one who has the magic medicine, you can just give the patient the medicine directly, whether he can live or die depends on the fate of these people."

At this point, Lu Ze'an still has everything to understand, "Did you spread the rumors in the capital?"

Lu Zexu nodded, "Otherwise, how could the emperor hand over such a big thing as an epidemic to a military general like you?"

Lu Ze'an was silent.

He had underestimated the prince before. He was only 12 years old, but he could calculate all the civil and military officials in the court, including himself and his father. This scheming was not ordinary.

Lu Zexu tried his best to hug his thighs to the bottom, "Brother, I have prepared the magic medicine for you. When you leave later, take it with you. There is also disinfectant and masks on it. If you don't know how to use it, ask your housekeeper."

Lu Ze'an reminded, "I just said in the court that I got this miracle medicine by chance, but now, I have taken away cartloads of medicine from you. Do you think all the civil and military officials in the court are blind?"

Lu Zexu looked innocent, "Who knew that there was a miracle medicine in this box?"

"I announced to the outside world that these were my thank-you gifts to my eldest brother. Thank you, eldest brother, for giving me the medicine, which saved my uncle."

"I only have this one uncle, and you are his lifesaver. Of course my thank-you gift cannot be too small, don't you think?"

Lu Ze'an said expressionlessly, "When did I deliver medicine to General Shen? Do you think anyone will believe you when you say that?"

"Why not?" Lu Zexu asked back.

"At that time, I went to your house in person to ask for medicine with great fanfare even though my eldest brother's house was sealed!"

Lu Ze'an's mouth twitched: If he was not the person involved, if he was not the one who was sent the medicine, he might really believe it.

Thinking that from that time on, this younger brother began to plan everything, and everyone was in his chess game, Lu Ze'an felt how stupid he was in the past, thinking that the prince was not worthy of being used! He felt that he was better than the prince and more worthy of the throne!

For the first time, Lu Zexu felt a little respect for this younger brother.