Chapter 113: His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin Becomes a Thief
The Prince of Qin Zhao Defang quietly sneaked into the kitchen, first found a few leftover cream cakes, and ate them to his heart's content.
Seeing that there were three roast ducks left, he wrapped up two of them, and then thought of his uncle's useless greed, so he wrapped up the remaining one as well.
He came to the wooden cabinet where Tingting usually kept her snacks, sniffed, and smelled the aroma of spicy strips, and the greed in his stomach immediately surged. He
gently unlocked the small lock on the cabinet, opened the lid, and a wooden barrel of spicy strips filled with red oil exuded an alluring spicy aroma.
He first picked up a stick and chewed it slowly to satisfy his craving. He wanted to find something to pack up, but then he thought of his uncle's greedy look. If he didn't have enough, he wouldn't be able to snatch it.
He simply packed most of the wooden barrel of spicy strips into a large bundle. He
also packed up half of the wooden box of meat jerky and took it away, and took back several kinds of preserved fruits as snacks.
The sweet and fragrant popcorn in the half-bamboo basket was tempting. Qin Wang Zhao Defang pinched one and tasted it. It was soft inside and sweet and crispy outside. It must have been made today.
He had been craving this taste for many days, so of course he had to take it away!
Yun Yi saw the prince leaping out of the courtyard wall, carrying several bags on his back. He smelled a mixture of various delicacies and couldn't help laughing.
[The dignified Prince Qin has turned into a thief who steals food!
Looking at his careless appearance with large and small bags, he must have plundered all the delicacies of the princess.
I wonder how the princess will show her power tomorrow when she finds out? ]
"Yun Yi, protect the princess, find a chance to kill Wang Changshou, and don't let the princess dirty her hands again." The King of Qin glanced at Yun Yi who was laughing secretly, gave an order, and then jumped up, used his light skills to cross the house and the ridge and ran straight out of the city. ...
The King of Qin Zhao Defang rode his precious horse "Black Cloud Covering Snow" that could travel a thousand miles a day, and met two chasing shadow guards on the road.
He threw the bundles on his back to them and said proudly: "Carry the delicacies that the princess brought for the king back to Yanzhou and eat them slowly."
The two shadow guards smiled secretly in their hearts and agreed to carry the bundles. The bundles contained the princess's deep affection for the prince!
The three of them galloped back to Yanzhou overnight.
The ghost-handed poison doctor saw the Qin Wang who had sneaked back to the capital and came back in a dusty state. Just when he was about to scold him angrily, he smelled the aroma of delicious food and his face was immediately filled with joy!
: "Nephew, you brought back so many delicacies? There are spicy strips, popcorn and roast duck. Hurry up and show your respect to your uncle!"
Qin Wang Zhao Defangjun rolled his eyes at his uncle who looked greedy, put the bags in his hands on the table, untied them one by one and shared the food with his uncle.
: "Half for each of you, eat your own and don't grab!"
The ghost hand poison doctor glared with his little triangle eyes! He showed the majesty of an elder.
: "Unfilial thing! Who doesn't show respect to the elders first when they have delicious food? Give me most of it.
Otherwise, I will take it all away, and I won't leave you any residue!"
Qin Wang made concessions helplessly and gave most of the various delicacies he stole back with great effort to his shameless uncle.
Seeing Mo Yan, who was dressed as the King of Qin and laughing beside him, she generously grabbed some popcorns and threw them to him, and said, "After you finish eating, hurry back to the capital and protect the princess and her family!"
...
Luo Li, who had just woken up, learned the bad news. All the delicious snacks in the kitchen were stolen by the King of Qin. She slapped the headboard of the bed and wailed in anger!
"You shameless, greedy dog King Qin! You stole all my snacks. What am I going to eat these days?"
Ruhua and Yingchun laughed so hard that they were shaking with laughter. They hurriedly coaxed and persuaded her, "Miss, I will send someone to the Luo Mansion to inform Tingting and ask her to make some more for you. It will only delay your food for half a day."
Luo Li sat on the chair angrily, thinking that she was almost useless last night, and her heart was moved by the charming and scheming man.
When she woke up this morning, she was already angry enough by that shameless, greedy, insidious and cunning guy.
Gnashing his teeth, he ordered Ruhua, "Ruhua, hide all kinds of delicious snacks in this room in the future, and he won't be able to eat them again!"
Ruhua laughed so hard that tears came out, and she covered her stomach that hurt from laughing and coaxed the young lady to agree.
"Okay, okay! In the future, hide all kinds of delicacies in this room,... put them under the young lady's nose, and don't let the prince eat them again!"
... ...
Cheng Wuya interrogated the guards of the Prince of Xiang's mansion under the order of the emperor, and after severely torturing more than 30 people, he came to a conclusion.
The other guards of the Prince of Xiang's mansion did not participate in the assassination of the fourth prince Zhao Yuanfen.
The emperor was unwilling to believe in his heart that it was his sons who killed each other. He immediately issued an order to clear the third prince, Prince of Xiang Zhao Heng, of suspicion, and let Cheng Wuya change the direction of the pursuit.
The case of the assassination of the fourth prince has not been solved yet. His uncle Wang Changshou was on his way to a winery outside the city. The horse was frightened and ran wildly, throwing Wang Changshou to death at the foot of a cliff. Concubine
Wang De lost two of her loved ones in succession, and she cried heartbreakingly. She cried every day and asked the emperor to avenge her son and brother.
The emperor was upset and angry every day! He repeatedly issued edicts to reprimand and reprimand the officials in charge of the case.
The officials of Kaifeng Prefecture and the Ministry of Justice were so busy with this case that their hair turned white with worry. They sent a large number of people to investigate for several days but found nothing.
The emperor was furious and dismissed or demoted more than a dozen officials, causing panic in the capital!
Shen Xi, the prosecutor of Kaifeng Prefecture, who was known as the best detective in the capital, was demoted three levels along with Wang Tongpan. He was disheartened and stayed at home on the pretext of illness, refusing to work in the government office. Without
the support of Prince Ji and Minister Wang, the two useless sons of the Wang family fought fiercely for the family property.
Prince Ji's mansion collapsed, and the Wang family was completely ruined! ...
Yanzhou won the fight against the epidemic, with a total of more than 4,000 deaths and more than 200,000 lives saved in and outside Yanzhou.
Without the worry of the spread of the epidemic, the hearts of the people in the surrounding prefectures, states, counties and cities gradually settled down.
When the Qin prince Zhao Defang led his troops to leave Yanzhou, the city was empty and the people crowded the streets, bidding farewell to the Eighth Sage King who saved them from the water and fire. As the Qin prince's carriage passed by, people knelt on the roadside outside the carriage, crying and praying for His Majesty the Qin prince!
Cai Kun, the governor of Yanzhou, led a group of officials to escort His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin out of the city for ten miles before bidding farewell in tears.
After receiving the news of the successful victory of Yanzhou's anti-epidemic, the emperor and the court officials were delighted, but they sighed in frustration!
"The Prince of Qin was also infected with smallpox, why didn't he die in Yanzhou?"
The Prince of Qin risked his life and went to Yanzhou to fight the epidemic. He actually eliminated this plague and saved the lives of 200,000 people in Yanzhou. This is a great achievement!
The court officials discussed how to reward the meritorious officials in this anti-epidemic campaign?
The emperor did not mention the matter of rewarding merits, but issued an imperial decree. In order to prevent the smallpox plague from spreading to millions of people in the city, the emperor ordered the King of Qin and other anti-epidemic personnel to stay outside the city for ten days before entering the city.
This imperial decree was not opposed by anyone, and the court officials in the capital agreed. The plague was like a tiger, and the lives of them and their families must be as safe as possible.
After receiving the decree, King Zhao Defang of Qin ordered the team to stay outside the city.
He wrote a memorial, detailing the experience and methods of the successful anti-epidemic in Yanzhou, and pleaded with the emperor to promote the method of vaccination to prevent smallpox plague to all prefectures in the whole Song Dynasty.
Of course, this miraculous and effective vaccination method to prevent smallpox plague was mentioned in the memorial as a miraculous technique that the Qin King's uncle, the Ghost Hand Poison Doctor, had worked hard for many years to research.
At the court meeting, after the Qin King's memorial was read out, the court officials discussed it.
Some agreed and some disagreed. The reason for agreeing was that since His Royal Highness the Qin King had found a way to prevent smallpox plague, it must be promoted throughout the country as soon as possible so that the people of the Song Dynasty would be free from the harm of smallpox plague. The reason for
opposing was that this experience might only be a lucky success, and it would be too risky to promote it throughout the country under immature circumstances.
Of course, there were also people with ulterior motives who just wanted to find a reason to prevent the Qin King from easily achieving another miracle. The ministers on both sides quarreled red in the face and could not stop.
The success of the Qin King's fight against the epidemic has already established great prestige in Yanzhou. These idiots want to promote his prestige to all parts of the country? Wouldn't my sons appear even more incompetent? The emperor, whose ears were buzzing with the noise of the court officials, was annoyed and irritated, and finally made the decision!
The emperor waved his hands, "There is no need to argue about this matter anymore!
Using cowpox, which is a method of infecting cows with smallpox, to prevent smallpox is unheard of.
If it is rashly implemented and promoted throughout the Song Dynasty, the risk is extremely high.
Let's stop this matter and there is no need to discuss it further!"...
After hearing this result, Qin King Zhao Defang outside the city looked up at the sky and sighed!
"Alas!... With such a good method to prevent the spread of smallpox plague, these pedantic, stubborn and self-righteous people are unwilling to promote it. It is really a disaster for the country and the people!"
The ghost-handed poison doctor beside him curled his lips, "How can the emperor let you be deeply loved by the people and be respected by the people?
If this method was proposed by the emperor's own son, it would definitely be immediately implemented throughout the country!"
The King of Qin also understood that this was the reason. Yes! The current emperor is already extremely jealous of his prestige among the people. How could he let him, the Eighth Sage King who is respected and loved by the people, establish a greater prestige for the sake of the lives of the people?
His determination to get the supreme imperial power is even more unwavering!