Chapter 275: Targeted by Japanese Pirates
Ye Heng said without any humiliation that she was angry and humiliated and hit someone out of anger because she was not favored by the prince. Xu Wanqing's face turned from white to red and then to blue in an instant.
"How dare you! What nonsense! Ye Heng, you..."
Xu Wanqing was furious and was about to explode when a man suddenly walked in from outside. It was the attendant of Crown Prince Xiao Nanyu.
"Your Highness, the Crown Prince wants to know why there's so much noise here?"
Xu Wanqing's expression was slightly stagnant.
Even if she didn't like Xiao Nanyu in her heart, she was now the Crown Princess, and the honor of the Crown Princess depended on the Crown Prince... Xiao Nanyu already disliked her, and if she annoyed him again, she would probably become a laughing stock in the East Palace and even the entire harem.
"Nothing, it's just that the Imperial Concubine came to talk to me."
After sending the Crown Prince's attendant away, Xu Wanqing didn't want to continue the dispute and asked Ye Heng in a deep voice, "What do you want?"
Ye Heng raised his chin and said, "Whoever hit Doctor Li, call her out."
Xu Wanqing gritted her teeth secretly, tilted her head and gave a wink, and the palace maid who had just slapped Li Yushi came out with a slightly tense expression.
"You were the one who did it?" Ye Heng asked?
The palace maid bit her lip and said, "Doctor Li was disrespectful to the Crown Princess. I only gave him a slight punishment."
Ye Heng cursed angrily: "Who do you think you are to punish her?"
After cursing, he turned to Li Yushi and said, "Fight back."
Li Yushi was a little hesitant.
Ye Heng didn't embarrass her: "It's okay, you are kind-hearted but timid. If you don't fight, I will do it for you!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he took a step forward, raised his hand and slapped her... The force was so great that the corner of the palace maid's mouth was bleeding.
The maid cried and cursed: "How dare you bully a weak woman like this? Are you still a man?"
Ye Heng sneered: "You are still a weak woman... just a lowly servant."
The maid covered her face with her hands, utterly ashamed and angry. Beside her, Xu Wanqing, who also seemed to have been slapped in the face, had a sullen expression on her face. "Doctor Ye, are you satisfied?"
"Well, I'm satisfied. However, there is one thing I would like the Crown Princess to know. From now on, the imperial physicians of my lineage, Ye Heng, from the Imperial Hospital will no longer enter the Eastern Palace to see patients... If the Crown Princess is dissatisfied, you can complain to the Empress or even His Majesty."
After saying that, he turned around and said to Li Yushi, "Let's go."
"Aunt, I'll take my leave first."
After bidding farewell to Concubine Ye, Ye Heng took Li Yushi and left the East Palace directly.
Concubine Ye laughed and said a few perfunctory words before leaving. Not long after leaving the East Palace, she saw Ye Heng and his female disciple walking in front.
Concubine Ye raised her eyebrows imperceptibly and said, "Squinting eyes, and impatient temper."
"It's not that I have a quick temper, but if you don't teach her a lesson the first time, she'll come back to you to vent her anger later!"
Ye Heng curled his lips. "My master, your great-grandmaster, once said that if you want to forgive others, you must be the stronger party. If you are the one being bullied, your forgiveness will only be seen as weakness, and then they will take advantage of you..."
Li Yushi looked at him with a smile: "Ningning is right, she always knows what to do."
Ye Heng frowned: "What Ning Ning, so disrespectful, that's your master."
Li Yushi laughed, then she straightened her face, adjusted her appearance, and bowed to Ye Heng: "Thank you for your protection tonight, Master."
Being thanked so solemnly, Ye Heng felt a little embarrassed. He touched his nose and waved his hand: "Alright, alright. Since you call me Master, it's my duty to protect you... But from now on, you should stay away from the East Palace."
Ye Heng seemed to be thinking about something. "Xu Wanqing has an old grudge against my master, and knowing that you are close to my master, she might take it out on you at any time. Don't worry, just stay away from her. I will protect you if anything happens."
Li Yushi hummed softly.
Shen Ning was far away in Beihai Prefecture and had no idea that Xu Wanqing had imitated her dress in an attempt to seduce Xiao Nanchen, a "sister-in-law-lover", but failed and took her anger out on Li Yushi.
At the same time, Shen Ning, who was thousands of miles away, was silently watching the situation in the giant ship on the sea in front of him.
This really shocked her...
She discovered this ship when she went to inspect the seaside port the night before the building ship "North Sea Zero" was launched... She didn't pay much attention to it at first, but when the ship saw a group of soldiers on their side, the people on the ship immediately changed their faces and wanted to sail away from the port. Shen Ning immediately became aware of it and asked someone to stop the ship.
Then we found out that it was a slave ship.
The Daxuan Dynasty secretly engaged in an extremely unscrupulous business: the slave trade.
Moreover, they were not sold within the territory of the Daxuan Dynasty, but the slaves bought at low prices or even kidnapped were sold overseas... Goryeo did not dare to get involved, and most of them were sold to Japan or to French merchants, who took them back to the West and sent them to the black mines.
The only fate of these slaves purchased at a low price is to be forced to do extremely heavy physical labor in mines or other places day and night, living a life worse than death for pigs and dogs, without enough food or clothes to wear.
Ninety-nine percent of them ended up dead without a burial place...
Shen Ning didn't expect that the ship they intercepted was exactly a slave ship.
After those human traffickers were captured and the cabin was opened, even though Shen Ning thought she was knowledgeable, she was still shocked by what she saw.
The beds, which are called bunk beds, are more like shelves or pigeon cages. They are densely packed and very cramped.
Each person lay inside, trapped in a cramped space, unable to do anything but lie down, without even room to turn over... And they would drift on the sea like this for an unknown amount of time, being sent far from home to do work worse than that of animals...
“Please, please…”
The person who spoke was a young-looking girl, so thin that her eyeballs were almost bulging out. She looked at Shen Ning with tears streaming down her face and begged for help in a hoarse voice.
"Save us, please, save us, save us."
Beside him, Li Erniu, who was almost becoming Shen Ning's confidant, took a step forward with red eyes and said tremblingly: "Third kid..."
A man who was so numb that he didn't look like a living person slowly opened his eyes and looked at Li Erniu. He was even a little confused at first, but then he suddenly recognized Li Erniu. The man's eyes suddenly widened, and he subconsciously wanted to stand up, but he was trapped in the narrow cage and couldn't move. He could only roar desperately.
"Brother Erniu, save me, Brother Erniu... I can't survive, Brother Erniu, I can't survive, save me, please save me..."
Li Erniu knelt down in front of Chen Ning and kowtowed: "Master, Master, please save them. They are all human beings, living people, but they are treated like pigs and dogs... No, even worse than pigs and dogs. Pigs and dogs cannot be put into cages like this..."
The tall man actually burst into tears.
Shen Ning couldn't imagine how those people who were put in cages layer by layer could survive. Some of them might not even be alive.
She took a few steps back and winked at Yuan Yue beside her.
Yuan Yue nodded, then stepped forward and solemnly instructed the captain of the guards, "Have the traffickers release all the slaves... Then sink the traffickers into the sea. No one on board is allowed to disembark. Once released, stay on board to prevent any disease. Those who die will be burned."
The captain of the guard immediately bowed and said, "Yes."
Afterwards, Shen Ning was very satisfied.
Having a capable assistant makes things less stressful. With just a glance, he can make thoughtful and appropriate arrangements that are even more detailed than she imagined... If Yuan Yue were in modern times, she would definitely be the president's special assistant.
Not far away, Eryue curled her lips and sniffed.
Well, he admitted that he was indeed not as prudent as Big Brother Yuanyue... Big Brother Yuanyue should be the one to take care of the young lady.
He's not sour, not at all...
"Miss, Brother Yuanyue is really amazing. He can do everything perfectly."
Er Yue praised Shen Ning quietly, then pricked up her ears.
Shen Ning suppressed her smile and nodded: "Yes, I feel at ease when I leave things to him. He always does things properly..."
Seeing Er Yue's eyes were about to turn red, she changed the subject: "Er Yue is also very good at defense. I feel relieved to have you protecting me."
In a word, February suddenly changed from cloudy to sunny.
Just then, Qiyue came running over: "Miss, that female bandit came to our hospital. She said that Japanese pirates have set their sights on our Beihai Prefecture..."
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