books44 Chapter 113 His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin Becomes a Thief
Chapter 113 His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin Becomes a Thief
King Qin Zhao Defang sneaked into the kitchen quietly, first found a few leftover cream cakes, and ate them to fill his stomach.
Seeing that there were three roast ducks left, he wrapped up two of them. Then, thinking of his uncle's greedy look, he wrapped up the remaining one as well.
I came to the wooden cabinet where Tingting usually kept her snacks. I sniffed and smelled the aroma of spicy strips. My stomach immediately started to swell with greed.
I gently turned the small lock on the cabinet and opened the lid. The red and oily spicy strips in a wooden barrel exuded an enticing spicy aroma.
He picked up one first, chewed it slowly to satisfy his craving. He wanted to find something to pack some away, but then he thought of his uncle's greedy look. If he didn't have enough, there wouldn't be enough for him to grab.
I simply packed most of the wooden barrel of spicy strips and the barrel into a big bundle.
I also packed some meat jerky into a half-wooden box and took it away, and I also took back several kinds of preserved fruits as snacks.
The half bamboo basket of popcorn was sweet and fragrant. King Qin Zhao Defang pinched one and tasted it. It was soft on the inside and sweet and crispy on the outside. It must have been made today.
I’ve been craving this taste for days, so of course I have to take it away!
Yun Yi saw the prince leaping out of the courtyard wall with several bags on his back. He smelled a mixture of various delicacies and couldn't help but laugh to himself.
[The dignified Prince Qin turned into a food thief!
Judging from the huge bags and small pieces he has taken without caring about his image, he must have taken all the princess's delicacies.
I wonder how the princess will show her power when she finds out tomorrow? 】
"Yun Yi, protect the princess, find a chance to kill Wang Changshou, don't let the princess dirty her hands again." King Qin glanced at the smirking Yun Yi coldly, gave an order, and then jumped up, using his Qinggong to fly through the house and over the ridge and head straight out of the city. ...
Prince of Qin Zhao Defang was riding his BMW "Wuyun Gaixue" which could travel a thousand miles a day, and on the road he met two shadow guards who were chasing him.
He threw the bags on his back to them and said proudly, "Carry the delicacies that the princess brought for me back to Yanzhou and eat them slowly."
The two shadow guards smiled secretly in their hearts and agreed to carry the bag. This bag contained the princess' deep love for the prince!
The three of them rode their horses back to Yanzhou overnight.
When the Ghost Hand Poison Doctor saw the King of Qin who had sneaked back to the capital coming back exhausted, he was about to scold him angrily, but then he smelt the aroma of delicious food and his face immediately beamed with joy!
"Nephew, you brought back so many delicious foods. There are spicy noodles, popcorn, and roast duck. Hurry up and take them out to honor Uncle Master!"
King Qin Zhao Defang rolled his eyes at his uncle who looked greedy, put the bags in his hands on the table, unpacked them one by one and shared the food with his uncle.
"Each person gets half, eat your own and don't fight over it!"
The Ghost Hand Poison Doctor glared with his triangular eyes and showed the authority of an elder.
"You are so unfilial! Who doesn't give the delicious food to the elders first? Give me most of it."
Otherwise, I will take it all away from you, leaving you nothing!"
The King of Qin reluctantly made concessions and gave most of the delicacies he had stolen with great effort to his shameless uncle.
Looking at Mo Yan, who was dressed as the King of Qin, laughing beside him, he generously grabbed a few popcorns and threw them to him, "After you finish eating, hurry back to the capital and protect the princess and her family!"
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Luo Li, who had just woken up, learned the bad news that all the delicious snacks in the kitchen had been stolen by King Qin. She slapped the headboard of the bed in anger and wailed!
"You shameless and greedy dog King Qin! You stole all my snacks. What am I going to eat these days?"
Ruhua and Yingchun were laughing so hard that their bodies shook. They hurriedly tried to coax her and persuade 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 almost failed last night. She was moved by the charming and scheming man.
When I woke up this morning, I was so angry with that shameless, greedy, insidious and cunning guy.
He gnashed his teeth and ordered Ruhua, "Ruhua, from now on, hide all kinds of delicious snacks in this room, and he won't be able to have a bite again!"
Ruhua laughed so hard that tears came out of her eyes. She covered her stomach which hurt from laughing and coaxed the young lady to agree repeatedly.
"Okay, okay! From now on, hide all kinds of delicacies in this room... and put them under the young lady's nose, so that the prince won't have a bite!"
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Cheng Wuya was ordered to interrogate the guards of Prince Xiang's mansion. After torturing more than 30 people, he came to a conclusion.
The other guards of Prince Xiang's Mansion did not participate in the assassination of the fourth prince Zhao Yuanfen.
The emperor was unwilling to believe that his own sons had killed each other. He immediately issued an order to clear the third prince, Prince Xiang Zhao Heng, of suspicion and to change the direction of Cheng Wuya's investigation.
The case of the assassination of the Fourth Prince had not yet been solved, and his uncle Wang Changshou was on his way to a winery outside the city when his horse was frightened and ran away, 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 bitterly. She cried every day and asked the emperor to avenge her son and brother.
The emperor was so upset and angry that he repeatedly issued edicts to 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 deployed 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 among the people of the capital!
Shen Xi, the magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture who was known as the best detective in the capital, was demoted three levels along with Wang Tongpan. He was so discouraged that he claimed to be sick and stayed at home, refusing to work in the government office.
The Wang family lost the support of Prince Ji and Minister Wang, and the two good-for-nothing sons fought fiercely for the family property.
The Prince Ji's Mansion collapsed, and the Wang family was completely ruined! ...
Yanzhou won the fight against the epidemic, with a total death toll of more than 4,000 people and the lives of more than 200,000 people in and around Yanzhou saved.
Without the worry of the spread of the epidemic, people in the surrounding prefectures, states and counties gradually calmed down.
When the Qin Wang Zhao Defang led his troops to leave Yanzhou, the city was empty and the people crowded in the streets, tearfully bidding farewell to the Eighth Sage King who saved them from the fire and water. As the Qin Wang's carriage passed by, people knelt on the roadside outside the carriage, crying and praying for His Majesty the Qin Wang!
Cai Kun, the governor of Yanzhou, led all the officials to escort His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin ten miles out of the city before bidding farewell in tears and returning.
After receiving the news of Yanzhou’s successful victory in fighting the epidemic, the emperor and the court officials were delighted, but they sighed in frustration in their hearts!
"The King of Qin was also infected with smallpox. How come he didn't die in Yanzhou?"
The King of Qin risked his life and went to Yanzhou to fight the epidemic in accordance with the emperor's order. He actually eliminated the plague sent from heaven and saved the lives of 200,000 people in Yanzhou. This is a great achievement!
The court officials were discussing how to reward those who had made contributions to the fight against the epidemic.
The emperor did not mention the matter of rewarding meritorious service, but issued an imperial decree, in order to prevent the remaining smallpox from spreading to the millions of people in the city, and ordered the King of Qin and other anti-epidemic personnel to stay outside the city for ten days before they could enter the city.
No one refuted this imperial edict, and the court officials in the capital all agreed that the plague was like a tiger, and the lives of them and their families must be as safe as possible.
After receiving the order, King Qin Zhao Defang ordered his troops to station outside the city.
He wrote a memorial, detailing the successful experience and methods of Yanzhou's anti-epidemic efforts, and pleaded with the emperor to issue an edict to promote the method of vaccination to prevent smallpox and plague to all prefectures throughout the Song Dynasty.
Of course, this miraculous and effective method of vaccinating against smallpox plague was recorded in the memorial as a magical technique developed by the Qin King's uncle, the Ghost Hand Poison Doctor, after years of painstaking research.
At the court meeting, after the King of Qin's memorial was read out, the court officials began to discuss it.
Some agreed and some disagreed. Those who agreed believed that since His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin had found a method to control and prevent the 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 the smallpox plague.
The reason for opposition is that this experience may have been a fluke success, and it is too risky to hastily promote it across the country when it is immature.
Of course, there were also people who had ulterior motives and just wanted to find a reason to prevent the King of Qin from easily achieving another extraordinary feat. The ministers of both sides argued fiercely.
The success of the King of Qin in fighting 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 hand and said, "There is no need to argue about this matter any further!
It is unheard of to use cowpox, which is a virus infected with smallpox, to prevent smallpox.
If we rashly promote it to the entire territory of Song Dynasty, the risk will be extremely great.
Let's stop this matter and don't discuss it any further!"...
After hearing the result, King Qin Zhao Defang outside the city looked up at the sky and sighed!
"Alas! ... These pedantic, stubborn, and self-righteous people are unwilling to promote and implement this wonderful method for preventing and controlling the spread of smallpox. This is really a disaster for the country and the people!"
The Ghost Hand Poison Doctor beside him curled his lips and said, "How can the Emperor allow you to win the hearts of the people and be respected and admired by the people?
If this measure was proposed by the emperor's own son, it would surely be implemented throughout the country immediately!"
The King of Qin also understood that this was the reason. Yes! The current emperor was already extremely afraid of his prestige among the people. How could he be willing to let him, the Eighth Sage King who was respected and loved by the people, establish a higher prestige for the sake of the lives of the people?
His determination to obtain the supreme imperial power became even more unwavering!