The Herbal Scents of Farm Life
Chapter 1038: Take This With You

Chapter 1038: Chapter 1038: Take This With You

On the other side, Zhen Wu stood there, reporting to Ya Molian about the recent situation in Shaohua City.

"The National Teacher has been keeping a close watch, and Her Majesty the Empress has attempted several times to send things into the dungeon, but all were blocked by the National Teacher. As for Prince Lin, he must be suffering greatly in the cell,"

he said.

Although the Wei State belonged to His Majesty, there were still some areas where actually the ministers had the final say.

Take the dungeon, for example.

The chief official of the Ministry of Justice had been recommended by National Teacher Suyang, and although he wouldn’t go so far as to directly kill Prince Lin for Suyang’s sake, he certainly wouldn’t make his life comfortable either.

Whatever the condition was for the other prisoners, Prince Lin would receive the same treatment.

The Emperor wanted to intervene, bearing in mind his son, but what could he do? Surely he couldn’t explicitly instruct the chief official of the Ministry of Justice to take care of Prince Lin and spare him from suffering, could he?

The Emperor must be well aware of who had recommended this director of the Ministry of Justice to him, mustn’t he?

Presumably, the Emperor was deeply regretting his decision at this moment.

"If even the National Teacher has prevented the Empress from providing for her own son, would it not be a waste if I, as Prince, didn’t add insult to injury, thus allowing her to push all the blame onto my head?"

Ya Molian looked at Zhen Wu and spoke indifferently with an instruction.

"Go, tell our people, Prince Lin, should be crippled."

"Yes, Palace Master."

Zhen Wu responded and was about to leave.

"Wait."

Lin Caisang saw him about to depart and finally called out to stop him.

"Palace Mother, do you have any other instructions?" Zhen Wu turned back and asked.

Then, he watched as his mistress took a porcelain bottle from her person and handed it to him.

"Even if he is crippled, that doesn’t mean he can’t be treated. In this world, there is always someone mightier, and skies beyond skies. Here, take this."

"This is..."

Zhen Wu took the porcelain bottle and looked towards Lin Caisang.

"This is specially concocted by this miss for Prince Lin, as long as he is afflicted with this poison, Sui Zilin will live out his life as if he were suffering from consumption. Of course, no one will be able to detect it,"

Lin Caisang said.

Whether Sui Zilin was willing or not, he had killed Suri, and that was an undeniable fact.

Daring to kill the person under her care, causing her mission to fail, she was determined to take her revenge personally. Of course, killing Sui Zilin outright would indeed be letting him off too easily.

"Consumption..."

Zhen Wu had a troubled expression, looking at the bottle of medicine in his hand.

"Palace Mother, is it really consumption?" he asked.

"Of course not."

Lin Caisang naturally shook her head.

Even if she detested Sui Zilin, she would not wish true consumption on him—what if by some fluke she received a mission to treat Sui Zilin for consumption? That would surely be a loss for her.

"It is merely a poison that imitates the symptoms of consumption very closely, rest assured, it’s not contagious."

Zhen Wu: "..."

Off to the side, Zhe Jue and Jiang Li: "..."

If the royal physicians ever diagnosed it as ’consumption,’ then Sui Zilin’s life would truly be over, as the Emperor would surely order him to be sent to some corner of the world from which he could never return to Shaohua City.

Who could blame him? ’Consumption’ was contagious, and everyone fears death, don’t they?

"This... Palace Mother, won’t Sui Zilin suddenly contracting ’consumption’ raise suspicions?"

"How could it?"

Lin Caisang lifted her eyebrows, not feeling the least bit concerned about arousing suspicion.

Even if someone did suspect, what of it? Could the Emperor really point his finger at her and accuse her of being behind everything?