The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 1216 - 1194: Reminder

Chapter 1216: Chapter 1194: Reminder

The Crown Prince stopped in his tracks and looked at them curiously, "What are you doing, preparing to run away?"

Everyone looked up, except for Bai Shan, Manbao, and Bai Erlang, no one knew him. Thus, Zhou Wulang and the others just glanced up and then immediately lowered their heads to continue counting the money because they had poor memory, and any interruption made them forget how much they had counted.

Was it eighty-five taels, or ninety-five taels?

However, the trio Bai Shan quickly recovered and hurriedly got up from the ground to salute, "Greetings to His Highness the Crown Prince."

The silver in Zhou Wulang’s hands slipped, and they looked up at the Crown Prince in shock. At this moment, they genuinely forgot how much they had counted.

The others didn’t stand up; they directly knelt down from their squatting positions.

The Crown Prince waved his hand to excuse their formalities, pulled over a chair to sit down, and slightly lifted his chin to signal Bai Shan to answer.

Bai Shan then explained the matter of the previous day’s reward, saying, "This money is to be split equally between our two families, and we are currently counting what Manbao owes our family."

The Crown Prince glanced at the gold and silver on the ground and pursed his lips, "It’s just over four hundred taels of gold, why bother counting these?"

Manbao was unhappy, "This is almost all of my savings, accumulated over many years. How can I not care?"

The Crown Prince then waved his hand and said, "Alright, the Empress is unwell lately, she hasn’t been eating or sleeping well. If you cure her, I’ll reward you with five hundred gold pieces."

Manbao blinked, very tempted, but she was always a realistic and honest child, and finally, she shook her head and sighed, "No, the Empress’s illness isn’t so easily cured. I can only provide some relief; Director Xiao and the others also need to help."

"Then provide some relief." Although the Crown Prince was slightly disappointed, he was mentally prepared and quickly adjusted his target.

Manbao immediately said, "No problem, I’ll enter the palace tomorrow and administer acupuncture to the Empress."

The Crown Prince frowned, "Do you really need to use acupuncture?"

Manbao replied, "Combining it with acupuncture is best. Otherwise, Director Xiao and the others’ prescriptions are not worse than mine."

The Crown Prince’s face then tightened. His mother said she didn’t want Zhou Man treating her now, which certainly meant she wouldn’t see her.

It’s just the way his family is; very stubborn.

Therefore, rubbing his forehead, the Crown Prince said, "Okay, I will find a way to let you enter the palace, but you’ll need to disguise yourself."

Bai Shan frowned. "Why is that? She has seen patients before. She’s not someone who can’t meet people; she has treated the Empress before."

The Crown Prince glanced at him and said, "Though the Grand Empress Dowager is seriously ill, she’s not confused yet. She really dislikes you all now. It’s one thing outside the palace, but if you enter the palace openly, do you think she wouldn’t summon you to talk?"

Manbao and Bai Shan shuddered in unison and immediately nodded gravely, "A disguise is also good. It’s an honor for us to treat the Empress."

With this, the Crown Prince was satisfied, waving his hand, "Don’t worry, you won’t be short of your reward."

After addressing the important matters, the Crown Prince stood up ready to leave, and Bai Shan led everyone in bowing to see him off.

However, the Crown Prince suddenly stopped, turned around to look at them, and asked, "You guys indeed have courage, but you’re still too impulsive. This timing isn’t very good."

Bai Shan and Manbao secretly complained in their hearts; wasn’t it all for you and the Third Prince?

Although the two had no solid evidence, from what they had heard from Lord Wei and Old Lord Tang, the reason why the Emperor disliked the Prince of Yizhou and didn’t even celebrate the Dowager Empress’s birthday was because of the Crown Prince and the Third Prince.

But at this moment, looking at the Crown Prince, he seemed to be unaware of everything.

The Crown Prince, appearing to have their best interests at heart, spoke seriously and earnestly, "After this matter, you should leave the capital for a while and return when you’re older."

Bai Shan then looked up and asked, "Why?"

The Crown Prince tugged at the corner of his mouth and said, "Do you know how many families are involved this time?"

Bai Shan and Manbao shook their heads together, their gazes fixed solely on the Prince of Yizhou.

The Crown Prince continued, "From Longyou, Jiannan, to even the Jiangnan region, there are officials and families entangled in this matter, not to mention the merchants who have been transporting grain and buying horses for him over the years. Who knows how many among these people resent you; staying in the capital makes you targets. Therefore, after this is over, you should leave. Wait maybe ten or eight years, when enough time has passed and people have mostly forgotten about you, then you can return to the capital."

Bai Shan and Manbao clearly hadn’t considered this point and were momentarily dumbfounded.

"However, before you leave, you must cure my mother," the Crown Prince said to Manbao.

Just as Manbao was about to speak, the Crown Prince remembered something and raised his hand to interrupt her, "I remember now; if it cannot be cured, then you should pass on your acupuncture skills to a palace maid, so she can often perform acupuncture on the Empress."

Seeing that Manbao was staring speechlessly, the Crown Prince said displeased, "What, are you unwilling?"

"It’s not that, I just suddenly remembered, doesn’t the Imperial Hospital have medical women?"

The Crown Prince indifferently said, "Yes, there are medical women, but they are mainly involved in assisting palace concubines during childbirth and confinement. They know some medical theory and dietary therapy, but they are far from being able to heal illnesses."

Manbao then said, "Well, then teach them. Why choose a palace maid who knows nothing and start teaching from scratch?"

The Crown Prince thought it over, "That works too. I’ll send some medical women over for you to choose from, pick one or two and try to teach them thoroughly."

After saying that, he turned and left.

Bai Shan and Manbao saw him out the door.

Upon seeing that he had left, Bai Erlang immediately sat back down on his chair, clutching his chest and said, "Really, he came without even sending a message first?"

Zhou Wulang and the others simply sat on the ground, still somewhat dazed, "Did we just meet the Crown Prince?"

Bai Erlang across nodded.

Zhou Lichong couldn’t help asking, "The son of the current Emperor?"

Bai Erlang nodded again.

Zhou Liwei swallowed and said, "The Crown Prince, he will be the future Emperor. God, we’ve just met the future Emperor."

This time Bai Erlang did not nod, he looked around, seeing that it was just their own people, he lowered his voice and said: "It’s not certain yet, don’t get too excited."

Zhou Lijun also whispered, "Is it because he isn’t performing well as the Crown Prince, so he might not become the Emperor?"

A cough came from inside the study, the few heads that were huddled together quickly dispersed, they sat straight, lowered their heads and seemed very serious counting money.

But in fact, they were just fiddling with gold or silver in their hands, without any idea of the count, realizing they had to start over.

However, they weren’t really in the mood for it now.

The future Emperor, even if he can’t become the Emperor, is still the Crown Prince, that’s enough for them to boast for a lifetime back in their village.

But Bai Erlang was already busy counting money; he had met the Emperor before, no, he had seen the whole imperial family, nothing worth being nervous about.

Bai Shan and Manbao came back, sitting solemnly on the cushions and continued counting money.

Bai Erlang looked at them and asked, "So after the Prince of Yizhou is captured, we are leaving the capital?"

Bai Shan tossed a gold piece in his hand and smiled, "What’s the hurry? Let’s just go with the flow, but we should accept his good intentions."

Manbao nodded.