Overnight.
There are many interesting rumors in the Imperial City.
The No. 1 hot topic, the prince was grounded because he failed to control the snow disaster!
The second hot topic is that the seven princes are secretly training troops in their fiefdoms. They are full of ambition and want to compete with the prince for the throne.
The third hot topic is that Sima Mei, the legitimate daughter of Prime Minister Sima's palace, ran away from home. She said something that was shocking and went viral in the "backyard circle" of the imperial capital - the world is so big, I want to see it.
For a time, Sima Mei's popularity surpassed that of her younger sister Sima Lan, and she became the spiritual idol of the boudoir girls and women in the imperial capital.
In this era, women are accessories to men.
Women from ordinary families are struggling to make a living, and although they are regarded as "country women", in many cases they can still show their faces without being criticized by worldly remarks.
However, the women who entered the backyard of the palace and the backyards of various officials were different.
Although they have no worries about food and clothing and see boundless scenery, most of them are like golden birds in a cage. They cannot open the front door or get out of the second door. They must abide by the ethics in "Female Virtues" and be trapped in a narrow world until they die.
As long as they go out of their way a little bit, they will be regarded as deviant and bad women.
Now.
Sima Mei ran away from home privately. Even if she did not run away with a wild man, it would still be criticized by many people.
Her reputation changed directly, from a lady to a rebellious girl!
Therefore, such a woman has no virtue and is not worthy of the prince!
She is even less worthy of sitting on the position of Crown Princess!
Not worthy of being a mother in the world in the future!
In front of the Prince's Mansion.
The Imperial City Department has set up a card to prohibit anyone from entering or exiting.
"Snapped......"
The prince was furious and kept smashing things in the hall.
Wave after wave of bad news came into the palace, like ocean waves, hitting the prince's heart with each wave higher than the last, directly causing his mentality to collapse.
"Why? Why do you want to ban my feet?"
The prince, with his hair disheveled, grabbed the maid next to him and asked, "What do you mean?"
"Didn't the old guy want to use my hand to kill Stinky Old Nine?"
"Why are you banning me at this critical moment?"
"What exactly does he mean?"
The palace maid was so frightened that she trembled all over, like a helpless little lamb: "Your Highness, this servant doesn't know!"
At this time.
A middle-aged eunuch hurriedly walked into the hall. He was already familiar with the scene in front of him: "Your Highness, Miss Sima Mei of Sima Mansion has run away from home!"
"What?"
The prince shook his hair away from his face ferociously, and said crazily: "She ran away?"
"She is the future princess and the future queen!"
"Why did she run?"
"I am wise and powerful, and I am born to be an emperor. Why does she look down on me?"
The middle-aged eunuch remained silent!
Although the prince is the heir apparent, the term "wise and wise" does not seem to have anything to do with it.
The prince continued to yell crazily: "Stinky Laojiu kidnapped his sister, and she also ran away from home. Could it be that she also fell in love with that Stinky Laojiu?"
"What's so good about that stinky old nine?"
"Smelly woman, tell me, what's so good about him?"
"Snapped......"
The prince's face was twisted like a poisonous snake, and he slapped the palace maid on the head: "Tell me, in what way is this prince inferior to that stinky old nine?"
"puff......"
The palace maid's skull was shattered and her flesh and blood were all blurred. She closed her eyes and lost her breath.
"Damn it!"
The prince killed the palace maid, and the violent energy in his body seemed to be released: "Smelly Old Jiu, this time, I will definitely die without a burial place!"
"You wait!"
"I must kill you!"
the other side.
Prince Huang's motorcade moved slowly through the snow.
In the middle of the convoy, there were three newly modified carriages.
It looks very simple, just using thick wooden strips to build the carriage frame, and wrapping it with thick white cloth.
There are three such modified carriages, one of which is Xia Tian's surgical carriage.
The other two vehicles are specially used to place wounded soldiers after surgery.
Now, Xia Tian is seizing the time to help the wounded soldiers remove poison, reduce inflammation, apply medicine, and bandage.
In fact, among the entire team of wounded soldiers, Lao Gui was the most poisoned, and the poison of other wounded soldiers was easier to deal with.
Xia Tian first used silver needles to seal the acupuncture points of the wounded soldiers, then opened the wounds again, squeezed out the poisonous blood, applied the detoxifying herbs he prepared, and then bandaged the wounds to heal them!
In half a day, fifty veterans with poisonous wounds were knifed and filled three carriages.
at this time.
Only half of the wounded soldiers escorting the convoy were left, and their strength seemed to be greatly reduced.
"ah......"
A wounded soldier finally couldn't help crying out in pain, and said with tears in his eyes: "Your Majesty, be gentler!"
Xia Tian said gently: "If I use less force, you will be in pain for one more hour."
"Now, I will give you two choices. One is to be heavier and save an hour of pain."
"The second option is to be gentler and it will hurt for an extra hour!"
The wounded soldier gritted his teeth and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, please work harder!"
Xia Tian had a look of pity on his face and took action directly.
"ah......"
The old soldier’s shrill cry echoed through the official roads and snowy roads: “Your Majesty, please work harder!”
In two wounded vehicles.
"Hahaha......"
All the wounded soldiers were people who had been squeezed and poisoned. They understood it and couldn't help but laugh: "Your Majesty's hands are so strong!"
"Just scream louder!"
The wounded soldier couldn't help but respond: "I just like to scream in pain, what's wrong?"
"Am I proud?"
"Why don't you scream even if you don't accept it?"
"Hahaha......"
The convoy suddenly became happy, and the pain on the wounded soldiers seemed to have eased a lot.
There was also a rare smile on the ice faces of the sword-hide boys.
The guards around my master seem to be different from those of other families!
Traveling with these people, my mind is very relaxed.
really good!
On Sima Lan's carriage.
Sima Ge looked puzzled: "Miss, if Prince Huang is not in a hurry to re-treat the wounds of the wounded soldiers, the wounded soldiers can still protect him!"
"Now that they have been reprocessed, half of the wounded soldiers have temporarily lost their combat effectiveness. Doesn't doing this...do you mean to abolish your martial arts?"
"If I were Prince Huang, I would first maintain the remaining combat power of the wounded soldiers, wait until they arrive in Dahuang State, and then treat them well, I can still win people's hearts!"
At this time.
Sima Lan put down the ancient book in his hand: "Do you think Prince Huang is doing this to win people's hearts?"
"Is not it?"
"of course not!"
"Then why is he compromising his combat power like this?"
Sima Lan's eyes were bright, as if he had seen through everything: "He is a wise man and a benevolent man. He always treats his own people sincerely."
"Does such a prince still need to win people's hearts?"
Sima Ge thought for a while: "It's really not necessary!"
Sima Lan stood up and looked at the white carriageway in front of him: "For these veterans, pain is an unspeakable torture, which damages the human body's vitality. Naturally, the faster the treatment, the better!"
"My lord, he is a wise man and a benevolent man. How could he just watch the people around him suffer like this and not care?"
"This is not about buying people's hearts, but comparing their hearts to their own."
"To go deeper, he is currently treating the wounded soldiers. When they arrive in Dahuang State, these wounded soldiers will be able to recover and regain their full combat power!"
"Dahuangzhou is a strong man. If he wants to conquer that land, the stronger he is, the better!"
"He is a man of foresight!"
“A very long-term perspective!”
Sima Ge understood: "Miss, I judge the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain!"
Sima Lan smiled faintly, revealing two intoxicating dimples: "Xiao Ge, he is a very charming young hero, worthy of being liked and followed!"
Sima Ge's eyes were complicated: "Miss, do you really want to be the princess of Huangzhou?"
Sima Lan didn't answer, smiled meaningfully, and started reading again.
Sima Ge stopped talking and began to think wildly again.
In front of their carriage.
The veteran's upper body was wrapped up into a "mummy" and he was carried straight out of the carriage and sent to the "recuperation vehicle."
"Your Majesty!"
When Lu Shu saw Xia Tian stepping out of the carriage, he quickly rode up to follow and whispered: "There are spies of different numbers on both sides of the official road and behind it!"
"Do you want......"
Lu Shu made a beheading motion - kill!
suddenly.
"Ache..."
Xia Tian sneezed three times in a row.
Lu Shu's expression changed: "Your Majesty, brothers' injuries can be treated later!"
Xia Tian rubbed his nose, looked towards the direction of the imperial capital, and said with a smile: "I know my body well and I am not infected with the cold!"
"Actually, sometimes sneezing is a sixth sense. If you sneeze once, it means someone is scolding you!"
"Hitting it a second time means someone is thinking of you!"
Lu Shu blinked and held out three fingers: "But Your Majesty, you hit three people. Do you have any explanation?"
"Hehehe..."
Xia Tian smiled coldly: "Hitting three means someone wants to kill me!"
"I'm informing everyone, be careful, there must be bad guys ahead who want to murder me!"
at this time.
A wisp of white shadow moved its hands on the spies around the convoy!
"kill......"
Blood stained the snow red.
The murderous intent in the snow is becoming more and more obvious...
