Seeing him about to leave after a bow, Shang Ruyi imdiately said, "Mu Xian, wait a mont."
Mu Xian hastily stopped, "What other instructions does Young Madam have?"
Shang Ruyi gave Tushere a look, and Tushere nodded, imdiately fetching a package and handing it to him. Mu Xian opened it to find several veils for covering the mouth and nose, the kind Yu Wenqian had given to Shang Ruyi earlier in Fufeng.
Mu Xian was startled, "This is—"
Tushere smiled, "These are what Miss ordered to rush to make last night. Because it was needed urgently, there aren’t many. Brother Mu, you, Brother Cheng, Shantong’er, Brother Shen, and Nie Chong should use them first. When we make more at the estate, we’ll send them over so that everyone under your command can use them."
Shang Ruyi also nodded and said, "Your people need to guard Changle Square, and they must protect themselves as well."
Mu Xian imdiately said, "Thank you, Young Madam."
After speaking, he left with the bundle clutched in his arms.
Tushere finished arranging Shang Ruyi’s hair and was about to withdraw when Shang Ruyi asked again, "Last night, I asked you to sort out the dicinal herbs we bought earlier. Have you finished?"
Tushere quickly responded, "The servant has sorted them out completely. The herbs are stored securely, with not a bit of damage."
Shang Ruyi nodded and said, "Instruct Jiang Kesong and the others to allocate more personnel. They must guard that batch of herbs well. Loss is secondary; the most important thing is to prevent theft, understand?"
Tushere’s eyes brightened, and she imdiately realized, replying promptly, "The servant understands."
After speaking, she turned around and left in a hurry.
By this ti, it was already past midnight, but the heavy rain outside not only hadn’t stopped, it instead poured down more madly. The large raindrops pounded on the windows and rooftop, making a continuous crackling sound, seemingly indicating that they would have no peaceful night.
Amidst the chaotic sound of the rain, Yu Wenye said, "Those herbs you ntioned are—"
Shang Ruyi turned her head, "Exactly, the ones I had Tushere lead Jiang Kesong and others out of Tongguan to find."
"..."
"At that ti, Tushere brought a package to Fufeng, curing your illness. Though the remaining herbs are temporarily useless, I had them kept well."
"..."
"Unexpectedly, they really ca in handy."
She spoke extraordinarily calmly, as if it was rely a simple task. But who could have imagined the imnse power behind this seemingly ordinary arrangent!
Yu Wenye said, "So, you were prepared long ago."
Shang Ruyi sighed, "Actually, ever since your illness was cured in Fufeng, I’ve been worried about this matter—an epidemic, it’s never been heard of to strike down only one person."
"..."
"But later, when the epidemic didn’t spread widely, I thought it was heaven’s kind rcy."
"..."
"Yet I never expected the real calamity to be here."
Upon hearing this, Yu Wenye frowned tightly and said, "If it’s true that the river water from Little Forest River was polluted by that Capital, infecting the villagers downstream with the epidemic, then, the people further downstream—"
Shang Ruyi imdiately said, "This, you shouldn’t worry about."
"Oh? Why?"
"At that ti, the epidemic in the river was severe because it was near the Capital, and Fufeng had a drought for a month, with not a drop of rain; but afterwards, wasn’t there quite so rainfall, flushing the river, and along the way various streams and smaller rivers joined in. I think the epidemic should have been diluted."
"..."
"Otherwise, villages and towns downstream should have reported the epidemic long ago."
Yu Wenye nodded, "That’s true."
"..."
"So now—"
Shang Ruyi looked up at him and said, "So now, our most important task is the imdiate issue, the epidemic and patients in West City."
"..."
There was a sudden flash of shrewdness in Yu Wenye’s eyes.
However, he and Shang Ruyi both understood very well, there was a sentence she hadn’t spoken out loud, and that was they needed to eliminate this epidemic faster and earlier than East City.
Today before the Taiji Palace, Yu Wenquan’s last sentence, though seemingly casual, was much more earth-shaking than an explosive thunderclap, knowing that once this epidemic is over, he could legitimately assu imperial power and ascend the throne as Emperor, and of course, his sons’ status and position would naturally rise along with him, almost overnight.
In such a context, those words "richly rewarded" carry special aning.
After all, the Emperor’s sons are already wealthy and almost rule the world, especially Yu Wenqian and Yu Wenye aren’t ordinary idlers. To them, "richly rewarded" can only an further advancent in status!
Because the Emperor has two kinds of sons—
One, is a Prince.
Another, is the Crown Prince!
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