Chapter 681 - 502: The Crown Prince Seeks Advice (Part 2)

"Mm." Pei Jian nodded, "Mr. Su, are you worried about your daughter?"

"Yes, Mr. Pei, you know, she is my dearest daughter, and I truly hope nothing happens to her."

"Don’t worry, from what I’ve heard, your daughter is already fine." Pei Jian laughed heartily; as a father, he understood Su Mobai’s feelings.

"Thank you." The two chatted for a bit more before parting ways.

...

At Miao Manor, as Lin Miao opened his eyes, Lianxin had already brought in the water for washing his face.

Under Lianxin’s care, Lin Miao got up and freshened up.

"Lianxin, accompany me back to the city in a while." Lin Miao instructed; he indeed needed to return to the city.

"Sir, are you going back to the city today?"

"Yes, the Crown Prince wants to see me; I must go." Lin Miao nodded; if it weren’t for the Crown Prince summoning him, he truly wouldn’t want to return.

"Alright, just me?"

"Yes, just you. We’ll return quietly." Lin Miao instructed.

...

"This prescription needs some adjustments. Senior Sister, pay attention, and if the fever recurs, you can use Minor Bupleurum Decoction..."

"You can add a bit of aconite to this. You can’t use raw aconite; it needs to be mixed with licorice and ginger to moderate it, detoxify it first before giving it to the patient."

"Mm, this prescription is well-made; just use this."

"Yurou, this is the scar-eliminating prescription from your master, Guan Shi. Aren’t you afraid she’ll say you’re helping outsiders?"

"Master said as long as the medicine can help people, that’s enough. Keeping secrets benefits only one person; she is not narrow-minded like that." Lien Yurou said shyly.

"Alright, I’ll think about optimizing this prescription, adding some things later. Not only can it eliminate scars, but it can also remove spots and whiten. By then, we’ll have another good product under our name, and you can count the money. By the way, this prescription is from your master, Guan Shi, and she will also have a share in the future profits." Lin Miao said.

"Ah, Master surely won’t take it if she knows; she doesn’t care much about money."

"Your master has resigned from the court and has no salary. What about the future? People need money to have confidence!"

"Then I’ll tell Master when I see her."

"Mm, it’s better for you to say it."

"Sir, it’s getting late; we should set off." Lianxin reminded Lin Miao, the Crown Prince would be waiting, and it wouldn’t be appropriate to let him wait too long.

"Alright, I’ll go now." Lin Miao hurriedly finished seeing the patients he was primarily concerned about before heading back to Dongshan City with Lianxin.

Before even getting home, Lin Miao was intercepted by Zhuo Qingfeng, Pei Jian’s chief. The Crown Prince had been waiting for him at the inn for quite some time.

It turned out that early in the morning, the Crown Prince awoke, followed by Pei Jian and Su Mobai reporting on the related work of the "morbillosis."

The briefing lasted for almost half an hour, during which the Crown Prince also had breakfast with both of them.

Then, he learned about the Xue Family Manor case, which naturally drew more attention from Crown Prince Zhao Yuaze.

It’s not that he didn’t value this epidemic, but the Xue Family Manor case involved him personally. If it weren’t for Shen Yidao of the Green Blade Sect attacking him,

he might have let Marquis Lingyang off the hook.

But now, he wouldn’t give Marquis Lingyang another chance. Indeed, the assassination attempt on him was undoubtedly related to Consort Xue and his good brother, but bringing down Consort Xue and King Qi through this case was still too difficult.

Because there’s no direct evidence proving Consort Xue and King Qi as the masterminds.

This differs from the case of Consort Yi’s abolishment, where there were witnesses and evidence found from Consort Yi’s palace. Even then, Consort Yi was relegated to the Cold Palace, and his third brother’s title was stripped, about to be confined.

Unless Marquis Lingyang, Xue Chunlai, incriminates Consort Xue and King Qi, it’s tough to directly take down this mother and son pair.

But being bullied so much, if he, the Crown Prince, doesn’t retaliate, it would be too weak.

Pei Jian naturally saw that the Crown Prince intended to pin the Xue Family Manor case on Marquis Lingyang as the ringleader. Now that the assailant of the Crown Prince, an expert from the Green Blade Sect, is confirmed to be Sect Leader Shen Yidao.

The assassination at the beginning of the year happened before the Xue Family Manor case broke out.

Moreover, the Green Blade Sect had no direct conflict of interest with the Crown Prince. Shen Yidao, a leader of a sect, had no motive to assassinate the Crown Prince?

This was illogical.

But if it was instigated by Marquis Lingyang, then it all made sense, even connecting it to Consort Xue and King Qi behind Marquis Lingyang. Their interests are aligned.

Marquis Lingyang, risking everything for Consort Xue and King Qi, orders the Green Blade Sect to assassinate the Crown Prince for a clean solution. This makes perfect sense.

Yet the Green Blade Sect had no dealings with Consort Xue and King Qi, making it impossible to directly prove a connection.

"Your Highness, if Marquis Lingyang confesses and takes all the blame, then Consort Xue and King Qi might remain untouched for now."

"Although we cannot move King Qi and Consort Xue, at least it cuts off King Qi’s path to supremacy!" Su Mobai said.

"But the issue is, now that His Majesty suddenly had a stroke, if the Crown Prince is not at the center, should Consort Xue stir up trouble, the Empress may not be her match."

"The current solution is to immediately report the news of the Crown Prince’s assassination at Cloud-Riding Ridge, so the Empress has grounds to order Consort Xue and King Qi to be separately confined."

"Just afraid they will act in desperation..."

"Your Highness, you have the status of the Crown Prince. Even if His Majesty had a stroke and couldn’t speak, he wouldn’t be easily manipulable, unless Consort Xue instigates a coup."