The Useless Miracle Doctor Consort Is Spoiled Rotten by the Prince!

Chapter 1333: Chapter 1328: The Commander is a Man, Heavy Punishment

When she first saw it, it was nothing more than an ugly ginseng in its original form, but now not only had it become a little girl, it could also, like x-ray vision, help her see everything inside the zombie-like bodies.

Little Ginseng crossed her arms, her chubby little face full of pride, “I’m awesome, right?”

As long as she lived long enough, and the people she attached herself to gave her enough space to perform, especially after Su Yingxue gave birth, she would be able to continue cultivating.

She found that her cultivation was becoming increasingly impressive.

But there was also one strange occurrence, aside from Su Yingxue, she began to hear other voices. Just last night, when she was sleeping, she heard the voice of a little boy in her dream, crying out, “Mommy, Heng’er misses you so much.”

She had no idea what kind of spirit that was.

Su Yingxue took a deep breath, “You are amazing, Little Ginseng! With you here, I can perform surgeries better and make greater progress!”

She had gained the ability to perform surgery and learned the Soul-Consuming Needle, but that was far from enough. The vastness of medical knowledge was endless; she needed to keep improving.

Even so, her research with Saint Ruan was not something that could be finished in a day or two.

In these past two days, Chu Yihan had sent Lin Sisi to lead troops to attack Qiongzhou City. Their aim was not to wage a direct battle against Chen Ruobai, but as Chu Yifeng had said, they wanted to capture those living zombies and then bring some of the Qiongzhou City’s residents to better understand the situation inside the city, so as to devise better countermeasures.

Lin Sisi was a fierce general who, when leading her troops out to campaign, would greatly boost the morale of the army. The men in the army took pride in her, and even before they marched out of the city, some soldiers bravely proclaimed, “They say that the female general of Qiongzhou City is tough, but our General Lin is every bit as formidable! Following her into battle, we will surely defeat that female general of Qiongzhou City!”

“Exactly! Our Great Cheng Dynasty also has female generals, would they be inferior to that Xin Yi? Never!”

Lin Sisi led the charge against the southern city wall, armed with heavy equipment, and they created a breach in the southern wall. Many residents fled out, and with them came an army of zombies. It was Lin Sisi’s first encounter with zombies, and despite being mentally prepared, she was still shocked by the violent scene before her.

The zombies not only attacked them but also ate people directly, even dragging living people to bite them to death, and then dumped them in front of the gates of Qiongzhou City.

Lin Sisi’s lieutenant had already captured a few living zombies and had taken in a group of civilians, shouting behind her, “General, let’s go! The mission is accomplished!”

Holding her long sword, Lin Sisi stood atop her horse, gazing at the zombies, unable to recover her senses for a long time. Several of her soldiers had been devoured by the zombies, and when she saw one that was not yet dead, she brandished her sword and charged over, trying to pull him onto her horse.

But as soon as the man got on the horse, he immediately bit her arm like a madman.

Lin Sisi winced in pain, “Hiss…”

“General Lin, be careful!”

Ye Qingru rushed over with his spear, spearing the man off her horse, and immediately pulled her over, seeing the wound on her shoulder, he urgently said, “General, please forgive me, but these zombies are poisonous. I must immediately cut away the flesh to remove the poison!”

Lin Sisi did not doubt him and allowed Ye Qingru to cut away a piece of flesh from her shoulder.

“Damn it!”

Lin Sisi was not crying out because of her own injury, but rather because she looked toward the soldier she had failed to save; he had died on the city wall.

After Ye Qingru cut away her flesh, he quickly said, “General, there are more and more zombies, and the emperor is waiting for us to return. Let’s go quickly!”

Lin Sisi’s heart was filled with reluctance, but in the end, she would not defy military orders, she raised her sword and bellowed, “Retreat!”

The war drums sounded, signaling the retreat of the large army.

Qiongzhou Prefecture.

Upon hearing that the South City Gate had been breached, Chen Ruobai immediately harshly criticized General Wu Yue, “Useless! The main city gate isn’t fixed yet, and now the South City Gate is broken, what use are you to this princess!”

Wu Yue was a man, enduring humiliation as he kowtowed before Chen Ruobai, “I deserve death! But the commander in charge this time was Little General Lin from the Great Cheng Dynasty. She has always been fierce, and she only attacks the city walls without killing people. The soldiers, upon seeing her, get frightened. The corpse-infested troops were mobilized later, which is why we couldn’t hold the walls, and they managed to capture some people, but this is not a serious issue; we can simply repair the wall!”

“Will you pay for the manpower and resources needed for the repairs?” Chen Ruobai raised an eyebrow, her coquettish smile full of oppressive and exploiting cruelty.

“This… In my household, we are nearly out of food!” Wu Yue pounded the ground and gnashed his teeth, his neck limp with helplessness, as if cornered into a dead-end.

Chen Ruobai laughed lightly, “Rest assured, your wife and daughters are being well looked after, as for you and your son… as long as you don’t starve to death and are able to fight, that will suffice. Get out of my sight.”

“Yes!”

The man’s heart was full of indignation, imagining countless times in his mind the scene of killing the wicked woman before him, but ultimately he could only clench his fists, enduring this unfair treatment as he left her glittering, grand hall.

Compared to her luxurious lifestyle and the fine delicacies she enjoyed, they, the men fighting on the frontlines, weren’t even worthy of a full meal!

His twelve-year-old son, too, was clad in armor, but struggled to fill his stomach every day.

When his son saw him outside Qiongzhou Prefecture, he immediately asked, “Daddy, did the princess give us any military rations and meat? And… how are Mother and sister doing?”

Wu Yue, his face covered in blood and ash that he had not even thought to clean, shook his head weakly, “No military rations were given, your mother and sister…”

He didn’t even know what condition they were in.

The twelve-year-old boy, gripping his sword scabbard, roared with emotion, “No military rations? Are they trying to starve us to death? How are we supposed to defend the city? How to fight! The enemy is the Great Cheng Dynasty’s elite soldiers!”

Of course not!

A nation at the height of its power would definitely not let their soldiers go hungry!

Yet while they, too, were people who fought to the death, they not only went hungry but were also separated from their families. Now his father said that the princess was scolding them for not holding the walls and was penalizing them to provide manpower and resources to repair the walls!

The boy, who had never cried on the battlefield, now sobbed aloud, “How are we supposed to live? So many are going hungry, where will we find the strength to repair the walls?”

When the enemy attacked, weren’t they just like melons in a field, left to be slaughtered at will?

Wu Yue himself was grieving inside. However, when he saw a group of palace maids dressed in fine clothes carrying fine grains and dishes towards the back courtyard of Qiongzhou Prefecture, his eyes brightened.

He patted his son’s shoulder and pointed to the maids, “Look, they take care of your mother and sister. Although our family members have been locked up, they are women; the princess won’t treat them harshly. They eat their fill every day, dress warmly, and live better than us.”

The boy looked somewhat stunned, “Really?”

A glimmer of hope shone in his eyes, and even his heart stirred, wanting to become a woman and join his mother and sister in their comforts!

He smelled the aroma of the food, something he hadn’t tasted in a long time.