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Chapter 935: The Wasteful Prince vs. the First Female Official 1

"I want to take them both back to the inn and ask a doctor to come and see them, is that okay?"

It just so happened that they were going back to the inn to eat first.

Lingyao looked at him and said nothing.

Xuan Yanjing felt guilty when he saw her look, and it was difficult for him to make a promise.

"Just this once. I know I can't save all the suffering people in the world, but just this once is okay."

This was the only time he had left the palace in over a decade, so he considered it a good deed.

Lingyao had no intention of stopping him, but she wasn't very enthusiastic about it either.

They rented a carriage and took the two of them to the inn.

Xuan Yanjing asked Xiao Fuzi to invite a doctor.

Lingyao ordered her food downstairs, and when she came up, the doctor had already taken her pulse.

"Master Jing, this child has lead and copper poisoning. Perhaps he recently ingested something by mistake," the doctor said, shaking his head. "It's strange to say, but cases of lead and copper poisoning have been occurring frequently both inside and outside the city lately. We've received many such cases recently..."

Xuan Yanjing's eyes flickered when he heard this. He looked at the little girl beside him with a frown and asked, "You just said that your parents passed away a few days ago due to illness. Did your parents' symptoms match your brother's?"

Although the little girl didn't understand why Xuan Yanjing asked her this, she still answered truthfully.

"It's the same. Not only my parents, but also many uncles and aunts died of illness. Some people say... say..." The little girl's eyes flickered twice, not knowing whether she should say this.

After all, everyone said that this matter could not be made public. If others knew about it, no one would be willing to treat them, and all their sick people would die.

But the brother in front of me seems to be a good person.

The little girl hesitated for a moment, then said, "My parents and my uncles and aunts said, this is a plague..."

……

At the noisy table downstairs.

Thinking that Xuan Yanjing had eaten a lot today, Lingyao only ordered three dishes and a soup.

A plate of braised beef, roast chicken, steamed eggplant, and a bowl of cabbage and tofu soup.

The food was naturally not as sumptuous as the food in the palace, but Xuan Yanjing ate it very well.

While eating, he suddenly said something to Lingyao with a serious expression.

"I will never buy so much again." It would be a waste if we can't finish it.

The two kids just now were more sensible than him. They drank up the entire bowl of dumplings.

Lingyao raised her eyebrows, but she didn't really think that there was anything wrong with Xuan Yanjing. They grew up in different environments, so naturally they couldn't be criticized by the same set of rules.

But he knew that not wasting was a good thing.

"Just do your best. Don't force yourself to eat more than you can eat, and don't buy more when you know you can't finish it."

Xuan Yanjing nodded in agreement, took a bite of the roast chicken, suddenly looked up again, leaned close to Lingyao's ear and lowered his voice.

"Don't you think this frequent lead and mercury poisoning issue is that simple?"

Lingyao raised her eyebrows slightly and listened to him continue.

"I remember that a few months ago, it seemed that my father, it seemed that the emperor approved a wave of disaster relief funds due to the outbreak of the plague. Not long after the funds were allocated, the plague subsided. It was nothing like the previous plagues that spread across a large area..."

"Is it possible that there was no plague at all?"

The wind blew in from the window, brushing against my face with a cool feeling.

Xuan Yanjing's usually bright black eyes also turned a little colder.

Lingyao also picked up a piece of beef and continued, "The person who was ordered to fight the plague was Gongsun Yi, the Minister of Rites of the Gongsun family."

Xuan Yanjing nodded solemnly. "At that time, the Emperor even praised the Gongsun family for their ability to do things effectively. In the past, plagues that others had spent a lot of time to quell were solved by them in a short time. Moreover, the symptoms of their poisoning are very similar to those of the plague a few months ago..."

Xuan Yanjing analyzed the situation logically for a long time. When he finished, he looked up and met Lingyao's gaze, which was looking at him extremely seriously.

Xuan Yanjing's Adam's apple rolled and he touched his face.

"Look what I'm doing."

"Nothing." Lingyao said lightly, "I just think that you, the useless prince, seem quite smart."

When a few words of praise hit Xuan Yanjing's ears, his fingers holding the chopsticks suddenly tightened, and the bamboo grain on the chopsticks made his fingertips numb.

It felt like a small animal bumped into his heart, and he was so frightened that he could hardly hold the food.

Why is she always like this...

He always spoke with a hook, and every time it made his heart itch.

Xuan Yanjing thought in annoyance.

Seeing his amorous face, Lingyao couldn't help but tease him again.

"You're telling me this, aren't you afraid that I'm the Imperial Concubine's man?"

Endless.

It’s really endless.

He wasn't stupid, and he couldn't even sense whether she was helping the Imperial Concubine or not.

Would the people who work for the Imperial Concubine dare to take him out of the palace like this?

How dare those who work for the Imperial Concubine be so nice to him?

If he was still somewhat respected by his father when he was a child, perhaps the Imperial Noble Consort would deliberately send someone to get close to him, but his position as Crown Prince had been in jeopardy for many years, and he was only in name only. There was not much benefit in doing such a thing.

He actually believed her a long time ago...

Otherwise, I wouldn't eat the food she gave me, wear the hat she gave me, or ride in her sedan chair.

Xuan Yanjing seemed very happy to see her teasing him again and again.

His heart surged, and with one breath, he lifted half of the veil, and the corner of his lips touched Lingyao's cheek.

His breath, with a scorching temperature, hit Lingyao - it was more of a hurried touch than a kiss, and even the tip of his nose brushed against her temple.

"I'm not afraid."

He threw down three words, turned around, put down his chopsticks and rushed upstairs to the inn. The jade pendant on his waist jingled. If you didn't know, you would think he was the one being molested.

The door upstairs was hastily opened and closed with a bang. Xiao Fuzi, who was sorting out the snacks she had just bought along the way to take back to the palace, was startled.

When he turned around, he saw his own prince standing at the door, gasping for breath. His face looked like it had been splashed with scalding water, burning from his cheeks to his ears, and even his neck was slightly red. He was even more surprised.

"Your Highness, what's wrong with you?"