The imperial hospital was within sight. Sharky entered inside there. He could hear groans from ti to ti coming from soldiers covered in blood. Hospital staff were busy applying dicine and wrapping up their injuries.
Sharky sighed. Both the Devil Sect and imperial palace suffered severe casualties this ti.
Of course, sympathy was just sympathy. If the people he cared about really were in danger, he still wouldn’t show any rcy.
He then goes to the place where the hospital commissioner assistant was. He was the person who notes the na and gives them the dicine. He was an elder with a goatee.
"Hello, I am here for the dicine," Sharky said to the hospital assistant.
He gave Sharky a glance. "May I ask where sir is injured?"
Sharky said, "I suffered a blow from that grandmaster earlier, and I feel as if my mind has beco unsteady. I feel uncomfortable whenever I think too hard about sothing."
"Oh my, your soul must’ve been wounded. Let think about which dicines can heal the soul..." The commissioner assistant stroked his beard. He rarely encountered these types of patients and was left montarily puzzled.
Sharky asked probingly, "Do you have any Five Aggregates Root?"
The commissioner assistant’s eyes lit up. "This is indeed sothing that can cure the soul. There were two of them that were offered up a while ago from the western barbarians."
Sharky was overjoyed. He consulted with Diana before coming here. There were so dicines that were too precious, so not even the imperial hospital would have them. As such, they chose so dicines that had a higher chance of being here to ask about. He didn’t expect to succeed on the first try.
But the commissioner assistant said with a frown, "But this item is extrely precious. It is sothing that is reserved for the empress or the prince, I fear that we cannot give it to sir."
"I was wounded when I saved the Crown Prince, Crown Princess and Princess! Don’t tell that this is still not enough to obtain this type of dicine?"
The commissioner assistant shook his head. His expression was one of ’this is official business’. "I’m sorry, rules are rules. This dicine is only to be used for the royal family and cannot be used by anyone else."
Sharky remained silent for a mont. He took out his golden token. "His majesty sent to investigate a case. If I am wounded, then I cannot carry out this task. Will you be able to shoulder the responsibility if it affects his majesty’s orders?"
That commissioner assistant imdiately revealed an unhappy expression. "Sir Eleven, please do not try to threaten with the emperor’s orders. I am not trying to cheat you of anything. If you co with his majesty’s decree or vocal approval, then I will imdiately give you the dicine and not say another word."
Sharky was a bit gloomy. I don’t think I’ve offended you before? Why are you hostile towards ?
But Diana’s wounds might beco increasingly problematic if he couldn’t find so dicine here.
Should I sneak in and steal it? No it will not, if I did manage to steal the Five Aggregates Root, I’ll end up drawing way too much suspicion.
’I should ask Grace, Catherine or Fengi, they will absolutely help .’ He thought, and started making plans for getting the Five Aggregates Root.
When Sharky was thinking about his plan, he slled a sweet fragrance that appeared. He understood, this was Catherine, since he knew her sll clearly.
"Catherine, I need your help," He said, and he forgets that he was in the dress of Justice Envoy not in the normal clothes, that everyone knew him. Everyone started looking at him with a weird glance.
They also turned around, to see who he calls, then they noticed a group of eunuchs and maids surrounding a beautiful woman. Her fair skin ford a perfect contrast with the red beauty mark on her forehead. The golden ornants she wore in her hair reflected the lights of the fires around them.
She was dressed extravagantly. Anyone else would have a hard ti pulling off this style as it easily made one seem too tacky, yet she didn’t have this problem at all. It was as if this outfit was made for her.
"We greet the Crown Princess!" The other guards imdiately knelt down in greeting. The commissioner assistant nad Ma An’s previous arrogance imdiately vanished.
"You all are wounded, there is no need for excessive formalities." The crown princess reached out her hand and revealed a faint smile. The two guards imdiately felt blessed to be in her presence.
While so of the Crown Princess’ maids looked Sharky with hostility, how dare this fella called Crown Princess by na, they were just going to teach him a lesson.
"It’s okay," Catherine stopped them, she then turned towards Sharky, and asked, "Sir Eleven, what help did you need?"
Sharky gave her a surprised look. He really didn’t expect to encounter her here.
However, when he saw the gifts in the hands of the eunuchs and maids around her, he realized that she probably ca to express sympathy for the wounded guards.
"I need so dicine, but this guy tells , I have no right to request that dicine, only the Imperial Family can take them, so I want you to ask for the dicine for ," Sharky replied.
Others noticed, Sharky had not used any honorifics while calling the Crown Princess; they were angry about it.
But they were shocked when they heard the Crown Princess’s reply.
"Okay," Catherine nodded, she then turned towards the commissioner assistant nad Ma An, "I wonder if I have the right to request the dicine?"
"Of course, Crown Princess. You can request any dicine, which you want," Ma An quickly nodded.
"Sir Eleven, which dicine do you want?" She asked him.
"I need Five Aggregates Root," Sharky replied.
The crown princess nodded, then she looked back at the commissioner assistant. "Sir Ma, I wish to use this Five Aggregates Root. Would that be appropriate?"
The commissioner assistant hesitated for a mont. He knows she wanted this dicine for Justice Envoy Eleven. However, he imdiately smiled apologetically and said, "What is the crown princess saying? If your distinguished self wants it, then of course it is okay. n, bring out a Five Aggregates Root from the storage."
A dicine assistant quickly left and returned with a jade case. The commissioner assistant offered it respectfully to the crown princess. "The Five Aggregates Root is extrely precious, so it is preserved in a jade case to prevent the dicinal effects from scattering. Furthermore, there is a special protective formation in place around the case. The crown princess should use it quickly after its removal."
Catherine smiled and said, "Thank you, Sir Ma."
Sharky imdiately felt annoyed. This old fart is incredibly arrogant to , but he’s a disgusting simp in front of the crown princess. He rembered, when he ca back here as Sharky, not the Justice Envoy, he would teach lessons to this guy.
"Sir Eleven, take this dicine, it was a gift from us, to save , Princess and Crown Prince," Catherine said, while giving the dicine to Sharky.
She said it, for others to hear, she didn’t want Sharky to get in trouble because of it.
"Good," Sharky nodded, he didn’t need to be formal with her, so just saying it, he took the Five Aggregates Root from her. And, then goes away from there.
Catherine was in a bit of a daze while watching his retreating figure. No one knew what she was thinking.
The maid next to her said with a quiet voice, "Why did your highness help him?"
"Don’t ask, which you don’t need to ask," Catherine replied back, she also took exit from there.
———
The Left Guard General Cheng Xiong arrived with his n not long after the crown princess’ people left. He sought out the commissioner assistant. "What dicines did the imperial hospital lose today?"
The commissioner assistant’s expression changed and quickly said, "Our imperial hospital prides itself in loyally carrying out our duty. How could we lose any dicines?"
Cheng Xiong rolled his eyes inside when he heard this. These tactful phrases are useless, who knows how much your people stuffed your pockets?
This was indeed the case for many governnt offices, with everyone turning a blind eye. But of course, he wasn’t going to just expose them.
"Cough cough, Sir Ma must have misunderstood. The reason I am saying this is because the palace was attacked tonight, so even many of the guards were injured. As such, there were definitely many assassins who were injured."
"Those who did not escape might co here for dicine to treat their injuries. That is why I wanted to try to investigate from this perspective."
"The assassins today were truly vicious. Not even our many palace guards could stop them. That is why if they really did steal so dicine from the imperial hospital, it isn’t your fault at all." He added.
The commissioner assistant said with a sigh, "So that was what the general ant. General Cheng, please feel at ease. Our hospital will fully cooperate with your investigation."
After saying this, he called over so helpers to check on the storeroom’s inventory. Cheng Xiong didn’t send any n over because every governnt office has their own secrets. He didn’t co here to investigate the imperial hospital, so he wouldn’t offend the officials here for no reason.
Soon afterwards, soone returned and said, "There are no dicines missing."
Cheng Xiong was shocked. "You checked everything that quickly?"
He was even starting to feel suspicious now. The investigation ended way too quickly! Was there really a huge deficit inside? He felt an urge to run in and check himself, because he had the pressing mission of capturing the assassins right now.
After all, now that sothing so major happened in the imperial palace, as the Left Guard General, he had a lot of responsibility to shoulder. If he didn’t find out any useful information soon, then his future might be done for.
The commissioner assistant explained, "There were a bunch of injured guards who ca in. My staff were constantly coming in and out of the storeroom. I would’ve imdiately noticed sothing if there really was sothing missing."
Cheng Xiong was relieved when he heard this. After thinking for a bit, he said, "Who dropped by for dicine during this ti? Do you have the records?"
The assassins managed to break into the palace too easily, so he suspected that there were insiders inside the palace. These spies might have helped the assassins bring out so dicine.
"Of course there are records. These are the rules." The commissioner assistant gestured with his hand, and then a thick book entered it. "These are all of the dicines that have been given out from the imperial hospital during these past few days."
Cheng Xiong hurriedly flipped through it. However, he didn’t see anything strange even after examining it for a long ti.
Suddenly, his eyes landed on a record. "Huh? The crown princess requested a Five Aggregates Root?"
"Indeed. When the general ca, the crown princess had just brought it away." The commissioner assistant replied.
Cheng Xiong grunted in acknowledgent and didn’t treat this as a big deal. He could suspect anyone, but he wouldn’t dare suspect the crown princess!
Right at this ti, the commissioner assistant suddenly said, "There is sothing quite strange. The Crown Princess has requested this dicine for Golden token envoy Sir Eleven, and later gives him this dicine."
"Sir Eleven?" Cheng Xiong frowned. He rembered the one he saw in imperial study. "What does this dicine do?"
The commissioner assistant said, "It has amazing effects on nurturing the soul. At the sa ti, it can treat internal injuries. It is an incredible dicine that is hard to co by."
Cheng Xiong’s expression changed. He rembered eting him in imperial study. Back then, his gait was steady and his breathing calm. He didn’t seem wounded at all. What did he need this dicine for then?
He suddenly thought of sothing else. When he was about to catch the female assassin, a mysterious person suddenly rushed out to save her. Even though flas covered almost everything back then, he was able to see a corner of that person’s clothes.
He didn’t think much about this before, but now that he connected the dots, the clothing did seem a bit like an Embroidered Envoy uniform!
He could no longer sit still. He got up and walked out while calling over his subordinates. "We’re leaving."
When he saw them leave energetically, the corners of this commissioner assistant’s lips curled upwards. However, when he noticed that other physicians were coming, his expression imdiately beca serious again, recovering his usual calm.
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