Miracle Doctor, Abandoned Daughter: The Sly Emperor's Wild Beast-Tamer Empress Chapter 319: The Disturbance in the Northwest

As soon as General Lan entered his ho, Madam Lan was already waiting there with the new clothes and hot water. Despite the effort, Lan Ying Wu was in no mood for this and ordered the maids to go call for his daughters.

The northwestern border is currently facing an outbreak of stampeding spirit beasts. As such, the court has decided to send troops to support the local garrison in quelling this disturbance. When explaining this topic, Lan Ying Wu carried with him a tone of resentnt.

Father, can it be the king is sending you to quell the disturbance? Lan Caier was full of hope in her eyes.

After being transferred back from Glass City, this great general had never been utilized yet in the battlefield, causing him to be discontent of his current state.

The candidates for the expedition has been settled. It will be Hong Fang acting as the commanding general.

Now this was surprising indeed. Both girls didnt expect the king to choose soone like that over Lan Ying Wu.

Father, if theres a huge disturbance in the northwestern border, wouldnt it be wiser for the Court to send a veteran like you instead of Hong Fang? Sure, that man may be higher than you in cultivation, but hes a civil servant, what would he know about the battlefield? Unhappy over the injustice, Lan Caier starts defending her fathers ability.

In the Court of Da Xia, the officials are usually divided into civil and military affairs. Representing the commoner faction would of course be General Lan while General Goldsword took the helm for the noble faction. But as we all know, that man had recently been executed for treason, tipping the balance of power in Lan Ying Wus favor.

Caier, your analysis is very good, but this isnt a disturbance caused by human ans. Its an outbreak of spirit beasts from the wilderness. Although Hong Fang is a civil servant, but his cultivation is undeniably higher than mine. Plus, his experience in slaying spirit beasts during his younger years are more than enough to et the task. Therefore, its reasonable that the king would choose him. In reality, General Lan only said half the truth.

While Lan Caier was struggling to understand her fathers aning, Ye Ling Yue had already guessed most of the details with what shes got.

Following Xia Hou Hongs abolishnt from his title as Crown Prince, plus Hong Fangs dismissal as the Royal Tutor, its unavoidable that the interests of the nobles standing behind this prince would be hard.

The king may be angry over his sons disgusting act, but at the end of the day they are still flesh and blood. Furthermore, the man understands full well the importance of balance because a king was still considered a nobility at its core.

So, on one hand, he dismissed Hong Fang to allow the commoner faction to enjoy their mont of excitent while working hard to appease the nobility so they wouldnt be too disgruntled.

But with this expedition, its pretty obvious the king now wishes to restore the balance of power by giving Hong Fang a chance to earn his credit for reinstatent.

Now what does that an for Ling Yue and her past efforts? Simple, its all wasted if nothing else was done!

Hong Fang becoming the command general for this expedition is within logic, but do you know who the deputy general will be? Making a heavy grunt with his voice, Lan Ying Wu clearly didnt sound happy there.

With the death of General Goldsword, those qualified to stand in as the deputy general can only be from the younger generation. Just that, no matter how Lan Caier and Ling Yue thought about it, they cant co up with an appropriate na.

Its Xia Hou Hong. I dont know what thod Consort Luo and Hong Fang used to convince His Majesty, but hes now permitted to go into the battlefield as a form of redemption for his cri. Upon reaching this point, the general consciously casts a worried look at his goddaughter.

It seems Ive underestimated that prince and Hong Fang. They are like cockroaches, unwilling to die no matter how I squash them. A aningful light could be seen emulating out of Ling Yues pupil, giving her a frosty chill to that appearance.

Not longer after the decree was passed by the king, Prince Hou Hong was imdiately released from his prison cell.

Hou Hong, my poor baby!

It was but a few days after his confinent, but the boys appearance had gone through so drastic changes. This greatly surprised his mother and Hong Fang that ca to retrieve him.

Thin and skinny till his bones could be made out, none of the princely grandeur of his past could be seen today with that horrible appearance. In fact, his very being was oozing with the scent of a rotting corpse with that limp leg and indented eye socket.

After taking her son back to her quarter, Consort Luo wasted no ti to have her people see to the boys health. To the mothers horror, his sons health was so bad that its no different from a frail three-year-old child.

Weeping with grain pain, Consort Luo vows inside to get revenge: My son, tell , which of those wretched guards inside did this to you! I will have them ripped to shred!

Who else can it be, its that bitch Lan Ling Yue. Shes been coming to torture everyday when I was in there. Im going to cut her to pieces and feed her to the dogs! When it ca to the last part of his comnt, the boy was practically seething with rage, which also caused his wound near the heart to open up again.

Its unsure what sort of ans Ling Yue used against the boy, but there were no apparent injuries from her continuous torture. However, it didnt stay the sa for the constant stinging pain coursing through the princes inner organs and veins.

Your Highness, a gentlemans revenge is never too late. Once you inherit the throne to this great nation, an insignificant Lan Ling Yue will be no more than an ant for you to dispose of at will. Hong Fangs comnt causes the boy to be startled.

Lord Hong, Im already in this state. Forget about inheriting the throne, it will be difficult just protecting my current position. Snarling, Prince Hou Hong didnt like what the man was saying.

Fourth Prince, do you know why you were able to co out this ti? It was because of your mothers effort in teaming up with the other nobilities to kneel in front of the king for six hours. You must heal your wounds quickly. Such an opportunity wont co another ti. Ever since he beca aware of the princes special taste in the male sex, plus the boy nearly jeopardized his own sons future, Hong Fangs closeness to his student had taken a drastic drop.

Now, in this forr Royal Tutors eye, the prince was nothing more than a chess piece he can use.

If the boys obedient then he will continue to play his part in supporting him, but if not, Hong Fang wouldnt mind personally ending this ticking ti bomb over at the Northwest.

What! Father wants to send to the northwestern battlefield?! Isnt that no different from sentencing to death! In his mont of shock, Xia Hou Hong had completely forgotten about his pain and jumped up from the bed.

The northwestern battlefield was one of the most dangerous battlefields in Da Xia, hence the reason why its so heavily guarded with soldiers. Unlike the other theaters of conflict, the enemy werent humans from neighboring states, its animals, dangerous and wild animals. There are of course the normal kind that can be easily dealt with by the common soldier, but there are also the very dangerous type like spirit beasts that requires a high level martialist to counter. And lets not forget, in this outbreak of stampeding wild animals, theres rumored to be sightings of demon beasts among the mix!