Chapter 471 Alliance in Interest
“What you say makes sense, but Prince Qing seed to have been harboring disloyalty towards the emperor. I am the emperor’s cousin, I don’t suppose you think I would betray my cousin to help you?”
Lin ngya drew him in step by step. In fact, even she did not expect things to progress so smoothly.
In reality, Lin ngya was not aware that Prince Qing had briefed his two sons beforehand.
This ti, the one who succeeded in capturing Princess Anle and her company would be rewarded with the status as the next Prince Qing.
On this occasion, Lin ngya had instigated animosity between the two brothers, which was why Zuo Yuanyi’s face fell when Lin ngya claid that his brother had fled.
He had gone on to think that his right to the status of Prince Qing had been threatened because that bastard was going to take it away from him by force.
He had thereby lost his sense of judgnt and resorted to cooperating with Lin ngya in hope of preserving the status of being the next Prince Qing.
This could also be seen as the heaven helping Lin ngya.
“My father had been distracted. Actually my father had fought for the throne with the emperor because he was incited by evil n. How nice would it be if I were to take over as Prince Qing, to be a carefree prince? If Your Highness, the princess could help lay hold of the status of Prince Qing, not to ntion I will write off the grievances between us, I will give my all to help the emperor secure his state power.”
In his anxiety to work with Lin ngya, he had forgotten that Zuo Qiuchen would not let him off even if he were to beco Prince Qing.
However, there was no capacity in his brain to be so thorough in his consideration.
Ti was ticking. While Lin ngya was getting more anxious, she did not let it show in her expressions.
Seeing that Zuo Yuanyi had initiated the cooperation, she knew that she was halfway to achieving success.
“It’s not difficult if you are asking for my help, you just need to show your sincerity. Given the conflict between us, why wouldn’t you turn around to plot against the mont I let you go?”
Lin ngya tried to look as if she was having a difficult ti. On the other hand, Zuo Yuanyi shuddered at the thought that this ruthless woman might kill him.
“You can rest assured that I’m sincere. Moreover, wasn’t what happened just now rely a misunderstanding between us? Why would I turn myself against you and make myself your enemy?”
Zuo Yuanyi quickly pledged his loyalty but Lin ngya still shot him a hesitant look.
However, after pondering for a mont, Lin ngya appeared to have been taken in by him and said, “Alright, why don’t you leave an authenticating object behind as proof of sincerity. I will also help set your bone back in place so that there won’t be any after-effects. As for helping you secure the status of Prince Qing, let’s say it’s payback. What do you think?”
Zuo Yuanyi did not expect such a good fortune to co his way.
He quickly pledged his loyalty to Lin ngya, and wished that he could take out his heart to show to Lin ngya, so she would know what he was thinking.
“No problem! I will do anything at your command, Your Highness, the princess!”
Zuo Yuanyi thought that he would not escape Lin ngya’s grasp today.
Who would have known that things had turned around for him that he had, in fact, stumbled upon a helping hand and was sure glad for that?
While the pain in his left hand was excruciating, the lure of the status as Prince Qing far exceeded the pain he was experiencing.
“Alright, since you are so straight forward, I’ll temporarily trust your words.”
At this mont, Long Tianyu, who had settled the second son of Prince Qing, also entered the reception room.
Lin ngya, seeing that everyone in her company had arrived, stopped her aningless talk with Zuo Yuanyi.
“I suppose your hand would beco disabled if we delay any further. Let’s have Prince Yu to accompany you to buy so dication to treat your hand.”
Although Long Tianyu did not know what had happened, he was certain that Lin ngya had played a trick on Zuo Yuanyi looking at the delight on Zuo Yuanyi’s face, which looked as if he had stumbled upon so gold ingots.
Since Lin ngya had instructed Zuo Qiuyu to follow Zuo Yuanyi, her intention must be for Zuo Qiuyu to watch and pick up anything fishy from Zuo Yuanyi.
Long Tianyu shot Zuo Yuanyi a cold look and seeing that he shrunk back, Long Tianyu took it as he had taken in the warning.
Zuo Yuanyi was apparently very concerned about his hand. Although he was still frightened, he could not help but keep glancing at Lin ngya earnestly, wishing that she could treat his hand as soon as possible.
Being cautious and ticulous, Lin ngya found herself so ink, brush and paper and wrote down the na of the dication.
Most of the dicine and herbs in the list were certainly ant for Baishao, but it also included what Zuo Yuanyi needed.
The bones on Zuo Yuanyi’s had rely been dislocated by Zuo Qiuyu, and it was surely not a serious injury.
With Long Tianyu watching over Zuo Yuanyi, Lin ngya was assured that he would not do anything funny.
In less than an hour, all the dicine and herbs needed were brought back to Lin ngya.
Zuo Qiuyu’s guess had been confird. Baishao’s face might be pallid but she had not lost all signs of life.
He was thankful that the sword of the second son of Prince Qing had not pierced into Baishao’s heart.
Unknowingly, this had given Lin ngya a good opportunity to treat Baishao.
“The dicine and herbs are here, but what do we do with so much of them?”
All in all, there were over a hundred packets of dicine and herbs. Even Zuo Qiuyu was at a loss of what to do.
Moreover, there were altogether three different prescriptions and there were not packed separately. No wonder even he was having a headache just looking at them.
“Let . Will you go prepare a big pot for ?”
Lin ngya’s request took Long Tianyu and Zuo Qiuyu by surprise.
This was not their territory. Where would they find a big pot?
Zuo Yuanyi saw the opportunity to volunteer his service. Standing up imdiately and trying to please them, he said, “There should be one in the kitchen. Please follow there, Princess.”
Seeing how that man tried to curry favor from Lin ngya, Long Tianyu and Zuo Qiuyu could not help but give him an angry stare.
Lin ngya, however, could not care less about other things. She carried all the dicine and herbs and followed Zuo Yuanyi to the kitchen.
Long Tianyu was left to take care of Baishao while Zuo Yuanyi led the way followed by Lin ngya, then Zuo Qiuyu.
Soon, the three of them found the cooking ladies and servants who working busily in the kitchen and they quickly bowed and greeted the three of them.
“Get out of here, lest you be a hindrance in the kitchen.”
While Zuo Yuanyi did not dare to show impudence towards Lin ngya and Zuo Qiuyu, he had surely made his status as their master loud and clear.
Very quickly, the three of them were the only ones left in the kitchen.
After looking all around, Lin ngya eventually picked up the biggest pot in the kitchen.
At this mont, the fire on the stove was still burning. Lin ngya opened all the dicine and herbs to study them.
“Watch the fire for , you two. Rember, the fire should not go out at any point in ti, neither should it be adjusted, understand?”
Zuo Qiuyu and Zuo Yuanyi nodded imdiately. Two rich young n who had never set foot in the kitchen had no choice but stood in to be the cooks for Lin ngya’s sake.
The big pot was filled to half with water. Because the fire had been set to be strong, steam soon appeared and the water began boiling.
When it was boiling sufficiently, Lin ngya poured the dicine and herbs packet by packet into the water.
Imdiately, an overwhelming bitter scent from the boiling dicine and herbs filled the entire kitchen.
The rough and bold way Lin ngya handled the dicine and herbs was even unseen by the layman Zuo Yuanyi, not to ntion Zuo Qiuyu.
When Zuo Yuanyi saw the beautiful lady impaled by the sword at the back of the reception, he realized that the dicine and herbs which cost him hundreds of taels of silvers were not for treating his hand alone.
The music score for the green stringed instrunt was indeed an amazing book. The effects of such common herbs would only be released when it was boiled in a specific way.
However, the prescription in the music score for the green stringed instrunt said it was unnecessary. One only needed to use a big pot and big fire to boil them, then he may add the necessary dicine and herbs in the right sequence.
After that, use dium heat until the last component was added. Then it should continue to boil for a while more and the prescription would be ready.
Of course, this was the short cut, but it would still be able to bring out 30% of the efficacy. However, because there were a number of complintary herbs in the prescription that they would mutually absorb and stimulate each other’s efficacies.
Otherwise, the pot of dicine and herbs would end up being just a pot of bitter stock.
This was also the first ti Zuo Qiuyu saw this thod of decocting dicinal herbs. Not only was he amazed, but he was also feeling worried.
This way of decocting the herbs looked more like cooking a vegetable stock. Would it really result in the miraculous effect which Lin ngya claid?
The mixture of dicinal herbs was gradually becoming thick from the heat.
Lin ngya quickly used the ladle to scoop up the little thick brown liquid and put it into a white color bowl.
In fact, it would be even better to let it boil a little longer.
However, she really could not wait and what she wanted was to proceed faster.
Not all of the liquid from the mixture was ant to be ingested. Lin ngya took the little bowl and returned to the reception room.
Firstly, she chased Long Tianyu into the front hall, then she carefully unbuttoned Baishao’s clothes and sared the warm mixture onto Baishao’s wound.
Although the instruction recorded in the music score for the green stringed instrunt said that the mixture was effective in slowing down the flow of blood, the wound on Baishao’s chest had started to form scabs because of the ti that had past.
Lin ngya smoothed a thick layer of the mixture as she wondered how effective it would be.
For so unknown reason, the dicinal mixture had miraculously been absorbed into Baishao’s wound.
Lin ngya watched on nervously and soon, her hand, which had been holding on to Baishao’s wrist, began to feel that her weak pulse was slowing down.
It should be noted that the heart was the organ that pumped blood all parts of the body.
Now the slowing down of the heartbeat ant that blood circulation had been slowed down too.
Finally, Lin ngya felt just a bit relieved. This was the first step to success. Following this, the treatnt of the wound would be less risky.
The wait was long and painful. Lin ngya did not take her eyes off Baishao for half an hour. It only until she was sure that the dicinal mixture on Baishao’s chest had been completely absorbed that she buttoned up Baishao’s collar.
Following this would the most crucial step. She would draw the sword out of Baishao’s chest.
However, she was not completely confident she could do it, so after pondering, she decided that the only way was to seek help from Long Tianyu and Zuo Qiuyu.
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