Quick Transmigration: Why did you provoke him? He's love-struck!

Chapter 494 Relying on Favor (39)

Humans are not plants or trees. Even if Zhao Yuan's combat strength is so strong that he can take on a hundred people, he cannot withstand being soaked in blood for a long time. He kills people with his eyes open and closed, and he faces dismembered limbs and lifeless corpses every day.

"You've had a tough time these past few days," Yan Zhen said softly, trying to comfort you. "Don't be afraid, you're home now, it's safe here."

Zhao Yuan hugged her and buried his head in the crook of her shoulder.

Yan Zhen comforted him for a while before his tense expression gradually relaxed.

"Sleep a little longer." Yan Zhen patted him, signaling him to let go of her.

Zhao Yuan quickly asked, "Where are you going?"

"There are still official matters to attend to at the manor."

Zhao Yuan knew her personality. She could flirt with him and joke around when she had nothing to do, but she was extremely serious when it came to important matters such as government affairs.

Zhao Yuan released his hand, and Yan Zhen got off the bed. He didn't forget to turn back and say, "You should rest well. I'll have the kitchen make some of your favorite dishes."

Zhao Yuan nodded.

After washing up, Yan Zhen went to the study.

After reviewing the memorials on her desk, she got up and went to the kitchen.

Upon arriving at the kitchen, the busy cooks all bowed and said, "Greetings, Your Highness."

Yan Zhen waved his hand, indicating that they didn't need to be so polite, and then asked, "Where is the herb that the master brought back yesterday?"

The cook brought over a medicine pot from a stove: "Here it is."

Yan Zhen opened it and carefully examined the medicinal ingredients inside.

She wasn't worried that Zhao Yuan was trying to deceive her, but rather that the boy would be deceived by someone else.

Based on her experience from completing so many missions, she had never seen any "male contraceptive pills" in this feudal society, unless it was in a world with highly advanced technology.

There were more than a dozen medicinal herbs, but Yan Zhen only recognized two-thirds of them; they were all highly potent.

She summoned her maid: "Have Doctor Gao come over here."

The white-bearded doctor arrived quickly. He poured the medicinal herbs onto the table and examined them one by one, his expression growing more and more serious with each examination.

"Your Highness, who prepared this prescription?"

Instead of answering, Yan Zhen asked, "What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

"It's not just problematic, it's... utterly vicious!" Doctor Gao's beard trembled. "This is a potent infertility drug!"

Yan Zhen was taken aback: "A drug to prevent having offspring?"

"Yes, with such potent medicinal properties, a single dose can render someone infertile for life. How is that any different from poison!"

Yan Zhen frowned slightly and immediately asked, "Besides causing infertility, does this medicine have any other harmful effects on the body? For example, does it affect lifespan?"

"That's not true."

Yan Zhen felt relieved.

Doctor Gao continued to press, "Your Highness, which quack doctor prescribed this medicine? And who was it given to? This kind of medicine appearing in the palace is tantamount to harming someone! Arrest that quack doctor immediately..."

Yan Zhen: "..."

Back in the dormitory, Yan Zhen lifted the curtain to find Zhao Yuan still catching up on sleep.

He remained alert even in his sleep, and opened his eyes the moment Yan Zhen sat down on the edge of the bed.

Seeing that it was Yan Zhen, he closed his eyes again and reached out to grasp her arm: "Are you done with your work?"

"Ah."

Zhao Yuan pulled Yan Zhen into his arms with a little force, letting him lie on top of him.

Yan Zhen rested her head on his chest, listening to the strong heartbeat in his chest: "Aren't you going to continue sleeping?"

"I'm not going to sleep." Zhao Yuan said this, but his eyes were closed, and his expression was full of drowsiness.

Yan Zhen hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Who prescribed the medicine you brought back?"

“There’s a renowned healer in Yunzhou who’s very skilled at treating women’s ailments,” Zhao Yuan said. “I’ve left him in Yunzhou. Once we move there, he can help you with this problem of cold hands and feet.”

"……it is good."

Zhao Yuan sensed the hesitation in her voice. His hand, which was on her back, traced the curve of her body upwards, touching her earlobe and gently pinching it: "Do you have something to ask me?"

He's become increasingly adept at reading people; he can tell something's off about her tone even with his eyes closed.

Yan Zhen simply got straight to the point: "I asked Dr. Gao to look at the dregs of that medicine, and he said it wasn't a contraceptive, but a potent drug that would kill off offspring."

Zhao Yuan opened his eyes.

Yan Zhen also propped her head up to look at him: "Did that rich healer deceive you, or did you ask him to open the clinic for you?"

Zhao Yuan stared at her for a moment, then pressed her head back onto his chest: "I wasn't lied to."

That was the prescription he requested from the doctor.

"why?"

Zhao Yuan said, "You are weak and childbirth is dangerous for you, so let's just not have children. I don't want offspring to become a thorn between us."

His words were rambling and incoherent, but Yan Zhen understood them nonetheless.

There are many methods of contraception, whether it is an infertility drug or a contraceptive soup, most of them are used on women.

If Yan Zhen takes the medicine to prevent him from having children, he will indeed no longer have to worry about having offspring.

However, if Zhao Yuan, who is now in a high position, were to change his mind, or if Yan Zhen were to suspect that Zhao Yuan would change his mind and think that he would go to another woman to have a child, this matter could become the fuse for their mutual suspicion.

To put Yan Zhen's mind at ease, he simply took the infertility drug himself, cutting off any possibility of the two of them having a child from the very beginning.

Upon thinking of this, Yan Zhen couldn't describe how he felt.

Although the decision of whether or not to have children was hers, she appreciated Zhao Yuan's way of expressing his feelings to her.

Seeing that Yan Zhen didn't speak, Zhao Yuan unconsciously tightened his grip on the corner of Yan Zhen's undergarment with the hand beside him. He chuckled softly, "But we've agreed that you can't have children with other men in the future, and you can only have me by your side."

Yan Zhen teased him deliberately, "What if I don't agree?"

"Then I'll castrate all the men you've set your sights on."

Yan Zhen: "..."

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After resting for a few days, Zhao Yuan and Yan Zhen began to prepare for the move.

After a busy month, Yan Zhen had arranged everything in Tingzhou. He handed over the city and 50,000 troops to Hong Fu to guard, and she and Zhao Yuan moved to Yunzhou with the remaining troops.

As they passed through several small towns, Yan Zhen observed carefully and found that Zhao Yuan had indeed kept her initial instructions: "Do not massacre the city, do not kill innocent people, and do not take a single needle or thread from the people."

Although the people in the city were affected by the war and were impoverished and struggling to survive, they remained calm and did not panic when they saw the passing Tingzhou army.

In each city he passed through, Yan Zhen left behind two agricultural officials and a large quantity of potato seeds.

Upon arriving in Yunzhou and settling in, Yan Zhen's first task was to inspect the farmland.

As she had previously learned, Yunzhou is located on a plain with flat terrain and relatively fertile soil, making it more suitable for growing cotton.

She currently has enough cotton seeds to plant 2,000 mu of land. If the planting goes smoothly and there are no natural disasters or pests, the yield could increase forty or fifty times next year.

She was confident that she could ensure that all the people of Yunzhou and Tingzhou would have warm cotton clothes and would no longer suffer from hunger and cold.

While Yan Zhen was busy organizing the local people to farm, Zhao Yuan was not idle either.

After the defeat at Yunzhou, nearly 20,000 remnants of the army needed to be incorporated and settled.