Your Majesty, the princess is fleeing famine with her child!

Chapter 370 Negotiating the Terms

"Princess Yi has inherited the Yun family's legacy, so her medical skills are naturally extraordinary."

"Combined with the previous cases of laparotomy and cesarean section, it is clear that her medical skills are superb and may have surpassed those of our ancestors."

"With her help, the Shuozhou epidemic might actually be quelled by the couple."

"Prince Yi is favored by the emperor, and he also made many military achievements in the northern border. I think the emperor has long wanted to make him the crown prince."

"If he can quell the smallpox epidemic in Shuozhou again this time, with such achievements in civil and military affairs, I'm afraid everyone in the court and the country will submit to him, and no one will oppose his appointment as the crown prince."

"I guess these are not what Your Highness wants to see?"

Mr. Wen hit the nail on the head about the Third Prince’s thoughts.

The third prince clenched his hands into fists unconsciously, and his teeth were chattering.

"There will never be a day like that!"

"Xiao Jingyi, don't even think about leaving Shuozhou City this time!"

Even if the smallpox epidemic in Shuozhou is resolved by Xiao Jingyi and his wife, as long as they cannot come back, even if the emperor wants to make Xiao Jingyi the crown prince, will he make a dead person the crown prince at that time?

When Mr. Wen heard this, he knew that the third prince was planning to take action in Shuozhou City and kill Xiao Jingyi.

Mr. Wen hoped that Xiao Jingyi would be killed by the third prince.

In fact, the more fiercely these princes fight, the better.

Moreover, whether Xiao Jingyi died in Shuozhou did not conflict with his current plan.

"How can Your Highness guarantee that Xiao Jingyi will not be able to leave Shuozhou City?"

"What if your highness's plan fails?"

"Even if Your Highness succeeds in dealing with Xiao Jingyi, how can he defeat the other princes and achieve the final victory?"

“Without Xiao Jingyi, Your Highness will become the target of other princes in the next moment.”

The third prince knew in his heart that Mr. Wen was right.

Once Xiao Jingyi dies, the other princes who are eyeing the throne will shift their attention away from Xiao Jingyi and turn their attention to other threatening princes.

By then, the third prince might become another Xiao Jingyi.

The other princes wanted to get rid of him as soon as possible.

The biggest threat among them is the eldest prince.

The third prince didn't want to go through so much trouble to eliminate Xiao Jingyi, a powerful opponent, only to be taken advantage of by the eldest prince.

But now the situation is critical, and the Third Prince is afraid that if he is a step slower, Xiao Jingyi's position as the crown prince will be set in stone.

Therefore, he did not care about the troubles that would come later and only wanted to solve the biggest threat, Xiao Jingyi, first.

After hearing what Mr. Jingwen said, the Third Prince realized that although his plan was good, it had many loopholes.

The third prince raised his eyes and looked at Mr. Wen.

"Sir, after all that talk, I guess you have a better idea?"

The third prince had already guessed some of Mr. Wen's intentions.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have made an appointment to meet with me today and said so many irrelevant things.

Mr. Wen nodded: "Not bad."

"I can help Your Highness ascend to the highest position, and help Your Highness resolve all of your worries, so that Your Highness can succeed to the throne legitimately."

"And in return, Your Highness must allocate a place to accommodate the people of our Moon Clan."

"My Moon Clan is also willing to submit to Your Highness and regard Your Highness as our monarch."

"That's the deal I was talking about."

The Third Prince was originally worried that Mr. Wen’s proposed transaction might have excessive demands, but he didn’t expect it to be just like this.

He agreed immediately: "What's the difficulty?"

"As long as you help me, I will promise you a place to live."

"If the Moon Clan is willing to submit, then naturally there will be no difference between them and the other people of Daqi in the future."

After receiving the Third Prince's promise, Mr. Wen immediately stood up and expressed his gratitude.

After the two sides agreed on the terms, Mr. Wen gestured to the Third Prince to look at a tall wooden frame not far away.

The half-man-high wooden rack was originally used to place flower pots.

At this time, the flower pots on the wooden rack were taken down and placed aside.

Instead, a bulging blue cloth bundle was placed on the wooden rack.

The Third Prince looked in the direction of Mr. Wen's finger and raised his eyebrows and asked, "What is this?"

Mr. Wen replied, "This is the gift I said I would give to Your Highness. It is something that will help Your Highness fulfill his long-cherished wish."

The third prince's curiosity was aroused.

"I want to see what kind of powerful treasure it is."

As he said this, he was about to step forward to untie the bag.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he moved, he was stopped by Mr. Wen.

"Your Highness, it's better not to get close."

The Third Prince looked puzzled. Before he could ask for clarification, he heard Mr. Wen say:

"This bundle contains tea sets used by smallpox patients."

The Third Prince was horrified upon hearing this and immediately took several steps back, fearing that he would be infected with the smallpox on the bundle.

After coming to his senses, the Third Prince glared at Mr. Wen and shouted, "What do you mean, sir?"

"You bring this dirty thing here, do you want to kill me?"

Mr. Wen quickly explained: "I dare not."

"Don't be afraid, Your Majesty. The tea set is wrapped in layers of cloth, and we are standing far away. As long as we don't touch it, there will be no danger."

"Smallpox is a deadly disease. I know how serious it is, so how could I not be careful?"

After listening to Mr. Wen's explanation, the Third Prince's expression looked better.

But when my eyes fell on the blue cloth bundle, I still felt it was a bit unlucky.

The third prince looked away in disgust and stood aside.

"Mr. Wen, you said this thing can help me achieve my long-cherished wish and obtain the supreme position. Are you kidding me?"

Mr. Wen looked at the Third Prince's face full of suspicion and couldn't help but secretly despise him in his heart.

If one is smart, as soon as he sees what he takes out, he will understand how to use it and be able to solve all stumbling blocks on the road to the supreme position without bloodshed.

But the third prince, although he is stupid, is sometimes a little smart.

But if you say he is smart, he is also very stupid.

But this is exactly what Mr. Wen wants.

If the third prince is an extremely smart person, it would be difficult to fool him.

Mr. Wen then pointed out to him cryptically, "Your Highness, if anyone drinks tea brewed with this set of teaware, they will definitely get smallpox."

"Smallpox is a terminal disease with no cure."

"Even if Princess Yi said she could cure him, she is far away in Shuozhou now. Even if she received the news and rushed back day and night, I'm afraid she would be too late to save him."

"Even if that person is the most powerful person in the world, once he is infected with smallpox, there will be no way to save him."

After Mr. Jingwen’s suggestion, the Third Prince suddenly had an epiphany.

If you use this set of tea sets to make tea for Jing**, Jing** will definitely get smallpox.

And in the palace, there were Empress Dowager Cui and Concubine Cui to assist.

At that time, he would be able to seal off the Purple Palace and prevent anyone from entering or leaving.

Moreover, once smallpox breaks out, everyone will be afraid and dare not approach easily.

This makes it easier for him to operate.

After Jing** dies, he will take out the forged imperial edict of succession, and everything will be settled.