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THE PRINCE OF HERBS

1389 AD, Ming Dynasty, China "Guardsmen! Take him to his exile in Yunnan, right now!" "Fu Huang!..." "Shut up! Oh... how can my own son stab me from behind... Not only other people I can't trust, and now I can't even trust my own son either!... It's far more painful..." *** "Tomorrow morning," Xie Wang said slowly. "Tomorrow morning... you will see dozens of dead bodies lying all over the streets in Yunnan." Xie Wang looked straight to Zhu Su, his eyes as sharp as a knife, "This is a war. The battle between me, Yuan Prince, and you Ming Prince. A battle to determine who is the most suitable to be the next ruler of Yunnan!" *** "Your Highness... Bad news, Your Highness!" Wu Qi was breathless as he answered, "All streets in Yunnan... are full of dead bodies..." Zhu Su stunned. It can't be, Witchcrafts of Xie Wang is the hell real?!? He just walked not any longer, yet he had found a dead body was lying face down on the street. The farther he walked, the more corpses he found. And finally, he arrived at the town square, where people had been crowded together. *** "I am Zhu Su, the fifth son of Hongwu Emperor, I promise to smash the Witchcrafts of Xie Wang, and get you all free from the outbreak!" Zhu Su sharpened his voice. "The promise from a leader is not a children's game. Bear it in mind!" A man in early forties, who seemed to be the leader of rebels, held his spear up, shouted, "Fine! We appreciate your determination, Ming Prince, so keep your promise! If you fail to keep it up, then I'll make sure that Ming honor, as well as yours, will be ruined!" *** A biographical novel of Prince Zhu Su, the fifth prince of the Hongwu Emperor who was the founder of Ming Dynasty, who devoted himself for medical science and humanity. But before he could fulfil his devotion, he was forced to go through royal disputes, conflicts, power struggles, punishments, rebellions, and even death threats. Could he overcome those problems and reached his noble dream? Find out in this novel. This is a work of biographical novel about a real historical figure. Some characters, plot premise, and certain sections of the story are based on historical events and figures, but there are some parts which are pure fiction. Some of names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner; any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. This novel is an original work of myself, not a translated work. Last but not least; I hope you enjoy this story. And thank you very much for your appreciation and support! Have a nice day!

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PROVOCATION 6

Zhu Su could not help thinking, why on earth just because of petty problem Rui and Payloth then could be so brutal. They were no longer little children who were easy to get mad if got reprimanded. They were adults, after all. And they knew that they worked in an official place, not in a kind of place sustained for crimes such as casino or brothel. At the candidate interview, they did not appear like those who were vulnerable to do brutality.

Moreover, the eyes and facial expressions Rui showed was so strange it made Zhu Su feel as if he was interviewing a fool. Rui was unlike the person who just wake up, but like a fool. Fool, and being stubborn with the foolishness he made. Just because Zhu Su did not believe him, then he was mad with Zhu Su.

Wu Qi is right. They are strange. Really strange. But I still don't know on which part the strangeness is, and that's what makes me beat my brains out.

Zhu Su beat his brains out to the utmost. He thus passed one more night by staying awake, thinking about the problem which was failed to solve until tomorrow morning.

When Zhu Su entered the medical center on the next day, his face was pale and his eyes were shrinking - clearly showed the expression of someone who suffered from insomnia.

"Your Highness... are you tired?" asked Hu Nayin worryingly as she saw Zhu Su came in.

"Well... I'm very tired of thinking about the new members," Zhu Su answered in a weak voice. "Oh, by the way, are they here?"

"Yes, Your Highness."

"I want to watch them in person today." Yes, Zhu Su had made up that decision. If he left everything to Li Heng earlier, now he wanted to directly participate in observing them so as to figure out the real problem behind it and then found a good solution to maintain the harmony of his team.

Hu Nayin bowed slightly, thus accompanied Zhu Su to the medical center.

What was occurring inside made Zhu Su startled.

Again, the new members were not doing their works - they were frolicking, chatting, and laughing out. It was the arrival of Zhu Su that stopped their laughter. They then stood up, bowed respectfully, "Greetings to the Prince!"

Finding his team members became so haphazard, plus Wu Qi's incident yesterday and their strike program aiming at Li Heng, Zhu Su's anger rose instantly. "Why are you just lazing around?!"

Their reaction was completely different from what Zhu Su expected - they had the guts to look at Zhu Su directly and sharply, ignoring the difference in social status between them. Even more, they had the gut to reply in annoyed tones.

"Your Highness, just because you are a prince then you may command and scold us as you wish?!"

Not expecting them to have the courage to give such a response, Zhu Su was stunned for a few moments.

"We have done what we are supposed to do, Your Highness, but Nayin is always looking for trouble and juggling us, always insisting us to work," Xue Mei chimed in.

"Xue Mei! It's you who always do the same wrong thing! Of course, I have to reprimand you!" Not accepted being slandered, Hu Nayin immediately defended herself.

"Huh! Just because you're the Prince's favor, then you can do whatever you want?!" Lin joined in.

"Hey! What's going on with you?!" Zhu Su was totally shocked by what he was facing right now.

They replied, "Isn't that true?! You only favor Wu Qi and Hu Nayin! They are given with more power to oppress us!"

To be honest, this was the first time for Zhu Su to meet with subordinates who dared to oppose him frontally. Needless to say, they were no different from mad people who did suicidal action. The law in Ming Dynasty stated, whoever from the middle-lower class who had the guts to frontally fight against a nobleman would get severe punishment. Especially if they fought against the royals, they would be directly put to death. Every sane person would not dare to make trouble with those kinds of people for sure, they would not fight back even if they were being oppressed.

Hu Nayin's temper rose by the second. She yelled, "How dare you! You don't know with whom you are talking with?!"

"We know," They answered.

"And you're still so insolent?! You really must get punished!" Hu Nayin immediately called out. "Guards!"

In a flash, three guards had been standing in the doorway. "Does Miss Hu call for us?"

"Punish all of them! They have been so arbitrary towards His Highness!"

"Alright!" The guards immediately approached the members of Team of Wellbeing, ready to punish them, but unexpectedly, they warded the guards' caught.

They urged the guards to fight.

"Darn!" The guards had their temper rise quickly, thus tried to catch them. But beyond the expectation, the new members were very skillful in martial arts. No, it was more accurate to say that they became very violent, and had a ferocious mentality as well. While fighting the guards, they shouted, "Your Highness! Is it proper for you to call yourself a leader while you can only rule with violence?!?"

"Don't talk nonsense!" A guard slapped Fa Ha's mouth since it was he who shouted before. Fa Ha hit the guard, and he continued his yell, "Am I wrong!? Ming government is even worse than Yuan, exclaiming that all they do is for sake of the people, but what the Hongwu Emperor has done is actually murdering thousands of people arbitrarily! Especially Yunnan people! You look down on us, treat us like animals, and you ravage people's lives during the War of Yunnan! Looting people's property, castrating the boys, and raping the girls! And you too, as his son, you're the same as your father! You are all the same, a bunch of inhuman, megalomaniac madmen!"

Realizing that the guards had difficulty to carry out their jobs, Hu Nayin was busy calling other guards one more time. This time the guards increased in amount and they managed to apprehend those ten troublemakers. The guards had to bind them tightly, because even though they had been captured, they still wriggled fiercely.

"Your Highness, are you alright?" After carrying out their jobs, the chief of the guards asked Zhu Su in a reverent manner.

"I'm fine..." answered Zhu Su.

"Thank Heaven." The chief of the guards breathed a sigh of relief. "Your Highness, what should we do with these vandals?"

"That... I will decide it later..."

And after giving that answer, Zhu Su rose to his feet, then hobbled out of the room.