chapter 8

It's a new morning in the Jin Empire, the sun is shining and the birds are chirping. And the physicien Yao is kneeling in the Imperial Court , in front of the ministers  , the first prince and the emperor Ming Jin XI Roku ,

" Royal Physician Yao, after working in the Imperial Palace for 15 years and despite enjoying all the privileges and benefits, you have betrayed the hand that fed you and committed the crime of high treason ، And here you are kneeling before us to discuss all the crimes you have committed and the punishment you deserve "

Ming said in a voice full of strength and dignity, then pointed his hand at the First Prince :

" You may start talking , crown prince Jin han Xin "

" Yes your majesty " said the first prince before going to the middle of the hall and start talking in a strong prideful tone :

" Communicating with foreign parties, and using unlicensed tools, Possessing dangerous drugs and inappropriately modifying the Emperor's diet, as well as committing the crime of high treason by poisoning the Emperor by putting white mamba venom in the Emperor's medicine and stimulating him through Acupuncture and so many other things, to go into the details....."

(" Wow ! how did you manage to get all these  informations in such a young period of time !?  and  there I was  thinking that it was too much for you , Is this your strict, law-loving nature?  ...or maybe....Your dignity was hurt by the first poisoning incident. !؟..... In both cases that's incredible !! " )

This was Ming's inner thoughts because of how much information the first prince has gathered regarding the physician's betrayal , he  got so much evidence and clues  To the point that the death penalty was a foregone conclusion .

After the decision was made and the doctor was taken to carry out the punishment, there was one thing that Ming did not take into consideration, until one of the ministers spoke up.

" Now  your majesty ,  who should we appoint in the position of the imperial physician , since the physician Yao is gone now ?"

At that very moment something perked up in Ming's head ,  it was a small paragraph in the middle of the history book ,  a paragraph that probably no one has paid any  attention to , except for him of course.

* He pressed, the best doctor in Jin   " JIAN YE   " pressed with all his might , he pressed in the general chest, But the bleeding did not stop, And on that day the general breathed his last ، in the small village of Shaye .

" I am sure it mentioned that he was the best doctor in Jin , I can use this person as my imperial physician preparing for the future and he will help me to get rid of the rest of the poison in my body  , two birds one stone ."

At this moment , Ming made up his mind about the person he will appoint as an imperial physician , He didn't even think about who the royal physician was that history had mentioned, and of course he also forgot about the sender of the mysterious letter that made him realize the truth about his poisoning.

Well yeah 🤷..... Ming can be very stupid sometimes.

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After the trial ended, everyone went back to their places. Ming hurriedly left to look in  the doctor's matter , and As for the ministers, everyone has returned to work.

As for the first prince he got back to his Palace to continue the rest of his duties , passing by the imperial garden when he saw  his older sister the first princess walk around the garden and smell one of the flowers .

" It has been a while  ,  first sister  , how have you been ? "

" I am good , thanks for asking , we haven't talked for a long time, Do you want to join me for tea? "

The first prince hesitated for a moment then said in a defeated tone :

" Yes , why not " 

After that the maids bring the tea and both The Prince and the princess sats on the tea table and start drinking, The first princess tries to talk to the first prince and chat with him.  But whatever she says , he answers quickly and briefly without so much explanation , all his answers were short and direct as if she is talking to some machine or a wall instead of an honorable prince .

While the first princess feels tense and suffocated because of the awkward atmosphere between them, she notices the sixth prince wandering around ، then she looked at  him with a pleading and begging look in her eyes once he noticed her and went toward her to greet her  .

" Sixth brother, how about joining us for tea 😅"

The sixth Prince was surprised and troubled by her sudden offer , and once he was about to answer he noticed the presence of the first prince , His body froze for a moment and he began to stutter as he answered her :

"  Ye....yes ...my first sister.....it would be...my...my honor..."

The first princess approaches the sixth prince to pour him a cup of tea, but he drops it near her due to the heat  of the cup and tension  he was feeling.

" So... sorry.. first sister...I ...I didn't mean to.."

" It's okay , it's okay , don't worry I am fine 😅 "

" Please forgive me first brother...I ruined the atmosphere "

" You didn't ruin anything  , sixth brother don't worry " said the princess

He nodded slightly and looked down in embarrassment and fear literally like scared puppy, he absolutely looked like a charming and sweet boy , But he did not resemble a prince in anything except for elegance . The first princess looked at this pathetic appearance then sighted heavily and thought:

(" This is so damn hard , At first, I wanted to talk to my first brother to gain information and deepen my relationship with him , but he is cold and indifferent, and he evades and avoids every single one of my questions. Also, the pressure and atmosphere he creates are stifling and unbearable. I even invited my sixth brother to ease the stifling atmosphere  around But unstated it increased .")  she sight even more

The princess keeps staring at her first and sixth brother , the first is sitting in indifferently with a cold expression like a wall and the other is sitting and trembling with his head down like a coward bunny , she noticed the first prince's glance shift toward something in the middle of the garden to follow it by her eyes, then she see the ninth prince standing there And stares at a beetle on the tree trunk ، Something sparkles in her eyes as she looks at her weird brother , and after a moment of hesitation she decide to talk to him anyway Because the atmosphere is already stifling and can't get any worse.

" Hello ninth brother how about you join me and our first and 6th brother in a small tea party between us the siblings "

she said as she walks toward him with a smile , which made him look into her direction and say oddly without giving it much thoughs .

" Well...ok why not 🤷 "

She gets back to the tea table excited thinking that he may be close to the first or the 6th prince, and hoping that her tea party , can be saved and less awkward .

After some time, the princess's face looks very pale and tired , anyone can tell what she was thinking about behind her tired face and forced polite smile :

(" This person doesn't care at all. No matter how much I ask him or talk to him, he just stares at the sky or the trees or something else . He doesn't give a damn about what I am saying , Improve the atmosphere my ass !! . It's meaningless. It's impossible. This meeting was ruined by an icy wall and a cowardly rabbit and even an eccentric, I am the only sane one here!! What is wrong with my brothers, the princes of this empire?! Seriously!??..I take back my previous words , there is no hope for this generation , A solution must be found for the future of this country. ")

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In the meantime Ming was with his seventh daughter walking and chatting in another region of the imperial garden :

" So my seventh daughter I am very grateful for the advice you gave me thzy day , without it I would have been in the second stage of the poison and my life would be done for "

" Don't say that imperial father, I am honored that my careless and inexperienced remarks were of help to you "

" Anyway as a reward for your wonderful job I will give you the privilege to access to all the medical book and supplies in the medical stores of the palace "

The princess eyes light up in excitedness and happiness but she still said worriedly :

" But imperial father this is so much I can't accept such a big reward "

" Just accept your reward my daughter you deserve it "

While the princess was immersed in her excitement and happiness, she noticed signs of paleness and fatigue on the emperor's face, which made her ask anxiously:

" Your majesty , you seem very pale and tired , are you still suffering from the effects of the poison ? "

" Well you are right my daughter , maybe you don't know this but I was affected by the white Mamba juice poison ، I learned that from a mysterious letter which was probably sent by a great doctor ، and it said stopping the poison is not enough to undo the damage it has already done to me."

The seventh princess was in deep thoughts as she lowered he heard having this worried expression on her face (" I remember that Grandpa said that I can bring the patien to him for treatment maybe he will accept to help his majesty ")

, and the moment she was about to say something Ming interrupted her with gentle smile .

" But don't worry my daughter I have a good doctor in my head and he will help to cure me completely. "

The seventh princess raise their eyebrow in confusion

" And who might that be royal father , the one who can cure such complicated case ? "

" He is a great and genius physician called JIAN YE from the Shaye village , and I am planning on oppointing him as the the new imperial physician "

The princess Frozen choke when she heard the name of the physician , then shaked her head with a small smile on the face then said:

" Well .... imperial father... you see... 😅"

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In a place far from the capital of the empire and the imperial palace, specifically in the suburbs, in a small wooden house in one of the coastal villages, an old man receives a long-awaited letter from his granddaughter, who is dear to his heart.

The old man unwraps the letter from the feet of the bird that delivered it to him and takes it tenderly in his hands , with his parrot on his right shoulder who is one of his dearest friends, and begins to read the letter:

(To my dear grandfather , from your loving granddaughter who lives in the palace , My mother and I have missed you very much. The cold winter has already ended and the beautiful flowers have begun to open in the imperial garden , my mother and I are already fine and well, so I hope you are as well. I received your previous message and I am grateful for your answer. In fact, the patient in danger was none other than his Majesty the Emperor , his body is in a very bad state and you know that he can't leave the palace so , He hopes you will visit him as soon as possible and help remove the effects of the poison from his body .

and in the end, I hope that you take good care of your health and do not neglect your meals as always .

From your loving granddaughter , Yaopin ).

Once he finished reading the letter, his grip tightened on it , and veins appeared on his forehead.

" After making my daughter and granddaughter suffer for years in that damn palace, you are still shamlessly inviting me there !? "

" Go to the hell! You and your damn palace, I am not I won't put a step there , Even if I am threatened !! "

He sits roughly on the chair and scratch behind his head with frown , then he raise his head to see his parrots flying around and repeating the same word " palace" ..... " palace ".

" Stop acting like this I know you're excited to visit a new place but no not that place ، you better forgot this word "

The parrot keeps repeating the same word but this time , he pushes and drop some of the medicinn bottles

" Hey ! ... stop it !! You are ruining my place!"

" Palace" ...."go"....."palace"..."go".

He keeps flying around repeating the same phrase over and over again as more medical supplies and herbs are dropped in the way .

" Hey !! " The old man got up in panic and tried to reach and stop the Parrott but it was flying high.

the old man's expression turns pale and he says in panic: "No!""Stop! Stop!" They are important medicines. What do you want?!

"Palace" ..."go"....." Palace"..."go"

The old man resists and fights the parrot, but the parrot succeeds in destroying some of the medicines. As for the old man, he plucks some of the parrot's hair.

And inside the wooden hut specifically, chaos reigns in the place, where we can see in the middle of that chaos an old man and a parrot lying on the ground tiredly, with a few medicine containers near the old oman, full of cracks , we can also see The old man's hand is full of hair plucked from the parrot ، And everything around them is chaos.

The parrot even in his tired sates , it keeps repeating the same words

"Palace"...." go"..." Palace"...." go "

" Fine fine I surrender , we will go , happy now !?"

The parrots got up from his place and flight in excitement as if he never was tired in the first place.

"Win"....." win ".

The old man with a pale and indifferent expression due to fatigue said:

"Yes , yes you won , well .you successfully destroyed my house"