Chapter 618 - War at their doorsteps

Chapter 618

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An unconscious emperor lies on the bed while worried gazes fell upon his half-n.a.k.e.d body. The crown prince has already arranged everything and is currently worried about his father's condition. Meanwhile, on the side, Shin Jiao and some of the imperial physicians led by doctor Shun Gu, the assistant head physician, are currently observing everything.

They have heard how the young doctor saved the emperor from the jaws of death which truly astounded everyone.

"Your majesty crown prince, the… the officials are waiting." A palace eunuch announced.

The crown prince reluctantly left while grasping the hand of his father. He then gave Shin Jiao a knowing looks in which the young doctor just gave him an assuring smile.

The emperor lost a lot of blood, but it was not enough to kill him. But the trickiest thing is the poison that was injected in his body. Although Shin Jiao was able to absorb the poison, it has caused the emperor some major damages to his organs. And this is what he is trying to heal right now. He did not want to use more of his precious energy at this time as he wanted to observe the proceeding in the palace first.

Last night he has already infiltrated the emperor study room and the palace library in search of information, but it seems that he is still unable to find anything. So his only option is to be able to wake the emperor, then as for that information in private.

Meanwhile, inside the jail, the 8th prince and the 2nd prince are bound on the wall while Concubine Yue Lan is silently sitting on the side.

In truth, she has enough strength to break through to this imprisonment. But she could not risk this action and cause her son to be implicated. Plus if the sect learned about her action, then she knew that they would side with the empire and hunt them both.

The Golden Flower Sect has a deep-seated relationship with the empire. In fact, she could say that the sect itself is the actual ruler of the empire. The sect has already discovered their action and was already reprimanded by the elders.

In fact, they were informed that another disciple will be bestowed upon the crown prince as his primary wife. And that disciple would be the empress once the emperor abdicated the throne.

This thoroughly destroyed her confidence.

"Mother… the sect will not abandon us, right. The Golden Dragon Empire told me that if we can kill the emperor then they would immediately attack the capital. After that, I can be the emperor. If that happened they would surely support us, right?" Prince Haoyi Dong asked with a tone of inquiry and disbelief.

"Concubine mother, you should trust brother Haoyi… I was willing to follow the plan and if we succeed, then the empire will belong to use two brothers." The 2nd prince said.

But deep in his mind, he is planning something. With the relationship of his younger brother Haoyi to the Golden Dragon Empire, he has no other choice but to follow him for now.

The two tried to convince Concubine Yue Lan to act on their behalf or just free them from prison. However, she just gave her son a look of pity and disappointment. Her heart was broken due to this event. She was just here to learn about a new array. How did it turn into his son rebelling and colliding with the enemy? She was truly disappointed, but she still loved her son nevertheless.

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While this chaos is happening inside the palace, a large army is currently marching in the direction of the capital. The army's banner is that of the battalion which comes from the border area where the 8th prince went.

But since the news of what had happened in the palace at that time was prevented by the crown prince to come out, they still did not receive any new command and they are still going with their original plan.

This large army is around 20,000 soldiers donned in a Silver Moon Empire garb. With this number, they are enough to lay siege at the unsuspecting imperial city which is a day away from their location.

"General… we have not yet received any news if the assassination was successful. If that old emperor of theirs is still alive, then we might face an ambush."

"You worry too much… we have already sneaked past those stupid border guards from the Silver Moon Empire. We've planned and waited for a year and we cannot let this plan fail."

"I want to avenge our brothers and the great generals who have died that day. I will kill every single person in the capital and raise it to the ground. That would appease the souls of those comrades of who have died in this war."

The large army decided to camp for a while as they needed to rest and prepare themselves to enter the capital and raise it to the ground.

They have obtained this disguise from the 8th prince which their emperor has promised to support. However, unknown to that foolish prince, it was a death trap.

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Inside a room in the palace, the old emperor who is currently lying in bed slowly opens his eyes and saw a handsome and noble-looking young man sitting beside the bed.

His mouth suddenly curled into a smile as he was truly touched and is satisfied with the crown prince he has chosen.

"Father… you're awake." The crown prince felt elated upon seeing the emperor opening his eyes.

"I'm still alive, I guess…" the old emperor said with a smile.

But one can see a deep sadness in those wizened eyes. He remembers what had happened and the rebellion of his 8th and 2nd son and them colluding with the enemy. As a father, he was truly hurt. And then he remembers the woman that he has showered with love.

Before he met her he already has many wives and concubines, but ever since then, he has only spent his time with her and showered her with love. This even gained the ire of his other wives and concubines, but he didn't care. She was his true love in all the political marriages he had ever since becoming an emperor.

And now more than 20 years have passed since then.

But who would have known that she whom he has loved for a very long time would be the one who would kill him?

Right now, the old heart of the emperor was truly shattered into pieces.

He didn't even notice the bead of tears that are slowly falling from his eyes.

When the crown prince saw this, he was a bit scared. So he quickly sat close to his father and carefully wipes his tears.

"Father… are you okay? How are you feeling?"

The emperor just shook his head and carefully pushes himself to sit up. Everyone's expression turned scared upon seeing this. They knew how deep the wound that the emperor suffered was. And according to their knowledge, his majesty should not be moving too much as of this moment.

But what they didn't know is that the inner wound has already been healed and only the external tear of the emperor's skin was not treated by Shin Jiao.

"Where… Where is doctor Ji?"

The emperor suddenly remembers the young man who had saved him twice now.

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Meanwhile, Shin Jiao is currently at the clinic instructing Bailao Di and Sue Na as he treats patients. He decided to go back as he didn't want to stay in the palace much longer. If the emperor wakes up and he is not an ingrate ruler, then he would be called back.

Right now, he could not waste this chance to exercise his breakthrough and consolidate the knowledge and power he obtained.

Shin Jiao has already discovered something new when he broke through to the next level in his domain, and that is psychokinesis, the ability to influence an object by just using one's mind.

So although he is unable to use Qi or mana in this world and his domain and senses are blocked. He can now rely on his mental strength to further enhance his ability.

According to his conjecture, this might be because he can now perceive the natural elements in the air. With that, he is able to exert physical influence on them and thus able to move objects as a result.

As he checks every patient in the clinic, he would sometimes use his ability to move or remove some tumors in the patient's body, clear up clogged veins, or even connect tissues. And with these exercises, he is able to become proficient in using his mental power.

"I wonder how strong I am now if I get out of this place…" Shin Jiao thought while resting for a while.

Shin Jiao could not wait for that time to come. However, he is also currently thinking about how to help this friend of his and this new disciple whom he did not expect to have.

Suddenly an idea came to his mind.

"Since this place is just like earth, why not try to advance the medical capability of this era, or even engineering. That would not be bad, right?" Shin Jiao thought.

He suddenly took out some paper on the table and began drawing something.

As a researcher/engineer/soldier/field medic/etc… he is proficient in many different things. And since he is going to leave, he wanted to at least leave some legacy in this place. Who knows, it might improve the lives of the people and might stop the war at that.

He suddenly thought of the Li'angs and their almost unlimited source of energy. The black and white rocks would constantly be formed as long as they are mined.

And this is the reason why the Li'angs lived in that place. And since the Li'angs is the only race who can get close and handle those things, it might not be a bad idea for trade once he finished his plan. But of course, it would take a long time for that to happen. So for now, he needs to start something that is on his mind.

But what Shin Jiao did not know is that the enemy is already within their doorsteps and a war is about to happen.