Chapter 738 - Madness

Obviously, those words were aimed at Zhao Li Xin, but the clever crown prince knew better to beg Lory first than Zhao Li Xin. Meanwhile, Zhao Li Xin's face remained indifferent, as he had expected this beforehand, normally he would immediately reject the Crown Prince's request but since this involved Lazarus, Zhao Li Xin left all decisions to Lory.

"Of course, I'll be happy to help" Lory answered without hesitation.

'Eh, really?' The emperor and crown prince were stunned at the same time. They thought Lory was going to ask Zhao Li Xin to help the crown prince, but she said straightforwardly as if she was the one who was going to help Queen Dowager, they were confused because they never heard that Long Ming's wife was a doctor or even an alchemist. 

"Uhm, excuse me for asking, will Young Madame be the one to solve this problem?" he couldn't hold back his doubts.

Lory did not have time to say anything, suddenly one of the officials expressed his disp.l.e.a.s.u.r.e, "Your Majesty, the Queen Dowager condition is not a simple problem even the head healer of the kingdom cannot solve it, how can we leave this matter to a young woman who didn't have… skills" he looked at Lory with condescending eyes, the Prime Minister thought Lory was just a lowly servant who used Zhao Li Xin power to make herself famous.

"Prime Minister Hu is right, Your Majesty, I don't think it's wise to leave this matter to outsiders," said the young general for he feeling hesitant to involve Long Ming who had a lot of bad reputation in important matters of the kingdom.

The young general was worried about Long Ming's existence ever since he stepped into the capital and then he found out about his dispute with the Sanguan family and it made him even more apprehensive, even though he didn't really like the Sanguan family but if he could choose he would rather face the Sanguan family than Long Ming, like what people say 'Better a devil you know, then a devil you don't know

Wu Han Chen's brows gradually furrow, he thought the young general's words were a bit contradictory because Lao Min Na was also an outsider but he was allowed to treat the queen dowager, so how come they trust Lao Min Na but not Long Ming "So its okay for Lao Min Na but not okay for other people?" Wu Han Chen mocked the young general, he had already told everyone there something strange about Lao Min Na but they were all enchanted by Lao Min Na's beauty and ignored his warning, and that young General was one of them. 

"And look what happened, we couldn't make the same mistake?!" The young general justified himself.

"Our fault? General Chun, If I am not mistaken, you are the one who repeatedly convinces us that Lao Min Na had nothing to do with Queen Dowager's illness, did you admit that you had been fooled by a beautiful woman? Wu Han Chen flashed sarcastic words towards the young general.

The young general's face turned red with embarrassment, he gritted his teeth angrily "What are you saying, Mister Wu ?!"

Zhao Li Xin saw their fight and then became bored, "If you don't want our help, it's okay, we have no obligation to help you anyway" Zhao Li Xin spoke lazily then he put his arm around Lory's shoulder casually "Since we don't have any more work, we'll excuse ourself." 

"Wa - Wait!" The Crown Prince hurriedly stopped Zhao Li Xin and Lory. at the same time He sent a deathly glare at the young general and prime minister, don't they know how difficult it would be to invite Zhao Li Xin let alone ask for his help if it weren't for their good relationship with Long Ming's wife he wouldn't have been able to invite Zhao Li Xin to the Imperial Palace. 

"Mister Long Ming, Madame Zhao, please forgive the impudence of my subordinates." The crown prince had no choice but to bow his head in front of Zhao Li Xin, even though his actions were against royal etiquette but he had no other way to plead with Zhao Li Xin.

The emperor was not satisfied with his own son's actions, but he understood the dowager queen's dire condition, the emperor glared at the prime minister and the young general's foolish actions forced her son to lower his head in front of an ordinary person like Long Ming's wife. The faces of the Young General and prime minister turned pale when they realized that they had made a grave mistake. 

Yun Fang Zi kept begging Zhao Li Xin for help, "Please help my grandmother, the Queen Dowager's condition is getting worse every day and nothing can improve her condition, even the head Physician of the Imperial palace can't help her, he can only give sedatives to help Queen Dowager rest but strangely it just increased her violence tendency"

Lory sighs in her heart, Lazarus 'power is used to attack people who are unconscious or overwhelmed by bad thoughts or sadness, that's why Lory, who was separated by her brother and close friends, then added the sadness of her father's death easily affected by Lazarus' mind control if it weren't for Girsha, she might have been crazy a long time ago.

He felt sorry for the Queen dowager, even though the Queen Dowager situation wasn't as bad as Lory's at that time, but the Queen Dowager was already quite old plus she did not have high cultivation either, with such conditions it was certain that the Queen Dowager would not be able to endure Lazarus' mental torment, Lory guesses that the queen dowager's life will not exceed forty-eight hours.

But Zhao Li Xin doesn't care, who cares if one more person dies, the queen dowager is already eighty years old, you could say she has a long life so it doesn't hurt if she dies now, she doesn't understand what the problem is "How can it be a wife's duty? me to help you? " He looked at them feeling disgruntled. 

"YOU!" The young general's anger exploded "How dare you to speak like that in front of the Crown Prince and his majesty!" he had never seen anyone more audacious than Zhao Li Xin, no matter how brazen Zhao Li Xin was, he should have a sense of propriety in front of the royal family.

Unfortunately, Zhao Li Xin didn't have one, Zhao Li Xin sneered at the young general then gave him an obvious look "Of course, I dare ..." 

"General Chun, SHUT UP!" Yun Fang Zi can't hold his anger anymore.

The Young General was shocked, he had never heard the crown prince raise his voice before, his face immediately turned from white to red, this was the first time he had been scolded in public, he quickly lowered his head in shame. The emperor shook his head in annoyance, he finally understood the meaning of 'Muscle Head'.

The old general looked at his junior and let out a long sigh, the young people these days couldn't contain their anger at all. Even though he also had his own doubts about Hei Shen and Long Ming but he did not voice his thoughts aloud knowing that there seemed to be a good relationship between the crown prince and madam Zhao.

The old general also heard rumors from outside that Long Ming pampered his wife like crazy, So the general concluded that the cunning crown prince approached Log Ming's wife to have ties to Hei Shen's sect, he even heard from his informants that Princess Youya even visited the Tien Shan palace to meet Long Ming's wife and this happened by chance just before the ruined of the Sanguan family, if one thinks carefully it is not difficult to see that there is an agreement between the royal family and Hei Shen's sect. That's why the old general kept his mouth shut.

The crown prince feel anguish because he knew that it would not be easy to persuade Zhao Li Xin from now on, "Mr. Long Ming, I deeply apologize for my subordinate's Foolishness." He deliberately put pressure on his last word while giving the young general side - eyes "Please consider again Lord Long Ming, the imperial family will be indebted from now on. "

Although Zhao Li Xin's expression looked the same but in his heart, he calculated the gain and loss for his princess, in the end, he concluded there was nothing wrong with making the imperial families indebted to his Princess, but then he turned his gaze to Lory for an opinion. 

"Show me the way, your highness" Lory smiles amicably towards Yun Fang Zi.

The crown prince's face lit up with joy, "Thank you, Madame Zhao, please follow me!" she turned and bowed deeply to the previous emperor, then excitedly led Zhao Li Xin and Lory to the Queen Dowager palace. As expected the road to the Queen Dowager palace is quite far, Lory never understand the concept of the separate building from one place to another, they even have to walk along the red wall that separates one palace from another, no wonder the imperial family didn't have a close relationship.

Lory sighed tiredly, Zhao Li Xin saw Lory's listless and he feel worried, Zhao Li Xin leans his head towards Lory and whisper "Are you tired, do you want me to carry you?"

Lory look at him as if he was crazy "Normally people would offer me a palanquin instead?"

"Do you want to?" he raised his brows.

"…no," she said with a muffled voice.

"So let me carry you?" he insisted again. 

"I'm not a baby, people will stare!" Lory huffed in upset.

Zhao Li Xin sighed "So, you want the palanquin instead?" 

"No, people will stare!" she half yells at Zhao Li Xin.

"People stared when I carry you and they would stare when you ride palanquin so why bother? Let me carry you!" Zhao Li Xin already circles his arms on her waist to lift her up.