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Chapter 925: Chapter 928: Total Victory!
This was the imperial edict awarded to the Tan Family, at the time she had scorned it, but unexpectedly, now it proved to be extremely useful.
With the imperial edict in hand, Li Zhengtian wouldn’t have the chance to act recklessly. 𝖓𝖔𝖛𝔭𝖚𝖇.𝔠𝖔𝔪
Jia Wenjing and his entourage stopped in their tracks, with the imperial edict present, they’d better tread lightly.
"If you lay out the evidence in front of me, I will head to the jail myself, if there’s none, then stop your nonsense and hand over the musk you have, otherwise you’ll be guilty of dereliction of duty," Qiao Duo’er looked at Li Zhengtian triumphantly.
Hmm... and add a charge of slander too.
But compared to the charge of dereliction of duty, slander hardly seemed significant enough to bring up.
Li Zhengtian clenched his fists, but he knew he couldn’t act out of line.
After barely suppressing his rage, he then said, "I am the Disaster Relief Imperial Envoy, I have a say in this matter, and now I order you to replace the musk!"
"Why should I change the medicine just because you say so when this prescription is effective against the plague? Can you bear the consequences if something goes wrong?"
Qiao Duo’er raised her eyebrows.
She didn’t want to use musk either—musk was in short supply now, and everybody was on edge.
The premise was that Li Zhengtian could come up with a useful prescription.
"Don’t talk to me about useless things, they don’t deserve to use musk, you must replace the musk!" Li Zhengtian said with scorn in his eyes.
The plague is a lowly disease, only affecting lowly people.
Musk is the gold of medicines, even more valuable than lingzhi; how could lowly people be worthy of it?
"Aren’t we all born of our parents? Are you somehow superior to others?" Qiao Duo’er asked in irritation.
"Of course, I am an official, and they are just a bunch of peasants; what does it matter even if they die?"
Li Zhengtian was very cold, their sacrifice for Prince Liang’s cause, in his eyes, was a fitting end.
Old lady Bai pushed open the door forcefully, "If the Imperial Envoy is unwilling to save the common people, we will save them ourselves. Duo’er, Ling’er, pay him no mind. I just asked someone to buy some herbs, and they have been delivered to the quarantine area. Other pharmacists won’t stand idly by either."
The Bai Family had been in the herbal medicine business in White Stone Town for a long time, enjoying good relationships and had accumulated a lot of hidden favors.
People were willing to sell her herbs given her reputation, and although the quantity was limited, it could last for a while.
She had also written to the Medicine King, hoping he would send help in consideration of his ties with Bai Yifan.
Although the Medicine King was not a member of the imperial court, he held sway in the Daxing Dynasty and with his intervention, surely the needed medicines could be mobilized.
There were many solutions; disaster relief efforts could continue without Li Zhengtian.
"Grandma, you’re so awesome!"
Chen Yiling gave a thumbs up, indeed, there’s nothing like the wisdom of the experienced!
Old lady Bai said indifferently, "As the saying goes, saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-level pagoda. We can’t be as heartless and cold-blooded as some people, worse than beasts!"
"Old lady, I’m simply following official duties."
Li Zhengtian said with a stiff face.
He had always regarded her as an elder; even if she didn’t appreciate it, she shouldn’t mock him like this.
Old lady Bai knew that one can never wake a person who is pretending to be asleep; thus she couldn’t be bothered to advise.
"Lord Li, you’re busy with official duties, so don’t waste time arguing with us unenlightened folks from the inner quarters, your time is as precious as silver."
The old lady seemed polite, but upon a closer listen, every word dripped with ridicule.
Li Zhengtian gritted his teeth, but due to Qiao Duo’er’s imperial edict and Old lady Bai, he could only leave first.
Now this old thing had found more medicine; he needed to think of other methods.
This was the first task given to him by Prince Liang, and he could not afford to mess it up.
Chen Yiling couldn’t help but applaud, "A total victory!"
