Chapter 252: Beauty will age, but the country will not.

Chapter 252: Beauty will age, but the country will not.

Chapter 252: Beauty will age, but the country will not.

Arthas went downstairs to open the door. Before he could say anything, Lin Jiayi spoke anxiously, "Arthas, hurry up. The Crown Princess was injured while suppressing the rebels outside. She has just been escorted back. Now her condition is critical. The Crown Prince sent someone to invite you to come over to help treat her."

"The carriage is already waiting outside the academy."

The Butterfly Effect? ​​Arthas thought to himself. In the original story, Huo Yuhao saved Orange when he passed by, but now because of his appearance, Huo Yuhao returned to Shrek Academy early, and Orange had no help when he encountered this crisis.

However, the timing seems a little wrong.

"Then let's go." No matter what, since we have come to him, we have to save him.

With a whoosh, Arthas used the flying soul guide to travel directly, and soon arrived at the Prince's Mansion. He was welcomed into the house as soon as he landed, and soon came to a house.

"Brother Arthas, I'm sorry to trouble you again." Xu Tianran said in a friendly manner as he walked out of the room to greet him.

"It's a small matter." Arthas said calmly, "Since the situation is critical, save people first."

"That's right, that's right. Please come in quickly!" Xu Tianran followed.

Lin Jiayi was waiting outside the door and watched the two of them walk into the room.

Inside the house, Xu Tianran led the way while explaining the situation. When the two armies were fighting, the rebels lurking in the army took advantage of the chaos and shot him from behind with a special crossbow driven by a soul guide. The arrow was originally aimed at the heart, but because the distance was still far and Orange dodged in time, his body shifted and caused the arrow to miss the target, but unfortunately it still hit his shoulder blade.

It was shot through on the spot, and the key is that it was highly poisonous.

Because healing spirit masters were useless in removing the poison and no antidote could be found on site, they could only be quickly sent back using a flying spirit guide. However, due to the long distance, the poison had already spread to the heart by the time it arrived in Mingdu, making the detoxification difficult, and even the imperial physician was helpless.

Therefore, we had no choice but to ask Arthas to come over.

After Xu Tianran finished speaking, his face was gloomy and he said, "These rebels actually want to use the Crown Princess's life to establish their authority. This is really abominable!"

As his crown princess, Juzi not only represents his authority as a crown prince, but also represents the face of the royal family. If she is killed on the battlefield, the morale of the rebels will surely rise, and it will further reduce the prestige of the royal family, giving some people who are still waiting and watching hope and then joining the ranks of the rebels. If this assassination is successful, it will bring about a chain reaction of adverse effects.

Therefore, for both public and private reasons, Orange must be cured as soon as possible.

Then, he used this "despicable" incident of shooting a woman in the back to arouse the anger of the military and civilians, and took the opportunity to carry out a large-scale purge of the rebels.

"It's really abominable." Arthas made a simple comment, and then said, "Your Highness, please send someone to invite Meng Hongchen over. Her body has been tempered by ice and fire, and her blood and soul power are very effective in suppressing the toxin. It should be able to effectively alleviate the spread of the toxin."

"It can also buy time for me to prepare the antidote later."

It seems that the method of tempering the body with ice and fire energy is indeed demanding. Even Arthas has never used it. Xu Tianran was the first to think of this. He did not stop and immediately turned his head to look behind him. "Xue Gongsheng, you go there in person."

"Yes!" Shadow Douluo immediately turned and left.

Arthas continued to walk inside with Xu Tianran and soon entered the bedroom.

Glancing around, he saw two maids standing quietly on both sides of the large white bed. On the bed, Orange, who was wearing a white dress for patients, was lying on her back on the outside, sleeping.

A hole was cut in the shoulder blade area to expose the wound. It was obvious that Xu Tianran had the maid do it in order to prevent him, a member of the opposite sex, from seeing too much of the scenery.

Looking closely, the wound was already purple and black, and the surrounding skin was also dark purple, even the visible blood vessels were purple, and the wound in the middle was even ulcerated and thick. Orange turned his face to the side, his face was pale, and his lips were black, which showed that the injury was serious.

"Judging from the symptoms, the poison has indeed entered the heart meridian." Arthas frowned slightly.

"Are you sure?" Xu Tianran asked.

"I'm not completely sure, I can only say that I'll try my best." Arthas said.

"Brother Arthas, you can do whatever you want without any scruples." Xu Tianran said solemnly.

Arthas nodded, strode to the wooden chair beside the bed and sat down, then put his hand close to the wound and slowly injected soul power into it. After a while, he looked up at Xu Tianran and said truthfully, "The poison has entered the lungs and is spreading to the bone marrow. It can only be said to be quite serious."

"If someone hadn't sealed his heart meridian in time, he would have died."

"Your Highness, given the Crown Princess's condition, even if she is cured, she will probably need a long period of recuperation and will not be able to lead troops outside. In addition, it is likely that some of her other functions will be affected, and her cultivation will also be affected."

Xu Tianran's face suddenly became a little gloomy when he heard this. Juzi was the most talented commander under his command and the one he trusted the most. Without Juzi, his subsequent plans would probably be greatly affected.

As for the impact on other functions, he naturally understood what Alsace meant. If he lost that function, how could he be the mother of a country in the future?
His crown princess?
Fortunately, although he has announced to the public that Juzi will be his Crown Princess, the marriage has not yet been completed, so there is still room for maneuver.

She can no longer help him lead the army, her cultivation is hindered, her future achievements are limited, she can't give birth to outstanding offspring for him, or even can't give birth at all. If this is the case, the value of oranges is undoubtedly greatly reduced. As for beauty, there is no shortage of beauties in this world.

As long as he can unify the continent, he has plenty of choices.

Thinking of this, the possessive look he gave Juzi faded a little, and he sighed, "Juzi has made great contributions to the country by destroying the main force of the rebels. Now she is injured on duty, and I cannot treat her unfairly. So no matter what the result is, please do your best."

Arthas nodded. "Of course. Orange is the first friend I made after coming to the academy."

"Now I have fallen to this point. Alas, life is so unpredictable." He sighed.

To be honest, he didn't expect the butterfly effect brought by the original body to be so serious, and it almost ruined the character of Orange.

"That's true." Xu Tianran also sighed.

Arthas said no more, turned around and stretched out his hand again, transferring soul power to stimulate Orange's body functions to fight the toxins.

It was not until Meng Hongchen arrived and cut his finger to bleed and used attribute soul power to help suppress it that the danger was reversed. Not only did the toxin stop spreading, it was also reduced by half.

Except for the part that has already penetrated deeply into my heart.

These parts were currently too fragile to withstand the impact of Meng Hongchen's bipolar attributes of ice and fire, so they could only think of a gentler way to remove the poison.

Xu Tianran immediately and generously suggested sending Orange to Alsace's residence for nearby treatment.

Meng Hongchen was surprised. Juzi was the candidate for the Crown Princess announced by Xu Tianran, but he was willing to send her to the home of a stranger of the opposite sex like Alsace.

Although it seems reasonable considering the patient's condition, a maid will be arranged to go and look after him.

But if it gets out, it will always attract criticism, right?
But when she learned about the situation by asking Arthas on the way back in the carriage, she finally understood why the prince was so generous.

"The most ruthless emperor's family!"

She felt deeply moved.

The orange, which had lost its value, was probably already regarded as a discarded pawn in the eyes of the prince. "I hope he won't set his sights on me in the future because of grandpa!" Meng Hongchen thought for a moment, his heart slightly tensed, and then he set his sights on Arthas.

Judging from Grandpa's previous performance, she had actually guessed something. This was probably not just Grandpa's admiration, but also His Majesty's idea.

If there are no weaknesses, then create them. Emperors all like to do this.

"This may be a good excuse to shirk responsibility." Thinking of this, she felt relieved, but also a little helpless. To be honest, she was not really opposed to it. But Arthas was now obsessed with studying soul guides and was not interested in women at all.

And she didn't dare to take the initiative before Arthas revealed any of his thoughts.

After a while, the carriage drove directly into the college and finally stopped in front of Alsace's courtyard. The accompanying maids hurriedly got off the carriage, and under the command of Alsace, they carefully carried the oranges down and then moved them into a well-ventilated bedroom in the house.

After checking Orange's wound, Arthas asked Meng Hongchen to ask for leave on the pretext that he needed to research the combination of medicinal materials.

Meng Hongchen agreed and went out to find Jing Hongchen.

On the way, they met Xiao Hongchen, who had heard the news and came over to join in the fun, and the two of them went to look for grandpa together.

After hearing the situation, Xiao Hongchen's expression quickly turned cold, and he said sarcastically, "They say that the imperial family is the most ruthless, it's really true!"

Jing Hongchen also sighed, but he could understand it. "If that ability is really damaged, it would be difficult to become the mother of a country."

"That can't change so quickly, right?" Xiao Hongchen curled his lips. "The prince's behavior always gives me the feeling that he is going to give the orange to Arthas."

"If we really want to talk about value and benefits, Arthas is much higher than Orange right now. Besides, the prince will have to rely on Arthas to cure the root in the future."

Others may not know, but he had heard his grandfather mention at home that the prince's root cause had not been cured yet.

Meng Hongchen suddenly fell into deep thought.

Jing Hongchen was startled by his grandson's words. He looked around quickly and then scolded, "Don't talk nonsense. Be careful of ears. His Majesty has now made it clear who will be the crown prince. Don't cause trouble for the family. You must know that trouble comes from the mouth!"

"I understand." Xiao Hongchen said calmly, then turned to look at his sister and continued, "I hope the prince will not set his sights on my sister in the future."

"Once you enter the palace, it's like entering a deep sea!"

"Don't worry about that." Jing Hongchen said confidently, "No matter who the prince chooses to be the queen in the future, he will not choose your sister."

"Why?" Xiao Hongchen couldn't help but ask, and the next second, his eyes suddenly widened.

"Grandpa, you haven't sold your sister yet, have you?"

Meng Hongchen rolled his eyes.

Jing Hongchen glared at him, "What nonsense are you talking about? If you have this skill, you might as well go back and practice hard for me."

"Isn't this a holiday?" Xiao Hongchen said, "Alsace said that we should combine work and rest."

"Brother, if you could put your love of gossip into researching soul guides and martial spirits, you might not have lost to Minghui so many times." Xiao Hongchen said, "Now that the Soul Master Competition is about to start in the spring, why don't you work harder?"

"Be careful or you'll lose miserably!"

"Last time you lost the bet and became a younger brother, what are you going to be this time?"

Xiao Hongchen's expression froze for a moment, then he turned and walked away, humming, "It's boring, I'm leaving."

Nothing happened that night. The next day, Arthas reported the required medicinal herbs and other auxiliary materials to Jing Hongchen, asking Jing Hongchen to help collect them. At the same time, he sent someone to the palace to ask Kong Deming for some medicinal herbs.

Jing Hongchen agreed and immediately sent someone to the palace.

During the collection period, Meng Hongchen came once a day, using his soul power to suppress the toxins in Orange's body from the outside to the inside.

Meanwhile, the prince discussed with the emperor about sending another general to lead the army to wipe out the remnants of the rebels. During this time, the emperor apologized to the prince because it was he who urged him to wipe out the rebels before the New Year so that he could focus on planning the Soul Master Competition after the New Year.

If not for this, Orange would not be so impatient as to risk his life to attract the main force of the rebels.

Now the main force of the rebels has been eliminated, but Juzi was seriously injured. Thinking about it now, he feels that it is not worth it. He is actually quite satisfied with Juzi, the talented Crown Princess, and does not look down on her because of her background.

However, Orange's current physical condition was indeed somewhat beyond his expectations.

Therefore, after Xu Tianran replied, he changed the subject and said, "Tianran, although father is quite satisfied with Juzi's talent. But considering her current physical condition, if it is true as Arthas said, she will have sequelae after being cured, I am afraid this is not a good choice."

"It's fine to be a concubine, but it's inappropriate to be the mother of a country. It might cause disputes in the inner palace."

"This isn't a good thing for Orange himself either."

"I understand, child." Xu Tianran pretended to be distressed.

"It's just that Juzi has made great contributions to me and the empire. If I remove her as the Crown Princess for no reason, I'm worried that it will discourage the soldiers. And it's a bit unfair to Juzi to appoint her as a concubine."

Juzi is too smart, and he is really worried that she will be lonely and cause trouble in the harem in the future.

As for killing him, it would be difficult to explain to Arthas, who was his friend, and it would also be difficult to fool the soldiers under his former command.

"It is really difficult for me to make a decision on this matter right now," he said helplessly.

The emperor smiled and said, "Isn't it a good idea to send her to Arthas to remove the poison?"

Although it was to remove the poison, after all, she was living in the home of a man of the opposite sex, and her reputation would be somewhat damaged. It would not be difficult to take away Orange's status as the Crown Princess by making a fuss. It would also leave a stigma on Arthas, making it easier to control him in the future. From the current point of view, his son's move can be said to be both offensive and defensive, which is quite clever.

If the disease is cured, it means that the poison has been removed in an emergency and the prince's magnanimity can be highlighted.

If the cure is not successful, and some rumors spread, especially the fact that Orange is infertile, then there will be a reason to remove the concubine. The ministers and generals can understand it, but as for the ordinary people, who will care? If he plays it tougher, he can directly give Orange to Arthas as a favor. Although it will slightly damage the reputation of the royal family, it can show the benevolence of the new emperor and leave a stain on Arthas.

There is no weakness. Isn't this just an opportunity created?
"I have to take emergency measures. I am quite helpless." Xu Tianran just smiled bitterly.

The emperor did not hesitate and just nodded. "No matter what, you did the right thing this time. Remember, the interests of the country and the country are the most important. Love and affection are nothing but passing clouds."

"Yes, father!" Xu Tianran said respectfully.

Beauty will age and can be replaced, but the country will never age and cannot be replaced!
(End of this chapter)