kingnovel Chapter 240 Longyuan Gets Ginseng
Chapter 240 Longyuan Gets Ginseng
The small crater did not appear, but its voice was cold: "No!"
[Damn it!] Mu Zhen rubbed his head in annoyance. [Should we just go find Emperor Tianhuang? Let's think, is there anything we can exchange on an equal footing...?]
Huangfu Zique and Mu Yunfei: No, you can just say Longyuan, why do you have to bring us along?
Upon seeing Long Yuan's forced smile, the two felt as if the chairs beneath them were covered in needles.
I didn't check the almanac before I left home; I should have known better than to come.
In order to find out what the deal with Emperor Tianhuang was made in the plot, Mu Zhen went upstairs alone to bother Xiao Jukeng.
As soon as Mu Zhen left, Long Yuan also got up to leave.
"Where are you going? Aren't you going to wait for us?" Huangfu Zique rarely adopted such a humble attitude towards Long Yuan, and his face even carried a hint of flattery as he spoke.
Long Yuan slung his schoolbag over his shoulder without turning his head: "Go get the ginseng from Ah Huang!"
"That...we..." Seeing that the person had already walked away, Huangfu Zique leaned forward and shouted outside, "That's not me!"
It really wasn't him!
cough!
However, if A Yuan insists on rebelling, he will still choose to stand on A Huang's side. There's no way around it; the Huangfu family are staunch royalists.
Longyuan turned a deaf ear.
I had anticipated this outcome: ascending the throne and losing my closest friend forever!
It's not that I can't make other friends, but that there's a kind of friendship that no one can replace.
Bai Qingyan, right? The fact that he could achieve such a level of success that it wouldn't have been smooth sailing without his own ascension to the throne shows that he is no ordinary person.
That makes sense. That world revolves around the protagonist. How could the older brother who raises the lazy protagonist be ordinary?
Why didn't I think of these things sooner?
Although he had no memory of that life, since it had existed, Bai Qingyan was destined to be with him.
In that life you followed me, so in this life, continue to follow me!
"Investigate Bai Qingyan thoroughly!"
On the way, Long Yuan gave instructions as he walked.
Zhuo Ling nodded in agreement.
He knew Bai Qingyan well; they had paid attention to the Bai family when the young master was pursuing Miss Bai.
The investigation shouldn't be too difficult.
In the end, Mu Zhen couldn't think of any bargaining chips to negotiate with the Emperor, because he found a history of a certain princess who gave birth to nine sons with ginseng from Mount Li.
The Little Giant Pit's shop does have a good medicine that can cure Bai Qingyan's leg ailment, but it requires millions of points. Besides, the medicine is powerful enough to bring a mortal back to life, so using it only to cure his leg would be a waste.
It's not like there aren't other ways to treat legs.
"Even Longyuan has given up on rebellion, the old emperor can live a long life, and there won't be any war in the Eastern Kingdom for the next ten years or so. It seems there's really nothing he wants."
"I've got it!" Mu Zhen snapped his fingers. "Isn't the enemy country going to take advantage of the situation to cause trouble after the New Year? What do you think about exchanging this information with them?"
Little Giant Pit rested its chin on its hands, sitting on the pillow and watching its host anxiously watching. It had just seen Long Yuan leave from the balcony, so it must have heard what its host was saying in its mind.
Someone has already taken care of the problem, so what's there to discuss?
"How did you know about something that happened six months later?" Little Giant Pit offered a subtle reminder.
Mu Zhen was discouraged. Yes, what if he didn't get the ginseng and instead got labeled a spy for an enemy country?
"Fine, let's just use Yun Dan's list to exchange for it." A list that could secure his throne must be something that the ministers had kept secret.
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"Are you really going to do this?"
In a secluded treetop pavilion, Emperor Tianhuang flipped through documents, not even glancing at a dragon-patterned jade pendant placed on a stone table.
He was shocked. How could Long Yuan have thought of exchanging the position of commander of the Heavenly Dragon General for three pieces of precious ginseng?
The Heavenly Dragon Army is the only military force that the Long family keeps in the palace. Nominally, they are the imperial city guards, but in reality, they are truly loyal to the Long family.
Those who held official positions were all members of the Long family.
To the emperor, this guard force of only three hundred men was like a thorn in his heart, a ticking time bomb.
The Emperor tried everything but failed to eradicate it, yet now, for a few precious ginseng slices, Longyuan has given up so easily.
Who is he trying to save? I haven't heard that anyone from the Long family was injured, have I?
With the weddings of Long's two older sisters imminent, Commander Long is leading important relatives of the Long family back to the capital, and there is no danger to their lives.
Who else would be worth doing this for Longyuan?
Across the stone table, Long Yuan rhythmically tapped the surface, his deep eyes gazing into the distance. He pursed his lips and said seriously, "I'm not joking!"
"Alright!" Di Tianhuang nodded slightly, his gaze never leaving official business, and quickly signed his name on the document he had reviewed: "Have someone deliver it to your dormitory after school!"
Long Yuan thought for a moment and felt that it would be too troublesome: "No need, just give it to Mu Yunya!"
Finally, Emperor Tianhuang closed the document and looked up at his friend: "You've found out?"
He dispatched so many spies, and after several months, he found out everything, even how old Mu Yunya was when she started weaning and when she stopped wetting the bed, but he couldn't find out how she knew that the Long family wanted to rebel.
The fact that he had never touched a mahjong tile makes it all the more strange, given that no investigation could uncover it.
"We've found out!" Long Yuan raised an eyebrow and smiled at him. "However, it's a bit complicated. Let's find a safe place later and discuss it with you in detail."
Since he hadn't intended to hide it from him, Emperor Tianhuang pushed the dragon-patterned jade pendant back: "Take it. With you guarding the palace, I feel more at ease!"
Long Yuan was stunned. Without saying a word, he took back the jade pendant. Tianlong was a force he had personally cultivated. If he lost his leadership position, anyone else who took over would remove the Long family members from it one by one.
This is not what he wanted to see!
"Hehe, you didn't want this yourself. Tell me, what else do you want?" Ah Huang was indeed more magnanimous than the old emperor.
The imperial palace is the core of the Eastern Kingdom, containing countless national secrets. How could it not have enough experts guarding it?
What if hostile elements infiltrate?
Di Tianhuang opened the documents and shooed the man away impatiently: "They're just some inanimate objects. You can have them if you want. We don't need to stand on ceremony between brothers. If you have nothing else to say, then get out of here!"
Long Yuan glanced at the thick stack of folders beside his friend, all of which contained important secrets of the Eastern Kingdom, the very core of its lifeline. They needed to be dealt with quickly: "Brother, thanks. You can drink that can of Cloud Mist Immortal Jade anytime you want!"
I really want to say that everyone could help him with some of the issues, just like before, but that was just out of brotherly concern. Aside from that, they were still ruler and subject.
Some things are not for us to interfere with casually!
Then you can go and do the hard work yourself!
"You brat!" Emperor Tianhuang waved his hand again to shoo him away: "Get out of here, don't waste my time!"
Once Long Yuan's figure was out of sight, Di Tianhuang put down his pen, leaned back lazily, and said with a deep gaze, "Investigate the recent movements of these guys again carefully."
There's also the purpose of Mu Yunya needing ginseng.
After a rustling sound outside the pavilion, silence returned to the surroundings.
A meaningful smile curved her lips; this Mu Yunya has quite a secret!
He had no intention of making wild guesses; when the time was right, someone would naturally answer his questions.
Once he was in a position of power, he realized that a prince's mindset could indeed change with his new status.