novelcrest Chapter 477 Extra: Not Wasting Youth, Only Regret for You
Chapter 477 Extra: Not Wasting Youth, Only Regret for You
The wolf king couldn't believe it; could there be such a powerful weapon in the world?
"Who did this?"
The man said, "It was one of the woman's men who went there. That night, a lot of them went and dug a pit behind the palace to bury something, but the boys found it."
During the pursuit, the man carrying the object jumped inside the palace walls and set it ablaze. The soldiers watched as the fire blazed for a long time, then with a loud bang, everything was gone!
Lim Bi is dead!
They were discovered and pursued. In order to prevent the items from falling into Beisha's hands, Lin Bi picked them up and ran. However, they did not run outside, but ran into the palace walls. As they ran, they lit the explosives, and they all died.
On his deathbed, Lin Bi laughed loudly, "Second Miss, farewell! With half of the Beisha Palace City buried with me, I have no regrets in death! In the next life, I will serve you again!"
Shen Shixi's tears streamed down her face.
She was about to avenge Lin Bi and the others, but Song Yan held her back tightly. "Second Miss, if anything happens to you, no one can guarantee what the Emperor might do. At that time, the two countries will be at war, and the Great Zhou will be plunged into devastation. How can you bear to do that?"
Shen Shixi was filled with resentment and self-reproach, for she had caused the deaths of too many people for her own selfish reasons!
Most of her bodyguards were killed or wounded!
They are all flesh-and-blood people; they are sons to parents, sweethearts to girls, and fathers to children!
Half a month later, Shen Shixi and his group finally arrived at Tujun Mountain.
Nie Yunshen was already waiting here. To be honest, before seeing Shen Shixi, he simply did not believe that the person he was supposed to meet would show up.
The Wolf King was no ordinary man; how could he break through his encirclement with only a few guards?
He was stunned when he saw Shen Shixi appear. Upon closer inspection, he realized that the girl was just of marriageable age!
She's really beautiful!
Upon hearing her story, Nie Yunshen's heart pounded.
When they returned to the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty, news spread that half of the Beisha Palace had been destroyed. It was said that the Beisha Wolf King could not explain to his inner circle because half of his concubines had died, including several noble ladies and daughters of tribal chiefs.
With internal tribal discontent and external pressure from the powerful Zhou army, Beisha is now in complete chaos.
The Wolf King faced an unprecedented crisis, with many advocating for the return of his brother's son, preferring to support the young ruler rather than acknowledge him as the overlord.
The wolf king was not afraid of these internal noises; he was unwilling to have worked in vain.
Shen Shixi also wrote a letter to the Wolf King, saying, "Thank you for your kind hospitality. I will never forget it and will repay you double in my lifetime!"
The wolf king was so angry that he vomited blood.
After the Great Zhou withdrew its troops, in the capital, Prime Minister Pei finally realized that the second daughter of the Shen family was the emperor's weakness. He never expected that after so many years, the emperor would still be so attached to that girl.
With the arrival of winter, the emperor and empress finally consummated their marriage, and the Pei family finally breathed a sigh of relief.
A court official proposed a selection of candidates for imperial concubines, and the emperor granted the request.
Shen Shixi didn't return to the capital, but instead headed south. Bai Ping asked her, "Miss, are you going south this time or will you return next spring?"
"Yes, this might be our last trip to the south, so we definitely need to have a good time!"
She disguised herself as a man, rode a silly-looking donkey, and was accompanied by two beautiful women, attracting a lot of attention along the way.
She first went to see Mr. Li Jizhong and stayed at his house for several days, playing chess and chatting with him every day, and incidentally giving him a little brainwashing.
"Don't speak ill of the Emperor anymore. He definitely didn't release that snake. He never does such underhanded things. Only I would do something like that."
Shen Shixi got up from the recliner. "How about we make a bet on who put it there? I'm betting on Li Yuantai!"
Li Jizhong refused to gamble with her, but she kept pestering him until he had no choice but to write a letter to the Emperor, asking who had released the snake.
The emperor replied with just three words, "It was not me," and neither of them could say who had won or lost.
When Shen Shixi went to watch people perform acrobatics on the street, she saw a monkey rushing towards her. She stepped back, but accidentally stepped on someone's foot. The person was in so much pain that they kept yelling and clutching their foot. Shen Shixi felt quite embarrassed.
"How about I take you to a clinic?"
Jiang Lingyou immediately recognized her as a woman disguised as a man, his face flushed red, and he waved his hand, "No, no, no need, I am a doctor myself!"
"Oh!" Shen Shixi gave him a deep look. "You're a doctor. I've heard that people from different regions get different illnesses. I wonder if there's a big difference between the illnesses of people in the north and those in the south?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Lingyou became interested. "There is such a saying in the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic, but I have never personally diagnosed any diseases of northerners."
"That's such a pity! I think that no matter what industry you're in, you should broaden your horizons. Brother, have you ever thought about going to the North to broaden your horizons?"
Are you content to stay in the South, confined to this small corner of the world, and become a frog in a well?
After saying goodbye to Jiang Lingyou, Shen Shixi instructed someone to inquire about Jiang Lingyou's identity. Upon inquiry, it was discovered that he was from a family of doctors, possessed excellent medical skills, and had a very good character.
"Keep an eye on him and see when he comes to the capital. We'll try to bump into him by chance."
"Huh?" Bai Ping was taken aback. "Girl, why?"
Bai Kui was also completely baffled. "She's not even that good-looking, at best she's not ugly! Girl, you can't be that indiscriminate, can you?"
Shen Shixi said, "What nonsense are you talking about? Do you think your master would settle for someone like that? Even though they're all big jerks, at least I should choose someone pleasing to the eye, right?"
Bai Kui said, "Then why bother running into that person? What if they start clinging to us?"
The girl has encountered this before: when she dresses as a man, she attracts women; but when she doesn't dress as a man, she even gets involved with the Wolf King of the Northern Desert.
Several times, people, both men and women, have threatened to commit suicide.
"I have come of age and it is no longer convenient for me to travel outside. The Emperor should issue an edict to let me enter the palace. Putting aside everything else, the Imperial Hospital must have its own people. Jiang Lingyou is very good. He has excellent medical skills and good character. He is the best candidate."
The incident in Beisha also terrified Bai Ping and Bai Kui. They thought to themselves, "It's good that we've entered the palace. If we had to go through that again, we wouldn't want to live anymore."
Presumably, the Emperor does not want to go through this again. To this day, the voices in the court criticizing the Emperor are still loud over the Chenwu border incident, and there are even censors forcing the Emperor to issue an edict of self-reproach.
"But even if you send him to the north, he might not necessarily come to the capital!" Bai Ping thought to herself. Even if he went to the capital, he might not be willing to become a royal physician.
Shen Shixi disagreed, "It's fine. Once he leaves home, he can't decide where he goes."
She thought to herself that since she had taken a liking to this person, whether or not she left home was not up to him to decide.
Fortunately, recently, the people who inquired about the Jiang family have returned and said that Jiang Lingyou does indeed have plans to travel.
After the New Year, Shen Shixi indeed received the Emperor's decree, which was sent by the Shen family. She sighed, packed her bags, and just then, Jiang Lingyou also planned to go to the capital to broaden his horizons.
After leaving the city and traveling for a day or two, the two met again. Jiang Lingyou sighed at their fate and, needless to say, decided to travel together.
The Shen family breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that Shen Shixi had returned, and the news was reported to the palace.
Li Yuanke had received the news earlier. He covered his face and smiled silently, feeling both joy and trepidation, as well as deep guilt.
She could only become a concubine upon entering the palace. Because of the Beisha incident, he couldn't even give her a high position. Now that there was endless strife in the court, he didn't want the blame to fall on her.
But she still came back in the end!
He thought he would pave a path for her, and that wherever his name appeared in the annals of history, Shen Shixi would also have a place.
(The side story from Li Yuanke's perspective is finished. The last side story is about Li Yuanke's rebirth.)