Farmer girl swaps husbands: buys a sickly villain and pampers him

Chapter 281 A Minor Victory
The people of the entire border town were busy.

Although the notice stated that people aged 15 to 50 could participate in the battle, in reality, even children as young as a few years old and elderly people in their 60s contributed.

Children may not know how to do much else, but they certainly know how to start a fire. The elders, with their experience, directed the young people to carry the glowing embers to the city wall and pour them directly onto the enemies climbing the ladders, creating a cacophony of 'fireballs' that echoed throughout the area outside the city.

The thousands of people couldn't withstand their attrition, so they started poisoning the city.

Those enemy people were skilled at raising eagles. They would tie poison to the eagles' claws and drop it directly into the city when the eagles took to the sky, poisoning the city's inhabitants.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Su Yaoguang immediately summoned the doctors in the city to treat the people who had been accidentally infected.

"Since they want to play like this, then we shouldn't be polite. Let's get the doctors to prepare the medicine immediately..."

"Does the young lady also intend to use her own methods against her? It's just that we don't have any poison prepared that can cause poisoning with just a sniff. Even if we get the doctors to prepare it on the spot, it won't be quick..."

“We don’t have that kind of poison, but we do have this kind of sleeping powder, right? Poison is too expensive, but sleeping powder won’t. That should be something many clinics have, right?”

Since the other side doesn't abide by the rules and ethics of the battlefield, they don't need to either.

This is their stronghold. It's not difficult to get supplies from their own territory. The other side came prepared with poison, while we were unprepared, but we can retaliate in the same way.

All the people covered their faces with wet cloths.

They threw out torch after torch, which were thrown outside the city, kicking up thick black smoke.

"Cough...cough...despicable...shameless..."

"General, what should we do? The brothers can't hold on any longer."

As soldiers fell one after another, the enemy general in charge of the assault on their city issued the order to retreat.

But, it's too late.

The city gates swung open, and the people inside rushed out, brandishing all sorts of weapons and fiercely attacking the enemies.

Su Yaoguang was at the forefront.

She was the daughter of the Great General Who Protects the Nation and the mastermind behind this battle. Wherever she was, morale followed. The more enemies she killed, the more courageous the civilians, who had never been on the battlefield before, became.

"The General is back! Look, that's the General's army!" A bloodthirsty villager shouted as he looked ahead, "Fellow villagers, kill! We have won!"

The fact that the general is here means that the war on the border has ended and they have won.

Su Rende spotted Su Yaoguang in the crowd.

His daughter is so dazzling that she cannot be ignored.

"No wonder he's my son! Look at his bravery, he's even stronger than those men!" Su Rende exclaimed.

While the border war raged, things were also in turmoil in the capital.

The emperor is ill.

The emperor's illness came on suddenly, and the Imperial Medical Academy was helpless. The court could only issue an imperial edict to summon extraordinary people and talents from all over the country.

Many doctors from the common people came to the palace every day, but only one could control the emperor's illness, so he was kept in the palace.

"Lord Zhou, what is the Emperor's condition?"

After the ministers left the palace, they asked Zhou Wangshu, who frequently entered and exited the palace.

Since Su Rende went to the border, his son-in-law Zhou Wangshu has taken his place, frequently visiting the palace to drink tea with the emperor. If there's one person the emperor trusts most now, it's undoubtedly Zhou Wangshu. Now that the emperor is ill, everyone can only consult him.

"My lords, please calm down. His Majesty is blessed with good fortune and will be alright. Just continue with your duties and don't panic. Look at Prime Minister Wang, he's completely unperturbed!" Zhou Wangshu said, looking at Prime Minister Wang.

Prime Minister Wang said, "As Lord Zhou said, His Majesty is blessed with good fortune and will certainly be fine."

Zhou Wangshu left the palace and returned to the General's Mansion.

With the General Protector of the Nation and his wife away, and his son-in-law living next door, he inevitably has to come back often to take care of them.

Taoyaofang's business is proceeding normally.

Zhou Wangshu had just spoken with the steward for a while and confirmed that everything at the General's Mansion was normal, except that Su Yaoguang had not written back.

"Zhou Wangshu, Zhou Wangshu..." The heir of the Duke of Zhenguo strode into the General's Mansion.

"Young Master, you cannot trespass here. This is the General's Mansion." The servant tried to stop him but failed.

The heir of the Duke of Zhenguo pushed aside the servant and strode towards Zhou Wangshu: "Zhou Wangshu, your wife isn't in the capital, so there's no one to keep you in check. How about I take you out for a drink?"

Zhou Wangshu dodged his pull and looked at him with a strange expression: "What game does the young master want to play today?"

"It's all because of Jiang Jing. I kindly gave her a gift, and she threw it away. Zhou Wangshu, isn't she your wife's sworn sister? Tell me what she likes, and I'll cover your drinks from now on."

"Dr. Jiang is a doctor, and doctors... you have to know how to cater to their tastes. Do you think all women in the world like gold and silver jewelry? If that's the case, then why do you insist on pursuing Dr. Jiang instead of pursuing other women?"

“You’re right, how come I didn’t think of that? Put it on my tab if you go drinking, I’ll cover it.” The heir of the Duke of Zhenguo left.

The butler asked, "Why did the son-in-law offer him advice?"

“What we need to do next is very important, but we don’t have time to deal with him,” Zhou Wangshu said.

The emperor fell ill and did not attend the morning court for half a month.

Inside the palace, Prime Minister Wang stood before the dragon bed, looking at the dying emperor, and said to the masked man beside him, "How is your drug trial going?"

"Don't worry, Your Excellency, there are no problems now," the masked man said. "If you're still worried, I can show you my medicine dolls. I've done it ten times in the last two weeks, and all of them were successful without a single problem."

“Alright, let’s do it tonight,” Prime Minister Wang said. “If we fail, as long as you guarantee that I can restore it to its original state, I won’t blame you.”

"Yes."

Inside the secret room, the masked man looked at the Prime Minister and the Emperor lying on the bed, holding a small knife, ready to make his move.

Suddenly, a flame appeared at the doorway.

Upon seeing this, the masked man quickly woke up Prime Minister Wang and said to him, "There are enemies outside."

After being drugged and forcibly awakened by the masked man, Prime Minister Wang looked towards the doorway and his eyes filled with fury when he saw the flames.

"What happened? I clearly arranged for some people to be outside. Are they all dead?"

Zhou Wangshu's voice came from outside: "Prime Minister Wang, changing faces isn't fun. Let's play with fire instead. Fire is more fun."

"Zhou Wangshu! Your father-in-law isn't here, yet you've ruined my plans. But the Emperor is inside; don't you care whether he lives or dies?"

"Are you sure that's the Emperor inside?" Zhou Wangshu asked. "Would you like to take a closer look?"