A Journey Against the World
Chapter 7

Chapter has been revised, if there is a typo please comment

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The banquet was stopped as soon as the Emperor apologized to the invited guests for the negligence of the chefs and servants in entertaining food. Because of that incident, the guests also booed how the security of the Xuilin kingdom could be that bad. After he had finished sending the invited guests to the gate, the Emperor quickly went to the palace kitchen to punish all the chefs and servants.

Two hours passed, the Emperor unceasingly scolded the servants and the palace cooks. The emperor had also executed the chef who cooked Miss Hanabi's soup, along with the waiter who was serving the soup. The first concubine and Princess Wang Xinian continued to try to win over the Emperor who had been rummaging through the palace kitchen while ridiculing the kitchen cooks and servants. Of course, this problem will also have an impact on the first Consort because the first Consort as Consort of the palace.

"How can there be poison in a guest banquet without your knowledge!? Do you want to make my reputation crumble in front of the noble guests! You useless waiter! You guys are hired to be useful, not cause trouble!"

The first concubine was so nervous but still dared herself to take the Emperor. In any case for the sake of maintaining his safety he should be able to appease the Emperor.

The first concubine held onto the Emperor's shoulder while giving a pushy look. But the Emperor immediately brushed aside his hand and left a red bruise on the back of his hand, "You are also a useless female base! You see how the servants work! You are in charge of government and servant work, is this the result of your work? I should have given this right to the Third Concubine! He always brings me good luck!"

"My husband. I'm sorry to have been negligent in the trust you've given me. I really wouldn't have expected something like this to happen. I'm sorry, my husband, give me punishment for my negligence." The first concubine prostrated before the Emperor.

The Emperor chuckled in annoyance and then kicked the first Concubine, "The base lady is useless! Get out of front of me! Guards, take the first concubine out! Then give the penalty fifty board blows!" the Emperor was very loud.

The two bodyguards behind the Emperor immediately passed the order, taking the first Concubine out of the room to receive a board punching penalty of 50 times. The first concubine cried out for mercy to the Emperor but the Emperor did not even turn his head at him.

Princess Wang Xinian was about to stop the two bodyguards but she wasn't strong enough to go against the Emperor's orders, unless Wang Xinian begged the Emperor. A 50-board punch is not a light punishment. If an ordinary person without training knowledge would surely die after receiving that punishment. The proof is that many servants have received such punishment and died, for the lucky ones will be in a coma for weeks. Wang Xinian knew his mother best, surely his mother who did not have the training knowledge would certainly not be able to survive.

Wang Xinian approached the Emperor then held onto his arm, "Emperor's father, isn't that too much? What if Mom dies? Give a little generosity to Mother. Mother is only a weak woman who has no training science."

The Emperor threw Wang Xinian into a rage and fell violently on the floor, "You are also a useless child! Almost humiliated me in public with that cheap outfit of yours! Mothers are equally cheap children! Go you along with your mother receive a sentence of twenty board blows!"

Wang Xinian crawled up to the Emperor's feet and hugged him, "I beg for mercy. That dress doesn't belong to Nian! But it belongs to Shua Xie the bitch! He made Nian wear those cheap clothes! Please have mercy from Ayahanda. Huhuhuh ... Nian had never intended to put Father to shame," Wang Xinian said in tears.

The emperor threw Wang Xinian's embrace at his feet firmly, making Shan Xinian bounce several meters back.

"You think I'm blind? You are the one wearing the clothes why Shua Xie should be guilty! There was definitely no Shua Xie back then! After all Shua Xie is just a stupid girl who does not have training knowledge certainly will not be able to force you to wear that cheap shirt!"

"No Father. Shua Xie is guilty! Shua Xie used his cleverness to deceive me! He's so cunning!" wang Xinian exclaimed very loudly. Wang Xinian started crawling again towards the Emperor but was again kicked by the Emperor.

"You said you were tricked? Means you are too stupid to be fooled by Shua Xie the fool. Shua Xie from childhood was exiled from the royal life, living in the filthy and disgusting temple of Renungan. Never seen the world and never even knew the lesson of nobles! How can such a foolish girl be able to fool you?!" bentak Emperor.

"But Fatherland. I'm mema-"

"Guards take this bitch with her mother! Give him a penalty of twenty board blows!" The Emperor cut Wang Xinian's speech.

"No. I ask for your forgiveness, Father! Daddy's! Nian is innocent!" w.a.n.g Xinian shouted trying to rebel in the grasp of the 2 soldiers who dragged him by force.

***

Not far from the Royal kitchen, the third Concubine and the Fourth Princess laughed in satisfaction watching the first Concubine and the first Princess being dragged away forcibly by the soldiers. This was the spectacle that Third Concubine had always been waiting for, watching her rival being punished by the Emperor. If the Emperor could kill the first Concubine with his own hands, it would make the Third Consort so happy that there would be no more rivals in usurping the Empress position.

Since the death of Mother Shua Xie, the position of Empress became vacant, the Emperor also never raised the issue of the position of Empress. Since then, concubines and scabbards have always competed for the attention of the Emperor in order to rise to the rank of Empress.

The Third Princess, Shan Qiayu, gave a small smile, surely she was happy to see Wang Xinian receive the punishment.

"Mother, it seems like this mess is bringing benefits to us," Shan Qiayu said softly as he chuckled.

The Third Concubine nodded slowly, after the matter of punishment from the Emperor for the first Princess would definitely make their image deteriorate, and would make it even harder for Wang Xinian to become the Crown Princess.

"Really bad luck is on our side. Princess Wang Xinian would be looked upon badly by the Emperor even if the first concubine tried to persuade the Emperor. A human-type emperor who is hard to forget the bad behavior of his son, especially if it is for the good of the kingdom. I don't think there's any hope for Princess Wang Xinian to become the Crown Princess after seeing the Emperor so enraged at her."

Shan Qiayu looked at his mother, "But there is still Shua Xie. Moreover, the noble guests praised Shua Xie so excessively after they saw his medical science techniques. Doesn't this also endanger us?"

"Huh .. that fool won't last long. Then why if the guests praise him? I will make that fool feel hell in our kingdom. How dare he take the Emperor's attention from my daughter?" said the Third Concubine while rubbing her son's head. Shan Qiayu smiled at his mother feeling calm if her mother said that.

"I feel Shua Xie is very different from before. Isn't she just a stupid girl who doesn't know anything? And also shouldn't the time in the barn be dead rotting there? I'm sure the punishment from me back then must have made him die, considering he had a weak body." Shan Qianyu rubbed her chin while recalling the incident yesterday morning in the barn as she and her mother continued to whip Shua Xie to death.

"The emperor said Shua Xie was just a stupid girl who knew nothing. But why does what the Emperor says seem to deviate from what we see? Could the Emperor be covering up the truth of Shua Xie?" The third concubine again.

"I mean Mother? Then what if the Emperor covers it up?" shan Qiayu asked with an innocent look.

The third concubine looked at her son a little annoyed, she felt that her son's IQ was too much different from her intelligence.

"That stupidity from which you get. Don't you think that if the Emperor covers it, it means that there's a shrimp behind the rock."

"Mom speaks directly to the point. I don't understand what the shrimp behind the rock is all about." Shan Qiayu puffed into his two cheeks upset himself because of his mother.

The third concubine rubbed her rough face while sighing patiently, "This is how having a child with a low IQ. It felt like the first Concubine was more fortunate to have a child like Wang Xinian." Concubine Ke three flicked her son's forehead a little strongly making Shan Qiayu grimace a little.

Shan Qiayu was getting annoyed because her mother compared herself to Wang Xinian.

"I mean. Means the Emperor has a certain intention of lying to us. It could be that the Emperor lied so that we would not disturb Shua Xie. Such an intelligent Shua Xie could very well become the Crown Princess in the future. I'm just worried that the Emperor is deliberately lying to us. Without us realizing we are just wasting our energy competing with First Concubine and First Princess, in fact the position of Crown Princess has been prepared by the Emperor for Shua Xie," explained the Third Concubine.

"I don't understand what Mom meant. Mother is too convoluted," Shan Qiayu said slowly as she ducked fearing that her mother would hit her head again because of her stupidity.

"Good damn fool! The point is that the position of the Crown Princess is not for you or Wang Xinian! But for Shua Xie! Understand?!" his mother was strict with emphasis, while clenching her hands as hard as possible could not bear to hit her own child.

Shan Qiayu raised his face with a surprised look, "What? To the stupid Shua Xie!? How come?"

"Think of yourself, you stupid boy! I'm sorry I had a child like you!"

Not far behind them Chi Su had already been lurking the two of them at Shua Xie's behest. Shua Xie thought that Third Concubine and Shan Qiayu looked suspicious, because when the Emperor, the first Concubine and Wang Xinian were busy looking for the truth about the poison in Miss hanabi's food, it was very difficult to find the truth, the two of them did not interfere and even gathered together when the crowd of Miss Hanabi was exposed to poison.

Shua Xie felt the calmness of the Third Concubine and Shan Xinian might have something to do with Miss Hanabi's poisoning. But Shua Xie had not had enough evidence to concern the two of them.

"It turns out they wanted to harm Miss. It's best that Miss knows about this," Chi Su muttered silently as she turned to look for Shua Xie. Chi Su was worried that this time he would not be able to help Shua Xie again like in the previous warehouse.

***

"Breaked stomach? Does the Princess realize what the Princess said just now?" prime Minister Yhujuan Xin was shocked. Surely the method of medical science that Shua Xie referred to had never been heard of in any physician. Moreover, that method was too dangerous.

Shua Xie smiled slightly as he folded his arms around his chest, "Of course I'm aware," Shua Xie replied calmly even his tone seemed insulting.

'Ancient people like you will definitely never hear of this kind of treatment. Although I am not very good at medicine, but you must not degrade my knowledge. My uncle always said I was a genius child among geniuses.'

Physician Yong who treated Princess Hanabi exclaimed in disapproval, saying Shua Xie's treatment was extremely dangerous and had never been in any medical science books. Physician Yong also said that Shua Xie wanted to kill instead of cure.

Shua Xie walked up to Physician Yong and slapped the healer hard in the face until he fell to the floor, "A very lowly Physician like you said I wanted to kill Miss Hanabi! If you're smart enough how do you get the Fire Flower bug out of Miss Hanabi's heart!? If you only give her an ordinary potion, Miss Hanabi will not be able to survive!" shua Xie said firmly with a sharp glare from behind her blindfold.

Physician Yong rubbed the blood flowing on the edge of his lips then looked at Shua Xie with an angry look, "I was indeed presumptuous to have said Princess Shua Xie wanted to kill Miss Hanabi. But how can a blind man divide a man's stomach? This sounds so absurd! Does the Princess consider us to be insane?! Or the Emperor who lied about Princess Shua Xie's blind eye?"

Shua Xie smirked lightly, "I'm the one who likes to frankly dislike hiding abilities, or it could be said that I'm the one who's showing off a little to humans like the arrogant and clever Physician Yong." Shua Xie approached Physician Yong, "I have the ability of the inner eye, want to know what the inner eye is? The inner eye is the eye of God, the special eye that is greater than the ordinary eye. Didn't the physician see that I was walking like a normal person? Doesn't look like a blind man, even I can slap a Physician's face just right. Physician Yong's IQ is still not low, is it? The problem of splitting the stomach is not a small thing for me, even your stomach can I split."

Prime Minister Yhujuan Xin and a few people watched Shua Xie's showdown with physician Yong becoming confused, it was hard to believe which one. On one hand Physician Yong was very famous for his prowess in medical science, so far on the mainland Xuilin was only the greatest physician of Yong in medical science. But on the other hand Princess Shua Xie was just a naive young girl, but considering her standing this was also a different point of view.

"Isn't the Princess too naive? God's Eye? Inner eye? Does the Princess think we are stupid? If there is such a secret eye, I am sure the whole land will fight for such a great skill" said the cynical Physician Yong.

Shua Xie flanked his hands so furiously, without everyone realizing it, he immediately pulled the sword belonging to Miss Hanabi's personal bodyguard and slashed it into the neck of Physician Yong. Everyone glared violently, deeply shocked at Shua Xie's sudden actions. Even an ordinary person without training science would not be able to see Shua Xie's movements so quickly. Physician Yong's head fell rolling on the floor, blood splattered on the walls and floor.

"I hate seeing people talk a lot but it's useless. There is a pepata saying that your mouth is your own weapon, and the weapon itself can kill its owner at any time. Your mouth is your gold but it can also be your own poison! I told you no, I'm the man who likes to be honest rather than hiding," Shua Xie said coldly as he shove the sword back to its owner.

"The matter of the operation I dare to take responsibility for, if the operation fails, Uncle Prime Minister Yhujuan Xin can kill me in any way. Even if Uncle rips my body and gives it as guard dog food. I Princess Shua Xie dare to take this great risk for the sake of the Xuilin Kingdom." Shua Xie continued again in a serious tone making everyone break out in cold sweat hearing him.

This time they did not dare to underestimate Princess Shua Xie anymore, the outside might look plain and innocent, but inside no one knew what the dark side of Princess Shua Xie was.