Chapter 191 - Who Could Win? (1/2)
Shen Luo didn’t beat around the bush but said, “Everything I need to treat the patient is in King Rui’s mansion. If you want me to take good care of the colorful phenix, you need to send it to King Rui’s mansion.”
“Uh…” Mo Xiangbin was in a predicament.
He finally got this holy bird, but he had kept it for just a short time and hadn’t seen it for several times. Now he must send it away.
He felt uncomfortable when it was out of his control.
Mo Junjiu was nervous to see that and questioned at once, “The colorful phenix is the holy bird. How can you take it away as you like? If there is something wrong, can you take the responsibility?”
Mo Xiangbin thought Mo Junjiu was aggressive but didn’t stop him. He just asked, “Doctor Shen, don’t you have another way?”
Shen Luo lowered his head and answered impassively, “I am just a doctor and don’t know anything about the geomantic omen or the Eight Diagrams. I can do nothing but provide the best solution to cure the colorful phenix. If you insist on keeping it in the imperial palace, I can’t do my best. Please forgive me, Your Majesty.”
Mo Xiangbin was speechless and thought that the capable men were always violent-tempered. Since he ascended to the throne, it was the first time that he was threatened, although in a soft way.
“Huh! Just say it if you are not capable. I don’t believe that no other miracle-working doctor in such a big country except you can cure the colorful phenix!” Mo Junjiu yelled at Shen Luo arrogantly.
Then he turned around and bowed to Mo Xiangbin, advising in a deep voice, “Father, there are many talents in our country, and the imperial doctors are all excellent. If Junyu hadn’t insisted on sending for a miracle-working doctor, I would have asked an imperial doctor to treat the colorful phenix.
The colorful phenix is the holy bird of the Qin Continent, and many people want to own it. If we send it to King Rui’s mansion randomly, who can ensure its safety?”
He mentioned the holy bird and its safety, seeming to say that the colorful phenix would die after it left the imperial palace. Why didn’t he remember where it had been poisoned?
Shen Luo pouted. Even though somebody doubted the safety in King Rui’s mansion, his master looked calm and didn’t want to get involved in this matter.
Perhaps Mo Junyang thought that since Mo Junjiu wanted the colorful phenix so badly, just gave him that useless and dying wild bird.
While imaging, Shen Luo thought that he had guessed what Mo Junyang was thinking about, so he didn’t reply.
Mo Junjiu waited for Shen Luo to retort, and then he would ask an imperial doctor to cure the colorful phenix quickly so that he could embarrass Shen Luo, but the miracle-working doctor stood by and turned a deaf ear, which made him unable to say what he wanted to. He was depressed and helpless.
It was awkward on the spot for no reason. Mo Junjiu had no choice but to continue, “Father, I think there are many imperial doctors in the palace, and it would succeed even if we ask an imperial doctor to detoxify the colorful phenix. And I have sent somebody to the Imperial Academy of Medicine to bring a doctor. They must have arrived now. How about…”
Mo Xiangbin ignored him and then asked Mo Junyang who kept silent, “Junyang, what do you think?”
“Your Majesty, it’s up to you. I have no objection.”
Mo Junyang answered casually with indifference and wasn’t as joyful as anybody who could get the colorful phenix.
Mo Xiangbin knew well about Mo Junyang and thought that this guy might turn up his nose at this holy bird.
“Junhao, what’s your opinion?” Mo Xiangbin didn’t make a decision but turned to Mo Junhao.
Mo Junhao stared at Mo Junyang all the time, as if lost in thought. He came to his senses after being stunned for a while as Mo Xiangbin suddenly called him.
He looked hesitant and answered, “Everybody has seen Doctor Shen’s medical skills, and he could cure the first lady of the Shi family whose disease was difficult to handle, so he deserves to be a miracle-working doctor. But the Imperial Academy of Medicine has the most outstanding doctors in our country, and it is said that there is strength in numbers. I can’t make a choice for now. So Father, please make a decision.”
He spoke a lot and didn’t offend anybody but at last left the hot potato to Mo Xiangbin.
Mo Xiangbin was so angry that he goggled. If he could make a decision easily, he wouldn’t have asked them.
All of them didn’t want to take the responsibility.
Mo Xiangbin naturally wanted to keep the colorful phenix in the imperial palace, and it was the best to keep it around him. However, the old doctors in the palace could certainly cure the common diseases quickly, but when it came to the incurable diseases, they would even ask for permission repeatedly with caution before using any medicine because they were afraid that they would be to blame if there was something wrong.
However, in this way, even the minor illness would become a serious one after they delayed. Mo Xiangbin was worried that the colorful phenix would die because of their delay.
“I believe in Doctor Shen’s medical skills. Since he said it will be the best if he takes the colorful phenix to King Rui’s mansion to treat it, then…” Mo Xiangbin pondered for quite a while and decided to take a risk at last.
“Father!” Mo Junjiu couldn’t bear to see that and shouted in a hurry to interrupt Mo Xiangbin.
He hurriedly walked to Mo Xiangbin and advised, “Now the one who poisoned the colorful phenix hasn’t been found. After we send it to King Rui’s mansion, if… the consequences would be unthinkable!”
He didn’t complete the sentence after “if”, but what he wanted to express was evident. He just doubted that Mo Junyang might be the one who poisoned the colorful phenix.
Mo Junjiu knew that it would be exposed easily after he said that, but in order to keep the colorful phenix, he had to make the mess worse.
He was clear that he might offend Mo Junyang, but he gritted his teeth and then said something with hidden meanings. “After all, Junyang and Junyu are on good terms.”