Chapter 174: Chapter 174

"You haven’t said what it is yet. How can brother trust you?" The Crown Prince smiled fondly, "Tell me so brother can hear."

Jun Ning thought for a moment and said, "I had a very bad dream."

Just mentioning it, without saying what exactly the bad dream was, the little girl nervously clenched the blanket covering her legs with both hands. The effort made the knuckles on the back of her small hands distinctly pronounced.

It seems to be a nightmare, without a doubt!

The Crown Prince reached out, held Jun Ning’s hand, which was tightly clenching the blanket, with his large hand, and protectively said, "Yi Yi, even if the sky falls, brother is here to hold it up, don’t be afraid."

"Brother..." Jun Ning was moved.

The Crown Prince was so good to her.

Jun Ning nodded and recounted her dream in full detail to the Crown Prince.

After listening, the Crown Prince’s expression changed little from earlier, showing no emotion, looking very calm. Who knows what he was thinking.

Seeing this, Jun Ning was uncertain whether the Crown Prince believed her words or not, not understanding what her brother meant. Did he trust her? Or did he think her words were mere dreams?

Perhaps something else.

"Brother..." Jun sighed, muttering, "If you don’t believe me, let’s just forget it."

After all, the matter involves many, and the dignified Crown Prince can’t act just because of his sister’s dream.

Jun Ning understood the Crown Prince’s situation and stance.

She no longer pinned her hopes on the Crown Prince.

She planned to think of other ways to resolve the matter.

After all, she had money, and money can make the devil turn the mill. She believed money could solve this matter, although not as quickly as if the Crown Prince intervened; it would take several days to resolve.

"Yi Yi, it’s not what you think..." The Crown Prince exhaled deeply, and calmly said, "Brother is just thinking about how to prepare in advance."

The Crown Prince and Jun Ning shared a thought; such dreams are very bad. Though it seemed just a dream, it felt so real, with details like the beginning of the country’s demise. It was probably not so simple.

Maybe heaven was warning something.

It must not be ignored; better to take precautions ten times for nothing.

Otherwise, the Eastern Chu Kingdom faces the crisis of ruin.

"Yi Yi, rest first, brother will go to the guesthouse to see those envoys personally."

"Well, brother, make sure to take precautions and don’t get infected." Jun Ning reminded.

"All right, Yi Yi, don’t worry." The Crown Prince helped Jun Ning with the blanket, patted her head, and said, "Okay, sleep, brother will be back soon."

The Crown Prince turned and left, but upon reaching the door, he suddenly stopped, turned to look at Qi Qin, and signaled Qi Qin to take good care of his sister.

After all, she would be his future daughter-in-law, how could Qi Qin not carefully look after her for his son’s sake?

He gave the Crown Prince a reassuring look, and the Crown Prince was finally at ease.

But then, he looked at Jun Ning again.

"Yi Yi, don’t feel bored staying here; tomorrow brother will bring Jing Shu to play with you."

No no no, that girl is probably still mad at her!

But before Jun Ning could express her thoughts, the Crown Prince left with Ming Yue.

The two went straight to the guesthouse to investigate the matter!

Previously, to improve efficiency, the Crown Prince liked to work alone, going out by himself without any burden. But recently, because Jun Ning often followed, he has employed Ming Yue, letting Ming Yue follow him always.

Ming Yue is the Chief Guard of the Eastern Palace, and deeply trusted by him.

Now, after leaving the National Guardian General Mansion with the Crown Prince, Ming Yue thought the Crown Prince would visit Emperor Yongning in the palace or investigate the city’s epidemic, certainly not going to the guesthouse.

Because from the bottom of his heart, he felt children’s words were unreliable, just a simple nightmare, more so.

The Crown Prince had just agreed, definitely to soothe the princess, letting her peacefully recover without letting her worry due to a nightmare.

He expected the Crown Prince to attend to what he should be doing once outside, soon putting aside this matter.

Unexpectedly, the Crown Prince really headed towards the guesthouse.

Ming Yue, following behind the Crown Prince, incredulously asked, "Your Highness, there’s suddenly an outbreak of the epidemic in the Imperial City now, we have many things to handle. Are we really going to the guesthouse because of the princess’ dream?"

The Crown Prince glanced at Ming Yue, "Why? Is it not possible?"

"It’s not..." Just feeling it’s a bit absurd, who would take a dream seriously?

Moreover, dreams are usually reversed.

The princess suddenly dreamt of the Eastern Chu Kingdom perishing due to an epidemic, surely indicating the kingdom would quickly address the epidemic, then rise above other nations, becoming a strong country.

The Crown Prince surely understood what Ming Yue was thinking.

He said, "You’re truly naive. Once an epidemic occurs, the population will sharply decrease, the economy will decline, and all sectors will be heavily impacted. There’s no chance to surpass other countries."

Not being pinned down and crushed by other nations is a blessing.

Why dream of such unrealistic things?

Ming Yue scratched his head, "I see, I thought wrong then."

"You not only thought wrong, you were gravely mistaken." The Crown Prince criticized.

Ming Yue’s head drooped down; upon careful reflection, the Crown Prince’s words were sensible, he had oversimplified the epidemic matter.

"Then I admit my mistake."

"But, admitting my mistake aside, I still don’t think Your Highness should trust the princess’ nightmare. Right now, Your Highness should immediately go to the palace, discussing with the Emperor and ministers on how to resolve the epidemic."

The Crown Prince waved his hand, "How to resolve the epidemic is set with the Emperor and ministers, rest assured, they’ll discuss suitable measures. I, as the Crown Prince, should now do what others don’t expect." The source of this content ɪs 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝~𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖~𝕟𝕖𝕥

"Is what others don’t expect helping the princess resolve her nightmare?" Ming Yue still couldn’t understand.

He felt the Crown Prince’s focus was misplaced, he shouldn’t spend much effort on a mere dream.

From Ming Yue’s aggrieved look, it was clear what he was thinking.

The Crown Prince didn’t get angry, but smiled, saying, "Ming Yue, some things, it’s better to take precautions tenfold and be empty tenfold, than to ignore."

Even though it was said this much, Ming Yue still couldn’t understand, feeling the Crown Prince was working in vain.

But seeing the Crown Prince firmly uphold his thoughts, he couldn’t say more and could only follow the Crown Prince’s orders.

The Crown Prince first went to the guesthouse, while Ming Yue followed the Crown Prince’s orders, heading to the Imperial Hospital, bringing along two highly skilled Imperial Physicians, having the Imperial Physicians personally diagnose the Bei Xia envoys to see whether they had contracted the epidemic.

Upon arriving at the guesthouse, the Crown Prince clearly stated he wanted to see the Bei Xia envoys, but the guesthouse guards informed him the Bei Xia envoys were not there.