our protagonist the doctor male 28

emperor romantic intrest 30

keep in mind this is an au where ancient China is the last standing kingdom against the skilled emperor.

as the night fell the emperor was walking to the banquet Hall as he watched over the scenery he could see the pond lilies delicate features atop the setting sun as he strut into the banquet Hall and walked upon the hardwood steps . as he sat apon his golden throne the court officials came flooding in as they greet his majesty. his majesty had conquerd the 3 kingdoms that was but all for one the kingdom of flourishing lands and brave soldiers this kingdom was more advance than any country villager could had of ever imagined this is China the last standing empire against the skilled, brooding emperor .

the banquet Hall was quiet as the akwardness began to settle in the mysterious emperor waiting for the court officials to speak a brave but old court official managed to confront the cold emperor as the emperor was past the age of match making the old official exclaimed the proposition of marriage to this emperor

As the emperors face began to contorted into a sharp cold glare the moons gaze darting onto the emperors long jet black hair witch gave the old official a fright, but the official still managed to utter out a marriage proposal. Your majesty my daughters are all the marriageable age. The youngest daughter had intelligent green eyes and black hair as for the middle her mother was a very beautiful concubine who managed to garner the interest of the old official in his glory days. Although the middle daughter was born from a beautiful and kind mother she was selfish and only cared about wealth and cosmetics. As for the eldest the was a beautiful intellectual who was aragont and relied on her fathers background to get anyone who was at a higher rank than her fall from nobility, or she would coax others to do the dirty work for her and get dirt dug up on anyone who got in her way. The emperors voice echoed through the hall I've had enough of this in an angry tone he ordered for is chambers to be cleaned up and as for the court officials he ordered for the court officials to disband and get out hurriedly the court officials and ran out afraid of the skilled emperor

as for the emperor the way he managed to conquer the three kingdoms from a young age the Prince was always cold and indiffrent from the age of six he was almost as skilled as fully trained warrior by the age of twenty he was already commanding wars dealing with kings and capturing enemy soldiers often the emperor was seen as a war hero was skilled in the art of the sword and was often referred to as his majesty the sword hero by the commoners the commoners were often gossiping about there king either about his beauty or his war stories some say that his majesty was gifted by the gods themselves but he way the nobles saw him was a good for nothing brute the other close nobles of the King often sent assassination attempts on his majesty that's why his majesty as grown distant from people and become wary of the other nobles.

as his majesty was fiercely striding across the hall it was dark the only thing to light the night sky was an oil lamp which was tattered as his majesty was nearing his room he heard a sound being the cold brute he was he called out in a loud roar. Who is there Cao mo one of the most revered assassin among them all he is often called upon by nobles as he was known for his quick and stainless work as he kept his face hidden with a mask and there were never any survivors to confirm his true appearance some say that his face is that of a devils others say he has no face at all.

As Cao mo ran toward his majesty he pulled out a dagger from his pocket laced with a deathly poison that could bring down a thosound soldiers.

this poison came from a a mountain filled with deathly poisons of all kinds which was why no man ever dare climb it but cao mo had been training in the art of poison ressistance ever since the age of 5 his parents where also quite famous in the assassination world as his mother would regularly seduce men of higher power then intoxicate and slash their throats. as for his father he was a influential business man in the world of trade but in the night he would take revenge for low ranking familys as an assassin as Cao mo's father was regularly beaten by noblemen for their amusement he resented them and wanted to take revenge which is how cao mo's mother and father where brought togother.

As his majesty's sword was ringing from the slashes the assassin was making his majesty skillfully evaded all the attacks as his majesty grabbed the assassin by the head with great ease. the greatest assassin cao mo still had a single trick up his sleeve as he grabbed the dagger laced with deadly poison and with all his might jabbed it into his majesty's fore arm the emperors arm began to shake and grew wary soon he let go of cao mo before he could say anything the poison was making its course throughout the emperors body cao mo then took advantage of the situation and fled the scene almost at the speed of light it seemed that cao mo was more afraid of the emperor than he let on.

the emperor was still shaking as the poison finally effected his consciousness he soon saw all black and fell to the cold hard ground with a thud and just like that his majesty was knocked to the ground as the maid servant was looking for his majesty she suddenly stumbled upon his majesty's unmoving body as the servant called for the doctor they all came rushing as soon as they heard especially the court officials aswell as the guards

as the doctor checked his pulse he ordered the guards to move him to his chambers.

After the guards had finished moving his majesty he fell to his bed with a loud thud almost as lifeless as a corpse the doctor then took out his acupuncture needles and punctured his acupuncture points even the doctors' expertise the most he was able to pull of was a blink of his majesty's now empty eyes the doctor sighed and exclaimed that there was nothing more he could do as the servants had already used all the medicine and even called doctors from all over even with that there was no response from his majesty.

Halt the young court official shouted this court official seemed new and brave as everyone in the room stopped to look at the young official the court official then began to explain that he had an old friend who ran an apothecary it was well known but not for its great reputation it was known for its wacky medicine maker, although he had a horrible reputation his looks made up for that he had green sharp eyes and brown hair then went down in a braid all the way down to bellow his waist.

The young court official then proceeded to say that his medicine was not all bad. And as for his reputation that had come from a few disagreements" with selfish and Aragon nobles as for the nobles one was a male selfish noble who came to get medicine for a cold and instead ended up with his hair falling out by the very next morning he woke up and demanded an antidote and as for that he didn't have one and had his reputation ruined by that noble the very next morning he woke up to people shunning there eyes away from him, it turned out that noble sent some servants of his to go around to spread some empty rumors.

As the for the young court official he had already finished begging to let his old friend try to treat the emperor than the old official spoke up the boy he exclaimed let the kid have a go after all they no longer had any more hope for other medicines and acupuncture methods and this apothecary was there last hope to save their emperor.

And as for the apothecary name he was called shen, nung. As the doctor let out a long sigh he finally agreed to let this so-called apothecary and last hope take of their very beloved emperor.

As the young official hurriedly called the guards to find shen nung as the guards at a fast pace disbanded and rode into town to find shen nungs apothecary as the other guard asks around the common folk and even sometimes stop nobles passing carriages as the sun was beginning to set and night was growing near they decided to set up camp and go to sleep in the woods they heard a crack of a branch and warily shot up from there slumber.

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