C68 (1/2)

Seeing Eunuch Xu walk over, the Queen quickly stood up and greeted him, ”Eunuch Xu, how was it?”

Seeing Eunuch Xu swallow a mouthful of saliva, he said with relief, ”Reporting to the queen, the court officials are currently confronting Liu Chen. The two of them are pressing each other and the situation has reached a stalemate.”

As soon as Eunuch Xu finished, the empress stuffed a white package into her arms. ”Thank you for your hard work, Eunuch. Please continue your investigation.”

He took the bag and put it into his pocket. He saluted and left in a hurry.

Seeing Eunuch Xu come out of the palace, Zi Ru ran back to the Dew Palace. When she saw Wan Fei's relaxed expression, she said anxiously, ”Esteemed wangfei … Eunuch Xu went to the palace again.”

Nodding his head, he waved his hand to allow Zi Ru to descend.

In Imperial Consort Li, Consort Chen's palace was in a mess. With the Empress's connections, she had used all the connections she could get, but not only was the Empress indifferent, she even had a leisurely tasting of her tea. She was anxious, ”Empress, why don't you give General Wu a letter?”

He raised his head to look at Zi Ru. This girl was becoming more and more impatient: ”No rush.”

The act of crippling the crown prince was like a match's end piercing the thin sheet of sulphurous paper, burning like hope in the darkness.

If the crown prince was crippled, then the position of crown prince would become vacant, which meant that he would have a chance. Who would be willing to wholeheartedly support the empress like this?

Although the empress had sealed the news, there were too many people talking about it. A sinister smile appeared on Wan Fei's face as she said, ”Zi Ru, remember to secretly inform the concubines that the crown prince has been crippled while disguised as a maid of the empress palace. Do not spread the news.”

Zi Ru replied with an excited expression. The Empress had finally made her move.

Since it was hope, then he had to let others see that his Fourth Prince had both talent and martial arts. If it wasn't for the empress, he could become the crown prince with that straw. Hmph, he couldn't miss this chance.

”Esteemed Empress, the empress sent word that you mustn't spread the news!” Consort Chen's expression was sinister as she slammed her hand on the table.

Damn it, all the imperial concubines were helping the empress without knowing the truth. If things continued like this, the crown prince would be crippled.

He couldn't say that his heart was burning with anxiety. How could the crown prince's ignorance be comparable to his own Fifth Prince and be unwilling to give up the position of crown prince?

There was no one else who knew about this other than the empress and herself. If this matter were to spread, not only would she not cripple the crown prince, she would also harm herself.

Under the fierce rivalry between the civil officials and Liu Chen, the emperor withdrew from the morning assembly tomorrow.

Just as he walked out of the hall, he was stopped by Eunuch Xu: ”Second Prince, Fourth King requests that you come with me.”

The two of them looked at each other and nodded. They followed Eunuch Xu to the Rising Sun Hall.

Upon entering, the Soaring Wind Kingdom envoy passionately walked over to Xuanyuan Zhiling and greeted him.

Glancing at the Soaring Wind Kingdom envoy, the one who acted to save the blind Qin Feng, was actually Qin Feng, trying to curry favor with him.

”Second Prince, the plague has not improved, but has been suppressed.”

As he met Xuanyuan Mocheng's doubtful gaze, Xuanyuan Zhiling gave him a ”it has nothing to do with me” look, then walked straight in front of the emperor, ”Greetings, your majesty.”

”Get up,” Xuanyuan Cheng said as he glanced at Xuanyuan Mocheng, ignoring what the Soaring Wind Kingdom envoy had said.

The atmosphere suddenly became awkward. Xuanyuan Mocheng quickly followed and bowed, his eyes slightly narrowed, and unexpectedly held back as he once again suppressed the plague on Qin Feng.

He coldly laughed in his heart and said: ”Yesterday, the Qin Residence sent a message. When the Dao-Mistress called Qin Feng over, Qin Feng returned to Qin Manor.”

Hearing that Xuanyuan Zhiling wanted to decline, the Soaring Wind Kingdom envoy immediately went forward and begged: ”Please save Soaring Wind Kingdom.”

Sighing, he waved for Eunuch Xu to come over: ”Go ask for Fourth Princess.”

Finished speaking, Xuanyuan Cheng Mu stood up and left, allowing the few of them to discuss among themselves.

He held onto Qin Feng's pulse so tightly that Qin Chen was sweating profusely. Her pulse was normal and there were no signs of poison on her body, why did she not wake up?

Just as Qin Chen was about to send a message saying that there was something wrong with Qin Feng, the person on the bed flapped her eyelashes and slowly opened her eyes, struggling to get up.

Seeing that Qin Feng had woken up, Qin Chen put down the brush in her hand and rushed to Qin Feng's side. ”Princess, are you alright?”

He looked at Qin Chen blankly and shook her head.

He suppressed the doubts in his heart and shut his mouth to ask no further. He couldn't let the wangfei know, lest he panic and alert the enemy. He would only come to a conclusion after he had investigated thoroughly.

Just as Qin Chen was dressing Qin Feng, Qin Wu suddenly barged in. She was so shocked that Qin Chen couldn't even hold onto her wooden brush steadily anymore.

Glancing at Qin Chen, she turned around and asked Qin Wu: ”Why do you have no rules?”

Qin Chen hurriedly picked up the wooden brush, and heard Qin Feng shouting, ”Eunuch Xu, Lucky.”

She then hurriedly kneeled down and bowed towards Qin Feng.

He waved a hand, signaling the two to rise and walked over. ”His Majesty, Princess Xuan, enters the palace.”

”Yes.”

Seeing that Qin Feng had not finished combing her hair into a bun, Eunuch Xu automatically left the room.

Staring intently at Qin Chen, he asked again while enduring the pain: ”You're not going to the palace?”

Shaking her head, Qin Chen had a helpless look on her face. In the palace, the wangfei still needed to treat the Minister of Soaring Wind Kingdom, so naturally there wouldn't be any mishaps.

Putting down the curtain, he said coldly, ”Let's go.”

For some reason, he felt that the Qin Chen of today was hiding something from him.

Following Eunuch Xu's footsteps, Qin Feng was brought to a room. Xuanyuan Zhiling and Xuanyuan Mocheng were already waiting there.