Zigui had gathered information from various sources and reported it to Xie Qing: "The Fourth Prince and the Imperial Noble Consort are now in control of all the places. Eunuch Zhang has been imprisoned. Your Majesty is being cared for day and night by Lu Cainu, and the current situation is unclear."

Xie Qing looked at the people in the palace. Now, all the people in the East Palace were his own people. Shi Yin was supporting him outside the palace. He sent someone out of the palace to find Shi Yin and said, "Find a way to rescue Eunuch Zhang."

Qin Bai was a little worried: "Once I enter the East Palace, I can't leave. What should I do?"

"People can't leave, but information can." Xie Qing said.

Qin Bai breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good that it can be delivered."

The two of them had to return to the Eastern Palace. Not to mention that they had all the manpower, no other place was as safe as the Eastern Palace.

Less than two hours after the message was sent, news came back that Eunuch Zhang had been rescued and sent to the palace.

As for how he entered the palace, that was Eunuch Zhang's skill.

Soon, Eunuch Zhang appeared in the East Palace.

"This old servant pays his respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Eunuch Zhang saluted while dragging his injured body.

Xie Qing hurriedly stepped forward and helped the man up: "Did they torture you?"

"They are looking for the imperial seal, so they dare not harm me. Don't worry." Eunuch Zhang looked Xie Qing up and down with satisfaction and said, "Prince, please follow me. There is a secret passage here that leads to the Palace of Heavenly Purity."

There is more than one secret passage in the Palace of Heavenly Purity. Some lead to the Imperial Study, some lead to the East Palace, and there is even one that leads directly to the outside of the palace. Eunuch Zhang entered the palace through this secret passage and then went directly to the East Palace through the secret passage.

Xie Qing asked Qin Bai to go with him.

Qin Bai waved his hand and said, "There are some things I shouldn't know."

Xie Qing grabbed him and said, "The situation is dangerous right now. One more person around means a little more safety. There's no such thing as should or shouldn't be." The three of them entered the Palace of Heavenly Purity through a secret passage. Xie Qing had already figured out the time Lu Linglong would arrive, and before he even pushed the door open, he said, "Lu Cainu should be inside now."

Eunuch Zhang nodded and carefully pushed the door open a crack, just in time to see Lu Linglong pouring out the medicine, and then she closed her eyes and fell asleep on the low couch beside her.

Eunuch Zhang took out a fire starter from somewhere, lit a stick of incense, placed it outside the door, and then closed the door.

He turned around and explained to Xie Qing: "This is a calming incense, enough to make her fall asleep. Let's wait for a while."

But after waiting for a while, Eunuch Zhang pulled a string, extinguished the incense stick, took it back, and then took them out.

Eunuch Zhang walked to the bedside and gently patted the emperor's shoulder: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty?"

The emperor opened his eyes and saw Eunuch Zhang. He breathed a sigh of relief and didn't have time to pay attention to Xie Qing and Qin Bai. He hurriedly said, "Help me up quickly. I need to go to the bathroom."

Eunuch Zhang quickly helped him up and went to deal with the important matter of his life.

The emperor felt much more relaxed after emptying his stomach. He then looked at Xie Qing and said, "Finally, you are here. If you hadn't come, I would have starved to death or suffocated to death."

Xie Qingyi lifted his skirt and knelt down: "I am late, please forgive me, father."

The emperor waved his hand, took the tea handed to him by Eunuch Zhang, took a sip, and asked, "Is everything going well?"

Xie Qing nodded: "I just didn't expect that the fourth brother would be so bold as to drug the emperor."

The emperor sneered, "The medicine they gave me was a chronic poison, and I only drank it once. Fortunately, Lu Cainu was stupid and didn't feed me more, so my poisoning was not too serious and I woke up."

Eunuch Zhang added to Xie Qing's story, "Lu Cainu brought the soup a few days ago, but Your Majesty refused to drink it, so she drank it all herself. I sent someone to test for poison, but they couldn't find any. Lu Cainu drank it again, but she was fine, so we relaxed. Who knew Your Majesty would be poisoned after just two sips? Fortunately, the poisoning wasn't severe."

Xie Qing pondered and said, "I think this poison conflicts with the medicine that Father drank, so Father is obviously poisoned."

The emperor waved his hand and asked, "How are the arrangements outside going?"

Xie Qing explained his arrangements and added, "My son doesn't have a warrant from the Five Military Commandery, so they can't mobilize. The Imperial Guard has already arranged for manpower, but all the civil and military officials are now under house arrest by the Fourth Prince in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and the noble ladies are also in the harem. Now that the palace is under the control of the Fourth Prince, we don't have many people available. How can we rescue them?"

The emperor glanced at Xie Qing confidently and said, "What do you mean by not having enough manpower? Today, I will let you know what the emperor's mind is."

The emperor took out his handwritten order and threw it to Qin Bai, saying, "Leave the palace immediately. Lead the Imperial Guards and assist the Five Military Commanders to surround all exits of the palace."

"yes!"

Qin Bai accepted the order, and Eunuch Zhang immediately took him to the secret passage and showed him the way out of the palace, and then returned to the Qianqing Palace.

The emperor asked Eunuch Zhang to wake up Lu Linglong.

Eunuch Zhang brought a cup of cold tea and splashed it on Lu Linglong's face. She jumped up in shock. "How dare you! Who is that?"

When Lu Linglong saw the emperor sitting beside her, she jumped over with joy: "Your Majesty! You are awake? That's great!"

Well, she didn't see Xie Qing and Eunuch Zhang at all.

Xie Qing listened to the footsteps getting closer outside, and pulled Eunuch Zhang to hide behind the screen.

Xiao E entered the room and was shocked to see the emperor: "Your Majesty?"

The emperor stared at Xiao E, which made her nervous. She bravely waved her hands in front of him, and found that the emperor did not respond and his eyes were still staring at her, so she breathed a sigh of relief.

Xiao'e looked at Lu Linglong and asked, "Cai Nu, has His Majesty taken the medicine he is given every day?"

Lu Linglong said confidently, "Of course I drank it! I took such good care of His Majesty! Look, he's awake now!"

She thought to herself, "Luckily I didn't feed him. They say medicine is three-quarters poison. If His Majesty had drunk it, would he have woken up so quickly?" Humph!

The emperor waking up was a big deal, so Xiao E did not dare to delay. She asked Lu Linglong to look after the emperor, and she hurried to call Imperial Concubine Li over.

Imperial Noble Consort Li was talking to Princess Jing, and when they heard that the emperor had woken up, they both almost spilled their tea.

Imperial Noble Consort Li hurriedly asked, "When did you wake up? What did you say?"

Xiao E shook her head: "Your Majesty doesn't say anything, he just stares at people straight in the eyes, which is particularly scary."

Upon hearing this, Princess Jing laughed and said, "It seems that His Majesty has become foolish. It's good that he's foolish. It's good that he's foolish. Let's go and take a look. It would be even better if we can find out where the imperial seal is."

Imperial Noble Consort Li nodded: "Okay, let's go and take a look."

The two of them immediately went to the Qianqing Palace. As soon as they entered the bedroom, Imperial Noble Consort Li met the emperor's sharp eyes. Her heart skipped a beat and when she was about to speak, she felt a pain in her neck and fainted.

Before she fainted, she seemed to see Prince Xie Qing coming out from behind the screen.