It's full of surveillance implications.

Xiao Yanli narrowed his eyes threateningly: "Master He, do you not trust me?"

The air seemed to freeze for a moment. He Yanting curled his lips slightly and said, "Since the Sixth Prince already knew, why bother pointing it out? Look how awkward it is."

Although he was smiling, his eyes were extremely cold.

Xiao Yanli's heart skipped a beat, but he quickly recovered. He angrily turned his laughter into a chuckle, "Fine, follow me if you want." He walked over to He Yanting and spoke in a low voice, laced with boundless malice. "You're nothing but a dog under my father's command. I can't wait to see you fawning over me after losing my father, my greatest support."

His words were vague and incomprehensible, but He Yanting reacted in an instant.

Xiao Yanli, perhaps he already knows his true identity.

He Yanting remained unmoved and whispered, "Sixth Prince, why don't you take a guess? Between you and me, who will the Emperor choose?"

Although it was a question, the tone in his words was extremely firm.

Xiao Yanli said nothing more.

After Bai Yan's operation, the guard's bleeding finally stopped, but he fainted due to excessive blood loss.

Bai Yan breathed a sigh of relief. No one was trying to pressure him, so he followed the crowd obediently.

Xiao Yanli didn't speak a word all the way until he entered the imperial study.

There were only the emperor and Jiang Zhiyu in the imperial study. Jiang Zhiyu took the emperor's pulse as usual. Within a few breaths, her face, which was originally smiling, suddenly became serious.

emperor:"!!!"

His heartbeat also suddenly accelerated as Jiang Zhiyu's expression changed suddenly.

"Baby fish?"

What should I eat later? I feel like I'm getting tired of it.

The two sentences came out almost at the same time.

emperor:"……"

He was scared to death!

Jiang Zhiyu withdrew his hand and said, "Your Majesty is in good health. He has just been too worried these past few days and hasn't had enough rest, so he has occasional headaches. It's nothing serious."

The emperor breathed a sigh of relief, his hand unconsciously touching his forehead. After realizing it, he took it down and placed it on the armrest of the chair: "Thanks to Zhiyu."

【You're welcome. What's the relationship between us?】

[For the salary you give me every month, nothing can happen to you! ]

emperor:"……"

No matter what, I am a fragile emperor and can only listen to the first sentence but not the second one.

"By the way, I met Song Shiwei a few days ago, and she..."

Before the emperor could finish his words, Fu Ping's announcement came from outside: "Your Majesty, the Sixth Prince and Young Master He request an audience."

The emperor swallowed his words and said, "Announce it."

He Yanting and Xiao Yanli walked in together, followed by Bai Yan.

The emperor had seen Bai Yan once before when he came to the palace to treat the empress dowager, so he recognized him at a glance.

He looked at He Yanting and asked, "Where did you catch him?"

He Yanting said calmly, "The Sixth Prince found it in the City God Temple outside the city."

The emperor's eyelids twitched.

He looked at Xiao Yanli and praised him indifferently, "Well done."

Xiao Yanli forced a smile.

The tone of the sentence just now was many times colder than what he said to He Yanting.

But why?!

He had already led the emperor to discover the letter that General He had sent that was suspected of treason. Why did he still have no doubts about He Yanting's identity?

After the emperor finished speaking, he stopped looking at him and turned to Bai Yan who was kneeling behind them.

"Everyone says that the Nan Gu witch doctor has great magical powers, but I think he's just that," the emperor said, intending to provoke Bai Yan. After a pause, he said, "Do you know about Tudora's paralysis?"

Bai Yan's eyes remained calm: "I know."

He knows a lot about hidden meanings.

"Did you know she would be like this when you first started treating her?"

"Exactly."

Hearing Bai Yan's affirmation, the emperor couldn't help but ask, "Do you have a grudge against her?"

Although he didn't understand much, given Tudora's personality, the result of her being paralyzed all over would be worse than letting her die.

His thinking process is different from that of ordinary people.

Bai Yan's eyes flashed with doubt, as if he didn't know why the emperor asked this. "No, she told me that she wants to get better as soon as possible. This is the only way."

emperor:"……"

He probably understood why Zhiyu said that his way of thinking was different from that of ordinary people.

He really only cares about curing the disease and doesn't care about life or death.

The emperor turned his gaze slightly and looked at Xiao Yanli: "It's been so long, you must be tired, go down and rest first."

With every word he spoke, Xiao Yanli's face became darker.

Is this caring for him? Clearly, he's just annoying and they're sending him away!

He lowered his head so as not to let the emperor see his gloomy expression. He uttered through clenched teeth, "Thank you, father, for your consideration." After saying these few words, he turned and left.

After leaving the imperial study, he used the trunk of a big tree to hide his body. After waiting for a long time, he didn't see Jiang Zhiyu and He Yanting come out. His pupils seemed to be covered with a faint layer of blood.

After sending Xiao Yanli away, the emperor was finally able to talk about the Nan Gu incident without any scruples.

Although the conversation with Bai Yan was just a few words, the emperor could also feel that Bai Yan did not seem to care much about Nan Gu.

He coughed lightly and said, "You colluded with Prince Yu to commit treason. I should have executed you, but now, there is a chance to make amends..."

He paused and waited for Bai Yan to ask.

Bai Yan did speak, but——

He looked at the emperor with a serious look in his eyes: "I didn't collude with Prince Yu, why are you executing me?"

【You must be dumbfounded.】

emperor:"……"

"What evidence do you have to prove that you are not colluding with Prince Yu?"

Bai Yan: “…”

He frowned in confusion.

evidence?

Seeing that he didn't answer, the emperor was secretly delighted and his tone became more aggressive: "No evidence? I have it."

"You were in the embassy's residence the entire time, and you were also there when Prince Yu and Erzhu Huaji were discussing things. Can you say you didn't see or hear anything?"

Bai Yan: “…”

He can't.

When they were treating Tudola, they discussed it in that room. Although he did not care about it or participate in it, he was indeed aware of it.

Bai Yan lowered his head slightly and said, "I know about it, but I didn't participate."

The emperor knew that he was honest, but he did not expect him to be so straightforward and just admitted that he knew the truth.

He chuckled and said, "According to the laws of the apocalypse, if you know something but don't report it, you will be considered guilty."

"Besides, you weren't completely uninvolved. It was you who cured Tudola, and it was you who also poisoned Prince Yu with the poison Erzhu Huaji gave him. Ultimately, you contributed to it."

Bai Yan couldn't think of any words to refute, so he lowered his head completely.

Seeing him like this, the smile in the emperor's eyes deepened.

The emperor usually dealt with many smart people, so he was quite amused to meet someone like Bai Yan.