After Mother Remarried, I Laid Down Three Ground Rules With My Stepfather

Reborn into this life before the age of two, my Father vanished on his way to the provincial exam in the capital—alive, he was never found; dead, his body never returned. That very month, Grandfa...

579 A Critical Moment

579 A Critical Moment

As time went on, the second prince became impatient and kept turning around, no longer able to maintain his previous composure.

Master Ping'an and his disciple also felt uneasy.

The emperor suddenly started to twitch.

Sun Sicheng, Ping An, and Doctor Huang all rushed over.

"What's the matter?" The second prince came over.

Doctor Huang saw Master Sun Sicheng and his disciples giving the emperor first aid, and hurriedly stepped back: "Second Prince, the emperor just had a seizure, and Doctor Hou took out a medicine."

The second prince frowned. This Hou Yong relied on his knowledge of poison to act on his own. He thought that he would kill him first when he ascended the throne.

Sun Sicheng stood up and said, "Second Prince, the emperor is not in good condition. Can you return my medical kit to me? I need to use silver needles to treat the disease. If I take just one herb from a prescription, it could kill someone."

"Sun Sicheng, are you sure?"

"Second Prince, we have tried our best and we still have a good chance of success, but we cannot delay any longer."

The second prince turned to the people around him and said, "Give him the silver needles in his medical box."

Sun Sicheng said: "I will take it myself, others don't know."

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, he could do nothing but took out two pairs of silver needles. As soon as the needles were taken out, the medical box was taken away.

The master and disciple took off the emperor's outer clothes. For convenience, Ping An even changed direction and arrived under the dragon bed. The crown prince followed closely.

The emperor is still a heavy smoker.

"Second Prince, the Crown Prince and I have to get on the bed and hold the Emperor down, otherwise my master won't be able to give him the acupuncture."

The second prince saw the blood flowing from the corner of his father's mouth, and all the past events came to his mind. His father and the eldest brother, the crown prince, were still good to them brothers, but everything was for the throne, and he had no choice.

"Okay, go ahead."

Ping An brought the Crown Prince up to hold down the emperor's twitching limbs, and Sun Sicheng gave him more than a dozen injections.

The second prince saw that his father's twitching had slowed down a lot. He glanced at Sun Sicheng and thought that this man was still very capable.

"My dear, my father has also smoked, wuwuwu."

Sun Sicheng turned to the other side of the bed and said, "Second Prince, the Emperor's needle will take a quarter of an hour to work. The poison in the prince has also taken effect. Doctor Huang, I'm afraid you didn't use that kind of poison before, or you just extracted one herb, which shouldn't be like this."

Doctor Huang looked at the Second Prince and he shook his head: "It wasn't me who did it. I don't know."

He only gave this kind of poison. The poison in the emperor and the prince's bodies must have been given by Imperial Physician Hou.

The second prince remained silent.

Sun Sicheng and Ping An naturally understood the matter and stopped asking about it.

Ping An said, "Second Prince, we have to move the prince to the bed, otherwise he won't last long."

This is a bit alarmist.

"You guys carry it yourselves."

"Your Highness, Your Highness." An official in his forties or fifties shouted from afar. It was unclear whether his voice sounded surprised or happy, but it was probably that something had happened.

The second prince hurriedly led his men over.

Doctor Huang helped Ping An move the prince to the bed.

Sun Sicheng gave a prescription: "Doctor Huang, go get some medicine quickly. If anything happens to them, none of us will survive."

Doctor Huang was sweating profusely: "I know, I know, I'll go right away."

Sun Sicheng was busy undressing the prince with the crown prince, while four guards were watching from a distance.

"It's safe. Check on His Majesty again. I'll take the needle off in a moment."

"Yes, Master."

Ping An was feeling the emperor's pulse when he suddenly noticed the emperor's finger tickling his palm. "Don't talk. Hold on tight to the crown prince and grandson. I'll take you out."

Stay calm and insert the needle quickly. It doesn't matter if the needle is inserted earlier or later, but it will be bad if all the needles are inserted.

At the same time, one hand reached for his waistband and took out a small bottle of medicine powder.

Sun Sicheng was not far away, so he naturally heard it too.

The prince's little hands trembled and he tightly grasped his father's thigh.

The emperor suddenly used all his strength to press down a spot behind the pillow with one hand, and the whole bed fell down at once.

At this critical moment, several inner guards came flying, showing their extraordinary skills.

Ping An sprinkled a handful of powder over. This was the strongest sleeping drug. The guards on the opposite side fell to the ground like falling kites.

Before falling into the pit, Ping An grabbed the rope on Eunuch Hu with one hand, and several people fell down with the bed. All they could hear was the roar of the second prince: "Good for you, Wan Ping An."

Wan Ping'an couldn't help but admire this authentic design.

The dragon bed suddenly flipped over and directly blocked the entrance to the tunnel. They fell down for a few seconds and then stopped.

The tunnel was bright, and four luminous pearls were emitting a soft light.

The emperor said weakly, "Ping'an, Sicheng, I can do it. You hold the night-shining pearls, and each of you carries one on your back. The prince will hold me. The road leading out of here is the outer garden, which is more than a mile away. Ping'an, you know how to set up a formation. It won't take them long to catch up. You have to set up a formation in the garden."

"Okay, Master, let's go."

Ping'an and the master each held two night pearls. Eunuch Hu was small and thin, so he naturally let the master carry him. He himself carried the prince, who was fortunately not too heavy, probably only about 130 to 140 kilograms.

Ping An was in front, the night pearl was emitting a faint light, they walked very fast, the crown prince supported the emperor's grandfather and walked in the middle. The emperor was somewhat better after the acupuncture. He really couldn't control the twitching just now, but it was also partly man-made, and he was clear-headed the whole time.

Sun Sicheng was complaining in his heart behind Eunuch Hu's back. What should he do if the Second Prince finds him and Ping'an's home?

If Ping An hadn't spread the medicine, we could have gotten away with it, but what should we do now?

His tears rolled down.

If anything happened to his family members, he would not survive.

But he had been saved, so he couldn't scold Ping An at this time, right? What was the point of scolding him?

Ping An knew that his master must be worried about his family, but he couldn't say that he had set up formations for their families before he came, so it wouldn't be a problem in the short term.

But if the general and his men are tricked and the second prince wins, then himself and his master's family will still suffer.

Thinking of this, his heart sank. If anything happened to Awu, his parents, his uncle, Xier, and Pingxuan, he would be the first to die.

There are also Da Wu, Da Wu, Er Qiang, Lin Feng and others...

Woo woo woo.

For the first time, Ping An felt like his whole world was about to collapse. His legs and feet began to feel weak, but he couldn't stop. If he stopped, all hope would be lost.

When he arrived at the outer garden, he found a hidden place and set up a very small hiding formation and a trapping formation. After making sure they were safe, he rushed to his own home and his master's home. His master's home should be fine for the time being, but he still had to take care of his father.

Oh my god.

The emperor panted and said, "Ping An, we will reach the tunnel entrance in a little while. Normally no one will come to that exit, but you have to be quick. You have to set up the formation."

"knew."