Mrs. Wu was still worried, but she also knew that her husband had to get through this. "No matter what the outcome is, I will face it with you."

Tao Zhihong walked over to his wife and patted her shoulder comfortingly. "Don't worry about me doing things. Those people don't have the ability or strength to bring me down in one go."

Looking at her husband's back as he walked out of the study with firm steps, Mrs. Wu's heart was no longer panicked.

Believing in her husband's ability, she waited for him to come back home.

On Qingzhu's side, he rushed back to Prince Yong's Mansion with the iron box and the medicine given by Tao Yuwei. Halfway through the journey, he was ambushed by a group of men in black.

This group of assassins was numerous and powerful. Several guards accompanying the palace were killed or injured. Qingzhu's arm was injured in the fight with these assassins.

Several soldiers from the Wucheng Bingmasi who were responsible for patrolling the streets discovered them.

These assassins did not want to fight and fled decisively.

Qingzhu was sent back to Prince Yong's Mansion by the Five Cities Military Department.

Xiao Lichen was very angry when he received the news.

Who on earth dares to go against him so blatantly?

Qingzhu is his man. Could it be that those people already know that he has obtained evidence to frame his grandfather's family?

Xiao Lichen went over in his mind the people who might attack him.

I couldn't figure it out for a moment.

He first called the court doctor to clean Qingzhu's wound, and then immediately sent a message to the deputy commander of Xiaoyuwei, ordering him to find out the truth about Qingzhu's assassination as soon as possible.

After taking a look at his bandaged right arm, Qingzhu bowed and said, "Master, the things have been obtained. Before leaving, Princess Anle also gave the princess an extra bottle of liquid medicine."

Xiao Lichen didn't bother to question the evidence Tao Yuwei gave him. Instead, he asked urgently, "Where's that bottle of liquid medicine? Give it to me quickly."

Qingzhu quickly took out a small white porcelain bottle from his arms and handed it to Xiao Lichen.

Taking the small porcelain bottle, Xiao Lichen held it in his hand and asked solemnly,

"What did she tell you?"

Qingzhu repeated every word Tao Yuwei said to him to his master.

After hearing this, Xiao Lichen picked up the medicine bottle in his hand and ordered another guard, Hei Yan, "Push me to the princess's courtyard."

According to the diagnosis of the chief imperial physician, his mother had been depressed for many years, and coupled with old injuries to her internal organs, she might not be able to hold on any longer.

With this bottle of Anle medicine, my mother's health may get better.

The medicine she gave him was not an ordinary medicine. After he took her medicine, his weak and heavy body became much lighter and he no longer coughed up blood.

His short-lived body, which was poisoned, was miraculously able to stand up freely after taking Princess Anle's medicine, and get out of the wheelchair like a completely normal person.

He was looking forward to seeing what amazing effects his mother would see after taking the medicine.

When he arrived at the door of Prince Yong's wife Han Lingyun's room, Xiao Lichen saw that Concubine Liu had come to pay her respects with her son Xiao Haoran.

Xiao Lichen directly ordered Hei Yan to ask Concubine Liu and her son to leave.

Some people just can't stand seeing his mother doing well and come here to make trouble. If that's the case, there's no need to be polite.

When Concubine Liu saw Xiao Lichen walking past them without even looking at them, her face looked very unhappy.

She clenched the handkerchief in her hand, snorted coldly, and left with her son Xiao Haoran, who was looking angry.

The person inside is almost dying, but he still wants to hide it from everyone. Everyone knows that over the years, that woman's heart has not been with the prince, but she has shamelessly occupied the position of the queen for many years.

So what if she is the principal wife? Over the years, the prince has never set foot in her courtyard. She only has a nice title, but she is still a widow.

Besides, it was fortunate that she married the prince. If she had married any other family, she would have been poisoned to death by her husband's family long ago.

When she was a girl, she was arrogant and looked down on others, and she disdained to make friends with her, the daughter of a minor official.

As a result, her father was too arrogant and colluded with the enemy and betrayed his country. He was cruel and ruthless, colluding with the northern barbarians in Mobei, killing the soldiers of the Great Zhou, and deliberately suffering a defeat, which almost wiped out the 500,000-strong army of the Great Zhou. Fortunately, someone was not afraid of the power of the Duke of Zhuguo and exposed his crimes in front of the late emperor.

The late emperor ordered the entire Zhuguogong's household to be beheaded in public, but the crime was not extended to married women. That was how the woman was able to live safely for many years.

Perhaps God felt that the Han family had committed many evil things, so he punished them by taking retribution from the son born to that woman.

As a result, Prince Yong suffered from a strange disease and did not look in good health.

This is the situation she is happy to see.

Her Ran'er has grown up, and his ability and performance in serving the prince are no worse than those of the Prince of Yong. Why can a disabled person be named the Prince of Yong, while her healthy and outstanding son has to lag behind?

"Why are you so arrogant? Before long, both mother and child might die of illness!"

Xiao Haoran narrowed his eyes with a cunning look and spoke sarcastically in a dissatisfied manner.

"Ran'er, don't be angry. Let's go back."

After Concubine Liu and her son left, Hei Yan pushed Xiao Lichen and came to Han Lingyun's bed with peace of mind.

"You go out and guard outside first. No one can come in without my order."

Xiao Lichen gave a serious order, and Hei Yan and several maids serving beside them quickly retreated outside the door to guard the mother and son.

After everyone left, Xiao Lichen got out of the wheelchair, reached out to help the unconscious Princess Yong, opened the bottle cap, and carefully poured all the liquid inside into his mother's mouth.

In the front yard of Prince Yong's mansion, Concubine Liu ran to Prince Yong Xiao Deyi to complain.

"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince is too rude. As his stepmother, I heard that the Princess was unwell, so I brought Haoran to visit her. But before we even entered the house, the Crown Prince kicked us out.

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