More than a month later, good news came one after another from the harem, with more than a dozen new pregnant concubines appearing.
The emperor regained his former glory and was overjoyed, which further confirmed that the goddess was sent by heaven to help him.
You should know that he had been taking pills given to him by Xianyun for years, and he had long since lost his ability in that area.
However, Xianyun said that to cultivate immortality, one must be pure of heart and have few desires. In order not to be discovered by the concubines that he was impotent, he dared not enter the harem.
"vomit……"
The emperor suddenly vomited.
No, I can't think about it, or I'll throw up again.
Just as the emperor was marveling at how blissful his life was, the empress and her son angrily smashed a bowl.
The struggle for the throne is incredibly cruel. After finally breaking through the encirclement and reaching the decisive moment, a new batch of contenders suddenly emerges.
Although it's still unknown whether those children are boys or girls, and it will take time for them to grow up, the old emperor is getting more and more robust.
Not to mention waiting for those candidates to grow up, it feels like this old guy alone could outlive them.
The Empress said coldly, "No, we can't wait any longer, my son."
We must get rid of that bastard Yuan Bai as soon as possible, seize the crown prince position first, and then proceed with our plans gradually.
Yuanfeng nodded heavily: "Mother is right, we can't delay any longer."
If it drags on until a concubine with a powerful background gives birth to a prince, it will be even more difficult.
Coincidentally, Yuan Bai thought the same thing.
Both sides wanted to kill the other before a new prince appeared and take over the Eastern Palace.
Coincidentally, in order to further demonstrate his current prowess, the emperor ordered a hunting festival to be held.
And here comes the opportunity.
The Royal Hunting Grounds.
The emperor, carrying a bow and arrows, led his men into the forest.
Yuan Bai and Yuan Feng exchanged a glance, then turned their heads away in mutual disgust, choosing two completely different directions and leading their men inside.
Half an hour later, Yuan Bai was shot in the groin by an assassin using a poisoned hidden weapon.
The hidden weapon was originally aimed at his heart, but Qi An changed its direction.
At this moment, Qi An stood atop a large tree, smiling as he watched Yuan Bai below, clutching his crotch and fainting from the pain.
"Sister An'an, why did you still save him?" Fugui asked.
Qi An said, "It would be too easy for him to be shot to death. I want him to keep jumping between hope and despair."
Then, at the height of his triumph, send him to hell.
Elsewhere, Yuan Bai's assassins, sent to kill Yuan Feng, hid in concealed positions, aimed at distant targets, and fired their poisoned darts.
No wonder they're brothers; even their assassination methods are the same, and they both poisoned each other, as if afraid they wouldn't be able to kill the other.
Just as the poisoned dart was about to hit its target, the guard shouted, "Your Majesty, be careful!"
"Quickly, protect the emperor! There's an assassin!"
emperor?
The assassin, who was about to escape, suddenly widened his eyes in surprise.
How could it be the Emperor?
The one he was following all the way was clearly the Hidden King Yuan Bai.
What exactly happened? Even if he's blind, he wouldn't mistake the Emperor for the Hidden Prince, would he?
However, the fact is that he may have succeeded in assassinating the king.
The assassin broke out in a cold sweat instantly. What should he do if he exceeds the mission requirements? I need an answer urgently!
The emperor's pupils constricted as he watched the poisoned dart hurtling toward his face.
The guards were filled with despair, as if they could already see their entire clan waving at them.
At the critical moment, Qi An suddenly appeared, and with a flick of his finger, the poisoned dart stopped just before the emperor's brow, almost touching his skin.
The emperor's legs gave way and he collapsed to the ground.
The assassin, who had only run a few meters, was pulled back by a force and crashed right into the group of guards.
He was immediately seized by the guards and his jaw was dislocated to prevent him from committing suicide by poison.
"Tsk tsk, this dart is coated with a deadly poison that kills on sight. Is His Majesty alright?" Qi An asked deliberately.
The emperor, who had intended to display his prowess but nearly lost his life: "..."
He first thanked Qi An gratefully, saying, "Thank you for saving me, Goddess. Otherwise, I would probably be dead by now."
Then he turned to the guards and roared with all his might: "Investigate! Investigate for me immediately! I want the person behind this to be torn apart by five horses and his entire family executed!"
Qi An: Execute nine generations of your family? Are you sure? An emperor has to keep his word.
With Qi An's "help," the assassin quickly confessed, admitting that he was a man of the Hidden King.
The emperor immediately ordered people to arrest Yuan Bai, but was told that the Prince of Yin had been assassinated and was in critical condition.
Emperors are all suspicious, so he began to suspect that Yuan Bai had been wronged, since it wasn't impossible for someone to have hired a assassin to frame him.
After much investigation, the matter was ultimately dropped.
In fact, everyone knows that it will either be Prince Feng or Prince Yin; it all depends on who benefits after the emperor dies.
The emperor was well aware that although he eventually suppressed the urge, a thorn remained in his heart.
What if it really was Yuan Bai who did it?
He could have done the opposite, adding a self-inflicted injury ruse, which would have made him seem innocent.
The hunting competition ended abruptly, and Yuan Bai was pulled back from the brink of death by the most skilled imperial physician.
The price was... the removal of an egg.
The imperial physician used acupuncture to force the poison to the egg that had been shot, then removed it, thus saving his life.
The Empress and her son were somewhat disappointed upon learning of this; that bastard hadn't died, and they wondered if that thing could still be used.
The Empress pulled Yuanfeng to kneel before the Buddha statue, chanting incantations.
"May Buddha and Bodhisattvas bless us, that bastard child should be crippled, then my son will be the crown prince without a doubt."
Royal bloodline is of utmost importance; the emperor would never choose someone infertile to inherit the throne.
The Goddess's Palace.
Fu Gui happily put away the gold: "This emperor is quite perceptive; he knows to give you gold to thank you for saving his dog's life."
"But if he knew you were the culprit, wouldn't he be furious, haha?"
Qi An disagreed: "Nonsense, that assassin is his son's, not someone I sent. I clearly saved him."
Fu Gui thought to himself: If it weren't for your trickery that made the assassins mistake the target, the emperor wouldn't have had to suffer any fright.
After exchanging a few more jokes, Qi An instructed Fu Gui: "Go and do something for me."
"Sister An'an, please speak."
"Go and restore Yun Jinxiu and Yuan Bai's past life memories."
Fu Gui suddenly perked up; this was the prelude to something big.
Just as she was about to leave, Qi An called her back, adding with a mischievous grin:
"Remember, restore Yun Jinxiu's memories of her first life, and restore Yuan Bai's memories of his second life."
"Alright, I'm off right now." Fu Gui vanished in a flash.
The person on the mission didn't understand: "Why the second life? The second life of Yunyan is me."
Shouldn't he be reminded of how he killed Yunyan in his first life?
Qi An said impatiently, "Stop trying to figure out my actions with your old brain thrombosis. You'll find out soon enough."
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