Linshui Pavilion.
Su Xuening had no intention of sleeping, so she took the small jade bottle and went to the alchemy room to examine it.
Su Xuening spent the entire night in the alchemy room, comparing all the toxins with the blood sample in the small jade bottle, but to no avail.
After a whole night of searching, Su Xuening still couldn't figure out what poison Xuan Yuanpeng had been poisoned with.
However, Su Xuening had a question in her heart, and the answer seemed to be about to be revealed, but she couldn't believe it.
"Your Highness, you haven't rested all night, please go and get some rest." Bihe and Lülian, who had stayed with Su Xuening all night, said with concern.
Although Su Xuening was also a little tired, she still didn't want to sleep. After changing her clothes, she went to Ningxiang Garden.
"Ning'er is here. Come and have breakfast with your mother." Madam Bai greeted Su Xuening immediately upon seeing her.
Compared to her usual vibrancy, Bai seemed somewhat tired and weak today, clearly indicating that she hadn't slept well last night.
Su Xuening sat down next to Bai Shi and said with concern, "Is Mother worried about the Emperor?"
Lady Bai sighed softly, then smiled bitterly, "Everyone has their own destiny. Perhaps this is his fate as an emperor. There's no use in me worrying."
Su Xuening was slightly taken aback, thinking of Xuan Yuanpeng's fate in her previous life.
In his previous life, Xuanyuan Peng was also killed in the same way, but it's unknown how many people were involved!
Perhaps this is indeed the fate of emperors: while enjoying the glory that position brings, they also have to endure the darkness it brings.
Su Xuening said with shame, "I tested the Emperor's blood last night and compared it with all the toxins I know, but I found nothing."
Upon hearing this, Madam Bai frowned and said with concern, "Comparing all the toxins, wouldn't that mean it would be very late?"
"No."
Before Su Xuening could speak, Bihe spoke first, saying, "The Princess didn't sleep all night last night; she was checking blood samples!"
"Shut up!" Su Xuening's face darkened suddenly, and she shouted sharply.
Bihe then realized she had spoken out of turn and lowered her head, not daring to say another word.
"It's alright, she's just worried about you." Madam Bai held Su Xuening's hand and said with concern, "You're so silly, you're six months pregnant, how could you stay up all night? Even if you don't need to rest, the baby needs to rest too!"
As she spoke, Lady Bai blamed herself, saying, "It's all my fault. I knew you were pregnant, yet I still made you do these things."
Su Xuening took Bai's hand in return and comforted her, "It's just that you didn't sleep all night. You can go back to sleep later. It won't affect the baby if it happens once in a while. It's just a pity that I couldn't find out anything."
When the topic of Xuanyuan Peng's illness came up, Bai became worried again.
Ning'er's medical skills were passed down from Hundred Flowers Valley, and Doctor Luo's medical skills are among the best in the entire Xuan Tian Continent.
Ning'er, as his disciple, has absolutely no problem with medical skills. If even Ning'er couldn't find the cause of Xuan Yuanpeng's illness, then this matter is probably not that simple.
I wonder if Doctor Luo and my uncle can find anything out.
Seeing Bai's worry, Su Xuening comforted her, "Even if I haven't found the reason, aren't there still Master and Master Daoyi? Perhaps they can find something out?"
And what about my martial uncle? If only he were here.
She now regrets letting her uncle accompany Yun'an to her father's hometown.
We also hope they can find out the truth soon and come back soon; they are needed here.
Bai patted Su Xuening's hand: "Have breakfast first. After breakfast, don't worry about anything, just go back to sleep."
After the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law finished their breakfast together, Su Xuening went back to rest.
...
The Eastern Chu Palace is destined to be turbulent today.
Because Xuanyuan Peng was seriously ill and unable to attend court, he issued an imperial edict ordering Xuanyuan Yu and Xuanyuan Zhi to jointly manage state affairs.
Today was the first day of court for both of them. Since they were jointly in charge of administration, neither had a higher or lower status, so both wanted to dominate the morning court session. However, neither the Second Prince's faction nor the Third Prince's faction was willing to accept the other's master's dominance in the morning court session.
The newly formed Holy King faction, however, was in no hurry to rejoin any side and simply watched the show from the sidelines.
Therefore, whatever proposals the Second Prince's faction made, the Third Prince's faction would oppose them, and vice versa. This caused chaos throughout the morning court session.
Today's morning court session lasted more than an hour longer than usual, yet nothing was resolved.
In short, it was complete chaos. Ultimately, with no other option, Xuanyuan Yu and Xuanyuan Zhi had to adjourn the court.
When the officials left the Eastern Chu Palace, they all shook their heads and sighed softly.
"With the Emperor now seriously ill, it seems as if Dongchu has suddenly lost its backbone."
"Look at today's morning court session, what is all this nonsense? It's just two factions arguing back and forth, and they haven't gotten anything out of it!"
"There's no way they can win this battle! Who will submit to the Third Prince, the Second Prince's faction or the Third Prince's faction?"
"Why would the Emperor allow the Second Prince and the Third Prince to jointly manage state affairs? There's no clear leader; how can they possibly manage things well?"
"I suspect that His Majesty actually favored the Holy Prince, but the Holy Prince went to the North. His Majesty had no choice but to settle for second best and let the Second Prince and the Third Prince handle state affairs together."
"Actually, His Majesty is right. Even if the Second Prince and the Third Prince were combined, they wouldn't have the Holy King's ability to handle affairs."
"Isn't that right? If the Holy King were here, he would have resolved these matters quickly on his own, instead of arguing like this!"
"Ah! If only the Holy King were in Kyoto right now!"
While the courtiers were utterly disappointed in Xuanyuan Yu and Xuanyuan Zhi, Xuanyuan Yu and Xuanyuan Zhi were arguing in the main hall.
Xuan Yuanzhi pointed at Xuan Yuanyu in a fit of rage: "Xuan Yuanyu, what do you mean? Taxes have always been the responsibility of the Ministry of Revenue. How can you oppose something like this!"
Xuan Yuanzhi was angry, and Xuan Yuanyu was angry too: "You even want to reduce the Ministry of War's pay, so why can't I oppose the Ministry of Revenue?"
"That's because the north suffered a famine, and Father Emperor just opened the granaries to distribute grain. The national treasury is tight, so it's only right that all departments reduce their expenditures." Xuan Yuanzhi's reasoning was quite sound.
Xuanyuan Yu was unaware of his thoughts and sneered disdainfully, "Then why don't you start reducing the Ministry of Revenue, but insist on reducing the Ministry of War? You're just using your position to settle personal scores!"
Xuan Yuanzhi retorted without hesitation: "When it comes to settling personal scores, I'm no match for you, Xuan Yuanyu!"
The two stood face to face, their eyes locked, sparks flying.
They looked like two bulls, locked in a standoff, neither willing to give in!
Seeing Xuan Yuanzhi and Xuan Yuanyu arguing again, Xuan Yuanduo felt his head was throbbing from their bickering and quickly stepped forward to persuade them, "Alright, we're all brothers, stop arguing. It would be terrible if Father found out. If you have any opinions, sit down and talk calmly. We're all brothers, what can't we say?"
He just couldn't understand what the point of all this arguing was, or what it could solve!
Like this morning's court session, the two sides argued so much that nothing was resolved, which made all the officials have complaints!
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