After hearing Chang Fu's words, the old emperor simply waved his hand and then slowly sat up.
"Cough, cough, it's nothing. I'm fine, but I've been feeling quite tired lately, probably from overwork. Have the Imperial Hospital continue refining the First-Grade Mind-Nourishing Pill and bring it to me. How are those two rebellious sons?"
The old emperor spoke slowly, then asked Chang Fu.
"Your Majesty, in the past few days, Right Chancellor Fang Xuan has entered and exited the Imperial Prison twice, presumably to meet with His Highness the Crown Prince to discuss some political matters. As for the Second Prince, he has been communicating with forces in the martial arts world, sending people to break into the Imperial Prison, but these villains have not been able to leave."
Chang Fu responded honestly, recounting everything that had been uncovered in the past few days.
"Hehe, it seems that the eldest brother is not beyond redemption. He has finally learned to cultivate his own power. But this kid is really patient. He probably already has a lot of leverage over him. Why doesn't he come to me to complain?"
The old emperor smiled, a rare moment of satisfaction, after all, because of this Crown Prince, he had received many memorials impeaching the Crown Prince and hoping to establish a new Eastern Palace.
"His Highness the Crown Prince seems to have matured considerably since the Consort Xian case, and he must have his own plans in mind."
Upon hearing this, Chang Fu followed the old emperor's words and praised him.
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Inside the imperial prison.
After another night of cultivation, Gu Yifeng withdrew from his practice. In that day, the fire seed in his dantian had grown three-tenths stronger. Although it had consumed a great deal of spiritual energy, as long as he could cultivate the Crimson Flame as soon as possible, he could cure Chi Liancheng of the fire poison.
With Chi Liancheng's assistance, Gu Yifeng has a strong support both in the imperial court and in the shadows when facing the Second Prince Gu Ran.
On the first day of the new year, he immediately activated the system and started checking in. Since he began cultivating, time had passed extremely quickly each day. If it weren't for the rewards given by the system, he wouldn't have wanted to exit the cultivation state.
"Ding! Congratulations, host, you have successfully checked in and obtained a thousand-year-old fire spirit mushroom."
A system voice sounded, and then a dark red Ganoderma lucidum fell into his arms.
"Great stuff, just in time!"
Gu Yifeng's eyes lit up when he saw the Ganoderma lucidum. He immediately placed it in his right hand, activated the Devouring Heaven Record, and the Ganoderma lucidum instantly turned into a pile of powder and scattered. The powerful medicinal power contained within it turned into a red light and entered its meridians.
Almost the instant the power of the Ganoderma lucidum entered his body, he felt a burning sensation in his meridians. Unlike the previous Crimson Serpent Fruit, the Fire Ganoderma lucidum was an incomparably pure fire-attribute spiritual medicine, with medicinal power far surpassing that of the Crimson Serpent Fruit.
Fortunately, having experienced the burning pain once before, Gu Yifeng was not in as much pain as before, and he just gritted his teeth and endured it in silence.
At the same time, the Devouring Heaven Record continued to operate, constantly refining this power and introducing it into the dantian. Part of it was transformed into spiritual power, and the other part was used to catalyze the fire seed.
About three hours later, Gu Yifeng finally digested the enormous medicinal power, pushing his cultivation to the peak of the early stage of the Opening Mansion Realm. As for the Fire Seed, it was already 80% open, and it only needed a little more power to fully mature.
As for the Devouring Heaven Record, he originally wanted to further promote the medicinal power and activate another acupoint, but this fourth acupoint was extremely profound. Even with at least three hundred years of medicinal power flowing into it, the thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum could not shake it in the slightest.
Only when he stopped did the cultivation information in the Devouring Heaven Record flash through his mind again. For each acupoint activated, the required spiritual energy would double.
Just as he exited his cultivation state, a commotion arose from the cell next to Gu Yifeng. All that could be heard were the jailers' shouts and screams of agony during the torture.
He slightly expanded his spiritual sense and took in the scene of the closed cell next door. Almost instantly, anger rose in his eyes.
The man being interrogated in the prison cell was Qin Shan, the commander of the guards in the Eastern Palace.
"stop!"
Gu Yifeng roared and walked out of the prison to Qin Shan. The jailer immediately knelt down, trembling and sweating profusely.
"Your Highness... Your subject... Your subject did not mistreat the maidservants of the Marquis's residence, did not... did not have an affair with them..."
When Qin Shan saw Gu Yifeng arrive, he could only manage to finish his sentence before fainting. It was clear that his entire body was covered in cuts and lacerations, indicating severe injuries.
If he hadn't possessed the cultivation level of the late stage of the Dingyuan Realm, he would probably have died long ago after this beating.
"Tell me, what exactly happened!"
Gu Yifeng gave a low shout and looked at the jailer, speaking coldly.
"Yes, Your Highness, I was just following orders. This, Commander Qin, was also sent by people from Kaifeng Prefecture. The guards in the prefecture only said that Commander Qin had an affair with a maid in the Marquis's mansion and stole the Marquis's secrets. The young Marquis can testify to that."
"Interrogating Commander Qin? Yes, it was the Second Prince's order. Just say that Your Highness would be furious knowing what Qin Shan has done, and there's no need to inform you. Just proceed with the interrogation..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the jailer knew he was guilty and immediately kowtowed heavily again, without moving an inch or daring to utter a sound.
The entire cell fell silent instantly, and a murderous intent spread through it.
"Gu Ran!"
Gu Yifeng roared, and his cultivation level exploded instantly. Caught off guard, the jailer was slammed against the wall and fell unconscious.
Since the second brother couldn't sit still any longer, he didn't need to hold back any longer. He immediately went to the other two prison guards who were taking a break, grabbed one of them by the neck, and his eyes turned red.
"You, go to the Second Prince's residence now and deliver the message. I will wait for him here. If he doesn't come, don't blame me for using the privileges of the Crown Prince's Palace to release the most serious criminals from the prison. At that time, he will have no chance to sit comfortably on my throne."
Gu Yifeng spoke coldly, then released the man and turned back to Qin Shan's side, feeding him a healing pill specially provided by the Eastern Palace.
As the crown prince, he possessed an extremely rare Qiankun bag, which contained his usual cultivation resources, healing pills, weapons, and more. Now, it came in handy.
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The Second Prince's Residence.
"Hahaha, good, good! My elder brother has gone mad! For the sake of a servant, he doesn't even care about the consequences. Such a good show, I should naturally go and see, hahahaha."
Upon hearing the jailer's words, the Second Prince Gu Ran immediately burst into laughter, and then arrogantly followed the jailer into the prison.
Unfortunately, he didn't know that Gu Yifeng's anger towards Qin Shan was not due to foolishness. As a Blue Star person who had transmigrated from his previous life, in his understanding, Qin Shan and Chi Liancheng were not different in terms of rank, but rather brothers in life and death and respected seniors.
Gu Ran's disregard for human life was what truly enraged him.
"Your Majesty, I am late, please forgive me. May I ask what instructions Your Majesty may have?"
Gu Ran asked the question directly.
"Good day. I did call my second brother here today because I have something to discuss. I've been going through old cases from ten years ago, and guess what I've discovered?"
Gu Yifeng chuckled coldly twice, making no mention of Qin Shan.
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