After finishing dinner in the Zhao family's courtyard, Li Yao went back to the [Spirit Spring Space] to sleep. She instructed the system to keep an eye on things, as long as Zhao Gou Dan, Zhang Cui Hua, and the third son's wife, Qin Shi, didn't die.
Meanwhile, on the other side was the imperial palace.
After Li Yao left during the day, the palace was in chaos. The emperor's personal eunuch saw that the emperor had fainted and sent someone to inform the empress, the crown prince, and the empress dowager.
After waiting for a while, the three people also fainted, and the palaces were in complete chaos.
Finally, the imperial physician diagnosed that the patient had fallen into a coma, had no other physical problems, and was not poisoned.
An hour later, the emperor woke up. He felt no discomfort at all; on the contrary, he felt relaxed and full of energy.
The emperor, being naturally suspicious, thought about the dream and decided to investigate it first.
After learning that the Empress Dowager, the Empress, and the Crown Prince had all fallen into a coma, the Emperor felt that either someone was trying to harm him and seize the throne, or there was a powerful figure in charge who wanted to cause chaos within the royal family.
Therefore, the emperor ordered a thorough investigation of the palace to find all suspicious clues.
At this moment, the secret guards and attendants came to report that the emperor had suddenly become unable to speak or move during the day. After thinking about it carefully, the emperor asked, "An Yi, you are a top expert in the entire Daqian. Tell me, is there anyone with such strange internal energy that can make people dream, or is there any martial arts school that can silently strike your pressure points?"
An Yi knelt on the ground and pondered for a moment before saying, "Your Majesty, to my knowledge, there is no internal energy technique that can induce dreams, only poisons that can either knock people unconscious or cause nightmares. Currently, there is no one in the martial arts world who can silently strike multiple acupoints at the same time."
After pondering for a moment, the Emperor went to the Empress Dowager's palace to comfort her, and then went to the Empress's palace, where the Crown Prince was also present.
The Emperor had already heard the Empress Dowager talk about her dream, and now seeing the Empress and the Crown Prince's hesitant expressions, he asked them if they had also had a dream about Sanya.
The Empress and the Crown Prince nodded repeatedly; now they were certain that the four of them had the same dream.
The Empress thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, the princess... she does indeed have a mole on her back, and that Zhao family does indeed look very similar to the family the princess found when she went missing."
The emperor was shocked to hear this. He had always thought that the dream was manipulated by someone and was a conspiracy, but if it was true, wouldn't that mean that there really might be immortals?
Moreover, the emperor discovered that only he and the empress had dreams in which the old Taoist priest said he would bestow upon them spiritual spring water.
After much deliberation, the Emperor not only thoroughly investigated the palace and the capital, but also sent the Imperial Guards to Xiushui Village to see if there was a family surnamed Zhao and a five-year-old girl there. If so, they were to be brought back.
As for the princess, the emperor ordered that she not go out and to have someone watch over her.
That night, the Emperor, Empress, Empress Dowager, and Crown Prince all had a dream in which they became Sanya, the little girl in that village who was beaten and bullied. They experienced that kind of despair, numbness, and monotonous life. They experienced the evil of the Zhao family, the evil of the children, and the suffering of not being able to even fill their stomachs day after day.
They felt the pain of being brutally beaten, experienced the fear of being locked in the cellar, and felt the overwhelming hatred of having their limbs broken and their faces disfigured, until they were hit hard on the back of the head, experiencing the feeling of being on the verge of death. All four of them woke up at the same time in their respective palaces.
To appease the Empress, the Emperor even slept with her. The two woke up together in the middle of the night, looking at each other with fear and lingering dread.
It's the same dream again.
This time, they were not only confused, but also terrified, because the feeling of becoming Sanya was too real.
The Empress, being a mother after all, felt a pang of sadness after her initial shock subsided. She thought, "If the one suffering in the countryside is truly my own daughter, how much pain and despair she must feel. The Zhao family is so hateful, and what can I do with the fake princess in the palace?"
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