The discussions grew louder, and Prime Minister Li's expression became increasingly grim. Even though he tried his best to explain that the Crown Princess above was indeed Li Qiurou, he could not suppress everyone's suspicions.
Even the emperor and empress looked over at the bride.
Everyone's attention was drawn to the bride.
Only Chu Yi silently observed their expressions.
Surprised, worried, onlookers, and... seemingly in complete control.
Chu Yi frowned slightly as he looked at the woman approaching him.
If the other party is a fake, then this wedding will become a laughing stock for the whole world.
The Li family's crime of deceiving the emperor awaits the emperor's wrath.
Unexpectedly, just as the bride trembled as she approached Chu Yi, she suddenly swayed and collapsed unexpectedly.
The fan fell to the ground, and the bride's face was completely exposed to everyone's view.
When Prime Minister Li saw her appearance, he was also shocked.
Didn't he already change to a concubine's daughter? Why is he still Li Qiurou?
What exactly happened?
However, he quickly calmed down and asked his wife to go forward and help Li Qiurou.
She then ran to the emperor, knelt down, and admitted her mistake, "Your Majesty, the Crown Princess is indeed my daughter, Qiu Rou. She is rather frail and may have fainted due to exhaustion these past two days. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"
Although Li Qiurou's fainting interrupted the ceremony and violated a major taboo, it was still better than being discovered to be a hoax, which would be a lighter punishment for the Li family's crime of deceiving the emperor.
But the emperor's expression remained grim.
Such an incident during the Crown Prince's wedding ceremony has caused the royal family to lose face.
He was about to reprimand Prime Minister Li when he heard a cry of alarm. He looked up and saw the Crown Prince spitting out blood and fainting on the ground.
"Crown Prince!"
"My son..."
The emperor and empress panicked and hurriedly got up from their chairs, quickening their pace as they walked toward Chu Yi.
Seeing that Chu Yi's face was deathly pale and that blood was still seeping from the corner of his lips after he had fainted, the Empress squatted down, picked him up and held him in her arms, almost crying with fright.
As she wiped the blood from the corner of his lips, she said, "Imperial Physician, is there an imperial physician here...?"
Indeed, some imperial physicians came to observe the ceremony, but none of them brought their medicine chests; only one physician carried silver needles with him.
After taking his pulse, the imperial physician's expression was complicated, and he hesitated to speak for a long time.
The emperor told everyone else to get out.
The imperial physician then slowly spoke: "Your Majesty, His Highness the Crown Prince is probably not going to make it..."
The emperor didn't believe him and glared at him angrily: "Nonsense! Come and treat him!"
He then pointed to another imperial physician, but the result was the same.
Finally, countless imperial physicians arrived from the Eastern Palace, including the royal physicians, and eventually, even the doctors from outside were summoned in.
Most of the people who came to watch the ceremony were called away, and only the prince was still guarding outside. Seeing this scene, everyone couldn't help but look at each other in bewilderment.
Nam-ji, disguised as a guard, silently observed their changing expressions.
Everyone here is a drama queen; at this moment, they all look serious and extremely worried.
Not long after, the chief eunuch ran out and said to Commander Zhao, who was guarding outside, "Commander Zhao, the Emperor has decreed that you lead men to find a medicinal herb called Spirit Rhinoceros Horn. You must find it within a day. Hurry, do not delay!"
Upon hearing this, Commander Zhao immediately prepared his troops.
Then, the chief eunuch said to the princes, "Your Highnesses, His Majesty has ordered you to also lead people to search. You must not slack off."
Upon hearing this, the princes all left.
Only Chu Ning, with a worried expression, asked the head eunuch, "Chief Eunuch Zhang, how is the Crown Prince's health?"
The head eunuch said nothing, only shook his head.
Seeing this, Chu Ning's face turned extremely ugly. "I will definitely find the Spirit Rhinoceros Horn to save the Crown Prince."
Having said that, he hurriedly left the East Palace.
Nanzhi watched his retreating figure, a slight smile playing on her lips, and silently followed him out.
The princes all seemed quite anxious outside, but their attitudes changed noticeably once they entered their respective residences.
Chu Rui hurriedly sent people out to search for the spirit rhinoceros horn, while he himself went to have some intimate time with the newly acquired concubine before pretending to go out and search as well.
Upon arriving at the mansion, Chu Ning's first action was to summon the guards.
When the guards assembled, he closed the door tightly and stayed inside alone for a while before coming out to lead his men to search.
Almost all the guards in his residence went there, giving the impression that he was very worried about the crown prince.
Nanzhi had previously sent people here to look for the rhinoceros horn, but to no avail.
Because of his good relationship with Chu Yi, Nan Zhi did not come to find him in person.
Unexpectedly, before the wedding, Chu Yi asked her to pay more attention to Chu Ning.
Now that Chu Ning has left, she has secretly slipped into his room.
She didn't rashly rummage through the things, but instead observed all the decorations with her eyes.
She realized something when she saw that the neck of one vase was cleaner than another vase of the same color. She went over and touched it, but there was no response. Then she tried to lift it, but she couldn't lift it; it was as if it was fixed there.
A slight smile appeared on her lips. She twisted her body, and after a few seconds, the door in front of her slowly slid open to both sides.
She went inside, but the door behind her was closing rapidly.
Turning around, she saw Chu Ning had returned at some point, staring at her with a sinister smile playing on his lips.
Realizing something, Nan Zhi was about to slip out when she suddenly felt a strong gust of wind coming from her side. It was an arrow. She had no choice but to wave her hand to deflect it, but in that instant, the door closed completely.
The dark room was pitch black, and nothing could be seen except for countless cold arrows shooting continuously towards the southern branch.
Chu Ning stood outside, looking at the wall in front of him, his smile growing more and more unrestrained. "Big brother, big brother, from the moment the real Miss Li appeared, I foresaw something was going to happen. I didn't expect you to actually doubt me. What a pity, you've lost again."
He opened the box in his hand, squinted at the whole rhinoceros horn inside.
The leader of the Wu Hui Sect wanted to use the Spirit Rhinoceros Horn to make connections with him and become a powerful person, and the condition he gave was that Chu Yi be killed.
The Wu Hui Sect didn't know who they sent to assassinate Chu Yi, but the results were all different from what they expected.
Although it is unknown why the leader of the Wuhui Sect could not be contacted later.
But he never expected that the rhinoceros horn could save Chu Yi's life. If he had known, why would he have planned so much? He could have just held onto the rhinoceros horn and waited for Chu Yi to die.
But it's not too late now.
Once Chu Yi is dead, and that idiot Chu Rui is dealt with, who else is more suitable to be the crown prince besides him?
Chu Ning initially thought that Chu Yi was faking his illness, but unexpectedly, news of the Crown Prince's death came on the afternoon of the second day.
No one dared to fabricate the Crown Prince's life, but Chu Ning was too suspicious. He went to the East Palace and saw that all the red silk had been removed and replaced with white silk.
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I've been busy gathering materials lately, working overtime every day. I'm so tired that I haven't had time to write. I'll post the next chapter later.
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