The eldest prince strode directly to the crown prince and questioned him, "Second prince, He Xue is our sister, how could you have such thoughts?"
"Brother, calm down and listen to what Second Brother has to say!" Fourth Prince quickly stepped forward to stop First Prince.
"Alright, let's see what kind of nonsense you can come up with!" the eldest prince said, pointing at the crown prince.
"Brother, Xue is not our biological sister and has no relation to us. Why can't I marry her?" the Crown Prince questioned the eldest prince instead.
"Although He Xue is not our biological sister, we have watched her grow up. How can you have such thoughts about her?"
"If you were a few years older than Xue, you could be her father!" the eldest prince said angrily.
The Crown Prince looked at his eldest brother, both amused and exasperated, "Does elder brother think I'm older than He Xue?"
"This has nothing to do with how big or small it is. Father Emperor would never agree to this. I advise you to give up on this idea!" The eldest prince was feeling very uncomfortable.
He suddenly felt like he was marrying off his daughter. He had watched He Xue grow up, and now someone was saying in front of him that he wanted to marry He Xue. He felt both reluctant and worried.
The eldest prince thought of his two daughters. Royal daughters were always destined for marriage alliances, and Jilan and Shushu would probably have to go through the same thing in the future.
"Brother, let's not discuss this now. Let's catch the person who poisoned us first!" the Fourth Prince said.
"Alright, Second Prince, we'll talk about this later!" the First Prince said to the Crown Prince.
"Brother, you take men and guard Yuqing Palace. No one is allowed to leave Yuqing Palace. Arrest anyone who is suspicious!"
"My fourth brother and I will go find my third brother and see how the interrogation is going!" the Crown Prince said to his eldest and fourth sons.
"Alright, I'll do whatever you say!" the eldest prince said.
The Crown Prince went to check on He Xue again and instructed He Zhu and Qing Dai, who were guarding the study, "No one is allowed to approach the study. Inform me immediately when He Xue wakes up!"
"Yes, Your Highness!" He Zhu and Qing Dai replied.
When the Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince arrived, the Third Prince was interrogating the eunuch who had given the Crown Prince the ginseng soup.
The little eunuch was covered in blood and had already fainted.
"Second Brother, Fourth Brother!" The Third Prince turned around and saw the Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince walking in. "How is He Xue?"
"The medicine has already been administered, but he hasn't woken up yet!" the Crown Prince said. "What did he say?"
"They didn't say anything, yet they insisted that I was innocent!" the Third Prince said angrily.
The Fourth Prince had someone splash water on the young eunuch to wake him up.
The young eunuch slowly woke up, and after regaining his senses, he cried out, "Third Prince, I am innocent! I knew nothing about it! I was just ordered to deliver soup to His Highness the Crown Prince. I had no idea it was poisoned. Please, Third Prince, see the truth!"
"You won't shed a tear until you see the coffin. If you confess the truth, I might leave you a whole corpse. Otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless!" the Crown Prince said to the little eunuch with a sinister look.
In a Buddhist hall of a palace, a woman kneels devoutly before a Buddha statue.
A palace maid came in and whispered a few words in her ear.
"Now that it's done, why has Yuqing Palace summoned the imperial physician? Has the scheme been exposed? That medicine isn't easy to detect!"
"It's not clear yet. Yuqing Palace has been guarded by the Eastern Palace guards, so our people probably can't send any messages out!" the palace maid said.
"It was so difficult to finally plant someone in Yuqing Palace. I wonder how this went? It probably won't be so easy next time!" the woman sighed.
"Don't worry, mistress. Since we were able to infiltrate this time, we can do it again next time!" the maid comforted the woman.
"I hope so!" the woman said. "Are all the preparations complete?"
"It's all ready, so you can rest assured!"
"Fine, this time I'll see if our Emperor can still trust the Tongjia clan!" the woman said with a hint of malice in her eyes.
"By the way, my son is getting married soon. Tell the people below to hurry up and not bring any bad luck!"
"Understood, Master! Your and the young master's good days are just around the corner!"
“Yes, our good days are just beginning!” the woman said proudly.
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