The prince picked up the whip and lashed it hard at the eunuch. "Will you talk or not? I want to see if your bones are as hard as your mouth!"
The Crown Prince was in a state that the Third Prince and the Fourth Prince had never seen before, and they were both stunned for a moment.
It took them a long time to come to their senses. The Fourth Prince quickly stopped the Crown Prince, "Second Brother, calm down. If you beat him to death, you won't be able to get anything out of him!"
The Third Prince checked the little eunuch's nose and found he was still breathing.
At this moment, the secret guards sent by the Crown Prince to investigate returned. "Your Highness, this servant has discovered that a physician named Li Zhong from the Imperial Hospital had been in contact with Xiao Linzi!"
Xiao Linzi is the little eunuch that the crown prince just whipped.
"Have you brought the person?" the crown prince asked.
“I brought it, it’s right outside the door!” the guard said.
"Bring it in!" The prince wiped his hands with a handkerchief, thinking: I'm afraid I can't keep this outfit; Xue hates the smell of blood the most.
When Li Zhong was brought in, he saw Xiao Linzi, who was covered in bruises, and was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground.
The Crown Prince looked at Li Zhong, whose face was ashen, walked up to him, and stomped hard on his hand. "You think you have the guts to plot against me?"
"Your Highness, spare my life! I know nothing! Please don't believe this little eunuch's one-sided story!" Li Zhong knelt before the Crown Prince and said.
Seeing that Li Zhong had pinned all the blame on him, Xiao Linzi figured he had no reason to hide anything in order to save his own life.
He vehemently denied it at the time, believing that the Crown Prince should not indiscriminately kill innocent people. Who knew that the Crown Prince would not even need to interrogate him, and Li Zhong would simply abandon him.
"Your Highness, spare my life! This servant will tell you! It was this Li Zhong who gave me the medicine, saying he would put it into your tonic soup once a day, and he would give me ten taels of silver each time."
The servant also asked him why he poisoned you. He told the servant that it wasn't poison, but just to make you weak. He said he had an antidote, and when he cured you, you would reward him handsomely.
"Your Highness, please forgive this servant! I was blinded by greed and greedy; I had no intention of harming you. I will never dare to do it again!"
"Drag him out! I must never see him in the palace again!" He actually drugged me for a mere ten taels of silver. Is he really worth ten taels of silver?
"Your Highness, spare my life! Your Highness, spare my life..."
Xiao Linzi was dragged out, and the Crown Prince stared at Li Zhong with sharp eyes.
At this moment, Li Zhong was trembling with nervousness, and he stammered as he spoke: "Your Highness... Your Majesty, I..."
"I know my crime, and I beg Your Highness for mercy!"
Li Zhong crawled on his knees to the Crown Prince and hugged the prince's feet.
The Crown Prince kicked Li Zhong away in disgust, "You really have a good plan! The abacus beads are almost hitting my face! You actually dared to set your sights on me!"
"Your Highness, I had no choice but to do this! Physician Liu always bullies me, and I will never have a chance to get ahead in the Imperial Hospital!" Li Zhong said, crying.
"Damn it! Is this your excuse for plotting against the Crown Prince?" The Fourth Prince kicked Li Zhong to the ground. "A person with such a wicked heart is not fit to be a royal physician!"
"Are you telling the truth?" the crown prince asked.
“Your Highness, everything I have said is true! There is not a single falsehood!” Li Zhong assured him.
"How can I believe what you say?" The Crown Prince twirled the ring on his finger. "Tell me who's behind this, and I might consider sparing your life!"
Li Zhong's eyes darted away. "Your Highness, there really was no one who instructed me!"
"Looks like you're pretty stubborn. I wonder if you can withstand my torture?" the Crown Prince sneered.
Li Zhong couldn't help but shudder at the sight of the Crown Prince's bloodthirsty appearance.
"Find a way to get him to talk, regardless of whether he lives or dies!" the Crown Prince said to the guard beside him.
"Yes, Your Highness, this servant obeys!" the guard replied. "Your Highness, this servant has investigated and found that Li Zhong and Ru Guo, a palace maid serving the Ninth Princess, have been in frequent contact!"
"The Ninth Princess?" The Crown Prince pondered. He hadn't had much contact with this Ninth Princess, so she shouldn't have any reason to harm him.
The Fourth Prince was surprised to hear the result. He didn't know much about his sister, who shared the same father and mother. The Empress Dowager had taken pity on her and raised her by her side. She shouldn't have done anything to harm the Crown Prince, right?
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