The Black Armor Guards and the Imperial City Guards led the way.

Everyone who saw it in the imperial city retreated.

The news that Lian Shenwei and Ying Jingjue and their men had returned to the palace safely on horseback quickly spread, and the people of the Prince's Party breathed a sigh of relief.

The imperial palace.

Purple Palace.

Just outside the palace, one could smell a strong smell of medicine. Eunuch Li, who was guarding outside, was surprised and delighted when he saw Ying Jingjue. He trotted over and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince, you're back!"

Ying Jingjue: "How is Father?"

Eunuch Li: "His Majesty has not woken up yet. The imperial physician is guarding inside. Please go and take a look."

Ying Jingjue went in with a tense look on his face. Lian Shenwei stood in front of the door, his throat itching from the smell of medicine emanating from the hall.

He chose not to go in and stopped in front of the door.

Eunuch Li took a quick look at the pale-lipped young man and bowed quickly, "Prince Regent, you have worked hard on the journey. You look much thinner. Do you want to go to the West Warm Pavilion to rest first?"

Lian Shenwei: "Eunuch, please go in first. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must have many things to ask. The back of his hand was scratched by the traitor. Let the imperial physician take a look at him. I have something else to do in my mansion. I will leave soon."

"Yes, please take care of your health. There are still things waiting for you to take care of in the court," Eunuch Li whispered a few words to the young eunuch beside him, then bowed and retreated with a smile.

Ming Cang had already sent a message some time ago to inform Lian Shenwei that he had used the pills Feng Ke gave him before he left. Tiannan and Feng Ke both knew about it.

Tiannan leaned in and whispered, "Master, Mr. Feng is waiting for you in the mansion."

Lian Shenwei: “Yeah.”

Tiannan couldn't help but worry: "Master."

"Has he ever come to see the emperor?" He was referring to Feng Ke.

Tiannan hesitated, "I just followed the old marquis over to take a look, but I didn't reach out to take his pulse."

Lian Shenwei: "Let's go."

Not long after he entered the palace, he came out again. He rode a horse when he left, and took a carriage when he returned to the Regent's Palace.

Even when he arrived at the palace gate, Lian Shenwei was still thinking about the assassins.

Obviously, someone in the capital city couldn't sit still. He remembered that when the thief leader saw the Black Armor Guards, he looked panicked. He probably didn't expect to meet them here, or they simply didn't want to confront the Black Armor Guards.

The target of this assassination attempt was Ying Jingjue.

An assassin of that level is considered mid-level.

Poison between teeth, even if he is not a dead soldier, he will definitely not be able to find out anything. It is not very useful to catch him alive, it is better for him to investigate it himself.

Apart from the eldest prince, there is the third prince.

The Regent's Palace had been ownerless for such a long time, but there were people cleaning it on time, so it was still very clean. However, no one dared to enter Lian Shenwei's bedroom and study when he was not there.

Including Tiannan and Ming Candle.

"Master, would you like me to clean up first?"

Lian Shenwei came back to his senses and nodded: "Yeah."

Tiannan pushed open the door, and fine dust fell from the top of the door frame. Lian Shenwei covered his mouth and nose, but his action was a little late, and some of the dust was still inhaled into his lungs. He coughed immediately.

Then it was out of control. Lian Shenwei held onto the door with one hand covering his lips. His breathing became rapid and his vision began to flicker. He closed his eyes, and a bloody smell rose from his throat that he could not suppress.

This time, what came out was no longer sporadic blood foam. Dark red blood flowed down through the gaps between his fingers. Lian Shenwei leaned against the door frame, his brows tightly furrowed. Most of his body weight was pressed on it, and his body slowly slid down.

The meridians in the body began to hurt again, as if I had returned to the time when I had first used up my internal energy.

"master!"

Tiannan's pupils shrank, and before he could touch Lian Shenwei, Feng Ke flew over and held him, with a sullen face, pressing his fingers on Lian Shenwei's neck.

Tiannan didn't dare to make a sound to disturb them and was sweating profusely due to the heat.

After a moment, "The effect of the life-saving pills has worn off," Feng Ke inserted a silver needle behind Lian Shenwei's ear and took him to his courtyard in the Regent Palace, while calmly instructing, "Go to the medicine cabinet next to my bedroom, the third row, second column, the fourth box from the left, take out everything inside, and prepare hot water, your master needs to take a medicinal bath."

Tiannan did not dare to delay, so he asked Mingzhang to boil water and he quickly went to get the box from the medicine cabinet.

The medicinal bath tub was filled with steam. Feng Ke opened the box, took out several porcelain bottles of different colors, and poured the powder in each bottle into the bath tub.

The clear water in the bathtub suddenly turned light green.

Tiannan saw this kind of battle for the first time: "This is..."

Feng Ke: "It's extremely poisonous. Stay away from it."

Tiannan silently retracted his hand.

"Your master didn't take any random medicine on his southern tour, did he?" Feng Ke asked as he added another extremely strong and incompatible antidote.

Ming Candle nodded: "Except for the medicine you prescribed, I didn't touch anything else."

"That's good."

Feng Ke breathed a sigh of relief.

The pill he gave Lian Shenwei was called Fengshen Pill. There was only one pill, but it was extremely precious in saving a person's life. Within a month after taking the pill, the body would not be poisoned and the medicine would not enter the internal organs. Even if Lian Shenwei accidentally took the medicine, he would not have any reaction during the period of the pill's effectiveness.

But once the effect of the medicine wears off, it is no longer effective.

The color of the water in the tub changed from light green to dark black.

Feng Ke took off his childhood friend's shirt, and Lian Shenwei didn't even notice it. The thickened fabric wrapped around his waist fell off. Feng Ke paused and then cursed him softly.

Just like ten years ago, he threw Lian Shenwei into the medicinal bath tub countless times, and this time was no exception.

The moment the water touched Lian Shenwei's skin, it evaporated into his body along with the hot steam, intertwining the poison and causing Lian Shenwei's breathing to become extremely disordered.

Feng Ke asked him to lie on the edge of the bathtub and let Ming Cang and Tian Nan hold his shoulders with one hand each.

"It's pressed. Don't feel bad, and don't move."

Mingzhu and Tiannan worked hard secretly.

Feng Ke inserted long and small needles into Lian Shenwei's back at the shoulder blades. When twisting the needles, he used his internal force to tremble. It only took three breaths for the twenty-seventh needle to go in.

Then he threw six things that looked like peach buds into the bathtub.

Tiannan watched intently as the pale pink 'bud' pressed madly against Lian Shenwei's back, and six peach blossoms blossomed on his back in the blink of an eye.

At the same time, enchanting red lines began to spread under the pale skin, moving under the skin like roots. The young man, who had been motionless, suddenly struggled violently.

Feng Ke's voice suddenly became sharp: "Suppress it!"

Tiannan was sweating profusely: "Mr. Feng, what on earth is this?"

"The marrow-eating snake, also known as the Blood Flower Princess, has a habit that is extremely painful to others, but life-saving to your master. Before eating, it will inject its own poison into the host's body, and then balance the toxins surging in the meridians."

"If your master uses his inner strength once, the poison in his body will penetrate deeper into his lungs. If it happens twice, the poison will reach his heart veins and no one will be able to save him."

Ming Candle: "Marrow-eating snake, doesn't that mean it's going to drill in...?"

Feng Ke sneered: "When he wakes up, I will ask him why he used his inner strength this time."

Ten years ago, he and his father finally worked out a way to balance the toxins in Lian Shenwei's body. The toxicity and medicinal ratio in the bathtub were determined after many experiments at that time.

During this period, Lian Shenwei suffered a lot.

He had been serious when he said before that he would not use his internal energy unless it was absolutely necessary. According to Lian Shenwei's current physical condition, if he used his internal energy once, he would lose many years of his life.

Two more times and you can prepare the coffin directly.

The young man leaned over the edge of the tub, and his usually pale face now had a faint blush, perhaps from the pain or from the hot water.

“…”

An almost undetectable murmur.

It hurts so much.

The three people present all had very good hearing. When they heard clearly, Tiannan almost cried anxiously, "Mr. Feng, do you have any solution? The master is so stubborn, he must have been in great pain, so he said that while he was unconscious."

Feng Ke glanced at him and said, "He has to endure the pain, but he can't use the painkillers."

"...How long will it take for the master to recover?"

"In the evening, when it gets dark and the flowers are withering." Feng Ke felt the water temperature and said, "After an hour, add ice to the water."

…

The candles in the Zichen Hall crackled softly.

Ying Jingjue, who was lying beside the dragon couch, suddenly woke up.

Emperor Jingcheng murmured: "Water..."

Ying Jingjue quickly poured a cup of warm water over, helped Emperor Jingcheng up with one hand, and slowly fed him water. Emperor Jingcheng, who had been in a coma for many days, slowly opened his eyes.

Ying Jingjue: "Imperial Physician——"

The imperial doctors who were waiting outside rushed in immediately. After confirming that the emperor was awake, they checked his pulse again and went out to boil medicine. During this time, Emperor Jingcheng seemed to be more energetic, raised his pillow and half sat up.

He looked at Ying Jingjue and said the first sentence: "Is the Regent Prince able to return?"

The light in Ying Jingjue's eyes dimmed, "No problem, Prince Regent."

"Ahem..." Emperor Jingcheng closed his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good."

He was extremely angry that day. On the anniversary of his late wife's death, if something happened to his beloved brother again, he would be too ashamed to face the Lian family even if he died.

Eunuch Li glanced at the prince's face, took a half step forward, and said worriedly, "Your Majesty, you are awake. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was very worried and has been accompanying you since entering the palace."

Unexpectedly, Emperor Jingcheng's tone darkened and he rebuked: "You are the crown prince. During the days when I was unconscious, the court must have been busy with affairs. You returned to the palace and did not deal with them. You have been wasting my time by staying with me. Do you look like a crown prince?"

After a long journey, he encountered an attack outside the capital. After being injured, he rushed to the palace at full speed and guarded it for a whole day, only to be scolded without any explanation.

Ying Jingjue felt disappointed after a while.

He knelt down, and his tone faded: "Father, please calm down."

Ying Jingjue kowtowed and said, "I will take my leave now and return to the East Palace to handle official business."

"Your Highness..." Eunuch Li called out in a low voice anxiously.

The young Chu Jun's profile was extremely tense, and he quickly left the Zi Chen Palace.

Eunuch Li turned his head and advised, "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince has already read a lot of important memorials in the Purple Palace today. The rest are with the Regent. Your Highness was injured today. I feel so distressed when I see the scratch on the back of his hand..."

Emperor Jingcheng was stunned when he heard this.

He was just used to being harsh with Ying Jingjue, always blaming and criticizing him. Ever since Ying Jingjue lost his memory after being fed the royal secret medicine, he rarely showed tenderness and kindness to the child.

Emperor Jingcheng was silent for a long time, "Why was the prince injured?"

Eunuch Li quickly recounted what happened today.

Emperor Jingcheng was filled with rage and coughed a few times. After he finally calmed down, all the energy and spirit he had just had disappeared.

"I am afraid that my time is running out..."

Eunuch Li was so frightened that he knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please do not say such things!"

Emperor Jingcheng shook his head, and was helped off the bed by him. He walked to the desk and said, "Grind the ink."

"yes."

Emperor Jingcheng picked up the brush and wrote every stroke very carefully. He did not avoid Eunuch Li, who could see every word clearly.

The more I looked, the more horrified I became.

Emperor Jingcheng stamped the document, folded it, and handed it to Eunuch Li with a weak but serious tone.

"Li Guiquan, take this secret decree. If that day comes, take it out. If not, burn it before you die."

This bright yellow secret decree was entrusted by the emperor himself and was of great weight. Eunuch Li knelt down trembling with fear.

"I obey your orders."