Just as Lu Baichuan stood firm in front of the Dao Ping, Prince Lin suddenly asked, "What is that in your hand?"
Lu Baichuan was waiting for this question, so he explained frankly, "This is a special potion. It will not cause any harm when used on a normal person's face, but when used on a person who has had facial surgery, it will quickly restore their previous appearance."
No sooner had he finished speaking than Prince Jing scoffed and said, "Are you referring to Dao Ping Zhenren in disguise? If that's the case, why not just tear off the human skin mask? Why go through all this trouble?"
In Prince Jing's view, this was pointless and he scoffed at Lu Baichuan, whom Prince Chen had described as having made great contributions, thinking that he was just putting on a show.
Lu Baichuan showed no change in emotion and said to Prince Jing, "Your Highness Prince Jing can check for any human skin mask on Daoping's face."
"Fine, I'll look!"
Prince Jing was somewhat dissatisfied with Lu Baichuan's attitude, feeling that Lu Baichuan did not respect him enough, but he couldn't find any fault with him at the moment. So he quickly stepped forward to Daoping's side, pushed Lu Baichuan aside, and said to Daoping, "Daoping, this is your time to prove your innocence. If you can prove that you are real this time, no one in Beiyan will dare to touch you again."
Daoping was now frightened by what Lu Baichuan had just said. He had been hoping for a lucky break, but he never expected Lu Baichuan to say such a thing. Could it be that the medicine in his hand could really break the work of their Grand Master?
No, impossible! The Grand Master's abilities are unparalleled; no one else has them!
After waiting for a long time without receiving a reply, Prince Jing assumed that Prince Jing was too proud to pay attention to them, so he took matters into his own hands.
They searched his head but found no excuse for a human skin mask, meaning there was no disguise on his face.
"He wasn't wearing a human skin mask."
Prince Jing stood aside briskly. He still wanted to believe in Daoping. If he had really lived for so many years, then when he sat on the throne in the future, he would also pursue immortality. Otherwise, he would not be worthy of the position that Daoping had worked so hard to obtain.
The crown prince also stepped forward curiously to take a look, and after confirming that he was not wearing a human skin mask, he nodded to the old emperor.
Prince Lin didn't react much, standing still and not joining in the fun.
He's always been like this, taking everything lightly. Even yesterday, when he was supposed to investigate the truth, it was Prince Jing who dragged him along; otherwise, he wouldn't have wanted to get involved in this mess.
Prince Jing understood that he had no great ambitions, so when he saw that he didn't move, he didn't say anything.
Lu Baichuan then called over one of his men and had him take off his hat and stand in front of everyone.
His subordinates obediently complied. Lu Baichuan said, "Your Highnesses, please step forward and check if this guard is wearing a human skin mask."
Prince Jing was worried that he might do something underhanded, so he quickly went forward to check and confirmed that the guard was indeed not wearing a mask.
Lu Baichuan said, "This guard is not wearing a mask and has not done anything else. Even if I sprinkle this medicine on his face, it will not cause any changes."
As he spoke, he actually sprinkled the medicine on the guard's face, and after waiting for a long time, the guard's face did not change at all.
"How does it feel?"
The old emperor asked the guard, who replied, "Your Majesty, I don't feel anything; it's no different from ordinary water."
Lu Baichuan added, "Next, let's try it on Daoping's face."
As he spoke, Lu Baichuan gave his men a wink, and two men immediately stepped forward and pinned Daoping down.
Daoping was already kneeling on the ground with his hands and feet bound by iron chains. With the two people pressing him down, he was instantly unable to move.
Lu Baichuan stepped forward and splashed the medicine on Daoping's face.
Unlike the effect on the guard's face, when the medicine was applied to Daoping's face, it immediately made a sizzling sound and emitted an unpleasant odor. Daoping struggled and screamed in pain.
"Let me go! Ahhh!"
The group of people, including the old emperor, were terrified, especially the crown prince, who quickly moved closer to the old emperor, fearing that Daoping might go mad and harm him.
Lu Baichuan finished pouring out the medicine and said, "It will take some time for the medicine to take effect. Please be patient, Your Majesty and Your Highnesses."
Prince Chen was also seeing such a scene for the first time and was quite shocked, but compared to the others, he was noticeably calmer.
Daoping was still struggling in pain, while the faces of the others had become quite grim.
Prince Chen said, "Actually, there's no need to wait for the final result. It has been proven that there is something wrong with his face. And your previous trust in him and your suspicion of me are all resolved."
As he spoke, he looked at the three princes and continued, "It's understandable that Father is bewitched by Daoping and can't figure things out, but the three of you keep jumping out to protect Daoping. What, could it be that Daoping is a spy you planted by Father's side? Or perhaps, there's some shady business between you and Daoping, so you disregard Father's health and just want to protect this person, is that it?"
This instantly branded all three of them as disloyal and unfilial. They exchanged glances and united against the common enemy.
"Third brother, don't make false accusations!"
"We just didn't want Father to worry too much, and we didn't want to misunderstand innocent people, so we wanted to have it checked again."
"That's right, we were all just worried about Father, we didn't think about any of that!"
Prince Chen smiled as he watched them jump up and down, and said, "Is that so? Then what are you feeling guilty about?"
It appears that Prince Jing was not initially involved in this matter; he was merely tricked by Lin Yiping into becoming the scapegoat.
The Crown Prince and Prince Lin, one seemingly weak by nature and who in theory wouldn't get too involved in this matter, are unusually concerned this time.
One of them appeared nonchalant, as if he had been forcibly pulled into the group, but in reality, he had been paying close attention to everything.
Everyone is hypocritical, and no one should be underestimated.
"Father! Your son truly has no selfish motives, he is just heartbroken that you have been deceived, your son really did not know that things would turn out this way..."
The crown prince immediately knelt before the old emperor, speaking with great grievance, his voice trembling with tears, as if he might burst into sobs at any moment.
Lu Baichuan watched all this with a cold eye, thinking that if his wife saw this scene, she might laugh at the Crown Prince, after all, his wife was a fearless person.
Furthermore, seeing the royal brothers fighting to the death, he couldn't help but feel grateful that his three brothers were united and that his sisters-in-law had a good relationship. If the royal family were like his, perhaps there wouldn't be so many troubles.
Of course, that's impossible.
Before the old emperor could speak, Daoping had already fainted from the pain, and his face had completely changed color.
His face was covered with a lot of shed skin. His features were still the same, but there was a clear change from before. Before, his face looked like that of a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties, but now it looked like that of a young man in his twenties.
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