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"Wash her wounds, then take out a clean set of clothes to change her clothes."

After returning to the Duke Palaces, Xiao Chengyi instructed Yue Ying and Yue Zhu to clean Mu Qianyu's wounds.

Yue Zhu and Yue Ying, the two girls, quickly blessed themselves and nodded in agreement.

"Go and invite Young Master Nangong over."

Before long, the two girls had already helped Mu Qianyu clean up.

Xiao Chengyi didn't even have time to change his clothes before he entered the room.

The woman lying on the bed had a face like jade, and her eyes were closed as she slept. However, because of her heavy injuries and the excessive loss of blood, her face was extremely pale.

Fourteen years old, no matter how mature his mind was, he still had a bit of immaturity.

"Chengyi, what's going on?"

Nangong Lin took the medicine case, and upon seeing Mu Qianyu lying on the bed, she immediately frowned: "She was poisoned?"

Those with high medical skills only needed a single glance to determine the condition of their patients.

From the looks of it, the situation must be very serious.

"Yes."

Xiao Chengyi nodded with a cold expression.

He never thought that Zheng Ji would actually have such guts, to actually set an ambush at Minister Mansion, and intend to capture the person he sent.

But tonight, he planned to go personally, because that Seven-colored Lotus was truly very important.

Who would have thought that Mu Qianyu would take the initiative and fall into her ambush?

Nangong Lin sat in front of the bed and took Mu Qianyu's pulse.

Only after a long time did he let go of her hand. On his gentle face, there was a bit of a dilemma.

"The situation isn't good?"

Xiao Chengyi frowned and asked.

"It's the intestines."

Nangong Lin nodded, and sighed: "What a tyrannical poison, the enemy's actions were ruthless, it was fortunate that you sealed her acupuncture points in time, if not she would have been dead by now."

Hearing the two words "broken intestines", Xiao Chengyi's face turned even uglier.

It really was the crown prince. Was he trying to take his life, or what?

Nangong Lin personally wrote the medicine formula so that Luo Yu could catch the medicine overnight.

There were a few rare medicinal herbs needed for detoxification. Only the few large medicine stores in the city had them, so anything else was not a problem.

After that, he started to administer acupuncture for Mu Qianyu. He would have to continuously apply acupuncture for an hour to guarantee that Mu Qianyu would be able to hold on until Luo Yu got the medicine.

"Your Highness, the Crown Prince is here."

Unexpectedly, just as Nangong Lin's acupuncture was about to end, Luo Jin came to report, and Xiao Chengzhen went to visit the Prince Li's Palace at night.

"It's already so late, the crown prince is in a good mood."

Xiao Chengyi stood up and looked at Nangong Lin, "I'll go see him first."

If he didn't guess wrongly, the crown prince should be here to test him.

After changing his clothes, he arrived at the main hall.

Xiao Chengzhen was sitting on a sandalwood chair, happily sipping his tea.

"I wonder what business does the Crown Prince have in coming here so late in the night?"

Xiao Chengyi walked over and sat down, he then took a sip of his tea.

He was only wearing his usual clothes and a cloak. He looked like he had just gotten up.

"Sorry for disturbing third brother's dream so late."

Xiao Chengzhen lifted his head, and squinted his eyes slightly as he sized up Xiao Chengyi who was seated opposite of him, as if he had to figure out something before he was willing to accept it.

"It's my honor that the Crown Prince is willing to lower himself to come to my Prince Li Palace. Why bother."

Xiao Chengyi's tone was gentle but carried a hint of estrangement.

"I heard that Nangong Lin has been living in your house this past few days?"

Xiao Chengzhen's gaze became more probing.

Without waiting for Xiao Chengyi's reply, he continued, "My body hasn't been well recently, and the imperial physicians in the palace weren't able to discern anything, so I came over this time to let Nangong Lin come take a look."

Xiao Chengyi's expression changed slightly as his gaze turned as black as ink.

In the end, he was still the crown prince. He didn't even leave a drop of water for her to probe him out.

Just as he was about to answer, Xiao Chengzhen said again, "Third brother won't tell me Nangong Lin isn't here, right? Or is it because of past grudges, third brother is afraid that I'll hurt him again?"

"It has already been so long. Why would the crown prince still care about it?"

Xiao Chengyi smiled lightly.

"That's good."

Xiao Chengzhen nodded, raised his hand and said to his follower: "Go ask Young Master Nangong to come over."

"Yes."

Xiao Chengzhen's men acknowledged and immediately left.

"Crown Prince, no need to trouble yourself."

Xiao Chengyi opened his mouth: "Since the crown prince wants to see Nangong Lin, I will have Luo Jin call him over."

From the looks of it, Xiao Chengzhen had to call Nangong Lin out.

If Nangong Lin did not come out, he might have to forcibly search for the Duke Palace.

From the looks of it, he had a good grasp of the timing of the occurrence of the 'Intestine Severing' poison.

"Young Master Nangong, the crown prince has come to ask to see you. If you do not go, I'm afraid that this lady's whereabouts will be exposed."

As Nangong Lin was performing acupuncture for Mu Qianyu, Luo Jin had already rushed over.

Xiao Chengzhen knew that Nangong Lin was an expert in medicine.

Therefore, if Nangong Lin did not come to see Xiao Chengzhen at this time, it would mean that he was treating the patient, which would mean that the person who escaped from the Minister Mansion was someone from the Prince Li Palace.

This way, Xiao Chengzhen would definitely not give up.

Therefore, Nangong Lin could only go and see Xiao Chengzhen.

"If I leave, this lady will lose her life."

The silver needles under Nangong Lin's hands did not stop moving, but their expressions were extremely solemn.

"Young Master Nangong, this girl has nothing to do with us. If the Crown Prince finds out about her, it would be troublesome."

Luo Jin was currently considering his master's situation.

He completely treated Mu Qianyu's life with the attitude of a stranger.

"I'm a doctor."

Nangong Lin did not raise his head, and continued using the needles with his heart.

Since he had chosen to save her, he must save her until the end.

"Young Master Nangong, the reason why Your Highness went to the Minister Mansion this time around, was also because of that Seven-colored Lotus, which was why he almost fell into the crown prince's trap. You should also know that the relationship between Your Highness and the crown prince is always like fire and water, if the crown prince really finds out anything about it, the entire Prince Li Palace would probably be in danger, so please take the overall situation seriously."

Luo Jin suddenly knelt down.

He hoped that Nangong Lin would immediately give up and go see Xiao Chengzhen, so as to prevent him from suspecting anything else.

Xiao Chengzhen was a cruel and merciless person, if he could not see Nangong Lin, he would definitely search the Duke Palaces.

"So Cheng Yi did it for me."

Nangong Lin was startled, and the silver needles immediately stopped moving.

He turned his head to look at the pale Mu Qianyu, sighed helplessly, and muttered to himself.

He stood up and walked to the side of Pear Wood's table. He found a pill from the medicine box on the table and gave it to Mu Qianyu, then turned to see Xiao Chengzhen.

"This commoner pays his respects to the crown prince."

Seeing the person who poisoned him once again, Nangong Lin's expression did not change at all.

"You are quite arrogant, I almost rushed to invite you myself."

Xiao Chengzhen glanced at Nangong Lin coldly.

It had been more than ten years since they last saw each other. It would be impossible to recognize them if they met on the street.

"Please forgive this Crown Prince, but when Luo Jin went there just now, this commoner was already asleep. I had to get up and wash myself before coming to see Your Highness, so I was a bit late."

Nangong Lin's expression did not change, it was calm.

"Yes."

Xiao Chengzhen nodded, stood up and said to Xiao Chengyi: "I originally came to your residence to have a look, but I don't feel unwell anymore, since that's the case, I won't disturb Third Brother's rest any longer."