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The wind rises and the clouds churn. The situation in the imperial court, the situation in the capital, had also become even more turbulent because of the will of the Emperor!

Earlier, there were already court officials questioning whether Zhou Tuoba was suitable for the position of Crown Prince. Many ministers could sense that something big was about to happen when they heard the emperor's decree. On the surface, the emperor's decree was to protect the crown prince and capture those who secretly plotted against his highness. However, which of those who could become an official in the capital were not shrewd and astute people? He saw more from this decree, from the fact that Tie Gang's personal guard, the marshal of the imperial guard, had surrounded the Eastern Palace and was impervious to wind and rain.

The position of the Lord of Storage could very well be replaced by someone else!

The first ones to receive the news were, of course, the Marquis' Mansion and the Marquis' Mansion.

A dark light flashed in Feng Qingxiao's eyes. After all that had been planned over this period of time, the Hou Mansion had finally made their move!

Of course, Yun Zihuang also knew about this. After returning to the prince's mansion, she casually threw that extremely unusual purse to Han Feng. "Young Master Han, this is what your prince wants. You can give it to him."

Finishing this sentence, she did not care about what Han Feng thought, but turned around to check on the injured Iron Guards. They were all sick and injured, so they had nothing better to do. They could easily accumulate some energy to open up the empty storage spaces and store higher level functions.

She was in a very good mood. This time, she could basically pull the crown prince down.

In this era, imperial power reigned supreme. In the current era, the Emperor was also a petty, treacherous, and despicable person. That was why he was able to give birth to a son like the crown prince. After her recent understanding of the Tianyuan Kingdom, as well as the Emperor and the Crown Prince, she believed that the Emperor would definitely not allow the Crown Prince to think about the throne, even if Zhou Tuoba was the Emperor's own son.

Although the emperor was narrow-minded and skeptical, and was also quite despicable and vicious, he wouldn't truly believe Yun Zhao's words.

But what would the Emperor think if there was ironclad evidence? What would he do?

Yun Zihuang was very happy. After being here for such a long time, they had finally launched a counterattack. Looking at the emperor and the crown prince, this father and son pair had fought to the death and was still very happy.

This ironclad proof was, of course, the letter that Zhao Dehai had privately given her when he had visited the marquis' residence. It had been personally written by the crown prince!

Now, it was also the time for this letter to play its best role.

When the emperor was ordering Tie Gang Ying to search the Eastern Palace, he was also ordering Yun Zhao to head to the Jing Yuan Palace and ask if she had the 'Purple Phoenix' talisman in his hand to bring it back.

Of course, all of this was a plan that they had discussed beforehand. Every step forward they took right now was in accordance with their plan.

The plan was something that she, Yun Zhao, and Yun Yin had discussed. Of course Yun Fei knew about it, but he didn't say anything. It was obvious that he approved of this plan. This plan had only just begun. What was revealed now was only on the surface. There were more hidden plans that were already quietly going forward.

Just when Tie Gangying had sealed the East Palace and started his search, he found out that someone had left the East Palace before the Royal Guards had sealed off the East Palace.

This person was the Cloud Sanguine Lotus!

The emperor, who received the news afterwards, immediately sent troops from the Dragon Guards to capture the Cloud Sanguine Lotus. Because Tie Gangying had led his men in a search in the Eastern Palace, they had yet to find any of the imperial guards' talismans. Yun Xianzi had left stealthily at this moment, and it was highly likely that she had taken away the military medallion!

The person who panicked the most was undoubtedly the man who was recuperating in the East Palace, Zhou Tuoba. Right now, he could no longer do anything, and had even lost his freedom.

Why?

What had happened?

Zhou Tuoba was terrified to the extreme. He first secretly sent people to spread the news to his mother several times, but those people were caught and imprisoned. He was furious and reprimanded Tie Gangying. He wanted to personally pay a visit to his father, but Tie Gangying was unmoved. After presenting the imperial edict, he asked him to rest in the Eastern Palace without fear of any more villains.

Scoundrel?

The criminals were the imperial guards who had come under orders!

His face was as pale as paper. Even now, he still could not understand why his royal father would do such a thing.

"Tie Gang Ying, you dare to disobey my orders, how dare you!"

Tie Gang Ying seemed respectful on the surface, but he was a bit disapproving in his heart. From the looks of it now, the Hou clan had the absolute advantage in this battle between the Hou clan and the Upper East Palace. He had even learned that Yun Chihuo had mysteriously disappeared just before the royal guards had completely sealed off the Eastern Palace. That was something that the Crown Prince could not explain. It would have been alright if he'd caught the Cloud Sanguine Lotus, but since he'd been able to leave at such a time and hadn't been discovered by the royal guards, he didn't think it'd be that easy to catch.

Perhaps this matter also had a connection with the duke's manor that was difficult to break away from. However, it wasn't something that he could interfere with or say.

Tie Gangying did not object to changing the crown prince. None of his subjects wanted their monarch to be a short-sighted, sinister, despicable, and shameless person like the crown prince who did not care about the bigger picture.

"This humble subject has acted according to the imperial edict. I hope that Your Highness will not blame me. Your highness was severely injured and was highly toxic. Please calm your anger and let the imperial physician treat you carefully so that your body will not be harmed."

Zhou Tuoyi was stunned: "Nonsense, when was I ever poisoned?"

Tie Gang Ying said in a low voice, "Could it be that His Highness has not felt anything at all? Two days ago, the imperial physician had discovered that His Highness had been poisoned and reported it to the emperor. "In order to allow His Highness to recuperate peacefully, as well as to catch the person who secretly plotted against His Highness, the Crown Prince, this matter has never been made known to His Highness."

He asked the imperial physician doubtfully, "Is this true?"

The imperial physician kneeling beside the sickbed hastily replied, "Reporting to His Highness, yes, His Highness is indeed poisoned. It's a kind of chronic poison that needs to be administered multiple times before the poison can be exposed. Only those who have frequent contact with His Highness can administer the poison."

"Do you know what a heinous crime it is to deceive me?"

The imperial physician kowtowed in fear, "This humble subject will die ten thousand times, I dare not lie to His Highness. This matter was reported to the emperor the day before yesterday, the emperor was worried that it would affect His Highness' recovery, so he ordered this humble subject and others to temporarily not report it to His Highness. Please forgive me, Your Highness."

As he said that, Zhou Tuoyi suddenly remembered that his body had been getting weaker and weaker in the past few days. He was also getting dizzy a lot of times. At that time, he had thought that it was due to his depression and his severe external injuries, resulting in him losing too much blood. It was only now that Tie Gang Ying and the royal physician realized that someone had given him a chronic poison.

"Who is it?"

He gnashed his teeth and asked. Tie Gang Ying bowed and said, "Please be at ease, Your Highness. This humble servant has already led some men to conduct a close search in the Eastern Palace. Please recuperate, Your Highness."

In the dorm, only Zhou Tuoba and the royal doctor remained. His voice trembled: "Did I really get poisoned? How long has it been since you were poisoned? "

The imperial physician replied, "His Highness the Crown Prince has indeed been poisoned. It's been a few days, but only during these few days, those who often serve by his side will have the chance to poison His Highness multiple times."