C142 Abandoned Crown Prince

The Snow Palace was located directly to the north of the palace, and there were only two people that were 'imprisoned' here.

Saying that they would be imprisoned wasn't appropriate. After all, they were all dressed in luxurious clothing and served by others. It was just that they would no longer be able to enjoy their freedom. In fact, these two people could not even meet each other because one lived in the main hall and the other in the side hall. There were imperial guards guarding outside the door, making it impossible for them to leave the house.

When the crippled Crown Prince, Xiao Yi Bei, realized that there were still people next door, he was extremely shocked. He knocked on the wall and wanted to talk to the people in the side hall, but he couldn't answer. He asked the guards outside, but no one paid any attention to him.

He went from anger to hysteria, then depression and acceptance of fate. His eyes became empty day by day, and all hope was slowly erased until it dimmed into despair.

Not even the empress had come to see him. The whole world seemed to have deserted him.

Just as his heart was turning to dust, the walls of the side chamber suddenly began to ring.

It had been a long time since someone had spoken to him. He suspected that he was about to lose his ability to speak.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince."

What a familiar voice. He was actually at a loss for a moment. Right now, he was in a half-dazed, half-dazed state, and even his memory seemed to have become unclear.

"Xiao Shuo Fang, do you remember who I am?" The chuckling voice, gentle and calm, made one feel as if it were just a breeze blowing against the ripples on the lake's surface.

"Du Ying!" He finally remembered. It was his son's mother. In any case, she was the only woman who had given him a child, and he couldn't possibly forget it.

"They actually put us together?"

"I asked for it. Xiaoyi Mo is a man of his word."

All of the blood in Xiao Yi Bei's body rushed to his head, then froze and turned cold. It really was him — Xiao Yi Mo!

"You … You help him... framing me? " He gritted his teeth.

Du Ying sighed softly and innocently: "How could I? "If you ascend to the throne, my mother will be worthy of you; I have brought you to such a state, and I am only a prisoner myself, what good will that do me?"

"Then why did you lead me to that room? And how did he manage to escape? "

"There's a secret compartment under the floor of that room. I hid inside until everyone had left." She heaved another long sigh. "I'm not even afraid of death, so what else can threaten me?"

"Mu... Lin? " Xiao Yi Bei finally remembered the child's name.

"If I don't cooperate, they will kill our children … In such a huge palace, who would have the power to protect a poor child? Moreover, he is the illogical grandson of our royal family. " Du Ying began to sob.

Xiao Yi Bei slowly slid down the wall, a trace of hatred burning in his eyes as it grew more and more intense. He wanted to live. Even if he had one last breath left, he wanted his mother to know who had framed him.

Separated by a wall, Du Ying smiled like a three-month apricot flower, her fingers twined with a strand of black hair. Xiao Yibei was finally going to be entangled with her life and death, and he would never be able to get rid of her again.

Right now, his fighting spirit must have been ignited. The thought of revenge would ignite his originally hopeless heart. She wanted to see if this fire could turn this palace into a wasteland.

Inside the main hall of the Sky Bearing Hall, three imperial physicians were standing in front of the emperor, inspecting all kinds of food, medicine, and supplements arranged in front of him. They didn't even miss tea, wine, hair oil, and scented sachets.

"Reporting to the Emperor, there's nothing out of the ordinary about this."

"Reporting to Your Majesty … There's nothing poisonous. "

"What about you?" The majestic and dark expression of the emperor was still the same as before. Nothing out of the ordinary could be seen on his face. However, the temperature of the room dropped as soon as it became white. The imperial physicians all felt chills running down their spines.

"When we return to the emperor, even if we can't find anything wrong with it, it doesn't mean that everything is normal. This subject has a suggestion. All common items and medicines used by the Emperor are replaced. As for the food and drinks, those were fresh ingredients that were purchased daily in the imperial kitchens. It would be different today compared to yesterday. There was no way to replace them. However, the people in the imperial kitchens could. "There is no need to go all out to deal with them, in order to avoid alerting the enemy. All we need to do is to level the key figures."

The Emperor finally nodded slowly. Only now did he hear what he said.

"All of you leave, Chen Zhanyuan will stay."

Chen Zhenyuan was the last doctor to speak, standing respectfully with his hands hanging at his sides.

"You think one of them must be poisonous?"

Chen Zhenyuan frowned. "According to the doctor's theory, there are three parts to the poison, no medicine and no poison. Moreover, the medicine and the food are also mutually exclusive. Although what the Emperor said may seem normal, it does not mean that there are no problems. The Medicine Book is a summary of the experiences of the previous generations, and the things that the previous generations have not recorded down do not mean that no one else has discovered it. "

The emperor smiled. "But I believe that your method is inappropriate."

Chen's eyes widened in surprise. He thought that if he was allowed to stay, he would want to take his advice.

"Your method may have eliminated the possibility of us continuing to be poisoned, but we will never find out the real culprit." The emperor heaved a sigh and said slowly, "I originally thought that excluding Xin Maowen, it would be possible to eliminate the poison, but it seems that my guess was wrong. My body has not improved at all, but I'm repeating it over and over again …" So your only method is to treat the symptoms and not the root of the problem. "

Chen Zhenyuan took a deep breath. "The Emperor wants to find the one who poisoned him?"

The emperor looked at him. "I can only trust you now. From today onwards, all the members of the Imperial Physician Bureau must report to me if they make any unusual moves, including those two who just left."

Chen Zhanyuan nodded his head heavily, then walked out after receiving his orders.

The emperor sneered.

Chen Zhenyuan did not know that these words had been spoken in private by the emperor to every imperial physician in the Imperial Physician Bureau.

In the night, a small palace maid was stealthily led into the Phoenix's Hall, turning her head as she walked, as if someone was chasing after her.

"What is it? This is the Phoenix Hall, don't act like a thief! " The palace maid who was leading the way growled.

The young palace maid was startled. Trembling, she quickened her pace.

"Is it Nan Xin?" The empress's voice was dignified and gentle, almost gentle.

The light from the lamp struck the figure of the person within the room onto the window. The empress was seated gracefully, and the young palace maid kneeling in front of her was trembling as she offered something slowly.

The empress was silent for a while, and then she heard the sound of something being turned over inside. After a long time, she squeezed out three words from between her teeth, "Ling — Miaomiao — Jin!"

Xiao Yiyan, who was standing in the darkness, had already been staring at the two figures in front of the window for a long time. The distance was too far, he could not hear what was being said inside clearly, but he vaguely felt that something was wrong.

"Prince Chen!" The palace maid guarding the door smiled flirtatiously at him, wishing she could put her face right in front of his face. However, Xiao Yiyan, who would chat and laugh with her, was no longer in his usual leisurely mood. He didn't even glance at her as he pushed away her body that was obstructing him intentionally or unintentionally, and went to open the door.