"Shaoze, are you familiar with the imperial palace?"

"I am the eldest princess's bodyguard and I often go in and out of the palace."

"Give me the topographic map of the palace and mark the places. I will go to the Midnight Palace to investigate the situation."

"Second Prince, the palace is heavily guarded. You have just returned and are not familiar with the situation. Would you like me to accompany you into the palace?"

"How can you sneak into the palace when you can't even fly over the city wall? It's easy to be discovered if you enter the palace. The prince will definitely be on guard against me when he knows I'm back."

"The subordinates are incompetent."

"Just give me a map of the imperial palace, and I will definitely be able to find my father's bedroom. Please also help me prepare a black nightgown."

"Yes."

"Wake me up at midnight."

"I obey my orders."

Mo Yan had been traveling day and night these past few days. After washing up, he lay down on the bed and fell asleep quickly.

At midnight, Shaoze came to the door and said, "Second Prince, it is already midnight."

"Come in."

Shaoze put his black nightgown beside the bed. He quickly put on his clothes and looked at the topographic map of the palace carefully.

"Second Prince, be careful."

"Um"

He took the green sword given to him by his uncle-master and quickly disappeared into the night, flying all the way to the palace and entering from the cold palace according to the topographic map.

There were no guards guarding the cold palace. One moved all the way from the cold palace to the emperor's bedroom. When he encountered guards on the way, he immediately avoided them and soon arrived at the emperor's bedroom.

As soon as he entered the bedroom, the secret guard leader Han Li discovered someone breaking in, and he immediately swung his sword to attack.

"Who are you to dare to enter the emperor's bedroom?"

"I am the second prince Mo Yan."

He hurriedly took out the princess's token and his jade pendant and handed them to Han Li, who carefully verified their authenticity.

Each prince and princess has his or her own jade pendant to symbolize his or her identity, and Mo Yan is no exception.

After confirming his identity, Han Li knelt down hurriedly, "Your subordinate greets the Second Prince. Please forgive me for any offense I have just caused."

He didn't expect that the Second Prince's martial arts skills were so amazing. The palace was heavily guarded and they didn't even notice the Second Prince entering the Emperor's bedroom.

"It is understandable that you don't know me, the prince."

"When will the Second Prince return to Xinzheng?"

"I just entered the city at 3 pm today. Take this prince to see my father."

"Yes."

"Father, how is your health?"

"The emperor sometimes wakes up, but most of the time he is sleepy."

"Are you awake when you wake up?"

“Mostly confused.”

"The Crown Prince brings the Imperial Master's elixir to nourish the Emperor every day, which is why the Emperor has been able to hold on until now."

“Do you eat it every day?”

"Reporting to the Second Prince, the Crown Prince comes to feed the Emperor after court every day."

At this time, the eunuch heard someone talking, and hurriedly walked out of the emperor's bedroom and saw a strange man.

"Commander Han, who is this?"

"Eunuch, he is the second prince."

The eunuch knelt down hurriedly and said, "This old servant pays respect to the Second Prince. You are finally back. The Emperor always misses you when he is awake."

"No need to be polite, eunuch. I heard from my sister that you are loyal to our father. I would like to thank you for taking care of our father."

"I don't deserve it, old slave."

"This is what subordinates should do."

"Eunuch, Han Li, the Crown Prince gives Father the Imperial Master's elixir every day. Don't you suspect there's something wrong with the elixir?"

"I have also advised the emperor not to take the imperial master's elixir, but the emperor would not listen to anyone's advice."

When they walked into the bedroom, a strong scent of agarwood hit their noses.

"Why is there such a thick scent of agarwood in Father's bedroom? It's not good for Father's recovery. The lack of air circulation in the bedroom would make even a normal person uncomfortable, and it would make people drowsy."

"This is the order of the Imperial Master and the Crown Prince."

"Eunuch, please take the incense burner away immediately after the prince and queen leave."

"Yes."

"The bedroom is filled with such thick agarwood. Are they trying to hide the smell? Or are they hiding something else?"

"Second Prince, what medicinal smell do you mean?"

"I smelled a faint medicinal odor as soon as I entered the bedroom. I can only confirm the authenticity after I examine my father's pulse."

"What did the imperial physician say about father's condition?"

"Imperial Physician Zhang, they can't find the cause of the emperor's illness, so they can only use ginseng soup to nourish the emperor."

He was deeply moved as he looked at the thin emperor lying on the dragon couch. He had only seen his father a few times before he was six years old.

The last time we met was when my master wanted to take me out of the palace and my father summoned my master and me.

During that meeting, my father cared about me more than ever before. I never saw him again. After so many years, my father looked much older.

He knelt in front of the dragon couch and bowed, "Father, your son is back. Please open your eyes and look at your son."

He knelt on the ground and took the emperor's pulse. After taking the pulse, he took out a bottle of detoxification pills from his arms, poured out two pills and stuffed them into the emperor's mouth.

As I thought, my father was really poisoned, and it was a rare poison. The addictive Cold Food Powder was also added to the elixir. No wonder my father had to take the elixir all the time.

If I hadn't learned poison from my uncle since I was a child, I would definitely not know this.

"Second Prince, what did you give the Emperor to eat?"

"This is an antidote. Father was poisoned by a rare and bizarre poison. This poison is made from the liquid of many venomous snakes. Poisonous snakes can only be found in Yazhou, where the weather is hot and poisonous creatures gather together."

"If you take a small amount of this highly toxic drug every day, you will definitely die from the poison within six months.

"Second Prince, how is the emperor's health? I have never noticed that the emperor was poisoned before."

"The detoxification pill can cure a hundred poisons, but the imperial teacher's pill contains the addictive Hanshi powder. If you want to quit taking Hanshi powder, your father will have to suffer."

"Even the imperial physicians can't find the symptoms of this poison, not to mention that you are not a doctor, so don't blame yourself, eunuch."

"Second Prince, when will the emperor's poison be cured?"

"Father takes the elixir sent by the crown prince every day. The elixir is mixed with a small amount of deadly poison. Even if I detoxify it today, I have to take it again tomorrow. The poison can never be completely eradicated, but it will damage its root."

"What should I do?"

"Eunuch, please draw the appearance of the elixir for this prince. I will make the antidote look like poison. Tomorrow when the prince delivers the elixir, I will replace the poison with the antidote while he is not paying attention."

"In less than three days, the poison will be completely cured for the emperor, but he will still be addicted to Hanshi Powder. He will have to slowly quit. After the poison is cured, the emperor will be completely sober and he will be able to make his own decisions. When the time comes, the emperor will know the truth and let him make his own decision."

"Second Prince, this is a great idea. I will draw it now."

Mo Yan took the painting and looked at the emperor lying on the dragon couch.

"Eunuch, are the people in the Imperial Hospital reliable?"

"I am not sure if there are any people from the Crown Prince and the Queen."

"The palace is not safe. I need to make the antidote and pills to regulate my body in the palace, just in time for the court to end tomorrow."

"The Zhaoyang Palace where you used to live is still unused. Why don't you go there?"

"Alright."

"I will give you a list now. Please prepare it and send it to Zhaoyang Palace. After dawn, tell the princess to stop her from worrying."

"Old slave, I obey."

Mo Yan quickly made a list. Eunuch and Han Li looked at the list. Fortunately, these things were available in the Imperial Hospital.

"These things must not be known to the Crown Prince and the Imperial Master, otherwise the Imperial Master will definitely guess that they are alchemy drugs."

"Old slave understands."

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