The man slowly opened his eyes and felt a splitting headache. He looked around and found himself in an unfamiliar room. He tried to sit up, but felt weak all over.

"You're awake!" A cute little girl was standing by the bed, looking at him with concern. She was wearing a light green dress with a white ribbon tied around her waist. Her face was pretty, like a blooming lotus.

"Who are you? Where am I?" the man asked in a hoarse voice.

"My name is Lu Tingyan, and this is my home. You were injured, unconscious, and poisoned on the mountain. It was my father and I who rescued you." Lu Tingyan replied.

The man recalled: You were originally the honorable Crown Prince Jun Moyuan, but because your mother's maternal clan, the Duke of Zhenguo, was framed for treason by Prime Minister Su, the maternal clan of Concubine Su, your entire clan was executed, the Duke of Zhenguo was given one hundred and eight lives, and your mother was also banished to the cold palace. Overnight, he fell from the clouds and lost his former glory and status. When you went to visit your mother, "Yuan'er, our army of the Duke of Zhenguo is loyal and patriotic. We have never had second thoughts for a hundred years. But now, because of your father's suspicion and the prime minister's frame-up, our entire family has been executed. Your grandfather still has a group of secret guards in Yuncheng, and they are all highly skilled in martial arts. If you have a chance, take the jade pendant that your mother gave you before to receive it. I believe Yuan'er will fight for the Duke of Zhenguo." "Mother," "Drive Yuan'er away! Don't come to the harem!"

When you were looking for an excuse to go out, you were chased by Prime Minister Su. You had no choice but to hide in the mountains, and the guards were trying to buy time for you to escape and their whereabouts are unknown. Now you don't know what to do, and when you can redress your mother and grandfathers. Now you can only hide your identity, cultivate your power and make plans. At the same time, in order to protect your identity and not implicate others, you decided to pretend to have amnesia.

The man said, "Thank you, Miss Lu, for saving my life."

"What's your name?"

"I don't remember anything..." Jun Moyuan frowned and said painfully.

Seeing this, Lu Tingyan quickly comforted him, "Don't worry, maybe because of your injury, your memory is temporarily problematic. When you recover, maybe you will be able to remember it."

Jun Moyuan nodded, but in his heart he was thinking about how to deal with the situation. He didn't know whether these people could be trusted, nor did he know whether the people chasing him were still nearby.

"You should have a good rest first. I'll go make some medicine for you and ask daddy to come in and see you." After Lu Tingyan said this, she turned and left the room.

"Thank you very much, Miss Lu."

Doctor Lu walked in with steady steps, sat down beside the bed and took your pulse: "Well, it's good, the toxins in your body have been completely cleared, but your body still needs time to slowly recuperate and recover."

Jun Moyuan quickly thanked him, "Thank you! Doctor Lu, if it weren't for your superb medical skills, I'm afraid I wouldn't have a chance to survive."

Doctor Lu smiled slightly, saying that this was what he should do, and asked with concern: "I heard from my daughter that you seem to have lost your memory of the past?"

You nodded and answered truthfully, “Yes, I really don’t remember what happened before.”

After a while, Lu Tingyan came in with a bowl of steaming medicine, handed it to you carefully and said, "Dad, why don't we just let him take our surname?"

Doctor Lu thought for a moment and thought this was a good idea, so he readily agreed, "Alright! Then give you a name according to the generation of Brother Yan'er. From now on, you will be called Lu Tianyuan. From today on, you can live here peacefully and be my godson."

In fact, Doctor Lu had another plan in mind. He thought to himself: This young man is so handsome. If I pick him up and raise him up, he might become my son-in-law in the future. In this way, Yan'er can stay at home to accompany the old couple.

You thanked Dr. Lu again with tears in your eyes: "Thank you, uncle!"

Doctor Lu waved his hand and said with a smile: "Since you are now my godson, don't call me uncle anymore. Just follow Yan'er and call me dad."

Hearing this, Lu Tingyan was so happy that she almost jumped up. She couldn't wait to pull your hand and cheered, "That's great! Now we're a family from now on!" Her eyes were shining with excitement and joy.

In the following days, Jun Moyuan gradually recovered under Lu Tingyan's careful care. He began to try to communicate with Lu Tingyan and her father, Doctor Lu, to understand their lives and backgrounds. He found that Lu Tingyan was a kind and smart woman, and her father, Doctor Lu, was also a man with excellent medical skills and a kind heart.

On the other side, after the assassins arranged by the prime minister lost track, they returned to the prime minister's residence in dejection like a stray dog, and reported the course of events and the results to the prime minister.

In the study, Prime Minister Su was so angry that he slammed the table and stood up, shouting angrily: "A bunch of good-for-nothings! I usually provide you with good food and drink, but at the critical moment you messed up even such a small matter. What are you doing for a living! You actually watched Jun Moyuan slip away right under your nose!"

The assassins knew that they had failed miserably, so they knelt down and begged for mercy: "We deserve to die, please punish us, Prime Minister."

However, the punishment was useless to Prime Minister Su at this time. He knew that if Jun Moyuan escaped back to the capital alive, all of them would be in danger of death. Thinking of this, Prime Minister Su could not help but feel panic, so he cursed at the assassins in front of him again: "Punishment? Punishment is useless! The most urgent task now is to find Jun Moyuan as soon as possible and kill him, otherwise no one will survive!"

The assassins also understood the urgency of the situation and said they would do their best to track down Jun Moyuan. Once they found any trace of him, they would execute him without hesitation and would never give him a chance to escape or return to Beijing to file a complaint.

Prime Minister Su: "You'd better find him as soon as possible, otherwise I'll bring my head to you!"

Death Soldier: "Yes! I will do my best to live up to the Prime Minister's expectations."

Prime Minister Su: "Humph! That's better. Also, you must be careful and don't reveal any flaws, and don't let others notice anything unusual."

"Where did you lose him?" Prime Minister Su frowned and kept asking.

"To reply to your Excellency, it was Jun Moyuan's secret guards who fought desperately to stop my subordinates and others, and eventually lost their trace in Fengxi Town, Yuncheng." The person who answered the question had a panic tone, with cold sweat on his forehead.

"Well... you should focus your search on Fengxi Town, but remember not to alert the enemy. If there is any sign of trouble, report to me immediately." Prime Minister Su warned in a serious tone.

The assassins responded in unison: "As ordered!"

Prime Minister Su waved his hand and said, "Go ahead, everything will go according to plan."

After the group of assassins left, Prime Minister Su took a deep breath and thought to himself: This matter is of great importance and must not be taken lightly. He turned and hurriedly walked to the inner room to pay his respects to his daughter, the imperial concubine, who was sitting in front of a bronze mirror and dressing.

Prime Minister Su hurriedly walked into the palace with a panicked look on his face, and said anxiously to Concubine Su, who was dressing herself up at the dressing table: "Your Majesty, something terrible has happened!"

Concubine Su frowned slightly, stopped what she was doing, turned around and looked at Prime Minister Su, wondering, "Father, why are you so panicked?"

Prime Minister Su wiped the sweat from his forehead and replied with a trembling voice: "The people we sent out to hunt down Jun Moyuan have lost their target!"

Upon hearing this, Concubine Su's face instantly became extremely gloomy, and a trace of astonishment and anger flashed in her beautiful eyes. She shouted angrily: "What? With so many of you, you still lost someone? What a bunch of good-for-nothings!"

Prime Minister Su lowered his head and explained: "According to the reports from those assassins, Jun Moyuan, the villain, fled into the deep mountains and forests near Fengxi Town in Yuncheng. They also searched the mountains carefully for a long time, but in the end they were unable to find any trace of him."

Concubine Su stamped her feet in anger and cursed with gnashing teeth: "What should we do? If Jun Moyuan escapes back to the capital alive, all the plans that we have carefully planned will be shattered!"

Prime Minister Su took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down, and comforted Concubine Su, "Don't worry, your majesty. Since the incident has already happened, worrying will not help. The most important thing at the moment is to find Jun Moyuan's exact whereabouts as soon as possible. We must not give him any breathing space to return to the capital."

Imperial Concubine Su nodded slightly, indicating her agreement with her father, and then ordered in a firm tone: "Father is absolutely right. Send more people to investigate immediately. Jun Moyuan must be found for me no matter what! I must find him alive or dead!" Prime Minister Su: "Yes! I have already sent more people to investigate. However, we must also prepare for the worst."

Concubine Su: "The worst plan? Father means..."

Prime Minister Su: "If Jun Moyuan really returns to the capital, we can only take the last resort."

Concubine Su: "The last resort? Father is saying..."

Prime Minister Su frowned and said, "That's true. The best strategy at this moment is to find a way for His Majesty to abolish his position as Crown Prince."

Concubine Su said with a worried look on her face: "However, His Majesty has always been very fond of Jun Moyuan. It is so difficult to make His Majesty abandon his position as Crown Prince!"

Prime Minister Su thought for a while and responded, "That is why we need to plan carefully and create some evidence to make His Majesty suspicious of Jun Moyuan and gradually lose trust in him."

Concubine Su hurriedly asked, "Father, do you have any good ideas?"

Prime Minister Su's eyes lit up, and he lowered his voice and said, "Why not start with the people around Jun Moyuan and look for his flaws."

Concubine Su nodded repeatedly and said, "Very good! I will follow my father's instructions."

Then, Prime Minister Su exhorted: "This matter is of great importance. I hope Your Majesty will take more care of it. You must try your best to persuade His Majesty to listen to our words, abolish Jun Moyuan's position as Crown Prince, and then support Yu'er to ascend the throne of Crown Prince." Concubine Su: "Don't worry, father. I will do my best."

Prime Minister Su: "That's good. As long as we can successfully dethrone Jun Moyuan from the position of crown prince, then he will have no chance to ascend to that position."

Concubine Su smiled and replied, "Daughter, I understand!"

"Then I, this old minister, will take my leave first!" Prime Minister Su bowed to Concubine Su, then turned and left.

After Prime Minister Su left, Concubine Su hurriedly called her personal maid Yuchun and whispered, "Yuchun, get ready quickly, we are going to the cold palace to visit the Queen."

After receiving the order, Yuchun quickly began to prepare the necessary items and supported Concubine Su as she walked towards the cold palace.

Along the way, Concubine Su was thinking to herself that although she and the Queen had a harmonious relationship on the surface, they were actually fighting overtly and covertly. Now that the Queen had been banished to the cold palace, it was undoubtedly a great opportunity for her. She decided to go to the cold palace in person to test the Queen's true intentions.

Not long after, they arrived outside the cold palace. Concubine Su signaled Yuchun to stop, then she tidied her appearance, took a deep breath, and slowly walked into the cold palace.

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