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"The three previous times it happened were on the 15th of every month, and it would start around the time when the moon was at the top of the tree branches. The itching would be unbearable all over the body. If I didn't take sedatives, the itching would continue until the moon was at its zenith, and then the itching would stop."

Jin Yuanming recalled the pain his son suffered during several attacks, and looked at Jin Wenshao, who was sitting in a chair nearby, with a worried look on his face.

Seeing that the moon was already hanging above the locust tree, the Second Prince paced anxiously with his hands behind his back, rubbing his thumb and index finger constantly. He held on to some expectations, hoping that Jin Wenshao would not have an attack tonight, so that his speculation that he had been drugged with a powerful and mysterious poison would be self-defeating.

The second prince wanted to see Jin Wenshao take effect of the poison. He wanted to see with his own eyes how powerful the poison was. If it was really as he had speculated before, regardless of whether the other party was coming for him or not, he wanted to find out what kind of poison it was so that he could make full preparations.

Just when the Second Prince was feeling anxious and conflicted, he heard a "thump". He turned around and saw Jin Wenshao falling off the chair to the ground, his face twisted in pain, and he stretched out his hands to scratch himself. Seeing this, Dingyuan Hou and Jin Yuanming rushed forward, grabbed Jin Wenshao's hands, and tied the coarse cloth strips that had been prepared in advance to his hands.

It seems that what was supposed to come has finally come. The second prince cast a look at his personal attendant Balang, and saw Balang walk out of the side hall and quickly bring in Imperial Doctor Qin.

"Doctor Qin, as you said last time, Wen Shao is ill again today. Please go and diagnose him carefully to see if he has been poisoned."

As soon as Doctor Qin entered the side hall, he heard the Second Prince giving instructions. He bowed to the Second Prince and came to Jin Wenshao who was already tied up tightly.

Doctor Qin bowed to the anxious Marquis Dingyuan and Jin Yuanming, then reached out his hand, placed it on the wrist of the struggling Jin Wenshao, and listened carefully to his pulse.

After a long time, Doctor Qin lifted up Jin Wenshao's clothes, rolled up his sleeves, and conducted a comprehensive and detailed examination.

The Second Prince, Marquis Dingyuan and Jin Yuanming all stared at Doctor Qin's actions intently, and it took a long time before he finished the examination.

"Your Highness, the Second Young Master Jin is fine except for his liver fire."

"Then why is his whole body itchy? On the night of the Lantern Festival, you told Dingyuan Hou's mansion that Wen Shao was poisoned. Have you ever tested what the poison is?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, there is indeed nothing wrong with the Second Young Master Jin's body. The reason why this old minister determined that he was poisoned is that the time of his symptoms each time is unusually coincidental, including the time of today's attack, which is exactly the same as before. When this old minister was a young medical student, he did hear about similar cases from an old senior, so he inferred that the Second Young Master Jin was poisoned by a very mysterious poison. This poison is difficult to detect through ordinary methods. At least this old minister is not well-trained and does not have such ability."

After hearing what Imperial Physician Qin said, the Second Prince kept rubbing his thumb and index finger together, which was his habitual action when he was anxious.

"If it is true as you expected, Wen Shao was poisoned, how can we cure the poison?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, the situation of Second Young Master Jin is the only one I have ever seen in my life. In my opinion, only the person who poisoned him can cure this poison. Before the real antidote is found, Second Young Master Jin will probably suffer this pain every month."

"Do you have any remedy to relieve his pain?"

"Your Highness, taking sedatives can alleviate his pain, but sedatives are harmful to the body. I suggest that you just endure it. To prevent him from scratching and causing further damage to his body, the best way is to tie his hands and feet with rough cloth and wait for the poison to end."

Seeing Jin Wenshao struggling on the ground with a distorted face, the Second Prince's brows unconsciously frowned.

After letting Balang send Doctor Qin away, everyone in the side hall fell silent except for Jin Wenshao's low groans as he struggled.

"Before Wen Shao's first attack of the poison, did he come into contact with any special people, or offend anyone?"

After a long time, the second prince asked Jin Yuanming a question.

"Your Highness, Wen Shao has an impatient temper, unlike Wen Xun who is calm and steady, so it is common for him to have conflicts with others outside. After the incident, my father and I repeatedly questioned Wen Shao and Xiao Hai, and they both said that they had not had any conflicts with anyone in particular. I also sent people to investigate the suspicious people that Wen Shao had contact with a few days before the poisoning, and found nothing special."

The second prince shook his head slowly, rubbing his thumb and index finger continuously.

Marquis Dingyuan saw the second prince pacing non-stop and spoke.

"I feel that there is something strange about this matter. If the other party has some purpose, then several months have passed, but there is no sign of this. If it is revenge, this method does not seem likely. After thinking about it, I think there are two possibilities that are most suspicious."

The Second Prince and Jin Yuanming both looked up at Marquis Dingyuan and listened to him continue.

"First, the other party intends to disturb our minds in this way. The other party should be aware of the relationship between us and Your Highness, and use this to make Your Highness wary and hesitant to act."

"Secondly, maybe Wen Shao offended someone, and the other party simply wanted to teach him a lesson, but the method used to teach him a lesson was a little too cruel."

The second prince nodded. After a period of investigation, no obvious clues were found, which made the second prince more inclined to the two statements of Marquis Dingyuan.

After a discussion in the side hall, several people finally decided to keep a low profile recently, observe how the situation changes, and then make specific responses.

In the past, horse riding was a sport that ordinary people rarely came into contact with.

Ye Changyan was originally just a little country scholar, and the conditions of the Ye family did not allow him to ride a horse, which resulted in Ye Changyan not being able to ride a horse at all.

In today's horse riding class, the teacher who taught horse riding divided the students into three groups. One group was skilled in riding, and they were trained by a special teacher in some special movements and skills on horseback.

One group knows some riding skills, and this group is trained by a special teacher in riding skills so that they can master the riding skills more proficiently.

There is another group that has no idea how to ride a horse. This is the group with zero basic knowledge, and Ye Changyan is one of them.

This group, led by a special teacher, learned some basic riding skills. After getting familiar with the basic horse equipment such as saddles, stirrups, whips, etc., the teacher led everyone to learn the most basic movements such as how to lead a horse, how to mount and dismount a horse, how to pull the reins, etc.

At this time, Ye Changyan was leading a medium-sized chestnut horse and strolling around the horse farm in the northern suburbs of Shengjing. The chestnut horse had a docile temperament. Ye Changyan held the reins with one hand and stopped from time to time to stroke the horse's body, hoping to establish a relationship of mutual trust with the horse.

At this moment, Ye Changyan saw Liang Jingcheng leading a tall, snow-white horse out of the stable. He gently stroked the horse a few times, then grabbed the iron ring on the saddle, pushed hard with his left foot, swung his right leg, and with a handsome jump move, he sat astride the horse's back with smooth movements.

Ye Changyan sighed in his heart, Liang Jingcheng's action of getting on the horse was so handsome!