Ball Ball Cultivation

They had agreed to support the Third Prince, okay?! Between power and a son, they chose power! As for the Second Prince, he was born to a servant girl and looked exactly like his mother. Not only was he greedy and stupid, but he was also unreliable in every way! Even though he looked nothing like the Emperor, the Emperor was certain he was his own son and treated him well. Not only did he confer the title of Consort Mi on the mother of the foodie duo, but he also conferred the title of Prince Xiao on the eight-year-old prince, making him a carefree foodie. He couldn't go any further!

He used the name of a Taoist alchemist to find a hermit who could truly detoxify him. He also placed some mercury in a coffin in a secret underground chamber to preserve his discarded body!

As for the cultivator who gave the Emperor the Soul Artifact, Qiuqiu couldn't confirm who it was. Although the dragon energy in the palace could suppress magical power, it was easy for cultivators to create a deceptive illusion to confuse their appearance. But it was definitely not Old Monk Wuwei! Old Monk Wuwei had simply told the Emperor when he was summoned to the palace that his soul was incomplete, his main soul was too strong, and it was pulling on the seven spirits and hurting his body, so his body was weak! His soul was about to return to its place, ushering in a new life.

When the emperor confirmed that he was the main soul, he let Wuwei go. He recruited Taoist priests from all over the world, looking for someone with real ability. Someone offered this Horcrux to help the emperor seize the body. The evil sect wanted to reap the benefits in the end!

Qiuqiu woke up and imitated the emperor in the past. He helped the secret guard leader to untie the acupuncture points, pulled out the emperor's ring, and used the carved pattern on the ring as a key to open the secret room. He asked the secret guard to carry the emperor's body into a sealed coffin filled with mercury to ensure that the body would not decay! Just as the secret guard was about to put the emperor's body in, he heard the "emperor" stop him: "Wait, you back off! Put it there, get out!"

After the secret guards retreated, Qiuqiu used the little soul power he had just merged with the emperor to open his storage ring. While putting the corpse in, he took out several bottles of pills and then felt dizzy!

He held on tightly to the coffin beside him to avoid fainting, but the mercury inside splashed out.

The secret guards outside immediately appeared when they heard the noise. Qiuqiu said softly, "Seal it up!"

The secret guard had no suspicion and immediately picked up the coffin lid next to him and pushed it up along the slide to close it tightly!

"Help me back to bed!"

The emperor's entire weight fell on the secret guard, who came to the bedside and said, "Get me a shirt and get rid of this outer robe and cloak!"

Qiuqiu forced himself to change his clothes and put several bottles of pills into the secret compartment on the bed. He took the Soul-Nourishing Pill and the Spirit-Nourishing Pill, then lay on the bed to practice and sleep!

After a long drought, a downpour of spiritual energy filled Qiuqiu's dantian, like the long-awaited nectar, and it began to emit vitality again.

After several Grand Circulations, Qiuqiu realized that his Dantian hadn't stored any spiritual energy. This realization made him panic. His consciousness hadn't recovered yet, and even after taking the Soul-Supplementing Pill, he still needed to absorb it slowly. Was the Dantian's inability to store spiritual energy forbidden by the rules of this world, or was there something wrong with his Dantian? Unconvinced, Qiuqiu took the Soul-Supplementing Pill twice more in a row. The Dantian only stored a little spiritual energy, but it disappeared after a while. Overthinking it was useless, so he just worked hard to take the pills to restore his consciousness and merge with his new soul.

Qiuqiu took the fifth-grade Soul-Nourishing Pill, but without the aid of spiritual energy, he slept for three days before fully absorbing it. Upon waking, Qiuqiu's consciousness had recovered less than 10%, just enough to probe the outside world! Yesterday, it was learned that the Crown Prince had been imprisoned in the Eastern Palace. The Empress, worried about the Emperor, hadn't had a drop of water in three days and was seriously ill! The former Prince Jing and the court officials were already at odds and were vying for power. Military control in the northwest was still in disarray, and the Imperial Guards were still ostensibly loyal to him! ...

"Liu Fu, announce my decree. Let the Queen, the Crown Prince, the Second Prince, the Third Prince—let alone the Third Prince, who is too young to stay in the palace and be cared for by the Virtuous Concubine—all come to take care of me. I'm not dead yet, how come I can't see any of them?" Qiuqiu said very weakly!

Liu Fu: “Yes.”

Looking at the huge crowd, "Get out!" Qiuqiu lay down on the bed again and knocked on the edge three times. A secret guard appeared silently in front of the bed. Qiuqiu opened a secret chamber at the head of the bed, took out an imperial edict, opened it, glanced at it, and handed it to the secret guard, "Give this to Shen Mu and tell him to leave immediately and quietly. There must be no mistakes! You stay by his side and protect his safety until he returns to Beijing again."

The imperial edict given by Qiuqiu was written by the emperor long ago. General Shen died in unclear circumstances. Young General Shen Mu returned to Beijing to ask for an imperial edict to investigate the cause of his father's death. However, it only led to the discovery of a traitor in the border area and the search for the criminals in the court who were collaborating with the enemy and selling out the country. The written edict was not issued!

Soon, the queen with a disfigured face, the prince with red and swollen eyes, and the second prince, Prince Xiao, with admiration on his face, knelt in front of the bed and saluted!

Qiuqiu pointed at the two princes and said, "Help your mother to the imperial concubine's couch over there. Don't go back!" After saying this, he gathered some strength and said, "Call the imperial physicians! Call all the imperial physicians on duty here!"

Qiuqiu waved at the Crown Prince, who came over immediately. A boy of eleven or twelve, his eyes were already filled with determination, his small back straight. Qiuqiu leaned over to his side and whispered something. He quickly understood what his father meant.

"Eunuch Liu Fu, prepare a few sets of pens, ink, paper, and inkstones and a few small tables!" The prince's hoarse but majestic voice sounded!

Just as the brush, ink, paper, and inkstone were ready, the imperial physicians who had been summoned from outside also arrived! There were two imperial physicians and thirteen imperial physicians in total. The Crown Prince divided them into four groups, each to examine the pulse of the Emperor, Empress, Crown Prince, and Second Prince respectively, and then took turns taking their pulses!

Qiuqiu lay on the bed, holding out one hand. Fifteen people took turns feeling his pulse, a process that took more than two quarters of an hour. The prince spoke again, "Write down the pulse condition, the lesion, and the treatment prescription on paper."

Qiuqiu imitated the emperor's voice and said weakly: "Write it for the second prince." He glanced at Prince Xiao who was watching the strange sight and said, "You go and collect it."

Two imperial doctors and two older imperial physicians started writing down the pulse diagnosis results at four low tables!

After all were collected, the second prince took Qiuqiu to him, and the crown prince and Liu Fu helped Qiuqiu up. Liu Fu showed them to the emperor one by one, controlling the speed just enough for Qiuqiu to see the whole thing!

"Come here, arrest Xu Tongdi and send him to the Imperial Guard. Pass the order to Pang Guang, the Left Commander of the Imperial Guard, to immediately arrest Xu Tongdi's family, servants, and anyone who has recently resided in his home. Interrogate them strictly, regardless of life or death!"

After this decree was issued, not to mention the sensation in the previous dynasty, even the imperial doctors who were kneeling on the ground were trembling all over!

"Now write about the prince!"

What he received this time was exactly the same as last time, nothing different. Qiuqiu was just using this opportunity to make a show of force. This Xu Tongdi was already implicated in the Emperor's poisoning, and there were some murky connections between this collaborating courtier and this imperial physician. The Emperor, despite his broken body, had only managed to find this much, and he was still playing the long game. Qiuqiu was simply trying to lure the snake out of its hole, sending in the Imperial Guards. Even the most stubborn of mouths could still pry something out!