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Xie Chengjin also hurried over to check. When Xie Chengjin found Shen Wenjun, he was shocked by the scars on his body. In the dungeon of the Seventh Prince's Mansion, Shen Wenjun was almost subjected to inhuman torture, and there was almost no healthy place on his body.

The next second after Shen Wenjun saw Xie Chengjin, she fainted and completely lost consciousness.

At Xie Chengjin's house, Shen Wenjun reluctantly regained consciousness, but he was unwilling to say anything, only saying that he wanted to see Xie Chengjin.

Seeing Xie Chengjin walk in, Shen Wenjun's eyes lit up. He stretched out his hand towards Xie Chengjin tremblingly, grabbed Xie Chengjin's sleeve tightly, glanced at the servants around him, but still refused to say anything.

Seeing this, Xie Chengjin asked those people to retreat. Soon, only Xie Chengjin and Shen Wenjun were left in the room.

"What do you want to tell me?" Xie Chengjin sat beside Shen Wenjun's bed with some curiosity, looking at Shen Wenjun thoughtfully.

Shen Wenjun opened his mouth with great effort, his voice hoarse, "Seventh, Seventh Prince wants to usurp the throne and attack Fifth Prince and, and Your Majesty... You, you must... be careful and deal with it..." Shen Wenjun spoke these words intermittently.

But Xie Chengjin's expression suddenly darkened. "Does the Seventh Prince really have such evil ambitions?"

Shen Wenjun nodded. He seemed to have adapted to the pain and spoke more fluently. "We have been neglecting the Seventh Prince all this time. He is the most cunning prince. If his plan succeeds, I am afraid that we will..."

"He's going to attack the fifth prince first?" Xie Chengjin thought of something and asked quickly.

Shen Wenjun paused, then nodded slowly. "That's right. Although I escaped, I still can't affect the Seventh Prince's plan. If his plan goes as planned, then these few days will be the days when the Fifth Prince will be killed. You must inform the Fifth Prince as soon as possible, otherwise it will be too late."

Xie Chengjin also realized the seriousness of the situation and nodded quickly. Seeing Shen Wenjun coughing violently due to his excitement, Xie Chengjin comforted her, "Your injuries are serious now. I'm afraid you still need to take good care of yourself. I will notify the Fifth Prince. You don't have to worry. The most urgent thing now is to get well."

Hearing this, Shen Wenjun finally felt a little relieved and nodded tiredly, "I know my body well. Although it looks like the injuries are serious, I'm fine inside. Although the Seventh Prince is cruel, he wouldn't dare to cause any deaths at this critical moment. After all, I'm also an official of the imperial court, and the Seventh Prince needs to be careful about what he does."

"In that case, I feel a little relieved. You should have a good rest first. I'll leave first." After saying that, Xie Chengjin got up and left, instructing the doctor outside the door to take good care of Shen Wenjun and make sure he recovers as quickly as possible.

In fact, the imperial physicians in the palace might be more proficient in this kind of thing, but in such a troubled time, Xie Chengjin did not dare to risk being spotted and discovered by the Seventh Prince by going to the palace to ask for the imperial physician.

Fortunately, the doctor who is currently treating Shen Wenjun is one of the best in the capital, so he is one of the lucky few.

As the matter involved turmoil in the imperial court, Xie Chengjin did not dare to delay and wanted to go find the fifth prince in person, but he was worried about alarming the seventh prince.

After much deliberation, Xie Chengjin arranged for his most trusted subordinate to go and inform the Fifth Prince.

After receiving the news, the Fifth Prince also became more cautious. However, they only knew that the Seventh Prince was going to attack the Fifth Prince, but no one knew the more specific details.

Therefore, even though the Fifth Prince was prepared, he could not be completely prepared.

However, for several days in a row, the fifth prince stayed in his own mansion and never went out, so that the seventh prince could not take advantage of him.

But the fifth prince could not stay indoors all the time. He had to go to the palace to pay his respects to the emperor, and the accident happened at this time.

When the Fifth Prince had nothing to do, he would go to the palace to pay his respects to the Emperor every three days. However, for the sake of the Seventh Prince, the Fifth Prince had not gone to the palace for two consecutive times. The Fifth Prince did not want to arouse the Emperor's vigilance, so after much hesitation, he decided to take the risk and go to the palace.

In order to ensure that he would not be attacked, the Fifth Prince had made all the necessary preparations. In fact, he did not quite believe that the Seventh Prince would choose to take action at this time.

However, the Fifth Prince still underestimated his younger brother. Nothing happened on his way into the palace, but on the way back to his house from the palace, the Fifth Prince had an accident.

The Seventh Prince had placed people on the route that the Fifth Prince had to take to return home early in the morning, in order to assassinate the Fifth Prince.

It is easy to avoid a spear but difficult to guard against an arrow from the dark. Even though the Fifth Prince had many guards around him, he was no match for the Seventh Prince's men in the dark. He was not paying attention for a moment and was hit by an arrow.

The tip of the arrow was poisoned, and the poison was extremely strong. Fortunately, at the critical moment, the Fifth Prince deviated a little, and the arrow did not hit the heart, but the poison on the arrow was extremely difficult to remove.

The poison was extremely potent. The Fifth Prince had only been shot by the arrow not long ago, but he felt dizzy and his mind was not very clear. At this time, he seemed to react and lowered his head to check the wound. The area around the wound had turned black.

When the fifth prince wanted to say something, he could no longer hold on and fainted on the ground, completely losing consciousness.

When the ambushers saw the Fifth Prince fall to the ground, they were secretly delighted and told their men to turn around and leave. They did not choose to go and check on the Fifth Prince's condition. After all, they did not want to cause any unnecessary trouble to the Seventh Prince, so this was considered as giving the Fifth Prince a way out.

After the guards around the fifth prince checked the surroundings, they quickly took the fifth prince back to the prince's mansion.

But when they returned to the prince's mansion, the guards were in trouble again. Fortunately, there was still a smart one who said, "In this case, why not invite Lord Xie here? His Highness trusts Lord Xie, and Lord Xie should have a way to solve this problem." The others didn't have any better ideas, so they simply went to report to Xie Chengjin.

It happened that Xie Chengjin was discussing something with Su Zhizhi at this time. After hearing about the murder of the fifth prince, Xie Chengjin's face instantly darkened, and Su Zhizhi's expression became extremely serious.

"What is going on? Didn't I tell Your Highness to be more careful? What exactly happened?" Xie Chengjin looked at the person in front of him with disappointment.

The guard thought for a moment and explained the whole thing to Xie Chengjin from beginning to end. Xie Chengjin fell silent.

Fortunately, Su Zhizhi on the side said, "The most urgent thing now is to confirm the condition of His Highness. Xie Chengjin, you wait in the mansion, I will be back soon." After that, Su Zhizhi wanted to go straight outside.