In the years of famine, I led a comfortable life with my husband

"Don't even think about it!" The emperor looked at his youngest son in front of him with gritted teeth, but in his heart he wished he could cut the seventh prince into pieces.

The Seventh Prince, upon hearing this, was not annoyed, but simply sat a little closer to the Emperor. "Father, why are you doing this? I am your biological son. What's wrong with passing the throne to me? Besides, I don't necessarily need you to issue an abdication decree right now. I just want you to issue an order allowing me to serve as Regent. Of course, if you don't want to, I don't want to force it. But Fifth Brother... may not have it so easy... Father, what do you say?"

Upon hearing this, the emperor became even more furious. The anger that the imperial physician had finally calmed down was now ignited again. The next second, the emperor spat out another mouthful of blood, staining the seventh prince's white clothes red.

"Father, your health is not as good as before. You need time to rest. Please issue an order as soon as possible so that the imperial physician can treat you as soon as possible." The seventh prince had a determined smile on his face, which made people feel creepy.

Considering that the life of the fifth prince was still in the hands of the seventh prince, the emperor had to "voluntarily" issue an edict no matter how reluctant he was. Because both the fifth prince and the emperor were "seriously ill", the seventh prince was appointed as regent to act as supervisor during the emperor's recuperation.

Looking at the freshly prepared imperial edict in his hand, the Seventh Prince was overjoyed and nodded with satisfaction. "In that case, please rest well, father. I will take my leave now."

After saying this, the Seventh Prince quickly stood up and left. The second after he stepped out of the Yangxin Palace, the Seventh Prince's cold voice reached the emperor's ears, "Pass on this order. From today on, no one else is allowed to set foot in the Yangxin Palace. Order the Imperial Guards to guard the Yangxin Palace layer by layer, and send the imperial physician to treat Your Majesty well!"

The seventh prince's move was to completely imprison the emperor.

The emperor could no longer suppress his emotions and suddenly spat out another mouthful of blood. The imperial physician exclaimed, "Your Majesty!..."

The news that the Seventh Prince became the Regent quickly spread throughout the capital. No one among the court officials had expected that the situation would develop into what it is now. It was Xie Chengjin who reacted first. While everyone else was still waiting and watching, he was the first to find the Seventh Prince. No, he is now the Regent.

The Regent was not surprised to see Xie Chengjin coming to his house. He simply had Xie Chengjin brought to him and said, "Master Xie, how are you? I haven't seen you for a long time."

"Your humble servant greets Your Highness. I am deeply troubled by what Your Highness has said. However, I have been busy with state affairs. I heard that Your Highness is now the regent, so I came to congratulate Your Highness. I hope Your Highness will not blame me." Xie Chengjin acted like a fence-sitter at this time, flattering the regent.

The Regent was convinced by this, but he still said, "Didn't Master Xie always work with the Fifth Brother? Why did you come to me today? Could it be that you think the Fifth Brother is unreliable and want to come and join me?"

Upon hearing this, Xie Chengjin's expression froze for a moment, but he quickly recovered and said with a smile, "Your Highness, you are too kind. I have no relationship with His Highness the Fifth Prince, but if Your Highness is willing to promote me, I will certainly serve you wholeheartedly."

When the Regent was the Seventh Prince, he had never experienced anything like this. Now that he had gained power, he felt a little proud. "Master Xie has spoken, and I will naturally not let you down. If you are willing to work hard for me, I will not treat you unfairly, right?"

When other court officials saw the Seventh Prince transformed into the Regent and enjoying such a glorious life, many of them took advantage of the situation and chose to join Xie Chengjin in finding the Regent and surrendering.

What's more, in order to win the attention of the Regent, he even called the Regent "Emperor" in private. When the Regent heard such disrespectful things, he just smiled and didn't refute at all. This also gave the surrendered ministers the illusion that the Regent would be the next to rise to power.

Little did he know that all of this was in the control of Xie Chengjin and Su Zhizhi. Without the Regent noticing anything, he had silently fallen into the trap set by Xie Chengjin and Su Zhizhi.

When the Seventh Prince entered the palace to force abdication, Su Zhizhi also arrived safely at the Fifth Prince's residence. Now the Fifth Prince's bedroom was guarded by layers of guards, and only the Fifth Prince's confidants were allowed to enter.

Seeing Su Zhizhi being brought in, several confidants breathed a sigh of relief. However, Su Zhizhi gasped when she saw the Fifth Prince lying on the bed with a pale face and black lips.

She quickly stepped forward, checked the fifth prince's injuries, and asked about the situation at that time.

After checking, Su Zhizhi finally breathed a sigh of relief. The wound caused by the arrow was not serious, but the problem was the poison on the arrow. Fortunately, the court doctor in the Fifth Prince's mansion had decent medical skills. Although he could not detoxify, he at least saved the Fifth Prince's life.

Su Zhizhi took out the pills she had prepared long ago, split them in two, crushed half of it, added some water to make a paste, and applied it to the wound, and dissolved the other half in water for the Fifth Prince to take.

In this way, the toxins in the Fifth Prince's body can be slowly eliminated.

The danger on the Fifth Prince's side was resolved, but they still couldn't find any trace of Xu Miao. It was as if Xu Miao had completely disappeared in the capital, which made Su Zhizhi very worried.

In Xie's house, after Shen Wenjun woke up, he took the elixir left by Su Zhizhi. The medicine was extremely powerful and the effect was visible to the naked eye. In just three days, most of Shen Wenjun's injuries had healed.

Su Zhizhi originally didn't want Shen Wenjun to know about Xu Miao, but Shen Wenjun didn't want to stay in the house, so she walked around the mansion alone. Unexpectedly, she heard Xie Chengjin and Su Zhizhi talking about Xu Miao.

Shen Wenjun didn't want to pay too much attention to Xu Miao's affairs, but for some reason, he stopped in his tracks. It was not until he heard Su Zhizhi say that Xu Miao had not been found that Shen Wenjun completely panicked.

The next second, Shen Wenjun appeared in front of the two of them, her voice filled with unconcealable nervousness and panic, "What did you say happened to Princess Changle?"

Su Zhizhi was startled by Shen Wenjun's sudden appearance. It took her a while to react. Noticing that something was amiss with Shen Wenjun's expression, Su Zhizhi quickly said, "Don't get excited yet. You've only just gotten better. The doctor said you can't handle any major emotional fluctuations."