Shangguan Yunting slowly woke up, his eyes still a little blurry, as if he hadn't fully woken up yet. His consciousness was still a little chaotic, his mind was blank, and he was trying hard to figure out where he was.

Han Lin was so excited when he saw his master wake up that he couldn't express it in words.

"Master, you're awake! Does your head still hurt?"

His voice was filled with worry and anxiety.

Shangguan Yunting took a deep breath, and suddenly thought of Shen Rou, and asked anxiously: "Did you see a woman with long flowing hair and white clothes on the cliff?"

"Master, when I returned to the cliff, I only saw you lying there. There was no woman in white."

"Send someone to find out the name of the girl who appeared on the cliff today."

"Yes."

"Is this the girl who caused you to fall down? What will you do with her after you find her?"

"No need to deal with it, bring it to me."

"Yes."

"Master, at the end of today, a man sent the shopkeeper a wild five-lobed Coptis chinensis."

Shangguan Yunting quickly stood up and ordered, "Inform everyone to leave for the capital immediately. I will return to the palace with the medicine to rescue my brother."

"Master, are you feeling well?"

"fine."

As soon as Shangguan Yunting left with more than a dozen guards, Shen Rou went from the pharmacy to the second brothel.

Shen Rou checked the last two brothels, but found no trace of her sister. She took her grandmother and brother to Shan County.

Shangguan Yunting's guard Ye Qing has been investigating the girl who appeared on the cliff. They don't know that the girl disguised as a man walked back and forth in front of them several times.

The atmosphere in the imperial palace in the capital was extremely solemn.

The emperor lay quietly on the dragon couch, as if asleep, his face pale and peaceful.

The Queen Mother and the Empress were standing by the bed, anxiously gazing at the Emperor, their eyes filled with worry and uneasiness.

"Mother, please return to the palace and rest! Let your daughter-in-law serve the Emperor. If you collapse from exhaustion, the Emperor will blame himself when he wakes up."

"I can only rest assured when Prince Mu returns with the medicine to save the emperor."

"Prince Mu sent a message yesterday that he would definitely rush to the palace today."

"I won't be at ease until I see him come back."

There were many imperial doctors standing by, ready to be dispatched at any time.

The Queen Mother paced anxiously, her eyes revealing deep worry.

"Mammy, where is Prince Mu?

"In reply to the Queen Mother, Prince Mu has not sent any news back today."

"Mammy, go to the palace gate to welcome Prince Mu."

"Old slave, I obey."

"Let the Crown Prince and his men return and not cause panic in the harem. The Emperor, the true Dragon Son of Heaven, will surely be blessed by Heaven and will surely survive this disaster."

"Yes."

The queen glanced at her aunt, the queen dowager. She was not as worried about the emperor's safety as the queen dowager. After all, if the emperor was in trouble, her son would be the ruler of Da Qi, and she would be the queen dowager.

Although she is the queen now, she still has to obey the emperor and the queen mother and do whatever they say. If she were the queen mother, it would be different.

The emperor does not value the crown prince. If it were not for the pressure from his aunt and father, he might not have made his own son the crown prince.

She was more inclined to favor a son born to a woman of low status, so in the queen's mind, it would be better if the emperor died of poisoning this time.

Time passed by minute by minute, and it was time to close the palace gate, but Prince Mu still hadn't appeared. The Queen Mother was so anxious that she was spinning in circles.

"Go and see if King Mu has returned."

"Mother, please don't worry. If Prince Mu comes back, he will definitely go back to the palace to rescue the emperor immediately."

"How can I not be anxious? This concerns the life of the Emperor."

"There's no point in worrying. Without the medicine, the imperial physician can do nothing."

Prince Mu and his guards finally arrived at the palace gate after working day and night. When Nanny saw him return, she hurried forward and said, "Prince, you are finally here. The Queen Mother was extremely worried."

"How is my royal brother?"

"Your Majesty, it's the same as before. The imperial physician is waiting for the prince's medicine to come back and boil the medicine."

Shangguan Yunting hurried to the Rende Hall where the emperor lived.

The imperial physician saw Shangguan Yunting coming and asked, "Prince Mu, where are the medicine?"

He carefully took out the packaged herbs from his arms and handed them to the imperial physician, who took them and identified them carefully.

He said excitedly: "With this medicine, the emperor's poison will be cured."

"Why are you still standing there? Go and boil the medicine."

"Wei Chen obeys your orders."

Prince Mu looked at the exhausted Queen Mother and said distressedly, "Mother, you are tired. Go back and rest. I will stay here to watch over my brother. Please come back tomorrow morning."

"Okay, when your brother wakes up, send someone to tell Mother the Queen."

"Mammy, help the Queen Mother go back and rest."

"Yes"

Prince Mu came to the emperor's dragon bed and looked at the pale emperor lying on the bed with a look of heartache.

They are brothers from the same mother. Although the elder brother has become the emperor, he is still as good to her as ever.

"Someone is coming."

"The old slave is here."

"Has the person who poisoned me been found?"

"In reply to Prince Mu, I have found out that it was Concubine Ruan from the Cold Palace who sent someone to poison the Emperor."

"How could a person from the cold palace possibly reach out to the emperor? Do you think this is possible, eunuch?"

"I don't believe Lady Ruan has this ability either, but the maid and Lady Ruan are already dead."

"They are dreaming of getting away with murdering our royal brother."

"Han Lin, send someone to investigate everything that happened between Prince Xian and Prince Li during this period, including who they met. I want to know every detail."

"I obey my orders."

Shangguan Yunting's face was as cold as ice. He knew that Concubine Ruan was just a scapegoat. The real murderer was either Prince Xian or Prince Li. He had to get rid of them as soon as possible, otherwise such a thing would happen again.

"Leng Mo, the emperor has been poisoned recently. What happened in the court?"

"The Crown Prince is the regent, and Prime Minister Huo is assisting him. Nothing major has happened."

"What are the reactions of the civil and military ministers?"

"The ministers were quite impressed with the prince."

"It seems the prince is very popular."

"The Crown Prince is the heir apparent and the legitimate son of the Empress, so the ministers will definitely favor the Crown Prince."

Shangguan Yunting looked at the emperor lying on the dragon couch thoughtfully.

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