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Inside the Imperial Medical Academy, after Chen Nan left, Hongming was left alone, sitting on a chair.

Eunuch Wang stood cautiously a short distance behind him, glancing at him every now and then.

Just then, hurried footsteps came from outside the door.

Just as Eunuch Wang was about to speak with a look of dissatisfaction, he discovered that the person who had come was actually Chen Nan.

He quickly put on a smiling face and asked, "Didn't Your Highness just leave? Why are you back again?"

Chen Nan strode into the Imperial Hospital and stared at Eunuch Wang, asking, "I ask you, who did you entrust the young emperor to just now?"

Eunuch Wang was taken aback; he didn't understand why Chen Nan had suddenly become concerned about this matter.

Especially considering the incident that had just occurred at the Fengtian Hall not long ago, this question made Eunuch Wang even more nervous.

"Your Highness, I have entrusted the young emperor to the care of an old woman in the palace. Is there a problem?"

Although he didn't know the answer, he could only answer Chen Nan's question honestly.

Hearing this conversation, Hongming, who had been sitting, stood up and looked at Chen Nan nervously: "What's wrong? Wasn't the young emperor always cared for by a palace maid appointed by the Empress Dowager? Why has he suddenly been replaced?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Nan and Eunuch Wang exchanged an awkward glance, neither of them mentioning the issue.

Hongming knew perfectly well that these two were clearly hiding something from him.

He pressed further, "What? Are you trying to hide this from me, General?"

Hongming directly used his official position to coerce the two of them.

Wang Gonggong cleverly closed his eyes and lowered his head, not even daring to raise his head, let alone answer Hongming's question.

Instead, Chen Nan laughed awkwardly, "It's just that there was a problem with the palace maid who took care of the young emperor before, so I asked Eunuch Wang to replace her with someone more experienced."

"There's a problem? That palace maid has been taking care of the young emperor since his birth. How come I don't know anything about her?"

Hongming looked on with suspicion; she wouldn't believe such an explanation.

Chen Nan sighed and said helplessly, "You don't know, that palace maid made the young emperor cry all the time, so we had to replace her."

“Your brother and the others all know about this. There were quite a few people there at the time, and even Eunuch Wang saw it with his own eyes.”

He didn't want to involve anything else in this matter, so he had no choice but to drag everyone down with him.

He knew, of course, that these people were all intelligent and knew what they should and shouldn't say.

Sure enough, after hearing this, Hongming didn't press further. He turned to look at Eunuch Wang with a suspicious expression and asked, "Eunuch Wang, is that really the case?"

Eunuch Wang gave a wry smile, looked up at Chen Nan, and seeing the determined look in his eyes, chuckled and said, "This matter is indeed as Your Highness said."

He was helpless and didn't want to get involved in this matter at all. Despite his repeated attempts to avoid it, he was still dragged into it by Chen Nan.

Hongming's interference almost made Chen Nan forget his main task.

He said solemnly, "Eunuch Wang, please take me to see that old woman. I need to make sure there are no unexpected incidents."

"Could there be some unexpected event happening here?" Eunuch Wang asked with a surprised look.

If even the Northern Wei imperial palace wasn't safe at this stage, then there probably wouldn't be a safe place anywhere in the entire Northern Wei territory.

"I recall that the imperial physician who attacked Hongze a few days ago has not yet been found, has he?"

"As far as I know, he did not flee the palace; he should still be inside," Chen Nan confirmed.

In a moment, Eunuch Wang also realized the seriousness of the matter. The Imperial Physician had not intended to harm Hongze, but rather the Empress Dowager.

They changed their target to Hongze only because they failed to achieve their goal.

If the Empress Dowager falls into a coma and the young emperor suffers any further mishap, he might as well give up his life.

"Your Highness, please come with me. I will take you to find that old woman right away."

As soon as he finished speaking, Eunuch Wang hurriedly left the Imperial Hospital and rushed towards the Bureau of Servants.

Seeing this, Chen Nan had no choice but to follow closely behind, while Hong Ming kindly reminded him, "Be careful."

During their journey, the two did not exchange any words and soon arrived at the entrance of the slave quarters. Eunuch Wang barged straight in.

Chen Nan did not go in, but chose to wait at the entrance.

If the Imperial Physician was indeed lying in ambush nearby, he could catch him immediately.

After a while, an elderly woman followed behind Eunuch Wang, holding the young emperor in her arms.

After coming out, she looked at Chen Nan with a blank expression, and after a moment of stunned silence, she hurriedly greeted him: "This servant greets Your Highness."

Chen Nan waved his hand and said, "Stand up, straighten your chest, and let me take a good look at you."

The old woman obediently stood up straight, and Eunuch Wang even snatched the young emperor from her arms.

Chen Nan carefully sensed the old woman's aura, but he did not detect any other fluctuations in it.

He frowned and asked, "After Eunuch Wang handed the young emperor over to you, did he have any contact with anyone else?"

The old woman's legs went weak, and she knelt directly in front of Chen Nan: "Your Highness, please calm down. The young emperor is of noble status. How could this servant dare to allow others to come into contact with him?"

"Ever since Eunuch Wang entrusted the young emperor to me, I have held him in my arms at all times, for fear that something might happen to him."

Chen Nan squinted at the kneeling old woman and muttered to himself: This is not right. If she is really in disguise, even with my level of cultivation, I can sense the fluctuations of another aura on her body.

But he doesn't feel it now, which means that the old woman is still normal.

For a moment, Chen Nan was in a dilemma. He had already taken the young emperor to the palace to find someone to take care of him.

But he has been too busy lately and hasn’t even had time to go back to the palace to sleep.

As for Wu Zixu, he was forcibly removed from his position in the Imperial Guard.

"Okay, you go back first."

Chen Nan waved his hand, signaling Eunuch Wang to hand the young emperor back to the old woman.

The old woman dared not linger any longer and ran inside in a flash, carrying the young emperor.

Eunuch Wang looked puzzled: "May I ask what happened, Your Highness? Why are you in such a hurry all of a sudden?"

Chen Nan told Eunuch Wang everything he had learned from Wu Xu.

Eunuch Wang was not just a eunuch, but also the chief eunuch of the Northern Wei Dynasty, so there was no need to hide certain things from him.

After hearing Chen Nan's account, Eunuch Wang's expression changed drastically, and his silver hair turned sharper: "Your Highness, is this really true?"

“The matter should be true. Wu Xu has no reason to lie to me. Moreover, the palace has been under martial law recently. That imperial physician’s martial arts level should not be high, so he naturally could not escape Wu Xu’s investigation.”

"So he is very likely still in some corner of the palace."

Then, Chen Nan sighed again: "I can't be distracted by the young emperor for the time being. Eunuch Wang, please keep an eye on the servants' quarters and make sure they don't take advantage of any loopholes."

Eunuch Wang nodded in agreement.

Just after the two left, a head suddenly peeked out from the wall outside the servants' quarters, its face covered by a black veil.

He whispered, "The young emperor? It's not bad that I couldn't kill the Empress Dowager, but I did kill the young emperor. At least I didn't die in vain."