Quick Transmigration: Survive to the End

After leaving the palace, Yin Yin rushed to handle the matters ordered by the emperor and did not return to the palace for several days.

Liu Cheng was urged to return to the Liu family again.

Turning his head, Liu Cheng told Yin Yin about what his parents had asked him.

“That day, His Majesty punished many people from the Hongwen Academy. Several scholars were sent home to reflect on their mistakes. My parents couldn’t find out the inside story. Knowing that you were in the palace that day, they wanted to ask me to come and question you.”

After saying that, Liu Cheng said, "If it's inconvenient to say, then you'd better not tell me."

"It's not convenient to talk about," Yin Yin said, "but this has nothing to do with the family. Just do your own job."

Liu Cheng nodded: "I'll just tell them that then."

Yinyin found it somewhat amusing: "Aren't they in a hurry?"

“What’s the use of being anxious?” Liu Cheng said. “If they get your information easily, they’ll just take it for granted.”

“We’ve all separated our households, so there’s no reason for us to tell our parents everything.”

Although he was raised and educated by his family, Liu Cheng did not agree with his parents' opportunistic ideas and did not want to have any involvement with other princes, so he naturally became passive and reluctant to work.

Yinyin knew what was going on, but didn't say anything.

Liu Cheng's composure benefited her.

When autumn and winter came, the emperor suddenly fell ill and had a cough for a month or two.

Yin Yin was worried that his illness would become chronic, so she planned to go to see the Imperial Physician.

She had just arrived at the Imperial Hospital when she heard that there were guests at the Imperial Physician's office. She originally planned to wait for them, but then she discovered that the person standing outside the Imperial Hospital was a close attendant of the First Prince.

Yinyin thought for a moment, then told the person next to her that she was going somewhere else and would come back later. In reality, she turned around and lightly landed behind the Imperial Physician's house from a nearby courtyard.

"Imperial Physician, this is an order from His Highness the Crown Prince. You should think it over carefully."

The Imperial Physician's voice rang out: "Your Highness, please forgive me for being unable to comply."

The eldest prince's tone carried a veiled threat: "Do you dare defy the imperial decree?"

"The Crown Prince is the Eastern Palace official, while His Majesty is the Emperor. When the two conflict, I will naturally follow His Majesty's wishes first," the Imperial Physician said in a somewhat cold tone. "I still need to go to His Majesty to inquire about his pulse. Your Highness, please return!"

The eldest prince chuckled lightly: "It seems that Imperial Physician Zheng doesn't care about his grandson's safety at all?"

After a moment of silence, Imperial Physician Zheng said, "Your Highness, please."

“You have such a foul and stubborn temper, no wonder Father trusts you,” the eldest prince said, taking a few steps away. “Now that you know everything, how can I allow you to still be alive?”

"Your Highness, what are you doing!"

Yin Yin sensed something was wrong, so she broke through the window and just in time to stop the First Prince from stabbing at Physician Zheng with a dagger.

Upon seeing Yin Yin, the First Prince's expression changed: "Shou Kang, what are you doing here?"

Yinyin raised an eyebrow at him: "Why can't I be here?"

The eldest prince gave the imperial physician a warning look, then turned to leave.

“Your Highness,” Yin Yin said, “you haven’t answered my question yet, why are you leaving already?”

"You can't go this way."

While the Crown Prince wasn't paying attention, Yin Yin quickly stepped forward and knocked him unconscious with a karate chop.

Under the astonished gaze of Imperial Physician Zheng, Yin Yin calmly dragged the eldest prince onto the bed and positioned him in a sitting position.

"Imperial Physician Zheng, aren't you going to check on the Emperor's health? Do you need me to escort you?"

Imperial Physician Zheng glanced at the eldest prince and quickly nodded.

"Thank you for your help, Princess Shou Kang."

Yin Yin didn't ask what had just happened, and the Imperial Physician didn't intend to tell her in detail either. The two went out in tacit agreement, and Yin Yin did the same thing again, knocking out the First Prince's attendant.

Yinyin summoned a guard from the Western Guard stationed outside the Imperial Hospital and instructed him to keep a close watch on the Crown Prince and his servants before heading to the Xuan Shi Hall with the Imperial Physician.

Upon entering the Xuan Shi Hall, the Imperial Physician first took the Emperor's pulse. When it was time to leave, he knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to report."

Seeing this, Yin Yin stood up and said, "Father, I'll go stand outside for a while."

"No need," the emperor said, though he had a bad feeling about it but didn't think there was anything he couldn't tell Yin Yin.

The Imperial Physician said, "I was just about to take His Majesty's pulse today when His Highness came to find me."

"He said he was sent by the Crown Prince to deliver a message to me, instructing me to use the medicinal herbs they had prepared to brew medicine for Your Majesty."

“When I refused, he said that the Crown Prince had already captured my grandson and used this to blackmail me.”

"I refused repeatedly, but the Crown Prince pretended to leave and then turned around to kill me to silence me. If it weren't for Princess Shou Kang saving me, I would have already..."

He didn't say anything more, but he didn't need to continue either.

The emperor's face turned ashen. He ordered Eunuch Wu to investigate the safety of the imperial physician's family, and after comforting him for a few moments, he dismissed him.

Yinyin brought him a cup of fresh tea.

The emperor asked, "Yinyin, is what he said true?"

“I don’t know about the beginning, but what I heard later was exactly as he said,” Yin Yin said, intending to recount everything she had heard to the emperor.

"Father, I think there are many suspicious points in this matter, and we should investigate it thoroughly."

The Emperor nodded: "Have the Western Guard detain that attendant. The eldest son doesn't need to leave the palace. Find a place and have your men keep an eye on him."

Isn't having Xiwei watch over them also a form of house arrest?

However, the parts of this whole affair involving the Crown Prince were all said by the First Prince himself, and whether they are true or false remains to be verified.

If everything he said is true, then the eldest prince is a fool.

If the part about the Crown Prince was fabricated by him, then he was both stupid and wicked, and even tried to murder the emperor and frame the crown prince.

From any perspective, the eldest prince is unlikely to come out on top.

Eunuch Wu was very quick at finding information. While the eldest prince was still being forced to sleep, he had already gathered all the information.

Not a single word the eldest prince said about the Eastern Palace was true.

Physician Zheng's family was perfectly fine and were waiting for him to return home.

The medicinal herbs prepared by the Crown Prince's Palace were utterly absurd.

This improved the emperor's expression considerably.

The emperor, accompanied by Yin Yin and Eunuch Wu, went to see the eldest prince.

"Why are you doing all this?"

The eldest prince sat upright opposite the emperor, his face unusually calm.

"Your son only wants to avenge his birth mother."

“You’re lying,” the emperor said, directly pointing out the flaw in his words. “The crown prince has nothing to do with your mother’s death. No matter how much you want revenge, you can’t take it out on him. You’re only doing this for your own benefit.”

The eldest prince's face twisted for a moment, and he lowered his head in a sorry state: "So what if it is?"

"Father, I am your first son, and I was once your most beloved son. Why have you never considered me?"

When the emperor heard that this was the reason, his expression softened considerably, and his anger disappeared. He simply shook his head and said, "Look at your methods. With such little courage and ability, what can you possibly accomplish?"