The general's eldest daughter has a spatial ability

Consort Bai hadn't expected that she had almost injured His Majesty. She was so frightened that she immediately knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down. I didn't know that Your Majesty had come. I didn't mean to hurt you! It's just that these imperial physicians are too hateful."

My son injured his leg, and I sent for the imperial physician. However, the chief physician, Chen, told me that the skilled bone-setting physician was not on duty today. I was worried about my son's leg, which is why I was angry. Please forgive me, Your Majesty.

Chu Batian glanced at the group of imperial physicians kneeling on the ground, then stepped forward to help Bai Luoying up: "My beloved concubine, please rise quickly. If you are not in a position to attend to someone, you should simply send someone to fetch her. Why get angry? Anger is bad for your health!"

Chen Yuanzheng hurriedly stepped forward: "Your Majesty, I sent someone to invite Physician Liu before I came. I believe he will arrive soon."

"In that case, everyone, please rise. Chief Physician Chen, please come and examine the Third Prince's leg to see how badly it is injured."

Hearing Chu Batian's words, Chen Yuanzheng, sweating profusely, stepped forward, but before he could even begin to examine the body, the Third Prince cried out, "Father, you must do justice for your son!"

After Chu Batian sat down, a palace servant served tea. Chu Batian picked up the teacup and nodded: "Tell me, how did you injure your leg? And who injured you?"

Before the Third Prince could speak, the Imperial Concubine hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, is there any need to say anything? My son was ordered by you to investigate at the Crown Prince's residence, and apart from that wretched..."

"Hmm~" Chu Batian put down his teacup: "As a model noblewoman from a prestigious family, Consort Gui should be even more careful with her words!"

Consort Bai gritted her teeth and said, "Your Majesty, I misspoke. What I meant was that my son returned from the Crown Prince's residence in this state, with a broken leg! It must be related to the Crown Prince. You can ask my son if you don't believe me!"

Chu Batian nodded and looked at the Third Prince, Chu Huaiyi: "What exactly happened? Is it as your mother said? Did the Crown Prince order your leg to be broken? Did you see the Crown Prince in person?"

The Third Prince, Chu Huaiyi, looked at his father, the Emperor, sitting at the head of the table and gritted his teeth: "I originally intended to come here today to investigate, but I didn't expect to cause trouble. Who knew that my elder brother, the Crown Prince, would start by humiliating me! He even ordered his men to beat me and said he would have us thrown out of the mansion. He completely disregards Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty, I intended to go to the palace to tell you what I saw today. However, after leaving the palace, just as I was about to ride back to the palace, I tripped and fell at the gate of the Crown Prince's residence, and that's how I ended up like this. It must be my elder brother's revenge, secretly plotting against me! Father, you must avenge me!"

"So you're saying you broke your leg yourself? It wasn't the Crown Prince, no one laid a hand on you!?" Chu Batian looked at Chu Huaiyi, picked up his teacup, and took a sip of tea.

"Father!"

"His Majesty!"

Chu Huaiyi and Consort Bai were surprised to hear Chu Batian's words, never expecting him to say such a thing.

Chu Batian looked at the two imperial guards who had accompanied the Third Prince to the Crown Prince's residence and slowly said, "Tell me everything you saw and heard at the Crown Prince's residence today. If you tell even a single lie or embellish it, you know the consequences!"

Upon hearing Chu Batian's words, the two imperial guards trembled and knelt down. They exchanged a glance and then recounted in detail how the Third Prince had arrived at the mansion, how he had entered the study, the conversation between the Crown Prince and the Third Prince inside the study, how the Third Prince left the mansion, and the incident of the startled horse at the mansion gate.

After listening to the man's words, Chu Batian looked up at another imperial guard and asked, "Is what he said true?"

Another guard immediately kowtowed: "Your Majesty, everything Li Yong said is true, without a single falsehood. I dare to guarantee it with my life! He did not embellish or exaggerate."

Chu Huaiyi and the Imperial Concubine, after hearing the words of the two guards, were also puzzled as to why His Majesty would ask such a question. It was clear that His Majesty had disliked the Crown Prince since childhood and rarely got close to him. There were even rumors that the Crown Prince was not His Majesty's bloodline.

However, seeing that His Majesty did not intend to take his anger out on the Crown Prince because the Third Prince had broken his leg, the two dared not speak recklessly and could only pretend to be dead. Firstly, the Emperor of Chu was capricious and unpredictable. Ever since His Majesty fell and woke up, he seemed to have become a different person, and his actions were even more unpredictable.

Secondly, the course of events is now clear. From the very beginning, the Third Prince acted arrogantly and domineeringly, completely disregarding the Crown Prince and even verbally humiliating him.

The Crown Prince's words were all true. The vulgarity and hierarchy among aristocratic families were ingrained in their very bones. As the eldest son of the legitimate wife and the future heir apparent, it was perfectly reasonable for the Crown Prince to teach his disrespectful half-brother a lesson. No one could find fault with that!

Chu Batian looked at the Third Prince, tapped his fingers lightly on the table, and slowly said, "Do you want to be the Crown Prince? Or do you think the eldest prince is unworthy of the position?"

Consort Bai and the Third Prince were shocked when they heard Chu Batian say this. The Third Prince even forgot the pain of his broken leg and only felt a chill down his back.

He scrambled to his feet and said, “Father, spare me! I didn’t mean that. I came here today to provoke the Crown Prince to see if it was really me or someone else in disguise. I would never dare to covet the position of Crown Prince. Please investigate, Father! I know I was wrong! I will be more careful in the future and will not act rashly again. Please forgive me this time.”

It must be said that Chu Huaiyi does have some brains. Given the current situation, he has no room for excuses and can only try to shift the blame.

"Oh, so you mean what you did today was just to test whether the Crown Prince was really in the residence? And you had absolutely no intention of taking his place?"

Consort Bai immediately knelt down: "Your Majesty is wise. The position of Crown Prince was bestowed by Your Majesty yourself. Besides, there are many princes in the palace, and the Third Prince is no more outstanding than the other princes. I only hope that the Third Prince can be a carefree prince. A life of wealth and honor, nothing more!"

It must be said that Consort Bai does understand Chu Batian quite well. The reason Chu Batian asked such a question was to test Chu Huaiyi. Moreover, judging from His Majesty's expression, he has no intention of pursuing the matter of the Crown Prince hitting the Third Prince!

Sure enough, Chu Batian smiled slightly the next moment: "Someone, help the Third Prince up! His leg is still injured! Zuo Lu, send someone to see if Physician Liu has arrived yet!"

Consort Bai and the Third Prince both breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing Chu Batian's words, as it meant he would no longer pursue the matter.

Two eunuchs stepped forward to help the Third Prince up and sit back down in his chair.

At this moment, Imperial Physician Liu rushed over: "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to the Imperial Concubine and His Highness the Third Prince!"

Chu Batian nodded: "Go and check on the Third Prince. See how badly his leg is injured and whether it can be treated."

Physician Liu nodded and approached the Third Prince: "Your Highness, please allow me to examine you. Before setting the bone, I need to feel the bone to determine the location of the fracture. There may be some pain, so please bear with it."

Meanwhile, Consort Xue returned to Luoxue Pavilion and smashed all the teacups on the table to the ground. Upon seeing this, the palace maids immediately knelt down and said, "Your Highness, please calm down!"

Consort Xue's face was contorted with rage: "Damn it! Ever since His Majesty fell and woke up ten days ago, he seems to have become a different person, even more unpredictable than before!"

He no longer touches me, yet he still summons me to his bedchamber every day. If this continues, when will I ever conceive? By the way, I heard that the Empress summoned the imperial physician the day His Majesty fell. How is he now? Has he recovered completely?