Even if you haven't eaten pork, you've still seen pigs run, right? Lu Liruan had heard of this kind of method before, but she never expected that the task would fall on her head so soon.

After realizing what was happening, Lu Liruan had no choice but to try: Use your medical skills to immediately undo the medicine in my body!

The skill "Strength" far exceeded Lu Liruan's expectations. She wondered if the skill "Medical Skill" would be useful now.

After silently repeating the mantra a few times, Lu Liruan felt less uncomfortable, and within a few minutes, she was completely back to normal.

Lu Liruan felt her consciousness and strength returning.

If it weren't for the nail marks she had just made on her palm, Lu Liruan would have thought she was hallucinating!

Wow... this recovery is amazing! It's definitely a cheat code, not a skill.

Leaning against the bed, Lu Liruan decided to wait and see what would happen. After all, if she went out now, who knew if someone was lying in wait for her?

A few moments later, the sound of the door being pushed open was heard, followed by footsteps. Lu Liruan narrowed her eyes to observe the situation.

A pair of men's shoes came into view, clearly not belonging to servants.

The man crept up to Lu Liruan and bent down, causing Lu Liruan to quickly close her eyes.

Wow, so that's the trick!

As if confirming that Lu Liruan had lost consciousness, the man rubbed his hands together and reached towards Lu Liruan's waist.

The Lu family's daughter truly lives up to her reputation; she is stunningly beautiful, and just looking at her makes one lose control...

Just as the man was lost in thought, suddenly, his eyes widened!

The beautiful woman, who had been motionless just moments before, suddenly grabbed his chin and pried his mouth open. Then, a wad of cloth was shoved inside, pressing down on his hyoid bone and making his eyes roll back in his head!

Lu Liruan had her right hand behind her back when she grabbed the pillowcase from the bed and, to prevent him from making a sound, she used all her strength to stuff the entire cover inside.

The man's face was so taut it looked like it was about to explode, his cheeks puffed out like a toad's, and he couldn't even breathe properly, let alone make a sound.

Lu Liruan was afraid of kicking him to death, so she held back her strength and flipped him over. The pearl on the tip of her embroidered shoe kicked his ribs, making the man writhe in pain like a worm.

Lu Liruan wanted to ask him who sent him.

But after a moment's thought, I realized I didn't have the skills, so I shouldn't take on that task.

After all, the next step in this kind of conspiracy is for someone to catch them in the act, so I have to get out of this troublesome place as soon as possible!

Lu Liruan kicked the person under the bed with disgust and pulled the sheet down to cover them up as much as possible.

She tiptoed out to see if anyone was watching her.

As soon as she opened the door, she heard a palace maid's voice calling out, "Miss Lu, are you all ready?"

It was the palace maid who had just brought me here!

Seeing Lu Liruan looking at her, she held out a hand warmer and said, "Miss's hand warmer got cold, so I just went to replace it with a new one."

"Why hasn't Miss changed her clothes yet?" She glanced behind Lu Liruan, who turned her head and saw a dress that fit her perfectly hanging on a clothes rack in the room opposite where she had just been.

Did you see it when you came in?

Lu Liruan couldn't remember...

A corner of the curtain in that room was caught in a crack in the window...

Lu Liruan walked over without noticing.

After changing into clean clothes, the palace maid remained quietly waiting with her head down, seemingly oblivious to what was happening in the room, and completely unaware that there was a struggling man under the bed.

As if nothing had happened, Lu Liruan left the courtyard smoothly, accompanied by palace maids. The journey was uneventful and without any disturbance.

It wasn't until Lu Liruan sat back down next to Gao that she felt as if she had just had a tense and bizarre dream.

Are there two palace maids in that courtyard? Are they involved in the conspiracy? Where did they go?

Lu Liruan had many questions in her mind.

But this matter disappeared completely, like a drop of water flowing into water.

After the palace banquet ended, Lu Liruan and her sister left the palace with Lady Gao.

Looking back at the majestic and solemn red walls under the setting sun, which also seemed heavy and eerie, Lu Liruan felt a sense of fear and helplessness.

Under absolute power, amidst countless conspiracies and layers upon layers of secrets, a person is truly insignificant.

This is not just empty talk; you have to experience it firsthand to truly understand.

After Lu Liruan left, she was unaware of what had happened in the palace.

"Bang—" The heavy object landed heavily on the ground.

"Quiet down, His Highness can't hear it..." The little eunuch sweeping at the door raised his finger and hissed, looking timid, but he didn't even glance at the bag struggling on the ground.

"Woo-woo—" The creature inside the bag seemed to hear someone speaking and began to whine.

The little eunuch grinned in disgust, twirled the broom in his hand, and slammed the piece of wood hard against the bag. Soon, red stains appeared on that spot.

The sound of wooden wheels grinding came from inside the house: "What are you doing sneaking around outside!" Ji Shumin scolded.

The people carrying the bags rushed inside and saw the ground covered with porcelain clay.

His Highness the Crown Prince sat upright, bending over and meticulously applying mud to a huge, square-shaped vessel. His pale eyes looked even more shocking against the mud.

Ji Shumin turned the wheel handle in another direction, carefully examining his work, then bent down and meticulously repaired it.

Clearly, those serving him dared not speak out about the Crown Prince's various activities, but Ji Shumin seemed to be in a rather good mood, raising a long eyebrow and asking, "Is it big enough?"

"Your Highness, what, is it big enough? What do you want to put in it?" the little eunuch asked, bowing low and his voice barely audible.

"Can't you tell what this is?"

Not to mention the eunuchs, even the people carrying bags who came in had their heads down, completely baffled by this clay contraption.

Ji Shumin gave a look of utter disdain, as if everyone else was incredibly stupid: "The flowerpot I made for the Crown Princess myself looks big enough to hold her, doesn't it?"

You...you sent the Crown Princess a flowerpot so that you could bury her in it?

"It...it can fit...the Crown Princess's figure isn't...it's not big enough," the little eunuch stammered, not daring to elaborate.

Ji Shumin was then somewhat satisfied.

He stretched out his muddy hands: "Open it and let me see. What dares to be so bold... Does it really think I'm going to die?!"

When the bag was opened, a bloodied face was revealed; the little eunuch's broom had smashed a large gash into the man's cheek.

"Spare me! Spare me! I was acting under orders! Spare me!" The man cried out in despair as soon as he took the object out of his mouth.

Then he got another whack on the back of the head with a broom: "Quiet, quiet... do you understand?"

"Your Highness, I'll tell you who ordered me to do this! Please, please spare my life!" the man sobbed, trembling like a leaf.

"I don't want to hear it, I'm afraid his name will offend my ears."

Ji Shumin, uninterested, asked, "Which hand did he touch the Crown Princess with? Cut it off, just cut off the hand, don't cut the whole thing off..." He gestured to indicate the length.

"Ah—Waaaaah—"

A flash of cold light, and a still twitching hand fell to the ground at the wrist. The little eunuch grimaced as he picked it up.

Ji Shumin raised his chin, gesturing for the little eunuch to throw his hand into the groove he had just dug at the bottom of the flowerpot.

"Throw that in too."

The young eunuch then took out a brocade box, opened it, and inside were two fresh tongues.

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Crown Prince: Loves playing with mud, loves doing crafts, and misses the Crown Princess very much.

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