The sickly son died young? After the marriage exchange, I will bring prosperity to his entire clan f

Ling Silang shared this concern, but he knew the Crown Prince's current condition. "If it's not a very serious injury, then it's fine. I'm just afraid... the other party might get desperate and not want the Crown Prince to live."

"Isn't the reason they haven't announced it yet precisely to gain a good reputation?"

Ling Silang shook his head, "What if the Crown Prince dies at this time?"

“But the Emperor has disappeared, hasn’t he? The people behind him dare not gamble on even the slightest possibility. So as long as the Emperor doesn’t show up, the Crown Prince will be fine for a while. They will be wary of the Emperor.”

Even if it's just a living dead.

Those behind the scenes dared not make any major moves unless they witnessed the emperor's death firsthand.

Ling Silang now admires Du Mingxian's decision back then, "It's fortunate that you took the Emperor out of the palace back then, otherwise... Da Shun would definitely have a new emperor by now."

"That's wonderful, that's wonderful." Du Mingxian had thought that since the Emperor was without a physician there, it would be bad for his health if he stayed there for too long, so she thought of bringing him out of the palace.

Who told her to have a space where she could bring things out without anyone noticing?

"You go back to your room first, I'll go and pay my respects to Master Huang."

"Go."

Although the Emperor was staying at the Ling family's residence, Ling Silang would always pay his respects to Master Huang upon returning home and also take the patient's pulse to adjust the prescription accordingly.

The Emperor never said anything irrelevant to Ling Silang; he was always very serious.

Today was somewhat unusual. The Emperor asked Ling Silang about the current situation outside and instructed him to inquire about the Crown Prince's situation when he went on duty tomorrow.

When Ling Silang returned to his room and was getting medicine from his spatial storage, he told Du Mingxian about what had happened.

"His Majesty is in a bad situation now, but he is still worried about the Crown Prince, fearing that something might happen to him."

“That’s normal. He’s my son. How could I not worry? I’m afraid the Emperor is worried about the Empress, just not as much as he is about the Crown Prince.” Du Mingxian was quite open-minded.

At this point, Du Mingxian narrowed her eyes slightly, "We don't know what's going on in the palace right now. Do you think I should go to the palace tonight to take a look?"

"No, it's too dangerous."

Du Mingxian waved her hand, "I have a space. At worst, I can just hide in my space and not come out. Besides, the outside world is strictly controlled now. Even if I don't go to the palace at night, I still want to go out for a stroll."

“After the last crackdown, I went to the courtyard where Guo Miaomiao and the others lived. When I got there, I didn’t see anything, and no one was there either. I was quite worried about Guo Miaomiao.”

Ling Silang was quite optimistic. "It's true that Guo Miaomiao is from Da Shun, but the man beside her is the tenth prince of the Tharva. Even if it's discovered, will the current king of the Tharva definitely kill him?"

It's hard to say. Now that the other party has taken over, and the most powerful competitor has reappeared, killing them directly would be the stupidest thing to do.

Using this rival to demonstrate his benevolence is good, even if he imprisons him, he will still appear to the outside world as a benevolent king.

It all depends on what the person in charge thinks.

"I hope Guo Miaomiao is alright. I'm quite worried about her."

"Don't worry, with the Tenth Prince by your side, as long as the Tenth Prince lives, she will definitely live too."

Du Mingxian didn't think so. "The Tenth Prince might still be useful, but Guo Miaomiao could also be used as a weapon to attack him. If we kill Guo Miaomiao and then raise the Tenth Prince, outsiders will praise the new king for his benevolence. Who will care about the Tenth Prince? Anyway, someone will take care of him, and he won't have to do anything. It's the kind of life that many people dream of."

Ling Silang gave Du Mingxian a thumbs up. This idea... is brilliant.

"I still want to go out and take a look tonight. If I don't come back by dawn, don't worry. I will definitely come back. I may be trapped somewhere, but I will definitely be fine."

“Okay.” Ling Silang knew he couldn’t persuade her. Once Du Mingxian made up her mind, she would definitely do it. All he could do was support her.

"Don't leave yet. After I've prepared the medicine for the Emperor, I'll prepare some medicine for you to use for self-defense."

"to make."

Du Mingxian assisted Ling Silang, and the two prepared a lot of commonly used medicines. By the time they finished, it was quite late. Du Mingxian urged Ling Silang to go to sleep, and then quietly changed into her night clothes and left home.

After she went outside, she felt that there were more people on the street than last time. She took out her night vision goggles from a distance and saw that there were guards every two steps on the street, and they were really guarding the area tightly.

She quietly took a detour and went to the courtyard where Guo Miaomiao lived, but there was still no one there.

Last time she only saw that no one was there and didn't go inside to check carefully. Today, after she went in and checked carefully, she found that many commonly used items were missing.

It should be that Guo Miaomiao and the others left, not that they were kidnapped.

After leaving Guo Miaomiao's courtyard, she went to the courtyard of the previous workshop. This time... there was no one in the courtyard, only an empty box that had been opened, and nothing else.

It's clear those people were really furious; several boxes were smashed.

Du Mingxian found it extremely funny. Adhering to the principle of not wasting anything, she put all the empty boxes into her spatial storage space, since the gold and silver jewelry in her space just needed to be stored in boxes.

Finding nothing amiss, she got up and headed towards the palace.

Wearing night vision goggles, she saw soldiers approaching in the distance and quickly bypassed them. As she walked to the outside of the palace walls, she discovered that... this time, the palace walls were not guarded as densely as before.

She quietly went upstairs, but didn't see anyone. She even took a few extra steps before she saw two people guarding the place together.

Thinking of the people on the street, she understood. It must have taken a lot of palace guards to have so many people guarding all the main streets of the capital, with a sentry every two steps.

The palace guards were really lax, which put her at ease, and she quickened her pace.

While others truly walk at night, she has night vision goggles, making things much easier. Now, she walks as if she's in an empty place.

She quietly went to the Emperor's palace... Apart from a few palace servants on duty, she didn't see any princes or the Crown Prince. She then wandered around the inner palace.

Perhaps it's for the sake of easier management.

The Empress's palace was the most heavily guarded. In the other palaces, the masters were not present; only a few palace servants remained.

This shows that all the positions of concubines in the imperial harem were held in the Empress's palace.

She started searching again and finally found the Crown Prince and others in the Eastern Palace.

There were several guards inside, with one person guarding almost every hall entrance.

Du Mingxian stood on the high ground, watching the situation from afar. She didn't want to rush in, mainly because she didn't know which palace the Crown Prince lived in. If she rushed forward now and entered the wrong room, it would be troublesome.

Just as she was wondering what to do, a palace door opened.

A person walked out from inside, and Du Mingxian could see from afar that it was... the Fourth Prince.

When the fourth prince came out, the guards at his door followed him out.

After leaving the East Palace, the fourth prince went to a palace next to it, where the guards were even tighter.