In the novel "Joy of Life," the protagonist wakes up at Li Chengze's residence.

Li Chengze also put on a smiling face and chatted with Li Chengqian in a friendly and respectful manner.

Li Chengqian then burst into laughter again:

"Hehehe, didn't Second Brother just say that the nights have been cool lately?" A cold glint flashed in his eyes.

Emperor Qing lay behind the screen, observing his two sons' hypocrisy alone through the one-way transparent veil.

This reminded him of himself and his brothers from the past, who seemed to have been in the same situation.

However, Emperor Qing doesn't have many brothers left. Those who should have been killed and those who shouldn't have are basically all gone.

Li Chengze and Li Chengqian only exchanged a few words.

Then, just like when an NPC finishes triggering a quest, they both sat down, and no one said another word.

The two sat opposite each other, one sitting upright and the other squatting.

There was nothing on the table; even to get a sip of tea, you had to climb over the railing and wade into the river to fetch it yourself...

Fortunately, nobody wants to drink tea right now.

A moment later, Eunuch Hou led a figure in. Upon closer inspection, it was indeed Fan Xian.

Li Chengze narrowed his eyes, not quite understanding what Emperor Qing meant by this move.

But the most important thing at this moment is for him to pretend that he doesn't know Fan Xian.

Sure enough, when Fan Xian came in, he only glanced at him briefly and didn't say anything.

The three of them sat there, ignoring each other. This continued until the food was laid out on the table and Emperor Qing came over.

Emperor Qing gave the three brothers a severe dressing-down, criticizing each and every one of them.

After giving instructions on sending Fan Xian as an envoy to Northern Qi, the family banquet came to an end.

As Emperor Qing got up to leave, he passed by Fan Xian and stared intently at him with his eagle eyes, watching him bow in greeting.

But he only glanced at it, said nothing, and showed no emotion whatsoever, and then just walked away lightly.

Following closely behind, the second to leave was Li Chengze.

When he passed by Fan Xian, he glanced at him just like Emperor Qing did, without any expression, and then left.

After Fan Xian returned home, he saw a pigeon perched on his windowsill.

"This is... a letter?" Fan Xian grabbed the pigeon and stuffed it into the house.

Upon opening it, one finds only a few words: "I am going to the palace. Come to my residence immediately and wait for me. — Li Chengze."

After reading it, Fan Xian burned the paper, suppressed his doubts, and quietly climbed over the courtyard wall to leave the mansion.

They evaded many spies along the way, and then climbed over the wall to enter the prince's residence.

As soon as he climbed in, he came face to face with Fan Wujiu.

"Oh, have you been waiting for a while? What does His Highness want with me?" Fan Xian patted the dust off his hands.

"Young Master Fan, please follow me." Fan Wujiu did not answer his question, but simply extended his hand to lead the way.

Seeing that he wouldn't speak, Fan Xian stopped asking and just followed him forward. But the further they walked, the more something seemed off. This path seemed to lead to Tao Jingyang's house.

"Guard Fan, was it His Highness who sought me out, or was it Miss Tao?" Fan Xian felt that something was amiss, though he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

"Young Master Fan, you'll find out soon enough."

In a short while, the two arrived at Tao Jingyang's house.

Before Fan Wujiu could knock on the door, Li Chengze opened it ahead of time, based on the footsteps he heard.

A very thin man appeared before Fan Xian, his hands with distinct knuckles gripping the door frame, looking up at him.

"You've finally arrived. Come in." Li Chengze opened the door, then turned around and went inside.

"I've seen Wan'er less often than I've seen the two of you," Fan Xian muttered as he closed the door.

He turned around and was startled by the scene before him.

"No, Second Prince, are you crazy? The person is still sleeping in bed and you just come into the room!?"

"No, it's one thing for you to come in, but why did you bring me along? What kind of situation is this..." Fan Xian quickly raised his hand to cover his eyes and tried to run out in the dark.

“She’s not sleeping. I called you here so you could see what’s wrong with her,” Li Chengze called to Fan Xian.

Upon hearing this, the latter lowered his hand, turned around, and walked towards the bedside.

He carefully examined Tao Jingyang's complexion and said, "She doesn't look sick... Have you called a doctor for her?"

"We searched, but found nothing. Just like you said, it seemed like it was sleeping."

Li Chengze moved two round stools to the side of the bed, and when he mentioned the doctor's examination results, he even pinched his temples.

He hadn't slept a wink all night, and now he felt a headache coming on.

Hearing this, Fan Xian realized the seriousness of the situation and stepped forward to take Tao Jingyang's pulse: "How long has she been lying there?"

“From the moment you left yesterday until now, she fainted almost the instant you left.”

"Hey, I have to clarify, I didn't poison him." Fan Xian didn't forget to distance himself from the situation while taking the pulse.

[Li Chengze]: ...... (sighs)

Fan Xian frowned, realizing he hadn't managed to say anything.

Although his pulse was weak, it was at least steady. If you asked him to give his own judgment now, he would probably only say "he was sleeping".

So he pried open Tao Jingyang's eyelids again, and it was very, very good... but the pupils were unfocused and dilated.

"Hey, are you there? Wake up." Fan Xian gently shook Tao Jingyang, but the person on the bed did not react at all.

“Calling her is useless. She hasn’t responded at all since yesterday!” Li Chengze was inexplicably angry at this point.

What angered her was that Fan Xian couldn't see through it, but what angered her even more was her own powerlessness.

I thought Fan Xian would be able to figure something out, but judging from his reaction, he seemed to be at a loss as well.

"Don't you know her? I don't care about anything else, I just want to ask you, is there any way to wake her up?"

Li Chengze controlled his emotions, and what he said sounded relatively calm to others.

Fan Xian was also analyzing the symptoms at this time:

There were no external or internal injuries. There were no signs of poisoning in the body, but the person was in a state of unconsciousness.

This is quite different from the ALS I had before; at least my eyes could still move. Looking at it this way, hers seems a lot like...

"Could he be in a vegetative state?" Fan Xian asked hesitantly.

"What does 'vegetative state' mean?" Li Chengze quickly asked, then, after thinking for a moment, explained according to his own understanding:

"Is it some kind of potent poison? As long as there's an antidote, I can get any medicinal ingredients needed."

Whether it flies in the sky, walks on the ground, or swims in the sea, as long as it exists in this world, it can definitely be found.