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"Father, it's the fourth prince's turn next," the crown prince reminded him.

However, Emperor Qianming did not spare a single glance for Liu Zhu, who had a knife to her neck.

The crown prince sighed and gave the order: "Make your move."

Li Zhi's knife sliced ​​across Liu Tong's neck, and blood spurted out.

Liu Tong collapsed to the ground, no longer breathing.

The crown prince laughed loudly, which sounded very enjoyable, but only he knew the bitterness behind it.

The fourth son was the emperor's most "favored and valued" son, and he died just like that!

It is clear that in the emperor's mind, his son was not as important as the throne.

He and the fourth prince were merely pawns in their father's balancing act in the court.

They were actually in the same boat.

Who caused their hostility?
The Crown Prince felt sorry for himself and the Fourth Prince, but he did not regret killing the Fourth Prince.

Only by killing the fourth prince can we eliminate future troubles.

Moreover, if he falls into the hands of the Fourth Prince, the Fourth Prince will definitely kill him.

Emperor Qianming did not expect the Crown Prince to act so decisively and actually kill the Fourth Prince.

He sighed.

Yes!

Since the knife has already been worn down, the whetstone is no longer useful.

Emperor Qianming stopped his scolding and stared intently at the Crown Prince: "You are more decisive than the fourth prince, but unfortunately, you are still too green."

After saying this, Emperor Qianming said, "Except for the Crown Prince and the Empress, kill them without mercy."

Suddenly, a number of men in black carrying weapons appeared from all over the palace.

These people were all the emperor's secret guards.

They acted with lightning speed, and in no time, everyone Li Zhi had brought into the hall was killed by the men in black.

Including Li Zhi.

The sounds of clashing weapons could be heard outside the hall.

Is there anything the Crown Prince doesn't understand?

His actions were already under the emperor's control.

The emperor orchestrated a trap, luring the crown prince into it.

Give him a fatal blow when he is at his most triumphant.

The Crown Prince looked at the Fourth Prince's "corpse" and chuckled.

"You and I are both nothing but a joke."

He rushed to Li Zhi's body, picked up the knife that had once slashed the Fourth Prince's neck, and then slashed his own neck.

The man in black hadn't expected the prince to do something like this. He couldn't stop him in time, and saw blood spurt three feet away. The prince was beyond saving.

Upon witnessing this scene, the Empress cried out in anguish, "My son!" She then removed the phoenix hairpin from her hair, pointed the sharp end at her neck, and plunged it in forcefully...

Emperor Qianming sighed and ordered, "Find a propitious place so that mother and son can be reunited."

These two men, who staged a coup, could not possibly be buried in the imperial mausoleum.

However, the fourth prince, as a victim, can be buried in the imperial mausoleum.

The emperor ordered that he be buried with the honors due to a prince.

At this moment, a royal physician entered the main hall to treat the three injured princes.

The three princes suffered severe blood loss, but fortunately the bleeding was stopped, saving their lives.

However, all three of them lost an arm, which not only disqualified them from holding high office, but also left them disabled.

This was a huge blow to them. The ambitious seventh prince, in particular, was unable to accept this reality and took his own life one day.

The Seventh Prince's ambition stemmed from his mother.

The one with the greatest ambition was the Seventh Prince's mother. If she hadn't talked to the Seventh Prince about vying for the throne all the time, how could the Seventh Prince have developed ambition at such a young age and participated in the struggle for the throne?

The death of the Seventh Prince shattered his mother's ambitions, driving her mad.

Emperor Qianming ruthlessly threw the person into the cold palace, leaving him to fend for himself.

The mothers of the sixth and eighth princes were unaware of the ambitions of the seventh prince and his mother. They thought that the seventh prince's mother was in the same boat as them and was even more miserable, so they took care of the seventh prince's mother.

Only then was the Seventh Prince's mother able to live in the Cold Palace for another ten years.

Emperor Qianming began to deal with the faction of the Crown Prince.

All those involved in the coup were stripped of their property, their heads were executed, and their family members were exiled to distant places.

Many of these people were pampered and spoiled, and most of them died on the way to their exile.

Even those who did not participate in the rebellion were imprisoned by the emperor.

For two whole months, the capital was filled with fear and unease; people dared not go out on the streets, and shops dared not open their doors.

The air above Caishikou was thick with the smell of blood, and the strong stench of blood lingered for a long time.

Xiao Lu dismissed everyone from the Fourth Prince's residence and left the residence himself.

Just as the imperial court and the harem were in complete chaos, no one cared about the eunuch who served a dead prince.

He changed out of his eunuch's clothes and into the attire of an ordinary person, and even put a mustache around his mouth, making him look like an ordinary man in his thirties.

No one could recognize that this was the fourth prince's personal eunuch.

Xiao Luzi purchased a small courtyard under a pre-arranged identity.

He felt that the courtyard was far too small and not worthy of his master's status at all.

Their master, however, said that if they wanted to stay in the capital to watch the play, they had to keep a low profile, and the small courtyard was just right for the two of them.

Xiao Luzi strolled around the streets and, finding no one following him, returned to his courtyard.

Liu Dong lay on a recliner in the courtyard—a recliner "invented" by the Fifth Prince—and the Turtle Breathing Technique had side effects.

The Turtle Breathing ability allows one to enter a state of suspended animation, meaning one can be buried underground for seven days without any problems.

But recovery will take time.

After immediately ending the tortoise breathing exercise, although breathing and heartbeat have returned, the body is still stiff and needs seven days to fully recover its vitality.

Liu Dong stopped practicing the Turtle Breathing Technique only four days ago, and now her limbs are still stiff and she can't move. She can only lie down and sunbathe to pass the time.

However, speaking is not affected.

Liu Tong asked, "How did it go? What did Bian Xiuwen say?"

Bian Xiuwen was the young apprentice who treated Liu Dong when he had just regained his memory.

Since that incident, Bian Xiuwen and Liu Tong have been in contact.

Liu Tong was put on the throne by Emperor Qianming as a whetstone. Liu Tong then cut off his public relations with Bian Xiuwen, but secretly, he won Bian Xiuwen over and made him his own.

Liu Tong used his identity to collect a lot of medical knowledge and taught it to Bian Xiuwen.

Bian Xiuwen was a diligent person. He read all the medical books and applied what he learned to other situations. Through hard work, his medical skills became extremely advanced, even surpassing those of the imperial physicians who treated the emperor.

However, he did not reveal his medical skills, but instead worked as an inconspicuous ordinary doctor in the Imperial Medical Academy.

Although such imperial physicians did not have access to high-ranking concubines, they frequently came into contact with lower-ranking concubines, eunuchs, and palace maids.

From these people, Bian Xiuwen was able to obtain a lot of information about the palace.

Xiao Luzi: "Bian Xiuwen said that the Emperor was indeed poisoned."

The Crown Prince's incident not only implicated a number of ministers in the court, but also the Imperial Kitchen, the Imperial Household Department, and the Imperial Medical Academy.

The Imperial Medical Academy was purged; all the imperial physicians with even a slight connection to the Crown Prince and Empress disappeared. (End of Chapter)