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"Huh?" Zhou Ruo put her hands on her hips and said angrily, "No wonder he's the Crown Prince, he even manages to embarrass himself in a big way!"

Just as Zhao Jinzhong was about to explain, Zhou Ruo said again, "You're so disobedient!" She had told him before that he couldn't hug her anymore.

Zhao Jinzhong was about to speak when Zhou Ruo said again, "Not obedient at all!"

Zhao Jinzhong shut his mouth and listened to Zhou Ruo finish speaking, but she said, "Brother, it's your turn to speak."

Zhao Jinzhong sighed, "Let's talk about it when we see His Highness the Crown Prince."

"Okay, brother!"

The two arrived at the place where the Crown Prince practiced martial arts.

The prince had already begun practicing his swordplay alone in the courtyard.

This was the first time Zhao Jinzhong had seen the Crown Prince perform a sword dance, and he discovered that the Crown Prince had a very good foundation in martial arts.

If he were to compete with the Crown Prince, he would only have a slim chance of winning.

After the prince finished his sword dance, he finally saw Zhao Jinzhong and Zhou Ruo waiting in the distance.

The prince took a handkerchief from the eunuch beside him and walked towards the brother and sister while wiping his sweat.

Zhao Jinzhong: "Greetings, Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

Zhou Ruo: "Greetings to His Highness the Crown Prince!"

The two men clasped their hands and knelt down to pay their respects.

"Get up!" The prince wiped his sweat and tossed the towel back to the eunuch beside him.

"Zhou Ruo, it's been a while since we last met, you've become much more polite."

Today, Zhou Ruo impressed the Crown Prince.

She had a rosy face, her hair was tied in a small bun, and she wore a light purple dress.

Her polite demeanor also earned her the Crown Prince's favor.

"Because I want to curry favor with His Highness the Crown Prince!" Zhou Ruo said earnestly, tilting her head up.

Zhao Jinzhong breathed a sigh of relief and nudged Zhou Ruo with his elbow, warning her, "Ruo Ruo, don't talk nonsense."

The crown prince gave a wry smile. "Fawning?"

Is it okay to say something like that so bluntly?

The Crown Prince put his hands behind his back and leaned slightly towards Zhou Ruo. "Tell me then, how do you intend to curry favor with me?"

Zhou Ruo said confidently, "I'm going to cure your illness!"

The crown prince raised an eyebrow. "And then?"

Zhou Ruo was bewildered. "It's just about curing you, that's all."

The Crown Prince glanced at Zhao Jinzhong, and both of them were stunned for a long while.

"So, Your Highness, are you sleeping with a big ball in your arms right now?" Zhou Ruo asked, ignoring their reactions.

The Crown Prince glanced at Zhou Ruo, then asked Zhao Jinzhong, "Did you tell her?"

Zhou Ruo interrupted Zhao Jinzhong before he could speak, "You don't need your brother to tell you; you already have the shadow of the big bronze ball in you."

"Huh?!" The prince looked himself up and down in a panic. "Where...where am I?"

"You can't see it, so I can see it!" Zhou Ruo found the Crown Prince's appearance quite comical.

The prince straightened up and patted his slightly disheveled clothes to hide his somewhat embarrassed expression.

"You say you want to cure my illness, how will you do it?"

"I need to go check out that big bronze ball and those incense sticks first," Zhou Ruo said.

That's the Crown Prince's private quarters! How can you just go there like that?

Although the Crown Prince hasn't married yet, it's still... not a good idea, is it?

Zhao Jinzhong quickly said to Zhou Ruo, his tone slightly reproachful, "Ruo Ruo, you mustn't..."

The Crown Prince gestured to Zhao Jinzhong and said, "It's alright... let's go!"

Zhou Ruo followed behind the Crown Prince, being led by Zhao Jinzhong, skipping and hopping along.

After passing through the central courtyard, we arrived at the Crown Prince's inner palace.

Upon entering the inner chamber, Zhou Ruo immediately felt a surging undercurrent rushing towards her.

The little hand made a grasping motion in the air, and whispered, "Stop!"

But the undercurrent quickly disappeared, and Zhou Ruo failed to detect it.

"What are you collecting?" The Crown Prince heard Zhou Ruo's soft voice, which was accompanied by a movement.

He stopped and turned to ask Zhou Ruo.

"Your Highness, did you feel anything hit you just now?"

Zhou Ruo vaguely sensed that the disappearing undercurrent had finally entered the Crown Prince's body.

The prince looked down again, "What hit me? Nothing!"

"It's alright!" Zhou Ruo asked unnecessarily, how could an ordinary person possibly sense such a thing?

After the three entered the Crown Prince's bedchamber, Zhou Ruo immediately noticed the large bronze ball on the Crown Prince's bed.

Zhao Jinzhong also saw it; it wasn't out of curiosity that he looked at the bed as soon as he entered the bedroom.

It was the bronze ball on the prince's bed that was truly eye-catching.

The large bronze ball was integrated with the prince's bed, or rather, it covered half of the bed.

When the prince slept at night, his lower body was directly inside the copper ball.

Zhou Ruo walked over and peered into the bronze sphere for a closer look.

"It looks like a cave! A copper cave!" Zhou Ruo exclaimed.

Zhao Jinzhong also peered over, and good heavens, this wasn't just a hole, it was a space that could fit a human body.

Judging from the appearance, when the prince lay down inside, his lower body was completely pressed against the copper ball.

The Crown Prince walked over and said casually, "Shocked, aren't you? You don't need to hide it, I'm used to it."

"When I first saw it, I was even more shocked than you were. But I had been lying in this bronze ball for quite some time now."

Zhao Jinzhong unconsciously swallowed, and asked curiously, "Is it...comfortable?"

The prince chuckled softly, "It's quite comfortable, but... it's hot!"

Zhou Ruo stared at the bronze ball for a long time. The Crown Prince asked her, "How is it? Did you discover anything?"

"Hmm...this copper ball contains medicinal powder, talisman paper, and..."

As she spoke, Zhou Ruo waved her small hand toward the bronze ball.

Soon, a ring of black mist, just like that of the jade pendant, appeared around the copper ball.

"What?!" The prince was so shocked that his legs went weak.

He took two steps back and sat down in the chair.

Zhou Ruo comforted him, "Your Highness, don't panic. Although it looks scary, it doesn't seem to have any effect yet."

"Is it the Imperial Advisor?!" the Crown Prince exclaimed, pointing a trembling finger at the bronze ball.

Zhao Jinzhong felt something was amiss. If he really was the Imperial Advisor, then he was being far too blatant.

"If it were the Imperial Advisor, Your Highness, if something were to happen to you, wouldn't it be obvious that it was the Imperial Advisor who caused it?"

The Crown Prince thought about it and felt that Zhao Jinzhong's analysis was not without merit.

"Who could it be? Is it Consort Ling?"

Zhao Jinzhong shook his head again, "This... I dare not make a hasty conclusion."

"Where is Zhou Ruo?" The Crown Prince turned to look at the spot where Zhou Ruo had been, but she was nowhere to be seen.

After looking around, they finally saw Zhou Ruo peering at the incense burner on the Crown Prince's desk.

The Crown Prince and Zhao Jinzhong were so engrossed in their analysis that no one noticed when she went to the desk.

The Crown Prince walked over and stood behind Zhou Ruo. "Last time at the restaurant, you said not to use that incense anymore, and I changed it after we came back."

Zhou Ruo stared intently at the incense burner and said, "Replacing it won't help; the problem lies with the incense burner."

"What did you say?" His Highness the Crown Prince reached out and picked up the incense burner to examine it closely.

"What's the problem? Could it be that there's black energy here too?"

Zhou Ruo waved his hand in front of the incense burner, and a ring of black mist immediately emanated from it, just like the large bronze ball.