A four-year-old medical prodigy descended to the mortal realm, and the entire capital sought her tre

An Chang had always thought that Consort Yu was gentle and beautiful, and deeply favored by the Emperor.

Her virtue and gentleness are second only to Consort Zheng, and her temperament is even more delicate than that of Consort Ling, the emperor's most favored concubine.

However, Zhao Jinzhong said that Consort Yu not only knew how to refine elixirs, but also how to set up formations.

An Chang felt that someone with these two abilities must be either a Taoist priest or someone with some cultivation background.

This is completely unlike how Consort Yu would act.

"I still find it hard to believe that Consort Yu would be like you described. I can't imagine it," An Chang said softly.

However, the next second, his eyes widened like a bull's eyes.

Both he and Zhao Jinzhong saw that after Consort Yu poured the elixir into the furnace, she pushed it with both palms.

He muttered something to himself, and then the alchemy furnace burst into flames.

A burst of flame shot out through the gap in the furnace lid, illuminating the entire warehouse.

The force of energy emanating from those two palms could be felt by both An Chang and Zhao Jinzhong.

"Jinzhong, did you just see that?" An Chang felt like his jaw was about to drop.

Zhao Jinzhong was also dumbfounded. He was stunned for a while before answering An Chang's question.

"I see... I see... An Chang, tell me, is that woman inside really Consort Yu?"

An Chang shook his head blankly, "I'm not sure anymore..."

Inside the carriage, Zhou Ruo kept a close eye on the activity in the storeroom, clutching a piece of fruit tightly in her hand.

However, when Consort Yu pushed her palm hard against the alchemy furnace, Zhou Ruo was so frightened that she fell directly onto the carriage floor.

"Oh my god! That's so scary... Waaaaah..."

The fruit in Zhou Ruo's hand also fell onto the car floor and rolled under the seat.

Consort Yu's internal strength was astonishing, beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Qian Lai, who had been sitting on the carriage shaft outside the curtain, felt a pang of anxiety when he heard Zhou Ruo's movements inside the carriage.

He thought Zhou Ruo had fallen and injured herself, so he immediately turned around and lifted the carriage curtain.

Seeing Zhou Ruo sitting on the car floor, staring blankly at the fruit that had fallen under the seat opposite her, her gaze was somewhat vacant.

"Princess, what's wrong? Did the fruit fall?"

Qian Lai stepped forward and helped Zhou Ruo sit in the car seat, then bent down to pick up the fruit and handed it to her.

"The people in there are amazing!" Zhou Ruo pointed towards the inside of the courtyard wall and said to Qian, "The alchemy furnace is on fire!"

Zhou Ruoneng sensed that Consort Yu had first set up an array in the alchemy furnace and placed several talismans inside.

Then, he channeled his inner energy into the alchemy furnace through both palms.

The talisman combined with the array within the alchemy furnace, transforming into a blazing flame.

The pills in the alchemy furnace were refined into even more special pills.

Consort Yu has no spiritual power, but she has strong internal energy, which she uses to drive everything.

"The people inside? Who are they? Powerful? Fire? Princess, are you dreaming?"

Qian Lai thought what Zhou Ruo was saying sounded like a dream, and assumed that she had fallen asleep in the carriage and then fell onto the carriage floor after having a dream.

Zhou Ruo ignored Qian Lai because she was concentrating on sensing Yu Fei's next move.

Qian Lai saw that Zhou Ruo was unharmed and didn't seem to care about him.

He then silently retreated outside the carriage, sat back on the carriage shaft, and lowered the curtain.

After about half an hour, the pills in the furnace gradually took shape.

Consort Yu extinguished the fire and waited quietly to start the furnace.

"Breaking through calamity, burning the heart, ripping the soul, severing the meridians, startling the spirit, defying fate."

Zhou Ruo counted the names of the pills gradually forming in the alchemy furnace, "What is she doing...?"

She considered the effects of several elixirs and pondered carefully what the combined effect would be.

Suddenly, Zhou Ruo seemed to be jolted awake by a thunderbolt, exclaiming in shock, "Ah! She made a Soul-Stealing Pill!"

Zhou Ruo lifted the carriage curtain and went to the courtyard wall to look for Zhao Jinzhong. She wanted to tell Zhao Jinzhong about this discovery immediately.

After searching around the courtyard wall without finding them, they finally spotted him and An Chang in a large tree.

"Hmph! My brother climbs trees without taking me with him, he might as well not be the best in the world!"

She tried to call Zhao Jinzhong softly, but as soon as she did, Qian Lai was startled and quickly covered Zhou Ruo's mouth.

They were afraid of alerting the enemy.

He then gestured for Zhou Ru to be quiet, and Zhou Ru nodded obediently.

Qian Lai released her, then picked up a piece of gravel from under the carriage and threw it at the tree where Zhao Jinzhong and the other man were.

Soon, Zhao Jinzhong climbed down from the tree, leaving An Chang alone to continue monitoring the warehouse from the tree.

Zhao Jinzhong boarded the carriage, and Qian Lai lowered the curtain, hearing Zhao Jinzhong and Zhou Ruo whispering in the carriage.

After a while, Zhao Jinzhong suddenly raised his voice in surprise, exclaiming, "What?! To seize the soul of the person who took the elixir?!"

"Oh!" Zhou Ruo looked at Zhao Jinzhong with her big, innocent eyes.

Qian Lai's body trembled slightly as Zhao Jinzhong spoke, but he didn't understand what Zhao Jinzhong was saying.

Zhao Jinzhong calmed his agitated emotions, after all, the idea of ​​stealing souls already sounded incredibly bizarre.

Now someone actually wants to seize the soul of the person who takes the elixir. Whose soul is being seized?

Once the question in his mind was raised, Zhao Jinzhong quickly found the answer, but the answer was hard for him to accept.

He whispered in a voice only Zhou Ruo could hear, "Could it be that you intend to seize the Crown Prince's soul?"

"Give it to whom? The Fourth Prince?"

Zhou Ruo thought about it and agreed.

She didn't know who the Fourth Prince was.

However, judging from the story presented in the Water Condensation Mirror, this Soul-Stealing Array should be aimed at the Crown Prince.

Zhao Jinzhong saw confirmation in Zhou Ruo's eyes, and then asked, still puzzled,

"I understand that the purpose of absorbing the prince's soul is to render him incompetent."

But why would he transfer the Crown Prince's soul into the Fourth Prince's body?

"Because he not only wants to take lives, but also luck! That's really bad!" Zhou Ruo felt that this approach was domineering and cruel.

"Stealing fortune? Stealing the Crown Prince's fortune?"

"Yes!" Zhou Ruo nodded.

That makes sense.

The Crown Prince was not only the eldest prince, but also the most outstanding among all the princes.

He is undoubtedly deserving of the position of Crown Prince.

If the crown prince is simply rendered incompetent and turned into a puppet, even with the fourth prince's talent, he may not be able to compete for the position of heir apparent.

If the Crown Prince's fortunes were to fall upon the Fourth Prince, then Consort Yu would no longer need to bother dealing with the Second and Third Princes.

When the emperor saw the resemblance between the fourth prince and the crown prince, the crown prince had already become mentally impaired.

At that time, it will be only a matter of time before the fourth prince is made crown prince.

With the Emperor's favor towards the Crown Prince and the Crown Prince's talent, why should the Fourth Prince not be able to secure the throne?

What a vicious and deadly method! Only a ruthless person could come up with such a thing.

Zhao Jinzhong frowned, looking worried.

Zhou Ruo reached out her small hand and smoothed down his brow, saying to him, "Brother, you don't need to worry so much."

Zhao Jinzhong looked up at her, his eyes full of doubt.

Zhou Ruo continued to explain, "Brother, have you forgotten? I've already replaced the Crown Prince's soul."

After Zhao Jinzhong's mind raced for a while, he suddenly realized...

Zhou Ruo's replacement of the soul absorbed by the formation actually has a greater significance here.

"You mean, the soul absorbed by the person who takes the Soul-Stealing Pill is the soul of the Toad Gu King on the Crown Prince's orchid?"

Zhou Ru chuckled and said, "Exactly, exactly!"

Pfft! Zhao Jinzhong's tense heart, which had been pounding for a while, suddenly relaxed.

He let out a heavy sigh; it had really been a false alarm.

Zhao Jinzhong noticed something was off about Zhou Ruo's smile; there was a hint of malice hidden within it.

A moment later, Zhao Jinzhong realized, "No way? Ruoruo, won't the Fourth Prince turn into a toad then?"

"Hahaha, he might even make a toad-like croaking sound when he speaks!" Zhou Ruo said, never one to miss a good spectacle.

Zhao Jinzhong felt a pang of pity. "The Fourth Prince is still so young. The struggle for the throne was orchestrated by Consort Yu. The Fourth Prince is innocent."

"Ruoruo, is there any way to undo the effects of taking the Soul-Stealing Pill?"

Zhou Ruo said with a relaxed expression, "There's a solution, there's a solution!"

Zhao Jinzhong was relieved, and the two began to look forward to the upcoming show.