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

Consort Yu, who had been worrying and sobbing, was stumped by the Emperor's question.

She stood there, stunned, tears streaming down her face. It didn't look like she was acting; she was genuinely at a loss.

"Your Majesty, what do you mean by that? Qing'er is my own son, would I possibly harm him?"

After saying this, Consort Yu suddenly turned her gaze to the Crown Prince.

The Crown Prince stood upright to the side, staring blankly at the Fourth Prince, his gaze somewhat vacant.

Judging from his physique, the crown prince did not appear weak, but his face was pale and his eyes were terribly dark.

A healthy body, but a sick face—is this what a puppet looks like?

Consort Yu thought to herself that she had never seen a puppet before, or rather, this was the first time she had used her soul-capturing formation on a person.

Before she entered the palace, she only used small animals such as chickens and dogs to practice, and she never failed.

She swapped the souls of a chicken and a dog, and the chicken was able to bark like a dog.

Dogs, like chickens, tuck their two front legs to their sides and walk on their two hind legs.

For a time, the area around the Wuji Sect in the Tianquan Mountains was plagued by animal chaos, which disturbed the peace of the sect members.

Later, under the sect leader's intervention, Consort Yu had no choice but to stop, and was even sent into the palace through the sect leader's connections.

She rose through the ranks, gave birth to a prince, and eventually became a concubine.

Consort Yu was orphaned at a young age, but she was exceptionally intelligent. She was always the first to learn the magic her master taught her.

She also kept pestering her master to teach her many tricks that her fellow disciples couldn't learn.

The secret formula for alchemy that grants immortality, the array that absorbs souls and steals spirits... these are things that other disciples do not know.

The Imperial Advisor wouldn't.

Despite his outstanding performance, he was not valued and was later treated coldly and bullied in the palace.

Until she was favored by the emperor, won a battle, gave birth to the fourth prince, and was made a concubine.

But she was still uneasy.

She felt that only if the fourth prince became emperor and she became empress dowager could her later life be peaceful.

That's why they started vying for the throne and made careful plans and arrangements early on.

Wang Changlin was introduced to Consort Yu by the Imperial Advisor.

To win the crown prince position, she alone certainly wouldn't be enough.

Besides her expertise in formations that no one else could understand, she also needed a great deal of silver.

Making arrangements inside and out inevitably requires spending a lot of gold and silver.

Therefore, the Imperial Advisor found Wang Changlin to be an excellent ally, through whom he could sell elixirs on a large scale and accumulate immense wealth.

Wang Changlin already harbored ambitions to seize Zhao Yucheng's military power, and he also needed money to bribe informants.

After the Imperial Advisor approached him to discuss the idea of ​​refining and selling elixirs, the two hit it off immediately.

Wang Changlin used his resources to provide the venue and manpower for alchemy.

More importantly, Wang Changlin fell in love with Consort Yu the first time he saw her.

Wang Changlin was a charming and debonair man who often used sweet words to please Consort Yu.

After a few exchanges, the two of them ended up on the bed.

After in-depth communication, Wang Changlin learned that Consort Yu had the ambition to help the Fourth Prince win the throne, and her methods were extremely sophisticated.

Thinking that if the fourth prince became the crown prince and then the emperor, he would have no worries about the military power of the world not falling into his hands.

From then on, the two became inseparable, supporting each other and walking side by side.

Returning to the matter, the several formations that Consort Yu set up in the East Palace have not shown any unusual activity so far.

The crown prince was indeed in a sickly state.

But why did the Fourth Prince end up like this? She had never encountered anything like this before.

So she began to panic and began to doubt whether her soul-absorbing formation was unsuitable for use on people.

The Emperor looked at Consort Yu, who still had that delicate and pitiful appearance.

But who would have thought that beneath that pitiful appearance lay a vicious and ruthless heart?

"If it weren't for you, how could Qing'er have become like this today?"

The Emperor's words startled Consort Yu. Did the Emperor know about her ambition to become the heir apparent?

So you also know what she did to the Crown Prince?

A hint of fear flashed across Consort Yu's face, but it was quickly suppressed by her confidence.

Impossible. Apart from her master, she is the only person in the world who can set up this formation.

Even if someone else understands this formation, it's impossible for them to discover it.

She has always kept it so well hidden.

The Chengqing Villa was filled with her and Wang Changlin's people, so their affair was unlikely to be discovered.

After ruling out the possibility of being discovered, Consort Yu boldly denied it.

"Your Majesty, I am innocent! Qing'er's condition breaks my heart. How can you say such things to me?"

Consort Yu burst into tears again, tears that would have pained the Emperor in the past.

But now, all I feel is frustration.

A eunuch's announcement came from outside the hall: "The Imperial Preceptor has arrived!"

The Emperor was surprised by the sudden appearance of the Imperial Advisor. He turned to Eunuch Qin and asked, "Did you appoint the Imperial Advisor?"

Eunuch Qin quickly clarified, "His Majesty has not yet given this old servant any instructions, so this old servant dares not make decisions on his own."

I doubt he would dare.

The Emperor looked at Consort Yu again, and when their eyes met, Consort Yu looked away for a moment.

It wasn't obvious, but the Emperor, who already knew about the relationship between Consort Yu and the Imperial Advisor, had already seen through the faint hint of guilt in her eyes.

Consort Yu quickly wiped away the tears on her face, sniffed twice, and explained to the Emperor,

"Your Majesty, it was I who invited the Imperial Advisor over. Qing'er's condition is very strange; perhaps the Imperial Advisor has a solution."

The Imperial Advisor entered the hall and immediately saw the Fourth Prince lying on the ground.

The servants were trying to help him up, but they couldn't lift him at all.

If you try to help the fourth prince to his feet, he will fall back to the ground in just a moment.

When the fourth prince saw the imperial advisor, his eyes lit up. If the emperor couldn't save him, the imperial advisor should be able to!

He tried to run towards the Imperial Advisor, shouting as he ran, begging the Imperial Advisor to save him.

However, the Imperial Advisor saw the Fourth Prince crawling on his hands and feet, hopping towards him like a toad.

It was making "cooing" sounds and sticking out its tongue.

The Imperial Advisor quickly retreated, and when he was almost at the threshold, he grabbed a nearby eunuch and used him as a shield.

"Don't come any closer! Fourth Prince, please don't come any closer!"

The Imperial Advisor hid behind the young eunuch, and the two of them, one in front of the other, began to tremble uncontrollably.

Damn senior sister, didn't you say that we would see the Crown Prince's shadow in the Fourth Prince today?

When Consort Yu sent someone to summon him, he was secretly pleased.

Thinking that Consort Yu's plan would soon succeed, and that soon the world would belong to the Fourth Prince.

When Consort Yu became Empress Dowager, he, as the Imperial Advisor, was also able to rise to power along with her.

But when he arrived at Wan Ning Palace, it was completely different from what he had expected!

After a moment of panic, the Imperial Advisor finally had time to check on Consort Yu.

When he looked at Consort Yu, he realized that the Emperor was not far away from her.

Oh no, if the Emperor saw my disgraceful state just now, wouldn't he think I'm useless?

Previously, he had always cultivated an image of being omnipotent and a towering figure in front of the emperor.

The emperor trusted him greatly and relied on his elixirs.

When the emperor encountered illnesses that the Imperial Medical Academy could not cure, the Imperial Preceptor would give him elixirs, and he would soon recover.

He was so startled by the unexpected strange behavior of the Fourth Prince that he didn't even notice that the Emperor was also in the bedchamber.

For a moment, I lost my composure.