Chapter 118
Imperial Physician Pan waited for a long time in an inconspicuous corner. He excused himself with the excuse that he was feeling unwell and couldn’t stay for too long. He released a pigeon with a cloth tied to its leg. Just as he was about to lose all hope, a man dressed as a servant walked towards him.
“Are you tired of living? Why are you looking for your master at this time?” The man reprimanded impatiently.
“I have something important to report!”
Imperial Physician Pan realized who this person was and hurriedly told him the results of the blood test.
This was indeed a huge problem and the man couldn’t make the decision. He frowned and asked the imperial physician to continue waiting while he went to report.
Imperial Physician Pan had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue waiting.
Fortunately, the Sixth Prince was in a small tent not far away. He definitely wouldn’t come out to meet Imperial Physician Pan. Even if he was close, he would take a detour and let his confidant handle it on his behalf. The Sixth Prince was also shocked when he heard about the situation at the imperial physician’s office.
What was going on? King Jing’s blood must have been taken, but why did the imperial physician’s results say that there was no problem?
… It was King Jing. Could it be that King Jing had already acted before them?
That was the only explanation!
King Jing, it was King Jing again!
The Sixth Prince unconsciously clenched his fists. He was so close. If King Jing could safely pass this hurdle, the Emperor would completely trust King Jing. He couldn’t make a fuss about the bloodline anymore. Once the Little Heir received the imperial physician’s approval, King Jing’s position would only be more secure.
Previously, in order to make the Emperor suspicious of the Little Heir and capture all the other princes in one fell swoop, he had also set a trap for Concubine Lu. If he hesitated any longer, everything he did would be paving the way for King Jing.
He had miscalculated. He didn’t think that there would be such a possibility.
However, it wasn’t too late to get the news now.
Wealth came from danger. Hadn’t he been constantly seeking it his whole life? Why not make the same mistake this time?
If King Jing could tamper with the blood test, why couldn’t he? How could he be willing to admit defeat here?!
Since they couldn’t tell who was who, they might as well … make all the blood tests fail. That should work, right?
The Eighth Prince’s blood was definitely in the mix as well. He originally thought that his younger brother was already pitiful enough, so he didn’t plan on harming him further. If he wanted to blame someone, then let the Eighth Prince blame King Jing.
The Sixth Prince’s expression was ruthless as he instructed, “Let Imperial Physician Pan do it as soon as possible.”
After Imperial Physician Pan received the reply, his head dropped to the ground.
When he returned to the imperial physicians, Imperial Physician Pan had already thought of a solution.
In order to verify the secret technique of the royal family, the founding emperor of the current dynasty had once consumed a medicine called Qilin Gold.
At first glance, there was nothing special about this medicine, but once it was consumed, the blood would emit a faint golden light when it came into contact with another herb called Soaring Dragon.
Back then, the founding emperor hinted that he had the mandate of heaven, but because of this, he passed down the effects of the Qilin gold to his descendants.
Although it was said that each generation would be lighter than the previous one, the blood of the true royal family would still emit a golden glow after meeting the Dragon Soaring Grass.
And the secret method to verify the identity of a member of the royal family was the Soaring Dragon Grass.
Because the royal family wanted to keep this a secret, most of the Soaring Dragon Grass had already been destroyed. There were only a few stalks left in the Imperial Physician Court.
Imperial Physician Pan knew about the Soaring Dragon Grass and had done a lot of research on it. He had a small bottle of medicine in his medical box. The medicine contained alumina powder, which could destroy the effects of the Soaring Dragon Grass. He originally wanted to be prepared, but because he didn’t know which portion of the Little Heir’s blood, he couldn’t do anything about it.
Now that the Sixth Prince had given an order to change everyone’s results, he came up with a plan.
Imperial Physician Pan dipped a silver needle in the medicine and casually fiddled with it, changing the result of a ‘yes’ to a ‘no’.
Because it involved the secrets of the royal family, only a few imperial physicians were busy in the tent. There were only guards outside the tent. Imperial Physician Pan took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention and quickly poured the medicine into all the bottles of blood.
After doing all this, Imperial Physician Pan pretended that he had just finished the test and began to check with the other imperial physicians. Naturally, Imperial Physician Pan had a different result.
Imperial Physician Pan solemnly said, “We are all working for the Emperor. If we don’t agree, how can we present it to the Emperor? Why don’t we test it again? ”
Although the other imperial physicians were dissatisfied, Imperial Physician Pan’s words made sense. In the end, they agreed to test it again.
Imperial Physician Pan wiped the sweat on his forehead as he watched the imperial physicians test the blood that he had already added. He had finally succeeded.
Little did he know that all of this was being watched by the people behind the tent and recorded in a book.
This time, the imperial physicians’ results were completely different from last time. The people that the Emperor wanted them to test were not of the royal bloodline.
This result was quite shocking. The imperial physicians tested it a few more times and even checked the dragon grass used. There was no problem.
Imperial Physician Pan pretended to sigh and said, “If we didn’t test it again, I’m afraid that someone would have deceived the Emperor.”
The imperial physicians didn’t find anything strange and could only present this strange conclusion.
The princes, members of the royal family, and King Liqin, who had been waiting in the dragon tent, all had ugly expressions when they heard the news. The Eighth Prince’s face was deathly pale and he was on the verge of collapsing.
“Your Majesty, this …”
It was King Liqin who first proposed the test. He himself didn’t expect that King Jing’s little heir and the Eighth Prince were not of the royal bloodline. What a sin!
The Emperor’s eyes contained lightning. He said meaningfully and with restraint, “It’s all thanks to the imperial physician’s test. Otherwise, I would have been kept in the dark.”
Hearing this, the Sixth Prince’s heart skipped a beat. He didn’t forget to peek at Princess Jing’s reaction.
Li Yu had already knelt down and hugged the children tightly. He buried his face in the children’s chest. The Sixth Prince couldn’t see his expression, but he could clearly see that Princess Jing’s hands were trembling.
She must be afraid because she had been exposed.
The Sixth Prince was very pleased with himself, but he still pleaded with the Emperor to calm down.
The Emperor said in a deep voice, “There must be an explanation for this matter.”
As soon as he finished speaking, two groups of imperial bodyguards rushed into the tent. However, they didn’t take away Princess Jing and King Jing’s fake sons as the Sixth Prince expected. Instead, they dragged Imperial Physician Pan out.
The ministers and King Liqin were all stunned. Impersonating a member of the royal family was a serious crime. They thought that the Emperor would punish the people involved and that there would be a storm of blood. However, they didn’t expect that the Emperor would start with an unrelated imperial physician!
Imperial Physician Pan was frightened by the fierce-looking imperial bodyguards. The first thought that came to his mind was that the Emperor had found out what he had done.
However, no one in the tent noticed him at that time. How could the Emperor know?
Imperial Physician Pan braced himself and said, “Your Majesty, what wrong have I …”
Before he could finish his sentence, the Emperor sneered. A bodyguard threw a secret report at Imperial Physician Pan’s face. Another bodyguard opened his medical box and found the bottle of medicine accurately.
There was still some residue in the bottle. Imperial Physician Pan didn’t dispose of this bottle and thought that the most dangerous place was the safest place. Thus, he always carried it with him.
The Emperor ordered the other imperial physicians to look at the bottle of medicine first before looking at the blood test.
After the imperial physicians carefully smelled and looked at it, they were all furious. There should be alum in it. The alum’s medicinal properties were incompatible with Dragon Grass. This would greatly affect the accuracy of the secret method.
It was no wonder that except for Imperial Physician Pan, they all came to the conclusion that he was a member of the royal family. However, after Imperial Physician Pan suggested a retest, none of them were.
Imperial Physician Pan was clearly framing them!
It turned out that the results just now were fake.
The imperial physicians all changed their statements, afraid that the Emperor would blame them.
The ministers and King Liqin hadn’t recovered from the previous shock and received another shock.
The Eighth Prince looked at the Emperor with admiration and gratitude. If it wasn’t for the Emperor, he might have been wronged.
The Sixth Prince’s expression changed when the Emperor ordered people to capture imperial physician Pan. However, the entire situation had changed too quickly. Before he could understand the crux of the matter, the imperial bodyguard picked out another servant from the crowd who did not look very impressive.
It was the servant he sent to contact Imperial Physician Pan!
The cold sweat on the Sixth Prince’s forehead flowed into his eyes and his vision blurred.
“Whose person is this?” The Emperor asked faintly.
The Sixth Prince didn’t dare to move or say a word. He felt the Emperor’s gaze on him.
If he said another word, the Emperor would definitely arrest him!
He couldn’t figure it out, but he didn’t have time to think about it. Right now, he could only protect himself.
This trusted subordinate was originally a distant relative of his mother’s Zhang Family. He already had the other party’s family in his hands. This person would definitely not betray him. If something happened, he would definitely take all the blame.
He was only afraid that Imperial Physician Pan would betray him after he was caught. However, as long as he didn’t admit it, there was only Imperial Physician Pan. The Emperor couldn’t do anything to him.
Because he often used letters to scheme against others, there was no correspondence between him and Imperial Physician Pan. They only passed on word of mouth. It was the same between him and his trusted subordinate. As long as he didn’t reveal anything, just like in the previous bribery case, even if the Emperor was angry, he couldn’t just listen to one side of the story and punish a prince.
At most, he would be found to have a master-servant relationship with his trusted subordinate. But so what? He was still deceived by his subordinate and didn’t know anything!
The Emperor suddenly arrested Imperial Physician Pan and another servant. Many people present, including Prince Li of the First Rank, were puzzled.
Prince Li of the First Rank gathered his courage and asked, “Your Majesty, what did this person do?”
The Emperor glanced at the Sixth Prince. Before he could answer, Dabao, who had been held in Li Yu’s arms, couldn’t help but raise his chubby little hand.
“Grandfather!” Dabao knew the answer to this question!
The Emperor still gave Dabao face and ordered Li Yu to carry Dabao up the stairs.
Li Yu persuaded King Jing in every way possible to get Dabao to act. However, Dabao wanted to add scenes midway and the Emperor agreed!
What could Li Yu do? He could only cooperate.
The Emperor held Dabao in his arms. Dabao looked curiously at the black mass of people below and wasn’t afraid of strangers at all.
The Emperor was very satisfied with Dabao’s boldness and teased him, “Dabao, what do you want to say?”
Dabao pointed at the man being held by the imperial guards and said crisply, “Grandfather, he’s bad!”
Prince Li of the First Rank trembled. He had seen many complaints, but he had never seen such a complaint! He knew that the King Jing’s little heir was favored, but he didn’t expect him to be so favored that he dared to speak up in front of a prince!
As for the Emperor … Prince Li of the First Rank stole a glance at the Emperor’s reaction. The Emperor was actually … amused.
“Dabao, do you know him?” the Emperor asked.
Of course, Dabao knew him. This was the bad guy who had snuck into his room last time!
Dabao handed over his heavily bandaged hand and said pitifully, “He, needles, pricks.”
Li Yu, “…”
Thanks to Dabao, Li Yu also recognized this person. He didn’t have the strength to complain in his heart. Son, wake up. Although this person threatened the wet nurse and snuck into the prince’s residence, he really wasn’t the one who pricked your hand!
Just now, Li Yu had felt that she had played the role of the princess consort who was in despair and the princess consort who was worried. But compared to Da Bao’s pitiful and resentful eyes, she was nothing.
The Emperor liked Dabao the most. He understood Dabao’s words and actions very well. He quickly connected the dots and recalled that King Jing had mentioned that someone had snuck into King Jing’s residence to take the little heir’s blood. Dabao must have seen this person and remembered it.
The Emperor said, “Dabao is a witness. Also, I have a special witness on my side.”
The Emperor slowly said, “In the afternoon, Imperial Physician Pan released a white pigeon and met with this person. He told him that the results of the blood test were that they were all members of the imperial family. Then, this person passed this news to his master.”
“Not long after, this person’s master sent back a message and asked Imperial Physician Pan to try to change all the results.”
The Emperor repeated the conversation between his confidant and Imperial Physician Pan almost word for word. The Sixth Prince never thought that the Emperor would know about this. For a moment, his heart was in a mess.
How did the Emperor know about this? If he even knew about this, did he already know that he was the one behind this?
But what could he do? Under the circumstances where the Emperor hadn’t said anything, could he take the initiative to expose himself and admit to everything?
No matter what, this was impossible.
When Prince Li of the First Rank heard that the Eighth Prince and the Crown Prince of King Jing were not members of the Imperial Family, he felt as if he had been struck by lightning. Now that he heard from the Emperor that someone had instructed Imperial Physician Pan to do this, Prince Li of the First Rank finally understood and asked, “Your Majesty, who instructed the imperial physician to do this?”
The Emperor was so clear about the conversation between two lackeys. He must know the person behind this.
However, the Emperor didn’t answer. Instead, he remained silent for a while.
During this time, the Sixth Prince felt as if he was dancing on the tip of a knife. His heart was about to rush out of his chest from time to time.
There were several times when he met the Emperor’s eyes.
Until the end, he forced himself to pretend that he didn’t know anything. However, he didn’t know that he couldn’t stop the cold sweat from flowing down.
The Emperor sighed heavily. In fact, he had been watching the Sixth Prince, waiting for him to admit it himself.
This silence was the last chance for the Sixth Prince. If he admitted it, the Emperor might not punish him too harshly.
However, the Sixth Prince didn’t have any reaction. The Emperor finally lost his patience with this son.
“Tianxiao.” The Emperor sternly called out the Sixth Prince’s name.
Almost everyone’s eyes looked at the Sixth Prince at this moment.
Mu Tianxiao closed his eyes and tried hard not to let his voice tremble. “Father …”
The Emperor said, “After Imperial Physician Pan left the tent, my imperial bodyguards have been following him.”
“He released the pigeons. The person behind this was very smart. He didn’t leave any letters or notes on the pigeons because he had an agreement with Imperial Physician Pan. The pigeons themselves were the signal to meet. However, when the messenger came to see Imperial Physician Pan, the imperial bodyguards followed him and found the real person behind this. ”
“Tianxiao.” The Emperor said.
“When you were racking your brains to come up with countermeasures to frame King Jing and the Eighth Prince, I was just a wall away from you. I also heard you say that you wanted to make sure that no one could pass the test.”
“This conspiracy was your idea, and I was the most special witness. The reason why I didn’t expose you at that time was because I wanted to see how far you would go. ”
Mu Tianxiao felt that the whole world had become dark. All that was left was the Emperor in the dragon robe in front of him.
How, how could this be?
