The two imperial physicians glanced at the civil and military officials in the Chaoyang Hall, as well as the Emperor and several princes.
They were forced to crouch down to examine Prince Ning's injuries.
After the imperial physicians' efforts, Prince Ning barely managed to cling to life.
Lin Zhenfan didn't develop much affection for his suddenly appeared son, especially since he had once experimented with medicine on the son born to Wen Jiayin.
That child had died on the spot after consuming pills developed by him and the "Ghost Valley Master."
Later, he secretly experimented on his own daughter. After her, she had turned into a vampire monster not long after taking his pills.
"How is it? Will he die?"
At this moment, Lin Zhen asked him in a cold tone.
"Prince Ning's injuries are currently stable," the imperial physician replied truthfully.
Afterward, Lin Zhenfan's lips curved into a mocking smile towards the Emperor, "Your Majesty, I apologize. I knew Consort Jing a long time ago. We were inseparable back then. It's very normal for intimate matters to happen between men and women. Don't you agree?"
"Hahaha..."
At this moment, Lin Zhenfan's laughter was extremely ironic to the Emperor.
The Emperor's anger immediately surged, a heavy, sweet and腥 smell forcing its way to his tongue, but he forcefully swallowed it back down.
After the Emperor regained his composure, he casually picked up the long sword that Prince An had just used and lunged at Lin Zhenfan. Lin Zhenfan immediately dodged, and then the Emperor began to fight him.
Although he hadn't used his Qinggong or martial arts much since becoming Emperor, his movements were a bit stiff now. However, his martial arts were not weak. If it were during the Emperor's peak, Lin Zhenfan wouldn't have been able to defeat him.
Seeing the Emperor and Lin Zhenfan fighting, Leng Ruo Li noticed all eyes in the hall were fixed on them. Seizing the opportunity, she tugged on Jun Mohan's sleeve. Jun Mohan immediately understood and nodded slightly.
Subsequently, Leng Ruo Li, along with Ye Ying and Ye Yi, quietly left the scene. Then, she took out three bundles of slow-acting poison needles from her space and distributed them to Ye Ying and Ye Yi, one bundle each. They then silently stabbed Lin Zhenfan's subordinates, who felt no pain at all.
This was mainly because the poison needles Leng Ruo Li had soaked them in had a strong paralyzing effect.
Moreover, their attention was focused on the center of the hall, on Lin Zhenfan and the Emperor who were fighting. They didn't realize they had been drugged.
After Leng Ruo Li, Ye Ying, and Ye Yi had finished inserting silver needles into Lin Zhenfan's men, Leng Ruo Li quietly returned to Jun Mohan's side.
Jun Mohan turned to look at Leng Ruo Li, who immediately gave him an 'ok' gesture. Jun Mohan understood instantly.
This silent exchange between the couple was noticed only by the perceptive Prince An, who was beside them.
The next moment, Jun Mohan also drew his long sword and attacked Lin Zhenfan. After two rounds, he completely replaced the Emperor, becoming his battlefield.
The Emperor, on the other hand, was helped to the side by Prince An and Prince Ji to watch the fight.
This time, without the interference of Lin Zhenfan's lackeys, Jun Mohan used seventy percent of his internal energy and injured Lin Zhenfan, holding his long sword to his neck.
Lin Zhenfan roared, "Listen to my orders! Kill all those corrupt officials in the hall!"
As a result, with Lin Zhenfan's command, the people who had surrounded the hall all collapsed to the ground, dying with blood flowing from their seven orifices.
Seeing his men die inexplicably, Lin Zhenfan was stunned. However, he quickly realized who was responsible. The only one who could poison his men so silently was Leng Ruo Li.
"Leng Ruo Li, did you do this?"
Lin Zhenfan's deep, cold eyes fixed on Leng Ruo Li as he asked.
"Yes, I did!" Leng Ruo Li admitted directly.
"You, your methods are too vicious... But don't be too smug. I estimate that Leng Jinyu outside the city is already surrounded by tens of thousands of troops I brought back. Hahaha..."
Saying that, Lin Zhenfan laughed sinisterly.
Hearing Lin Zhenfan's laughter, Jun Mohan found it very irritating. He immediately sealed his acupoint of muteness and stillness.
The hall then quieted down.
At this moment, Leng Ruo Li, accompanied by Ye Ying, walked to the injured Prince Ning. Consort Chang quickly protected Prince Ning, looking at Leng Ruo Li defensively.
"You, what do you want to do?"
"We don't want to do anything, we just want to find something on Prince Ning."
Leng Ruo Li glanced at Prince Ning lying in Consort Chang's arms and said indifferently.
Then, Leng Ruo Li continued, "Ye Ying, go search Prince Ning's clothes and carefully check if he still has the small flute he was playing earlier."
Hearing this, Ye Ying nodded and immediately bent down to feel Prince Ning's chest, sleeves, and other places. Ye Ying did not miss anything.
Finally, he discovered that the small flute Prince Ning had been playing was indeed not on him, which disappointed Leng Ruo Li.
Following that, Leng Ruo Li took out a bottle of stimulant from her sleeve and placed it under Prince Ning's nose for him to smell. Soon, Prince Ning regained consciousness.
Leng Ruo Li had Ye Ying escort Consort Chang away and then questioned Prince Ning.
"Prince Ning, where is the small bamboo flute you were playing just now?"
"Heh, you want that small bamboo flute? This Prince has already hidden it, so you'll never find it."
"Oh, you think that if I can't find the small flute, I won't be able to remove the Gu worm from the Emperor's body? I can directly cut open the Emperor to remove it. Since you don't want to say, I won't force you... but don't regret it... Guards, take Prince Ning away."
After Leng Ruo Li finished speaking, she had Prince Ning taken away.
Next, Prince Ning's matters would be handled by the Emperor and Prince An. The King Leng couple would go search for the secret chamber where the Empress Dowager was imprisoned.
According to the Emperor, last night he vaguely heard Prince Ning say that he had ordered people to carry him and the Empress Dowager to a stone chamber behind a rockery in the palace.
At that time, the Emperor's mind was confused, and he only heard the words "rockery stone chamber."
However, almost every courtyard in the palace had a rockery. Which rockery was the Empress Dowager imprisoned in? The couple couldn't search them one by one.
This made the King Leng couple quite troubled.
But at this moment, Princess Anle suddenly found Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mohan.
"Second Royal Brother, Second Royal Sister-in-law, I might know where Third Royal Brother imprisoned the Empress Dowager," Anle said to the King Leng couple with her head lowered.
The King Leng couple looked at each other.