Chapter 1056

The Prince of Chu had not died yet and still had a breath hanging on.

Sun Daoning couldn't be bothered to argue with Chen Guanlou.

The division of responsibility would be discussed after the person died.

He hurried down to the prison, stood guard in front of the cell door, and asked the imperial physicians, "How is the Prince's condition? Speak freely, use medicine freely, and don't have any concerns."

"The environment here is too filthy and unbearable."

"The medicinal materials in the Heavenly Prison are also not good enough!"

"It is best to move the Prince out of the Heavenly Prison and find a quiet and bright place to recuperate."

"The prescription also needs to be changed."

"The most important thing is the medicinal materials. We also need Minister Sun to ask for instructions from the palace and transfer medicinal materials from the palace's medicine warehouse for backup."

"Fine, fine, fine, all satisfied. You just need to tell this official, is there still hope for the Prince?"

"We will try our best!"

"There might be a glimmer of hope."

Sun Daoning gritted his teeth; a glimmer of hope was enough. He immediately ordered the prison guards to hurry and carry the Prince of Chu out. He notified the officials of the Ministry of Justice to arrange a place for the Prince of Chu to recuperate.

"No matter what, you must save the Prince's life."

"The Prince is overly frightened, I'm afraid..."

"The Ministry of Justice is not the palace; please use medicine boldly!"

Entrusted with this, the imperial physicians could only nod and agree to try their best.

Thus, the Prince of Chu left the Heavenly Prison and went to the Ministry of Justice to recuperate.

Chen Guanlou led Medical Official Mu to watch them leave.

He asked in a low voice, "Won't it be discovered?"

Medical Official Mu shook his head. "My use of medicine might not be as good as those old guys in the Imperial Hospital. But when it comes to using poison, hehe, all of them combined are not my match."

"Are you sure? But it doesn't matter if it's discovered; the Heavenly Prison is like a sieve, just push it onto some unknown enemy of the Prince of Chu. Anyway, it's not the first time a prisoner in the Heavenly Prison has been poisoned, and it won't be the last."

Medical Official Mu's cheek muscles twitched, very dissatisfied. "Does my lord have doubts about my medical skills?"

"Absolutely not." Chen Guanlou denied it repeatedly; he couldn't offend a doctor, especially one who was more proficient in poison than medicine. "I am just taking precautions, making a second plan. Everything is established if prepared, and ruined if not! Making more preparations is definitely not wrong."

That explanation was acceptable.

Medical Official Mu was satisfied.

Chen Guanlou was also satisfied and asked again, "When will he die!"

"It depends on the medical skills of those imperial physicians. In the short term, three to five days; in the long term, ten days to half a month. In any case, it won't exceed half a month."

"Will he wake up and communicate normally in the middle?"

"Is my lord worried about something?"

"I'm worried that the Prince of Chu will wake up in the middle, and if he regrets it and reveals the truth, we will all be in big trouble."

Medical Official Mu chuckled like a big villain. "My lord, rest assured, the situation you are worried about will not happen. He will remain dazed and confused, and it will be impossible for him to express himself clearly. Unless he uses the antidote I prepared."

"There's an antidote? Destroy it immediately! This is a huge hidden danger."

Chen Guanlou firmly wanted to crush all possibilities and block the Prince of Chu's path to regret.

Upon hearing this, Medical Official Mu thought it made some sense. Destroying the antidote meant there would be no variables in this matter. At worst, he could prepare some antidote next time he had time.

Once the Prince of Chu left, the pressure on the Heavenly Prison dropped sharply.

Chen Guanlou returned to his life of slacking off at work during the day and having fun in the brothels at night. From time to time, he paid attention to the movements of the Ministry of Justice.

It was said that the imperial physicians of the Imperial Hospital took turns diagnosing and treating the Prince of Chu. They held consultations every day, and the physicians argued over the prescription and medication. The Prince of Chu's condition was getting more and more serious, and he had fallen into a long-term coma.

Emperor Jian Shi was very dissatisfied and ordered the Imperial Hospital to save the Prince of Chu no matter what.

"Simply absurd! He became bedridden after being frightened; do I eat people? This is clearly an excuse found by the incompetent physicians of the Imperial Hospital."

Emperor Jian Shi was very irritable and hot.

Although the weather in the capital had cooled down, he felt that his body was full of fire and urgently needed iced drinks to cool down.

The Yuquan Palace said this was a normal reaction. After changing the elixir, similar situations would gradually weaken until they disappeared.

"Everything has been going wrong lately!"

Emperor Jian Shi was so irritable he wanted to kill someone!

"The Heaven-Offering Ceremony is only a few days away; the Prince of Chu must not die. Without the Prince of Chu, who will I use to offer sacrifices to Heaven?"

Wang Defa bit the bullet and said, "Reporting to Your Majesty, the Political Affairs Hall suggests using the five sacrificial animals, which is more in line with the Heavenly Dao and can also highlight Your Majesty's benevolence. Moreover, the late Emperor's lesson must not be forgotten!"

"Absurd! My civil and military achievements far exceed those of the late Emperor. Using the late Emperor to reflect on me, what is their intention? Could it be that I cannot even suppress a mere Prince of Chu? Tell the Political Affairs Hall not to worry about things they shouldn't manage all day long. My patience is limited."

Emperor Jian Shi was like a rampaging trapped beast, wishing he could kick over everything in front of him.

There was a string in his brain that had always been restraining him. Once the string broke, he would go crazy.

"Your Majesty, perhaps all this is God's will. The Prince of Chu's serious illness is a warning from Heaven!" Entrusted by Xie Changling, Wang Defa could only persuade him in a low voice. He was under tremendous pressure.

God knows why the Emperor's temper was getting worse and why he was becoming more insane.

"Is this your intention, or Xie Changling's intention?"

"Your Majesty, please forgive me!" Wang Defa was so frightened that his whole body trembled, and he fell to his knees, kowtowing to plead guilty. Just listening to the sound, not only were his knees in pain, but his forehead was also in pain.

"You dog, you actually dare to collude with court officials to deceive me!" Emperor Jian Shi kicked Wang Defa over.

Wang Defa rolled on the ground, then continued to kneel respectfully, not daring to argue.

Emperor Jian Shi's temper was different from the late Emperor's.

The late Emperor allowed court officials and eunuchs to argue and was willing to give them a chance.

Emperor Jian Shi was the opposite; he hated listening to people's arguments. In his eyes, all arguments were sophistry.

If you want to survive, just honestly admit your mistakes, accept the beating, and accept the punishment; not saying a word is more effective than saying a hundred sentences.

Wang Defa knelt very straight.

At this moment, a small eunuch came in trembling to report that Xiao Changsheng was asking for an audience.

Upon hearing this, Emperor Jian Shi's mood improved slightly. "Announce him!"

Xiao Changsheng was very handsome, and could even be called beautiful. For a man to be described as beautiful, one could imagine how outstanding his appearance was; he was the most dazzling one among ten thousand flowers.

He came naturally to compete for favor, to compete for favor for his elder sister, the Imperial Consort.

New people had entered the palace, and several of them had emerged and were very favored. Although they were not yet enough to threaten the Imperial Consort's position, one must take precautions against everything, especially in matters of competing for favor in the harem; one must never be careless or have any luck.

Both the Xiao siblings wanted to be the ones who laughed the longest and the ones who laughed last.

After Xiao Changsheng entered the hall, he didn't even glance at Wang Defa, who was kneeling on the ground, but rushed directly to the Emperor, sat down at the Emperor's feet, and pressed his body close.

"Your Majesty, I recently obtained a new plaything, tried it out, and it was very interesting. I specially present it to Your Majesty!"