Travel through space and help the prince’s husband in construction

These dark wizards were injured to varying degrees during the robbery, so Prince Jiayang decided to let them go back and rest for a while. After they recovered, there were other important tasks for them to perform.

These dark wizards left after receiving the order, but in fact, they did not really rest for too long. After only one day of recuperation, they immediately began to investigate and explore the forces under Prince Jiayang.

They followed the instructions of Xiao Yunyan and Li Mohan, and their first priority was to ensure their own safety. Afterwards, they cooperated with each other to gradually find out the other national forces that had close contacts with Prince Jiayang, as well as the industries he secretly operated.

These dark wizards already possessed unique abilities, and now they were eager to prove their loyalty and strength to Xiao Yunyan and Li Mohan, so they were extremely serious and responsible in doing their work.

At the same time, Li Mohan and Xiao Yunyan also remained highly vigilant, paying close attention to Prince Jiayang's every move, trying to find out the black hand behind him.

Sixty percent of Prince Jiayang's men had been wiped out, which was also a huge blow to Prince Jiayang.

However, instead of restraining himself, he wanted to take advantage of the fact that Xiao Yunyan and Li Mohan were not in the Beichuan Imperial City and sent the rest of his men to cooperate with the Second Prince to kill the important officials of Beichuan. At the same time, he sent secret troops to occupy the Imperial City.

Xiao Yunyan and Li Mohan also went directly to Haribam. They came to the old king through space invisibility.

Xiao Yunyan and Li Mohan wanted to see the old king's situation. Was the old king unable to discipline Prince Jiayang for his reckless behavior, or was he simply indifferent and secretly supporting the prince in his despicable assassination?

When the two saw that the road leading to the old king's bedroom was strictly guarded and no outsiders were allowed to enter at will, they felt that the old king was really powerless to discipline. He himself had no freedom.

Xiao Yunyan and Li Mohan walked stealthily in the space and would not attract other people's attention.

After searching for a while, they found the old king's bedroom. They walked into the huge palace and saw only a few maids, nannies and eunuchs on duty, serving the dying old king.

The couple did not leave the space directly, but observed for a while not far from the old king.

The palace maids fed the old king a few mouthfuls of red ginseng stewed chicken soup, and the old king refused to eat anything else. It seemed that he was relying on the ginseng soup to stay alive. If nothing unexpected happened, the old king would not survive for more than half a month.

The old king, who was already skin and bones, no longer had much energy to hold on much longer.

After the palace maids were dismissed by the old king, they all went about their business, leaving the old king alone to close his eyes and rest.

Xiao Yunyan appeared beside the bed and took the pulse of the old king who had fallen asleep again. The poison in the old king was a chronic and particularly hidden poison.

Ordinary doctors cannot detect this poison because the symptoms are very similar to those of the human body after aging.

Xiao Yunyan's face was solemn. She turned around and looked at Li Mohan. They both saw the worry in each other's eyes.

The old king cannot die, otherwise, Prince Jiayang will ascend the throne smoothly and it will be difficult to deal with him.

The person who poisoned the body was extremely insidious and cunning. Not only was the toxicity of the poison hidden, but the harm to the human body was also lasting and long-lasting.

Xiao Yunyan and Li Mohan believed that if they had not come today, the old king would have lost his life very soon. If the poison was not detoxified in time, the old king's life would be in danger.

"It seems we have to hurry up and detoxify." Li Mohan said softly.

Xiao Yunyan nodded, “But before that, we must ensure the safety of the old king.

Even if we detoxify the old king now, he is already deeply poisoned and his body is almost exhausted. So he needs some time to recuperate.

But perhaps everyone in this palace is Prince Jiayang's spies.

Even if we take care of the old king's health and make him better, if they find anything abnormal, they will probably continue to give him drugs, or even kill him directly.

So Xiao Yunyan and Li Mohan wanted to transfer the old king directly into the space."

Before he finished speaking, there was a sudden noise outside. Xiao Yunyan and Li Mohan immediately became alert. Instead of transferring the king to the space, they slipped into the space first.

At this moment, someone outside the palace was making a commotion and wanted to come in to see the old king, but was blocked outside by the guards and was not allowed to come in.

Xiao Yunyan and the others went out through space to investigate and found that the people who came to visit the old king were the king’s two sons, who wanted to see their father.

Because they all knew that the old king's health was getting worse and worse. The last time they saw the king was half a month ago. Now another half a month has passed, and they don't know how their father's health is.

However, the guards resolutely stopped them from entering because they did not have the prince's consent.

The two princes saw that the six gatekeepers showed no respect to them at all when they saw them. They spoke in a very arrogant manner and still did not treat them as princes.

The two men suppressed their anger and begged, saying that they were only going in to take a look and would be out soon and would not stay for long. But the six guards refused to let them go.

They talked back and forth. Although they called them the two princes, their tone was full of disdain and ridicule. They said, "You two princes should not embarrass us. If you want to enter the king's bedroom, you should quickly ask the crown prince for permission.

We are here to protect the king. If we let anyone come to see the king, we would have lost our heads long ago. Please forgive me, princes."

The two princes were furious. They were the king's sons, but they were called just anyone. The fourth prince's temper was a little impatient. He glared at the six guards and scolded them. "Who do you think you are? We are our father's sons. We can watch whenever we want. Who do we need to ask for permission?"

Even if the Crown Prince Jiayang controls the heavens and the earth, he cannot control the meeting between father and son. Today, I will go in, and see who dares to stop me?"

So the fourth prince took the lead and forced his way in.

But the Fourth Prince is only about sixteen or seventeen years old this year, and his tall and thin body has no strength.

Although he had learned Kung Fu, it was just fancy moves. Compared with these carefully selected guards, the Fourth Prince's Kung Fu was like a three-year-old child colliding with a twenty-year-old boy.

No matter how hard the Fourth Prince tried, the guards did not move at all and blocked their way in, preventing them from entering.

The third prince knew that forcing his way in was not an option. Although he knew some martial arts, he was not much better than his fourth brother. Besides, these guards did not intend to make things difficult for them.

The prince had already repeatedly warned that whoever wanted to go in to see his father had to get his permission, otherwise they would not be allowed in. Even if someone broke in, they would be punished.

It is said that a concubine brought a little princess to visit the king, but the guards would not let the mother and daughter into the palace. The concubine gave a bribe, and the guards at the gate were soft-hearted and greedy, so they let the concubine in.

As a result, the prince found out about this and the concubine was confined to her room for a month, and her monthly allowance was cut in half.

The guards were also fined half a month's salary.

The prince said that this was the first concubine and princess who dared to disobey his order and enter the bedroom, so he showed mercy. If anyone else broke through, they would be confined for two months, and all their monthly salary would be confiscated.

Although no one takes the money this month seriously, no one wants to be confined to their home.

It was not a big deal for ordinary concubines to be confined. On weekdays, they had no chance to leave the palace. The confinement only allowed them to move freely in their own small courtyards, and they were not allowed to go to the big garden or walk around with their sisters. It did not affect anything.

However, if the princes were confined, it would delay important matters. After all, they all have their own businesses and things to do. If they were confined, it would always be a very troublesome matter.

Therefore, everyone still abided by the prince's rules and asked for his consent in advance.

However, at first the prince allowed everyone to visit the king. Recently, the prince was irritable. He would refuse anyone who asked to visit the king with various reasons. The most common reason was that the king was not in good health recently and should not be disturbed. He needed to rest in the bedroom.

The more people say this, the more worried they become.

The king was in the bedroom, and although he had servants serving him, according to the princes and concubines, half of these servants were people who were placed there by the crown prince, not all of them were the original old servants. The other half of the old servants were also of low positions and had no power.

There was only one head aunt who served the king personally. Everyone placed all their hopes on this head aunt, hoping that she could take good care of the king and protect his safety.

The few remaining old people around the king were always watched by the prince's servants.

When the meals were collected from the palace kitchen, the trusted aides appointed by Prince Jiayang would take turns collecting them.

They ate in the great kitchen first, and then carried back in boxes the king's portion and the others'.

During this process, the good things in the food were deducted. For this reason, the old people around the king felt something was wrong and reported it to their superiors, but they were ignored.

The housekeeper went to report the situation, but was mocked and ridiculed. She said that these old people were becoming more and more unruly, not only their appetites had become more delicate, but they were also picky. If anyone wanted to eat well, they had to pay money and the chef in the kitchen would prepare a special dish for them.

However, the monthly salary of these palace maids and servants was not much, that was the living expenses they saved for their families, and some was left for themselves as a guarantee for their future life after leaving the palace. How could they bear to eat the meat dish that cost two taels of silver per plate?

These old people were imprisoned in the king's palace and were not allowed to go out. They only had the opportunity to go out to buy things once a month. They dared not resist. The palace was full of confidants arranged by the prince.

If these old people showed any resistance, they would be punished. The lightest punishment was a fine of one month's salary. The most serious punishment was to drive them out of the palace. The most serious punishment was to beat them to death.

These king's confidants not only have to save their own lives. They also have an important mission, which is to stay by the king's side and protect his safety. If they are all driven out, the king will have no one around him and he may not live for more than three days.

Although the prince was overbearing and wanted the king to die immediately so that he could inherit the throne, if he dared to kill the king openly, then his succession to the throne would become illegitimate and unreasonable. No matter which brother wanted to attack him with this excuse, there would be many supporters. So he did not dare to do that.

The princes and concubines secretly gave money to the king's former relatives and elderly people, asking them to take good care of the old king.

But after all, the old king was surrounded by people of Prince Jiayang, and his health was getting worse and worse. He wanted to ask the imperial physician to check. But the imperial physician was coerced and bribed by Prince Jiayang. He did not tell the king's true situation. Two of them were loyal to the king. But they did not find out why the old king was getting weaker and weaker.

Now, those concubines wanted to visit the old king and take turns to serve him every day, but they were all turned away by Prince Jiayang.

The concubines tried to prepare some food in their small kitchen to nourish the old king, but they were all rejected because the king was too weak to eat anything. If the king got sick from eating, the person who sent the food would be held responsible.

These concubines knew the tricks very well. If the king ate the food when they delivered it, nothing would happen. However, if the people planted by Prince Jiayang took the opportunity to poison the king, then something would happen. It would be that the concubines who delivered the food secretly poisoned the king.