Lin Luoling's heart tightened suddenly, and when he looked over, he saw blood oozing out of the left wrist of the 'fake Prince An' who had fallen from the couch to the ground.

"What are you still standing there for?" Shi Mi shouted, "His Royal Highness Prince An has committed suicide by cutting his wrists again. Why don't you hurry up and call the imperial physician?"

He committed suicide by cutting his wrists again? These words made Lin Luoling understand immediately that the 'fake Prince An' must have committed suicide by cutting his wrists many times.

The palace maid following behind Shi Mi heard the sound and ran out.

Lin Luoling walked quickly into the hall and used a handkerchief to bandage the wound on the wrist of the 'fake Prince An'.

Shi Mi deliberately left the door open, bent down to pick up the broken pieces of the medicine bowl, and asked Lin Luoling, "Who came to Jingtai Pavilion today?"

Lin Luoling said truthfully: "Princess July came to see His Royal Highness Prince An, and Princess Rui came to look for Princess July. She stayed in Jingtai Pavilion for a while, and no one else came."

Shi Mi wrapped the broken pieces of the medicine bowl with a cloth and did not throw them away. Instead, she placed them on the table and said with an extremely serious look, "Tell us in detail what they said and did when they came to Jingtai Pavilion."

Lin Luoling mentioned what Princess July said in Jingtai Pavilion, and picked out some of them. She told Shi Mi every word of what Princess Rui said when she came to Jingtai Pavilion.

After hearing this, Shi Mi's face darkened and she said, "This is not the first time that Princess Rui has come to Jingshou Palace. She knows about His Royal Highness Prince An's affairs. She knows why Jingtai Pavilion was assigned a deaf and dumb aunt. She usually seems to be smart and sensible. Why is she so outspoken today?"

Lin Luoling suddenly understood why there were no palace maids or eunuchs in Jingtai Pavilion, and only a "deaf aunt" at the entrance of the palace. It was probably because Emperor Deshun and the empress dowager were afraid that if there were too many people serving, people would notice the abnormality of the "fake Prince An".

After all, those who serve Prince An every day can still tell the difference between Prince An and the 'fake Prince An'.

Therefore, they created trouble and made the 'fake Prince An' commit suicide by cutting his wrists. In this way, the only person left in Jingtai Pavilion was the 'deaf aunt', a spy planted by the Queen, whom both Emperor Deshun and the Queen Mother knew.

Although the 'deaf aunt' was a spy planted by the Empress, she could only wait outside the palace gate and was not allowed to serve the 'fake Prince An' closely. Previously, the only one who served Prince An was Gu Shun.

Therefore, the "deaf aunt" could not find out any useful information for the Queen Mother, which made it impossible for the Queen Mother to take action against Prince An. She could only secretly let Prince Rui send an assassin to kill Prince An.

However, the Queen Mother was in charge of the harem, and the Queen Mother and Prince Rui could only send people to assassinate Prince An when he was out of the palace.

However, Prince An had been bedridden for a long time and rarely left the palace.

The imperial physician had not arrived yet, but Princess July and Princess Rui came quickly to Jingtai Pavilion.

Shi Mi glanced at Princess Rui coldly and said rudely, "Princess Rui has always been a cautious person. She knows that His Royal Highness Prince An has a bad temper and is already upset about him being bedridden for a long time. As his sister-in-law, you should give him advice from time to time..."

Princess Rui glanced at Lin Luoling coldly, holding her stomach and crying, "Aunt Shi Mi, please understand. I just said something. How come the Queen and Concubine Chen both got into trouble this morning? It's very strange. I didn't say anything that was unfavorable to His Royal Highness Prince An. Could it be that someone and Aunt Shi Mi exaggerated and said something bad about me?"

"Look at what you said. If His Majesty and the Queen Mother heard it, the first question they would ask you would be: If you have nothing to hide, why would you say such a thing?"

When Princess Rui heard Shi Mi say this, her face turned pale, and then she heard Yun Xi's voice coming from outside the door: "Your Majesty has arrived!"

Thinking that it was not good, Princess Rui knelt on the ground with a plop, lowered her head, bit her back teeth, and cried pitifully, "Aunt Shi Mi's teaching is very right!"

Before Emperor Deshun entered the palace, angry voices were heard.

"The government affairs of the previous dynasty are already very busy, and the harem must be thoroughly investigated and punished. With so many things happening, I want to see who doesn't want the harem to be peaceful!"

"Greetings to the Holy One!"

"Greetings to Your Majesty!"

"Greetings, Uncle Emperor!"

Everyone in the hall was so shocked that they all bowed deeply to Emperor Deshun who walked in.

Emperor Deshun had a gloomy face and tilted his head to order, "Yunxi, why don't you carry Prince An to the couch? Where is the imperial physician?"

Emperor Deshun sat down in the first seat in the main hall of Jingtai Pavilion. Yun Xi called two eunuchs and carefully placed the "fake Prince An" on the small couch.

The imperial physician knelt in front of the small couch and checked the pulse of the 'fake Prince An'. He then untied the handkerchief that Lin Luoling had tied around the wrist of the 'fake Prince An', took out the wrapping curtain and medicine powder from the medicine box, and very familiarly sprinkled the medicine powder on the wound of the 'fake Prince An', and then bandaged the 'fake Prince An'.

Wiping the nonexistent sweat from his forehead, he reported to Emperor Deshun:

"Fortunately, the wound on Prince An's wrist was not too deep and did not endanger his life. However, Prince An is weak to begin with and his cough is difficult to cure. I have to prescribe a prescription for Prince An to take as soon as possible to prevent him from having a high fever tonight and triggering a cough."

Emperor Deshun waved his hand and said in a deep voice, "Bring the medicine as soon as possible."

"Yes!"

As soon as the imperial physician left the palace, Yun Xi closed the door and stood at the side of the door with his head bowed.

Emperor Deshun asked in a cold voice: "Lin, Prince An wants to marry you as his wife. He originally wanted to find someone who is considerate and gentle to take care of him. Regarding your private wedding in Xuzhou, I did not punish you and your clansmen. I just want you to be grateful and serve Prince An better.

How did you serve Prince An? How did you make him commit suicide by cutting his wrists? If you don't give me a reasonable reason today, I will not forgive you easily."

As soon as the voice fell, Princess Rui was frightened and her heart trembled. She pursed her lips and looked at Lin Luoling who was kneeling on the ground.

Lin Luoling knew that Emperor Deshun would not punish her, and she could not offend Princess Rui at this moment, so she did not answer for a long time after kneeling down.

This obviously made Emperor Deshun even angrier.

At this moment, a eunuch outside the palace hurriedly reported: "Your Majesty, there is a military report that says that His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin had just left the capital and was attacked by bandits on his way to Dongyang Mountain."

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