Chapter 38

The Crown Prince really wasn’t poisoned. While everyone was worshiping and giving offerings to the Seventh Prince in Xuande Palace, he was very merrily drinking and having fun with several palace maids in his arms. When he heard the sounds of conversation between the palace servants and the guards from outside the door, it would not be good if he made an appearance now no matter how irritated he was. So he had to hurriedly tidy himself up and lie back on the couch.

Several eunuchs followed after the guards, hurling abuse at them, saying that Concubine Cheng really was simply audacious to have the impertinence to take the Crown Prince to the mourning hall without authorization. If the Crown Prince got infected by bad luck and his condition worsened, then she couldn't make up for it even if she had ten heads. However, a group of slaves such as these who dared to humiliate even the dignified concubines clearly showed how arrogant the Crown Prince usually was.

However, these guards did not hesitate to lift the Crown Prince who was in a "coma" onto the crude simple stretcher and said, "What are you all making a racket for? How many times have we said it, it’s not Concubine Cheng who wants to see the Crown Prince, it’s the Seventh Prince! If you delay the Seventh Prince’s matter, you will all bear capital punishment!"

What ‘Seventh Prince’? Wasn’t he already dead? How could these eunuchs believe such nonsense? So they followed after them and cursed the whole way. Furthermore, they thought that the Emperor was in Yangxin Palace and was in the dark about it, so they ran over to complain. The Crown Prince lying on the bed was also full of suspicion, but he was mostly angry. He inwardly thought that Concubine Cheng was so bold and reckless. Does she think that after Gu has fallen into a coma, Gu will never wake up again?

He immediately decided to wake up at night and clean up all those rebels!

The group of people walked quickly to the Xuande Palace and the heavy door automatically opened, bringing with it a gloomy and cold breeze. The guards collectively shuddered, but did not dare to hesitate at all and hurried in. The cursing and swearing eunuchs and palace maids who followed behind also filed in. Seeing the Emperor surrounded by people in the corner and seeing the faint blue-green candle flames, they finally felt that something was wrong.

Where, where did candle flames of such colour come from? The illumination from the candles made everyone appear as if they were terrifying ghosts! What's going on? At this moment, the white banners with bloody words slowly fluttered in the gloomy wind, which made them finally understand that what the guards said before was actually true and it was indeed the Seventh Prince who wanted to see the Crown Prince.

The palace maids were terrified, screaming and crying. The eunuchs didn't fare any better and were already softly kneeling on the floor.