On the other side of the Grand General's Mansion, Yuanzhi Pavilion.
Due to the recurrence of His Royal Highness's old illness, the emperor specially sent a group of imperial physicians to stay in the Mansion of General Shenwu to heal the prince.
And Yunzhi Pavilion is the place where all the imperial physicians are housed.
At dusk, when the fog had not cleared, several imperial physicians were commanding the medicine boys to put away the dried herbs in the yard, with a leisurely look.
"Boom—"
Suddenly there was a loud noise, and the thick courtyard door flew in.
The courtyard door slammed heavily on the ground, and a pile of dust and debris from the start hit them on their heads and faces. They were so surprised that they turned around to look.
A very familiar figure strode in.
"Your Majesty the Crown Prince?!"
As soon as the expressions of astonishment appeared on the faces of the imperial physicians, they turned into panic.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who appeared in front of them looked completely different from before.
His eyes were dark like thick ink, his thin lips were pursed into a line, his tight jaw line looked extremely stern, his handsome facial features were covered with a layer of frost, and the murderous aura around him was almost solidified.
Yuan Buwei was holding the long knife from Qin Mo upside down, a cold light flashed on the sharp edge, which made people tremble with fear.
Someone tremblingly said: "His Royal Highness, what happened?"
He rubbed the handle of the knife with his hand, and his eyes swept over, exuding overwhelming anger and murderous intent, and a warm smile appeared on his lips.
"You poisoned Gu, and dare to ask Gu what happened?"
All the imperial physicians: "???"
... When was the prince poisoned? Could it be that they didn't wake up today, so they heard it wrong... No, the point is that this has nothing to do with them!
Jiang Jiang came to his senses, before he could explain, the knife light in front of his eyes was icy cold, reflecting the young man's face as cold as ice and snow:
"Okay, very good! If Commander Qin hadn't accidentally discovered it, I'm afraid Gu would be put to death by you in such a daze!"
All the imperial physicians: ""
… What? Commander Qin said? ! The dog thief hurt me! ! !
After being confused, they rushed to explain.
"No, Your Highness misunderstood..."
However, His Highness the Crown Prince's mood was obviously not right at this time, and he couldn't listen to anyone's explanation in his rage.
"What else is there to argue about? Commander Qin will still wrong you!" He laughed back angrily, raised his wrist, and pointed the tip of the knife at everyone.
Not long after, a group of imperial doctors exclaimed one after another in the courtyard, mixed with the sound of messy footsteps.
"No, don't come here!"
"Your Highness, there must be a misunderstanding. This matter has nothing to do with my minister, I did not harm you! Ah, don't kill me!"
"The prince has gone crazy, help!"
"Qin Mo is a thief, the old man is incompatible with you!"
Hearing these voices from the courtyard, the guards outside the courtyard couldn't help but look at each other, and even peeked at Qin Mo's extremely ugly face.
Qin Mo ran out after Yuan Buwei.
After the two chatted in the study, they didn't pull out the saber suddenly, Qin Mo originally thought that His Highness the Crown Prince was going to personally execute his secret work, but unexpectedly, His Royal Highness suddenly opened the door of the room, picked up the saber and left.
Qin Mo felt bad, so he hurriedly followed, but it was still a step too late.
He was about to break into the courtyard, but was stopped by all the guards.
"Commander Qin stopped, and no one can enter without His Highness's order."
Saying so, they also spontaneously surrounded the entire courtyard tightly, so as not to let anyone go out and damage the reputation of the prince.
These guards have followed His Highness the Crown Prince for many years and are loyal. They knew that His Highness the Crown Prince was doing some shady things inside, so they naturally did not allow a bird to escape. Even Qin Mo, who is the commander of the personal guards, would never let him go without the permission of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince himself.
They have even begun to seriously think about how to help His Royal Highness destroy the corpse and eliminate the evidence after everything is over.
All of a sudden, all kinds of eyes flew in front of the courtyard gate.
Guard A threw a look: Digging a hole is very good, simple and convenient. Toss it in a mass grave outside the city...
Guard B cast a glance back: The mass grave is too far away, let's tie a stone and sink it into the river.
Guard C expressed disdain: Both of these are too easy to be discovered, why not just bury them in the mansion and make flower fertilizer.
At the entrance of Yunzhi Pavilion, the bodyguards who had accompanied His Highness the Crown Prince through many battles were all as straight as guns, with stern faces and expressionless faces, and their whole bodies exuded the aura of masters of hundreds of battles, but they looked at each other happily. , the exchange frequency is extremely high.
— After so many years of following, the trust accumulated in His Royal Highness cannot be destroyed overnight. They unconditionally believed that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince whom they were loyal to would never kill innocent people easily. If there is a mistake, it must be the "innocent" fault!
Even in the original plot, Qi Xuan's temperament became increasingly violent, and it took seven years of tossing before he completely exhausted the reputation accumulated in the past and the expectations of the world for him, and became a tyrant that everyone shouted and beat.
However, the situation in the courtyard was not as bloody as the guards imagined—
"Hoo, hoo, hoo..."
A group of imperial doctors who couldn't run any longer shivered and huddled in a corner, limp and panting violently. Their expressions showed pity, weakness and helplessness.
And His Royal Highness the Crown Prince stood ten steps away, holding a knife and looking at them, his whole body exuded a strong killing intent.
His chest heaved violently, as if endless anger was rushing in it, his eyes were dark and clear for a while, it seemed that the whole person was struggling with some kind of emotion, which was to force himself to stop here for a while.
... as if it would suddenly explode the next moment!
The imperial physicians were at a loss and didn't know why.
But there was also a certain person among them who saw the clue at a glance. It was clear that the strange poison in the prince's body had suddenly erupted, and that's why he lost control of his emotions and made a crazy move of chasing and killing the imperial doctor with a knife!
As the person who personally prepared this poison, this person knows very well that the poison is extremely toxic. It was fine at first, but once the toxicity deepens, it will explode completely one day, which can almost make a normal person lose all reason and be reduced to escape from the cage. the beast.
Seeing the prince like this, the toxicity of the duodu has been deep.
The plan was successful, but this person didn't feel any joy in his heart, instead, endless horror was born.
——Just because at this moment, he is locked in this yard with the mad prince holding a knife, and he is one of the people who are about to face the uncaged beast, and may even die because of it!
And he didn't want to die yet.
As time went by, His Highness the Crown Prince's mood seemed to become more and more unstable. It seemed that he wanted to do something several times, but he restrained him.
Not to mention how terrified someone was among the crowd of imperial physicians, the other imperial physicians also gradually saw that something was wrong with His Royal Highness, and couldn't help shivering, not daring to entrust their own lives on His Highness's self-control.
Thinking of the excitement of being chased by the prince with a knife just now, they felt terrified for a while. If the other party hadn't come back rationally and stopped in time, wouldn't they all be out of their wits
Seeing that the prince's expression was unsteady, as if he was about to run away again at any moment, an imperial doctor hurriedly spoke to comfort him: "Your Highness is precious, please rest your anger and let me wait for a while. If you are really poisoned, you need to be diagnosed and treated as soon as possible to avoid Leave trouble behind."
However, His Royal Highness, who was in a gloomy and violent mood and dominated by anger, looked at them suspiciously: "Didn't it be you who did it? Could it be that you poisoned the medicinal materials that Gu often used?"
As he said that, he seemed to be unable to control it again, his eyes were clear and furious, and the knife on his right hand was about to move, but fortunately, his left hand shot out like lightning, and tightly grasped his right wrist.
As for the poisoning of the crown prince, or His Royal Highness's unequivocal accusation, a group of imperial physicians turned pale with fright, and fell to their knees on the ground with a plop. Whether it was true or not, they all shouted for grievances.
"Your Highness has misunderstood, and I will never dare to do such a rebellious thing after receiving the favor of the emperor!" One of the oldest old imperial doctors stood up and bravely appeased the furious prince: "Your Highness, please do not Instigated by traitors!"
"What Doctor Fang said is true. The ministers have always been loyal, how dare they murder the prince?"
The others also came to their senses, and began to defend each other one by one, with a sincere tone, not like a fake.
"… Yeah?"
Although His Royal Highness's tone was still suspicious, it was obviously a little shaken. Withdrawing the knife in his hand, the anger in his eyes subsided slightly, and he fell into a struggle.
Everyone was overjoyed, and hurriedly struck while the iron was hot: "The first priority is to get rid of toxins now, Your Highness must not delay, so as not to cause disaster."
After all, these imperial physicians are professional, they were frightened stupid before, but now they reacted, and immediately showed the spirit of "accompanying the emperor is like accompanying the tiger", they all spoke to comfort, and by the way persuaded the prince to treat him in time.
What's more, among them was the poisoner who already knew the inside story, even the effect of that strange poison. How to stimulate and guide the prince's emotions with words, how to make the other party's emotions more irritable, and how to make them calm down a little, this person is very clear.
…
After repeated reassurance by the imperial physicians, His Royal Highness, whose emotions remained on the verge of eruption, seemed to have finally managed to control his emotions, and his eyes returned to a clear and indifferent.
"Forget it, I will trust everyone again."
He glanced at everyone indifferently, and stretched out a wrist.
The other hand still pressed vigilantly on the handle of the knife.
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Green smoke curled up from the incense burner, and a young man in black leaned on a soft couch.
His black hair was spread out on the soft couch along with the robe of the same color, and there was a bit of displeasure between his sparse brows, and those eyes were staring at the medicine bowl in front of him, as if he was facing a different situation. Dai Tian's life and death enemy.
After staring coldly for a while, the medicine bowl didn't grow any legs to escape, and the smell of the black-brown medicine soup became stronger instead.
He had no choice but to pick up the bowl and swallow it in one gulp.
Unimaginable bitterness spread from the tip of the tongue. Yuan Buwei collapsed backwards all of a sudden, lying dead on the soft couch.
... Orz.
When Qin Mo got the prince's permission to let him go, he saw such a picture as soon as he entered Yuanzhi Pavilion.
But before he could say anything, he was surrounded by a group of imperial doctors. Some of these imperial physicians had gray beards and some were still young, but no matter which one they looked at him, they were very unfriendly.
"Commander Qin, is it you who spread rumors in front of His Royal Highness, slandering us and poisoning His Highness?"
"We have no grievances in the past, and we have no grievances in recent days. Why did Commander Qin slander our innocence out of thin air?"
"Seeing that you usually look like a good person with thick eyebrows and big eyes, I didn't expect that you would actually do such a sobering thing behind your back!"
"I heard that you even handed the knife to His Highness the Crown Prince on your own initiative. Are you afraid that His Highness won't kill us? It's so cruel and outrageous!"
Qin Mo: No, it's not me, I don't.
Facing the glaring faces, a series of question marks appeared on Qin Mo's forehead.
And when he understood the meaning of these people's complaints, that dark and cold face suddenly darkened completely.
Obviously he didn't say anything, why did these people think that he "deliberately told the prince in front of the prince, slandered the imperial doctors who poisoned the prince during the healing process, sowed dissension, and was despicable"
Qin Mo was stunned by this black pot that fell from the sky.
He couldn't help but glanced at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who was sitting at the side again, with a solemn expression and a heavenly expression.
The other party looked back with innocent and blank eyes, as if saying: Oh, I didn't expect you to be such a person!
... What a perfect image of a dupe.
Qin Mo: "..."
Even if he said that the crown prince forced the blame on his forehead, no one would believe him, would he
... Bad premonition experience.