Over the course of one night, a great deal of information had been gathered and sent to Ye Zhen through various channels.
Ye Zhen had no interest whatsoever in Luoyi's political gossip, such as the endless squabbling over appointing an heir.
Yet one piece of news made his heart inexplicably tighten.
Three days ago, Grand Supervisor of the Inner Palace Yu Chaoen had personally visited the residences of the princes and princesses living in Luoyi to deliver a verbal decree from Benevolent Sovereign Ji Long.
No one knew the contents of that verbal decree.
However, every prince and princess had received it, and each had listened to it alone.
More importantly, after hearing the decree, every prince and princess had reacted badly. At best, their faces had gone pale; more severely, they had fallen seriously ill on the spot and taken to their beds.
Some, such as the First Prince and the Seventh Prince, had reportedly fainted outright.
Although all the princes' and princesses' residences had issued gag orders, there were few true secrets within the Luoyi Imperial Palace, much less in those princes' and princesses' residences that leaked like sieves.
Benevolent Sovereign Ji Long had delivered verbal decrees to more than a dozen of his princes and over twenty princesses at once. That alone was an extraordinary signal.
Since then, the prices of medicines that replenished one's foundation and nourished essence and blood had soared throughout Luoyi. Some had even sold out completely.
With that intelligence, it was no longer difficult for Ye Zhen to determine that after receiving that verbal decree, nearly every one of those princes and princesses had suffered a loss of essence and blood!
Changle, the Princess Regent, had not been among those who received the decree. Yet within a day afterward, she had immediately