Another Move

Xiao Lingheng did not struggle at all and obediently allowed himself to be captured by the Imperial Guards.

When he entered the main hall and saw that Xiao Ge was still alive, he knew that all was lost.

The first assassin to rush in and kill Xiao Ge was a pawn he had planted beside the Crown Prince, and the Imperial Guards who directly attacked Xiao Ge from behind was also one of his men. He thought today's plan was foolproof, but unexpectedly, it still failed at the last minute.

If he doesn't resist now, given his father's soft heart, he might still live; but if he does resist, he's doomed.

"Father, why?" he cried, his face filled with unbearable grief. "Your subject wants to know why! Your subject only cared about you and wanted to save you; I had no intention of offending you in the slightest. Why are you treating me this way?"

Xiao Ge had no intention of saying more to him, and simply waved his hand. "Take him away." He then looked at the head of the Imperial Guards, "You go yourself, and send your trusted men to keep a close watch on him. If he escapes again, bring me your head."

"Yes." Only then did the head of the Imperial Guards lead several Imperial Guards, escorting Xiao Lingheng and his men away.

As soon as they left, Xiao Ge hurriedly ordered a Imperial Guards, "Go quickly to the Prince of Qi's Residence and see how Prince of Qi is."

Xiao Lingheng personally came to the main hall to see if he had been killed by the Crown Prince, which meant he had made thorough preparations and believed that victory was in his grasp and the throne was his. Therefore, the only remaining Prince of Qi must be the one he wanted to eliminate.

The Prince of Qi is now in extreme danger.

Watching the Imperial Guards leave, Eunuch Xie reassured him, "Your Majesty, rest assured, Prince of Qi should be under guard; there will be no danger."

Xiao Ge shook his head and remained silent.

Xiao Lingheng's methods were always unexpected and impossible to guard against. Who would have thought that he would actually use the Crown Prince to assassinate him? If he hadn't been worried that someone else would seize the throne first and hadn't been a little impatient to come and see if the emperor was dead, he might not have been able to find any evidence against him today.

So even if Little Five is on guard, he might still fall into Xiao Lingheng's trap.

At the Earl of Suiping's Residence, Zhao Ruxi was listening to the system's real-time broadcast.

"Host, the Emperor has been rescued... The Crown Prince committed suicide, and the Third Prince has been captured by the Emperor."

"Host, someone has poisoned the Fifth Prince's water cup."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Ruxi's heart jumped.

She asked, "How is he? How is he now?"

Hearing her speak, Qingfeng, who was standing nearby, looked at Zhao Ruxi with a puzzled expression. "Miss?"

Zhao Ruxi then realized that she had spoken aloud without realizing it. But she couldn't care less about that now.

She waved her hand, then asked herself again, "How is it now?"

"Host, don't be hasty. Have you forgotten that you gave the Fifth Prince the Taste Discerning Pill?"

"What good are these Taste Discerning Pill? Some poisons are fatal the moment they touch your lips!" Zhao Ruxi was so angry that she cursed aloud.

The system is still keeping her in suspense at a time like this. If this thing had a physical form, she would definitely give it a good beating.

Because of its host's fierce nature, the system, which was usually quite timid, immediately said, "Don't worry. That person was exposed eight hundred years ago and has been under the Fifth Prince's surveillance all along. Could the Fifth Prince have allowed someone to successfully poison him? He already had the poison changed. This poison will cause someone to fall into a coma, and they will automatically wake up after three days."

"What? He's going to be unconscious for three days?" Zhao Ruxi was worried again upon hearing this. "What if someone tries to harm him during these three days? Wouldn't he be in danger? No, I have to stay by his side."

At this moment, she was extremely grateful that she was already Xiao Lingyan, and that their relationship was now official. If Xiao Lingyan needed anything, she could rightfully help him.

"The Fifth Prince has just fallen into a coma, and even the servants of the Prince of Qi's Residence's residence haven't received the news yet. Host, if you go now, can you explain where your information came from?"

This statement successfully stopped Zhao Ruxi from stepping outside.

She walked back dejectedly and sat back down on the recliner.

She knew that Xiao Lingyan dared to take this risky move because he must have already made arrangements and had people around him he could completely trust. She was just being overly concerned.

"System, he'll be alright, right?" she asked.

The system was silent for a moment before having to tell her a harsh truth, "I wasn't finished speaking. The medicine the Fifth Prince took will wake him up in three days, but his bodily functions won't fully recover. He'll need at least one or two years to recover."

"What?" Zhao Ruxi exclaimed in surprise again.

Seeing Qingfeng looking at her, she quickly said, "You go out first."

Qingfeng walked out with a worried expression and closed the door behind him.

"What kind of medicine is that? Is it reliable? He might be being scammed," Zhao Ruxi said.

"After you told him about his fate as cannon fodder, he worried about dying from poisoning, so he recruited several folk healers. This medicine was accidentally developed by one of them. He once tested it on an old beggar, and the old beggar is recovering quite well now."

"Where are the miracle doctor and the beggar now?" Zhao Ruxi no longer trusted anyone around Xiao Lingyan; she saw everyone as a spy.

"Don't worry, the Fifth Prince has placed the divine physician in a place no one knows. He's obsessed with researching medicine and doesn't care about anything else. Besides, he's already developed an antidote. If necessary, the Fifth Prince can simply take the antidote to wake up. The beggar is currently staying by the divine physician's side, being fed and cared for well."

Zhao Ruxi sighed.

She also knew that if Xiao Lingyan didn't take this risky step, both Xiao Ge and the court officials would inevitably cast suspicious glances at him.

In everything you do, don't look at the reasons or the process, just look at the final result and who the beneficiaries are.

Now the Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince are dead, the Third Prince is imprisoned, the Second Prince is crippled, and of all the adult princes, only the Fifth Prince is still alive. Although all the evidence points to the Third Prince, that he orchestrated everything, and that the Third Prince Fourth Prince and the Emperor were assassinated by the Crown Prince, in the end, everyone will inevitably turn their suspicions to Xiao Lingyan.

The ultimate beneficiary was the Fifth Prince.

Only if Xiao Lingyan were to have an accident would everyone give up their thoughts, the Crown Prince, the Third Prince's faction, and the Second Prince would not retaliate against him, and the Emperor would trust him.

He had no choice but to make this move.

But she felt it was too risky to drink this unknown medicine.

She opened the system control panel, looked at the list of pills, and then closed it again with a look of disgust.

Xiao Lingyan once asked her if she had such a medicine, but her system, well, it was only good for packaging women in various ways, making them more beautiful, smarter, and better able to please men, and that was about it.

Where can I find this medicine?

Fortunately, she discovered another use for the system and developed the "information service," otherwise, apart from buying some Great Strength Pill or Recovery Pill, she really didn't know what else it could be used for.

The system, unaware that it was being routinely disliked again, said, "Don't worry, host, I will keep a close watch on the people around the Fifth Prince. I'll let you know if there's anything unusual."