After Zhou left, Qin Yuhang chatted with his wife about the events during her coma. When Ye Hui heard that the tenth brother was also poisoned, she anxiously asked about his condition.
“He drank very little and has martial arts skills. He just needs to take some antidote pills and expel the toxins from his body. Don’t worry,” Qin Yuhang said, not wanting to worry Ye Hui. He didn’t mention that the tenth brother had internal injuries due to worrying about her illness. However, with the abundant medicines in the Prince’s palace, he would recover within a month with proper care.
★, 81
Imperial Capital, Imperial Palace’s Study.
Li Weichen hurriedly entered after being announced by the eunuch.
Huangfu Ze was sitting properly at the imperial desk, reviewing memorials.
The emperor was old and frail. Since the end of last year, he had been frequently ill, with dizziness and blurred vision. For three months, he had not attended to state affairs, leaving all matters to the Crown Prince to govern.
Although Huangfu Ze was not yet emperor, he now held great power. Every day after court, he would come to the study to review memorials, essentially functioning like the emperor.
Li Weichen handed a letter from Pingzhou to Huangfu Ze’s desk. Huangfu Ze saw that the envelope was already opened and looked displeased: “Who allowed you to open the Prince’s personal letter? How improper.”
Li Weichen shrugged: “The envelope didn’t have your name, and it doesn’t belong to family. It’s from Young Master Qin.”
Huangfu Ze took out the letter and read it. The more he read, the angrier he became. He suddenly slammed his right hand hard on the desk, making a loud noise. The eunuchs standing by the wall were startled, not knowing what had happened, afraid of getting caught in the crossfire, and lowered their heads.
“Have you found out who is behind this?” Huangfu Ze’s eyes shot out a cold glint as he spoke through gritted teeth.
“According to the messenger from Pingzhou, they captured five or six assassins, but those people quickly committed suicide by poison hidden between their teeth. As far as I know, they were likely specially trained death squads of the Crown Prince.”
Everyone knew the Crown Prince cultivated death squads to assassinate political enemies.
