The confidant entered, bowed to Luo Ye, and briefly explained the Third Prince’s incident, “Your Highness, the Third Highness went out this afternoon, went to a gambling house, wearing casual clothes, and as usual, only brought Xia Yuan and Xia Zhe with him. After arriving, there was a commotion upstairs, with sounds of things falling. Soon after, the Third Highness ran down the stairs, with the gambling house’s men chasing behind.”
Luo Ye was surprised, “Where are Xia Yuan and Xia Zhe? Weren’t they always with my third brother?”
“Your Highness, they were protecting the Third Highness as they ran. Before leaving the gambling house, the Third Highness asked Xia Yuan to prepare the carriage.”
As the carriage slowly started moving, the Third Highness ran out of the gambling house, preparing to jump on, but accidentally fell and immediately lost consciousness.
“I was following behind but was blocked by the gambling house’s thugs and couldn’t see clearly. I estimate he hit his head when falling. I found a large bloody stone on the ground near the carriage.”
Pan Xian frowned. “Xia Yuan was driving the carriage, so where was Xia Zhe? With his skills, how could he let the Third Highness fall from the carriage so badly?”
“Master Pan, the Third Highness was blocked by thugs downstairs, and Xia Zhe was fighting with several of them to help him escape. In the blink of an eye, the Third Highness fell from the carriage.”
Luo Ye and Pan Xian looked at each other, the situation changing so quickly it was hard to comprehend. They had just been discussing whether Luo Zhan was using the gambling scandal to withdraw from the throne struggle or plotting something, and now they heard he had fallen from a carriage and lost consciousness, seemingly seriously injured.
Pan Xian told the confidant, “Quickly go and find out the Third Highness’s condition.”
When the imperial physician felt the pulse, he found the Third Prince’s pulse extremely weak and powerless, alternating between slow and fast, appearing extremely chaotic. Moreover, with a severe head injury, this was already a weak point in traditional Chinese medicine. The patient was unconscious and unable to drink even water, let alone take any medicine.
