"Useless trash! You can't even do one thing right! I've raised you all as useless good-for-nothings!" King Jinnan roared. "You can't even look after something properly, how dare you stay here?"
"Father, why are you so angry?" A cold voice suddenly came from behind.
The Prince of Jinnan immediately turned around, looked at the two holding hands, and stepped forward, "Cong'er, Wushang, come quickly, come quickly, help me take a look at Qing'er's injuries, oh, quick, quick!"
Ji Wushang glanced at Nan Xuzong, who asked expressionlessly, "Father, what's going on?"
"Alas, Qing'er ignored the maid's advice and opened Xian'er's box without permission, so she was pricked in the face by a flying needle, and the royal physician is helpless!" Prince Jinnan said with a worried expression, his eyes looking inside.
"I see." Serves him right. Nan Xuzong's lips curled up. "Don't worry, Father, I'll go take a look!"
"Thank you so much, Cong'er!" Prince Jinnan almost bowed to Nan Xu Cong.
Nan Xuzong led Ji Wushang inside, and the physicians, upon seeing Ji Wushang and Nan Xuzong, immediately knelt down, saying, "Greetings, Fourth Prince and Fourth Princess!"
"Get up, both of you!" Nan Xuzong's lips twitched, his face showing little expression. After releasing Ji Wushang's hand, he stepped forward to look at Nan Zaiqing. At this moment, Nan Zaiqing heard that it was Nan Xuzong and Ji Wushang who had entered. Remembering that Nan Xuzong was a miraculous doctor, he immediately shouted loudly, "Big brother, no, Fourth Prince, please save Qing'er!"
Nan Xuzong unleashed a golden thread, immediately striking her vital and speech acupoints. "Be quiet!" he said coldly, withdrawing the golden thread and striking again, wrapping it around Nan Zaiqing's wrist to diagnose her condition.
Ji Wushang stood to one side, turned to look at the Prince of Jinnan, and asked, "Father, what kind of box is it? Where is it?"
The Prince of Jinnan sighed, "Even I don't know where that box is. Oh, come here, quickly, bring me that box!"
A maid immediately responded and went to find the harmful box.
Nan Xuzong turned to look at Prince Jinnan and said, "The Fifth Miss's facial injury will likely leave some marks! The needle was inserted for too long, and there's no possibility of it fully healing. Coupled with the original scars on her face, the situation is even worse!"
"Well... alright! Saving lives is the most important thing!" Prince Jinnan sighed. "Why are all these children so unreliable!" Oh well, it's already quite good that Nan Xuzong was willing to help. If we had sent those imperial physicians now, I'm afraid none of them would have fared well!
At this moment, Nan Xuzong gathered a powerful force in his right hand. The force was condensed and shone with a strong golden light. Everyone was extremely surprised. This Fourth Prince, their original Prince Nan, actually had such powerful martial arts and internal strength. If they angered him, wouldn't they not even know how they died?
Nan Xuzong then moved the power in his hand to Nan Zaiqing's face. His powerful golden light lingered on Nan Zaiqing's face, and in the next second, it absorbed all the fine needles on her face! He closed his hand, and the golden light disappeared. When he opened his hand again, metal fragments fell from it. The fine needles had been crushed into powder by him!
Those around him felt as if their breath had been taken away from them; his abilities were so powerful that probably no one could match them!
"Apply the medicine to her." Nan Xuzong said calmly to the physicians, then stood up, walked to Ji Wushang's side, and turned his face slightly to the side. "Father, the physicians should be able to handle the rest."
"...Alright!" It took the Prince of Jinnan a long time to come back to his senses. The physicians in the palace only came to their senses when they heard the Prince of Jinnan's voice. "Yes!"
Ji Wushang smiled at Nan Xuzong and said with admiration, "I was also stunned just now."
Nan Xuzong's lips curled up as he listened. "Really? Then shouldn't I get a reward?" He winked at Ji Wushang.
"No way." Ji Wushang's expression changed, and he said in a low voice.
Nan Xuzong pulled her close to him, and she braced herself with one hand, saying, "Be careful." This man sometimes just acts on impulse and doesn't care about the occasion at all!
Nan Xuzong smiled and didn't say anything, but his large hand was placed on her waist.
Ji Wushang had no choice.
The Prince of Jinnan, helpless and speechless at the intimacy between the two, and unable to intervene, immediately turned to Nan Zaiqing, where the palace physicians began to treat her. Nan Zaiqing had almost been scared to death, but now she learned that the needles in her face had been removed and the pain was gradually subsiding... How could she not be overjoyed?
It's just that Nan Xuzong was worried because he said her face probably wouldn't get better...
Upon seeing her father approaching, she was about to cry out, but because her pressure points had been sealed, she was unable to move or speak.
Prince Jinnan turned around. "Cong'er, should we release Qing'er's pressure points first? She seems to want to say something to her father."
Nan Xuzong released Nan Zaiqing's acupoints remotely, saying, "Be quiet, it's good for your condition!"
The Prince of Jinnan nodded in agreement, while Nan Zaiqing, seeing Nan Xuzong's almost murderous gaze, dared not utter another word. She simply stared at the Prince of Jinnan and whispered, "Father, save me! I don't want to be disfigured! I don't want to be disfigured!" As she spoke, tears welled up in her eyes. "It's all because of Third Sister! Why did she get that thing? There must be something strange in it! Father, you must stand up for me!"
"Then why didn't you listen to the maid's advice and instead opened Xian'er's box at will!" Prince Jinnan knew his place and knew that Nan Zaiqing was in the wrong first, so he naturally didn't cover it up.
Ji Wushang looked at them. Was Nan Zaiqing completely disfigured by now? He'd heard that the Prince of Jinnan was just discussing a date with the matchmaker. Heh, what a joyous occasion! It would be good if the date could be set sooner!
At this moment, a maidservant came out from inside, carrying a tray in her hands. She walked up to Prince Jinnan, bowed, and said, "Your Highness, this is the Third Miss's box."
Ji Wushang and the others turned their gaze over and saw a small, broken bottle on a tray outside a black box, with some clear liquid inside, which had not been completely poured out.
Nan Xuzong's gaze focused on the box, then he looked at the small bottle beside it. When the wind carried the scent, Nan Xuzong frowned. "An infertility drug?"
Instantly, everyone around was stunned. A drug that would kill off children! How could such a drug exist?
The Prince of Jinnan was surprised and asked, "What are you talking about?" He immediately stepped forward.
Nan Xuzong moved very quickly, stopping the Prince of Jinnan's outstretched hand in an instant. "This is no ordinary infertility medicine! Father, you'd better not touch it!"
"What?" The Prince of Jinnan was even more surprised, looking at him. "Then what should we do?"
Nan Zaiqing exclaimed in surprise, "I opened that box earlier, and there was a mechanism inside! Third Sister must have wanted to kill me, so she came up with this method to harm me!"
"Insolence! Stop spouting nonsense!" Prince Jinnan immediately rebuked her. After all, Nan Xianxian was also his daughter. If she really wanted to murder her sister, it was just a moment of confusion. She needed to be educated, not punished! He didn't want any more people to die in his manor at this time!
Nan Zaiqing's eyes flashed with hatred. He knew his father would definitely side with Nan Xianxian, and he would find a time to thoroughly deal with that bitch Nan Xianxian!
Nan Xuzong examined it for a while before saying, "This is a contraceptive drug specifically added to food to cause infertility. As soon as it is touched, the medicinal properties can enter the body and achieve the desired effect."
Ji Wushang stepped forward and asked, "How could there be such potent medicine in the Third Miss's room?"
"This medicine has another effect. If you carefully rub it on your clothes and let a pregnant woman smell it, the pregnant woman may give birth to a deformed child. In that case, the child will definitely be born with defects." Nan Xuzong squinted at the Prince of Jinnan.
Prince Jinnan was taken aback. For many days before, Nan Xianxian had been trying to visit Leng Ruolan's Lanruo Garden. If she had applied such a fertility-inducing medicine to her body and Leng Ruolan had smelled it, wouldn't the child she gave birth to be defective? Wouldn't his royal palace be doomed?
"Third sister used to love going to Mother's Lanruo Garden. She knew Mother was pregnant and yet she still had this infertility-inducing medicine. Father, please make the decision! We must find out the truth!" Nan Zaiqing struggled to get up.
Everyone understood perfectly well that for an unmarried daughter of an official to have a fertility-inhibiting drug hidden in her boudoir, she certainly wouldn't use it on herself; it must be aimed at the women in the inner quarters! Her heart was utterly dark!
"Qing'er, say no more!" The Prince of Jinnan was in a state of great turmoil. He knew exactly what these women were hiding these things for, and he was both angry and resentful!
"If Xian'er can wake up, let her explain what happened! Also, this box, someone, go and open it!" King Jinnan coldly ordered.
But no one rushed forward to open it, after all, it was a deadly thing! If it were opened and more needles shot out, wouldn't they end up like Nan Zaiqing, with several holes in their faces?
The Prince of Jinnan was furious. "How dare you! How dare you defy the heavens! Are you trying to rebel?! How dare you disobey my orders! You're going to be the death of me!" With that, the enraged Prince of Jinnan drew his long sword from his waist.
All the servants knelt down, pleading, "Your Highness, please spare our lives! Your Highness, please spare our lives!"
"You sons of bitches! How dare you disregard my orders! If I don't punish you, you'll be defying the heavens!" King Jinnan said, immediately raising his longsword to strike the kneeling servants on the head!
The servants were all terrified and immediately began to kowtow.
“Father, there’s no need to be so angry.” Nan Xuzong’s cold voice rang out. “It’s only human nature to be afraid of death.” Nan Xuzong then laughed in front of everyone. The Prince of Jinnan lowered the long sword he had raised, his face burning with embarrassment.
The people around dared not breathe, and lay prostrate on the ground as they looked at Nan Xuzong in front of them.
Nan Xuzong flicked out a golden thread, and the tray flew out of the maid's hands, which were raised high, and landed on the table. With another tug of the golden thread, the box opened immediately, and no fine needle flew out as expected.
Nan Zaiqing was both surprised and angry. He had clearly been a guinea pig, having all those fine needles shot into his face! And now, not a single needle was left!
Ji Wushang stepped forward, but Nan Xuzong grabbed her arm and pulled her behind him, saying, "Don't go over there."
"It's alright." Ji Wushang gave him a smile. He was so concerned about him; that was enough for him.
Nan Xuzong nodded and went forward to see what was inside the box. Prince Jinnan also stepped forward to take a look.
Inside the box lay a piece of paper. Nan Xuzong reached out, took it out, opened it, and immediately began to read it.
To everyone's surprise, the more they looked at it, the more they frowned. The people around them were full of guesses and questions, wondering what it was all about.
Prince Jinnan wanted to see, but he had to watch Nan Xuzong's expression first!
Nan Xuzong, with a cold face, slammed the paper onto the table. "Insolence, utterly insolent!" He glanced coldly into the paper with his hawk-like eyes, then looked at the Prince of Jinnan. "Prince of Jinnan, take a look for yourself!" He was extremely angry at this moment and addressed the Prince of Jinnan directly.
The Prince of Jinnan was taken aback. What was going on? Trembling, he took the paper, and on the table was a handprint! Everyone gasped.
"If Father Emperor sees this, I think this Prince Jinnan's mansion will be razed to the ground!" Nan Xuzong said coldly.
The Prince of Jinnan was sweating profusely. "This, this..." He immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Nan Xuzong. "Please, please, Your Highness, spare my life! My daughter was ignorant of the ways of the world and did such a foolish thing!" As he spoke, he held the piece of paper in his hand and kowtowed to Nan Xuzong again.
Everyone looked on in surprise, but since the Prince of Jinnan had knelt, how could they not kneel?
Instantly, everyone except Ji Wushang knelt at Nan Xuzong's feet.
Nan Xuzong's eyes were cold as he looked at Prince Jinnan. "Prince Jinnan! It's fine if this matter doesn't get out, but if it does, hmph! Even if I love this place, I can't protect this palace!"
"Yes, yes." The Prince of Jinnan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. How could he have known that this piece of paper was actually a letter insulting the Huangfu royal family, and that there were even letters from Japan on it!
Nan Xuzong then took out several letters from the small box and opened them one by one. They were all correspondence between Fusang and Jin Ruirui and Nan Xianxian. Nan Xuzong looked at Prince Jinnan, "Prince Jinnan, how do you intend to handle this matter?" His eyes were so cold they seemed to suck people in!
☆、263 Xu Changsheng, my love and I will never be apart! (A heartwarming story!)
The Prince of Jinnan trembled. "Please, Your Highness, spare my life! There must be some misunderstanding. Please forgive my daughter's foolishness. Jin Ruirui is dead; please spare a dead person." The Prince of Jinnan knelt on the ground, trembling. This was something Jin Ruirui and Nan Xianxian had done, but it clearly implicated the Prince of Jinnan himself! Although Jin Ruirui was dead, he couldn't escape being implicated!
Nan Xuzong coldly said, "This matter requires an explanation from the Prince of Jinnan! Anything beyond my authority to grant is not a pardon!"
Ji Wushang immediately took the letters and looked at them, his gaze falling on the Prince of Jinnan.
"Yes, yes." Prince Jinnan wiped his sweat. "I will definitely handle this matter properly. Please forgive me, Fourth Prince!"
"I hope you'll take care of yourself!" Nan Xuzong snorted coldly and walked out. Ji Wushang stepped forward and said to Prince Jinnan, "Father, don't worry too much. Cong is probably just in a bad mood. I'll go and talk to him. As for the illnesses of the Third and Fifth Misses, if Cong is unwilling, I'm willing to do my part."
"...Truly, thank you so much, Fourth Princess!" Prince Jinnan was so moved that tears were about to flow. He was about to kneel down in front of Ji Wushang, but Ji Wushang immediately stepped forward to help him up. "Father, don't kneel." As she spoke, she turned back to look at the man walking outside. "I'll go and persuade him." She nodded to Prince Jinnan and immediately followed him.
The Prince of Jinnan nodded, tears streaming down his face. After wiping them away, his expression changed, and he roared with a dark face, "You are truly outrageous!"
The servants knelt, not daring to speak. What had just happened was strange enough, and now, seeing the Prince of Jinnan angry, they dared not utter a sound. What business was it of them, the servants, of what Nan Xianxian and Jin Ruirui's affairs, that he dared to yell at them like that!
The Prince of Jinnan wanted to vent his anger, but he couldn't say a word. "You, you all, quickly clean up Xianxian Garden!" He flicked his sleeve and walked out.
The servants looked at each other in bewilderment. This was the first time they had seen such a strange turn of events, but surprisingly, the Prince of Jinnan did not punish them. Some quickly went to clean, some tidied up, some served, and the physician hurried to examine the patients.
Ji Wushang quickly stepped forward, "Cong, wait for me."
Nan Xuzong frowned slightly, turned around and watched her run up quickly. Seeing her light and agile running, his mood improved a lot. He smiled and waited for her to come forward.
"Why are you walking so fast? So I can chase after you," Ji Wushang said reproachfully, only pausing slightly to catch his breath when he reached him.
Nan Xuzong gently patted her back to help her catch her breath, "It's my fault."
"It's alright now," Ji Wushang said, catching his breath. "But the way you looked just now was really frightening. Were those letters really real?"
"Yes, it's true." Nan Xuzong nodded. "I didn't expect Jin Ruirui to have such abilities. As for Nan Xianxian, she's just a pawn at best." Nan Xuzong put his hand on her waist, put his arm around her, and walked towards Moxuan Garden.
"So how do you plan to handle this? You really won't destroy the Jinan Prince's Mansion, will you?" Ji Wushang looked up at him as they walked together.
“This is a good opportunity. Haven’t you been thinking about this all along?” Nan Xuzong smiled as he looked at her.
“I’ve changed my mind,” Ji Wushang said. “I’ll make them suffer.” Ji Wushang looked around the huge courtyard and continued, “I was originally your wife, the wife of the Prince of Nan, and the legitimate wife of the Marquis of Jinnan.”
This is the original one; I just wanted to keep this memory.