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Gu Jinyan and Yin Liuli exchanged glances secretly.

"May I ask, Your Highness, when did your maternal grandfather issue the decree?"

The letter from the Empress Dowager clearly stated that the Emperor suddenly fainted while attending court.

The Crown Prince keeps claiming that the Emperor issued an edict, but he is clearly lying!

The crown prince looked somewhat displeased.

"What matter has the Emperor issued this decree, and what does it have to do with you?"

Gu Jinyan slightly raised his chin.

"Of course it's related. Yan'er was about to enter the palace to see her maternal grandfather, but was stopped. Naturally, she had to find out the reason."

The crown prince gave him a cold glance and frowned.

"Why are you asking so many questions, child? If you have something important to say to your father, you can tell me, and I will pass it on for you."

Gu Jinyan said with a half-smile,

"Thank you, Your Highness, but there's no need. I have urgent business to attend to and must see His Majesty."

"You probably won't be able to get into the palace."

A cold glint flashed in the Crown Prince's eyes, and he snorted impatiently, "I have other matters to attend to, move aside."

Gu Jinyan narrowed his eyes slightly and stood motionless in front of the sedan chair.

The more the Crown Prince tried to stop him, the more obvious Sima Zhao's wolfish ambitions became!

The position of Crown Prince, second only to the Emperor, has been held for over a decade. Perhaps he lacks the patience to wait until the Emperor passes away peacefully before inheriting the throne.

Taking advantage of the emperor's sudden fainting spell, wouldn't it be a perfect opportunity to seize control of the entire palace and plot for the throne?

The crown prince's face darkened, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

"Gu Jinyan, no matter how much Father Emperor spoils you, you must not be presumptuous in front of me!"

"Disobeying the imperial decree and trespassing into the inner palace is a crime of treason. I fear even my elder sister, the Empress, cannot protect you..."

"Whoosh..."

A crane flew through the air, carrying a scroll in its beak, flapping its wings and circling above Yin Liuli's head.

"bring it on."

Yin Liuli raised her hand, held the crane envoy in her palm, and handed the scroll to Gu Jinyan.

While Gu Jinyan was dealing with the Crown Prince, she sent a crane messenger to the Empress to request a summons.

Gu Jinyan's lips curled into a cold smile, and he unfurled the scroll before the Crown Prince.

"Your Highness, my maternal grandmother has summoned me. May I enter the palace now?"

"you……"

The crown prince stared intently at Yin Liuli for a few moments, then laughed, "Interesting! Who is this little Taoist priest, and what tricks is he playing?"

Yin Liuli said calmly, "Your Highness, I am Yin Liuli."

A barely perceptible hint of wariness flashed in the Crown Prince's eyes.

"You are the princess from another family who was exceptionally granted a title by the Emperor, Yin Liuli?"

"Didn't you leave?"

Yin Liuli raised an eyebrow slightly.

"This humble woman misses His Majesty and Empress, and has come to pay her respects."

"Your Highness, the Empress summons you. May the Crown Prince and I enter?"

The crown prince frowned imperceptibly. "Of course."

Just as Gu Jinyan and Yin Liuli were taking their leave, he gave the eunuch a wink.

"Liuli, go see your maternal grandmother quickly, I'm afraid the Crown Prince will harm her."

On the way to Zhenghua Palace, Gu Jinyan quietly told Yin Liuli that the Crown Prince was not the Empress's biological son, but the son of a concubine.

The concubine raised him until he was seven or eight years old when he suddenly died. The emperor then entrusted him to the empress to raise, and that's how he got the status of a legitimate son.

Yin Liuli blinked, puzzled.

"Although the Empress is not his biological mother, she has raised him for over a decade and was even named Crown Prince because of his status as the legitimate son. How could he possibly harm the Empress?"

Gu Jinyan took a soft breath.

"You don't know, there were rumors in the palace that the Empress Dowager secretly harmed that Consort in order to seize a legitimate son..."

In addition, in recent years, the Emperor has reprimanded the Crown Prince for his misconduct and collusion with court officials, and has even considered deposing him.

I was worried that the Crown Prince might launch a coup while the Emperor was unconscious.

"Then isn't Her Majesty the Empress raising an ungrateful wretch?"

Yin Liuli sighed softly, tapped her slender fingers rapidly between her knuckles a few times, and shook her head.

"I've calculated it. There are no murder cases in Her Majesty the Empress's karma. They're just talking nonsense."

Gu Jinyan chuckled to himself.

"Spreading rumors is all about talking, it's nothing unusual."

Passing through the corridor, a group of armed guards with swords withdrew from the Zhenghua Hall in the distance.

Gu Jinyan took it all in, his handsome face darkening once more, and he said in a low voice,

"Liuli, it seems we were right. The Crown Prince has probably already taken control of the entire palace."

……

"Yan'er, Liuli, you're finally back!"

Upon seeing the two come to pay their respects, a glimmer of light finally appeared on the Empress's haggard face. She grabbed Yin Liuli's hand and said urgently,

"Have you seen His Majesty? The Crown Prince has placed me under house arrest in the palace and won't allow me to see him. I wonder how His Majesty is doing now!"

Yin Liuli frowned and said,

"Your Majesty, was there anything unusual before His Majesty fainted?"

The Empress thought for a moment, then slowly shook her head.

"He only mentioned once that he was busy with state affairs and often felt tired and lacking in energy."

"It's always been like this; his meals are normal, and the imperial physician has prescribed medicine for him, so I haven't paid much attention."

Yin Liuli asked Chu Lingyun with her eyes,

"Senior Brother, medicine isn't my forte. Do you have any questions for me?"

Chu Lingyun said in a calm voice,

"I must personally diagnose His Majesty."

The Empress said with difficulty,

"Nowadays, there are sentries every three steps and guards every five steps in the palace, all of whom are people sent by the Crown Prince. It is difficult for me to send out a message."

The imperial guards in front of Zhenghua Hall had just withdrawn before you arrived...

"I can only try to see if I can get you to see His Majesty."

A cold smile curled at the corner of Gu Jinyan's lips.

"There's no need for the Empress Dowager to take care of her; Liuli has a way."

"Liuli, do you have a solution?"

The Empress, her eyes bloodshot, gazed at her earnestly. "No matter what, take me with you to see His Majesty!"

Yin Liuli nodded.

"Your Majesty, which hall is His Majesty in now, and in what direction?"

The Empress hurriedly said,

"He always stays in the Hall of Diligent Governance... right in front of the Zheng Hua Hall of the Palace, behind the court."

Yin Liuli was not very familiar with the palace. She roughly mapped out the location of the Hall of Diligent Governance in her mind, and then raised her hand to draw a "shrinking earth talisman" in her palm.

"Your Majesty, let's go right now."

After saying that, Yin Liuli flipped her fingers and sent out a beam of spiritual light.

Suddenly, a dazzling light flashed before the Empress's eyes. She instinctively raised her hand to shield her eyes, and her body suddenly felt weightless.

A wave of dizziness washed over her, and before she could react, her feet were already firmly planted on the ground.

Before me stands the familiar Hall of Diligent Governance!

The Empress slowly opened her mouth wide, hardly believing her eyes.

"This medicine has been used, but His Majesty hasn't woken up yet, so it's clearly ineffective! Change it again, change it again!"

"But the coma is due to a blockage in the heart's orifices; these herbs are needed to open it!"

"We've tried all the available medicines, what are we going to do..."

……

The Emperor was lying on his bed in the inner chamber, with three imperial physicians standing guard beside him, discussing the medication.

His eyes were closed, his lips were bluish-purple, and he had dark circles under his eyes.

His face was ashen, and his chest heaved so faintly that it was almost imperceptible; he looked every bit the dying man.