In my dream of returning to the Tang Dynasty, I snatched Wu Zetian from my lap.

Yin Zhu revealed a confident smile: "Your Highness, I'm sure."

"How can someone be revived if their heart has stopped beating?" Li Yuanchang wouldn't have believed it if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes.

Yin Zhu smiled mysteriously and paced back and forth, saying, "Your Highness, it's not that there's no heartbeat, but rather that it's very weak."

"His breathing and pulse weren't completely absent, it's just that people couldn't feel them anymore."

Li Yuanchang tried again, but still couldn't feel any vital signs. Even with paper tests, it was difficult to tell.

"Your Highness, if you don't believe me, this illusionist can awaken him immediately!" Yin Zhu laughed, beginning to refer to himself as "this illusionist," seemingly very confident in his corpse-dissolving technique.

Li Yuanchang gestured for him to wake up.

Yin Zhu first pressed down on the man's neck, and by pressing the muscles, easily removed the silver needles. Immediately, the man's breathing became noticeably heavier, no different from that of a normal person.

Immediately afterwards, Yin Zhu used a special medicinal powder to wake up the serious offender. Upon waking, his first reaction was no different from that of someone who had just woken up; his heartbeat and breathing had fully returned to normal.

Chi Lian, Guo Chao, and their confidants were all shocked and stared in disbelief.

That technique is simply amazing!

Li Yuanchang gave Yin Zhu a deep look; this was no longer a smokescreen, but something real.

Although breathing, pulse, and heartbeat cannot stop, they are only so faint as to be imperceptible to humans. It is indeed remarkable that they can achieve this with just one pill and two silver needles.

Even he didn't sense anything wrong just now; it's absolutely indistinguishable from the real thing!

"Your Highness, I'm afraid I've made a fool of myself." Yin Zhu smiled and bowed with his hands clasped.

"Well done. These things are yours." Li Yuanchang pushed them away with one hand.

Yin Zhu excitedly accepted it; this was much more than what he could earn by performing on the street.

But he wasn't stupid, having roamed between the two places: "Thank you, Your Highness. May I ask if Your Highness needs my Corpse Dissection Technique for anything?"

Li Yuanchang waved his hand, and his personal guards retreated thirty steps, sealing off the entire space completely.

Yin Zhu glanced at it, his expression serious.

"It is indeed necessary."

"Who should we make fake their death?"

"Princess Wencheng," Li Yuanchang blurted out.

Yin Zhu was shocked, his hand trembling slightly: "Your Highness, which one are you referring to—the one who married the Tibetan king?"

"That's right."

"Your Highness, this, this..." Yin Zhu stammered, "Your Highness, this, I'm afraid..."

As he spoke, he tried to return the gold and silver jewelry.

"The money I give away is not going to be taken back."

"You already know my secret. What do you think will happen if you don't do it?" Li Yuanchang said calmly.

Guo Chao and the others watched coldly from the side, pressing down on the knife with their hands to apply pressure.

Yin Zhu knelt down with a thud, on the verge of tears: "Your Highness, I am just a nobody, I dare not do such a thing."

"I'll pretend I never heard of this, okay?"

He was about to cry. Although he didn't know why Princess Wencheng had to fake her death, anyone with a brain would know that the Prince of Han was definitely up to something shady by using this method to recruit him.

"You only have two choices: help me, and you'll enjoy wealth and glory."

"If you don't help, you'll take the secret with you to your grave."

"Choose for yourself."

Upon hearing this, Yin Zhu's previous joy at receiving the money completely turned into despair, and his face looked as if his father had died.

"Your Highness, if I do it, what if you kill me to silence me?" he asked.

Li Yuanchang said, "I promise I will not discard you after you have served your purpose, and after the matter is accomplished, I will give you countless riches and let you go far away."

"Your Highness, words are not enough..." Yin Zhu said uneasily.

To reassure him, Li Yuanchang made a solemn oath on the spot.

Yin Zhu gradually felt more at ease, his expression shifting uncertainly: "Alright, then I'll help His Highness the Prince of Han."

"I wonder what exactly His Highness the Prince of Han wants me to do?"

Having arrived here, Li Yuanchang had nothing left to hide.

"I want you to use the Corpse Dissection Technique to make Princess Wencheng appear dead, thus deceiving the Tibetan envoys and even the Zanpu (king), and to ensure that Princess Wencheng wakes up safely."

"It's that simple."

Yin Zhu gave Li Yuanchang a deep look. This was an attempt to ruin the marriage alliance!

If he remembered correctly, Li Yuanchang was still an envoy sent for a marriage alliance. Wasn't he afraid of letting his superiors find out?

But forced by circumstances, he gritted his teeth and said, "Fine!"

"But Your Highness, I must make it clear that the Corpse Dissection Technique can only last for a maximum of two hours. After that time, the person will surely die!"

Even if they don't die and their heart and breathing return, they will never wake up again!

He said with utmost seriousness.

Upon hearing this, Li Yuanchang frowned: "Only two hours?"

"right!"

Li Yuanchang was immediately in a dilemma. The time was too short. From the discovery of the death to the verification by all parties and then to the burial, two hours was obviously too short.

But if the time is exceeded, the person will die.

The so-called immortality of Yin Zhu only means the restoration of heartbeat and breathing; the inability to wake up is probably what later generations called brain damage.

"Is it possible to extend the time?"

Yin Zhu shook his head: "There's no way to prevent this. Once this time is exceeded, danger lurks everywhere."

"Even a princess with such a precious body might not be able to last two hours. The so-called Corpse Dissection Technique is essentially using some unorthodox methods to challenge the limits of the body."

At this point, he dared not boast about how powerful his illusion magic was, and made it clear that saving his life was the most important thing.

Upon hearing this, Li Yuanchang frowned, somewhat disappointed.

I thought everything was foolproof, but there was still a time limit.

Princess Wencheng was no ordinary person. To bury her after she died was to leave her for two hours, which was practically a joke. If she was awakened, she would be exposed; if she wasn't awakened, she would really die.

As darkness rolled in, the only sound at the scene was the howling of the wind blowing through the brazier.

Li Yuanchang remained silent for a long time, but having no other good options, he ultimately had no choice but to make this decision.

"good!"

"From today onwards, you will change your appearance and follow him as a personal guard of the Prince of Han's mansion. Do not show your face, do not leave his side, and wait for my orders. You may dismember yourself at any time."

Yin Zhu glanced at Guo Chao, who was fully armored and exuded a murderous aura, and couldn't help but feel a chill: "Yes!"

He was then taken away.

From that night onward, Yin Zhu vanished without a trace, as if he had never existed.

"Your Highness, two hours have passed, what should we do?"

"It's too risky," Chi Lian couldn't help but advise.

"There are still solutions, but they could easily lead to conflict with Tibet."

"With Princess Wencheng dead, it's impossible to transport her back over the thousands of miles. Chang'an shouldn't have any doubts about that, but it's hard to say about Tibet."

"The marriage alliance has been finalized, and Princess Wencheng is practically half a Tibetan now. They might not allow her body to be taken away."

"Furthermore, we will not allow the body to be buried suddenly." Li Yuanchang was also in a difficult position. This matter was easy to imagine, and the corpse dissection technique could be used to deceive everyone.

However, in practice, it is fraught with difficulties, involving politics, diplomacy, and etiquette.