The clingy concubine ran away, and the sickly prince lost control.

Before the physician from the Jiang family could finish speaking, Pei Shiyuan vomited another pool of blood.

The pulse became even more erratic.

The physician of the Jiang family began to break out in a cold sweat; the young master might not survive the night.

"Go quickly and call the old lady."

"Okay." Liu Yue dashed out in a flash.

"The murderer was at the palace banquet," Pei Shiyuan managed to squeeze out.

"Your Highness, we've been inseparable. I tasted all the food you ate at the palace banquet, and I'm fine!" Luo Qingyan was shocked. She used her coquettishness to eat most of the food in front of Pei Shiyuan without any problems. "Physician Jiang, if you don't believe me, take a look."

Luo Qingyan extended her wrist.

The physician from the Jiang family took her pulse: "There is indeed nothing wrong with the concubine."

Who was the culprit? Luo Qingyan mentally scanned the faces of everyone at the banquet. Was it the Emperor, who lamented the loss of a talented person? The gentle Empress, who was frail yet dignified? Or the alluring and flamboyant Consort Ming, and so on?

"Yuan'er!" The old lady hurriedly entered. "How could a trip to the palace end like this? Who dares to do something under the Emperor's very nose?"

The old lady said angrily.

"Madam, do you remember the last time I used a hairpin to stab the prince in the heart? By some strange twist of fate, it worked. That was also when the prince returned from the palace."

Luo Qingyan's pupils contracted slightly, and she bit her lip.

Having weathered many storms, the old lady immediately suppressed her grief and said solemnly, "So, the murderer lives in the palace."

Luo Qingyan nodded emphatically. The old lady reacted quickly, but it was also possible that someone from outside had infiltrated the palace to do the deed and frame someone in the palace.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty."

The physician from the Jiang family suddenly exclaimed in alarm that Pei Shiyuan had fallen into a coma.

"Madam, I'm out of options. The person who did this seems to have gone too far."

"Physician Jiang, do you still have the 'Nourishing Spirit Mushroom' that you found with Jing Bufan last time? I'll go get it." Luo Qingyan opened the cabinet, took out a cloth bag, and rushed towards the medicine room.

The physician from the Jiang family simply watched without saying a word.

I used "Yang Shen Zhi" once, and it didn't work after that.

A moment later, the "Nourishing Spirit Mushroom" was ready. Luo Qingyan fed it to Pei Shiyuan spoonful by spoonful, not a drop was wasted, because there was none left.

After being fed, Pei Shiyuan showed no reaction.

The physician from the Jiang family couldn't bear it and turned away to wipe his tears. He had followed the old lady to the Pei residence and watched Pei Shiyuan grow up. He himself was unable to have children and had no offspring, but he always cherished Pei Shiyuan as his own son.

Luo Qingyan's eyes never left Pei Shiyuan. Seeing his face growing darker and darker, her heart sank.

"Physician Jiang, isn't the Nourishing Spirit Mushroom said to have the power to bring the dead back to life? Why isn't it working?"

"Oh! I couldn't bear to say it just now, afraid of hurting your feelings, but 'Yang Shen Zhi' is ineffective after one use."

The physician from the Jiang family turned away in sorrow.

The old lady was shocked and stumbled backward, then fainted: "Old lady, old lady!" Zheng Mama cried out urgently as she supported the old lady.

"Let me see." The physician from the Jiang family quickly took the old lady's pulse. "It's nothing, Granny Zheng. Help the old lady to lie down on the bed, and I'll give her an acupuncture."

Linfeng Residence was plunged into a deathly silence, devoid of any sign of life, and the candlelight seemed to be struggling to stay lit.

"Wow"

Suddenly, Pei Shiyuan vomited again.

Black blood gushed out.

Luo Qingyan was lying on the edge of the bed and didn't have time to move aside, so half of the spray landed on her.

Pei Shiyuan slowly opened his eyes and said weakly, "Aren't you going to change your clothes?"

"Your Highness, you still have time to joke." Luo Qingyan could no longer hold back her tears, which burst forth. "Physician Jiang, Your Highness has woken up."

The physician from the Jiang family removed the silver needle from the old lady's philtrum, then bowed and ran over to take Pei Shiyuan's pulse, his brows furrowed.

After a while.

"The young master's pulse is strange, yet his life is not in danger." The physician from the Jiang family was puzzled. "Aunt Luo, is there any residue of the 'Nourishing Spirit Ganoderma' left? Let me see."

"Yes, yes." Luo Qingyan went to the medicine room to get the dregs of the medicine.

The physician from the Jiang family picked up the residue, crushed it on his fingers, smelled it, and then said, "It seems that Jing Bufan modified the 'Nourishing Spirit Mushroom,' adding other medicines to it, which saved the young master. However, my medical skills are insufficient to discern what medicine was added."

"It's good that she can be saved." The old lady immediately got up and, supported by Zheng Mama, staggered over.

In less than an hour, the old lady's straight back bent, and she looked much older.

The physician from the Jiang family nodded with relief: "It's just that the pulse is not right, Your Highness. You may be left with a problem where you could faint at any time."

Once a person gets sick, it's extremely difficult to recover completely.

"It's alright, it's alright, I will do my best to take good care of Yuan'er." The old lady's eyes were red. She would do nothing else but take care of her son for the rest of her life.

Pei Shiyuan vomited blood all over his body and the bed. Luo Qingyan cleaned him up and changed his clothes.

"Go change your clothes right away."

Pei Shiyuan glanced at the bloodstains on Luo Qingyan's body, which slanted down from one shoulder to the bottom of her skirt, and urged her on.

Girls love to look beautiful. If someone vomits all over you, you'd definitely want to take it off and take a shower immediately. Cui Rou is like that; how could she keep wearing it for so long?

"I'll go right away." Luo Qingyan poured Pei Shiyuan another glass of water before leaving.

Pei Shiyuan stared at Luo Qingyan's retreating figure for a moment, stunned. She was different from others.

"Your Highness, do I look good?" Luo Qingyan asked playfully, pointing to herself with both fingers as she changed into her new clothes.

The old lady was amused; this girl was just so endearing.

Pei Shiyuan's lips also curled into a smile.

"You've been up all night and haven't even had dinner. Have something to eat," the old lady instructed the servants to bring out the food.

Pei Shiyuan couldn't eat much, but he kept urging Luo Qingyan to eat.

Luo Qingyan smiled, tears welling in her eyes.

Let's pause for a moment and get back to the main topic.

"It seems they want me dead tonight," Pei Shiyuan thought to himself.

"What if they find out tomorrow that the Duke's mansion hasn't announced your death? What if they do?" Luo Qingyan asked worriedly. "Young Master, how about we fake our deaths and leave this troublesome capital city?"

"Where to? It's dawn, it should be Physician Feng who comes to confirm my death." Pei Shiyuan pursed his lips, holding back his anger. If the other party wanted him dead, there was no point in running away.

"Whose side is Physician Feng on?" Luo Qingyan asked angrily.

"Everything will be the same tomorrow. I'll still be in a wheelchair, sick as usual, but not dead. Let's see what they do. Right now, we need to find Jing Bufan as soon as possible," Pei Shiyuan said. He could pretend to be sick, but he couldn't be really sick. His intuition told him that every battle from now on would be a tough one.

"Mother, keep an eye on Cui Rou. She was used by Consort Ming today."

Fortunately, Luo Qingyan was quick-witted and didn't get jealous of Cui Rou, otherwise they would have ended up like the Empress and the Imperial Concubine, constantly arguing and making a scene.

Pei Shiyuan said coldly that his cousin was brainless and didn't even think about why others had invited her to the palace banquet. She thought she was something special.

The old lady nodded: "Rou'er is really unreliable. I won't let him get close to you anymore."

Cui Rou had no qualifications to enter the Duke's mansion. Her elder brother even wrote that Rou'er was lame and suggested she become the heir's concubine.

She refuses.

Rou'er entered the Duke's mansion, and life became a constant source of turmoil.

The Pei family had no choice but to select a new daughter.