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

Sure enough, the next day, Physician Feng said he came to check Pei Shiyuan's pulse. Upon seeing that Pei Shiyuan was still alive, he was so frightened that he tripped and fell, dropping his medicine box and scattering its contents all over the ground. After taking Pei Shiyuan's pulse, he hurriedly left.

The secret chamber of the imperial palace.

"Pei Shiyuan is still alive. He's really lucky." The hooded man in black, with his back to the table, swept all the teacups off the table and smashed them on the floor.

"My lord, since Physician Feng said that the person is not dead, but will not recover, what use is a sickly person? Please rest assured, my lord."

The man in black on the ground said obsequiously.

The hooded man in black was breathing heavily with anger. Pei Shiyuan would definitely be on high alert, making it difficult to drug him again, and he might even give himself away.

"Torture him to death, or maybe there are other ways. I have time to waste."

Hahahaha

The man in black on the ground couldn't understand why his master didn't send someone to kill Pei Shiyuan with a single blow, instead letting him slowly die of illness.

For several days in a row, the Duke's Mansion and the Imperial Palace were unusually quiet.

Until late at night, the Eastern Palace was brightly lit, and people were bustling about in a state of panic.

The crown prince has gone missing.

At the foot of Nanshan Mountain, in a village hut, Crown Prince Xiao Jingxu was blindfolded and tied to a chair.

Pei Shiyuan originally only wanted to kidnap the Crown Prince and force him to hand over Jing Bufan, but he never expected to encounter the dignified Crown Prince in this village.

Judging from the terrain, the exit of the secret passage in Nanshan Yayuan leads directly to the village.

Without a doubt, this was a scheme devised by the Crown Prince to compete with the Third Prince.

"Hand over Jing Bufan."

Pei Shiyuan's masked man pointed his sword at Xiao Jingxu.

"Who is Jing Bufan?" Xiao Jingxu's voice trembled.

"Playing dumb will only leave you with your life here."

The masked man's sword had already slashed through Xiao Jingxu's neck, and blood was gushing out.

"Ah, ah!" Xiao Jingxu screamed wildly, "Do you know who I am?"

"I don't care who you are, hand over Jing Bufan." The masked man tightened his grip on the sword.

"Don't kill me, don't kill me!" Xiao Jingxu felt a warm flow gushing out between his legs.

He peed.

"I sought out Jing Bufan to get medical treatment for my mother. Once she recovers, I'll have him contact you."

Xiao Jingxu stammered.

"Enough talk, show us first, then show your mother." The man in black turned the hilt of his sword.

Xiao Jingxu felt as if his neck was about to break. He couldn't see, and the smell of blood and the pain terrified him even more: "Fine, fine, but how can you guarantee that you'll bring Jing Bufan back?"

"Still this place." The man in black pondered. Had Jing Bufan, who had been captured for so long, still not cured the Empress's illness?

Do as the Crown Prince says.

"Okay. I'll write you a note." Xiao Jingxu wrote a few strokes.

Pei Shiyuan and his group only need to deliver the note to the person designated by Xiao Jingxu, and someone will naturally bring Jing Bufan out of the East Palace.

An hour later, the man in black received a message: the person had been picked up, and only then did he release Xiao Jingxu.

Xiao Jingxu, clutching his wet pants, rushed back to the East Palace in a panic.

"Xu'er, how could you release Jing Bufan?" The Empress was already waiting there. "Cough, cough, cough."

"Mother, look." Xiao Jingxu stretched out his neck, and the wound resembled a child's mouth, with the flesh turned outwards, looking extremely horrifying.

The wound wasn't deep; the man in black had handled it perfectly, ensuring that he wouldn't damage any major blood vessels.

"How dare you! What kind of thugs dare to harm the Crown Prince?" The Empress clenched her fists in anger, her body trembling uncontrollably. Looking at Xiao Jingxu's wet pants, she was filled with disappointment. The Crown Prince of the country was so frightened that he wet himself in the face of trouble.

"So I had no choice but to release you, Mother. However, they promised that once you recover, they will return Jing Bufan to you and have him treat your illness again."

The prince said timidly, "My mother is very disappointed in me again, but what choice do I have in this life-or-death situation? I'll go change my clothes."

The Queen waved her hand, and used her other hand to support herself on the table.

When the Crown Prince returned, he didn't mention a word about the people who had kidnapped him, nor did he consider who they were or what clues they might have.

They handed over Jing Bufan so easily, and they really believed that the other party would return him.

childish.

It was her fault in teaching that made the Empress so angry that she felt dizzy and had to return to her palace to rest.

Linfeng Residence.

"Who are you people?" Jing Bufan's hood was removed.

"Hi, senior, I'm sorry, there's an emergency, so I had to ask you to come in this way."

Luo Qingyan greeted him with a smile. Jing Bufan was a mischievous old man who had played tricks on her several times when he was a ghost.

Every day I would blow out the light for him, which scared him so much that he would go to bed before dark and sleep covered by the blanket.

Jing Bufan's eyes darted around; the luxurious residence must belong to someone extremely wealthy and powerful. "Girl, going to see a doctor? No way."

After saying that, he put his hands behind his back and walked out, ignoring the girl's quirky and mischievous nature.

"No." Luo Qingyan opened her arms to block Jing Bufan.

"Girl, you're stopping me? You should tell them to stop me." Jing Bufan pointed at the guards in the courtyard. He glared, his white beard almost reaching the sky.

They were the ones who brought Jing Bufan back just now.

"No, no, miracle doctor, you're a good person, how can you just stand by and watch someone die?" Luo Qingyan forced a smile.

"Girl, I like to pick and choose who to save, what's it to you?"

Jing Bufan was furious. One minute it was that group, the next it was a different group. It made no difference. If they had the guts, they should kill him.

Luo Qingyan stood with her hands on her hips, thinking how much better she would have been if she hadn't been a ghost back then. Given their relationship, Jing Bufan probably wouldn't have refused to treat the young master.

Why did the old rascal refuse so readily?

"My master is a good person. You have to save a good person, right?" Luo Qingyan temporarily categorized the Empress as a bad person. Judging from Jing Bufan's attitude, he was unwilling to treat the Empress's illness and probably thought the Empress was a bad person.

"Even a good person like you, I won't save." Jing Bufan said disdainfully, waving his beard.

"Why?" Luo Qingyan asked seriously. When he was a ghost, Jing Bufan didn't pick and choose when treating people. He would help poor people who had no money by chopping some firewood.

"I dare not earn money from wealthy people, who knows if they have done anything immoral?" Jing Bufan looked up at the sky, not at Luo Qingyan.

The girl is quite clever, but she was born into a wealthy family and will be corrupted sooner or later.

"So that's how it is! Duke Pei, General Pei, you've heard of them, haven't you?" Luo Qingyan said solemnly.

Duke Pei and Pei Shiyuan are renowned for protecting their country, so Jing Bufan should not be opposed to them.

"I've heard of him, so what? I don't know anything about him." Jing Bufan still held his head high. He had heard of Duke Pei. Such a powerful man returned to the capital in triumph, but he still couldn't protect the people of Nanshan. He allowed the powerful and wealthy to drive away the common people and build some Nanshan Garden for them to enjoy.

His family members were either killed or scattered because of their resistance, and that's how his family was destroyed.

I will never be at odds with the powerful and wealthy in this life.

"It was his son who was sick, and since Duke Pei has already passed away, the heir apparent of Pei must have been harmed by those powerful and influential people."

Luo Qingyan began wiping away tears as she spoke. It turned out that Jing Bufan disliked the powerful and wealthy.

"Internal strife?" Jing Bufan glanced at Luo Qingyan. "I'm not involved."