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Chapter 127: He Can Only Pretend He Don't Know
🕑 Added 2025-03-14 10:02:02 +0000 UTC“Oh no! Did he see through something?”
Looking at the meaningful look in the old man’s eyes, Qian Renxue felt a little panicked. She quickly comforted herself in her heart: Impossible! He absolutely cannot see the flaw! This is the soul bone passed down by the Angel God, with the camouflage skill attached. Even a Titled Douluo cannot see the flaw.
Even though she kept comforting herself that Sun Zhongjing couldn’t see through the flaws, Qian Renxue still felt a little panicked. Fortunately, Sun Zhongjing didn’t say much. She didn’t know if he didn’t see through the flaws, or if he saw through the flaws but didn’t say anything.
The three of them walked into the bedroom.
He saw the Emperor of Tiandou Empire, Emperor Xue Ye, who was half lying on the bed.
He was a middle-aged man who looked quite handsome, but his face was pale, his eyes were dark, and he looked tired from overindulgence.
“Your Majesty, His Excellency the King of Medicine has arrived.” The middle-aged man stepped forward and bowed.
“Thank you, Your Majesty.”
Emperor Xue Ye not only looked weak, but his entire body was weak. Even his speech was weak, and it seemed that he might faint at any moment.
“It is the duty of a doctor. Your Majesty, you don’t have to do this.”
Sun Zhongjing shook his head, and then began to pretend to observe Emperor Xue Ye carefully, as if he was judging his condition. But in fact, as early as when he first saw Emperor Xue Ye, as a top old medicine doctor, he had mastered the four great skills of “observation, smell, questioning, and palpation” and was already familiar with the physical condition of the person in front of him.
It was undoubtedly poisoning.
However, the effects of this virus are extremely subtle, and it is a chronic virus. It also makes people look like they are getting sick naturally because of their old age and declining physical fitness.
And the most interesting thing is that the poison he was poisoned with was a mixed poison. There are many kinds of special poisons, and it can be said that every person who is good at using poisons uses a different mixed poison. The most difficult to deal with is this kind of mixed poison. If you want to detoxify, you must first find the source.
This kind of multiple mixed poison is extremely difficult to identify. If you can’t find the specific source, you can’t prescribe the right medicine, and you can’t help cure the poison. Except for the person who prepared the poison, almost no one can solve it.
Of course, this “no one” does not include Sun Zhongjing. To him, this little bit of mixed poison is not worth mentioning at all. It is easy to prepare a medicine that can detoxify. He can prescribe you thousands or tens of thousands of different detoxification prescriptions in a few minutes. When it comes to playing with poison, no one in the world can compare to this plague god.
After pretending to observe for a while.
Sun Zhongjing withdrew his gaze and then looked thoughtful.
“Your Excellency, the King of Medicine, may I ask about His Majesty’s illness…” the middle-aged man on the side could not help but ask.
“Your Majesty, can you cure my father’s illness?” Qian Renxue also pretended to be worried. It was impossible to tell that she was the one who poisoned him.
“Sick?”
“Your Majesty is not sick, but poisoned. I am just wondering who could poison the emperor of a country.” Sun Zhongjing shook his head and said so.
“What? Poisoned!”
The middle-aged man and Qian Renxue exclaimed in unison. Of course, the former was truly shocked, while the latter was just pretending.
“Someone poisoned me?!” After hearing his diagnosis, Emperor Xue Ye’s face suddenly darkened. He said that he was fine, but his body felt so old recently, and he was weak and often sick. If someone poisoned me, it would not be surprising at all.
But who did it?
Thinking of this, Emperor Xue Ye subconsciously glanced at the “Xue Qinghe” played by Qian Renxue, and in his heart, he listed this son who had already been appointed as the crown prince as a key suspect!
Because this was not the first time that someone in the royal family had been poisoned.
Before this, Emperor Xue Ye had four sons. Xue Qinghe was the eldest son, but to be honest, he was just okay in every aspect. Whether in terms of wisdom or cultivation talent, Xue Qinghe was not the most outstanding son of the royal family.
Among them, he was most optimistic about his second son, a young man of extraordinary talent.
Maybe he is not a genius in the practice of soul masters, but in terms of intelligence and wisdom, he is definitely a top figure.
To become an emperor, Emperor Xue Ye thought that martial power was not important sometimes, after all, the martial spirit of the Tiandou royal family was just that. Therefore, wisdom was more important to become an emperor, so that he could check and balance the ministers, recruit talents and strengthen the country. Therefore, Emperor Xue Ye had always been optimistic about this son. He even intended to make this son the crown prince.
But this son whom he had high hopes for died at the age of twelve.
Then, the next year.
His third son, who was extremely talented in soul master training, died at the age of eleven. So, there were only two left out of the original four sons.
Emperor Xue Ye, who noticed something strange, secretly sent his trusted subordinates to investigate the matter. The final result of the investigation was that the poison that the two princes died of was exactly the same, but it didn’t seem to be poison. Instead, they were poisoned by the spirit master’s martial spirit!
A spirit master with a poisonous spirit!
It was obvious that someone was secretly doing something!
But who is it?
Emperor Xue Ye unconsciously turned his attention to his eldest son Xue Qinghe. Even now there is no evidence to prove that everything was done by this eldest son.
But no one is stupid. If they can’t find evidence, they will look for someone who can gain the most benefit from the death of the two princes. Then this person is likely to be the culprit.
The second and third princes died young, and the fourth prince is still young. Who will benefit the most?
Without a doubt, it was Xue Qinghe, the eldest prince! Because in this way, the position of crown prince was almost in his pocket.
Of course, in addition to the fact that the eldest prince killed his brothers for the position of crown prince, it is also possible that someone from another country did it, but the question is, if it was an outsider who wanted to attack the royal family of the Tiandou Empire, why did they only leave the eldest son behind?
You know, although Xue Qinghe’s talent is not as good as the second prince, he is actually quite smart, and his cultivation talent is also okay. Although he is not too outstanding in all aspects, he can still be considered excellent and is a good heir.
If they wanted to strike the Tiandou Empire by killing the outstanding heir of the royal family, then why did they let the eldest prince go?
It doesn't make sense at all.
In the eyes of Emperor Xue Ye, this eldest son was most likely the murderer. But even if he knew, he couldn’t do anything.
Firstly, there is no evidence, and it is pure speculation to believe that the eldest prince is the murderer through analysis. If the truth is finally revealed and it is a misunderstanding, wouldn’t it be too late to regret?
Secondly, Emperor Xue Ye originally had four sons, but now only two are left. If the eldest prince is abolished, the youngest son is not only rebellious and unworthy of being appointed, but also has a bad reputation among the ministers and the people. It is impossible to make him the crown prince!
So in the end, only the eldest prince is left. Even though he knows that this son has done many wrong things for the position of crown prince, he cannot kill this son for the stability and inheritance of the empire.
He can only pretend he don’t know, and he even have to make him the crown prince!
