CHAPTER 358: CHAPTER 358

Amidst the entanglement, the Second Prince was dragged away by the Fifth Prince, while Yan Luan and Huo Lian remained in the Eastern Palace, guarding the Crown Prince.

Unexpectedly, the Crown Prince’s condition suddenly worsened, and the voices of Yan Luan and Huo Lian within the Eastern Palace were too weak. Even their status was insufficient to calm the panicked palace attendants, who had evidently divided into several factions. In an instant, spies, opportunists of every kind emerged.

Yan Luan and Huo Lian were left with no choice but to stick close to the Crown Prince’s bedside. In this brief moment, those loyal attendants serving the Crown Prince who had issues due to testing medicine, almost all met their doom!

Even if he could drink, the Crown Prince, in such a state, couldn’t consume much, and what he did drink showed no effect at all. Watching the Crown Prince’s face turn ashen, Yan Luan and Huo Lian grew anxious.

Not long ago, Huo Lian had voluntarily gone out to find Chen Muxue and the others. In such a vast palace, and not knowing if Chen Muxue and her group had left the palace, it seemed this time the Crown Prince’s chances were slim.

Previously, they thought there was hope, but it ended up being an empty joy!

How sad would the Second Prince be if he returned to find the Crown Prince gone? Apart from himself, the Crown Prince was the only family the Second Prince held in his heart...

Yan Luan was anxious and helpless but, unlike others, she didn’t want to cry; instead, seeing the palace attendants coming and going, she clenched her fists, desperately controlling herself not to smash their heads.

The Imperial Physicians came in turn, and Yan Luan had to watch them to make sure they did nothing unnecessary. Previously, there was even one reckless enough to attempt acupuncture on the Crown Prince’s lethal points. This young imperial physician, capable of entering the Imperial Academy of Medicine, how could he lack such judgment? He was immediately dragged out and executed by caning in front of everyone in the courtyard.

As a result, this incident left the palace attendants even more terrified and chaotic. The veins on Yan Luan’s forehead bulged as she muttered to herself frantically, "Don’t get angry, don’t get angry..."

"What’s the situation?" Chen Muxue squeezed into the room following Cen Lizhui, surprised to find it so easy to enter the Crown Prince’s soon-to-die chamber. How dangerous was this?

Yan Luan didn’t expect to see this group again and immediately beamed with light from her eyes, "You all came back?! I was sure you’d never want to come back, perhaps even making a run back to your own sect overnight!"

"Indeed, you’re right," Chen Muxue hesitated upon seeing Yan Luan’s enthusiasm and the chaos in the room, with some palace attendants lying on the ground, seemingly poisoned into unconsciousness.

"Since you’re here, don’t leave~" Yan Luan affectionately grabbed Chen Muxue’s arm, with a hint of coquettishness.

The beauty’s figure was voluptuous and her voice enchanting, who could resist?

Chen Muxue coughed lightly, "Let me take a look at the Crown Prince’s condition."

"Quickly come!" Yan Luan pulled Chen Muxue forward with such force that Chen Muxue felt like she was flying. Could this be the legendary teleportation?

Seeing the Crown Prince’s ashen face, Chen Muxue couldn’t help but become cautious. She gingerly checked the Crown Prince’s breath and took a long moment before feeling his breathing, finally letting out a sigh of relief.

"This... Zhui Li, what do you think?" Chen Muxue looked at Cen Lizhui.

Cen Lizhui’s brows were furrowed so tightly that they could squash a fly, the ominous aura spreading from the Crown Prince at the center even made him physically uncomfortable.