CHAPTER 363: CHAPTER 363

According to reason, people appearing at this time should be those with a larger suspicion.

However, unexpectedly, standing in front of Chen Muxue’s group was the Second Prince, wearing a puzzled expression.

"I was wondering where Old Five managed to take you all. I’ve been looking everywhere, and you’re here?" The Second Prince’s tone had a hint of complaint, "Forget it, as long as you’re safe. Miss Chen, quickly go and see the Crown Prince. I heard people say he is close to passing away... you... he... in short, if anything happens to the Crown Prince, none of us can escape responsibility!"

Perhaps due to worry over the Crown Prince, the Second Prince’s tone even carried a few traces of threat.

But he also seemed a bit embarrassed, so the threat sounded somewhat like a joke.

"We have seen the Crown Prince. At first, it was stabilized, but suddenly the Crown Prince started emitting cold energy again. We suspect it’s a spell similar to witchcraft; someone is absorbing the Crown Prince’s fortune, causing him to become like this..." Chen Muxue spoke while observing the Second Prince’s expression.

The Second Prince appeared shocked, simultaneously displaying extreme anger, yet in front of them, he showed great restraint, though the murderous look in his eyes was undisguised.

Chen Muxue and Cen Lizhui exchanged a glance, the latter pondered a while and said, "We just took advantage when that person cast spells again to chase them here, do you have any leads?"

The Second Prince was initially stunned, seeing Chen Muxue still persistently holding her shield, he became rather angry, "Do you suspect it was me?!"

But without needing an explanation, after venting some anger, he quickly regained his reason, gritted his teeth and said, "You did follow the traces of the one harming the Crown Prince to come here, right?"

"Exactly."

The Second Prince laughed coldly, took a few strides backwards behind the rockery, and then dragged out the Fifth Prince who was beaten into a pig’s head.

"Good, very good, Old Five, you and the Crown Prince are born of the same mother, full brothers, how dare you treat the Crown Prince so viciously?!" The Second Prince disregarded whether the Fifth Prince was still conscious, casually tossed him to the ground, and began questioning fiercely.

The others watched for a long time, the Fifth Prince lay motionless on the ground, Lin Qing hesitated and asked, "Dead?"

"Not yet," Cen Lizhui confirmed.

"Then about to die?" Lin Qing suddenly turned to look at him.

Cen Lizhui gave him a blank stare.

Chen Muxue seemed puzzled, "Second Prince, I’m not speaking nonsense, but given the Fifth Prince’s state, he was still being beaten by you when the Crown Prince acted up earlier?"

"That kind of spell cannot be performed by these princes. They only need to find someone who knows how to cast and arrange for them to do it. Moreover, such pernicious witchcraft usually requires ritual connections especially related to the victim, such as hair or beloved possessions. As for the Fifth Prince, indeed it’s easy to obtain," Cen Lizhui analyzed.

"Doesn’t that imply that the spellcaster secretly used the Fifth Prince to perform spells? Is this reliable?" Chen Muxue had a feeling telling her that things were not so simple.

Lin Qing made a sound: "I find it quite reliable, isn’t the Emperor also a symptom? Bring him in front of the Emperor and let the Emperor check. Then it’d be clear," after speaking, he paused.

Upon hearing this, everyone couldn’t help but glance at each other.

Indeed, the Emperor was also a symptom. In such a vast Imperial Palace, is there anything unknown to the Emperor? If the Emperor really couldn’t control the palace, perhaps he would have passed away along with the Crown Prince long ago...