Xiong Ba could not help himself but feel nervous. He had agreed to bring Jun Xie into the Imperial Palace only because of Qu Ling Yue’s pleading and Lei Chen’s request, but he really did not want to see the Emperor finding out that this incident could be linked to the Thousand Beast City in anyway.
Fortunately the Emperor had believed the eunuchs and he had not probed any further into it, and that had been a great relief to Xiong Ba.
Under the Emperor’s anxious gaze and the Empress’ teary eyes, the Imperial Physicians finally completed the initial diagnosis of Lei Fan’s condition, and the results of the diagnosis greatly shocked the Emperor and Empress.
“Reporting to Your Majesty, the Fourth Prince had been fed Blood of Kin.”
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Chapter 922: “Curtains Up (5)”
“Blood of Kin?” The Emperor’s brow went up as he stared at the Imperial Physician, not knowing what it was.
The Imperial Physician was still kneeling on the floor and he gulped secretly before he said: “It is a type of poison that will cause the victim to lose a great amount of blood. Although the toxicity of the poison is not strong, but it causes a situation where the victim’s wounds would not be able to close. The poison’s toxin goes into the blood of a person which makes the blood unable to clot, and it makes the blood surge in its flow, causing a heavier bleeding from the wound than it should from the injury.”
“What does that actually mean?” The Empress was thinking the Imperial Physician’s words were sounding a little strange, which made her ask immediately.
The Imperial Physician said: “The wound on the Fourth Prince’s neck is not serious, but because of the effects of the Blood of Kin, the wound would not close, which will cause the current heavy bleeding to continue and result in the over excessive loss of blood…..”
The Empress was so shocked her hands clutched her chest, and the Emperor’s expression was turning darker by the minute.
“Isn’t there anything that can neutralize this poison?” The Emperor was suddenly filled with hatred for the culprit. The wound he had inflicted was minor, but the lone elixir he used was enough to turn that minor wound into a mortal wound that would be fatal!
The Imperial Physician was covered in cold sweat. He wiped at his forehead which was heavily beaded with sweat as he said: “You lowly subject has already given some blood nourishing elixir to His Highness and that can temporarily alleviate the condition of excessive blood loss. But to completely neutralize the poison from the Blood of Kin, there is only one way! The name Blood of Kin, is derived from the method needed to neutralize it.”
“Then, spit it out quick!” The Emperor really felt like giving one big mighty kick to this humming and hawing Imperial Physician.
“It needs….. the kin of the victim, to give out some of his blood, to dilute and thin out the toxin in the victim’s blood, and the use of other medicine in support, before it will work.” Upon finishing his words, the Imperial Physician hit his head three times on the ground in kowtow.
“Blood of his kin?” The Emperor was shocked a moment, and he asked immediately after: “Will the blood between brothers work?”
The Imperial Physician hastily replied. “If the blood of siblings is to be used, they will need to be born from the same biological parents on both sides, and the one supplying the blood must be male before it will work.”
The words of the Imperial Physician caused the Emperor to fall silent, while on the other side, the colour had completely seeped out of the Empress’ face instantly. Within her panicked filled eyes, besides the worry she held for Lei Fan, held a tinge of terror that could not be detected by any others there.
The Imperial Physician kneeling on the floor started to shiver more violently. Everyone knew that the Fourth Prince Lei Fan was born from a concubine who had already passed on. The Lady and the Emperor only had one child, Lei Fan, between them, and there were no other biological brothers to speak of.
Hence, the only person that was able to save Lei Fan, was only the Emperor himself!
Both the Emperor’s fists were tightly clenched. Lei Fan was his most favoured son and although he cared a great deal about his own safety, he however,still did not wish to see Lei Yan lose his life for it.
The Emperor was silent for a while before he asked: “How much blood is needed?”
The Imperial Physician said: “Three bowls of blood is needed, and it must be poured down into the Fourth Prince throat into his body immediately upon extraction and if there is any delay in between, it will be ineffective.”
Three bowl of blood, it was enough to cause a great effect on one’s body and health. The Emperor’s brows creased up deeply and he was just about to open his mouth to speak when the pale faced Empress suddenly knelt right before the Emperor!
“Your lady knows that the Emperor loves Little Fan, but with His Majesty is the Son of Heaven, how can we inflict harm and desecrate the dragon’s body to extract blood out of it? And it is such a great amount as well. If it is really carried out, then His Majesty’s body will suffer great harm! Your lady pleads with Your Majesty to not doing anything to harm yourself.” The Empress pleaded, weeping pitifully.
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The frown on the Emperor’s face creased up even deeper. “Empress, you should know best how I feel towards Little Fan. Throughout the years, Little Fan had been raised right by your side, and I have seen that you cared deeply for Little Fan as well. But things have come to such a state, and you have heard the Imperial Physician’s words clearly. If I do not extract my blood, Little Fan will definitely lose his life!”
The Empress’ face was filled with tears, however, she still remained kneeling on the ground.
The fact that the Emperor was willing to save Lei Fan came as no surprise to the Empress, but she could not allow the Emperor to do that. If Lei Fan was really the Emperor’s biological son, the Empress would naturally wish for nothing more than for the Emperor to save Lei Fan, but in truth, no one knew better than she did who Lei Fan’s biological father really was!
If the Emperor was allowed to extract his blood and it was given to Lei Fan, and Lei Fan’s poison was not neutralised, then the Emperor would definitely find it all very suspicious. WIth the Emperor’s suspicious nature, the secrets behind Lei Fan’s birth would then be found out by the Emperor very quickly.
If that happened, not only Lei Fan would not be saved, all of them would instead find themselves facing certain death instead!
Under these circumstances, even though the Empress was anxious to save Lei Fan, she knew she had to stop the Emperor, and not allow him to extract his blood!
“Your Majesty! You know Little Fan the best. He has been very filial from a very young age and if he knew that you harmed yourself in order to save him, he will surely hate himself for it! I plead for Your Majesty to reconsider! Your lady has heard of this poison called the Blood of Kin before and it is said that there is more than one way to neutralise it. Why don’t we first let the Imperial Physicians stabilise Little Fan’s condition and let your lady consult the doctors in the Imperial Capital for a cure and we might just be able to find a better way from it!” The Empress wailed, looking at the Emperor nervously, her heart hanging by a thread with those words.
The Emperor’s face was creased in a deep frown. The amount of blood required was so much and it was a rather hard decision for him. The Empress’ words had made him hesitate further and with that momentary hesitation, Lei Fan who was lying on the bed finally managed to regain consciousness and he began to mumble some words.
The Empress immediately turned her head around and saw Lei Fan slowly opening his eyes. She pulled up the hem of her dress and ran over to go beside Lei Fan’s bed to say in tears: “My poor Little Fan, how could there be anyone so wicked and cruel in this world to want to inflict this Blood of Kin poison on you that requires a blood transfusion from your father in order to save your life. Little
Fan, your Imperial Father is agreeable to the blood transfusion and it will require three whole bowls! Oh my poor son…..”
The Empress wailed out in an incessant chatter, hinting strongly to Lei Fan with her long string of words.
Due to the excessive loss of blood, Lei Fan’s mind was still unclear and he was feeling highly groggy, but he had nevertheless clearly heard the Empress mentioned the words “Imperial Father”.
At the moment in his mind, a flashback of the black robed man’s words spoken just before he left came to his mind.
“Only the blood of your biological father can save you.”
With a blast, it exploded in Lei Fan’s mind with a loud bang. He immediately understood what the Empress was trying to hint at and struggling to push the pain that wrecked at his body, he was helped by the Imperial Physicians to sit up, with his face deathly white as he looked at the Emperor.
“Father! Father, you must not ever even consider doing something like that! If it was all because of your son that made you decide to harm yourself, then I will become too ashamed to remain living in this world! I plead that Father place your trust in the skills of the Imperial Physicians and let them try out some other methods to cure me!”
Seeing his son now weak and frail from the poison still being so considerate and protective of the Emperor’s well being, and was willing to prolong the time that it would take to neutralize the poison, the Emperor was suddenly deeply moved, and his paternal love for the loving son surged, making him feel that Lei Fan was indeed the son he had with his beloved woman, that was as sensible and caring as his mother.
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Chapter 924: “Curtains Up (7)”
“Forget it, since both you and your mother are so insistent, I will not force the issue. But, I will only allow you half a day’s time. If within another half day’s time, the Imperial Physicians are still unable to find an alternative cure, I will have to follow what the Imperial Physician has said.”The Emperor said imperiously, but his eyes were still filled with deep care and concern for Lei Fan.
Lei Fan at that moment could not really afford to concern himself whether the Emperor’s love for him has grown as his back was already drenched in cold sweat.
“Yes.” The Empress said quickly, deeply fearful that the Emperor would renege on his word immediately.
The Emperor had after seeing Lei Fan regain consciousness, shown an improvement in his dark countenance. And to allow Lei Fan to rest a little more and for the Imperial Physicians to carry out their treatments, the Emperor left the Empress’ Palace with Xiong Ba and the others.
After they came out, the Emperor said: “Before the assassin is captured, the Imperial Palace has been completely sealed. I will implore our esteemed guests to temporarily put up in the Imperial Palace for a while and only leave after the culprit has been arrested.”
Xiong Ba nodded his head but did not say anything more. The Emperor wasn’t really in the mood to say much to Xiong Ba and his group either and he ordered the eunuchs to make arrangements for them to have a place to rest.
Along the entire way, the little eunuch had been with them and although Xiong Ba had many burning questions in his heart to ask, he did not say speak his heart, but his eyes were fixed unwaveringly on Jun Xie. Until they were led to come into a mansion within the Imperial Palace and the little eunuch had retreated, Xiong Be finally could not hold the deep suspicions and anxiety in his heart back any longer and he ran to come right before Jun Xie.
“Young Master Jun! Although I promised the Young Miss to bring you into the Imperial Palace, but I did not agree to help you harm the prince. With you moving unilaterally on your own like this, if the Emperor finds out about this, it will drag the Thousand Beast City into it! Do you realise what you have done?”
Jun Wu Xie looked at Xiong Ba expressionlessly. Xiong Ba’s outrage had been within her expectations. “Hall Chief Xiong thinks I am responsible for Lei Fan’s current condition?”
Xiong Ba said: “Who else could it be besides you?”
Jun Xie had barely just stepped out together with Lei Fan and Lei Fan had suddenly been hurt. That had been too much of a coincidence in Xiong Ba’s eyes.
Jun Wu Xie replied: “Does Hall Chief Xiong think that if I have the capabilities to bring someone into the Imperial Palace, and harm the Fourth Prince right in front of so many guards and was still able to fed him an elixir, I would need to trouble you to bring me into the Imperial Palace?”
Jun Wu Xie’s words made Xiong Ba stunned a moment. The timing of the attack on Lei Fan had been too much of a coincidence and Xiong Ba had linked it to Jun Xie without a moment’s hesitation. But according to the statements from the bunch of eunuchs, the man who had attacked Lei Fan had been extremely highly skilled. Besides having been able to avoid detection from the heavy patrols from the guards, the man had even held the prince hostage right before the faces of a large number of guards. A feat like that, even for Xiong Ba himself, was not possible to achieve.
“It’s really not you?” Xiong Ba asked hesitatingly as he stared at Jun Xie.
Jun Wu Xie shrugged her shoulders. “Whether it is or not, Hall Chief Xiong can believe as he wishes.”
The more open Jun Xie sounded about it, the more Xiong Ba felt that he was just being petty and overly suspicious and he suddenly felt a little embarrassed of himself. He hastened to apologise to Jun Xie but Jun Xie did not seem to have minded it much and did not hold it against Xiong Ba.
On the other hand, Xiong Ba who had been easily brushed off with just a few words from Jun Xie had not noticed that Jun Xie had not actually answered his question directly at all, but had replied him with questions, without having admitted to or to deny the allegations.
“I had not thought that we will encounter such a thing coming into the palace. Blood of Kin is not considered to be extremely rare, but few people are able to successfully cultivate it now. I had not thought that this old man would live long enough to witness Blood of Kin myself.” Feng Yue Yang said with a heartfelt sigh.
Jun Wu Xie on the other hand, had taken a seat at the side, her lowered eyes glinting with an icy chill.
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Meanwhile, Jun Wu Xie on the other hand, had taken a seat at the side, her lowered eyes glinting with an icy chill.
The curtains to the show were just coming up.
In the Empress’ Palace, the Emperor had just left not long ago when the expression of frantic panic faded from the Empress’ face and she discreetly wiped the traces of the drying tear marks from her face, her face suddenly turned into a deep frown as she stared at the Imperial Physicians providing treatment for Lei Fan.
“Your services are not required here any longer, a whole bunch of charlatans, you can’t even neutralize Blood of Kin! ? Your Ladyship here has her own ways, all of you get out of here this instant!”
Having been so harshly berated by the Empress, the Imperial Physicians immediately scrambled to leave the palace.
Once the palace doors were shut tight, the forced front of composure put up by the Empress then began to crack.
“Mother! Mother, save me! I don’t want to die! I really don’t want to die!” Sitting upon the bed, Lei Fan wailed pitifully. Others were not aware of the truth behind his birth, but he knew it clearly himself. He had said those things to the Emperor earlier because he had been afraid that truth would be exposed and now that there were no more outsiders around, he could only pin all his hopes onto the Empress.
The Empress sat forlorn by the bed and held Lei Fan by the shoulders. When she felt her son trembling with fear, her heart winced up with pain.
She had given birth to another son before but he had passed away in an accident. And because of her eldest son’s passing, it had caused the Empress to love Lei Chen even deeper right into her bones. If not for the fact that the Emperor was not able to save Lei Fan at all, she wouldn’t have pushed him away like that.
“Little Fan, do not be afraid. Mother is here for you. We just need your father’s blood right? The Emperor cannot save you, but do not forget, your father can.” The Empress told Lei Fan.
Lei Fan was stunned for a while.
His father, his biological father, is the current Prime Minister isn’t it?
“But….. But how is father going to come here into the palace?” Lei Fan then asked.
The Empress gave a cold laugh and said: “As the Empress, I have my ways. Little Fan, you do not have to worry about it. The Imperial Physicians at Mother’s side are knowledgeable in the neutralization of poisons as well and since he knows about your circumstances, having him treat your condition will also be the safest avenue. As for your father, I have already secretly sent men to summon him in here and I believe it will not be long before he will have heard the news about it. So, Little Fan, you really do not have to worry, Mother will not allow anything untoward to happen to you.”
As the Empress spoke, she patted Lei Fan reassuringly on the shoulder, trying to calm him down as much as possible.
After hearing what the Empress said, Lei Fan finally heaved a sigh of relief. But when he suddenly recalled the black robed man’s words just before he disappeared, his heart cringed up with unease all over again.
“Mother! The person who injured me had told me just before he disappeared that only my biological father would be able to save me. Don’t tell me….. the secret behind my birth has been discovered by a third party?”
The Empress was shocked by those words. The matter between her and the Prime Minister had been a very tightly well kept secret and besides her closest aides, no one else knew anything about it. Moreover, the two of them had not met many times, especially after Lei Fan was born, the Prime Minister had almost never come to the Empress’ Palace to see her. All these years, she had been highest cautious as she had been deeply afraid that the Emperor will find out and having been so careful, nobody should have discovered anything amiss at all.
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