coobybook Chapter 184 Is the Crown Prince your biological son?
Chapter 184 Is the Crown Prince your biological son?
"What? You want the blood of your birth mother as a medicinal ingredient?" Yu Chisheng was astonished, then he angrily asked Consort Lan, "You are the one who disciplines the Crown Prince. Tell me, how did the Crown Prince offend anyone?"
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..." Consort Lan was not only flustered on the surface, but also indescribably terrified in her heart.
"Your Majesty, I have something to say!" Ye Gengxin said solemnly.
"What do you want to say?" Yu Chisheng turned to ask him.
Ye Gengxin then relayed the entire conversation between the masked man and Consort Lan to him.
After hearing this, Yu Chisheng stared at Consort Lan in disbelief.
The next instant, he suddenly raised his hand and slapped Consort Lan hard across the face—
"Guards, seize Consort Lan!"
With a low growl, Wu Yue, who was waiting nearby, quickly stepped forward, drew his long sword from his waist, and held it to Consort Lan's neck.
Consort Lan knelt down with a thud, her face deathly pale, and cried out, "Your Majesty, please see the truth! Your Majesty, the Crown Prince and I are innocent! Those are all slanders by villains!"
Yu Chi Sheng sneered, "Slander? Then why doesn't he slander others, but instead slanders you and the Crown Prince?"
Consort Lan pointed at Gu Simo, "Your Majesty, I have reason to prove that the people who kidnapped the Crown Prince and Prince Cheng were in cahoots with her!"
Upon hearing this, Gu Simo also knelt down before Yu Chisheng, "Your Majesty, this humble woman dares not!"
Consort Lan angrily retorted, "What wouldn't you dare to do? Relying on the support of Huaxiang Pavilion, you even dared to plot against the Prime Minister's wife. Now, in order to help Prince Cheng deal with the Crown Prince, you deliberately staged this play, both to slander the Crown Prince and me for regicide, and to leave the Crown Prince, who has lost his birth mother, with no cure!"
"Your Majesty, I did not," Gu Simo replied calmly without arguing.
"You don't have any? Then I'll use my blood as a medicinal ingredient for Prince Cheng right now. If Prince Cheng doesn't wake up, won't that prove that everything you said was a lie to deceive the emperor?" Consort Lan said through gritted teeth.
Gu Simo raised her head, her calm gaze suddenly filled with determination, "Your Majesty, I dare to guarantee with the entire Huaxiang Pavilion that the antidote I have described is absolutely effective. If Consort Lan's blood cannot awaken Prince Cheng, then it can only mean that Consort Lan is not Prince Cheng's biological mother, not that my method is ineffective!"
"You!" Consort Lan trembled with rage, her face turning ashen as if she wanted to devour someone. "You vixen, how dare you spout nonsense in front of the Emperor!"
"Enough!" Yu Chi Sheng roared, glaring at her fiercely. "Didn't you see that Physician Hua is trying to save the Crown Prince and Prince Cheng? Why are you acting so out of control? I am right here, and tens of thousands of soldiers are guarding us. If Physician Hua is lying, she won't be able to escape! As for you, you haven't even been asked to draw blood to save Prince Cheng yet, so how can you so confidently conclude that Physician Hua is deceiving the Emperor?"
Consort Lan suddenly burst into tears, “Your Majesty, haven’t you realized that she has a problem? She said that the Crown Prince and Prince Cheng need their birth mother’s blood as a medicinal ingredient to wake them up. She also said that if my blood cannot save Prince Cheng, she is not his birth mother. She has said all the right and wrong things. What do you expect me to do?”
Yu Chi Sheng angrily said, "The most urgent task is to save lives!" He then ordered Wu Yue, "Bring a bowl and collect blood!"
Wu Yue sheathed his long sword, had someone bring him a bowl, and then took out a dagger from his person and handed it to Consort Lan, saying, "Your Highness, please."
Consort Lan turned her face away, only offering her wrist.
Seeing this, Wu Yue had no choice but to take action himself.
Before long, a small bowl of blood was presented to Gu Simo.
Gu Simo took the bowl and said to Yuchi Sheng, "Your Majesty, please give me a quarter of an hour. I need to prepare a few more medicines and mix them with the blood for Prince Cheng to take so that they will be effective."
Yu Chi Sheng waved his hand.
Gu Simo took the bowl and left.
Consort Lan knelt on the ground, pressing her wrist with a handkerchief. Whether it was from the pain of blood collection or something else, her whole body was trembling uncontrollably.
His face was deathly pale, which seemed exaggerated to anyone who saw it.
But no one in the tent spoke again; everyone waited silently for Gu Simo to return.
Fifteen minutes later, Gu Simo returned to the tent with the bowl in her hand.
The bright red blood in the bowl had turned into a brownish paste.
She went straight to Yu Chi Ling and asked Ye Shi Shu to help pry open Yu Chi Ling's mouth. She then scooped a spoonful of paste into Yu Chi Ling's mouth.
Everyone, including Consort Lan, was watching Yu Chi Ling's reaction closely.
Unfortunately, Yu Chi Ling did not react at all.
Gu Simo stared at the porridge in the bowl, looking puzzled. "This shouldn't be! That's what the medical books teach. Prince Cheng should wake up immediately after taking the antidote!"
"Your Majesty! Did you see that? Physician Hua is lying! She has no way to revive Ling'er! You must have her dragged out and beheaded!"
Just as she was crying and wailing at Yu Chisheng, Ye Shishu and Gu Simo exchanged glances and quickly went to Yu Chirui's head, feeding him a spoonful of paste into his mouth.
Consort Lan noticed the shift in everyone's gaze, turned her head, and instantly let out a scream, while desperately lunging towards Yuchi Rui!
"What are you doing? Get out of my way!"
Just as she was frantically pulling at Ye Shishu and Gu Simo, a miraculous scene unfolded.
Suddenly, Yu Chi Rui opened his eyes.
Seeing that the tent was crowded with people, he sat up and asked in confusion, "What happened?"
The bowl in Gu Simo's hand suddenly slipped from her grasp, and she exclaimed in shock, "Your Highness... the Crown Prince is... is your biological son?!"
Inside the tent, everyone stared wide-eyed.
Yu Chisheng rushed over excitedly, grabbed Consort Lan's arm, and asked angrily, "Consort Lan, tell me clearly, who exactly is the Crown Prince's father?"
Consort Lan trembled not only her body, but also her lips, and the fear in her eyes could no longer be concealed.
"Your Majesty... Your concubine... Your concubine..."
"The Crown Prince is your own son, isn't he?!" Yu Chisheng roared.
Faced with his murderous aura, Consort Lan dared not argue any longer. She immediately knelt down before him and finally admitted, "Your Majesty, please forgive me... I did not mean to conceal it from you..."
Yu Chi Sheng leaned down and grabbed her collar, his face contorted with murderous intent as he roared, "You switched the Empress's own son, is that what you call concealment?"
Even though he already knew the answer, he was still shocked by the truth when he heard her admit it with his own ears!
He said that the Crown Prince's qualifications in all aspects were so mediocre, how could he be qualified to take on such an important task?
Although Prince Cheng is clearly Consort Lan's biological son, she treats him as her own. It turns out it's not because she's some great benevolent person, but because the Crown Prince is her true son!