"Present it quickly, quickly!" the Emperor of Qi commanded.
Yu Sheng dared not delay for a moment, and quickly handed the brocade box to the Emperor of Qi. The Emperor of Qi took the brocade box and opened it. Inside, there was indeed a black pill, as large as a night-shining pearl. He held the pill in his hand, then subconsciously looked at Qi Yu Yuan's expression. Seeing that his expression was normal, the Emperor of Qi felt a little troubled.
"Is this elixir of immortality only one?" the Emperor of Qi asked.
Qi Yu Yuan nodded, "Indeed, there is only one."
The Emperor of Qi looked at the elixir of immortality. At this moment, the elixir of immortality he had dreamed of was in his hand. But suddenly, he was a little afraid to eat it. There was only one. Would he have poisoned the medicine? Just like Prince Xuan, who bled from all seven orifices.
Regarding the Emperor of Qi's thoughts, as the Emperor of Qi, he was always clear. But why did he indulge it, knowing the Emperor of Qi's ambition? It was because he did not want to fight an unprepared battle. If he could succeed in one go, he would not leave any loose ends.
However, Prince Xuan was the only exception. He kept his heir because he had personally witnessed him killing Prince Xuan. He wanted to keep such a person. He needed such a person.
Moreover, the facts proved that his approach was correct. Qi Yu Yuan was more useful than he had imagined.
"Put it away first." The Emperor of Qi put the pill back into the brocade box, then handed it to Yu Sheng.
Yu Sheng understood and quickly put away the brocade box.
"Yu Yuan, you have worked hard. You have traveled all the way, go and rest!" the Emperor of Qi suddenly said.
"Your subject takes his leave!" Qi Yu Yuan said and retreated.
The Emperor of Qi sat on the chair and closed his eyes for a moment. Suddenly, he opened his eyes, looked at Yu Sheng who was still standing beside him, and asked, "Yu Sheng, how many years have you been by my side?"
Yu Sheng replied, "Reporting to Your Majesty, it has been fifteen years."
The Emperor of Qi nodded, "Indeed, it has been a long time."
"Then, what do you think of Qi Yu Yuan?" the Emperor of Qi asked Yu Sheng.
Yu Sheng said, "Your Majesty, although General Qi submits to Your Majesty, a traitor is still a traitor. Your Majesty should not trust him easily."
The Emperor of Qi nodded and said, "You are right. But after so many years, hasn't he controlled a lot of the army?"
"Have you found the Third Prince?" the Emperor of Qi asked.
Yu Sheng shook his head, "There is no news yet."
"Tell them to hurry up, and also do not let Qi Yu Yuan know," the Emperor of Qi said.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"You may go down first. I need to think," the Emperor of Qi waved Yu Sheng away.
After Yu Sheng withdrew, he slipped a piece of paper under the foot of a white dove.
At the same time, half an incense stick later, Qi Yu Yuan received a piece of paper presented to him. It read, "The morale of the army is unpredictable. Be careful of military power."
Qi Yu Yuan looked at the note and placed it on the candlelight until it turned to ashes.
"Young Master, you were looking for me?" Lin Zifeng stood at the door and walked in.
Qi Yu Yuan looked at Lin Zifeng and said, "His Majesty may have become suspicious of me."
Lin Zifeng heard this and said, "I told you, Young Master's actions were a bit too radical."
Qi Yu Yuan looked into the distance and said, "You don't understand. That person is an object of obsession for me."
What kind of person could be a test subject for a ghost doctor? Before there was Wen Yu Zhi, and now there is such a person. He wanted to go and see. Perhaps he had never truly believed him from beginning to end.
So for a long time, he had been searching, searching for the person who had defeated him effortlessly back then. Once such a thought began, it was difficult to withdraw. Later, it had become his obsession.
He did not believe that such a person with astonishing talent would not leave any contingency plans for himself. He believed that person was not dead, and only the decoy had died.
Then, years passed, and that person did indeed disappear into thin air, as if all news about him had been deliberately or unintentionally erased. This made him somewhat frightened.
Was it possible that he had truly died?
Until that day he received the news that the ghost doctor had a test subject. He knew that senior brother. With his obsession with Ruan Gusuan, he would definitely research an antidote again. As expected, he succeeded in researching it.
But the condition of the senior brother was also peculiar: to become his test subject.
Being a test subject was very painful. He remembered that he had once seen someone become the senior brother's test subject, and it was simply not a life fit for a human. And who could become a test subject? He really could not imagine anyone else. Therefore, he had to go and see to confirm.
He had some doubts about such an opponent.
So, such a person made him forget the emperor's suspicion. He was a little too ambitious, but he knew he did not regret it.
"Young Master, your situation will be even more difficult from now on," Lin Zifeng said.
"It's alright. I got through it when it was even more difficult back then. Now that he has murderous intent towards me, he also needs to know that he cannot kill me easily."
"Therefore, he will try every means to send people to assassinate me," Qi Yu Yuan raised his head and looked into the distance.
He would never forget that day. He was summoned to the study by his father. He was very happy because he was an unfavored illegitimate son in the princely manor. His birth mother was a lowly maidservant. It was said that one night, Prince Xuan was drunk and, in his confusion, mistook his birth mother for his concubine. His birth mother, in confusion, became his father's concubine. However, because his birth mother's status was lowly, she was ignored by his father from then on.
It was not until his birth that his father paid a little attention to his birth mother. He had never seen his father since he was young.
Because his father felt disgusted whenever he thought that his child was born to a lowly maidservant, his father did not favor him at that time.