Chapter 212 Lying Through One’s Teeth

But based on what he said, Ji Yuntang should be in Luo Feizhou's room right now, and she was badly injured and on the verge of death. How could she appear outside and be rescued by Lord Xie and Prince Chen?

Soon, someone figured it out.

The person who was injured and needed an imperial physician was not Ji Yuntang at all, but Luo Feizhou. The person who was about to die was also Luo Feizhou.

This drama is getting juicier!

Luo Sinian saw that the crowd's discussion had shifted to the assassins, and he knew it was his turn to step in.

He pursed his lips, his face cold and his tone harsh.

"Our Dongchen Kingdom's capital is known as the most tightly governed city among the four nations. How could assassins break in and injure my fifth brother, the Fifth Prince, and abduct Princess Ye? Are the Jingji Guards in charge of capital security all dead?"

The Jingji Guards were managed by Crown Prince Luo Jingshen.

After his reminder, everyone began to speculate if Crown Prince Luo Jingshen was involved too.

But they had no evidence and didn't dare to guess wildly.

When Qing Feng learned that trouble had broken out outside, he was completely panicked.

He had gone to great lengths to conceal the fact that Prince Qi had been seriously injured in the restaurant.

But unexpectedly, Ji Yuntang, who was supposed to be yielding to Luo Feizhou, was nowhere to be seen. Even the bed in the room was neat, with no signs of struggle.

Qing Feng realized then that nothing had happened between Luo Feizhou and Ji Yuntang.

He didn't know what went wrong. He had clearly slipped them the drug, but it was Prince Qi who was injured.

He seriously suspected that Ji Yuntang had injured Luo Feizhou and then fled in fear, staging a scene where assassins broke in and injured Luo Feizhou.

But unexpectedly, she had now brought back with her Prince Chen and Lord Xie.

With these two testifying for her, even if he, a guard, talked until he was blue in the face, no one would believe him.

And with Luo Feizhou now unconscious, Qing Feng was completely flustered and about to explode.

He felt that today might be his last day.

The matter soon reached the Dali Temple, and Xu Muyan personally led troops to investigate.

Imperial Physician Zhou also arrived quickly. When he saw Prince Qi's appearance, he almost fainted.

Miserable! Too miserable! "Miserable" doesn't even begin to cover it!

In such a state, even if Consort Chu came personally, she would not recognize this as her own son.

Imperial Physician Zhou took his pulse and examined him, then bandaged Luo Feizhou's entire body, wrapping him up like a mummy, leaving only his eyes, nose, and mouth exposed.

Xie Liuzheng saw Luo Feizhou like this and almost laughed out loud.

He thought that what Ji Yuntang and Luo Sinian said was all exaggerated.

They said they beat Luo Feizhou badly. Xie Liuzheng was wondering how bad could it be?

Unexpectedly, he had turned into a mummy.

Luo Sinian stayed by Luo Feizhou's side the whole time and asked with anxious concern, "Imperial Physician Zhou, when will my fifth brother wake up?"

Luo Sinian's face was full of worry, but inside he was extremely nervous.

Although Ji Yuntang said she had erased Luo Feizhou's memories from the past half hour, and he would not remember what happened in the restaurant after waking up, let alone that he was injured by her and Luo Sinian.

But he still felt very uneasy.

What if his memory wasn't fully erased and he remembered it all?

Luo Sinian was not worried about his own safety, because when he hit Luo Feizhou, Luo Feizhou had already fainted.

But Ji Yuntang hadn't; when she hit Luo Feizhou, he was fully awake.

If Luo Feizhou said that Ji Yuntang drugged him and injured him, then she would likely not escape death this time.

Imperial Physician Zhou saw Luo Sinian's nervous expression and simply thought he was overly worried about Luo Feizhou's health.

He sighed and said reassuringly, "Prince Qi has multiple external injuries and fractures, especially on his chest and face. I don't know who was so cruel to inflict such vicious injuries on him."

"But the good thing is that although his injuries are many, none are life-threatening. With plenty of rest, he'll recover. Prince Chen doesn't need to worry too much."

Luo Sinian said awkwardly, "That's good. Thank you for your trouble, Imperial Physician Zhou."

After examining Luo Feizhou, Imperial Physician Zhou prescribed two additional prescriptions and gave them to Luo Sinian.

"Take this medicine three times a day, boiled in three bowls of water. Prince Chen must remind Prince Qi to take it on time every day."

"Of course," said Luo Sinian.

Then he personally escorted Imperial Physician Zhou out of Baixiang Tower. Imperial Physician Zhou's impression of him changed dramatically.

Everyone said that Prince Chen was a man of few words, cold and ruthless, and showed no kindness to anyone except Luo Junhe.

But today he had saved Princess Ye and taken care of Prince Qi, hadn't he?

However, it was true that Luo Sinian was not talkative, but Imperial Physician Zhou did not see any coldness or ruthlessness at all.

After Imperial Physician Zhou left, Xu Muyan also found some clues in the room at Baixiang Tower.

He found some incense that hadn't fully burned in the censer. He had it examined and found that it was a potent aphrodisiac.

Afterwards, he also found many men's shoe prints on the windowsill and in the room. Each shoe print was of a different size, exactly eight in total.

Different lengths of hair were found on the floor, there was a big hole in the roof, and in the alley below the second-floor window, there was a pool of blood.

Upon examination, the blood was confirmed to be Ji Yuntang's.

This also confirmed Ji Yuntang's story that eight black-clad assassins came down from the roof, injured Luo Feizhou and her, and abducted her out the window.

In that alley, many men's footprints were left, completely consistent with what he had seen in the room.

Ji Yuntang used Imperial Physician Zhou's medicine to briefly treat her own wounds and said angrily to Xu Muyan, "Assistant Minister Xu, that gang is too audacious. You must capture them to avenge Prince Qi."

Xu Muyan frowned slightly and asked, "Princess Ye, did you see the appearance of those assassins?"

Ji Yuntang sniffed and said slowly: "They didn't seem like assassins. They looked more like well-trained shadow guards. I only heard them say they were ordered by some master to teach Prince Qi a lesson."

"Oh, and they also said that this is what happens when Prince Qi opposes their master. If it happens again, they'd go straight to crippling Prince Qi, so he can never have fun again and be childless for life."

Xu Muyan: "..."

Luo Sinian: "..."

Xie Liuzheng: "..."

Everyone's eyes widened, gaining a new appreciation of how fierce Ji Yuntang could be.

Could a woman really say something like that?

Luo Sinian's lips twitched. How could she lie without blushing or missing a beat?

If he hadn't known that Luo Feizhou had been beaten up by him and Ji Yuntang, he might have fallen for Ji Yuntang's crap.

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