Chapter 1485 - 1479

Chapter 1485: Chapter 1479

The Fourth Prince saw Prince Yuan, and his eyes almost fell out.

"Brother... You... You..."

The Fourth Prince wanted to say, weren’t you critically ill, beyond any cure?

But Prince Yuan before him looked healthy, showing no signs of weakness or severe injury.

"Fourth brother, this is the Poison Venerable, I’ve heard a lot about you."

Prince Yuan smiled indifferently, ignoring the Fourth Prince’s reaction, and nodded towards the Poison Venerable.

"It seems the Crown Prince’s injuries aren’t serious anymore. Congratulations, Crown Prince."

The arrogance on the Poison Venerable’s face vanished, and she saluted Prince Yuan.

The appearance of the Emperor’s Fortune signifies that Prince Yuan is destined to become the Human Emperor one day.

Tu Yuan Country and Fuzhou are both major nations of the Eastern Continent; since Prince Yuan is nobly destined to be the future Human Emperor, the Poison Venerable naturally respects him greatly.

"You are too kind, Poison Venerable."

Prince Yuan smiled warmly.

He looked again at the dumbstruck Fourth Prince.

"Fourth brother, your intentions are clear, specially inviting the Poison Venerable over."

Earlier, Prince Yuan didn’t know the reason his third sister had him remain behind closed doors.

She only said that within three days, an esteemed guest would arrive, and then Prince Yuan’s dilemmas would be resolved.

Prince Yuan was puzzled for days until the Poison Venerable appeared.

His fourth brother couldn’t possibly have such deep plans to invite the Poison Venerable, Noble Princess Consort Zhu and her brother Zhu Qianjun must have expended a significant effort.

Prince Yuan inwardly sneered, his gaze becoming deeper.

The Fourth Prince felt chills under Prince Yuan’s stare.

Forcing himself to stay composed, he feigned warmth briefly before hastily leaving with the Poison Venerable.

As he left the Crown Prince Mansion, the Fourth Prince’s expression became hard to maintain.

"Fourth Prince, please convey to General Zhu that my debt to him is settled, and it’s better to have less contact in the future."

The Poison Venerable didn’t stand on ceremony, leaving the remark and departed.

She also noticed, with the Emperor’s Fortune protecting Prince Yuan, Zhu Qianjun and others were bound to meet an undesirable end eventually; the Poison Venerable had no interest in dealing with failures.

"Master, Master don’t go!"

The Fourth Prince pleaded repeatedly, but the Poison Venerable paid him no heed.

With a livid face, the Fourth Prince returned to the Imperial Palace.

Inside the Imperial Palace, Noble Princess Consort Zhu and Zhu Qianjun were waiting for his return.

"Son, how did it go?"

Noble Princess Consort Zhu, seeing the Fourth Prince come back, eagerly asked.

Zhu Qianjun took one look at the Fourth Prince’s grim expression, and without saying a word, knew something was amiss.

"Don’t mention it, that despicable Prince Yuan is completely unscathed. I went to check on him and was instead ridiculed. Moreover, the Poison Venerable told me to relay a message to Uncle that her debt to you is cleared, and to have less contact in the future."

The Fourth Prince retorted in frustration.

"Prince Yuan is fine? How is this possible! Wasn’t he..."

Noble Princess Consort Zhu’s complexion changed drastically upon hearing this.

"Go fetch Xuerou."

Zhu Qianjun, remaining silent, after a while recalled the Crown Prince Mansion’s concubine Xuerou.

A few days ago, Xuerou returned to the mansion, injured, and had been recuperating for days.

Xuerou looked quite haggard when brought in.

"Xuerou, you are bold indeed! How do you explain Prince Yuan’s matter? You said he was severely injured!"

Zhu Qianjun reprimanded angrily.

"Spare me, General. Xuerou followed General and Noble Concubine’s instructions and used the Wolf Spider, but for some reason, just yesterday, the Wolf Spider suddenly lost its life, was slain by someone, I suspect Prince Yuan has auspicious energy shielding him, my Wolf Spider couldn’t get close."

Xuerou whimpered, knelt to the ground, trembling all over.