Reborn As Divine Doctor to Rule the World
Chapter 331 - Chapter 331: Chapter 332 Prince Jing's Shadow Guard

Chapter 331: Chapter 332 Prince Jing’s Shadow Guard

“At that time, I was watching the young master play in the courtyard, when suddenly the neighboring courtyard burst into flames. Thick smoke rolled over to us, and the guards in the courtyard all hurried to the next courtyard to fight the fire.”

“And then?” Pei Huaian continued to ask.

“After that, several people in black suddenly appeared. Qing Shan and I fought with all our might, but gradually, we began to lose our strength. It turned out they had taken advantage of the smoke to drug us, causing us to lose our inner strength.”

Pei Huaian clenched his fists, his face turning an iron blue as he ground his teeth in fury and roared, “Damn them!”

“I am incompetent, please punish me, my lord!” The Hidden Guard knelt on one knee, shamefully begging for punishment.

“Enough, it’s not your fault this time,” Pei Huaian waved it off.

Shao He walked over and administered the Detoxification Pill to both of them.

Reflecting on everything, Pei Huaian felt that the situation was not so straightforward, perhaps from the beginning, the target of these people was not the operating room.

The operating room was just a ruse; their real target must have been here.

“How is the operating room?” The Empress Dowager didn’t care about how the child was doing, nor did she want to know why those people were after the child. What she valued more was the operating room.

“Reporting to the Imperial Grandmother, I have already investigated. The fire in the operating room was not caused by someone using tung oil, but by phosphor powder, which is colorless and odorless, and therefore went undetected.”

The Empress Dowager didn’t know who was responsible, but vaguely understood that it was just a distraction, a feint to confuse them. The real target of these people wasn’t the Emperor’s operating room but the child residing here.

“These people really have some nerve.”

Pei Huaian continued, “I suspect that the instigator behind this is extremely familiar with the situation inside, and I implore Father Emperor to thoroughly investigate this matter.”

The Hidden Guard then suddenly said, “Master, I just noticed that there seems to be a Shadow Guard totem on the bodies of these people.”

“Shadow Guard?” Pei Huaian’s brows furrowed deeply.

The Emperor’s anger increased, and the Shadow Guard were Prince Jing’s people. If it was them, then Prince Jing’s intentions were clear.

“Go and see if the totem is on the black-clad people causing the chaos, if they are indeed from Prince Jing’s Mansion’s Shadow Guard.”

“Yes.” Pei Huaian walked over to the bodies of several of the deceased black-clothed people, removed their boots, and exposed the totems on their ankles to everyone present.

“Good, very good, Prince Jing! He dares to wreck the operating room, is he not attempting rebellion?” The Emperor trembled with rage.

No one dared to utter a word, who would dare to speak at such a time.

“Someone, immediately command the Imperial Guard to surround Prince Jing’s Mansion.”

The Empress did not expect that the Emperor would order the encirclement without an investigation; after pondering for a moment, she stepped forward and said, “Emperor, Commandery Princess Ninghe is still in the mansion, why not bring her over for questioning?”

“Come, bring Commandery Princess Ninghe here!”

“Yes.” The Imperial Guards at his back received the order and left.

Seeing the enraged Emperor, Shao He stepped forward and pleaded, “Please calm yourself, Emperor, it would be better for you to rest in the room for a while, this commoner girl worries about your health…”

“No need, bring a cushion for me to sit on, I will wait here in the courtyard. I want to see who dares to be so bold!” The Emperor scoffed coldly and walked into the courtyard.

Shao He wanted to say more, but was stopped by Pei Huaian, who caught her hand, “It’s difficult to change Father Emperor’s mind, and this time he is truly enraged.”

Pei Huaian gave Ying Yi a meaningful glance, and he immediately went into the room to move a cushion out.

“Who do you think is involved in this matter?”

Pei Huaian’s eyes narrowed upon hearing her mention this issue, and his facial expression grew even colder, “I rather think it was Xia Zhaohe who knew about the presence of the Hidden Guard protecting the child, and thus made a move on the operating room to divert everyone’s attention to Father Emperor, seizing the opportunity to poison and draw blood.”

Shao He nodded in agreement and speculated, “Someone must have informed her of the situation inside; only the princes and the empress knew of this on that day.”

Pei Huaian suddenly said, “Could it be Pei Chengye? It was he who wanted to abduct the child before, could he risk his life again this time?”

“No.”

Shao He continued her analysis, “If it really were him, the Empress would not have pushed Commandery Princess Ninghe forward just now.”

“Could it really be that Prince Jing intends to do something to Father Emperor?”

Pei Huaian felt this idea was unrealistic; Prince Jing had been cautious and respectful toward Father Emperor for so many years, and it seemed unlikely he would suddenly rebel.

“I think that the only suspect left is Pei Jingyi, who is most eager to please Commandery Princess Ninghe, someone who deflects blame and remains unseen while also making it impossible for people to catch his misdeeds,” said Shao He, who knew of his cunning ways but hadn’t expected him to dare to use the Emperor’s operating room as bait.

As they were discussing, Commandery Princess Ninghe was pushed forward, still shouting indignantly.

“I can walk by myself, there’s no need for you to escort me.”

However, no matter what she said, the Imperial Guards behind her remained silent and did not loosen their grip.

Upon seeing the Emperor and the Empress Dowager, Xia Zhaohe immediately quieted down and bowed, “Greetings to the Empress Dowager, the Emperor, the Empress.”

The Empress stood aside, watching with cold eyes as Xia Zhaohe, usually arrogant and overriding her authority as Empress; now she waited to see what fate would befall Xia Zhaohe.

“Commandery Princess Ninghe, was it you who sent these people in black to harm Doctor Shao’s child?” Pei Huaian’s tone was icy and piercing as he asked.