Reborn as Powerful Minister's Beloved
Chapter 307: One More Update

Chapter 307: Chapter 307: One More Update

Master Yu Sheng entered the Eldest Princess Mansion, his brows slightly furrowed. The atmosphere permeating the entire mansion was enough to drive a normal person mad.

"Mage, did you discern anything?" Zheng Tianxin’s gaze had been fixed on Master Yu Sheng, and she naturally caught the expression on his face.

"Nothing of note, Princess, after you." Master Yu Sheng lowered his eyelids, casting a shadow beneath his excessively long eyelashes. Zheng Tianxin shuddered and immediately averted her gaze; such was the aura of Master Yu Sheng.

Nobody dared to look at him, and so very few had seen what the real Master Yu Sheng looked like. Whether he was preaching from a high platform or admonishing them from nearby, a mere glance made people feel as if his piercing gaze could see through their hearts, and they couldn’t bear to look directly at him.

Yet Zheng Tianxin was different. As a child, she had survived because of Master Yu Sheng. She never hid her malice, openly displaying it before everyone, devoid of any sense of shame or remorse, indulging in her desires recklessly.

San Sheng and San Shi had not expected the Eldest Princess to actually bring someone over. Surprised, they immediately discarded their previous disdain and personally lifted the curtain.

"Mage, please look; he has had a high fever for two days, and the Imperial Physicians couldn’t determine the cause," said Zheng Tianxin cautiously.

San Sheng was suddenly startled. A mage? Could it really be Master Yu Sheng? Had the Princess truly invited Master Yu Sheng?

At that moment, San Sheng’s view of the Eldest Princess changed. In the past, whenever the Princess visited the Prince Consort, they felt the Prince Consort deserved better than someone of her character.

Seeing San Sheng stunned, San Shi quickly stepped forward to open the curtain, revealing behind it an exquisitely simple bed, accompanied by wafts of heat as if a basin of fire was placed inside the room.

Master Yu Sheng stepped inside the curtain, and though San Shi had no intention of drawing the curtain back, he was about to do so when Master Yu Sheng had already turned his head. San Sheng and San Shi involuntarily lowered their eyes, neither daring to look nor to speak.

"If the Prince Consort has a high fever, why is he wrapped so tightly?" Master Yu Sheng asked in an even tone. He glanced once and noted that in addition to being impenetrable to the wind, it was also dark. The curtain, though seemingly thin, blocked out the light completely, making it feel like suddenly transitioning from day to night.

"Mage, you are unaware," Zheng Tianxin waved at San Sheng who, slightly startled, hesitated only for a moment before immediately pulling back the curtain; San Shi quickly assisted. In an instant, light streamed in, and the previously calm man lying on the bed began to look agitated and uneasy, flailing his arms about as if a drowning person struggling in the water.

"He Jin, don’t be afraid, Master Yu Sheng is here, no vile creature dares come close." The Eldest Princess personally lifted the bed curtain while speaking and was about to grab the man’s hand.

"Ah—" They only heard the man let out a harsh scream, struggling to rise, seemingly without any consciousness of his own.

Unprepared, Zheng Tianxin almost got flung out by the man. San Sheng immediately steadied the Eldest Princess.

"I’m fine, quickly restrain your master," said Zheng Tianxin, supporting her waist, without showing any anger.

Upon seeing this, Master Yu Sheng stepped forward, his expression slightly puzzled yet without hesitation, he rapidly drew a talisman in mid-air and directed it straight at the struggling He Jin. The next moment, the man on the bed appeared as if frozen, still dazed and not awake.

"Mage—" seeing some effect, Zheng Tianxin immediately looked towards Master Yu Sheng, "Is it serious?"

Master Yu Sheng closely examined He Jin’s features and checked his body before turning around, seeing everyone looking at him anxiously.

"Eldest Princess need not worry, the Prince Consort has merely been infiltrated by evil spirits, but as it has not been long, the harm is not significant. A few more days of recuperation should suffice," Master Yu Sheng offered a slight smile and at the same time, produced a bottle of Elixir from his sleeve.

San Sheng respectfully received it.

"One Elixir a day, for three consecutive days should suffice."

"Thank you, Mage."

"Thank you, Mage."

San Sheng immediately administered one to his own master. The Eldest Princess personally saw off Master Yu Sheng and was just about to go back to check on her Prince Consort when Lan Xing suddenly came to report.

"Eldest Princess, Lord Ju requests an audience, stating that he is here on the Crown Prince’s orders to investigate the Ghost Shadow clues," Lan Xing reported truthfully. Nanyi had arrived quickly, and the news of the Prince Consort’s illness hadn’t been overly concealed, after all, people who eat grains are prone to illness.

Zheng Tianxin was momentarily stunned, recalling the Fire Order Squad that her useless "Imperial Brother" had, which was barely impressionable and was just a bunch of waste, unlikely to discover anything significant. But since he was sent by the Imperial Brother,

"Let them in," the face of the Imperial Brother naturally had to be preserved. Among these siblings, only Zheng Congyuan was her blood brother, and his personality did not irritate her.

Lan Xing discreetly withdrew and soon, Ju Nanyi, accompanied by Yu Yuan and others, arrived at the Prince Consort’s courtyard.

"Lord Ju, Master Yu Sheng has just visited, and the Prince Consort has now stabilized and is sweating at the moment..." Lan Xing hesitated, glancing at San Sheng and San Shi guarding the door, clearly implying they didn’t want them to enter.

"No matter, we will just look from the outside." Ju Nanyi didn’t hold much hope, glanced at the tidy courtyard as if it had been washed clean, yet the Eldest Princess Mansion indeed had a Ghost Shadow incident, and recently, except for the Eldest Princess Mansion, Ducheng City also sporadically reported Ghost Shadow sightings, which puzzled Nanyi.

Seeing this, Lan Xing bowed and slowly retreated. Nanyi wanted to find out something, which he was not interested in, and Elder Can had already left, naturally making it unrelated to Elder Can.

Lan Xing knew about the Ghost Shadow too, which was completely different from the aura in Elder Can’s possession.

"Lan Xing, has anyone been in contact with the Prince Consort these days?" Surprised, Lan Xing heard Zheng Tianxin asking him and immediately refocused.

"Your subordinate has checked thoroughly and found no one suspicious," Lan Xing said. The Ghost Shadow being close to the Prince Consort meant that the caster must be nearby. Lan Xing had immediately sought out everyone from these days, and the Prince Consort had barely left the mansion, interacting with only a few people besides his own two guards.

Lan Xing immediately presented a list of names, which indeed included only a few.

Including San Sheng and San Shi, there were only seven or eight people.

Zheng Tianxin felt something was off. When Master Yu Sheng left, he explicitly mentioned there might be an issue with those who the Prince Consort had been in contact with. Studying the list carefully, three or four people were ones she and the Prince Consort had met together; she hadn’t experienced any issue, so the Prince Consort might not have either.

"When did the Prince Consort meet Heir Zong?" Zheng Tianxin inquired, "Forget it, what could be the issue with Heir Zong? Who is this person?"

Lan Xing glanced at the list, Kan Gulin.

"He’s the newly appointed Right Metropolitan Censor, taking over Lord Wu’s duties, originally a colleague of the Prince Consort," Lan Xing explained, "Your subordinate has checked, and this person has no issues."