In Cun Shan Palace, the Eighth Prince was lying on a bed in a side courtyard. Two imperial physicians were standing at the bed and examining him. The Emperor and Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui were anxiously waiting a short distance away.

  Because the area where the Eighth Prince was inflicted was a little exceptional, other than the two imperial physicians, other people were not allowed to approach, even the curtains next to the bed were pulled close. But even if it was like this, Xuan Tianmo’s face was black and he felt very ashamed.

  Thinking about it, he was the great Eighth Prince, the Highness of Sheng Palace, actually having problems in that kind of place, allowing two imperial physicians examine him from the side and occasionally touching that place with their hands, what was this disgusting feeling?

  He was very resistant towards this! But even if he was resistant, what else could he do? He was the patient, they were the doctors, since they asked for the doctors, they would have to be allowed to see, who asked him to be inflicted in that kind of place. Xuan Tianmo glared that those two imperial physicians, and after a long time, he finally could not help but ask: “Have you seen enough? What illness does This Prince have? As he spoke, the itch came again, he really could not bear it and reached out to scratch it.

  The two imperial physicians spoke with serious expressions from beside the bed: “Your Highness the Eighth Prince must be more careful, you cannot scratch with too much force! Just now, you scratched a total of three times and scratched for a long time each time, the skin at the tip has already been broken. If more force is used, we fear that it would bleed.”


  The other one said: “Two blisters have already been broken via scratching and have popped. This lowly one will first give Your Highness some medicine to stop the itch!”


  Xuan Tianmo was so angry that he wanted to hit them, “If you had such medicine to stop the itch, why did you not use it earlier? Letting This Prince suffer for so long, what intentions do all of you have?”


  “Your Highness, please calm down, please calm down!” The two imperial physicians wiped the sweat off their foreheads simultaneously, saying quickly: “It is not because This lowly one will not give Your Highness the medicine, it is because if the medicine is used first, it would not be convenient to examine the symptoms!”


  “Then what illness does This Prince have? Why is the itch so hard to bear?” He wanted to continue scratching, but once he raised his hand, he saw that his hand was covered in pus and felt disgusted and unsettled. There were blisters and pus, what exactly was going on?

  “This……” Hearing Xuan Tianmo ask this, these two imperial physicians hesitated and glanced at each other, unsure if they could tell him. Then, one of them was braver, with a stamp of his foot, he said directly: “Your Highness the Eighth Prince, please forgive This lowly one for being direct, for this condition, This lowly one has never seen it in my career and cannot give a name. But even if a name cannot be given, this can be told to Your Highness with certainty, this illness is within the range of symptoms associated with venereal disease.”


  “Venereal disease?” Xuan Tianmo trembled with anger, “This Prince has never gone to brothels and only has a few courtesans at the manor, where is there an opportunity to contract venereal disease? This Prince……” As he reached this point, he suddenly paused, and immediately thought of the private mentor who originally had been arranged for Feng Zirui who later suddenly appeared on his bed some days ago. Xuan Tianmo’s brain immediately exploded with a “boom”, could it be her? But that should not be the case! The private mentors trained by the palace, their bodies were clean and pure, and there was a rule in the palace, before every private mentor was assigned a task, they would be examined again to ensure the that the master being served would obtain a healthy girl. But if it was not that girl, how did he get this disease?

  For a while, thousands of thoughts circled in Xuan Tianmo’s mind as he thought of infinite possibilities, but in the end, they still returned to that woman from earlier. Could it be that the Granny training the private mentors specially sent an infected girl to Feng Zirui to gain favour with them, originally intending to harm Feng Zirui, but in a strange development of circumstances, he was harmed instead?

  The more he thought about it, the more he believed that it was possible, and hated that he could not chop off the head of the person who managed this. Unfortunately, he could not. This was originally done by him and Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui in secret, in the end, even if they suffered losses, they could not make it known. Even though the Emperor was biased towards him now, anything could suddenly agitate the old Emperor, he and Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui were always nervous and were not as glorious as what outsiders thought. No one spent their days happily.

  What was said on this end had been roughly heard by the Emperor, he asked these two imperial physicians loudly in disbelief: “What did both of you say? Mo-er contracted what illness? Venereal disease?” After saying this, he looked at Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui: “How did he get such a disease?”


  Xuan Tianmo’s face burned with embarrassment, thinking if this old man knew how to be more secretive when speaking or not? In front of so many people, was he trying to make him look bad? He secretly decided at after this, he would definitely put everyone in this house to death to vent his anger from being embarrassed.

  In response to the Emperor’s question, Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui was also shocked, she spoke in confusion: “That is impossible! Mo-er has never went to places such as brothels, and the courtesans in the manor are girls who have served for many years, how can he contract that kind of disease?” After saying this, her gaze became sharp and she spoke to the imperial physicians behind the curtains: “Both of you come out! Explain to This One properly, what illness does His Highness the Eighth Prince have?”


  The two of them quickly came out and knelt in front of the Emperor and Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui, speaking while shivering: “Replying Your Majesty, replying Your Highness Imperial Concubine Gui, His Highness the Eighth Prince has contracted a type of venereal disease, but these symptoms are strange, This lowly one cannot pinpoint which venereal disease it is, either way…… either way…… it is very serious.”


  “It is very serious?” The Emperor frowned deeply, “What do you mean by very serious? Can it be cured?”


  Those two imperial physicians raised their hands to wipe their sweat and spoke while trembling: “This lowly one…… is not sure.”


  “Not sure?” Thump! Thump! The Emperor kicked forward two times, fiercely bringing those two people to the floor, “What did We raise you for? Actually telling Us that you are not sure?”


  Much force was used for the kicks and in addition, the Emperor did go on the battlefield when he was young, though he was elderly now, his legs were still rather strong, kicking until the imperial physicians almost threw up blood. The two held their chests and were pale, but they still had to answer the Emperor’s question: “Your Majesty, the condition of His Highness the Eighth Prince are troubling, This lowly one has never seen it before! Just based on the symptoms, it can be determined that it is a type of venereal disease, but there is nothing to base on when conducting treatment, it needs to be further examined so treatment can be made based on the symptoms.”


  These two were honest, though they knew the Emperor did not like listening to these words and wanted to hear that the Eighth Prince was healthy, they did not know how to lie and had to clearly explain the Eighth Prince’s illness, one of them even said: “The Eighth Prince’s Yang peak already has many blisters on it, and some blisters have already popped, this is a sign of a serious disease, if this goes on, we’re afraid that…… the Yang peak cannot be saved!”


  This sentence caused the Emperor to come close to fainting, actually saying that his most loved son might not be able to save his Yang peak? Then how was he able to inherit the throne? For a new ruler to not have a Yang peak, they would not be able to produce descendants, and until now, Old Eighth did not have wives or children, how can this be?

  The Emperor swayed a bit and Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui quickly supported him and had him sit down. But her heart was thumping, she believed 70% of the what the imperial physicians had said, and for the remaining 30%, it was not because she did not believe them, but did not dare to believe them. Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui pushed down the sadness and pain in her heart and spoke to the Emperor: “This Concubuine suggests changing an imperial physician for examination. It would be best to summon all the imperial physicians, This Concubine does not believe that Mo-er will get that kind of illness!”


  After these words were said, Xuan Tianmo on the bed also said loudly: “Father Emperor! This Son has never entered a brothel, making it impossible to contract a venereal disease. I ask Father Emperor to believe This Son, This Son does not have any illness!”


  Of course, the Emperor would be willing to believe this eighth son and immediately carried out Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui’s suggestion, saying loudly: “Go! Go to the Imperial Health Hall and summon everyone who is an imperial physician to Cun Shan Palace. Have them examine the Eighth Prince!”


  Very quickly, three imperial physicians came. They were not officials but their hearts were on the side of the Eighth Prince. They were worried when they saw that something had happened to the Eighth Prince and did not leave the palace immediately after the banquet but returned to the Imperial Health Hall to wait for the news. As the three walked over, they had already listened to the Eunuch who passed the message explain the situation on this side. Compared to the two imperial physicians form before who had an honest personality, the three of them were much more cunning. Just by glancing at each other, ideas sprouted in their mind and they quickly decided what to say after arriving at Cun Shan Palace.

  Therefore, after these three carefully examined Xuan Tianmo’s lower body, the answer they gave the Emperor was: “Your Majesty, the symptoms shown by His Highness the Eighth Prince resembles venereal disease very closely, but it is not an actual venereal disease, but a very rare allergy. His Highness must have accidentally ate or touched some unique thing and caused this allergic reaction, resulting in these rashes. Though this allergic reaction cannot be removed easily, it is unrelated to venereal disease and would not affect His Highness’ marriage and childbearing, Your Majesty can be rest assured.”


  “Oh?” Once the Emperor heard this, his heart relaxed a lot and asked quickly: “Then how should it be treated? He cannot continue to itch like this, Our heart aches seeing this.”


  “Replying Your Majesty, because the location of the allergic reaction is special, for the treatment proposal, we lowly ones still need to go back and discuss to confirm the most stable and reliable one before we can prescribe medicine to His Highness the Eighth Prince. But before that, medicine to ease the itch can be used so that the Eighth Prince would not feel too awkward.”


  The Emperor nodded and was rather satisfied with this, he told Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui: “Did beloved concubine hear it? Our prince is alright, just let him rest here tonight! We will remain here to keep you company, do not worry too much, We believe that the prince will recover quickly.”


  As he finished saying this, the few imperial physicians immediately replied simultaneously: “Your Majesty, Your Highness, please rest assured, we will do our best to cure His Highness the Eighth Prince’s strange condition.”


  As Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui heard the Emperor say this, it was no longer good for her to say anything further. Though she did not agree with the words said by these three imperial physicians, and believed the words of the earlier two more, she could not expose this now. After all, she wanted her son to sit on that throne, so she definitely could not insist on this matter and not let it go, saying that her son really had an issue. These three people were helping her, she had to play along and continue acting. As for exactly what was the issue, when the Emperor left, she will ask them properly again. “This Concubine will accede to Your Majesty.” With an obedient remark from Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui, the Emperor felt comfortable again.

  But the Eighth Prince stubbornly refused to stay in the imperial palace, when the imperial physician gave him the medicine so that the strange itch would ease for a while and he could move as he wanted, he got up and took his leave from the Emperor and Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui. The Emperor did not ask him to stay longer. After all, he was willing to see his own son looking healthy, why would he want him to stay in the palace to recuperate?

  The Eighth Prince left the palace like this, then ran straight for Sheng Palace, filled with anger and ready to thoroughly vent his anger on that person in the palace.