The scumbag was secretly having an affair, while I was openly having an affair with the prince.

Chapter 163 Why do my blood and the prince's blood mix?

The middle-aged man was very dissatisfied. Although he respected their father, Ye Gengxin, he couldn't let them do whatever they wanted!

So he shook off Ye Shishu's hand and rushed to the bedside, trying to pull away the young master who had offended his Duke.

"You are not allowed to..."

However, before he could touch Yuchi Ling, Yuchi Ling suddenly turned around and struck his pressure points, staring at him coldly, "If you don't want the Duke to die, you'd better behave yourself!"

After speaking, he turned to the emaciated Min Wenqian on the bed, took out a cloth bag from his sleeve, and unfolded the bag beside Min Wenqian.

The bag was full of silver needles.

The middle-aged man was unable to move or speak, but his angry gaze suddenly turned into astonishment as he stared intently at Yu Chi Ling's profile, as if asking himself, "Could he really be a master of medicine?"

But at this time, no one paid any attention to him.

Ye Shishu closed the door, pressed her face against the crack, and kept a close watch on the outside, ready to be disturbed if anyone came.

Yu Chi Ling helped Min Wenqian sit up, took off Min Wenqian's shirt, and then got onto the bed. He sat cross-legged behind Min Wenqian and inserted one silver needle after another into Min Wenqian's acupoints.

Seeing his calm and experienced movements, the middle-aged man no longer had any dissatisfaction in his eyes. Apart from surprise, there was also a hint of expectation in his eyes.

About half an hour later, Min Wenqian suddenly convulsed and then spat out a mouthful of black blood.

Yu Chi Ling helped him up and then removed the silver needles from his body one by one.

The mouthful of black blood terrified the middle-aged man, turning his face pale. But the strange thing was yet to come: after the silver needles were pulled from Min Wenqian's body, black blood droplets oozed from the places where the needles had pierced him. In an instant, Min Wenqian's withered body seemed to be covered with black spots, a sight that was both glaring and terrifying.

Yu Chi Ling put away the silver needles, got out of bed, released the acupoints on the middle-aged man, and said in a low voice, "Wash him clean."

The middle-aged man excitedly rushed onto the bed, hugged Min Wenqian and burst into tears, asking in disbelief, "Young Master Ye, is the Duke really alright?"

"Hmm." Yu Chi Ling responded indifferently, then suddenly asked him, "Who has been in contact with the Duke these past two days?"

The middle-aged man helped Min Wenqian lie down, wiped away his tears, and replied, "The day before yesterday, the Duke suddenly fainted at the city gate. After returning to the manor, he suffered from vomiting and diarrhea. Fortunately, the manor physician was on leave, so I sent someone to fetch a doctor from outside to treat the Duke. At first, the doctor did manage to stop the Duke's vomiting and diarrhea, but the Duke remained unconscious. I then had several more doctors fetched, but the Duke not only did not improve, but he also visibly lost weight, and his breathing became increasingly weak."

Yu Chi Ling narrowed his cold eyes and said in a cold voice, "The Duke initially suffered from heatstroke, which is why he was vomiting and having diarrhea. Where did you find the first doctor?"

"I don't know either, the servants went to fetch it back."

"He poisoned the Duke while treating his heatstroke! The poison was administered subtly, which is why the doctors who came after him were all helpless."

"What?!" the middle-aged man exclaimed in shock. "It was the first doctor who poisoned the Duke!"

Yu Chi Ling didn't explain further, only instructing him, "First, clean the Duke's body. I will have my men get the medicine for the Duke, and he will wake up after taking it."

The middle-aged man hurriedly went outside to call someone to fetch water.

Yu Chi Ling left the room and instructed Wen Yan to fetch the medicine.

After a lot of work—

Seeing Min Wenqian awake, the middle-aged man burst into tears again, "Lord Duke, you're finally awake! If you hadn't woken up, I would have followed you to the afterlife!"

Min Wenqian turned his head to look at the man and woman by the bed, especially staring at Yu Chiling for a long time, "You are..."

"My lord, these two are the young master and young lady of General Zhihe's mansion!" The middle-aged man hurriedly introduced them to him. "They were passing through Jingzhou when they heard you were ill, so they came to see you. Moreover, Young Master Ye is skilled in medicine; it was he who detoxified you and revived you."

“He is not Young Master Ye.” Min Wenqian shook his head weakly, then suddenly smiled at Yu Chi Ling, “I didn’t expect His Highness Prince Cheng to come and see this old man.”

"Your Highness Prince Cheng?" The middle-aged man turned around in shock, staring intently at Yu Chi Ling. "You...you said your surname is Ye?"

Ye Shishu covered her mouth and laughed, "Uncle Qiang, my surname is Ye, and I am the third child in my family. He is Prince Cheng, but he borrowed my brother's identity because he was afraid of startling you."

She only learned half an hour ago that this middle-aged man was named Min Qiang and was the steward of the Duke's mansion.

Min Qiang's gaze swept back and forth between them. After a while, he finally realized what was happening and hurriedly knelt down to pay his respects. "Greetings, Your Highness Prince Cheng, Greetings, Princess Cheng. I was blind to your greatness, please forgive me."

Ye Shishu bent down and helped him up, saying, "Uncle Qiang, since the Prince and I have taken charge of this matter, we will definitely see it through to the end. Right now, we need to investigate some things, so please cooperate, Uncle Qiang."

Min Qiang bowed and said, "Your Highness, please give your orders!"

"I hope you can send someone to find the first doctor who treated the Duke. Also, find the royal physician."

"Yes!" Min Qiang didn't ask any more questions and then went out of the room to make the arrangements.

Seeing Yu Chi Ling standing silently by the bed, staring at him with unfathomable eyes that seemed to hold many secrets, Min Wenqian felt extremely awkward. He couldn't help but ask, "Your Highness, are you upset that I have been negligent?"

Yu Chi Ling gave Ye Shi Shu a wink.

Ye Shishu understood, walked to the table, and brought a bowl of water that had been prepared earlier to the bedside.

Yu Chi Ling said nothing, bit his index finger and squeezed a drop of blood into the bowl.

Then, he grabbed Min Wenqian's withered wrist, took out a silver needle, pricked his fingertip, and squeezed a drop of blood into the bowl.

He didn't offer any explanation to Ye Shishu, but seeing the two drops of blood mingling in the bowl, Min Wenqian was so shocked that his eyes almost popped out.

"This this……"

Seeing that he was frightened, Ye Shishu finally spoke up, "Lord Duke, don't be afraid, we mean no harm."

Min Wenqian looked away from the bowl, staring at Yu Chiling in astonishment. "You...I...this..." He stammered for a while before finding his voice. "Why did they mix together?"

But Yu Chi Ling seemed not to see his reaction, and Ye Shi Shu left the room without looking back, holding the bowl in his hand.

“Prince Cheng…” Min Wenqian excitedly tried to get out of bed.

"Lord Duke, please don't worry. The Prince is just feeling down and wants to be alone." Ye Shishu stopped him, helped him sit up, and considerately placed a pillow behind his back.

"Your Highness, what exactly happened? Why is my blood...mixed with the Prince's?" Min Wenqian excitedly grabbed her wrist and pressed her for an answer.

Ye Shishu and his group came to Jeju to investigate Yuchi Ling's background. Now that the blood test results were in, there was no need to hide anything anymore, so Ye Shishu told him the whole story...

……

evening.

Upon hearing that Yu Chi Ling was in the garden pavilion, Min Qiang hurriedly ran over.

"Your Highness! I sent someone to look for that doctor, but he's long gone! Even the hospital is closed!"

"And the local physician, someone from his hometown said that he fell off a mountain on his way back and broke his leg. He's currently recuperating at his hometown!"

Yu Chi Ling said in a low voice, "Report these facts to the Duke truthfully."

Min Qiang nodded, then ran to the master bedroom.

Min Wenqian already knew that the two princes had been switched, and after hearing the news reported by Min Qiang, he was not stupid and immediately understood.

This means that someone was afraid he would get in the way and planned to get rid of him quietly!

If Prince Cheng and Princess Cheng hadn't arrived in time, he might already be dead!

"Your Highness, may I ask Prince Cheng to come in? I would like to speak with him." He looked at Ye Shishu, his voice low and hoarse.