"Your Highness? Your Highness?"
Shen Yuanbai felt someone tapping his face.
He was extremely tired and didn't want to pay attention to it at first, but the voice was so urgent that it even made him feel like crying.
Shen Yuanbai thought for a while and struggled to open his eyes.
A charming face came into view, that of Yin Zhu.
"Your Highness!"
When Yinzhu saw Shen Yuanbai waking up, he cried with joy.
The Gu doctor said that as long as people can wake up tonight, it will be considered as a great disaster!
"Yinzhu, I...where is this?"
Shen Yuanbai opened his mouth, his voice was hoarse, but his lips and tongue were not dry.
He guessed in his heart that he should be well taken care of.
"Your Highness, this is the capital of Nanli Kingdom. We are in a villa of the eldest prince."
Yin Zhu handed a glass of water to Shen Yuanbai's lips, but Shen Yuanbai shook his head.
"Help me sit up."
Upon hearing this, Yin Zhu immediately put down the water glass, leaned over and carefully helped Shen Yuanbai sit up.
Shen Yuanbai only moved his body slightly, but he felt a heartbreaking pain spreading in the back of his heart.
He suddenly remembered that he seemed to have been hit by an arrow before he fell into coma.
He gritted his teeth and held on, sweating profusely from the tossing, and finally sat up.
He raised his eyes and looked around. The room was clean and tidy, with a faint scent of herbs.
He just came to a foreign country, alone...
Shen Yuanbai looked a little stunned, his expression was indifferent, and there was a trace of depression between his lowered eyebrows.
Yin Zhu watched from the side and suddenly asked in a low voice: "Your Highness, do you have no fighting spirit?"
Shen Yuanbai didn't answer, he felt very tired.
Yin Zhu's expression was extremely complicated when he saw this. He suddenly pulled a stool aside and sat down, changing the topic.
"Your Highness, the Gu doctor said that you have lost both energy and blood. That arrow...if the mother Gu hadn't been hanging on your heart, you really wouldn't have been able to come back."
When Shen Yuanbai heard this, his expression moved slightly.
"insanity?"
Yin Zhu nodded, "It's the mother Gu that the princess passed on to you. It has a symbiotic relationship with you, and it also wants to live."
Hearing this, Shen Yuanbai raised his hand and touched his heart, half-smiling for a while, "That's it, it seems that my mother-in-law saved my life again."
After these words, the room fell into a brief silence. Shen Yuanbai suddenly thought of something and looked down at his right hand.
He tried to clench his fist, but his hand was weak and started to tremble slightly when he exerted force.
Upon seeing this, Yin Zhu whispered: "Your Highness, your hand tendon is broken. Although the Gu doctor has picked it up for you, it will be difficult for you to draw the bow and arrow as before."
When Shen Yuanbai heard this, he stared at his palms blankly, Qiao Diyi's high-spirited face flashed in front of him, the veins on his forehead jumped, and finally he slowly closed his eyes.
He never yelled or became hysterical, he just leaned there quietly, silently digesting this failure.
Yin Zhu thought for a while, stood up and prepared to leave, but at this time, Shen Yuanbai suddenly said:
"Yinzhu, my mother-in-law said in the golden lock that I must come to Nanli before going to the north. Did you specifically ask me to come to see you?"
"What's the reason? Is there any reason why I have to see you?"
When Yinzhu heard this question, the slightly gloomy expression just now disappeared instantly!
She knows that if His Highness is willing to ask, that means he has not given up yet!
She immediately sat back again, looking at Shen Yuanbai on the couch with her beautiful eyes, and said solemnly:
"Because there are some things that Zhou Liu and the others don't know, and Aunt Rou doesn't want to mention them. Only this servant dares to tell His Highness!"
Hearing this, Shen Yuanbai raised his eyes and looked at Yin Zhu, waiting for the next words.
Yin Zhu clenched her hands, and a sarcastic smile suddenly appeared on her face.
"Your Highness, the Northern Kingdom is not that good, at least not as good as Aunt Rou and Zhou Liu said."
"Tell me, a country that relies on the marriage of its princesses to survive, what kind of mess should it be like inside?"
"Actually, the princess's real wish is for you, Your Highness, to become the Emperor of the Yong Kingdom, and then - annex the Northern Kingdom!"
Shen Yuanbai frowned when he heard this, his heart was full of shock, but for some reason, he felt that such an appeal was truly reasonable.
Uncle Zhou always told him that the late king and King Jinyu made his mother’s eyes so painful that she was the most favored princess in history.
But he couldn't help but think, if the late king and King Jinyu really loved his mother and concubine so much, how could they be willing to let her mother and concubine feed the poison with their own bodies, and how could they be willing to let her mother and concubine go deep into the tiger's den alone?
Look at the Qiao family, he has no doubt that if it was Qiao Jiaojiao who was pushed out, even if the Qiao family died to the last person, they would never sacrifice Qiao Jiaojiao.
That's called pampering, isn't it?
"Your Highness, I have an autographed letter from the princess here. No one else knows the existence of this letter except you."
"Your Highness, after reading this letter, you will understand everything."
Yin Zhu said, taking out a letter from his arms and presenting it to Shen Yuanbai with both hands.
Shen Yuanbai stared at the yellowed envelope, stretched out his hand to take it, but did not open it immediately.
"Yinzhu, let's talk about the situation here in Nanli Country first."
Yin Zhu was a little surprised, she thought Shen Yuanbai would be eager to open the letter.
She raised her eyes slightly and looked at Shen Yuanbai's face, which looked very similar to Yu Liu's, and couldn't help but feel a little dazed.
This appearance in a woman is astonishing, and in a man, it is equally hard to take your eyes off.
She originally thought that His Highness was young and no matter how precocious and wise he was, he would inevitably be fragile and hesitant, but it turned out that even if he encountered a big change, His Highness was calm and rational, and could not tolerate others' comments.
Thinking of this, Yinzhu looked complicated and pleased, and answered Shen Yuanbai's question.
"Back to Your Highness, among the three princes of Nanli Kingdom, the eldest prince Baili Chengye is the "longest" prince. Although he is greedy and lustful, he is kind to his father and filial to his son, so he is quite favored by the king."
"The second prince Baili Chengzhi is ruthless and decisive. He is quite powerful in the court and has a high reputation."
"Third Prince..."
Speaking of the third prince Baili Chengyou, Yinzhu's expression became much more serious.
"Your Highness, Baili Chengyou's biological mother is the wife of the step-mother of the country, so he occupies the title of 'direct'. In recent years, he has become more and more outstanding. Even the king of the country has repeatedly praised his ability in the court."
"Back then, he was just a young boy without any threat, but now, before our very eyes, he has become the most powerful contender for the position of leader of the country."
Shen Yuanbai nodded when he heard this. He already had some understanding of Baili Chengyou. This person was by no means simple.
Moreover, there is Meng Guxue who is full of secrets beside him.
"Yinzhu, don't rush to the Northern Kingdom. First find a way to help the eldest prince seize the throne of the country."
Shen Yuanbai's faint words fell, and Yin Zhu felt happy when he heard the words!
For so many years, she has been helping the eldest prince in his battle of wits and courage with the other two princes.
But as the second prince's ambitions grew and the third prince rose to prominence, she already felt that she had more than enough ambition but not enough power.
Now with His Highness's help, why worry about not being able to accomplish anything!
