After Lu Chen took the Heavenly Soul New Year Fruit from the steward’s hands, he went straight to Prince Zhen Nan’s bedside, opened the wooden box, and took the Heavenly Soul New Year Fruit out.

The instant the Heavenly Soul New Year Fruit left the wooden box, it radiated a seven-colored glow. The seven-colored glow shone onto Prince Zhen Nan’s body, and much of the Death Qi on him dissipated.

Then Lu Chen brought the Heavenly Soul New Year Fruit to Prince Zhen Nan’s lips and said, "Father, hurry and eat it, give it a try."

Hearing this, the Mansion Steward at the side quickly said, "Princely Heir, the Great Prince’s body is unwell, I fear he cannot directly consume the Heavenly Soul New Year Fruit."

Hearing the steward’s words, Lu Chen finally reacted. Prince Zhen Nan was someone whose end was near. Setting aside whether he could even bite into the Heavenly Soul New Year Fruit, even if he could, his body would likely be unable to withstand the direct medicinal power. One of the functions of the Heavenly Soul New Year Fruit was to suppress spiritual evil. If the effect was too direct, it might cause a violent clash between the fruit and the spiritual evil, which would instead be harmful to the body.

What’s more, Prince Zhen Nan’s body was already at the stage of wind-tapered candlelight, unable to endure any great torment, so the medicinal effects of the Heavenly Soul New Year Fruit had to be diluted first.

At this time, Prince Zhen Nan said to the steward, "Go down and decoct the Heavenly Soul New Year Fruit into medicine."

The Mansion Steward immediately said, "Yes, Great Prince!"

Lu Chen then placed the Heavenly Soul New Year Fruit back into the wooden box and handed it to the Mansion Steward.

At this moment Lu Chen spoke, "Father, I want to gather everyone in the Prince’s Mansion, including the Hidden Guard of the Prince’s Mansion."

Hearing this, Prince Zhen Nan was stunned for a moment. He was somewhat curious as to why Lu Chen wanted to gather everyone in the Prince’s Mansion.

Prince Zhen Nan directly asked, "Is there something the matter?"

Lu Chen said, "I suspect there are Blood Cloud Tower or other forces’ agents inside the Zhen Nan Prince Manor."

Hearing this, Prince Zhen Nan continued to ask, "Why do you say that?"

Lu Chen said, "Although the Blood Cloud Tower assassin’s Disguise Skills are superb, for her to replace a maidservant of the Zhen Nan Prince Manor still required a certain amount of time. For the other party to bury the maidservant’s corpse in the rear courtyard, to not be discovered during the time it took to bury the body, without someone from the Zhen Nan Prince Manor cooperating from within, it would be very difficult."

When Prince Zhen Nan heard about last night’s assassin incident, he had actually already realized that there was very likely an internal accomplice in the Zhen Nan Prince Manor. After all, the Zhen Nan Prince Manor was heavily guarded, and there were quite a number of Hidden Guards.

In addition, with what happened to Lu Chen last time, it was obvious without even thinking that someone must have betrayed the Zhen Nan Prince Manor, or that other forces had planted pieces inside the Zhen Nan Prince Manor.

It was just that even though he had guessed that someone betrayed the Zhen Nan Prince Manor, the Zhen Nan Prince Manor was so large, with at least several thousand people. How could it be so easy to find the one who had betrayed the Zhen Nan Prince Manor?

Prince Zhen Nan now said, "Chen’er, I also suspect that there are other forces’ agents in the Zhen Nan Prince Manor, but there are several thousand people in the Zhen Nan Prince Manor. It will be very hard to pick out the traitors. Even if you gather those people together and knock them around a bit, you can only make them behave for a while."

"Now that your father’s body is getting worse by the day, those forces who have planted pieces in the Zhen Nan Prince Manor will not let this opportunity slip."

Hearing this, Lu Chen directly said, "Father, I have a way to find the traitors."

Prince Zhen Nan looked at Lu Chen in disbelief. Seeing how firm Lu Chen’s tone was, he did not seem to be lying. But how exactly was he going to distinguish who had betrayed the Zhen Nan Prince Manor?

Prince Zhen Nan continued to ask, "How will you distinguish them?"

Lu Chen said, "My method is temporarily inconvenient to make public. When the time comes, we only need to gather those people together, and we will very quickly be able to distinguish those who have betrayed the Zhen Nan Prince Manor."

Prince Zhen Nan thought for a moment. Lu Chen now seemed to be different from before; perhaps he really could let Lu Chen give it a try.

Moreover, he also wanted to see how Lu Chen would distinguish which ones were traitors.

Thinking of this, Prince Zhen Nan said, "Chen’er, after your father dies, you will be Prince Zhen Nan. You are the little master of the Prince’s Mansion. Whatever you wish to do, just go do it, no need to deliberately inform your father. In the future you may also freely deploy the Hidden Guard."

Lu Chen immediately said, "Thank you, Father."

Prince Zhen Nan continued, "Then go now. Your father also wants to see just who has betrayed the Zhen Nan Prince Manor."

Saying this, Prince Zhen Nan slightly turned his head and spoke toward a corner of the room:

"Zhao Yu, from this day forth, the Prince’s Mansion’s Hidden Guard are to obey the Princely Heir’s commands."

As Prince Zhen Nan’s voice fell, a figure slowly appeared in the corner of the room. The man wore a black outfit, with a black scarf, his face veiled.

Lu Chen immediately used the system to scan him.

[Name: Zhao Yu]

[Identity: Zhen Nan Prince Manor Dark Guard Commander]

[Realm: Early Stage of Earth Realm]

[Age: 800 years]

[Favorability: 50]

Seeing Zhao Yu’s Realm, Lu Chen froze for a moment. The Zhen Nan Prince Manor actually had an Earth Realm Strong Person?

From what he had learned these past few days, there seemed to be almost no Earth Realm Strong Person in the entire Dazhou. Most Earth Realm Strong Persons were connected with the Royal Family.

No wonder that even though the Zhen Nan Prince Manor had already declined to such a state, the Royal Family still did not dare to directly move against the Zhen Nan Prince Manor.

But then again, if Prince Zhen Nan truly died, some people would likely begin to probe. More accurately, some forces were already probing now.

Those forces definitely wanted to know whether there was an Earth Realm expert in the Zhen Nan Prince Manor, or rather, they wanted to know whether the Zhen Nan Prince Manor’s Earth Realm expert was still that loyal to the Zhen Nan Prince Manor.

After all, Prince Zhen Nan’s only son was just a dissolute wastrel. Prince Zhen Nan could keep the Prince’s Mansion’s Earth Realm expert in check, but Lu Chen, this wastrel, could not. If the Prince’s Mansion’s Earth Realm expert held little Loyalty toward Lu Chen, then once Prince Zhen Nan died, Prince Zhen Nan’s former power base would disperse.

While Lu Chen was lost in thought, Zhao Yu’s voice came. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

"Yes, Great Prince!"

After responding to Prince Zhen Nan, Zhao Yu then bowed to Lu Chen and said, "Dark Guard Commander Zhao Yu, pays respects to the Princely Heir!"

Lu Chen immediately said, "Commander Zhao, please rise!"

Prince Zhen Nan said, "Enough, Zhao Yu, now take the Princely Heir to go clear out those parasites in the Prince’s Mansion."

Hearing this, Zhao Yu did not hesitate in the slightest. "Yes."

"Princely Heir, this way, please!"

Lu Chen then said, "Father, I’ll take my leave first."

Prince Zhen Nan’s face showed a gentle, kindly smile as he said, "Go. Oh, and Bai will stay behind, I have some words to say to her."

Lu Chen said, "Alright, Father."

Lu Chen knew that Prince Zhen Nan had already noticed the changes in his body. Prince Zhen Nan would naturally want to ask Bai Qingqing about some things, or perhaps entrust her with something. Lu Chen did not mind this; in any case, the matter of him drawing spiritual evil into his body would be made public sooner or later.

As soon as Lu Chen finished speaking, he turned and left the Prince’s Mansion together with Zhao Yu.

Just as Lu Chen left, the smile on Prince Zhen Nan’s face instantly vanished. He looked at Bai Qingqing and said, "What’s going on with Chen’er’s body?"

"If this prince remembers correctly, he still had no Cultivation State yesterday, did he?"