Rain

"Pick only the leaves and put it in the cauldron." Guang Ling said as he was grinding some seeds.

Placing the leaves that were cleanly picked into the cauldron, she asked, "Do I need to stir it?"

"No, just leave it to simmer."

After the elixir was finished, Zhu Xiao Wan questioned, "What type is this one?"

"Conscious. The next one will be unconscious." He started to explain the conscious elixir's effects then paused for a while before saying, "The unconscious one we are going to be making next will be fusing poisons instead of adding herbs."

Zhu Xiao Wan raised her eyebrows slightly and watched Guang Ling. He explained every single elixir that was made and told her to use it as its description on test subjects. He also gave her a book of recipes for her to concoct on her own right before Ning Rou Li called her out.

"Xiao Wan. Although it's late, we want to give you your birthday's presents." Ning Rou Li said while taking out a cache earing. "Here. You haven't have a cache earing, right? It'll be handy."

Zhu Xiao Wan smiled and accepted the earing. It was not like she needed a cache earing since Song Hui Yao already gave her the mouthpiece, but this would really be handy. Song Hui Yao mentioned that a cache mouthpiece was a rare artefact, hence, it would not be good if people noticed that she had a storage space without a cache earing. "Thank you."

Ning Hai Heng's turn, he took out a book and hand it to her. "This a book about beasts." Zhu Xiao Wan already had that strange weapon, how could a normal weapon be compared? A book about non-contractual beasts was more beneficial.

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Meanwhile, doctors were still coming in and out of the palace, trying to cure Tang Rue's face. The people were talking badly about Princess You Yan, but the emperor made no movement. The fight for power within the imperial house and between the imperial brothers was getting more intense.

Just around a week before the Zhuang arrived, there were rumours about the second prince was not a trash. It was said that the second prince was just staying low and was bidding his time. Making the other princes worried.

A few days later at the battle between princes event, where people from Prince Shen's Manor did not come, the second prince showed his true power. It didn't disappoint the rumours. A week ago, the second prince was still the trash of the imperial house was now a genius.

Winning the battle, the second prince now had a high chance of succeeding the throne, leaving the other princes in madness. But worse of all was the fifth prince; Tang Tian Xu, who was proud of his cultivation, was beaten into a pulp at the battle by the second prince. It was a huge humiliation that slapped his face so hard that it turned red.

"Ah, my son is the best." Empress Shui grinned as she lied on a soft couch. Looking towards the young man, who was eating a mandarin, and said, "What made you beat your brother into a pulp like that?"

Tang Tian Xiao put a piece of mandarin into his mouth then said, "He's annoying."

"Hmm?" she lifted her well-shaped brows then laughed. "Annoying? Of course, the son of that annoying concubine is also annoying.

"Like mother like son," he said.

Empress Shui closed her eyes and rested her head on her hand. "Are you talking about us? Haha, my son has to be like me."

"..." Tang Tian Xiao sighed, 'Mother, you're praising yourself too much. No wonder Father Emperor calls you a narcissist that only liked to nap.

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"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

Hearing the loud call, Tang Tian raised his head up from the piles of paper and found that his personal eunuch was running into the hall. The officials within the hall also turned to look at the eunuch.

"Your Majesty! People with a crest that said 'Rain' are waiting in front of the palace!"

"What?" Tang Tian widened his eyes as he sat straight up. "Are you sure that the crest said 'Rain'?"

"Yes!" The eunuch then took out a golden crest with the character 'Rain' on it and showed it to the emperor.

Tang Tian frowned in distraught at the sight. After a while, he said, "Court dismiss."

The officials around were confused, but they left the palace. Some were trying to see who was in front of the palace while coming out, but there was no one.