Qi Xiuyuan’s heart ached when he received the imperial physician’s secret letter. Not expecting his brother’s condition to be the same as his, his heart ached terribly.

He originally wanted to wait for his younger brother to recover a little before summoning him back to the capital and handing over the military power to him again. With him guarding the rear, he would be more at ease handing over the power to Little Treasure.

However, it seemed that it was impossible now. Seeing as his brother was seriously injured, how could he let him tire himself out in his final days?

Qi Xiuyuan summoned Chief Physician Hua and asked, "Is there no way to heal one’s internal organs and extend one’s lifespan?"

Seeing that the Emperor had regained his fighting spirit, Chief Physician Hua immediately said excitedly, "Your Majesty, as long as one focuses on conditioning their body and slowly recuperates, there will be a way."

As he looked at the Emperor’s expression, he said carefully, "I heard that there’s a famous doctor in Lingnan named Xu Yong. There’s also a famous doctor in the north, Zhang Ling. Your Majesty, as long as you don’t hide your illness and avoid treatment, there will be a way. If you don’t recuperate, you might live for three to five years. If you let me and my colleagues in the academy do their best to treat you, you might live seven to eight years. However, if you find a famous doctor who’s good at treating such conditions, it’s possible to gradually fully recuperate."

Previously, Qi Xiuyuan felt that three to five years was no different from seven to eight years since they sounded equally short. Since that was the case, he might as well live wantonly and calmly die after making all the necessary arrangements. However, it was different for his younger brother.

Seven to eight years was still quite a long time compared to three to five years. If his younger brother was serious about undergoing treatment and fought for more time every year, wouldn’t he be able to live for a long time?

At the thought of this, Qi Xiuyuan’s heartache diminished slightly. He instructed Chief Physician Hua, "Open the Imperial Institute of Medicine and the inner treasury’s coffers. Pick out the nourishing herbs and send them to King Rong."

Chief Physician Hua was stunned. Although King Rong had been poisoned, judging from his pulse, he was gradually healing. Besides, he had a good foundation, so why did he need so many herbs to condition his body?

However, Qi Xiuyuan didn’t care and insisted on sending everything to his brother.

Thinking of how his younger brother was severely injured by the poison and was still trapped on that bare mountain with no food, shelter, or shelter, he was overwhelmed with sadness and worry.

Now that Qi Xiuyuan’s fighting spirit was ignited, the first thing he did was to send his brother tons of things.

There were food, necessities, and clothes, plus more than 50 craftsmen. Qi Xiuyuan thought that since his younger brother couldn’t leave the mountain for now, he would send those people there and let them build a house at the foot of the mountain for his younger brother to recuperate.

As Qi Xiuyuan’s movements were too loud, it alarmed the courtiers. Only then did everyone realize that Qi Haoran was not in the capital.

Because only Fan Zijin and the others knew how the Emperor’s poison was cured, before the courtiers could understand the Emperor’s intentions, Fan Zijin had already gone to look for the Emperor in confusion.

"Your Majesty, why did you send so many things to Haoran? He should be back in the capital in a few days, right?"

Qi Xiuyuan said seriously, "He ought to recuperate before setting off. Isn’t running around with injuries adding to his injuries? Considering there’s nothing there, I didn’t send him much. It’s just some daily necessities."

Fan Zijin awkwardly thought of the dozen or so carriages he saw at the entrance of the palace just now. If even that wasn’t considered much, how much would be considered much? Those who didn’t know better would think that Qi Haoran was moving.

He scratched his head and persuaded, "This commotion is too big. Although the courtiers have temporarily forgotten that Haoran offended them, I’m afraid they will attack Haoran again after this matter is exposed."

Qi Xiuyuan sneered. "I’m just taking things from my own treasury and giving them to my younger brother. What can they say? Let’s see who dares to spout nonsense."

Fan Zijin instinctively felt that Qi Xiuyuan was in a bad mood, so he immediately shut his mouth and went to look for Little Bear. He asked, "What has your father been doing recently?"

Little Bear was stunned. "My father is recuperating on the mountain to neutralize the poison."

Fan Zijin was suspicious. "Then why does your Royal Uncle suddenly feel so sorry for your father?"

It had been three days since Qi Xiuyuan woke up. Previously, he had only sent two imperial physicians and some medicinal herbs to Haoran, but he had never thought of sending him so many things.

If his heart ached so much for him being poisoned, shouldn’t he have arranged this as soon as he woke up?

Since three days had passed when he suddenly made the arrangements, Fan Zijin’s intuition told him that something had happened.

Seeing that Little Bear really didn’t know anything, he wanted to borrow his messenger pigeon. He said, "I’ll write a letter to your father to see what he’s been doing for the past two days."

Noticing that there was a sword, a bow, and a small crossbow on Little Bear’s table, Fan Zijin asked casually, "Did you just buy this? When it comes to martial arts, it’s better to be a master of one area than a jack of all trades. Considering you’re going to be a general in the future, you just have to specialize in swordsmanship and archery. Why do you have to practice with small crossbows?"

Little Bear immediately said, "This is for my younger brothers." He said guiltily, "I’ve been so busy recently that I couldn’t take care of them. Now that the matter has come to an end, I want to give them a gift and bring them out to play when I’m free."

Little Bear picked up the small crossbow on the table and said, "Considering Little An is weak, this small crossbow is for him. It can hold 18 small arrows at once. As long as he practices his aim well, it won’t be a problem for him to protect himself."

His parents were outside at the moment. Although he no longer needed to take care of his two younger brothers, Little Bear felt that he was the eldest brother and was very concerned about them. In the past, he would check their homework every day and bring them out to play every two days. However, ever since Royal Uncle suddenly fell ill from poisoning, Little Bear could only hide the matter from his younger brothers. Then, he locked them in the palace and didn’t even have the chance to have a good chat with them.

Now that the matter had come to an end, although he was still busy, he could take some time to play with them.

In this regard, Fan Zijin couldn’t compare to Little Bear. At the very least, Little Bear would ask about his younger brothers’ condition every day and personally check on them every two to three days. When Fan Zijin was busy, he was often away from home for prolonged periods. He felt that with Little Madam Xia and the servants taking care of his sons, he didn’t need to check on how they were doing.

Now that he heard Little Bear mention it, he remembered that he hadn’t seen his sons in a long time, so he casually said, "Alright, I’ll go with you to see them after writing the letter. I wonder if they’ve been studying hard these few days."

Little Bear whispered in embarrassment, "Uncle Fan, Little An and the others aren’t in the palace. The ban on the palace has been lifted. The teachers from the Royal School saw that they were bored out of their minds a while ago, so they gave the students a few days off. Because the thunderstorm was too heavy a few days ago, they were worried about the crops in the farm, so they went to the farm to check on the situation."

Little Bear turned to look at the sky and smiled. "This is the third day. Since the teachers only gave them three days off, they have to go to school tomorrow and will definitely come back today. If you want to see Little An, you’ll probably have to wait until evening."

The two of them still didn’t know that two of the three children had already run away from home. Now, only Little An was at the farm. As he got someone to bring food to their room, he instructed the servants outside the door, "We’re almost done making the toys. None of you are allowed to disturb us, understand?"

The guards: "..."

Young Master, are you trying to trick us or are you trying to trick Prince An and Prince Qi who are in the city?

Two-thirds of the guards and secret guards who had been together every day were nowhere to be seen. Do you really think we have no idea that those two people have run away?

So you really don’t have to put on an act in front of us.

However, Little An’s acting wasn’t for the guards, but for the people in the farm. He had to make the act convincing. After all, who knew if his father and Brother Little Bear had planted spies in the farm?

Therefore, it was better to continue pretending that Tiger Head and Little Lion were still working on making toys in the room.