Chapter 29: Concubine Xian is Poisoned

When Rong Yu saw the doctor walking away, he immediately stepped forward and was about to beat Ye Chenyin.

"It's all your fault! Everything has been discovered. Where can I put my face?" He is a host, but his private life was exposed in public today. It's really embarrassing!

Ye Chenyin acquiesced to his little temper, treating it as flirting between husband and wife, with an expression of enjoyment on his face.

Rong Yu was even more furious when she saw him like this, and felt extremely embarrassed: "You're still laughing, still laughing."

Ye Chenyin stretched out his long arms, holding him tightly in his arms, and placed a gentle kiss on his forehead: "It is only natural for the king and the princess to perform the Zhougong ceremony. What does it have to do with others?"

Rongyu was almost irritated by him.

Does this guy even understand the truth about how rumors can kill people? He actually makes it sound so nonchalant.

"Aren't you afraid that Doctor Shen will spread the news and bring shame to your Prince Jing?"

"This prince never takes insignificant people to heart. Besides, what if the news gets out?" Ye Chenyin raised an eyebrow and said matter-of-factly, "This is the fact."

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He thought he was daring enough, but he didn't expect that the person in front of him was an ancestor-level figure.

Too lazy to argue with him anymore, Rong Yu simply pushed him away and continued to practice calligraphy.

Shen Qinghe returned to Prince Yan's Mansion and knew that Ye Chenyuan was anxious, so he didn't dare to delay for a moment.

He reported Rong Yu's condition to Ye Chenyuan in detail, and added at the end: "He looks better than before."

When Ye Chenyuan first heard this, a relieved smile appeared on his face, but that smile quickly froze at the corner of his mouth, and an inexplicable feeling of bitterness and loss inexplicably surged in his heart.

Shen Qinghe looked at the change in his expression and felt a little disturbed in his heart, but he did not mention the secret matter in Prince Jing's mansion after all.

Rongyu and Ye Chenyin have already consummated their marriage, so he will definitely feel even more uncomfortable.

The unwillingness and sadness that flashed across Ye Chenyuan's eyes were all seen by Shen Qinghe, but the loneliness that could not be concealed in Shen Qinghe's eyes did not attract Ye Chenyuan's attention at all.

Shen Qinghe sighed secretly, then forced himself to smile and said, "Your Highness, it's getting late. I'll go back first."

Ye Chenyuan finally came back to his senses and said gently, "Thank you for your help today. I will take you there."

"Your Highness," Shen Qinghe paused, his expression serious. "If you're only worried about Rongyu's safety, from what I've seen today, he's doing well in Prince Jing's mansion. If it's for something else..." He paused, his tone carrying a barely perceptible sadness. "That's not necessary."

Yaozhi was serious, no joke. He knew Ye Chenyin's character well, but was Rongyu's whimsical nature truly suited to the entrenched palace? Yet, why was there a tinge of sadness in Yaozhi's tone?

Ye Chenyuan carefully pondered the profound meaning of the words, "If it's for something else, there's no need for it," and suddenly recalled the scene of the two of them holding hands at Yan Ruyu that day. Could it be... they really...?

"I am just worried that Rong Yu has been wronged."

"His Royal Highness Prince Jing takes good care of him." After Shen Qinghe finished speaking, he turned around and left without stopping, his back revealing a thin sense of determination.

Ye Chenyuan watched the thin figure walking away, his heart in turmoil. He couldn't tell whether it was because of Shen Qinghe's words or because of his unusual aloofness today.

The aftertaste of the Spring Festival is gradually fading away, and in a few days it will be the Shangsi Festival, the ancient people's Valentine's Day.

Rong Yu was curious about how people in ancient times celebrated Valentine's Day, as men and women rarely met before marriage. Did they communicate through a screen?

He specifically asked Butler Cai what gift to give to someone he liked. He planned to take advantage of the Shangsi Festival to give Ye Chenyin a token of his affection. If he could please him, who knows, his Darkness Value might drop a bit.

Housekeeper Cai twirled his beard and said, "Women are often given handkerchiefs, belts, purses, and hairpins, while men can be given jade pendants, sword tassels, or hair crowns."

Rongyu listened to these conventional options and felt that they were boring and unoriginal, so she secretly decided to make a special gift by herself.

"Host, your doom has come."

"What calamity?" Rong Yu was just wondering when he heard a burst of hurried footsteps running towards Ye Chenyin's study.

'What happened?'

"According to the plot, Concubine Xian has been poisoned and is in imminent danger."

"Poisoned? Isn't she a recluse who rarely interacts with others?"

"It was Ye Chenming. In order to prove your identity and allow Emperor Gan to punish Ye Chenyin, he asked Luosha Hall for a strange poison. This poison was refined by Luosha Hall. He poisoned Concubine Xian in order to nail your identity to the ground."

"Damn it! Why is Ye Chenming looking for trouble during Chinese New Year? Can't he wait until after the New Year?! But I don't know how to detoxify... Do I have an antidote?" Rong Yu frantically searched his body but found nothing suspicious, and he had no antidote in mind.

"It's your blood. To control their disciples, the Rakshasa Hall regularly administers poison and distributes suppressive antidotes. Over time, the poison's effects accumulate in the disciples' bodies. The key antidote to the poison Xianpin contracted is the leaves of the blood-blighted flower, and the antidote you took contains this substance."

Rong Yu couldn't help but roll his eyes: "Hundreds of years old and still using the same old joke!"

"What will happen if you don't save Concubine Xian?"

Anyway, Concubine Xian was mean and ungrateful to Ye Chenyin. She was just a cannon fodder in the play. Even if she died, it wouldn't affect the overall situation. Why take the risk?

"If Concubine Xian dies, Ye Chenyin will most likely massacre the palace, killing the emperor and his ministers. The author has designed him to be decisive and ruthless, but deep down he desperately desires his mother's approval. Concubine Xian's death will completely destroy the last shackles of his rationality, and then your mission will never be completed."

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Is this author out of his mind? How could he come up with such a stupid setting?

She's already so decisive, yet she's still obsessed with her mother's approval? Damn it! If I could go back, I'd definitely send her a private message and curse her to death, and even go live on social media! She'd never even think about becoming famous in her life!

'Host! Ye Chenyin is about to enter the palace, hurry up and follow him!'

Rongyu didn't dare to delay and rushed out. Seeing Ye Chenyin was about to climb onto the horse.

"Your Highness!" Rong Yu ran up to him and raised his head eagerly, "Take me with you!"

"You stay in the mansion. This matter...it will be very inconvenient for you to get involved."

Ye Chenyin frowned. He could think of no one else besides Luoshatang who could sneak into the deep palace and poison Concubine Xian, a utterly harmless person in the remote Chaoyun Palace.

This is clearly a trap set for Rong Yu!

Seeing Ye Chenyin about to leave, Rong Yu blurted out in a panic: "Your Highness! The poison in Xianpin, I'm afraid... only I can cure it!"

Ye Chenyin's body suddenly stopped, his eyes as sharp as torches, looking at him seriously, with intense struggle and weighing in his eyes.