Chapter 14: Shadow Poisoning

Lu An felt something was wrong. Xuanying had never gone to bed so early. Lu An walked over and pushed Xuanying, but Xuanying did not move.

Lu An called out to Xuanying in panic, "Xuanying, Xuanying, what's wrong with you? Wake up." No matter how Lu An called out, Xuanying didn't respond. Lu An reached out and felt Xuanying's breath and felt it was very weak.

He was so scared that he quickly ran out of the side hall and went to Minguang Hall. Lu An saw Eunuch De at the door of the hall.

Seeing Lu An's panic, Eunuch De asked, "Oh, what happened? Why are you running so fast?"

Lu An saw Eunuch De gasping for breath and said, "Xuanying, point to the side hall. I don't know why Xuanying has been unconscious and can't be woken up no matter how we call him. Call the imperial physician quickly."

Upon hearing this, Eunuch De quickly ordered someone to call the imperial physician and asked Lu An to go back to the side hall to look after Xuanying while he went into the hall to report to the emperor.

After Lu An returned to the side hall, the imperial physician and Pei Yan came soon. Lu An knelt on the ground, not daring to look up.

After examining Xuanying, the imperial physician knelt down in front of His Majesty and said, "Your Majesty, Xuanying is fine."

Lu An breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the imperial physician say that Xuanying was not seriously injured. Only then did he realize that he was sweating profusely from anxiety.

Pei Yan: "Have you found out why Xuanying is in a coma?"

The doctor said, "I have some guesses, but they need further confirmation. I wonder what Xuanying ate tonight?"

Pei Yan said, "Xuanying dined with me at night, there can't be any problem?"

Imperial Physician: "Did Xuanying eat anything else after returning to the side hall?"

Lu An immediately remembered that Xuan Ying had been unconscious because he drank the half cup of milk tea he poured. Lu An quickly went to get the half cup of milk tea that he had drunk.

The doctor sniffed it and said, "That's right. This milk has Diemeng grass added to it. This herb is fine for humans, but if animals drink it, they will either fall into a coma or die directly. Fortunately, Xuanying didn't drink much, so I will prescribe a prescription for him. Let Xuanying drink it for a few days and he will be fine."

Lu An was glad that he thought it was not good for dogs to drink too much of this stuff, so he didn't let Xuanying drink more.

Pei Yan was furious, "Go check for me all the people who entered and left the side hall this afternoon."

All the eunuchs and palace maids were so scared that they all knelt down. Lu An secretly looked at Pei Yan.

[Pei Yan didn't even think it was me]

[I thought Pei Yan would kill me directly]

Pei Yan glanced at Lu An and thought, do you think I'm as stupid as you?

After a while, Xia Yun was brought up by the guards. Xia Yun knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the emperor, "Your Majesty, spare my life, Your Majesty, it was not me who poisoned, it was Lu An, yes, it was Lu An, it was Lu An who poisoned and framed me, Your Majesty."

The guards also searched Xia Yun's residence and found the remaining Diemengcao powder. Eunuch De said, "How dare you! What excuses do you have now?"

Xia Yun: "It's not mine. It's not mine. Someone must be trying to frame me."

Pei Yan was too lazy to listen to her now, and said to the guard: "Take him away."

As for the consequences of taking him away, everyone knew it. When Xia Yun was taken away, he looked at Lu An with a vicious look in his eyes: "Why, why can a eunuch like him get the favor of His Majesty, why."

When Lu An heard Xia Yun say that he was the one who poisoned Xuan Ying, he was in a state of anger and shock. He couldn't understand why Xia Yun said that, since he had never offended him.

Did he gain Pei Yan's favor? He felt that he did not, and he had always lived cautiously in this palace.

[After all, who am I to be favored by Pei Yan?]

[It turns out that there is hatred without reason in this world]

Pei Yan saw that Lu An was indifferent throughout the whole process. He did not even try to defend himself when Xia Yun framed him. He felt inexplicably angry.

Pei Yan turned around and told Eunuch De: "I want to stay in the side hall tonight and watch Xuanying wake up."

After the imperial physician's medicine arrived, Lu An hurriedly took it and wanted to feed it to Xuanying. However, Xuanying was unconscious and couldn't open his mouth to drink the medicine. But Pei Yan was still watching, so he couldn't just pry open Xuanying's mouth and feed it to her.

[If I pour the liquid directly into Xuanying's mouth, will Pei Yan kill me? 】

Pei Yan couldn't understand why this little eunuch always wanted him to kill him, even though he had never even punished him.

Lu An thought about it and felt that Xuanying was more important, so he simply opened Xuanying's mouth and poured the liquid into her.

Pei Yan looked at Lu An with amusement as he glanced at him timidly, and thought to himself, am I really that scary?

After Xuanying finished drinking the medicine, Eunuch De reminded him, "Your Majesty, it's time to rest." Pei Yan nodded and went to take a bath and change his clothes.

There were two beds in the side hall. Although there was also a small couch, Lu An still didn't dare to sleep on it. He planned to spend the night by Xuanying's bed.

When Lu An was the only one left in the side hall, he couldn't help but feel uncomfortable. He came into this world alone, he was unfamiliar with the place, and people died easily. He was really scared.

He finally had Xuanying to keep him company, and he almost killed Xuanying. He was really scared. If he had given Xuanying a little more to drink, Xuanying might be dead now.

The more he thought about it, the more scared and sad he became. Lu An couldn't help crying. What kind of man doesn't shed tears easily? He is not a man now.

When Pei Yan came back, he saw the skinny little eunuch sitting under Xuan Ying's bed, crying with his back to his shoulder.

Pei Yan did not walk over, but just watched quietly from behind Lu An until Lu An stopped crying and couldn't resist the sleepiness and fell asleep beside Xuan Ying's bed. Then he walked over.

Pei Yan walked to the bedside and looked at the little eunuch who was sleeping restlessly in his dream, with his brows furrowed and his eyes red and swollen from crying. He looked really pitiful.

Pei Yan carried Lu An to the small couch by the window, covered him with a quilt, stood in front of the couch and looked at him for a while, then turned and walked out.