Chapter 121 Forced

The Regent of Great Chu sent his concubine to be an undercover agent and placed her in the Duke of Ying's Mansion. One can imagine how big this conspiracy is. I'm afraid he wants to subvert Great Xia.

In this way, the matter of Liu Rumeng is no longer a trivial matter in the Duke's Mansion, but a national affair.

After all, the Duke of Ying is currently Daxia's most capable general, and almost no other country can defeat him. It can be said that as long as the Duke of Ying is there, other countries will not dare to invade Daxia.

Originally, he inherited his father's bravery and wisdom, and had performed well on the battlefield at the age of fifteen. If his health had not suddenly deteriorated, he would not have gone to the Ministry of Personnel, but would have stayed in the army. Liu Rumeng and the others probably poisoned him for this reason.

Pei Jingchuan thought slowly. He had to find evidence to prove Liu Rumeng's identity. It would be best if he could seize the opportunity to capture the regent in Daxia, so that he could charge Dachu with illegal entry and conspiracy. As for Liu Rumeng and Pei Jingyuan, his father would surely sacrifice his relatives for the sake of justice. So Pei Jingchuan made a decision secretly.

After Xu Qingyan learned about Liu Rumeng's identity, she did not intend to hide it. She suddenly had an idea and looked at Pei Jingchuan with curious eyes, and hinted in a roundabout way: "My husband, you said that this concubine Liu was brought back from the border when my father was fighting. The population there is quite complicated. Could she be a spy? Especially, she actually went to meet the mysterious man without anyone noticing this time. I think you might send someone to investigate it. If she is a spy, it might implicate the Duke's Mansion."

Pei Jingchuan and the Duke's wife looked at each other and nodded in agreement, "Qingyan, your guess makes sense. I just suspected the same thing. My father is a great general, and he is feared by the enemy countries. If they want to break through our Great Xia, it is entirely possible that they will attack us."

Xu Qingyan listened to Pei Jingchuan's words, nodded repeatedly, and said: "Yes! Husband, you are so smart! As long as you continue to investigate, you may get something."

Pei Jingchuan looked at Xu Qingyan gently and said, "Yes! I will."

At the same time, Liu Rumeng called Pei Jingyuan to her room again and carefully handed him a black porcelain bottle.

Liu Rumeng warned, "There is only one bottle of this medicine. The Regent thought about it for a long time before agreeing to give it to you. You really have to be careful this time and don't let him find out."

Pei Jingyuan happily took the medicine bottle and said, "Don't worry, I have a good solution this time. The young master would never have thought that he would be poisoned there."

At night, Tingyuxuan was completely quiet. Pei Jingchuan and Xu Qingyan fell asleep exhausted after tossing and turning.

Xu Qingyan's maids Danyan and Ziyan lived in the side room. Danyan slept until three o'clock in the morning when she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her stomach, so she quickly got up, lit the lamp and went to the guest room.

The maid's room was in the most remote corner of Tingyuxuan, and there was no one guarding it at night. Dan Yan just came out of the room as if she had shed a layer of skin, and suddenly someone covered her mouth from behind.

"Mmmmm..." Dan Yan's eyes widened in horror and she struggled instinctively, but a woman's strength was no match for a man's and she was dragged out of Tingyu Pavilion.

"Help... Help!" After being dragged all the way, Dan Yan was pulled into a dark room. Then, a pair of strong hands grabbed her chin and a pill was stuffed into her mouth.

"Pa!" Pei Jingyuan slapped Dan Yan hard.

Pei Jingyuan deliberately spoke in a mixed voice, and it was hard to tell whether he was speaking male or female: "Shut up! What I just gave you was a poison that can cause your internal organs to rot. If you don't want to die, just listen to me!"

When Dan Yan heard that she had taken poison, she was frightened and her face turned pale. She raised her eyes in horror and looked at the person in front of her, but there was no light in the room, only the faint moonlight leaking in from the window.

She could only vaguely know that the person in front of her was a tall and handsome man, but his voice was very strange and weird. After being stunned, she slowly realized that it was the middle of the night and in a remote corner with no one around, so no one would come to save her.

After Dan Yan calmed down for a moment, she asked fearfully, "I have no grudge against you. I don't know what you want to do?"

"Don't be afraid, I just want you to do something. If you do it well, I will give you the antidote." Pei Jingyuan was wearing a mask and his expression could not be seen when he spoke.

Dan Yan heard this, but suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart. Asking her to do something? She is a maid, and they just want her to murder her master!

"You...what do you want me to do?" Although she had already guessed it, she still asked with a fluke mentality.

She didn't want to betray Xu Qingyan, but she didn't want to die like this either. She still had her parents and sister to take care of! What if, what if it wasn't to harm Xu Qingyan?

Pei Jingyuan took out the black bottle, shook it in front of her eyes, and said, "Tomorrow, find a chance to put the contents of this bottle into the young master's tea. I will monitor you in secret, and only when I see that you succeed will I give you the antidote."

"You want me to poison the young master? No...no!" Dan Yan refused almost subconsciously.

Pei Jingyuan heard this, his eyes turned fierce and he said: "If you don't do it, then wait for death! Oh! By the way, I heard that you have a younger sister, and her parents are both in the manor of the Duke's Mansion, right?"

"What are you going to do? My parents are honest people. They don't know anything. Don't try to take advantage of them!" Dan Yan said in horror after hearing this.

Pei Jingyuan laughed sarcastically and said, "If you don't listen to me, after you die, I will have no choice but to look for your parents and sister."

His laughter seemed extremely creepy in the dark night, like the Yama King from hell.

Dan Yan was so frightened that she quickly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy: "I beg you, don't hurt my family, I will do anything you want me to do!"

"You want me to let them go? Then you have to listen to me and give this medicine to the young master tomorrow. If you can't do it, your whole family will go to hell together!" Pei Jingyuan snorted coldly.

Upon hearing this, Dan Yan collapsed to the ground with a look of pain on her face. After hesitating for a long time, she painfully agreed.

——The next day——

After Pei Jingchuan and Xu Qingyan got up, they washed up and had breakfast together.

Danyan and Ziyan were serving as usual. Ziyan was in charge of serving the food, while Danyan was in charge of preparing the tea.

Xu Qingyan stretched lazily and suddenly felt a little thirsty. She pointed to the cup of fruit tea in Dan Yan's hand and said, "Dan Yan, I'm thirsty. The cup of tea in your hand smells good. Give it to me!"

Dan Yan panicked when she heard this, and stammered a little: "Princess, this... this cup of tea is for the young master, I... I'll pour you another cup."

"Dan Yan, what's wrong with you? Why do you look so bad? You have such thick dark circles and your eyes are so swollen. What did you do last night?" Xu Qingyan could see Dan Yan's expression clearly and asked curiously.