Chapter 55: Villain Xiao is not an ordinary person

As expected, one has to sit comfortably, Yun Qingshi thought as he yawned lazily.

Prince Xiao took the opportunity to pick up a piece of pastry from the plate on the small table next to him and fed it to the young man's lips.

After yawning, Yun Qingshi opened his mouth and took a bite of the snack out of habit, then met the palace maid on the ground with a shocked look.

After the shock, there was an expression as if he suddenly understood something.

After noticing Yun Qingshi's gaze, the palace maid hurriedly looked away in a panic.

When Yun Qingshi saw the other party's series of expressions, he understood that Xiao Jiwu had not wrongly accused anyone, and there was definitely something wrong with this palace maid.

He then struggled to get down.

Yun Qingshi was worried that the palace maid would reveal the affair between him and Xiao Jiwu. If the emperor heard about it, he would definitely be silenced.

Xiao Jiwu can shut up his subordinates, but this palace maid is not Xiao Jiwu's person.

Just as Yun Qingshi was about to pull Xiao Jiwu's arm away, His Royal Highness Prince Yi suddenly leaned close to the young man's ear and whispered, "Don't be afraid. She won't have the chance to tell anyone alive."

The sound was so soft that only the two of them could hear it.

Yun Qingshi turned his head suspiciously and looked into Xiao Jiwu's eyes, but finally compromised and stopped struggling.

Just at this moment, a sound of footsteps came from far away.

Soon, several guards appeared in the courtyard and saluted Xiao Jiwu.

The leading guard then presented a square wooden tray to Prince Xiao: "Prince, we found this in her pillow."

Yun Qingshi looked over when he heard this and found that the wooden tray contained an ordinary-looking sachet.

Yun Qingshi glanced at the palace maid on the ground again and saw that she was finally visibly panicking.

This person's mental quality is not good enough, how dare he give drugs?

Yun Qingshi couldn't help but complain...

Prince Xiao glanced at the sachet, then frowned and said, "Hold it away."

It was undoubtedly this strange fragrance, Xiao Jiwu remembered it very clearly.

"Yes." Upon hearing this, the guard quickly took a few steps back.

Xiao Jiwu then released his arms from Yun Qingshi's waist and instructed Zhao Mingde, "Let the two imperial doctors come in to examine him. Don't give them a chance to discuss the matter."

"Yes." Zhao Mingde agreed quickly and went outside to welcome the two imperial doctors.

Yun Qingshi also understood what Xiao Jiwu meant, and quickly stood up and retreated behind Xiao Jiwu.

A moment later, two imperial doctors dressed in wide robes with big sleeves were brought into the courtyard.

Yun Qingshi stood behind Xiao Jiwu and watched the two imperial doctors examine the sachets respectively. Then, one of the imperial doctors was taken to the side hall by Zhao Mingde for questioning.

About a moment later, Zhao Mingde came back, walked straight to Xiao Jiwu, and bowed close to Prince Xiao's ear to report.

Because Yun Qingshi was standing behind Xiao Jiwu, he could still hear Zhao Mingde clearly even though his voice was very low.

Zhao Mingde said that it was a strong aphrodisiac called Hongluandong, which could make one aroused after just smelling it for a moment, but this kind of thing was rare and obviously not something a palace maid could easily obtain.

Yun Qingshi now understood that Xiao Jiwu was worried that the two people would contradict each other, so he wanted them to speak separately.

Sure enough, after Zhao Mingde finished his report and stepped back, he turned to another imperial physician and said, "Imperial Physician Zhou, it's your turn to tell me what this is."

Hearing this, the imperial physician surnamed Zhou nodded and spoke, "Your Highness, this sachet contains an aphrodisiac called Hongluandong. If someone uninformed smells it for even a moment, they'll lose control of their emotions. If they smell it for even two moments, their consciousness will become chaotic, and they'll completely lose control, driven by instinct. However, this drug is extremely rare, having long been banned within the palace, and even outside of it, it's priceless."

Zhao Mingde hurriedly asked, "Doctor Zhou, is this medicine harmful to your health?"

The imperial physician quickly replied again: "Don't worry, Eunuch Zhao, this medicine will only be used once and will not harm your body."

Zhao Mingde heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing this, and nodded slightly in response, "That's good."

Xiao Jiwu immediately opened his mouth and said, "Zhao Mingde, send the two imperial physicians back."

"Yes." Zhao Mingde responded quickly and sent the two imperial doctors away from Jinhua Palace.

Yun Qingshi was thinking that it only took two moments of smelling the drug to completely cause a person to lose self-control. However, Xiao Jiwu smelled the drug for more than that amount of time yesterday, and he was still able to retain his sanity and push the eunuch away.

It can be seen that the villain Xiao is not an ordinary person.

After sending the imperial physician away, Zhao Mingde returned to the courtyard.

Xiao Jiwu then gave him a look.

Zhao Mingde understood what she meant and walked forward and slapped the palace maid lying on the ground hard.

With just one slap, the palace maid started bleeding from the corner of her mouth and immediately trembled with fear.

Yun Qingshi felt his face hurt just by standing by and watching.

Zhao Mingde demanded harshly, "Bitch, why don't you tell the truth? The evidence is right in front of you, what else do you have to say? Who ordered you to do this, and who gave you the drugs? If you don't tell me, you won't feel comfortable anymore! Are you going to tell me or not?!"

The maid seemed to understand that it was useless to cry out for justice at this moment, but she kowtowed again and changed her words. She cried and said, "I did it. No one ordered me to do it. I was blinded by greed and wanted to fly to the branches and become a phoenix, so I dared to do such a thing. There really was no one who ordered me to do it..."

Zhao Mingde frowned upon hearing this and interrupted the maid: "No one ordered you to do this? Then how did a mere maid like you get the Red Luan Dong, which is worth thousands of gold? You won't tell the truth, will you?"

Upon hearing this, the palace maid opened her mouth tremblingly, but was completely unable to answer Zhao Mingde's question.

Seeing this, Zhao Mingde slowly straightened up as if he had lost his patience, and then spoke: "You won't tell me, right? Come, start the torture. First, chop off a few of her fingers. We want to see how hard her mouth is. Can it be tougher than a knife?"

After saying that, Zhao Mingde signaled to the guards beside the palace maid: "Go ahead."

Yun Qingshi:!

Hearing this, Yun Qingshi reacted quickly and looked away.

However, in order to avoid being noticed by Xiao Jiwu, he did not dare to make any big movements and just looked up at the sky.

The weather is really nice today, he thought.

Then, there was the sound of swords chopping and a miserable wail.

Yun Qingshi couldn't help but grit his teeth.

After the wailing, the maid desperately begged for mercy: "Prince Yi, please spare my life. I really know that I was wrong. I will never dare to do it again. Please spare my life..."

Zhao Mingde continued, "You still don't want to say it? Then we'll have to continue. Once all ten of your fingers are chopped off, we'll have someone cut off your nose and gouge out your eyes."

"Get started." Zhao Mingde ordered again.

Following Zhao Mingde's command, the palace maid finally became frightened and cried out, "I'll tell you! I'll tell you! I'll tell you everything!"