Chapter 42 Lord Shen scolded His Highness all night

Shen Chu choked so badly that tears streamed down her face, and she instinctively tried to pinch her throat.

The sweet liquid slid down her throat, and she paused involuntarily.

Hmm, it tastes a little sweet.

"What kind of poison is this?"

Pei Yuan scoffed, "Arsenic."

"You're lying. It hurts a lot when you get poisoned by arsenic. Didn't you just say it didn't hurt or itch?"

Pei Yuan scoffed, "Can't I just lie to you?"

Shen Chu glared at him through gritted teeth.

Pei Yuan tossed aside his wine cup and sat back down in his chair.

The woman in front of him had flushed cheeks from anger, her features were exquisite, and her clear eyes were filled with a tearful look of grievance. Compared to the usual Shen Chu, she was more lively and beautiful.

Hmm, she's much more pleasing to the eye than Shen Chu, who always has a fake smile on her face.

Pei Yuan glanced out the window; dusk was falling and night was approaching.

"Since Lord Shen is not cooperating, then go back and wait to die."

Shen Chu clenched her fists, then turned and walked out.

"Wait a minute."

Shen Chu turned around angrily, "What else does Your Highness want?"

A small porcelain bottle flew over.

Shen Chu caught it instinctively.

"The best jade cream in the palace, apply it to your hands before you die, consider it a gift from this prince."

Shen Chu wished she could smash the porcelain bottle back at Pei Yuan's face.

But she was worried that Pei Yuan had really put out poison, so she didn't dare to delay and turned to leave with the medicine bottle in her hand.

Jinbao came in to tidy up and asked in a low voice, "Your Highness, that's clearly just ordinary itching powder. Why did you scare Lord Shen by saying it was arsenic?"

"You didn't see how pale Master Shen's face was when he ran out."

Pei Yuan snorted, "Hasn't Shen Chu's face always been quite pale?"

This guy is really stubborn; even when he threatened Shen Chu with "poison," he didn't change his mind.

The more this happened, the more certain he became that Shen Chu was looking for something in him.

"Have Sun Yan keep an eye on Shen Chu tonight and see what he's been up to."

As soon as Chen Chu got home, she started rummaging through drawers and cabinets looking for things.

"Young master, what are you looking for?" Hongxiu came in and saw the mess she had made, so she quickly stepped forward to help her up. She smelled the alcohol on her and asked, "Young master, have you been drinking?"

Chen Chu's eyes were brimming with tears. "That damned Pei Yuan poisoned me! Hongxiu, quickly find the antidote pills that Senior Brother prepared."

Hongxiu's expression changed. "Young Master, are you poisoned? You don't look like you've been poisoned."

"Doesn't it look like it?" Shen Chu blinked.

“Pei Yuan is unpredictable; who knows if he might actually poison me? I’m already starting to feel itchy all over.”

Hongxiu felt Chen Chu's pulse; it was normal. Where was he poisoned?

"Young master, is it possible that you are overly nervous?"

"Impossible, it's poison. That dog Pei Yuan isn't that kind. Quickly find an antidote."

Hongxiu scratched her head. Although the young master had a decent alcohol tolerance, she had a problem: when drunk, she would talk a lot, become very clingy, and be extremely stubborn.

"Here you are, the antidote."

Hongxiu found a piece of candy and put it in her mouth to coax her to eat it.

"Huh, why is the antidote sweet?"

Chen Chu muttered to herself as she lay down on the bed, pulling Hongxiu's hand and beginning to unleash her excellent talent for cursing:

"Hongxiu, Pei Yuan is no human being. He's cunning, ruthless, philandering, and a spendthrift..."

"Pei Yuan is just a dog."

"It was still a big wolfhound, a big wolfhound wearing a fox skin."

"If I die tomorrow morning, you must avenge me and kill Pei Gou."

Shen Chu fell asleep grumbling.

Sun Yan, who was lying on the roof, rubbed his face.

Isn't it said that scholars can insult others without using vulgar language?

Why is Master Shen so blunt when he scolds people?

Pei Yuan, who was sitting in his study drinking tea, suddenly sneezed three times.

Sun Yan entered the study and reported, "Your Highness, that maid has confessed that she is from the Heng Prince's residence. She probably wanted Miss Xie to die in the residence and frame Your Highness."

Pei Yuan nodded. "Where are they?"

He committed suicide by biting his tongue.

Sun Yan paused for a moment, then said softly, "Your Highness, I spent half the night monitoring Lord Shen, but I found nothing."

Pei Yuan frowned. "He didn't say anything when he went back?"

"Young Master Shen said a great deal."

What were they saying?

"These words don't need to be repeated. What else?"

Sun Yan was silent for a moment, then said, "Young Master Shen said His Highness is not a human being, that you are cunning, ruthless, philandering, and a spendthrift..."

Pei Yuan....

"Young Master Shen also said you are a dog, or rather, a big wolfhound in fox fur."

Pei Yuan, his face dark, asked each word slowly and deliberately, "Is there anything else?"

"Young Master Shen also instructed his maid that if he died, she must kill you, you dog..."

"Get out."

Pei Yuan stroked the jade-bone fan, his smile chilling.

He really gave me an unnecessary tube of ointment, Chen Chu, well done.

"Get back here. Go and take the ointment I gave you back from Chen Chu."

As Sun Yan left, he complained to Jin Bao, "Your Highness is so stingy; he made me retrieve the ointment that was given out."

Jinbao sighed, "Actually, some things don't need to be repeated so clearly. As subordinates, we sometimes need to know how to tell white lies."

Sun Yan, his face expressionless, said, "I'm not lying."

Jinbao: If you can't carry it, you deserve to run errands all the time.

On the second day after the initial sleep, he slept until it was fully light before waking up.

She blinked and heard Hongxiu call out, "Young Master, you're awake?"

Turning her head, she met Hongxiu's surprised face and asked blankly, "I'm still alive?"

Hongxiu rolled her eyes. "You weren't poisoned at all."

Shen Chu sat there blankly for a moment, then suddenly sprang up.

"That Pei dog lied to me again."

Hongxiu rolled her eyes. "Young master, the Sixth Prince didn't give you poison at all. You must be overthinking it."

Chen Chu rubbed the bruises on her wrists and frowned.

She clearly felt itchy all over; Pei Yuan must have drugged her.

This guy deliberately reported that she had drugged him in the palace, and then took the opportunity to trick her into revealing information.

A cunning dog that holds grudges and seeks revenge!

She must have had too much to drink last night, otherwise she definitely wouldn't have been fooled.

etc.

"How do you know he didn't poison me?" Shen Chu asked suspiciously.

Hongxiu snorted, "The Sixth Prince's guards came to the door and said it in person, and they even took away the muscle-regenerating ointment that the Sixth Prince had given us."

Chen Chu...

It's just a bottle of skin-regenerating ointment; Pei Yuan is so stingy.

"This servant thinks the Sixth Prince is a decent person. He only threatened you when he caught you red-handed, and then released you in the end," Hongxiu continued to praise Pei Yuan.

Shen Chu rubbed his forehead.

Not bad at all. That guy is a perfect combination of deep thinking, ambition, cunning, and ruthlessness.

Once I get my purse back, I must stay far away from Pei Yuan.

But Pei Yuan is so wary, how can she get her purse back?

"Young Master, the Marquis requests your presence."

The servant of the Marquis of Changning was talking outside.

Shen Chu responded and got up to wash up.

The sun had just risen outside. Fortunately, as a fifth-rank censor, she didn't have to attend court every day; she only needed to participate in the grand court assembly held every five days.

As she changed into her official robes, she asked Hongxiu, "Did Zhao Yufang get any results last night?"