Chapter 326: Soft Muscles
Xie Jingze's life story is revealed, and the prince gives him three days to move out of the Jingbei Palace.
Xie Jingze still had some backbone. In the evening of the next day, he was helped to the prince's study by his servant.
However, the prince did not see him. He kowtowed three times to the prince outside the study, thanking the prince for raising and teaching him, and vowed to find the real Xie Jingze to atone for Concubine Wen and the Wen family. Then he and Song Nanyue left the Jingbei Palace.
After leaving the Jingbei Palace, Xie Jingze did not go to the Wen family, but temporarily stayed at Song Nanyue's dowry farm.
The prince did not allow Song Nanyue to take back the betrothal gifts from the Jingbei Palace, so she took them all away.
The dowry was quite large, and the maids and servants in the mansion took two or three days to move it back and forth. In order to avoid being bumped into by others, Chen Wan did not leave Zhaolanxuan during these three days.
Coral's condition didn't improve at all. She looked sick, but she was able to eat. After three days of bed rest, she became visibly rounder.
coral,"……"
What disease does she have?
Is it laziness and gluttony?
After Jingyuxuan was vacated, peace returned to the mansion.
That day, Shen Wan had breakfast and went to pay her respects to the princess.
The princess asked, "Is Shanhu the maid still not well?"
Shen Wan shook his head, "Not yet, Dean Zhao said it would take ten days to half a month to recover..."
The princess said, "It does sound a bit like mother's old problem."
Shen Wan invited Zhao Yuanzheng to come to the mansion to treat Shanhu. When the princess knew about it, she asked her maid Shaoyao to visit Shanhu.
But when Shaoyao went there, Coral was weakly gnawing on a chicken leg.
Coral just has weak limbs and her appetite is no different from usual. Peony is not worried about Coral. If the disease is really serious, it is impossible for her to eat.
After sitting with the princess for a while, Shen Wan went to the garden to admire the flowers for a while before returning to Zhaolanxuan.
As soon as he sat down, Dong'er came in and said, "Princess, Sister Xia He is here."
Xia He was the head maidservant of Yun. Whenever Yun had any matters, Xia He would be the one to pass on the message.
The gatekeepers also recognized Xia He. Almost as soon as Dong'er finished reporting, Xia He came in with a food box.
Shen Wan recognized at a glance that the food box belonged to the Yun family, as it had the Yun family's unique patterns on it.
Xia He said, "Madam asked me to bring some cakes to Second Aunt and to announce the good news..."
Good news?
What good news?
Princess Jiangling got married not long ago and should not be pregnant yet. Could it be that the date for her cousin's wedding has been set?
Shen Wan guessed in her heart that Yin Chuan had already asked aloud, "What happy event?"
Xia He smiled and said, "Second Young Master Yun and the third daughter of the Zhou family in Qingzhou are engaged."
Shen Wan's eyes widened, "Is there a result in the Zhou family case?"
Xia He nodded repeatedly. "The Duke has sent people to Qingzhou to investigate. Although the Qingzhou case has not been fully investigated, Lord Zhou is an upright official. The investigation found that he has nothing to do with the corruption case and has been acquitted. Madam Zhou has been staying in Kyoto for a long time and will be preparing to return to Qingzhou in the next few days."
"Today, the Duke's wife went to propose marriage for the second cousin, and Old Madam Zhou agreed."
After Yun Shi helped Yun Yue to ask for Miss Zhou San’s hand in marriage, he went to the Yun family.
Knowing that Chen Wan liked the Yun family's pastries and was worried about having others deliver them, Xia He asked her to make a trip and tell Chen Wan about the happy event.
Shen Wan was happy for her second cousin. This feeling of everyone around her being happy was very good.
Shen Wan tasted a piece of cake, then asked Yin Chuan to take it to the study and let Xie Jingyu taste it as well.
Handing it to his mouth, Xie Jingyu opened his mouth and took a bite. Shen Wan asked, "How does it taste?"
Xie Jingyu said, "Not bad."
Chen Wan picked up another piece and started eating. As they talked, Chun'er waved to Yinchuan from outside.
Yinchuan went out, then entered the study and walked towards the place where Chen Wan had placed the poison before.
Yinchuan crouched down to look for something, and finally knelt on the ground, looking under the bookshelf. Chen Wan saw it and asked, "What are you doing?"
“Found it!”
Yinchuan took out a piece of broken porcelain from under the cabinet.
Yinchuan got up from the ground, brushed off the dust on her body, and then came over to reply, "Shanhu has been thinking about how she got sick for a few days. She suddenly realized that the prince's wife knocked over the medicine bottle that day. When she was cleaning it up, her hand touched the powder. She suspected that she was poisoned and asked Chun'er to look for it. Chun'er didn't dare to enter the study, so she asked this servant to help look for it..."
Yinchuan handed the broken porcelain pieces she found to Chen Wan and Xie Jingyu.
There was a piece of paper stuck on the porcelain tile with three small words on it:
Softening muscles.
Coral's symptoms are indeed a bit like being poisoned by soft muscle powder. His limbs are weak and he can't get out of bed, but his appetite is not affected.
But if he was accidentally poisoned by the muscle softening powder, how could Zhao Yuanzheng not be able to get rid of it?
Antidotes are also medicines and should not be taken casually.
Shen Wan looked at Xie Jingyu, and Xie Jingyu frowned, "It's not an antidote to fight poison with poison, so it's okay to take it."
Yinchuan took out the antidote from the drawer and quickly gave it to Shanhu.
Less than half an hour after taking it, Chun'er came to tell Shen Wan, "Princess, Shanhu's hands and feet have regained some strength and she can get out of bed and walk a few steps..."
Chen Wan was happy and puzzled. "It must be the Softening Muscle Powder, but why didn't the doctor and Zhao Yuanzheng say anything? They were afraid that I would ask more questions, so they quickly took the medicine box and left."
Xie Jingyu frowned and shouted, "Chen Ping."
Almost as soon as he finished speaking, Chen Ping jumped out of the window into the house.
Xie Jingyu said, "Go buy a pack of tendon softening powder."
After Chen Ping left, Shen Wan looked at Xie Jingyu in confusion, "Why did you buy the muscle softening powder?"
Xie Jingyu's eyes were dark. "It's impossible for Zhao Yuanzheng not to be able to tell the poison of the Softening Muscle Powder. There's only one possibility. He's been given a gag order and dares not speak."
Shen Wan, “…???”
Gag Zhao Yuanzheng for Shanhu?
Isn’t this too outrageous?
etc.
Shen Wan reacted, her eyes widening, "Are you suspecting that my mother's old illness was caused by someone giving her a muscle softening powder?"
Shen Wan thought it unlikely.
Who would give the princess a muscle softening powder?
As the name of the poison, Ruanjinsan, suggests, it will make people's muscles and bones weak and sickly, but it is not fatal.
These people in the mansion are more cruel and ruthless than each other. If they want to poison someone, they would never do such a minor poison.
"I hope I'm just being overthinking."
But since he had a suspicion, he had to find out.
By the evening, Shanhu had recovered most of her strength. Although her steps were still a little unsteady, she was able to come to see Chen Wan with the help of Chun'er, holding on to the wall.
Yinchuan just thought that the prince was wise. He was afraid that the princess would be in danger if she used poison, so he didn't knock others down, but instead knocked himself down and confiscated the poison from the princess. But even so, the princess still knocked over the medicine bottle, and Shanhu was accidentally poisoned.
Fortunately, it was not the Crown Prince's Consort who was poisoned by the Softening Muscle Powder. She was pregnant, and if the disease she had could not be diagnosed, who knows how many people would be scared.
In the study, Xie Jingyu handed the muscle softening powder to Chen Ping and said, "Put it quietly into the tea that mother is drinking."
Chen Ping felt the medicine bag in his hand was hot. "Do we really have to do this?"
"Go ahead."
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