Chapter 43
Murong Xue knelt at the door of the imperial study.
He was extremely panicked: If Li Yun was really reborn like himself, then he must know that his death in the previous life was due to him.
If that's the case, then my plan to use his power to take revenge won't work.
No! I still have to think about what happens next.
In the imperial study, Li Xuantong looked at Li Ningyun in confusion: "Royal brother, haven't you always liked Xue'er? That's why I brought her into the palace."
Li Ningyun was speechless: "Well, I had an eye disease because I was young, but now I am cured."
Li Xuantong: “…”
Li Ningyun ordered him to leave: "It's nothing, just go back. I still have some memorials to review."
Li Xuantong carefully looked at Li Ningyun's expression and said, "Then...Brother Emperor, can Xue'er come with me?"
Li Ningyun refused bluntly: "No, let her kneel."
Li Xuantong: "...Okay, then I'll go back to the Princess's Mansion~"
After seeing Li Ningyun nod, Li Xuantong walked out hesitantly.
The way he kept looking back gave Li Ningyun a headache. "If you keep on procrastinating, I'll have someone send you to the temple to burn incense and pray for blessings tomorrow."
Before he could finish his words, Li Xuantong flew away with a whoosh.
Li Ningyun: "..."
Murong Xue, who was kneeling outside the door, saw Li Xuantong abandon her and run away without hesitation, and a hint of anger flashed in her eyes.
Li Ningyun pretended not to see Murong Xue's kneeling figure and dealt with memorials in the study.
Two hours later, Zhang Hua carefully reminded Li Ningyun: "Your Majesty, the time is up."
Li Ningyun smiled and nodded, took the teacup beside him, slowly walked out of the imperial study, and came in front of Murong Xue.
"Get up."
Murong Xue had been kneeling for so long that her knees had long lost all feeling.
She wanted to stand up, but stumbled, intending to use the momentum to pounce on Li Ningyun.
How cunning is Li Ningyun? How could she possibly succeed?
So Li Ningyun dodged it with a flash, and before Murong Xue could react, she fell to the ground.
Murong Xue looked up at Li Ningyun with grievance: "Your Majesty~"
Li Ningyun: "..."
If I am guilty, please let the Quick Transmigration Bureau punish me instead of letting me suffer such injustice here~
Li Ningyun looked at Zhang Hua who was standing there in a daze.
He raised his leg and kicked him: "You ignorant thing, don't you know how to help me?"
Zhang Hua was shocked by this series of actions. It wasn't until Li Ningyun kicked him that he came to his senses: "Oh oh oh! It's my fault."
Then he helped up Murong Xue, who was kneeling on the ground and crying.
Li Ningyun smiled and handed over the teacup in her hand: "Come, have some tea to moisten your throat."
Murong Xue hesitated a little: "Thank you, Your Majesty, I am not thirsty..."
Li Ningyun: "You said you weren't thirsty, but you've been kneeling for two hours without a drop of water. Your throat is hoarse."
Murong Xue still didn't want to take the glass of water. She looked at Li Ningyun with some wariness.
She was afraid that if the emperor in front of her was also reborn, would he poison her for revenge?
How could Li Ningyun not see Murong Xue's little thoughts?
She looked at Murong Xue with a smile: "What? Don't you want to drink?"
Murong Xue pursed her lips, hesitated for a moment, and then took the teacup handed to her by Li Ningyun.
Li Ningyun smiled and just looked at Murong Xue without saying anything.
The meaning is obvious.
I just want to see you drinking the tea in the cup even though you clearly suspect it is poisonous.
As for whether the water in the teacup is poisonous?
Of course not!
But other places? Hehe~
Li Ningyun has never been a good man or a believer.
The original owner was poisoned to death in two consecutive lives because of Murong Xue.
As the person who fulfilled the original owner's wish, how could he let Murong Xue have an easy time?
This time, Li Ningyun also gave Murong Xue a poison.
However, compared with the poison that Murong Xue gave to the original owner in the previous life.
That's a small witch compared to a big witch.
Li Ningyun's poison would make Murong Xue suffer incomparable pain every day.
The organs in Murong Xue's body will slowly rot, but it will not affect her life. It will only make her live in pain every day, unable to live or die!
Murong Xue obviously didn't want to gamble with her life.
So she pretended not to hold the teacup firmly.
The teacup fell to the ground and shattered.
Seeing this, Murong Xue quickly leaned forward to apologize: "Your Majesty, I was reckless and didn't hold the teacup firmly. I hope your Majesty will forgive me."
Li Ningyun sneered in his heart, but said nonchalantly: "Haha, it's okay, Zhang Hua, go get another cup of tea."
Zhang Hua hurried into the room and brought over another cup of tea.
Li Ningyun took it personally and handed it back to Murong Xue: "Even if my palace is poor, there is still a bowl of water."
What a joke! If Li Ningyun wanted to poison someone, she has plenty of means and methods!
Murong Xue watched helplessly as a small black pill fell into the tea when Li Ningyun handed her the teacup.
Murong Xue: "..."
So, what's the situation now?
Li Yun didn't even avoid me when he drugged me, right?
Murong Xue's eyes were moist, and she looked at Li Ningyun with a pitiful and delicate look in her eyes: "Your Majesty, what are you doing?"
Li Ningyun lied with his eyes wide open: "Oh, you mean this pill? It's for summer heat relief. You've been kneeling for so long, I hope you don't get a heat stroke."
Murong Xue was silent.
It's only May now, and the weather is still a bit cool in the morning and evening. You're telling me you have heatstroke?
But it seems that I have to drink this glass of water...
Murong Xue feigned gratitude and gave a shy smile: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your consideration."
After Murong Xue finished speaking, she used her wide sleeves to cover the water and poured it into her cuffs.
Didn't drink it.
Li Ningyun looked at Murong Xue's little movements with some evil taste.
Then he turned to look at Zhang Hua and said, "Go and pour Miss Murong a glass of water."
Murong Xue quickly stopped him: "Your Majesty, there is really no need. I am no longer thirsty."
Li Ningyun smiled sincerely, "How is that possible? Miss Murong's voice is still hoarse. I think one glass of water is not enough. Have another one."
While he was talking, Zhang Hua handed over another glass of water.
Li Ningyun was the first to take it.
Then he handed it to Murong Xue.
Murong Xue looked at the three round pills that had not yet dissolved at the bottom of the teacup.
Her silence was deafening at this moment.
Li Ningyun kindly reminded: "Ms. Murong, why don't you drink?"
When Murong Xue saw Li Ningyun's smiling face, she wanted to splash the water in her hand on her face!
But she didn't dare!
It would be fine if she poisoned him secretly, but if she really dared to pour water on the emperor's face so blatantly.
I guess I will have to be carried out!
Murong Xue took a deep breath, calmed herself down, and then poured the water into her sleeves again in the same way.
Seeing this, Li Ningyun hurriedly took the teacup that Murong Xue had just finished drinking and handed it to Zhang Hua.
Zhang Hua was smart this time. Without waiting for Li Ningyun's instructions, he went straight into the imperial study and came out again with a kettle and teacups.
Li Ningyun held the teacup and gestured to Zhang Hua to pour her tea.
Zhang Hua was very smart and quickly poured tea.
Li Ningyun took the poured tea and handed it back to Murong Xue.
Murong Xue: "..."
Your Majesty, would you like to see the layer of pills under the teacup?
Do you think I'm blind?
Murong Xue looked at Li Ningyun and said, "Your Majesty, are the pills at the bottom of this bowl also for treating heatstroke?"
Li Ningyun smiled and said, "That's not the case. This is to prevent you from eating too much at night and worrying about your stomach being stuffy."
Murong Xue: "..."
Murong Xue is about to go crazy again!
Do you want to listen to what you are saying?!
What the hell is this stomach indigestion?! I took so many pills, I didn't even have to eat dinner, and I still have stomach indigestion?!
Do you think I'm a fool?!
But she still obediently poured the bowl of water with pills into her sleeve in a serious manner.
That evening, when Murong Xue left the palace, water dripped from her sleeves all the way.
By the time he arrived at the Prime Minister's Mansion, water was still dripping from his sleeves.
Li Ningyun looked at the direction Murong Xue left and sneered, "Ha! Naive."
The pill in the teacup is actually a chocolate candy.
Li Ningyun saw all of Murong Xue's little movements.
The reason why I scared her like this was simply because I thought it was quite fun.
The real poison had already been inhaled into Murong Xue's lungs through breathing.
Murong Xue was so focused on the tea that she ignored the faint fragrance in the air.
And that fragrance was the poison that Li Ningyun had placed.
What a fool! You still want to play tricks on me!
Humph
As soon as Murong Xue returned home, she drove all the maids out of the room.
She was gasping for breath in the room.
She was scared to death!
Fortunately, she is smart!
Murong Xue thought she had successfully escaped the disaster with her clever little brain.
But one morning three days later.
While she was eating breakfast, she suddenly felt a pain in her stomach, but the pain soon disappeared.
Murong Xue didn't take it seriously at first, thinking that she had accidentally stretched it while eating.
But the pain suddenly started to get worse during lunch.
This time it lasted for a whole incense stick of time.
Seeing this, Murong Xue's maid hurriedly called the doctor from the mansion to come and take her pulse.
The old doctor took the patient's pulse again and again, but he couldn't find out what was going on.
I could only say, "Miss, you must have an upset stomach. I'll prescribe a stomach-strengthening and digestion-enhancing prescription for you. Please try it first."
The old doctor wrote the prescription and left.
The little maid began to hurriedly help Murong Xue boil the medicine.
After taking a bowl of medicine, the stomach that had originally stopped hurting began to feel a tearing pain again.
Seeing this, the little maid hurriedly went to ask the old doctor to come over.
As soon as the old doctor entered the room, he saw Murong Xue lying on the bed, sweating profusely.
The old doctor hurried forward to take the patient's pulse.
But the pulse results still showed that there was no problem!
The old doctor looked up again at the eldest lady whose forehead was covered with sweat.
If the naked eye could not see that the young lady was in great pain at the moment, the old doctor would have suspected that the young lady was faking illness!
The old doctor was helpless: "Please forgive me, Miss, I really can't tell what disease you have."
The little maidservant was originally wiping the sweat off Murong Xue's face with concern.
After hearing what the old doctor said, she was furious: "You quack! How can you prescribe medicine when you can't even tell what the disease is?! If anything happens to my young lady, the master and the mistress will definitely not let you go!"
Murong Xue was filled with impatience: "Alright! Send someone to find a doctor to come into the house."
It’s already this late, and you’re still here arguing!
Are you going to hurt her to death?!
Upon hearing this, the little maidservant didn't care about anything else and ran out to find someone to call a doctor.
The Prime Minister's wife heard that her daughter was sick.
Come over to visit immediately.
Looking at her daughter who was sweating from the pain, the Prime Minister's wife wiped away her tears out of heartache.
After a long while, Murong Xue came to her senses and the pain in her stomach disappeared.
She wiped the sweat from her face with a handkerchief, looked at the Prime Minister's wife who was wiping her tears, and said weakly: "Mom, don't cry, I'm fine."
Upon seeing this, the Prime Minister's wife quickly poured a glass of water over and helped Murong Xue to feed her: "Xue'er, what's wrong with you? Don't scare your mother."
Murong Xue had been struggling for so long and was a little thirsty, so she took the glass of water from the Prime Minister's wife's hand and drank it.
Then, the tearing pain came again.
Murong Xue rolled over and knocked over the teacup that the Prime Minister's wife had not yet handed over.
The Prime Minister's wife was startled and quickly looked at Murong Xue.
Then I saw Murong Xue rolling around on the bed again, covering her stomach.
The Prime Minister's wife looked anxiously at her personal nanny beside her: "Go to the palace gate and keep an eye on the master. If you see the master, tell him to ask the emperor to lend two imperial doctors to come and see Xue'er. Go quickly!"
"Yes, ma'am." The nanny received the task and hurried out.
The Prime Minister's wife looked at the little maidservant beside her and said, "Go to the door and see why the person who went to fetch the doctor hasn't returned yet?"
"Oh, my Xue'er, just bear with it, the doctor will be here soon."
Murong Xue nodded weakly.
After a while, the maid who went out to call the doctor came back.
A string of old doctors followed behind.
The old doctors came into the room panting and began to take Murong Xue's pulse one by one.
But without exception, no one could diagnose what disease Murong Xue had.
The Prime Minister's wife was extremely anxious: "How can there be no problem? Please take a closer look. Xue'er is in so much pain, how come you can't find anything?"
"I'm truly sorry, but I'm not very knowledgeable and there's nothing I can do to help you."
Several old doctors were driven out by the Prime Minister's wife.
Since no problems can be found, why stay here?
As for blaming others? The Prime Minister's wife really doesn't have the energy to think about that right now.
All her energy now is spent on feeling sorry for her daughter.
The Regent and Xun Qingyi were both in the Imperial Study today, reporting to Li Ningyun on the progress of the auction.
Zhang Hua came in and reported to Li Ningyun: "Your Majesty, the Prime Minister requests an audience. He said he has an important matter to ask for."
Li Ningyun thought about the time and determined that Murong Xue must have been poisoned.
She nodded at Zhang Hua.
Zhang Hua went out very smartly.
After a while, he took the prime minister into the imperial study.
When the Prime Minister saw Li Ningyun, he immediately rubbed his eyes and knelt down in tears: "Your Majesty, I beg you to save my life!"
Li Ningyun quickly stepped forward to help Murong Jingming up: "What are you doing, Prime Minister? If you have anything to say, just tell me directly. I will definitely help you if I can."
Murong Jingming cried and said, "Just now, a servant came to report that my daughter started having severe abdominal pain this morning. The doctors in the whole city couldn't find any problem. So I came here to beg Your Majesty to lend me two imperial physicians so that I can take them back to see my daughter."
Li Ningyun feigned anxiety and said, "You should have told me earlier, Zhang Hua. Go and call a few more imperial physicians and go to the Prime Minister's residence with the Prime Minister. Go check on Miss Murong's condition for me."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
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