Chapter 333 Something's happened, run!
The waiter had no idea where the Valley Master had gone, so he hurriedly went to find the Hall Master.
When the head of the hall, Hua Yingqiu, heard that Yun Zhao had arrived, she hurriedly came out from the back hall.
"So it's Junior Sister!"
Hua Yingqiu had always heard that her martial uncle had taken on a young apprentice.
Because Xian Pingyan lost a bet, he gave up his position as the third disciple, and the youngest apprentice became the third disciple under his master's tutelage.
The other person called her junior sister. Yun Zhao recognized her master's two eldest disciples, so she guessed that the other person was her senior uncle's disciple.
"Hello, senior sister. It's a pleasure to meet you. I am Yun Zhao."
"Hello Zhao Zhao, I am Hua Yingqiu. The old valley master is my senior uncle. I am currently in charge of the medical clinic in Guanzhou. Everyone calls me Hall Master Hua. You can just call me Senior Sister Yingqiu."
Hua Yingqiu was only around thirty years old. Her hair was styled in a bun with a lotus-shaped hairpin, giving her a gentle and graceful air.
"Senior Sister Yingqiu!"
Yun Zhao responded in response.
"The old Valley Master is at Master Liu's residence. Let me take you there."
Hua Yingqiu had a carriage brought over and took Yun Zhao to the Liu residence.
On the way, Yun Zhao was a little curious.
"Senior Sister Yingqiu, what happened at Master Liu's mansion? Why does Master have to come in person?"
When Pei Jishi was young, he devoted himself to studying medicine and traveled to various countries to treat rare and difficult diseases.
After inheriting the position of Valley Master, Pei Jishi focused his attention on taking on disciples and compiling medical books.
He rarely takes action unless it's something like the plague incident last time.
"A relative of Master Liu has come from the capital, saying he is ill and, having learned that the Valley Master has descended the mountain, has come to seek his help."
Master Liu was an old friend of the Valley Master, and he often helped Jishetang in Guanzhou, so the Valley Master went to lend a hand.
Even Hua Yingqiu didn't know what illness her relative had.
As soon as the carriage arrived outside the Liu residence, Hua Yingqiu stepped off, and the servant at the gate recognized her.
"Master Hua? What brings you here?"
Wasn't the old master inside receiving treatment? Why is she here too?
"Please inform the old Valley Master that Junior Sister has arrived."
Hua Yingqiu said politely.
When the servant came out of the mansion again, he was followed by two people.
One of them was a young man in his early twenties who bore a resemblance to Xian Pingyan, but with a more mature demeanor.
"Pingjing? What are you doing out here?"
Hua Yingqiu was somewhat surprised.
It was already strange enough that Xian Pingjing came to Guanzhou with the old Valley Master.
Why isn't he helping the old valley master at this time? What is he doing out here?
Xian Pingjing bowed to Hua Yingqiu, then looked at Yun Zhao.
"Junior Sister, it's a pleasure to meet you. My name is Xian Pingjing, but you can call me Second Senior Brother. Master knew you were here and sent me out to greet you."
Why did they specifically ask him to come out and pick someone up? Could something have happened?
"But is there some trouble?"
Hua Yingqiu frowned slightly and asked.
"It is a bit tricky. Senior Sister, you can go with the steward to the flower hall to rest for a while."
The implication was that even Hua Yingqiu had to keep this a secret.
"Okay, thank you for your trouble."
Hua Yingqiu also knew that some patients' privacy should not be known by too many people.
She followed the steward to the flower hall and sat there for a while, only to see that Xian Pingjing had also come to the flower hall after seeing Yun Zhao off.
"Don't you need to assist the old Valley Master?"
"This matter is a bit complicated. I had only spoken a few words to my master and Master Liu when they kicked me out."
Xian Pingjing looked somewhat worried.
He studied under his master since childhood, and apart from his eldest brother, he was the one who spent the most time with his master.
This is the first time, even he has been kicked out.
Meanwhile, Yun Zhao came to his master's side. The person lying on the bed was a man.
To be precise...
He was a eunuch.
Moreover, it was Eunuch Liu, the chief eunuch serving the Empress!
How could a eunuch serving the Empress be poisoned and end up in Guanzhou?
"This is the chief eunuch of the Empress. He used to be a member of the Liu family. Later, he entered the palace as a eunuch. This time, he went back to his hometown to visit relatives and suddenly collapsed from poisoning."
After explaining to Yun Zhao, Pei Jishi looked at Master Liu.
“Princess, my cousin woke up once during that time. He told me that something had happened to the Empress, and then he never woke up again.”
Master Liu knew that as the mother of the nation, anything that happened to the Empress would be a major event.
So even doctors are afraid to be invited.
Fortunately, the old Valley Master came down the mountain to inspect the pharmacy. Upon learning of this, Master Liu immediately sent someone to invite the old Valley Master to come.
"I called you over because I thought you might know something about what happened in the capital. He should wake up soon, and you can ask him about it then."
As soon as he finished speaking, Eunuch Liu woke up in a daze.
"Uncle, you're finally awake?"
Master Liu breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly introduced, "This is Master Pei of Medicine King Valley, and the lady next to him is Princess Jinglan, daughter of Prince Jin, who is now Master Pei's disciple!"
Upon hearing that it was Princess Jinglan, Eunuch Liu suddenly struggled violently, trying to sit up.
Pei Jishi was startled and quickly stepped forward to push the person back down.
"Don't get agitated, your body is still very weak after just being detoxified!"
"Princess, this servant coughs!"
He coughed violently, looking very anxious.
"Don't rush, tell me in detail what happened."
Yun Zhao asked.
Upon seeing this, Master Liu quickly apologized and withdrew.
Inside the room, only Pei Jishi, Yun Zhao, and Eunuch Liu remained.
"Your Majesty, I have been placed under house arrest by His Majesty! This servant voluntarily took poison and faked my death to escape from the palace."
I originally intended to seek out His Highness Prince Jin in Lingnan, cough cough! Unexpectedly, the antidote, cough cough, had also been tampered with!
As he spoke, Eunuch Liu was panting heavily, looking as if he had been pulled out of the water.
Pei Jishi quickly gave him an acupuncture needle.
"Don't rush, speak slowly."
"Her Majesty the Empress said that His Majesty, in collusion with the Qi family, intends to use the case of the Prince of Yue to assassinate His Highness the Prince of Jin!"
"Did Your Majesty explain why His Majesty insisted on killing Prince Jin?"
Yun Zhao quickly pressed for more information.
"It seems they're saying it's related to the Prince Qi case from back then..."
The empress did not tell him the specifics.
"Prince Qi? The treason case from forty years ago?"
Yun Zhao suddenly remembered that her father had once said that the Qi family was involved in the Qi Prince case.
However, no evidence was found later. The Qi family was simply not favored by the late emperor, but no action was taken against them.
Was the Qi family's support for the Second Prince back then solely due to Prince Qi?
"After all, the Empress is the eldest daughter of the Qi family. Isn't the Emperor afraid of falling out with the Qi family?"
"With a prince in the Qi family, the empress is no longer important."
Eunuch Liu was also a loyal servant who was willing to use poison himself to escape death and deliver a message for the Empress.
If he hadn't met Pei Jishi, he would have been doomed.
"You said there was something wrong with the antidote, that the Qi family switched your medicine?"
"The medicine was given by the Qi family and was originally intended to save the Empress's life."
Eunuch Liu didn't say much, but Yun Zhao and Pei Jishi both understood.
The Qi family never intended to keep this daughter.
They are just using Qi Ling.
They tricked her into entering the palace, marrying the second prince and having children. If she wanted to leave, they made her take medicine to fake her death and leave the palace.
But the antidote they gave her was fake.
Even if they wake up after taking the medication, they will still die within a few days.
All of this was to prevent the daughter from sending the message out.
This medicine was just to keep her calm.
"Since the Qi family knows about this medicine, they probably already knew you had escaped."
Thinking of this, Yun Zhao quickly got up.
"Master, I want to go back and tell my father!"
Once news of Eunuch Liu reaches the Qi family, the Yun and Xu families will surely perish!
Pei Jishi nodded solemnly.
"The Liu family probably needs to leave Guanzhou as soon as possible."
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