Because of Zong Zheng Xiaoting's injury in the evening, when Qingqing found Chen Xianzhi, Chen Xianzhi also hurried towards Yunxiao Courtyard in a hurry.
As soon as he walked into the inner room, he saw Zong Zheng Xiaoting staring at the porcelain bottle in his hand with a solemn look on his face. Wei Zixin and Yuan Xian were sitting quietly in the side hall with serious faces, and their faces were also serious and alert. Looking at the situation in the house, Chen Xianzhi couldn't help but be cautious.
He saluted respectfully to Zong Zheng Xiao Ting, and then sat down at the side under Zong Zheng Xiao Ting's instructions. However, after he sat down for a quarter of an hour, Zong Zheng Xiao Ting still did not say a word, silence is golden. This kind of atmosphere was oppressive and suffocating. He seemed to have returned to the time when he threatened her in the palace of Luozha Kingdom, and she was so condescending.
Zong Zheng Xiaoting just quietly played with the porcelain bottle wrapped in cloth, pursed his lips and said nothing.
Chen Xianzhi's gaze gradually lingered on the porcelain vase in Zong Zheng Xiaoting's hand. Ever since she entered the inner room, the princess had been playing with the porcelain vase with a cold look in her eyes.
After swallowing his saliva, Chen Xianzhi was the first to ask, "Excuse me, princess, did you ask me to come here because of this porcelain bottle?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Zong Zheng Xiaoting stop what he was doing, and his eyes fell on him, looking at him for a while. After being looked at for a long time, he heard the princess's serious voice slowly coming.
"Doctor Chen, I still want to ask you one thing. Compared to the person you once cared about so much that you would never look back, do I still have the ability to ask you to swear on your life that you will never mention anything I asked or told you?" Zong Zheng Xiaoting dropped the things in his hands, propped his elbows on the cushion, leaned sideways and looked at Chen the Prophet with disdain.
Listening to Zong Zheng Xiaoting's words, Chen Xianzhi's heart was no longer filled with simple shame, but disappointment. If it weren't for what he had done in the past, the princess wouldn't have put her trust in him in such jeopardy, right?
He forced a smile, stood up and knelt down towards Zong Zheng Xiao Ting, "In reply to the princess, at this moment, from now on, the unconditional loyalty I once showed to you will also be unconditional from now on."
Staring at the expression of Chen Xianzhi who was kneeling on the ground, Zong Zheng Xiaoting hesitated for a while, then slowly said, "Okay! I believe you. Chen Xianzhi, you get up first. If even a single word of what I say next is wrong, it means that I don't know people well, and you deserve to die without a complete body."
Zong Zheng Xiaoting's words shocked Chen Xianzhi greatly. Such trust made him feel uneasy. Could it be that what the princess was going to say next would be closely related to her life? Chen Xianzhi frowned, stood up and sat back in his seat, "May I ask the princess, what exactly is going on?"
"On this point, please ask General Yuan to tell Imperial Physician Chen what you have seen and heard." Zong Zheng Xiaoting waved his hand, and Qingqing invited Yuan Xian and Wei Zixin to come forward. As Wei Zixin and the others continued to narrate, Chen Xian's face was full of shock and disbelief.
Seeing the expression of Chen Xianzhi, Zong Zheng Xiaoting did not say anything, but said to Yuan Xian and Wei Zixin, "You two generals have worked hard, please go down and rest first."
"Yes, I'll take my leave!"
Even after Yuan Xian and the other two left, Chen Xianzhi remained standing there in a daze.
"You have already guessed what is going on in Doctor Chen's mind, right?" Zong Zheng Xiaoting said in a low voice, "And the person Doctor Chen wants to protect is exactly what I want, right?"
Zong Zheng Xiaoting's two questions only made Chen Xianzhi's body more stiff. He knew very well that the Second Princess was very smart. When the two generals reported everything, she could have guessed it from her own medicine. However, he did not want to face such a cruel fact.
Yes, not everyone can prepare those medicines. Even Junior Sister Gong Yunfei may not be able to prepare them. She can prepare the swallowing liquid, but only he and the master can prepare the colorless and odorless potion that kills people without leaving any trace. Only the successors of them, the ghost doctors, can get such a formula. In order to protect Junior Sister, he specially gave her two bottles before she left.
No wonder, no wonder he had a vague sense of familiarity when looking at the magic potion bottle.
Chen Xianzhi was struggling in his heart, but Zongzheng Xiaoting did not intend to give him a chance to avoid facing it. "Qingqing, give this porcelain bottle to Doctor Chen and let him see if it is the medicine he suspects."
"Yes!" After receiving Zong Zheng Xiaoting's instructions, Qing Qing carefully handed the medicine bottle on the table to Chen Xianzhi. When the medicine bottle was placed in Chen Xianzhi's hand, the irrational desire to deceive himself was instantly restored.
Chen Xianzhi trembled slightly as he held up the porcelain bottle. The small scratches on the bottom of the bottle forced him to admit that this was not a dream, but a fact. Looking at the two bottles of potion, the words relayed by Yuan Xian and the others kept appearing in his mind. How could the once innocent and kind little sister become like this? How could she become so vicious and calculating?
"Doctor Chen, there are some things that only bystanders can see clearly while those in power are confused. I once asked you, is it worth it to betray your conscience for one person? Now, I am convinced that the reason why my poison is so difficult to cure is because it is far more vicious than when you were deceived and cheated?" Zong Zheng Xiaoting's every word was precious, and she did not give Chen Xianzhi any chance to breathe. Not only because she needed Chen Xianzhi to know Gong Yunfei, but also because she sympathized with this man who was being used and struggling hard.
There are many negative people, but few infatuated ones. The man in front of me is not worth being used by vicious people for his whole life. Sometimes, a short pain is worse than a long one.
Chen Xianzhi, who was struggling, was sadly discovered by Zongzheng Xiaoting. Yes, he was deceiving himself. He should have been suspicious when Yun Fei deceived his trust and gave the princess such a poisonous drug, and when she saw the antidote he prepared. He was not unaware that no matter how the little sister pretended in front of him, she was no longer the same as before, but he chose to ignore the feelings in his heart.
And now?
Hearing how she schemed against an innocent woman, hearing how she was obsessed with love to the point of madness, would he continue to deceive himself?
In the confusion, Zong Zheng Xiaoting's words made Chen Xianzhi shudder. He looked at Zong Zheng Xiaoting, and his confusion gradually dissipated.