Chapter 366 Someone Wants to Poison Him
Just as Du Wanchun had thought, Wei Xun had indeed come back to take Wu Niangzi and her son back home.
The fact that the emperor himself came to receive her shows how much he valued Lady Wu.
Wu Niangzi hadn't seen Wei Xun for a long time, and when she saw him enter, her eyes unconsciously reddened.
Xiao Qing'er stood behind Madam Wu, her face full of reluctance.
Wei Xun bowed to Du Wanchun and Zhou Ruiyuan and said, "Thank you both for taking care of my family over the years."
Du Wanchun smiled and said, "Brother Wei, you're too kind. We'll still be family in the future."
Wei Xun bowed again, "That's right, we will still be family in the future."
After he finished speaking, he beckoned to Xiao Qing'er, "Qing'er, come here."
Xiao Qing'er slowly walked up to Wei Xun and said, "Father."
Wei Xun pulled him to bow again to Du Wanchun and Zhou Ruiyuan.
Zhou Ruiyuan helped the father and son up, saying, "When we go to the Northern Barbarians, Xiao Qing'er must not neglect her studies."
Wei Xun replied slowly, "Of course, I am also very grateful for Zhou Quan's guidance these past few days."
The Fifth Prince sat to one side, his head slightly lowered, his eyes filled with reluctance.
Among the children he taught, Xiao Qing'er was considered one of the smartest. He often said that if all these children took the imperial examination together, Yi'er, Yu'er, and Xiao Qing'er would be among the top three.
To ease everyone's reluctance at parting, Du Wanchun interrupted them with a smile, saying, "Brother Wei, you should take the children to have their meal quickly, or the food will get cold."
After hearing this, Wei Xun smiled and nodded.
After chatting for a while, the group went to the front room.
After dinner, everyone went to bed.
After helping Granny Zhuang tidy up the kitchen, Du Wanchun returned to her room.
She hadn't been gone long when she saw the two maids also go to the kitchen.
These two maids were brought by Wei Xun from the Northern Di, to take care of Lady Wu and her child on the journey.
Du Wanchun stopped and secretly followed behind the two of them.
The two of them brewed a pot of tea and then added something to it.
Du Wanchun frowned, strode over, and said, "Why aren't you two ladies asleep yet?"
The two maids were startled by the sound and immediately hid the medicine packet in their hands.
One of the older maids calmed down and said to Du Wanchun, "The king wants to drink tea. Let us two maids make tea for him."
Du Wanchun smiled and took the teapot from their hands, "How can I let you two young ladies do such rough work? Let me deliver it."
The two maids exchanged a glance, then coldly snatched the teapot from Du Wanchun, holding it protectively in their arms, and said, "The King has already gone to sleep, so it's not appropriate to let the Madam come in again to serve tea."
Du Wanchun glanced coldly at the tea in their hands, her smile still on her face. "In that case, I'll trouble you two ladies."
After she finished speaking, she made way for the two of them.
The two maids immediately grabbed the teapot and hurried toward Wei Xun's door.
Du Wanchun watched the two girls' retreating figures and shook her head. "It seems Brother Wei hasn't arranged things properly with the Northern Di!"
Two maids arrived at Wei Xun's door and knocked gently twice. "Your Majesty, the tea has been brought."
Hearing the noise from inside the room, Madam Wu felt quite uncomfortable and whispered to Wei Xun, "If you want some tea, I can go and pour it for you."
Wei Xun gently pulled her into his arms and whispered, "It's getting late, how could I bear to let you pour the tea?"
Madam Wu looked up at the two figures at the door and said, "Fine, let them put the tea at the door."
Upon hearing this, Wei Xun immediately instructed the two maids to put down the tea.
The maids hesitated for a moment, then bent down to place the brewed tea at the door and turned to leave.
Not long after the two maids left, Madam Wu slowly got up, went to the door, and picked up the pot of tea.
As Wu Niangzi held the teapot, she felt something was amiss. She then tentatively opened the lid of the teapot and smelled the inside.
Perhaps because she and her child had been poisoned before, Madam Wu was very cautious about food given to her by strangers, and even though she was now in the Zhou family's house, she was still very careful.
Wei Xun came over and asked, "Wife, what's wrong?"
Madam Wu frowned slightly, handed him the teapot, and said, "I have a feeling there's something wrong with this tea."
Wei Xun took it from her hand, smelled it carefully, and found nothing unusual.
Just then, a cat suddenly jumped in through the window.
The cat broke open the window and accidentally hit Wei Xun's hand.
Wu Niangzi was startled and immediately hugged Wei Xun.
Wei Xun lost his grip on the teapot, and the tea spilled out.
Brown tea water was poured onto the bluestone bricks, creating tiny white bubbles.
Madam Wu was shocked and pointed at the tea on the ground, saying, "Husband, this is poisoned!"
Wei Xun frowned, staring at the venom on the ground, his face full of anger.
Madam Wu quickly pulled him aside and whispered, "Husband, don't be in such a hurry. Where did you find these two maids?"
Wei Xun thought for a moment and said, "They are palace maids from our palace. They used to be in my mother's palace."
His mother had been imprisoned in the cold palace by the old king until Wei Xun ascended the throne and rescued her.
With trembling hands, Madam Wu said, "Could it be your mother's intention? Does she look down on us and want us dead?"
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