Chapter 400: Poisoned when I was ten years old!
Before Duan Rongshi could speak, Li Qingluo had already overturned the entire pastry plate to the ground with one hand.
Realizing they were poisonous, she angrily stepped forward and stomped them to pieces.
Have you ever eaten this before?
When did she start sending you pastries?
"Since she was once close to Consort Yue, why would she harm you like this?"
"This method is absolutely disgusting!"
If it weren't for Luo Fan's superb medical skills, this poison wouldn't have been easily detected with just a piece of osmanthus cake.
This osmanthus cake originally had a faint osmanthus fragrance, and it was difficult to detect anything unusual after just one sniff.
Seeing Li Qingluo's solemn expression, he took out another of his precious pills.
After soaking the osmanthus cake in water, I also dissolved the pill in the water.
An hour later, the water containing the osmanthus cake and pills turned a light green, and Luo Fan's face changed drastically.
"The person who poisoned me is truly ruthless."
"Luo'er, this osmanthus cake is not edible. Not only can you not eat it, you can't even touch it directly."
"Otherwise, over time, anyone who comes into contact with this pastry will become a mentally challenged and stupid cripple!"
Upon hearing this, Li Qinglu broke out in a cold sweat.
That's why she got so emotional that she stomped all the osmanthus cakes to pieces.
Then she quickly grabbed a wet cloth and carefully wiped Duan Rongshi clean.
Duan Rongshi thoroughly enjoyed the intense care his little girl was showing him at that moment.
Only when he saw that her eyes were red did he gently take her hand, which was still wiping his eyes.
"fine."
"Rest assured, I have never eaten it."
"I always wipe my hands before taking it."
Li Qingluo then remembered that he did wipe his hands last night.
She breathed a sigh of relief.
She looked up at him: "Your Highness, did you already know that this Consort De had ill intentions?"
Duan Rongshi: "Hmm."
"I have said it before, I do not trust a single person in this entire palace."
"Including this Consort De, and Xiao Liu."
As he spoke, he gestured for Li Qing to sit down.
Then he pointed at her playing chess.
"Don't take this too seriously."
"She wants to harm me, but she can't sleep day and night because she looks at my face."
Li Qingluo's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that the death of Consort Yue... was related to this Consort De?
She looked at Duan Rongshi, waiting for him to continue.
Duan Rongshi: "My mother was once incredibly beautiful, and all the concubines in the palace could not match her beauty by even half."
"Therefore, everyone both hates her and loves her."
"This Consort De did not show me the viciousness of a jackal from the beginning. She was indeed cold to everyone, but she was especially gentle to me and Xiao Liu."
"It wasn't until several years after my mother passed away that I realized she wasn't a good person either."
"That year, she personally served me this plate of osmanthus cake, saying that it was my mother's favorite dessert."
"She made these pastries herself after she saw how much I missed my mother and went to great lengths to ask her maternal clan to send some osmanthus jam to the palace."
"My mother has loved osmanthus since she was a child."
"Therefore, Guifu Palace was not only filled with osmanthus trees, but almost all of my mother's ornaments were in the shape of osmanthus, as were all items that smelled of osmanthus."
"After my mother died, the fragrance of osmanthus was no longer allowed in the entire palace. I was very surprised to see that plate of osmanthus cake."
"I just couldn't bear to eat it, so I placed it in my room on my bedside table, just wanting to smell its aroma a little longer to ease my longing for my mother."
"If it weren't for Xiao Liu and his wet nurse constantly talking about wanting to see me, and Xiao Liu being led to my room by his wet nurse, where he saw the plate of osmanthus cake that he had never eaten before, and was very happy to want to eat a piece, and when Consort De, who followed him, saw this scene and panicked and knocked it away, I wouldn't have suspected anything."
Li Qingluo: "That's a matter of how old Your Highness is."
Duan Rongshi: "Ten years old."
Ten years old?
At only ten years old, he was already poisoned by someone close to him, who wanted to turn him into an idiot.
A deep sense of heartache filled her heart, as if she could see ten-year-old Duan Rongshi standing in the shadows watching them.
Duan Rongshi continued to speak of the secrets he had never told anyone before.
"Although she explained to me at the time that it was prepared for me personally and that there was nothing more, and that Xiao Liu was too young to eat such pastries, I did not believe her."
“I clearly saw with my own eyes that Xiao Liu’s wet nurse fed him peach shortbread.”
“From then on, I was careful with everything Consort De sent me and didn’t touch it easily.”
"Throw it away if you can. If you can't throw it away, destroy it completely."
"When I was thirteen, I began to look more and more like my mother."
“Even the red mole between his eyebrows is exactly the same as that of his mother.”
"The people in the palace, including my father, gradually began to look at me with complicated expressions."
"There is fear."
"It's chilly."
“There is hatred and disgust.”
“There were also those who screamed that I was a monster, a demon possessed by Consort Yue.”
"However, these concubines soon disappeared from the palace for various reasons."
"When I was fifteen, I moved out of the palace and into the Prince Su's residence."
"However, the osmanthus cake was still delivered to me without fail every month."
"Now she's probably getting impatient, and she's started sending it every day. She still thinks of me as that six-year-old child from back then."
Duan Rongshi coldly placed the chess piece onto the chessboard.
Li Qingluo: "When did Your Highness confirm that this pastry was poisonous?"
Duan Rongshi: "When I was eighteen, Doctor Du moved into the Prince Su's mansion. It was then that I became certain that there was such a vicious poison in the osmanthus cake."
Li Qingluo: "But this osmanthus cake has been sent for thirteen years, and His Highness has not been poisoned. Doesn't Consort De have any doubts?"
"Or does she know she's already been exposed, but His Highness hasn't revealed it to her, which is why she's frantically continuing to send out pastries?"
Duan Rongshi pointed to a blank space and told Li Qing to place the piece there.
Then he continued, "She's been insane for a long time."
Li Qingluo: Are you crazy?
She didn't quite understand.
Duan Rongshi: "She wanted to poison me, so I can't?"
Li Qinglu was greatly alarmed.
Did he poison Consort De?
"Judging by the days, it'll be soon."
"In three days, it will be Consort De's birthday. Luo'er, would you like to go and see a good show?"
Li Qingluo's eyes lit up: "I want to."
Duan Rongshi beckoned to him: "Come closer..."
Three days later.
Li Qingluo got up early and started practicing her swordplay.
Just as she stopped sweating profusely, the ingredients for the Five Red Soup that Grandpa Hai had prepared for her were delivered.
Li Qingluo quickly went to the kitchen and put the soup in a pot to simmer.
These past two days, Li Qingluo has been sharing a room with Duan Rongshi, and the smell of his scent has become increasingly unbearable.
So she insisted on moving to the small room next door by herself.
Last night at midnight.
Li Qingluo had just taken the poison when Duan Rongshi, who was sleeping next door, rushed over and cut a new wound to feed her blood.
This time, Li Qingluo took a long breath.
She seemed to be losing control, and her craving for blood was becoming increasingly difficult to suppress.
Seeing her so restrained, Duan Rongshi murmured, "Luo'er?"
Li Qingluo suddenly woke up and pushed him away.
Then she turned around and covered herself tightly, and soon fell asleep.
When she woke up in the morning and remembered what happened last night, her face turned deathly pale.
What good thing did she do?
Thinking of Zuliya, Li Qingluo couldn't help but clutch her head, feeling so regretful and ashamed that she was almost going crazy.
She only became much more lucid after practicing swordsmanship.
Once the Five Red Soup was ready, Li Qingluo quickly carried it to Duan Rongshi's bedroom.
"Your Highness?"
Duan Rongshi got up early.
We are waiting for her to have breakfast.
Seeing that she had brought in another bowl of soup, he asked her, "What is this?"
Li Qingluo: "This is to replenish Your Highness's qi and blood. Your Highness, please drink this whole bowl."
Li Qingluo endured the heat and quickly put the soup down, then personally served Duan Rongshi a bowl.
Duan Rongshi: What? Replenish Qi and Blood?
He thought he had misheard.
Li Qingluo forcefully shoved it into his hand: "Quick, it won't taste good if it gets cold."
Duan Rongshi: "This king..."
Before he could even refuse, Li Qingluo personally scooped up another spoonful and brought it to his lips: "Here, ah—"
Duan Rongshi: "Can I not drink it?"
Li Qingluo's face turned cold: "No! Your Highness, your lips are all white."
"If you don't drink it, don't bother saving me next time."
After some hesitation, Duan Rongshi sighed and took the spoon.
"Alright, I'll drink it."
Only after he finished his drink did Li Qingluo, who had been tense, finally manage a slight smile.
She then quickly served him another bowl.
Duan Rongshi couldn't help but ask, "There's more? Luo'er, you don't mean to make me drink this whole bowl, do you?"
Li Qingluo: "No need. Just drink three small bowls."
"However, for the next few days, I will make you Five-Red Soup every day. Please cooperate and drink it all, okay?"
Duan Rongshi frowned deeply: "This is not good."
Li Qinglu ignored him and watched him drink all three bowls before finally letting out a sigh of relief.
"Your Highness, I lost control last night."
"Next time, how about..."
Duan Rongshi: "No way!"
"You can only drink my blood."
Li Qingluo: ?
You eat this kind of vinegar?
She found it somewhat amusing, yet also quite endearing: "I mean, let me get through this on my own."
"Moreover, by the time I leave the palace, the Miao girl that Dong Siyuan invited should also be arriving in Jinling City, right?"
The Miao region is far from Jinling City, and it would indeed take quite a few days to travel through mountains and rivers.
Moreover, Dong Siyuan had been dragging his feet on the butterfly's life.
There is no hope until that Miao girl arrives.
As the two were talking, Sha Qi quietly sneaked in to request an audience.
"Girl, a message came from Sha San's side saying that Zuliya's poisoning is more severe than last time."
Li Qingluo had already guessed it.
I also absorbed more blood than in the previous two reactions.
If the Miao girl had no hope of saving her, she would only have one way out: death.
Li Qingluo: "Let Zongzheng Wuheng go and see the miserable state of Zuliya."
“Tell him that we have many more of these poisons and ask him if he would like to try some.”
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