Chapter 201 It was you who poisoned my mother
Su Yuheng reached out and poked him in the chest.
"You are the Prince of Yan. You cannot come to Bianjing, the capital of Qin, without a visiting card."
"How did the prince come here?"
Huo Xingzhi reached out and held her disobedient fingers, curled his lips slightly, and leaned closer to her.
"I missed you, so I came here."
"I haven't seen you for four months..."
As he spoke, his eyes wandered over Su Yuheng.
Seeing that she had a rounder and more upright part, a low, hoarse laugh came out of her throat.
"The food in Qin seems to be quite good. It has made you plump and plump."
Su Yuheng was originally a little girl, and her body had not yet fully grown.
After not seeing her for four months, Huo Xingzhi discovered that her body was more mature than before she went to the border.
Su Yuheng pushed him away and walked towards the bed.
"When the prince arrived, he said I was fat and that I hadn't even received a single letter from home in four months of being at the frontier."
Seeing her blaming him, Huo Xingzhi walked over.
"Heng'er, it's not that I won't write you a letter."
"A letter from the frontier to Dayan may take at least one or two months, or as long as half a year."
"The border war is urgent. I am determined to destroy the Qi army and come back to see you as soon as possible."
"Now that Great Yan and Qi have signed a ceasefire agreement, I have come directly to Qin to look for you."
"I..." Huo Xingzhi was silent for a moment.
He leaned over and kissed her, "I missed you so much, and I was afraid of making you wait for me for another year, so I didn't go back to Yanjing."
Su Yuheng turned his head and looked at Huo Xingzhi.
Huo Xingzhi was dressed in black, with a dagger stuck in his waist.
There was a cold aura around him, and a pair of eyes were staring at him closely.
After four months of separation, I do miss him a little.
"Then tell me how you came to Bianjing City. You don't have a visiting card."
Huo Xingzhi smiled and said, "Of course I have a way."
"I heard that you saw your mother?"
Su Yuheng nodded.
She told Huo Xingzhi everything that happened in Qin.
Huo Xingzhi frowned slightly.
"The Qin Emperor wants the Zhao family's resources and cavalry, and his mind is on you."
"However, now that I have concealed my identity and come to Qin, I will not let him succeed."
Su Yuheng was still very confused. How did Huo Xingzhi come to the Qin State and with what identity?
He must have other reasons for coming to Qin.
"Where is the prince now? Yipinxuan?"
"Yes." Huo Xingzhi nodded.
"Your Highness came to Bianjing for other reasons besides looking for me."
Huo Xingzhi smiled and said, "You are very clever. I came here to investigate the identity of Duke Gao."
"What about Yanjing? What about the King of Qi? Yanjing currently only has the King of Rui and the King of Qi, and the King of Qi is bent on rebellion."
Huo Xingzhi said, "Father will take care of everything, don't worry."
The two were talking in the side room when suddenly a burst of cricket chirping was heard outside the room.
Huo Xingzhi leaned over and kissed Su Yuheng on the lips, whispering, "It's getting late, Heng'er, go to bed early. I'll come find you another day."
"Don't worry, I will find a way to get your mother out of Qin."
Huo Xingzhi stood up and was about to leave.
Su Yuheng reached out and grabbed his wrist.
"Your Majesty."
Huo Xingzhi turned around and saw the little girl looking at him with a pair of crystal clear eyes.
But business was important, so he turned around, squatted down, and looked at her.
"What's wrong?"
Su Yuheng hid her little face in the quilt.
"See you at Qianshu Tower."
Huo Xingzhi nodded, turned around and disappeared into the night.
He bypassed the guards patrolling the Prime Minister's Mansion and left directly.
After leaving the Prime Minister's Mansion and arriving at an uninhabited dense forest.
Two guards in black came over.
The two black-clad guards looked at Huo Xingzhi and immediately knelt down.
"Pavilion Master, the Azure Dragon Envoy has sent a secret order."
Huo Xingzhi said, "I understand. Everyone, go down."
"Yes, Pavilion Master."
After the two black-clad guards left, Huo Xingzhi turned and left the dense forest.
…
On the seventh night after Zhao drank the medicine.
According to Su Yuheng's request, he took the breath-holding pill.
Early in the morning, Minglang just got up and washed up.
A shrill scream came from Mingshui Pavilion where Zhao was.
Then the guard's voice came from outside the door.
"Prime Minister, something happened."
Minglang frowned and asked, "Why are you so nervous?"
The guard said, "Something happened to the lady of Mingshui Pavilion."
"The eldest lady is in Mingshui Pavilion, and she said she wants to file a complaint against you."
Minglang's brows furrowed tighter and tighter. He quickly put on his clothes and hurried to Mingshui Pavilion with a few guards.
As soon as I arrived at Mingshui Pavilion, I heard faint sobbing coming from inside.
"What happened?"
The maid Mingyue's eyes were red as she stumbled out of the side room.
Then, he knelt down in front of Minglang with a plop.
"Prime Minister, Madam... Madam is gone!"
Mingyue's words were like a bolt of lightning, causing Minglang's expression to change.
He strode into the room and saw Su Yuheng sitting on the edge of the bed, holding Zhao's body in his arms, his eyes red from crying.
A pair of eyes filled with hatred stared at him.
Minglang didn't know what was going on, so he asked, "Isn't your mother here in Mingshui Pavilion enjoying good food and drink? Why did she leave out of nowhere?"
He took a step forward and saw that Zhao in Su Yuheng's arms had a pale face and purple lips.
It's a sign of poisoning.
"Master Prime Minister, even if you don't like my mother, you shouldn't poison her!"
Minglang said angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about? How could I poison your mother?"
Su Yuheng said: "If you hadn't poisoned my mother, how could she have died tragically for no reason?"
"These past few days, I've noticed something's wrong with my mother, but you ignored her! Now she's been poisoned to death."
"In the entire Prime Minister's Mansion, besides the Prime Minister, who else would poison my mother?"
Minglang's face turned red with anger. She didn't want Zhao to die at this time.
"How could I possibly resort to such despicable means!"
"How do you know it was poisoning? Did you see someone poisoning it with your own eyes?"
Just at this moment, Mingyue came in from outside and immediately knelt in front of Minglang.
"Sir, the purple color of Madam's lips is a sign of poisoning. If you don't believe me, please ask Doctor Yu to come and see what kind of poison Madam has been poisoned with."
"Since coming to Mingshui Pavilion, Madam has often been short of breath and her health is getting worse day by day. It's obvious that someone wants our Madam dead."
Minglang's face turned pale and he gave orders to the guards beside him.
"Go and get Doctor Yu. I want to find out whether she died of her own weakness or was poisoned by someone else!"
"Yes, Lord."
It takes about a quarter of an hour.
Qi Lingzhou arrived at Mingshui Pavilion.
As soon as I entered the room, my eyes met Su Yuheng's who was sitting on the edge of the bed.
Qi Lingzhou walked up to Minglang and bowed, "Prime Minister, what happened to Madam?"
Minglang asked, "Doctor Yu, how could the lady be poisoned for no apparent reason after taking the medicine you prescribed?"
Qi Lingzhou curled his lips, "My Lord, do you suspect there's something wrong with the prescription I prescribed?"
"I have a copy of the prescription I wrote."
After Qi Lingzhou finished speaking, he took out the prescription from his sleeve and handed it to Mingyue.
Mingyue picked up the prescription and glanced at it. "This is the prescription that Doctor Yu wrote. I'm not mistaken."
Qi Lingzhou said: "This prescription is for treating cough, how could it be poisonous?"
He walked up to Zhao and saw that her face was pale and her lips were purple.
"Madam has indeed been poisoned."
"Mingyue, bring me all the medicines Madam has been drinking these days."
Mingyue nodded and handed the residue of the medicine she drank yesterday to Qi Lingzhou.
"Doctor Yu, these are the residues left over from the medicine Madam has taken these past few days."
"Madam left some medicine from yesterday. Doctor Yu, please take a look."
Qi Lingzhou picked up the silver needle and inserted it into the medicinal residue. The silver needle turned black instantly.
He picked up the medicine residue again and smelled it gently.
Then he said: "There is an extra herb in this medicinal residue, called Gelsemium elegans, which is extremely poisonous."
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