Su Wanyan was also tired from hitting him. She was panting when she grabbed the rope around Xu Si's neck. Xu Si rolled his eyes. Su Wanyan said angrily, "Can you deliver three meals a day to the main courtyard on time from now on?"
Xu Si dared not disobey, and nodded repeatedly in fear: "Yes, yes, yes..." without a moment's hesitation.
"Find a doctor for the prince. I need to see him first thing tomorrow morning. Is that possible?"
"Yes, yes, yes..."
"You've been bullying and abusing the prince for so long, how do I know you won't just pay lip service? Maybe after tonight, you'll send someone to arrest me tomorrow!"
"No, no, no! Your Highness... no, Your Highness, even if I had the greatest courage in the world, I would not dare to disobey you!"
"Hmph, words are no proof!" Su Wanyan rummaged in her sleeve and pulled out a black pill, which she then shoved directly into Xu Si's mouth: "Eat it!"
Xu Si was terrified and swallowed it with his eyes closed. Only after he finished did he ask tremblingly, "Your Highness... what... what is this?"
"This is a poison I brought from the Marquis's residence, called the Seven Orifices Smoke Pill. You must take the antidote regularly every month to save your life, otherwise you will bleed from all seven orifices and slowly rot and die!"
"Ah...? Your Highness, spare me... This servant doesn't want to die, Your Highness..."
"As long as you obey me, I will give you the antidote once a month. If you dare to disobey..." Su Wanyan narrowed her eyes fiercely.
Xu Si hurriedly said, "No, no... This servant will obey Your Highness's orders. If Your Highness tells me to go east, I will absolutely not go west... If Your Highness tells me to kneel, I will absolutely not stand. I only beg Your Highness to give me the antidote..."
Su Wanyan tugged at his neck again: "Do you have any money?"
"ah?"
"Silver! Where's the silver?"
"In...in the cabinet...at the very bottom of the cabinet..."
Su Wanyan looked up and saw that the cabinet was locked. She then asked angrily, "Where's the key?"
"Key...key..." Xu Si frantically groped for a key on the bed, completely ignoring his severed finger and the pain all over his body.
Su Wanyan grabbed the keys and raised the cloth bag...
Xu Si was startled: "Your Highness, please forgive me..."
Before he could finish speaking, Su Wanyan slapped him across the face with a cloth bag. With a muffled groan, Xu Si's head lolled to the side, and he passed out.
Su Wanyan quickly untied the rope at the foot of the bed to prevent him from being strangled by his own weight.
After confirming that he was still breathing, they used the key to open the cabinet and rummaged around in the bottom drawer for a while before finding a money bag.
I opened it and took a look; it was filled with nothing but loose silver.
Su Wanyan's eyes lit up: "We've struck it rich!"
According to the original owner's memories, ordinary people usually used copper coins. In this era, a piece of silver was roughly equivalent to 150 copper coins.
This amount of money would be a drop in the ocean for some wealthy families, but for her, who was penniless at the moment, it was a huge sum of money.
Xu Si must have received a lot of benefits from hiding so much money.
She tucked the silver into her bosom, put away the hemp rope, blew out the candles, and then sneaked away.
Su Wanyan slept soundly through the night.
The next morning, Su Wanyan was still half asleep, lying by the bedside, when there was a knock at the door: "Your Majesty? Your Majesty?"
Perhaps Su Wanyan was too tired last night, because she showed no signs of waking up at all. It was Yu Nanqing who opened his eyes first, and he looked at the door with a frown and a cold gaze.
Until Xu Si's voice rang out again quietly: "Your Majesty? This servant is here...Your Majesty?"
Yu Nanqing's eyes flickered as he looked at Su Wanyan, who was sleeping soundly. After a long while, he coughed lightly.
However, Su Wanyan still did not wake up.
Yu Nanqing: "Cough cough..."
Su Wanyan still hasn't woken up.
Yu Nanqing took a deep breath and held it in: "Cough cough cough... cough cough... cough cough cough..."
He originally intended to fake a cough, but unexpectedly, a surge of blood rushed to his head, and he couldn't stop coughing afterward.
Su Wanyan was finally woken up by him. Before she could even fully open her eyes, she patted his back and asked, "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell again?"
"Your Majesty?" Xu Si's voice came from the doorway again.
Su Wanyan's eyes lit up: "Yu Nanqing, get up quickly, don't sleep, the food is here."
"..." Who exactly is the one who can't wake up?
"Your Majesty? You're up now?" Xu Si's voice was furtive, as if he was afraid of being discovered.
Su Wanyan sat down on the edge of the bed: "Come in."
The door slowly opened, and Xu Si, carrying breakfast, limped in. His fingers were wrapped in bandages, and even from a distance, Su Wanyan could smell the medicine on his wounds.
His face was swollen, and it looked like he had applied some kind of medicated oil.
"Your Highness, your breakfast has been brought to you." Seeing that the surroundings were covered in dust, Xu Si didn't know where to put the breakfast.
Yu Nanqing, lying on the bed, lowered his gaze, his eyes filled with wariness and curiosity.
He looked at Su Wanyan and saw her gesture before Xu Si stepped forward and placed the tray on the bedside table.
He smiled obsequiously and said, "Your Majesty, look, we have freshly made meat buns, handmade noodles, osmanthus cake, chicken soup, and fresh porridge. If that's not enough, I can bring you some more."
Su Wanyan watched him open the items one by one to show her, nodding in satisfaction, and suddenly teased, "What's wrong with Steward Xu's face?"
Su Wanyan was clearly asking a question she already knew the answer to. Xu Si tremblingly reached out and covered his face, forcing a smile as he said, "Your Majesty, last night, this servant accidentally tripped and fell."
"Oh, then you'd better be careful. We'll need you to bring us food in the future."
"Yes, yes, this servant will be careful."
"Have you called the doctor?"
"Yes, yes, the doctor will be here soon. This servant has invited him for Your Highness... He is the best doctor in the entire capital." After saying this, he met Yu Nanqing's sinister expression, his body trembled, and he hurriedly turned his face away.
"Okay, then I'll wait for the doctor to come." Su Wanyan said, already stuffing a meat bun into her mouth.
She didn't eat enough last night, she's starving.
Seeing that Xu Si was still standing there, Su Wanyan asked curiously, "Is there anything else?"
"Your Majesty...this servant's antidote..."
Yu Nanqing's brows furrowed again.
Then Su Wanyan said, "What's the rush? It's not time yet."
"Yes, yes, yes." Xu Si wiped the sweat from his forehead, feeling that even his face had turned pale. "Then... this servant will take his leave."
After Xu Si limped out of the room, dragging his leg, Yu Nanqing coldly questioned, "The antidote?"
Did Su Wanyan carry poison?
Was it originally intended to be used against him?
"Pfft." Su Wanyan didn't notice the suspicion on Yu Nanqing's face and laughed, "There's no antidote. Last night I gave him mud balls made from soot from the bottom of a pot, and tricked him into thinking it was poison. I told him he had to take the antidote once a month, and he believed me."
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