Chapter 325 "It's you!"
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Princess Zhao Changying rushed to the examination hall. When she stepped into the room where the Prince of Zhenbei was, she happened to see the Prince of Zhenbei suddenly vomiting a mouthful of black blood while being acupunctured by the royal physician!
"Your Highness!"
Zhao Changying was shocked and ran straight towards the Prince of Zhenbei. However, she was stopped by the head of the Prince's personal guards who was standing in front of the bed when she was only three steps away from the bed.
Zhao Changying didn't shout that she wanted to rush over and see how the Prince of Zhenbei was doing. She "obediently" stood three steps away. As soon as she opened her mouth, tears streamed down her face, and her voice was filled with sobs.
"Your Highness!"
Your Highness, what's wrong with you?
Your Highness! Your Highness? Your Highness?
At this moment, the steward stepped forward and bowed solemnly to Zhao Changying, then gestured for Zhao Changying to go aside to speak, meaning that Zhao Changying should not delay the prince's physician from administering acupuncture.
In a corner of the room, about ten steps away from the Prince of Zhenbei's bed, the steward explained to Zhao Changying in detail how the Prince of Zhenbei had become like this.
"...That's exactly it!"
The food and wine that the prince ate at the table have all been tested, and no poison was found!
Is it truly not poisonous, or did the prince's physician simply fail to detect it?
"check!
We must find out who is trying to harm the prince!
Steward Shen, the prince vomited black blood, but is he alright now?
Could the acupuncture technique used by the prince's physician possibly detoxify the prince?
Faced with Zhao Changying's tearful, earnest gaze, Butler Shen lowered his head.
"Your Majesty, I don't know either."
After only meeting the Prince of Zhenbei once, Zhao Changying was seen out by Steward Shen.
Zhao Changying paced back and forth at the door, waiting in the courtyard with the officials of the Governor of Andong.
The door was only reopened when Liu Shudu came looking for her.
Steward Shen simply called out to Zhao Changying, "His Highness is awake. Please invite Your Highness into the room."
Liu Shu followed behind Zhao Changying, wanting to go inside with her, but just as he was about to step into the house, his view was blocked by Butler Shen's arm.
"Your Highness, the Prince only invited the Princess Consort into the room."
Liu Shu wanted to say something, but Zhao Changying reacted faster. She turned around and gently shook her head at Liu Shu, her eyes filled with the word "obedience".
Thus, Zhao Changying followed Steward Shen into the house.
After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Zhao Changying, with a solemn expression, came out of the room. Adopting the airs of a princess, she said to the Governor of Andong and the others standing outside, "His Highness has fallen seriously ill and is not fit to see anyone at the moment."
However, she is no longer seriously injured, but she needs to rest and recuperate.
Please don't worry!
At this point, Zhao Changying's expression softened again, and she looked gratefully at the Governor of Andong standing at the front: "Thank you for waiting here, Governor!"
On behalf of the Prince, I bow to the Grand Commander. Thank you!
The Governor of Andong quickly returned the greeting, saying, "Not at all... it's our duty..."
"However, since this concerns the Prince's health, I urge everyone to be careful with their words! Do not spread rumors!"
"Your Highness, rest assured!"
We are officials of Andong, and naturally our hearts are all for the good of Andong!
Regarding the Prince, we will all keep silent once we leave this room!
After seeing off Governor Andong and his entourage, Zhao Changying nodded to Steward Shen, and then led Liu Shu, who had a questioning look on her face, to the side.
A look stopped Liu Shu from asking the question. The mother and son watched in silence as the Prince's guards, under the command of Steward Shen, carried the Prince of Zhenbei, who was either unconscious or had regained consciousness, out of the gate on a stretcher, onto a carriage, and left the examination hall to return to the Prince's residence.
Once the noise outside subsided, Zhao Changying said to Liu Shu expressionlessly, "Shut up, we'll talk about it when we get back!"
Meanwhile, after looking after the students who were parading through the streets, Li Shiyue rode her horse back to the paper shop on Shuyuan Street.
Sure enough, it was the same burly man who delivered the letter yesterday evening. He was waiting at the alley entrance diagonally opposite the paper shop, squatting in the corner.
Li Shiyue took the letter from the burly man and casually gave him a piece of silver.
The burly man didn't want the reward money from Li Shiyue, but seeing how eager Li Shiyue was, she took the letter and turned back to the paper shop.
"Uh, this..."
When the burly man caught up with him at the entrance of the paper shop, he was greeted by the shop's hired assistant.
Only then did the burly man grip the broken piece of silver tightly, bow to the young waiter, and leave.
Meanwhile, Li Shiyue, holding the letter, was already standing under a tree in the backyard of the paper shop, tearing open the envelope and reading Yan Jiuniang's letter.
The letter was very short, or rather, it was just a single line of text written on this thin piece of paper; it was merely a verbal message.
It was late afternoon when Li's mother and Li Wangming returned.
Shi Tou carried Li Wangming back because Li Wangming had gone to a restaurant after parading through the streets with the students, where he drank quite a bit and was already unconscious.
"Luckily, Shi Tou, Qiu Tian, and I stayed at the back of the group, otherwise your second uncle would probably have to sleep in the restaurant tonight."
After settling the drunk Li Wangming in, the soup noodles that Li Shiyue had ordered were delivered to the paper shop.
The family gathered together and enjoyed a good meal.
The three of them sat together for a while longer, talking about when they would return to the village, how to hold a banquet for Li Wangming, who they would invite, and how many dishes they would prepare for the banquet, before they dispersed.
Back in the room he shared with Li Qiutian, Li Qiutian saw that Li Shiyue wasn't washing up, but instead sitting at the table, head down, deep in thought.
She leaned closer to Li Shiyue and whispered, "Is something going on tonight? Or has another letter arrived?"
Li Shiyue nodded; she never hid these things from Li Qiutian.
Li Qiutian wasn't the kind of person who couldn't keep his mouth shut like Li Xiatian. Li Shiyue leaned close to Li Qiutian's ear and whispered, "The Prince of Zhenbei is in trouble! His fate is unknown!"
Jiu Niang asked me to meet her tonight!
I'll go out when it gets dark.
I should be back before dawn. Sister, please cover for me.
If I can't come back on time, my sister will just tell my mother that I went out to run errands early this morning, and that the General is looking for me.
As the moon rose above the treetops, Li Shiyue changed into a dark-colored outfit, quietly opened the window, nodded to Li Qiutian, and then used her inner strength to circulate her cultivation technique, jumping out of the second-floor window and heading towards the place Yan Jiuniang had arranged.
Fifteen minutes later, Li Shiyue jumped down from the top of someone's wall and arrived at the back door of a house, knocking a few times with three long and two short knocks.
The door opened, and it was none other than Ma San who opened it!
"Lieutenant General Ma!"
When Li Shiyue saw Ma San, he was genuinely quite surprised.
"October!
Come in, come in quickly!
Upon entering, the house was brightly lit. In addition to Yan Jiuniang, Liu Tan and Zhao Da, whom Li Shiyue had already guessed would be there, there were also two Taoist priests!
With just one glance, Li Shiyue recognized them as the two Taoist priests she had seen when she was queuing to enter the city outside the city gate that day!
Yan Xuefei, who was sitting down, looked at Li Shiyue with some surprise.
"It's you!"
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