He looked so serious, and his expression couldn't help being cold in front of her, as if the mention of being sick didn't seem like something he said casually.

Wei Hanzhang had no idea why his feelings had changed, so for a moment he believed his words. He thought about it carefully for a long time, then shook his head and said, "These days I either ate at Qixiang Palace or at A Niang's yard. I have never eaten imported food anywhere else. I only looked at the sugar figurines from Longzhou City and never tasted them. By the way, I had dinner in your Chengming Palace last night."

As she thought about it carefully, she said, "I don't have any personal belongings, but the maids in the palace have sent me some patterns to choose from. But whether it's clothes or jewelry, it will take some time to make them."

As she spoke, she thought of the group of snakes last time and frowned slightly: "Do you suspect that I was poisoned? But what I have eaten and used these days is no different from the past..."

She was a little confused. If she was really poisoned, when would it happen? "Don't worry," Xiao Junzhan smiled soothingly, and said, "Since this person dared to poison, he must have made preparations. Otherwise, if someone could see the flaw at a glance, it would be tantamount to sending himself to death."

Looking at the little girl huddled up with her knees hugged and answering his questions obediently, his heart suddenly softened.

How could he have the heart to almost rape such a good girl?

At this moment, Xiao Junzhan was certain that his Ranran had been tricked and that was why her personality changed drastically. Her rejection and disgust did not come from her true nature.

...I can't blame her at all.

Not only did he fail to see it at the first moment, he was also affected by jealousy and hurt her.

So bullying.

Self-blame and regret rose to her mind, but were soon replaced by anxiety caused by not knowing what poison had poisoned her.

Suddenly, there was a gentle knock on the palace door, and Ning Hai's voice came: "Your Highness, Lord Li is here."

Xiao Junzhan paused, reached out to the girl on the couch, and coaxed: "Ran Ran, are you curious about what happened to you? Do you want to go with me to find out the truth?"

Of course she does!

Can……

Wei Hanzhang raised his head cautiously, "Can we not hold hands?"

"...Okay." Xiao Junzhan took a deep breath. He really didn't want to make her feel uncomfortable, so he waited patiently for her to put on her embroidered shoes before they walked out of the inner room together.

Li Yue, dressed in the uniform of a personal guard, stood at the door with his head bowed. When he heard the door open, he immediately knelt on one knee and said, "Your Highness, I pay my respects to you."

Xiao Junzhan said, "I summoned you here overnight because I have an important matter to entrust to you."

Li Yue bowed his head and said respectfully, "Your Highness, please give your orders."

"I suspect that there are people in Qixiang Palace colluding with each other to murder my future Crown Princess," Xiao Junzhan said in a gentle tone, glancing at his trusted minister, "You should interrogate all the maids and eunuchs in the palace overnight, and check all the people, things, and objects that have come in and approached this palace in the past few days. If there is anything wrong, no matter who it is, you can detain them directly for trial."

Li Yue's heart trembled, and he responded in a low voice: "I obey your command."

Xiao Junzhan said: "If you have any questions, report directly inside."

...We have to wait for the interrogation news overnight.

As the leader of the Eastern Palace Guards and the Crown Prince's absolute confidant, Li Yue also accompanied Xiao Junzhan to Xuzhou and Yunzhou as a guard when he went to Xuzhou and Yunzhou due to the Jiangnan corruption case in the first half of the year.

At that time, there were thousands of refugees in Jiangnan and starving people everywhere. Xiao Junzhan became extremely murderous when he saw this. He beheaded countless officials along the way from Jiangnan to the capital. The butcher's knife rolled down, and both the government and the people were trembling with fear.

...But even so, he never waited overnight for any interrogation news.

Just as the interrogation was about to begin, there was a knock on the tightly closed door of Qixiang Palace. Ning Hai went over to open the door himself. Soon, the four imperial doctors who had followed him to the palace all came in.

The gathering of four imperial doctors shocked Li Yue, who was used to seeing the world. If he hadn't just seen the Crown Princess standing in front of him, he would have doubted...

The palace was shrouded in darkness, and there was a faint sense of panic.

………………

Wei Hanzhang sat upright on a soft chair in the hall, with her wrist resting on the coffee table beside her. Four old imperial doctors with white hair and beards were taking her pulse in turn.

Xiao Junzhan stood one step away, his expression calm, his eyes fixed on the back of the imperial physician who was taking the pulse, staring at him so much that his fingertips became a little unsteady as he took the pulse.

Ning Hai, Luzhu and Lulan were waiting in the corner, all with panic on their faces, especially Luzhu and Lulan, who simply couldn't believe that their master was poisoned right under their noses! After the last imperial physician took the pulse, he discussed it with several colleagues. The four imperial physicians all frowned and looked worried. Xiao Junzhan didn't urge them and let them discuss it.

After a long while, Wei Hanzhang's only acquaintance, the old imperial physician who had tried to save Cao Xinrou in front of the Jiaofang Bureau, bowed to Xiao Junzhan and said, "Your Highness, Miss Wei is fine except for a little deficiency of Qi and blood."

Nothing serious?

Everyone in the inner room had a myriad of different expressions.

Xiao Junzhan was stunned for a moment, and asked without any emotion: "Are you sure?"

Hearing this, the four old imperial doctors looked at each other, and no one dared to respond easily.

The atmosphere was inexplicably solemn.

Ning Hai brought a chair and placed it next to Wei Hanzhang. After Xiao Junzhan sat down, he continued, "Is it possible that Ranran was poisoned by a kind of poison that you don't know about?"

"This..." It was the same imperial physician who had just spoken who said, "Your Highness, you don't know that there are countless poisons in the world, many of which are strange poisons. But if the body is poisoned, the pulse will show some signs. I have been practicing medicine for a lifetime, and I dare to guarantee that Miss Wei is not poisoned."

So, she wasn't poisoned? Wei Hanzhang blinked, not knowing whether to be happy or sad.

Is it better that she is poisoned, or is it better that she is really a heartless person? Noticing that the person next to her has not spoken for a long time, she couldn't help but turn her head to look, and happened to meet his complex gaze, gentle, suppressed, and a bottomless darkness.

Her heart skipped a beat, and before she could react, her wrist was grabbed. However, Xiao Junzhan still believed in his own judgment.

His Ranran could not possibly be a girl who would switch sides frequently.

...Even if she was, she wouldn't be able to kiss him sweetly last night but find it difficult to even hold his wrist today.

This doesn't make sense.

Noticing the little girl's struggle, Xiao Junzhan paused, but finally withdrew his hand.

Swallowing the unspeakable feeling in his heart, he turned his gaze to the minister and asked, "Royal Physician Wang, you are the chief of the Imperial Hospital. Have you ever heard of a drug that can change a person's temperament overnight?"

Imperial Physician Wang was startled by the question, and quickly glanced at Wei Hanzhang, then bowed and said, "Your Highness, please elaborate."

(End of this chapter)