After Dr. Jian and the others examined everything that Cui Niang had used and touched, they found no signs of poisoning.
At this point, Cui Niang was already delirious with fever and unconscious, and even began to show signs of vomiting, which were clearly signs of poisoning.
The group of people standing in front of Cui Niang were at a loss, watching her convulse. Xi Cha even turned away, unable to bear to look.
Looking at Cui Niang's expression, Lanqin felt extremely sad. She had never seen anyone slowly lose their life in front of her before.
"No, she must have come into contact with something to get poisoned. No one here would want to harm her!" Lanqin said excitedly.
"Don't worry, think about it again. Is there anything else she might have come into contact with that you haven't thought of yet?" the Fourteenth Prince comforted him.
“I remember that Cui Niang once went to the garden outside to pick some flowers to use for flower arranging. Could she have come into contact with some poisonous substances there?” Nianxue suddenly said.
Dr. Jian's eyes flashed, and he said, "Could it be that Cui Niang came into contact with oleander? It's currently the peak blooming season for oleander. This flower contains trace amounts of toxins. If you come into contact with it, you could easily be poisoned by inhaling too much oleander pollen."
Lanqin knew before that oleander contains toxins and that excessive contact can cause poisoning, but she never expected that Cui Niang would actually be poisoned by this common flower.
She asked impatiently, "What should we do? Is there any way to detoxify?"
Doctor Jian glanced at the young princess and thought to himself: Just how important is this Cui Niang to this Princess Niu that she cares so much about a palace maid? But he didn't dare to be negligent and said cautiously, "I'll go and prescribe some medicine. Take it and see how it goes."
Lanqin nodded and immediately sent Nianxue to fetch and prepare the medicine. Once only Lanqin and the Fourteenth Prince remained in the room, she felt a little embarrassed and said, "Thank you so much, Fourteenth Prince, for helping to fetch the doctor. Otherwise, Cui Niang wouldn't have received treatment so quickly."
Xi Cha was bringing in a basin of water to wash Cui Niang when she saw Fourteenth Master about to say something to Lan Qin, but then she saw Xi Cha come in and swallowed the words that were about to come out.
"Come out here, I have something to say to you!" Fourteen's stubborn temper flared up again.
Lanqin, fearing he might say something inappropriate, had no choice but to follow the Fourteenth Prince outside. As they reached the small pavilion by the entrance, the Fourteenth Prince suddenly asked, "Why did you give the necklace I gave you to Wanyan?"
Lanqin knew that he must have asked her to come out for this matter, so she pretended to be relaxed and said, "Why did you send me that thing? It's more suitable for your principal wife. Don't bother with me anymore, otherwise if someone with ulterior motives sees it, they'll think there's something between you and me. Then Lanqin will have no way to explain herself."
The Fourteenth Prince exclaimed excitedly, "You can just say you don't want what I gave you and even give it to Wanyan!"
After saying this, the Fourteenth Prince was quite excited, and there was even a slight red glow in his eyes.
"Fourteenth Prince, given our status, you shouldn't have given me that thing." Lan Qin was almost certain that our Fourteenth Prince had truly fallen in love with her, but just thinking about it was enough to give Lan Qin a headache. She had absolutely no interest in the Fourteenth Prince, who was only in the mid-stage of the Youth Realm!
Suddenly, the Fourteenth Prince grabbed Lanqin's hand and exclaimed, "I know you are Fourth Brother's princess, but I've truly fallen for you. I don't know when it started, but you've already taken root in my heart!"
Lanqin was startled by his action and immediately pulled her hand away from his, saying, "You must be imagining things. Believe me, it's just a temporary obsession. As long as we don't see each other for a month, you'll quickly get rid of this feeling."
Lanqin knew that the Fourteenth Prince was only experiencing a temporary hormonal imbalance. If she could help him understand his feelings, his so-called "heart-fluttering" would quickly dissipate. The love of a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy is like a summer thunderstorm—it comes and goes quickly!
The Fourteenth Prince not only didn't let go of Lanqin's hand, but instead grabbed her shoulder with one hand, saying excitedly, "No, my feelings for you are real, not what you say~"
Boys and girls in their mid-adolescent years are very persistent in believing in their momentary feelings, thinking that the person they fall in love with at this moment is the most worthy person to love in their life or the person they love the most.
"Listen to me, Fourteenth Prince, you and I are two different people. I am your sister-in-law, do you understand? I am older than you, and I love your Fourth Brother very much. Listen to me clearly, there is absolutely no possibility between us~" Lanqin really wanted to slap him across the face. She hated this kind of blindly impulsive kid the most.
The Fourteenth Prince clearly hadn't expected his confession to encounter such a huge obstacle. He thought that Lanqin at least had feelings for him, so why did she look so disgusted and helpless?
What? You're older than me? But you're only fourteen or fifteen years old! Thinking of this, the Fourteenth Prince became even more convinced that this woman was deliberately playing tricks on him.
"If you weren't Fourth Brother's princess, would you accept me?" Fourteenth Brother asked, still unwilling to give up. Since meeting Lanqin, he had experienced a joy and excitement he had never felt before, something that neither Wanyan nor Princess Chen could give him.
“There is no such thing as ‘if,’ so I will not answer your question. Fourteenth Master, can you listen to me and forget what you just said, and you must get rid of that feeling? That way we can still be good friends, okay?” Lanqin looked at Fourteenth Master expectantly, hoping that he could get rid of this crazy behavior.
The Fourteenth Prince left in a daze. When Lanqin went into the room to see Cui Niang, Cui Niang no longer had a fever and was slowly drinking all the medicine in the bowl while being served tea.
"Niang Cui, are you feeling better?" Lanqin walked to Niang Cui's bedside with concern and asked kindly.
"I'm much better. Thank you so much, Princess, for going to fetch the imperial physician for someone of my status. You saved my life." Cui Niang said gratefully to Lan Qin and was about to bow when Lan Qin stopped her.
“You’re all better now, so I didn’t do anything. By the way, Cui Niang, when you had a fever, you kept saying, ‘Please, Madam, don’t do this!’ What was going on? Were you begging Madam?” Lanqin asked, puzzled.
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