Yan Yu naturally wanted to reprimand them for not staying by the young prince's side properly, and for letting Lanqin stay alone with the young prince, but she couldn't say it directly, so she took the opportunity to make a fuss.
Lanqin smiled slightly and said, "In this hot weather, if you're bundled up too much, you'll get rashes. How can Princess Yu, who is born as my mother, not even know this?"
The Princess Consort suddenly spoke up: "Alright, now the most important thing is to see what kind of poison the young prince has been poisoned with?"
But Dr. Wu seemed to have been examining people outside for quite a while, yet he refused to give his diagnosis today.
He naturally dared not come in, because the packet of powder was obviously highly poisonous. However, Lanqin had just pointed out the place he had deliberately overlooked. If she insisted on testing the little prince for poison, then the only conclusion would be that the little prince was not poisoned at all.
"Wu Youcai~~ Wu Youcai~~" the Fujin called out impatiently twice.
Doctor Wu had no choice but to bite the bullet and hurried over. He bowed to the Princess Consort and said, "Your Highness, I have just tested the poison, and the powder is indeed a deadly poison—arsenic."
When the word "arsenic" came out of his mouth, Geng's legs went weak and she almost lost her footing. Fortunately, Song was supporting her and Lülan was also paying attention, so Geng managed to stand up.
She knew perfectly well that this was a trap. From the moment she met Yan Yu in the small garden, it had been a meticulously woven web.
Now that it's confirmed the young prince was poisoned with arsenic, I'll most likely be convicted by the Fujin (principal wife). The maids in my quarters have never been truly loyal to me, and I can't blame them; since I entered the household, I haven't received much favor, so naturally their lives haven't been easy either. Some of them probably already want to leave, and under these circumstances, if someone were to try and win me over, especially if it's the Fujin, I doubt anyone would refuse.
"Arsenic?" The princess was taken aback and repeated the two words.
Lanqin secretly kept an eye on Wu Liangcai's expression. Sure enough, she saw that he was a little uneasy, as if he realized that someone was watching him. He unconsciously followed the gaze and looked back, and his eyes met Lanqin's.
Doctor Wu quickly averted his gaze, which naturally made Lanqin even more certain: the little prince might not have been poisoned at all, but was simply having a seizure. Yan Yu must have concealed this hidden ailment from the child and then deliberately set up this scheme with the Fujin, taking advantage of others' ignorance.
"Geng Rushuang, I thought you were so aloof, but I never expected you to be such a vicious woman. You, it was you who poisoned my son with arsenic, wasn't that right?" Yan Yu naturally started making a scene as planned.
"Doctor Wu, why don't you hurry up and detoxify the young prince? How is he now? Is his life in danger?" The princess consort naturally did her best to preserve the fourth prince's offspring, revealing a loving mother's heart.
"I will immediately prepare the antidote. I fear the young prince's poisoning is not severe, otherwise he would have already perished," Doctor Wu said, bowing.
"Dr. Wu, please wait!!" Lanqin naturally wouldn't let him go.
"Madam Niu, Doctor Wu is going to prepare the antidote for the young prince. Why are you stopping him now?" The princess's expression turned cold. She also noticed that Doctor Wu seemed to have something to say to her, but he couldn't say it because everyone was present.
"Your Highness, I suspect that the young prince was not poisoned at all. I beg Your Highness to have Doctor Wu examine the young prince for poison!" Lanqin said humbly.
"What? No poisoning!"
"No poisoning!"
Upon hearing this, Geng trembled. She snapped out of her daze and looked at Lanqin anxiously, only to see her return a warm smile.
“But the young prince is clearly convulsing, which is very similar to the signs of poisoning. Moreover, Doctor Wu also said that the young prince has been poisoned,” said Madam Wang.
"Dr. Wu, are you sure the young prince has been poisoned?" Madam Song asked, continuing Madam Wang's question.
At this moment, everyone's eyes fell on Doctor Wu!
"Doctor Wu, tell me, is the young prince poisoned or not? If you're just making things up, things will be very different when the Fourth Prince returns." Lanqin said with a smile, but her words struck Doctor Wu like a thorny hammer, causing him great pain.
"Doctor Wu, the young prince's body is convulsing, which is clearly a sign of poisoning. Can you see it clearly?" The princess sternly glanced at Lanqin, but the latter remained unmoved and turned to Wu Liangcai, who was standing there silently.
The atmosphere instantly froze.
Yan Yu hadn't expected Lan Qin to suddenly say such a thing, because she knew perfectly well that the young prince hadn't been poisoned. Yan Yu had noticed that the young prince had convulsed and trembled like this several times before, each time lasting for a while before subsiding on his own. The two wet nurses knew about this and had reported it to the Fujin (Prince's wife). Therefore, the Fujin was also aware of it.
When Granny Li returned and reported that Cui Nong's whereabouts were unknown, the Fujin became restless. She knew she couldn't touch Lan Qin at the moment, but couldn't she touch the people around her?
"Dr. Wu, go and test it. With your silver needle, you only need to take a few drops of the little prince's blood to know the result," Lanqin said, turning her head to look at the little prince.
Just then, a greeting came from outside, followed by Su Peisheng's arm reaching in.
The curtain was lifted, and the Fourth Master entered with a stern face.
Everyone immediately bowed and paid their respects to the Fourth Master.
"I heard that the young prince has been poisoned. What exactly happened?" The Fourth Prince bypassed the crowd and went straight to the young prince's bedside.
When his gaze fell upon Lanqin, a hint of tenderness appeared in his eyes, but that tenderness was immediately overwhelmed.
"The young prince is having convulsions. My sister came to tell me that someone has poisoned the child, which is why he is like this," the princess said, her brow furrowed with worry.
Before the Fourth Prince could ask, Yan Yu quickly stepped forward, curtsied, and said, "Please, Your Highness, do me justice. This morning, I took the young prince and the princess outside to admire the flowers. Unexpectedly, we ran into Princess Geng. She spoke a few words to me and said she wanted to hold the young prince. I didn't think much of it and agreed. But as soon as the young prince returned, he started acting strangely. Look, he's so young, and he's been convulsing."
Geng was about to speak, but when she saw Lanqin subtly waving her hand, she stopped herself.
Fourth Master looked at the child, and just as Lanqin had predicted, his convulsions gradually subsided and were not as severe as they had been at the beginning.
"Doctor Wu, what poison has the young prince been poisoned with?" After returning to the manor, the Fourth Prince was originally going to the main courtyard to discuss with his wife the coming-of-age ceremony of the eldest princess in a few days. However, after hearing Dongmei's report, he came over immediately.
"Your Majesty, I am incompetent and have not yet made a diagnosis." Doctor Wu dared not say anything more at this moment. Although he was the wife's man, his own life was of utmost importance.
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