Chapter 489
Zeng Kang, Marquis of Yongyi, was so excited that he could hardly control himself, but unexpectedly, his good nephew suddenly fell down, which scared Zeng Kang.
This nephew must not make any mistakes. The future of the Marquisate depends on him. What if he not only fails to please His Majesty, but also makes His Majesty angry at the Marquisate? Therefore, Marquis Yongyi did not need to perform, and ran to the front with a worried look on his face.
The women heard the noise outside and were also worried, but they did not dare to run around.
"What happened outside?"
"Your Majesty is summoning the nephew of the Marquis of Yongyi, right? How did something go wrong? I heard that the imperial physician was called in. Madam of the Marquis of Yongyi, do you know the reason?"
Song's eyelids twitched, and she looked displeased at the lady who asked the question: "I am sitting here with you, how can I know what is going on over there with my clairvoyance?"
The man was embarrassed and had to shut up, but everyone present was very curious.
The imperial physician was quickly called in, and no one dared to touch Zeng Yuanjing who was lying on the ground, including the wine glass he had drunk from, which has now become a piece of evidence. The emperor was protected by the guards behind him, his face gloomy and uncertain. He thought that Zeng Yuanjing was poisoned after drinking that glass of wine, and even wondered, if he had drunk that glass of wine himself, wouldn't he have been poisoned by now?
The imperial physician took Yuan Jing's pulse carefully. Of course, there was nothing wrong with Yuan Jing's body, but his medical skills were better than the imperial physician's, and he could control his own pulse, allowing the imperial physician to diagnose him with the result he wanted.
After waking up in this body and finding himself poisoned, Yuan Jing did not rush to remove the toxins from his body. Instead, he used his soul power to control the toxins. Who knows if they will come in handy someday. Otherwise, he would have to go through the trouble of finding these poisons himself and get poisoned again.
Once the toxins are under control, they can be stimulated when needed.
Yuan Jing's symptoms at this moment were the same as when he first arrived. The two toxins conflicted with each other, and coupled with the stimulation of alcohol, the poison took effect. Yuan Jing, lying on the ground, silently gave himself a thumbs up.
But Li Yan didn't know that the one who really cared about Zeng Yuanjing and was worried about him was Li Yan. He was almost jumping up and down beside Yuanjing, and his mouth was about to get blisters. If he didn't dare to disturb the imperial physician, he would have wanted to shake the imperial physician's shoulders and ask him what the result was and ask him to save his good brother quickly.
After a while, the imperial physician put down Yuan Jing's wrist and took the wine glass to check it. After confirming the result, he reported to the emperor: "Your Majesty, there is no poison in the glass. The fourth young master Zeng of the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion was not poisoned by drinking, but it was somewhat related to the wine."
The emperor was relieved at first, but he couldn't understand what he said next: "If you have anything to say, just say it. I am here and will make the decision for this child."
"Yes, Your Majesty. I discovered that there are two toxins in Young Master Zeng's body. One old toxin has been accumulated for about ten years, and the other toxin has existed for no longer than a year. Originally, the two toxins did not conflict with each other, but lived in peace. But today, Young Master Zeng had already drunk wine, and Your Majesty gave him wine. The wine caused the two toxins that had been living in peace to conflict with each other, and Young Master Zeng became poisoned."
"Moreover, I have discovered that Young Master Zeng's body has been suffering from toxins over the years. In addition, his body has been losing weight recently. I am afraid... it may affect his lifespan."
The royal family, nobles and officials in the hall were all listening with their ears pricked up. They were confused at first, and then they all looked at Marquis Yongyi. The fourth young master Zeng had been poisoned ten years ago. Who had the ability to poison the fourth young master Zeng who was in the marquis's mansion? The most suspicious person was Marquis Yongyi himself. Thinking of the origin of Zeng Kang's title and Zeng Yuanjing's embarrassing situation in the mansion, the answer to who poisoned him was almost obvious.
Zeng Kang was stunned and quickly explained: "This is impossible! Did the imperial physician make a mistake? I have never treated my nephew badly, how could I let him..."
The imperial physician flicked his sleeves and said, "If Marquis Yongyi doesn't believe me, you can ask other imperial physicians to come and diagnose me."
The emperor ordered: "Call the imperial physician again."
Soon, another imperial physician came and gave the same diagnosis. This made the people present look at Zeng Yuanjing lying on the ground with sympathy, and look at Zeng Kang with subtlety. Even if Zeng Yuanjing, the nephew, was alive and well, what threat could he pose to Zeng Kang, the uncle? How could the huge Yongyi Marquis Mansion not have room for Zeng Yuanjing to eat?
Some people think more about what Zeng Yuanjing looked like in the past few years. He was so obese that people couldn't look at him directly, and his reputation was extremely bad. On the contrary, the prince of Yongyi Marquis had a good reputation. Now considering Zeng Yuanjing's physical condition, haha, there is a big problem here. Zeng Kang, as an uncle, treated his nephew so badly. If his brother and nephew had not died on the battlefield, would the title of this marquis have been downgraded?
The emperor's face darkened, and he did not allow Zeng Kang to explain. "Take him away first and treat him with all your strength. You must give me a healthy Fourth Young Master Zeng."
"Yes, Your Majesty, I obey your command."
The two imperial doctors ordered people to carry Zeng Yuanjing away. Of course, Li Yan was certain without a doubt that the poisoner was Zeng Kang. If it wasn't him, then it was his wife who did it. He wanted to rush over and punch and kick him, but brothers were more important now, so he hurried over to take care of his good brother. His father could only sigh and shake his head when looking at his son, but he did not stop his actions.
Prince Shun watched the development of the scene in surprise. For some reason, he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.
Today, when he saw Zeng Kang really bring Zeng Yuanjing here and send him in front of his royal brother, he felt angry towards Zeng Kang, but before he could do anything, the young man was poisoned.
This... the timing of the poison's onset seemed to be just right, allowing the young man to escape temporarily, but also exposing Zeng Kang's true face.
Could it be... No, it couldn't be that the young man did it himself. Prince Shun couldn't figure out how the fourth young master Zeng could control himself just right to let the poison erupt at the critical moment. If he had this ability, how could he have been controlled by Zeng Kang for all these years?
The emperor looked at Zeng Kang, who was kneeling in front of him with a pale face, with a gloomy face and flickering eyes. The young man who just fell to the ground was so fragile and beautiful, which reminded him of Yuan Jing's biological mother. However, unlike the young man's fragile mother, she was so determined to die, and was unwilling to escape into the palace after faking her death as he wished.
He thought he had forgotten what happened back then. He had seen the child she left behind before, but not only did the child not have any of her spirit, he also became more and more stupid, and was gradually forgotten by him. Otherwise, he would not have expected that when he saw him again after all these years, he found that he looked so much like his mother, but his temperament was not as fierce as his mother's.
As an emperor, he could get whatever women he wanted, and it was always other people's women who flattered him. However, he fell flat on his face with this one woman. At this moment, thinking of the young man lying on the ground who was so fragile that he was almost not breathing, the emperor looked at Marquis Yongyi in front of him with an unfriendly look.
"Marquis Yongyi, is this how you take care of your brother's child? How old is this child? You can't tolerate him? Your title should have been inherited by your brother's child, but in order for you, as an uncle, to take good care of the child, you inherited the title. But you really failed my expectations. How can I explain this to Zeng Heng?"
When Prince Shun heard this, his eyes flashed with sneer. How can he explain to Zeng Heng? How can your Majesty, who covets my wife, explain to Zeng Heng? If Zeng Yuanjing, who fell today, was not born with a good appearance, would your Majesty still be so angry?
If he remembered Zeng Heng, he would not have ignored the child for more than ten years. People are tempted by profit, so it is normal for Zeng Kang to take action against his own nephew. Even if he did not do so, his wife in the mansion probably would not tolerate it.
Even the old lady in the mansion might not be a good person, otherwise she would not know Zeng Kang's intention of bringing his grandson into the palace? Without Zeng Heng, the mansion would be filled with filth, and perhaps the cleanest one would be the fourth young master Zeng, who had the worst reputation.
Zeng Kang was so frightened that his legs were shaking. He fell to the ground and begged, "Your Majesty, I really don't know why Yuan Jing was poisoned. I really didn't have that thought in mind."
"Your Majesty, the poison in Young Master Zeng's body is a chronic poison, and it was not inflicted all at once. It has been accumulated over at least two to three years." The eunuch next to him came to convey the words of the imperial physician.
Zeng Kang completely collapsed and almost lost control of his bladder. He had no idea about this incident and believed that his nephew, who had been spoiled by him, could not threaten him and his son. But why did this happen? Was it the Song family who did it? Zeng Kang first suspected his wife because the old lady would never harm her own grandson.
But even if it was the Song family who poisoned him, he could not escape the connection.
On the female side, someone finally found out the news, but when the news was spoken in public, Song cried out and collapsed in her seat. Zeng Jingshu was startled at first, then hurried to save her mother, and the scene suddenly became chaotic.
The female relatives who had been close to Song before immediately kept their distance from her. They were quicker-witted than the men outside and realized in a blink of an eye that the Fourth Young Master Zeng had not only been spoiled by the Marquis's Mansion, but also beaten to death. This person was truly vicious. They had actually thought that Song was a good person before.
There were also people from the Yu Mansion, the future relatives of the Yongyi Marquis. Mrs. Yu looked extremely unhappy. Yu Yaoyao turned pale and swayed. She could not accept that the Yongyi Marquis Mansion she was going to marry into was such a mansion.
Originally, she thought that Zeng Yuanjing himself was not ambitious and did not make progress, but now with the education she received, she can guess Zeng Yuanjing's situation in the Marquis of Yongyi. Then, would her future husband, Zeng Yuanxin, be completely unaware of all this?
Zeng Yuanxin never liked to mention his cousin, and when he did, he looked disdainful. Zeng Jingshu was even more disgusted.
For the first time, Yu Yaoyao began to waver about her future. She was not the kind of woman who put love above all else, and her reason still prevailed at this time, so she began to doubt Zeng Yuanxin, whose life or death was currently unknown. When she heard the news of Zeng Yuanxin's disappearance, she was so shocked that she fell ill. Even now, she was determined that she would not give up the engagement unless she saw his body, otherwise she would wait for Zeng Yuanxin to come back.
A Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet ended early because the fourth young master Zeng of the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion suddenly fell ill with poison, but everyone's spirits did not drop much. On the way out of the palace, they were still talking about it with great interest, and at the same time gloating over the situation of the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion.
Zeng Yuanjing was still staying in the palace. Li Yan also wanted to stay to accompany him, but was pulled away by his father. It was not appropriate for a foreigner like him to stay in the palace.
At this time, Yuan Jing was given medicine and acupuncture. After a series of treatments, he woke up and saw a room full of people. In addition to the emperor and empress, several princes were also there.
Seeing him flutter his long eyelashes and open his eyes, the princes' eyes flashed with surprise. They had all heard that the Fourth Young Master Zeng looked very much like his biological mother. When his biological mother was alive, she must have been a very beautiful woman. Unfortunately, the beauty is gone.
"Where am I? What's wrong with me?" Yuan Jing said weakly.
The eunuch beside the emperor immediately went over to explain to him. Yuan Jing pretended to have just noticed the presence of the emperor and empress, and struggled to get up to salute them, but the emperor excused him and he lay down again.
"You mean I was poisoned ten years ago? And again in the past year? How is this possible?" Yuan Jing was addicted to acting, and said with an expression of disbelief and sadness, making several princes want to denounce the villain on his behalf, "Who did it? They...don't want me to survive?"
The queen comforted him, "Don't worry, His Majesty will uphold justice for you. Whoever wants to harm you will be punished."
"Thank you, Queen, and thank you, Your Majesty. I'm fine. But... do I have to go back to the Marquis of Yongyi's mansion in the future?"
The queen also felt pity in her heart. It seemed that the child was not completely ignorant of her own situation. If she returned to the Marquis' Mansion, she would be returning to the wolf's den. She turned her head and looked at the emperor: "Your Majesty..."
The old emperor took a step forward and looked at Yuan Jing's face. He smiled what he thought was a gentle smile and said, "Yuan Jing, please stay in the palace tonight. I will do you justice. Zeng Kang was just guarding the title of the Marquisate for your father, but he had thoughts that he shouldn't have. Now that you have grown up, the title should return to you."
The other princes were all surprised. Was the emperor going to take away Zeng Kang's title and give it to Zeng Yuanjing, a young man who hadn't even started a family yet? Didn't the imperial doctors conclude that his body was damaged by the poison? Even if the poison was removed, his body would still be in a bad condition and his life span would not be long? So the emperor actually wanted to take back the title of the Marquis of Yongyi, right? Letting this young man inherit the title was just a transition. Didn't he look like he could marry and have children?
Yuan Jing struggled to get up from the bed and knelt down in front of the old emperor: "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty, but I cannot accept it. I have no virtue or talent, and I am not worthy of the title of Marquis. I only ask Your Majesty to agree to let Yuan Jing live separately and take back my mother's dowry. After all, my uncle and aunt raised me, and my grandmother cannot accept such a blow."
The Queen thought too much. The old lady in the Marquis' Mansion would know nothing about the situation in the mansion and might just turn a blind eye. The child knew it very well. If Zeng Kang's title was really taken away and given to him, the old lady would probably hate the child. How could he live a good life in the future?
It would be better to leave that mansion and live in peace and quiet.
The Queen thought so and helped Yuan Jing: "Your Majesty, what the child said is true. After all, he was raised by his uncle and aunt, and he is very filial to his grandmother. It is better to let the child leave the mansion and live a quiet life for a few years."
The old emperor looked at Yuan Jing's face and sighed: "Okay, I agree."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Yuan Jing breathed a sigh of relief. This was the bad thing about the ancient society. It would be extremely difficult for him to move out openly unless he changed his identity and faked his death to escape. Now, he could finally get away from that family that disgusted him.
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