It happened that on this day, Ren Yaoqi's mother, Li, came to visit Ren Yaoqi at the Yanbei Palace. Ren Yaoqi asked Li if there was any way to make a person look like he had caught a cold and had a high fever that even the doctor could not diagnose.
Ren Yaoqi thought that since Li came from a royal family, he might have heard of her before.
Li thought about it and shook her head to indicate that she didn't know. Suddenly, Madam Zhou said, "Hearing what the young lady said, this servant has reminded me of a poison."
Ren Yaoqi quickly asked, "What kind of poison?"
Nanny Zhou frowned. "I once heard my aunt mention a poison in the palace called 'Gouwen'. The first dose will cause a persistent high fever, like catching a cold. If taken only once, the illness will heal in a few days, but if taken continuously for three months, the body will gradually weaken and the person will die without anyone noticing. This poison is not available to everyone in the palace, and it is unlikely to spread to the public."
Nanny Zhou's aunt was once the most trusted maidservant to Concubine Wan. After Concubine Wan committed suicide, she also hanged herself. It's not surprising that Nanny Zhou learned all this from her aunt.
Sure enough, it was something from the palace... Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but frown. But what was their purpose in doing this?
Xiao Jingyue was a member of the imperial court, so why was he poisoned? What conspiracy was behind this?
As she thought about it, Ren Yaoqi became unusually anxious. She was worried about Xiao Jingxi's safety.
After Li and Nanny Zhou left, Ren Yaoqi asked someone to invite Xiao Jinglin over to discuss the matter with her.
After listening to this, Xiao Jinglin said calmly: "If this is a self-torture trick, what do you think it is?"
Ren Yaoqi had been thinking a lot while waiting for Xiao Jinglin. Upon hearing this, he asked, "Do you think Yan Ningshuang is trustworthy?"
Xiao Jinglin frowned, then said bluntly, "Although Yan Ningshuang is from the Yan family, the second daughter isn't particularly bright. If she comes to Yanbei with any conspiracy... I'm afraid it would be easily discovered."
Ren Yaoqi nodded in agreement: "That's right, Yan Ningshuang should just be a chess piece, and a chess piece that was used and kept in the dark from beginning to end."
Although Ren Yaoqi didn't like Yan Ningshuang, her infatuation with Xiao Jingxi didn't seem fake. Ren Yaoqi also believed that the things she did were out of her love for Xiao Jingxi. So after observing her for a while, Ren Yaoqi felt that Yan Ningshuang could be called innocent to a certain extent.
Xiao Jinglin continued to ponder, "So, after this incident, we will trust Yan Ningshuang even more. We believe that she will stand on our side for Second Brother. Once we let down our guard, they will use Yan Ningshuang to trick us..."
Ren Yaoqi sighed: "So, this might be a chain reaction. Xiao Jingyue's illness is just a preparation for their next move."
Xiao Jinglin said coldly: "This Miss Yan is so stupid!" Princess Xiao still spoke so directly and to the point.
Ren Yaoqi smiled bitterly and shook his head: "That's right."
Yan Ningshuang betrayed the court and her family for Xiao Jingxi, and she must have felt uneasy. Unfortunately, she didn't know that she might have been a pawn in the hands of the Yan family long ago. And she was a discarded pawn. I wonder how Yan Ningshuang would feel after knowing this.
Xiao Jinglin said, "If that's the case, then we can only hold our ground for now and see what other tricks they come up with."
Ren Yaoqi had been keeping an eye on Xiao Jingyue's condition. After a few days, Xiao Jingyue's condition did not improve. His symptoms were the same as what Nanny Zhou had told Ren Yaoqi about, the symptoms of taking Gelsemium elegans for several days in a row.
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