Chapter 281 Confrontation
The sound of carriage wheels coming from the street was particularly clear in the dead of night.
Inside the Wensheng Restaurant, Zhao Lan sat by the window, chess piece in hand, playing chess with himself. When he heard the sound of a carriage on the street, his hand holding the chess piece paused, and he concentrated his attention and listened towards the street.
Shuangrui walked to the window like a cat and looked out through the crack.
Opposite the restaurant is another restaurant. The sign on the top of the door frame reads - Xifulou.
When the doorman heard the voice, he hurried out. When he opened his eyes, he saw that it was the boss who came. He quickly came up to greet him.
Cui Gu waved her hand.
The doorman immediately fell silent and swiftly led the young master into the restaurant.
Cui Gu glanced at the doorman sternly, "Don't talk nonsense about the young master coming to check the accounts."
"Yes, I know."
The young lady with a hood veil paused as usual when she entered the room, turned her head and looked at the restaurant across the street. The lights were on the opposite side, but she only looked at the highest window.
In the night, the light shines through the window, illuminating the silhouette of the statue, which is as bright as the moon and towering like a mountain.
Just looking at the silhouette in the light made her heart beat fast. She wondered what it would be like if they were face to face.
Xie Qingyu couldn't help but reach out to push aside the veil to see clearly. Cui Gu couldn't help but remind her, "Madam..." Only then did she realize that she had lost her composure and quickly put her hand down. Cui Gu took the veil off her head.
She walked quickly up to her room, panting, stood in front of the window, gently opened the window a little, and stared through the crack at the silhouette of the restaurant opposite. It was like the bright moon and the gentle breeze, which made her dreamy.
She thought, it will be soon... it should be soon... after tomorrow, that woman will disappear from this world, and then... Prince Zhao will re-arrange marriage. She is the Queen's niece, so this time it will definitely be her.
And him.
What kind of picture would that be? Walking hand in hand in early spring, sitting by the lotus pond in summer, enjoying the breeze? Or standing on the top of a mountain, planting dogwood and appreciating chrysanthemums when the autumn wind blows, or playing chess in a warm room in winter?
It was late at night and the candlelight flickered in the wind.
I don’t know how long I looked at it, nor how far I thought about it. Xie Qingyu blinked his sore eyes and sighed deeply. It’s almost there… it’s almost there… hold on… hold on… it’s almost there.
She turned around with a smile on her face.
"(⊙ o⊙)Ah!" A scream broke the tranquility of the night.
Xie Qingyu thought he was seeing things and rubbed his eyes with his hands.
In front of her was the man she had been thinking about day and night. He was tall and slender, wearing an indigo satin robe. Although he had a thin dark blue cape on the outside, it could not hide his broad shoulders and narrow waist.
The eyebrows are like ink painting, and the temples are like knife-cut.
"You...you..." She turned her head and looked across the window. The shadow in the window was still there, still playing chess with herself. If the shadow in the window across the window was not him, then who was it? Xie Qingyu's heart suddenly beat violently.
After all, she was immersed in the atmosphere of noble families, and because her aunt was the queen and frequently went in and out of the palace, her character and ability to deal with things had been trained, and she quickly calmed down.
He smiled slightly, "I wonder what Prince Zhao is doing in my Xie Family Restaurant in the middle of the night?"
Zhao Lan also smiled gently.
I walked to the window where she had stood, opened it, and a gust of evening breeze blew in my face.
The room suddenly felt a little cooler.
Xie Qingyu shivered unconsciously, and her maids were about to explode, but were immediately restrained by Shuangrui and others.
She became furious, "Young Prince Zhao, what do you mean by this? This is my Xie family restaurant, and I'm not an ordinary citizen..." You can't bully me at will.
"Miss Xie Wu was spying on Zhao through this window?" After saying that, he turned around and looked at her coldly.
Xie Qingyu's face turned pale, and he immediately suppressed the shame of being exposed, pretending to be calm and said, "I don't understand what the young prince Zhao is talking about."
Zhao Lan turned around, placed his hands lightly on the window frame, and looked out at the starry night sky. The wind blew a strand of his long hair by his temples, giving off a hint of floating clouds and hidden cranes.
Psychologically speaking, how could she, a lady from a secluded house, be a match for the deputy envoy of the Imperial City Bureau?
The sudden silence made Xie Qingyu uneasy. Just when she was wondering if Zhao Lan knew that it was not Ningning who committed the crime, he turned his head slowly, with a deep and silent look in his eyes. He had a naturally good-looking face.
Knowing that now was not the time to look at handsome men, Xie Qingyu avoided his gaze and looked out the window, "Young Prince Zhao, you won't think the scenery from my window is better than yours, right?"
After that, she raised her chin slightly and met his gaze fearlessly.
At this moment, his eyes belonged to her.
No matter in terms of status or position, she deserves it.
"Who gave you the poison of Qihuasan?"
She guessed that he knew something, but she didn't expect him to say it so bluntly.
"Little Prince Zhao, if you think the view from my window is better than your restaurant, I can give it to you, but I really don't know what you are talking about."
Zhao Lan sneered, "There are countless young ladies in the capital who admire me, but there is really no one like you."
"Who loves you?" Xie Qingyu instinctively wanted to save face, so he refused to admit it and sneered instead.
"Really?" Zhao Lan curled his lips. "Every time I come to Wensheng Restaurant, this window is either half-open or leaking. Do you think my men are blind?"
Xie Qingyu was stunned, and immediately fought back, "Does it mean that my servants or shopkeepers don't even have the right to open the windows when they work here? Even my uncle the emperor wouldn't stop his subjects from opening the windows, right?"
Zhao Lan looked up. "Thank you Fifth Miss, you probably don't know what position I, Zhao Lan, hold, right?"
Xie Qingyu frowned, "Isn't Prince Zhao the deputy commander of the Imperial City Department in charge of the palace guards?"
This is Zhao Lan’s official position.
Zhao Lan turned around and walked in front of Xie Qingyu.
There was only half an arm's length between the two of them.
One tall and one short.
The evening breeze blew in from the window, bringing with it the pleasant scent of soapberries on the man. Xie Qingyu almost became dizzy and bit her lower lip secretly. The pain stimulated her to wake up.
She looked up, waiting for his answer.
"My master is the deputy commander of the Exploration Department."
It was Shuangrui who answered.
Zhao Lan asked softly, "Miss Xie Wu, do you know what the Exploration Department does?"
If it were an ordinary young lady, she might not know it, but Xie Qingyu's aunt is now the queen. Due to the influence of the environment, Xie Qingyu certainly knows it.
Her face suddenly changed, "You..." Her head buzzed, all the man's gentleness disappeared, leaving only fear. Could it be... Could it be... that he knew everything?
"Yang is plotting to kill Ah Jin. As the empress's niece, she colluded with the Liaoxia people to kill the official's daughter. What do you think would happen if the emperor and the empress knew about this?"
"You...I...I don't know what you are talking about?" Xie Qingyu turned his eyes away, his face calm.
Zhao Lan waved his hand.
"Mmmm..." A woman with her hands tied behind her back and her mouth tied screamed when she saw Xie Qingyu.
Zhao Lan looked at Xie Qingyu, whose face turned pale again. "Her name is Hong Gu. She is yours, right?"
Half an hour ago, Hong Gu just went out of Duke Xie's Mansion and was about to go see if the person who gave the poison was in danger. Unexpectedly,... Xie Qingyu's heart was completely confused.
Zhao Lan remained calm and took the opportunity to chase after her, "Is it Majia Alley or West Street Alley?" He stared at her without blinking, paying attention to the slightest movement of the muscles on her face.
What is the head of the Detective Department best at? Of course, it is to attack the prisoner's heart and judge the answer from the prisoner's micro-expression.
When Xie Qingyu heard the name of West Street Alley, his eyes flickered obviously.
Such an obvious action has caught Zhao Lan's attention.
He waved his hand.
Santai has taken the order and left.
Hearing the noise, Xie Qingyu was very flustered, "What do you want to do?"
Zhao Lan glanced at her again, then turned around abruptly, the corners of his cloak fluttering in the wind as the young man left.
Xie Qingyu yelled, "Zhao Lan... Zhao Lan..."
Zhao Lan stopped but did not turn around. "If there is no antidote, I, Zhao Lan, will kill her even if she is the Queen's niece."
After saying this, he straightened his back like a green bamboo and left Xie Qingyu's sight.
Xie Qingyu fell to the ground.
Hong Gu was dragged away by Shuang Rui. She kept shouting anxiously: "Mmmm..."
Seeing that Hong Gu was about to be taken away, the honorable Xie Qingyu went straight to grab her.
Shuang Rui warned, "Xie Wu Xiaojie, who knows where I took this woman from?"
Xie Qingyu suddenly raised her eyes and stared at Shuangrui in surprise, eager to see something from Shuangrui's eyes, but unfortunately Shuangrui didn't say anything, so she took the opportunity to pull him away.
She subconsciously tried to grab the person, but then subconsciously let go.
The news spread by Hong Gu was true, but the three places were mixed with truth and falsehood, and she didn’t know who had the poison and the antidote.
Suddenly, Xie Qingyu seemed to understand something. He quickly got up, stood at the window again and looked across. The light in the highest window had gone out and it was pitch dark.
"So... So... He knew about it a long time ago and staged a show to lure me out. I..." The woman who was so gentle just now suddenly became ferocious and laughed with her head raised. "There is only poison, no antidote..."
Still not dead.
On the way to Majia Lane, Santai asked worriedly, "Master, what if there is no antidote?"
“The poison is the antidote.”
"What?" Santai almost fell off his galloping horse.
Half an hour later, Zhao Lan and Prince Wei joined forces, made a feint to the east and attacked in the west, and arrested the person who made the drugs, who was Liu Yifeng's adopted son.
Although Liu Yifeng was old, he was not dead yet. It was this adopted disciple who poisoned Liu Yifeng to death in order to make money from poison.
What no one knows is that Eunuch Tu in the palace and Liu Yifeng are fellow brothers. By chance, Eunuch Tu met the emperor when he was still the Prince of Yan, became his retainer, followed him to the throne and into the palace, and became a eunuch.
What Zhao Lan said was right. Fruits have their own antidotes. Wherever poisonous snakes appear, there must be an antidote within seven steps. Since Seven Flowers Powder can appear, there must be an antidote for it.
Although Eunuch Tu could not make the Seven Flowers Powder poison or the antidote, he had been a fellow student of Liu Yifeng and had inadvertently learned that the flowers of the plant used to make Seven Flowers Powder were highly poisonous, but the roots were the antidote.
After the poison of Qihua Powder is prepared, it must be taken within seven days, otherwise the toxicity will slowly disappear. Therefore, the person who makes the poison must carry the Qihua Powder with him.
When Zhao Lan caught the adopted disciple, he was living in an inn as a flower seller. He arrested both him and the flowers.
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