Chapter 445 The Truth Comes Out (Second Update)
Upon hearing this, Prince Ning instinctively felt a sense of vigilance, but he quickly dismissed the possibility: "You really did drug me? But I'm afraid you'll be disappointed, I didn't eat your flower cake!"
Gu Jiao sighed softly, "It's good that you didn't eat it, you'll feel unwell soon."
Prince Ning frowned.
Before he could ask her why she said that, a strange feeling suddenly ran through his body, and his heart skipped a beat.
He quickly focused his energy in his dantian, intending to use his internal force to suppress the strange sensation, but when he tried, he found that his internal force seemed to have weakened considerably.
Based on his experience, internal energy wouldn't decrease sharply in an instant; it would most likely have already begun to dissipate long ago, but he hadn't used any martial arts and therefore hadn't noticed it.
He looked at her, his expression turning cold: "What have you done to me!"
"I've drugged her," Gu Jiao said casually.
Prince Ning said, "Impossible... I didn't swallow anything you gave me!"
He didn't ask why the emperor and crown prince were unharmed when they also ate her flower cakes. After all, poison doesn't necessarily have to be put on all the flower cakes. She handed him the flower cake, so it's entirely possible that she poisoned it on the one she gave him, or on the tableware he used.
Gu Jiao raised an eyebrow: "What did I just say?"
You just said—
Prince Ning carefully recalled Gu Jiao's words—"It's right that you didn't eat, you'll feel unwell soon."
Prince Ning's expression changed: "You..."
Gu Jiao turned her head to look at him: "Have you figured it out?"
Prince Ning was furious and utterly astonished. He never expected this girl to be so cunning and audacious! She had actually poisoned everyone in Huaqing Palace!
That's right, not only was he poisoned, but the Crown Prince and the Emperor were also poisoned!
However, she had put the antidote in the flower cakes beforehand, so those who ate the flower cakes would be safe and sound—that silly prince ate several large plates of them, so you can imagine he's full of energy right now!
Because he was wary of her, or rather, because she was trying to make him wary of her, she deliberately said things to provoke him, which allowed him to successfully avoid the antidote.
"Very good...Gu Jiao...you are very good!"
Prince Ning never imagined that he could be defeated by the same person twice. Moreover, compared to being beaten, losing to her in terms of strategy was a blatant humiliation!
"Qi Fei!" he shouted sharply.
No response.
"Stop yelling, your men have all been knocked unconscious." Gu Jiao pointed to the tightly closed carriage curtain. "However, the coachman is yours, you can ask him to stop the carriage."
What's the point of stopping it?
Is it that he, who has been drugged, can beat Gu Jiao, or is it that his coachman can beat Gu Jiao?
Prince Ning said coldly, "What kind of medicine did you give me?"
"A sleeping potion," Gu Jiao said.
To be honest, the fact that Prince Ning was able to hold out until now for so long before his attack occurred is much longer than she had imagined, which shows that he has a very deep level of internal strength.
Hmm, she also wants internal energy cultivation.
Prince Ning squinted at her: "What do you intend to do to me?"
Gu Jiao blinked: "Guess?"
Prince Ning gave her a deep look, and after a moment, he smiled coldly. His anger and unease from just now seemed to vanish in an instant, and he became arrogant and disdainful.
Prince Ning: "Gu Jiao, you don't really think I can't see through your little tricks, do you? Do you think I've really just been recuperating at home these past few days?"
Gu Jiao: "Oh, you investigated me? What did you find out?"
“What you’re most worried about is exactly what I’ve found out.” Prince Ning’s lips curled into a smirk. “I know what you’re up to. You want to drug me so that I’ll do something unforgivable to the Crown Princess, and then be caught red-handed by the Crown Prince.”
"Ha." He sneered, "How naive, Doctor Gu. Do you really think my men are so easily knocked unconscious?"
Gu Jiao looked up at him.
Prince Ning pointed to himself: "I am the eldest son of the emperor. I have been in the huge vortex of imperial power since childhood. What do you think I have done to survive until now? And what do you think I have done to become the emperor's most beloved and valued son? Just because of my status as the eldest son? Doctor Gu, I have told you that you are still young. There are many things you do not understand. You are still too green to fight with me."
Gu Jiao frowned.
She was so tired of hearing all that nonsense that her ears hurt. In short, it boiled down to a few words: "I'm playing along with your plan."
Is it so hard to speak like a human being?
Gu Jiao gave him a particularly disdainful look, took out the prepared syringe from her wide sleeve, removed the needle cap in front of him, and pushed the syringe.
When Prince Ning saw this thing, the instinctive fear of being pricked by needles flashed through his mind!
It seems that this kind of hidden weapon was used last time to paralyze his body instantly. I don't know what kind of poison this hidden weapon uses, but its effects are even faster than sleeping potion and boiling water for numbing!
"Don't worry, it's not an anesthetic," Gu Jiao said casually, a slight smile playing on her lips. "It's a hallucinogen."
Hallucinogens are a type of sedative. In their previous lives, they were mainly used to train assassins or to interrogate members of rival organizations. People injected with hallucinogens would become disoriented and weak-willed. Some would become so engrossed in hallucinations that they could neither hear nor see the outside world; others would still be able to respond to the outside world, making it easier to extract information from them.
It's unclear which category Ning Wang will fall into after the injection.
Gu Jiao gave a mischievous twitch of her lips.
Prince Ning shuddered!
The emperor was afraid of needles.
Unfortunately, Prince Ning was also afraid.
They truly are father and son.
Prince Ning's face turned completely pale: "Gu Jiao! You'd better not make any rash moves! Otherwise, you won't be able to bear the consequences!"
Gu Jiao asked dismissively, "Oh, what are the consequences?"
Prince Ning gave a cold laugh: "For example, why don't you go home and see if Xiao Liulang is still around?"
Gu Jiao paused in her injection.
The Eastern Palace.
The Crown Prince had just returned from outside, and the Imperial Guards were still waiting for him. His clothes had been torn, and he would have to go out again to change them.
She had barely taken two steps into the bedchamber when Chunying stumbled over, her face deathly pale: "Your Highness! Your Highness, something terrible has happened... The Crown Princess is missing!"
The Crown Prince frowned: "Explain yourself! Where did Linlang go?"
Chunying choked back tears and said, "This servant...this servant went with the Crown Princess to visit Princess Xinyang on Zhuque Street. On the way back, the Crown Princess said she would buy some tea and snacks for His Highness, so this servant went to buy them. But when this servant came out of the tea shop, the Crown Princess was no longer in the carriage! The guards and the coachman had all been knocked unconscious!"
...
The dimly lit room had its doors and windows tightly shut, and the air was filled with the fragrance of incense.
The Crown Princess slowly opened her eyes, looked around in confusion, and suddenly realized that she was lying on a soft bed.
It took her a long time to adjust to the dim light in the room before she realized that there was someone lying next to her.
A man.
The man's eyes were slightly closed, as if he had fallen asleep.
After she saw the man's face clearly, a glint of light flashed in her eyes!
She sat up and stared intently at Xiao Liulang, who was fast asleep in front of her: "Aheng, is that you?"
Xiao Liulang did not respond to her.
"It's you, isn't it? You really came back...you came back to find me."
Why aren't you saying anything? Are you angry with me?
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. I didn't mean to hurt you. I was very sad after you left..."
"When I saw you again, I realized that you have always been the one in my heart. I regret not being able to marry you."
"Don't like anyone else, don't like her, she's not good enough for you."
The Crown Princess spoke softly, affectionately stroking Xiao Liulang's cheek, "It's so good to be able to look at you like this. Never leave me again."
Xiao Liulang's eyes had already been open, but unfortunately, his expression was blank, and he seemed not to have heard a single word of what the Crown Princess said.
The Crown Princess smiled gently, with a hint of girlish shyness, pulled away from his arm, and lay down softly in his embrace.
She wrapped her arms around his strong waist and sweetly called out, "Let's never be apart again, okay? Let's live a good life together from now on, okay?"
Xiao Liulang finally reacted, holding her tightly in his arms and blankly replying, "Okay."
The Crown Princess smiled with immense sweetness.
Xiao Liulang called out someone's name, but she didn't quite catch what it was. However, she didn't seem to mind at the moment.
As long as Ah Heng is with her, and stays with her forever, she doesn't care about anything else.
Ah Heng is hers.
Ah Heng pinned her down.
But at that very moment, the door was kicked open with a bang!
The crown prince burst through the door with a dark expression!
The loud noise jolted the Crown Princess awake from her reverie. She glanced at the furious Crown Prince standing in the doorway, then at Xiao Liulang, who was tightly embracing her—
etc.
This is not Xiao Liulang!
It's Prince Ning!
(End of this chapter)
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