Chapter 770 An Zhenzhen is Poisoned

Xing Xing said nonchalantly: "It doesn't matter. The mountain is not ours. They can go if they want. It doesn't make sense for us to close the mountain and not allow others to go there if we go there."

Qiu Yuan praised: "The princess is really kind... Then I will tell them."

Qiu Yuansang opened the car curtain and smiled at Mr. Ning outside, "The princess said it's okay."

Master Ning on the horse smiled and cupped his fist, saying, "Thank you very much, Princess."

He rode his horse to tell his fellow poetry club members the good news.

Qiu Yuansang muttered "It's so unstable" and lowered the car curtain with a smile.

Che Liluo asked Xing Xing softly but quietly: "Princess, I asked someone to bring a veil. Do you need it later?"

Xing Xing asked: "With such beautiful mountain scenery, why wear a veil hat?"

After a pause, Xing Xing looked at Luo Qing Rou, considered for a moment, and asked, "Are the separations between men and women... more strict here?"

Luo Qingrou smiled and said, "Not really. In a small place like ours, we don't really care about that. It's common for men and women to travel together... I just thought that the princess came from the capital, and I was worried that she wouldn't be able to adapt."

Xing Xing nodded: "You are thoughtful."

Qiu Yuansang's smile froze.

Luo Qingrou was praised by the princess again.

Qiu Yuansang couldn't help but look at Luo Qingrou again.

She is too busy!

It makes sense. A cousin living in the prefectural government wouldn't be able to live such a comfortable life if she didn't have some sense.

Qiu Yuansang withdrew his gaze and, smilingly, introduced to Xingxing some of the particularly famous scenic spots in Yuting Mountain.

When there was still some distance to the top of Yuting Mountain, the carriage could not go any further, so Xingxing and the others got off the carriage and headed towards the top of Yuting Mountain.

On the top of Yuting Mountain there is a villa built by the previous dynasty.

It's just that it's said that the wealthy family who paid for the construction of this villa had an accident, and they ran out of money to continue the construction. After so many years of wind and rain, the unfinished buildings have become ruins, overgrown with vines and weeds.

Later, a certain prefect of Anjiang, who loved mountains and rivers, built an exquisite pavilion among the broken walls to match the name of "Yuting Mountain".

The pavilion is very big and can usually accommodate more than a dozen people.

Most of the girls who come to climb the mountain have a meal in this pavilion, admire the mountain scenery, and then go down the mountain.

When Xingxing and her friends came to the pavilion, the young men from the Qingshan Poetry Society had already found a flat area among the ruins and had their followers spread out seats. Then the group of young men recited poems and composed couplets among the ruins covered with vines, which was quite interesting.

Xingxing saw a familiar face among the people who were reciting poems and composing couplets in the Qingshan Poetry Society.

Yes, it was Pang Jinkang, the only son of Governor Pang.

Xingxing was a little surprised.

Pang Jinkang talked freely in front of the crowd, which was quite different from his usual image.

Qiu Yuansang saw Xingxing looking over there and also saw Pang Jinkang, and said with a smile: "Hey, isn't that Master Pang? Princess, don't be fooled by Master Pang's usual careless appearance, in fact, Master Pang is quite talented in literature."

Xing Xing said, "Oh?"

Qiu Yuansang smiled and said, "It's true. My fiancé will also take the imperial examination next year. He told me that Master Pang has extraordinary literary talent, but his interest lies in mountains and rivers. Otherwise, he would have won the title long ago."

Xing Xing couldn't help but raise her eyebrows again.

real?

When she first interacted with Pang Jinkang, she didn't show any literary talent at all.

Seeing Xingxing half-smile, Qiu Yuansang thought that Xingxing was really interested in Pang Jinkang, so he said quickly, "I didn't lie. Master Pang is very capable, and the prefect's wife also said that it would be safer to let him gain experience for a few more years before taking the imperial examination."

Xingxing raised her eyebrows and stopped talking.

The maids quickly placed the fruits and snacks they brought on the stone table in the pavilion, and brewed tea for the masters to enjoy.

Qing Shuang was standing at the back, with nothing to do. She took out a snack from her pocket and took two bites carefully.

An Zhenzhen happened to be sitting opposite, and when she saw this, she exclaimed, "Ah!" and said with a smile, "Princess! Your maid is having some snacks!"

An Zhenzhen stood up and came over: "Sister, what are you eating? It looks delicious."

Qing Shuang is not a stingy person. If it were something else, she would naturally share it generously.

But what she was eating now were the snacks that Yu Yonggui bought for her.

She still doesn't want to share this with anyone.

Qing Shuang patted the crumbs on her hands and said, "This was bought by someone else and I cannot share it."

An Zhenzhen pouted and said, "Sister, I didn't say I wanted to share your snack. I'm just curious."

As she spoke, she picked up a snack from the snack plate in front of Xing Xing and said, "I think this one is also delicious."

Having said that, An Zhenzhen swallowed it quickly.

"It's delicious..." An Zhenzhen's face changed color before she finished her compliments.

Her little face turned a little purple, and she grabbed her throat, as if she wanted to say something, but she was staggering and unable to speak.

An Zhenzhen's maid shouted anxiously: "Miss!"

Xingxing stood up suddenly, took An Zhenzhen's hand, and took her pulse.

White foam began to ooze out of the corners of An Zhenzhen's mouth. If it weren't for her two maids holding her up, she would have collapsed.

Xing Xing withdrew her hand, took out a pill from the sachet on her waist, and stuffed it directly into An Zhenzhen's mouth.

An Zhenzhen's maid was extremely anxious, but she did not dare to question what Xingxing had given An Zhenzhen to eat.

"Help her to rest aside first." Xingxing ordered.

An Zhenzhen's maid quickly helped An Zhenzhen to a bench nearby.

Qiu Yuansang was so scared that she was shaking all over: "Sister An, what happened? Why did everything go wrong and then..."

His face is purple and he's foaming at the mouth. Why does this look so much like...

Xing Xing gave a positive answer: "Yes, she was poisoned."

Luo Qingrou covered her mouth and screamed: "...Just now, Sister An ate the snack in front of the princess..."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's face changed.

Is this, someone wants to poison the princess? !

Qing Shuang immediately stood in front of Xing Xing.

Xing Xing said softly, "It's okay."

She put her handkerchief on her hands and picked up a snack on the plate in front of her.

Xing Xing sniffed it carefully, then pinched off a piece of heartbreak, crushed it into powder, and sniffed it carefully.

She frowned.

The others watched with trepidation.

Xingxing simply twisted it a little with her fingers and put it in her mouth.

"Princess!"

Luo Qingrou's face turned pale with shock, and she rushed over: "How could you taste this, you..."

Qiu Yuansang didn't want to fall behind, so she hurried over and said, "Princess, please spit it out quickly, it's poisonous!"

Qing Shuang stopped the two of them in front of Xing Xing and prevented them from getting close to her.

The situation is unclear at the moment. If it is really poisonous, these two ladies in front of us may also be the ones who poisoned it!

Qing Shuangwan would never let anyone suspicious get close to Xing Xing!

Xing Xing tasted the snack carefully, then checked the other snacks on the plate one by one before she spoke: "It's okay, don't worry. These snacks are not poisonous."

"No poison?" Luo Qingrou was surprised. "Then... where did Sister An get poisoned? She just drank a few sips of tea. That tea, is it something everyone drinks?"

Qiu Yuansang had a new guess: "...Or, in order to conceal the poison, the person who poisoned only put the poison on the snack closest to the princess?"

Qiu Yuansang immediately looked at a maid and said, "I remember that you were the one who arranged and served this plate of snacks."

The maid was so frightened that she fell to her knees, her heart pounding: "My servant, I didn't poison you. My servant, how could I have the guts to poison the princess!"

This is a capital crime!

The abnormality with Xingxing was naturally also discovered by the scholars of the Qingshan Poetry Society who were gathered not far away.

The people who came to inquire were Pang Jinkang and Mr. Ning who had greeted Qiu Yuansang before.

Pang Jinkang came over to take a look and bowed to Xingxing first: "Princess, what happened here?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw An Zhenzhen lying on the bench in the pavilion.

After An Zhenzhen took Xing Xing's detoxification pill, her face was no longer as purple and she no longer had foam at the corners of her mouth. But she still looked unconscious, and it was obvious that something was wrong.

"This, this is..."

Xing Xing said calmly: "Someone has been poisoned."

Pang Jinkang's expression suddenly changed: "Poisoned?!"

Luo Qingrou clutched the handkerchief, her face pale: "Cousin, just now Sister An came over to joke with the princess's maid, and took a piece of snack in front of the princess and ate it, and ended up being poisoned..."

Pang Jinkang's face was ugly and shocked: "How dare someone poison the princess?!"

"Princess, this matter is of great importance. I will have someone escort you back to the prefectural government first, and then investigate this matter thoroughly!"

Pang Jinkang was no longer as honest and shy as before, but seemed to be much more decisive.

However, in Xingxing's eyes, this decisiveness seemed too deliberate as if he couldn't wait to show off himself in front of her.

Xingxing didn't comment.

After such a poisoning incident that almost cost someone's life, we naturally can't continue to play here. We have to go back and investigate thoroughly.

Pang Jinkang began to direct everyone, asking them to pack up and protect evidence, to escort Xingxing down the mountain, and to carry An Zhenzhen on his back.

It's quite orderly.

Qiu Yuansang couldn't help but praise: "Thanks to Master Pang, otherwise, I would have been scared out of my wits."

Xing Xing couldn't help but glance at Qiu Yuansang.

This Miss Qiu is really speaking highly of Pang Jinkang today.

When they were walking towards the carriage, they encountered a lot of fallen rocks rolling down from the side, blocking their way back to the carriage.

Young Master Ning was startled, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. "The previous heavy rains loosened many rocks on the mountain. It's all thanks to us not being here. Otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous."

As they were talking, some fallen rocks continued to roll down, and everyone hurried back. At least there would be no fallen rocks among the broken walls on the top of the mountain.

An Zhenzhen's maid was about to cry: "What about our young lady?"

"Don't worry." Xing Xing went to check An Zhen Zhen's pulse again. "She just took my detoxification pills. There won't be any effects."

An Zhenzhen's maid then breathed a sigh of relief and thanked Xingxing in a loud voice.

The group returned to the pavilion on the top of the mountain to make repairs.

It was just that because of what happened to An Zhenzhen, everyone else was a little nervous and didn't dare to take snacks casually.

The explorers came back and said that there were still occasional rockfalls. For your safety, they suggested that we go down the mountain tomorrow.

"tomorrow……"

Qiu Yuansang was a little worried, "Does this mean we have to stay on the top of the mountain tonight?"

It is summer now. Anjiang is surrounded by mountains and the temperature is always comfortable and suitable, but it will drop at night.

Although they all brought some blankets to protect themselves from the cold in the mountains, but...

Qiu Yuan looked at Xing Xing with concern: "The princess is worth a lot of money, how can she sleep outdoors on the top of this mountain?"

"You don't have to worry about that." Pang Jinkang said, "When we were planning to form a society here, we looked around the ruins. A servant told me that there are still a few houses that we can stay in temporarily after cleaning up. At least we have a place to shelter from the wind and rain."

Pang Jinkang looked at Xing Xing and said, "I think that compared with the risk of falling rocks hitting the carriage when going down the mountain, it is still acceptable to camp out on the top of the mountain for one night. What do you think, Princess?"

Xing Xing thought about it and said, "Okay."

Pang Jinkang smiled and said, "Since the princess said so, I will have someone clean it up."

Qiu Yuansang looked at Pang Jinkang's back and said to Xingxing with admiration: "Master Pang is really steady and reliable. If he wasn't there, I wouldn't dare to think..."

Xingxing thought to herself, Miss Qiu is exaggerating again.

…

The condition of the ruins on the top of the mountain is much better than expected.

Perhaps someone had renovated it before, because among the ruins there were actually a few rooms with intact doors and windows, and fully equipped with beds, tables and chairs.

There was only a wooden bed, but of course no bedding.

But this was nothing. Xingxing was traveling as a princess, and the wife of the prefect, Mrs. Luo, had someone bring everything with her. She only brought a carriage with spare blankets and other sundries.

Because the doors and windows of the house were tightly closed, not much wind and sand came in. Several maids wrapped their heads with handkerchiefs and cleaned the house quickly. In less than half an hour, the house was tidied and barely habitable.

The maids used blankets, pillows and other items to make a bed for rest.

"My Lady, you have been tired for most of the day. Take a rest first."

Among the maids that accompanied them, except for Xingxing, Luo Qingrou, Qiu Yuansang, An Zhenzhen and others who brought their own maids, the rest of the maids who did odd jobs were arranged by the prefect's wife, Mrs. Luo, and they were all skillful people.

Someone even brought a basin of hot water for Xingxing to wash up.

That's a perfect fit.

Xingxing didn't refuse and washed her face.

"I'll go check on An Zhenzhen."

The maid sent by the prefect's wife would naturally be assigned to clean up the room for Xingxing first.

In An Zhenzhen's room, her two maids, one had to look after the unconscious An Zhenzhen in the pavilion, while the other was busy cleaning up, but of course she hadn't finished yet.

An Zhenzhen was still lying on the bench in the pavilion.

When Xingxing passed away, although An Zhenzhen was still in a coma, the purple color on her face had almost faded, and she looked much better than when she was poisoned.