"You’ve been with the Prince Mansion for years, how can you be so flustered?" Prince Ke’s Hereditary Son scolded harshly.
"Prince, something terrible has happened!" The butler paid no attention to the Princely Heir’s rebuke and said to Prince Ke urgently, "Prince, I don’t know what happened, but everyone in the mansion has been poisoned and died... Now, only the Prince and Princely Heir are left..." Before he could finish, he suddenly fell to the ground, black blood oozing from the corner of his mouth, clearly dying from the poison.
Prince Ke and his son felt a darkness before their eyes and an intense pain in their abdomens as if being wrung out. Both vomited black blood and realized that they also had been poisoned, their martial training only delaying the effects until now.
What made them even more desperate was the fact that in order to seize power in one fell swoop, they had secretly summoned all their descendants back home. Now, this branch of their family was facing the end of their line.
The father and son hurriedly took the antidote pills they carried with them, but the poison in their bodies was too formidable, and the antidote pills had no effect. They were acutely aware of their lives slipping away.
Who could be so vicious as to poison them, and how did someone manage to do it in the heavily-guarded Prince Mansion? And when was the poison administered?
"This is so fun, so much fun..."
As the father and son were tangled in rage and confusion, unable to find an answer, a naive voice suddenly came from outside. Struggling against the turmoil in their bodies, they managed to walk out with difficulty.
There they saw several beloved attendants lying haphazardly on the ground, black blood spilling from their mouths, already succumbing to the poison. In the deathly still courtyard, Long Yanrou, dressed in bright red and green, was kicking the attendants. Seeing that they did not move, she cheerfully claimed it was great fun while clearly holding a delicate little porcelain bottle in her left hand. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com
Prince Ke’s Hereditary Son stumbled over anxiously and snatched the small porcelain bottle from Long Yanrou’s hand. After opening it and taking a sniff, his face twisted in rage, "Yanrou, where did you get this bottle?"
"Grandfather, Father..." Seeing the dark and fierce expressions of Prince Ke and his son, Long Yanrou got frightened and hid behind a nearby green tree, peeking timidly at the father and son like a frightened little deer.
Even in death, the father and son wanted to know the truth. But Yanrou had become simple-minded, and questioning her would surely scare her into silence. Therefore, Prince Ke’s Heritary Son softened his expression and asked gently, "Yanrou, tell Father where you got this bottle from?"
Long Yanrou looked at Prince Ke and then Prince Ke’s Hereditary Son. After hesitating for a long time, she finally answered timidly, "The uncle who came the night before last gave it to me. He said it was powdered sugar and told me to pour it into the kitchen’s water tank last night, so everyone could drink sweet water. He also said that if I told anyone, we wouldn’t be able to drink the sweet water, but when I got up today, the sweet water was gone, I didn’t get to drink any sweet water, Uncle lied to me, waaaah..." And with that, she burst into heavy crying.
"Duke of Wuguo, you old rascal, how dare you poison my Prince Mansion and everyone in it. Even as a ghost, I will not let you go!" Prince Ke’s Hereditary Son slammed the porcelain bottle to the ground with such force it shattered instantly, its base revealing some red powder.
Only the Duke of Wuguo had visited the Prince Mansion the night before last. Aside from him, Prince Ke’s Hereditary Son could not think of anyone else so bold and reckless as to poison the Prince Mansion.
He had always thought the Duke of Wuguo was sly and cunning. Just now, he had reminded his father to be wary of him. Little had they expected that the Duke had long harbored malicious intentions towards the Prince Mansion, even using Yanrou as a tool, catching them completely off guard.
Prince Ke’s fury was uncontainable, causing him to vomit several more mouthfuls of black blood, and he collapsed to the ground, his face showing signs of death and his eyes blazing with intense hatred.
On the night before last, the Duke of Wuguo had secretly come to see them. They waited for about two quarters of an hour in the study before the Duke leisurely arrived.
The Duke explained that on the way, he found Yanrou who had suddenly run out and fallen, with no maids or servants around her. The Duke helped her up and only left after the maids and servants were found.
Afterward, they verified this event with their servants, and indeed, it was true. They severely punished the maids and servants responsible for Yanrou, but they did not pay much attention to the incident at the time.
Now it seemed that the Duke must have given Yanrou the poison at that time, and incited her to poison the rest, but by now it was all too late.
"Father..."
Prince Ke’s Hereditary Son rushed to his father’s side. Looking at his father’s fading life, he was filled with sorrow and despair. Hearing Long Yanrou’s sobbing sound, his fury burned even hotter; it was all the fault of this mischief-maker who had repeatedly brought shame to the Prince Mansion. And now, she caused the death of them all, destroying their grand ambitions. If he had known this would be the outcome, he should have killed her the moment she was born, and they would not have met this tragic end.
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