In the capital, the Imperial Guards searched the entire city but could not find Femoron.
Xiao Yanchu also learned that Fei Molong had kidnapped the family members of the people who delivered vegetables and fish to the Prince's mansion, and had his own people hide at the bottom of the vegetable baskets and fish buckets to sneak in.
The medicine had been sprinkled into the vegetables and fed to the fish the night before to ensure that the medicine's effects were preserved.
Hu originally intended to scatter rose petals, but Feimolong paid them to change the flowers to violets.
For Ms. Hu, it was just a matter of changing flowers, nothing difficult, so she agreed.
"Keep searching. Feimolong is injured; he can't possibly escape back to Beili like this."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Yao Lan didn't watch Hu Nu's performance that day because of Aya's matter.
After Xiao Yanchu led Su Ruojin back to the banquet, she left the Regent's Palace ahead of time, thus escaping the turmoil.
After receiving the news in the palace, her face darkened.
She knew without even thinking that it was Femoron who did it.
"That idiot Feimolong! Idiot! He even dared to mobilize spies from the capital. It wasn't easy for my brother to deploy these spies in the capital of Great Chu, and he lost many of them because of him. Useless!"
“Aya wrote to her brother, telling him to be prepared. If all else fails, she told him to bring Femoron’s head to the Great Chu to apologize.”
"Yes, Princess!"
Yao Lan was worried that Xiao Yanchu might actually find out that it was Fei Molong and use that as an excuse to declare war on Bei Li.
Two years ago, taking advantage of the internal strife in the Great Chu, the Northern Li wanted to seize the opportunity to take a big bite out of the Great Chu and at least capture a few cities on the border of the Great Chu.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Yanchu was able to return in time, quickly quell the internal strife in the Great Chu, and lead the Su family army directly to the border, defeating the Northern Li army in a rout.
Two years had passed, and Bei Li was still recovering from the shock. Its national treasury was not full, so it could not afford to go to war with Da Chu at this time.
As for Su Ruojin...
"How long until the Gu worms take effect?" Yao Lan asked.
"It will be soon, Princess."
When a juvenile gu enters a host's body, it will first fall into a deep sleep. Only after gradually adapting to the host's body will it begin to move and resonate with the mother gu.
Upon hearing this, Yao Lan's expression softened somewhat: "Then let's just wait and see what happens."
*
The next day, Consort Jiang woke up after drinking Su Ruojin's medicine. In the moment before she lost consciousness, she seemed to see someone slashing at her with a knife.
However, she then completely fainted, feeling it must have been a hallucination.
The fact that such a big incident occurred at a banquet held at the Prince's residence caused Consort Jiang great anxiety.
"Sulan, how's the investigation going? Have they caught the person?"
"Your Highness, the Prince is still investigating, and the Imperial Guards have launched a city-wide search. We should have news soon."
"That's good, that's good, no one was hurt, right?"
"No, after the guests woke up, the Prince's Mansion sent them back, and each mansion sent a gift of apology."
Just then, a maidservant announced from outside: "Your Highness, the Prince has arrived."
Consort Jiang's face lit up with joy: "Please come in quickly."
Xiao Yanchu knelt on one knee and bowed, saying, "Your son greets His Majesty."
"Get up, get up. I've told you so many times, Chu'er, there's no need for such formalities."
Xiao Yanchu got up and sat down to the side. Aunt Sulan served tea: "This is Lu'an Melon Seed tea that the Dowager Consort specially reserved for Your Highness. Please try it."
Xiao Yanchu picked up his teacup and took a sip: "Mother, you are so thoughtful."
"If Chu'er likes it, take it all with you and enjoy it slowly at home." Consort Jiang said with a smile.
"No need, Mother, I can't finish all of this. I see that you look much better lately, so you must be feeling much better now."
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