Chapter 444 Death by Explosion
Qin Jinzhi returned to the group of medical children.
The Crown Prince escorted Liu Yiyi to the gate of the East Palace.
"Thank you very much, Physician Liu. My daughter is weak, and I will have to trouble you to come and check her pulse again in a few days."
Liu Yiyi bowed and said, "Your Highness is too kind. I will come to give the princess a follow-up examination regularly. I will take my leave now."
The crown prince smiled and said, "Please."
Liu Yiyi boarded the carriage, and the group parted ways at the crossroads.
The medical apprentices returned to the Imperial Hospital, and the carriage returned to the Prince of Zhenbei's residence.
The carriage moved slowly, and soon Qin Jinzhi appeared on it.
Liu Yiyi breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Qin Jinzhi.
"The Crown Prince gives off a really bad vibe, like a venomous snake. Every word I say to him gives me goosebumps, and I can barely keep up the act."
Qin Jinzhi smiled and said, "I'll let you think it over carefully. Who will ascend the throne in the future, and who will be in charge of the Jin Kingdom? If you side with him, the position of Chief of the Imperial Academy will be yours."
Liu Yiyi looked at Qin Jinzhi with a look of utter disbelief, “Exactly the same!”
Qin Jinzhi chuckled and used water to wet a silk handkerchief to wipe the powder off her face.
Seeing this, Liu Yiyi asked, "Have you found out what you wanted to investigate?"
As Qin Jinzhi wiped, she said, "Do you still remember the very tall servant who was there to deliver a message to Huangfu Su when we went to see her in the State of Chu?"
Liu Yiyi immediately said, "It's the one who's two heads taller than me, what's his name again?"
Qin Jinzhi tossed the silk handkerchief aside. "Xishan."
Liu Yiyi clapped her hands, "That's right, Xishan!"
Then she looked at Qin Jinzhi in horror, her voice trembling.
"Xi Shan? Isn't he from the State of Chu? Why would the Crown Prince's Eastern Palace be hiding a person from the State of Chu?"
Qin Jinzhi smiled and pulled a scroll from the corner of the carriage, placing it in front of her.
Liu Yiyi opened it with a puzzled look. "What is it?"
Qin Jinzhi leaned to one side and said, "It was painted by Fang Xiuran."
Liu Yiyi's eyes lit up. "By the way, didn't you ask Mr. Fang to draw something for you? I want to see what this mysterious thing is."
As the scroll was unfurled, Liu Yiyi's excited gaze gradually turned into one of greater confusion.
She held up the open scroll and looked at Qin Jinzhi, "Huangfu Nanlin?"
Qin Jinzhi raised an eyebrow and asked, "Guess who Fang Xiuran used to draw Huangfu Nanlin's portrait with Huangfu Su?"
Liu Yiyi's eyes nearly popped out as she cautiously asked, "Crown Prince?"
Amid Qin Jinzhi's calm demeanor, Liu Yiyi raised her voice three octaves, "Crown Prince?"
Liu Yiyi blinked faster than Qin Ye saw Qin Jinzhi standing outside the door.
Qin Jinzhi smiled and looked at Liu Yiyi, "I'm weak, and the doctor won't let me fan myself."
Liu Yiyi plopped down next to Qin Jinzhi.
After a while, she managed to control her voice and said softly, "The Crown Prince actually had a child with the Princess of Chu! What is he trying to do? He's the Crown Prince! This is treason!"
A hint of sarcasm appeared on Qin Jinzhi's face. "As long as he can get to that position, there's nothing he can't do."
Liu Yiyi said angrily, "Your Qin family and the Zhenbei Army have fought against the Chu Kingdom for so many years, and so many people have died, and yet the Crown Prince and that princess have even had a child! If we had known this would happen, why would we have fought the war? We could have just let the two of them get married, and there would have been far fewer deaths."
She sat close to Qin Jinzhi, her hand resting on Qin Jinzhi's wrist. Feeling a dampness on her hand, Liu Yiyi looked at Qin Jinzhi's sleeve.
"Why are your sleeves wet? Wipe them dry quickly, or you'll catch a cold."
Liu Yiyi took out her silk handkerchief to wipe Qin Jinzhi's face.
Qin Jinzhi calmly raised her hand and took out a piece of cotton cloth from her sleeve.
"Can you tell me what kind of poison is on this?"
Today, while at Shen Liuying's place, Qin Jinzhi noticed that someone was watching her from outside.
The Crown Prince must already know that she has entered the Eastern Palace.
Xishan was a smokescreen he deliberately set up.
Now the Crown Prince is determined to take her life.
That pot of chicken soup was nothing more than a smokescreen.
Qin Jinzhi poured the water from the cup into the cotton cloth that she had been hiding in her sleeve earlier that morning.
Liu Yiyi opened the medical kit and fiddled with it for a while.
He then spoke with some difficulty, saying, "This is not poison, but a tonic, probably a Rejuvenating Pill, which helps restore one's essence and blood."
After Liu Yiyi finished speaking, she frowned and immediately looked at Qin Jinzhi, "Did you not eat any of it at all?"
Qin Jinzhi nodded, "They all collapsed here."
Liu Yiyi breathed a sigh of relief.
"This Jie Ning Dan is an excellent tonic for ordinary people, but for you, it is more vicious than the Azure Sky Poison. This Jie Ning Dan can complement all medicines, but it cannot be used with this Qu Lang Dan. Once you take this Jie Ning Dan, it will kill you instantly by drawing blood! The Crown Prince actually used such a cruel method on you!"
Qin Jinzhi smiled and looked at Liu Yiyi, "But if I am unharmed, the Crown Prince will know that the matter has been exposed."
Liu Yiyi looked puzzled. "He went to such lengths to poison you, and it was so easily countered? Was the Crown Prince hiding his true abilities? Is he really that stupid?"
Qin Jinzhi burst out laughing, clutching her stomach. "Academician Liu is really bolder than ever before, daring to speak so frankly about the Crown Prince."
Liu Yiyi quickly lifted the carriage curtain to look around, but seeing no one, she retreated back into the carriage.
She pouted and muttered, "That's how it is."
Qin Jinzhi leaned against the carriage, "Because he was afraid that I would use the emperor to command the princes, and that once Shen Liuying gave birth to an heir, I would kill him and support the imperial grandson."
Liu Yiyi frowned. "The Crown Prince doesn't only have one son. Didn't the Imperial Grandson and the Princess return? Even if he dies now, it won't be Shen Liuying's child who becomes the Crown Prince in the future, will it?"
Qin Jinzhi looked at Liu Yiyi.
"My principle in doing things has always been to eliminate all traces and burn everything to the ground. He doesn't believe I would have any feelings for his two children."
Moreover, do you think he made Xiao Can and Xiao Piao fake their deaths to pave the way for them?
He didn't want his son to sit on the throne; he wanted to sit comfortably in that position himself.
So Shen Liuying's pregnancy was just a delaying tactic; he wanted to use me to get rid of Shen Liuying and the child in her womb.
"I might even be accused of plotting to murder the imperial heir."
Liu Yiyi was furious. "I should have poisoned him before I left!"
Qin Jinzhi stood up. "However, Imperial Physician Liu has recently become quite adept at navigating the officialdom, and now the Imperial Medical Academy has complete faith in you."
Liu Yiyi covered her mouth and chuckled after hearing this, "I learned the art of checks and balances from you, it's very useful."
She suddenly remembered something, "I had forgotten that if you hadn't mentioned it, Dean Sun would have given me something else."
Liu Yiyi took out the Dragon Blood Vine.
"He knew I was looking for Dragon Blood Vine, so he gave me the one from his home. This Dragon Blood Vine is two hundred years old. Although it's not as good as the three-hundred-year-old one that Physician Chu had, it's enough to make heart-protecting pills. I offered to buy it, but he refused. I'll return it to him when I have the chance."
Qin Jinzhi glanced at the dragon blood vine and nodded with a smile.
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