Chapter 365 Gu Family Tea House
"Sister Yu, your father is going to fake his death the day after tomorrow."
"What?"
Song Yu was told about this upon returning and was surprised for a moment, "Isn't it less than three months?"
"Dad thinks it would be more convenient to fake my own death and investigate secretly rather than pretending to be weak in the yard every day. Your aunt is about to be forced into premature birth, so I can protect her in secret and your mother can rest assured and take care of the baby."
Song Yu glanced at Jiang Yunwan, "Does Uncle Wen know?"
"I asked A Feng to tell him, do you have medicine to fake my death?"
"It's not a fake death, just pretend."
Song Mingen: "It has to be more realistic, so that even the imperial physician can't diagnose it. Your uncle Bai said that the fake death drug you developed is harmless, and he also said that you still have one left."
Song Yu felt helpless, as he couldn't hide anything from Uncle Bai.
"Okay, I'll go back to your room and get it for you now."
In less than half an hour, Song Yu handed the fake death pill to Song Mingen. "The effect is three days. Eat a full meal before taking it. Don't drink anything for three days. Don't starve yourself."
"Don't worry, Daddy will definitely eat his fill."
The next day, Song Yu packed up and went to the main house early.
Breakfast had not been served yet. Song Yu sat for a while, and then Jiang Yunwan and Song Mingen came out from the inner room.
As soon as they sat down, Caiwei led the maids to bring in breakfast.
"Wow, what a sumptuous breakfast today! Daddy won't change his mind and pretend to be dead today, right?"
Song Mingen placed the ginseng chicken soup in front of her and said, "Tomorrow is the day. You will stay with us for three days when you come back, so naturally every meal should be rich. Come and eat. After you finish eating, Daddy will escort you to the gate."
Song Yu picked up the soup spoon and was about to taste it, but his brows suddenly frowned and he glanced at all the food.
"What's wrong? Sister Yu."
Song Mingen noticed something unusual and put down his chopsticks.
"Someone has tampered with today's ingredients, but you can eat them without worry, it's not a problem."
Song Mingen was puzzled. "Could it be that the person behind the scenes wants me to die immediately?"
Jiang Yunwan quickly asked Caiwei to bring silver needles and tried each dish in turn, "Sister Yu, none of them are poisonous."
"It's not poisonous. The food delivered today should be coated with licorice powder."
Jiang Yunwan sniffed the food in front of her carefully. "Yes, there is a faint smell. If you don't smell it carefully, you won't be able to detect it. Isn't this a good medicine?"
Song Yu nodded. "But Daddy was poisoned before. One of the ingredients in it is Daphne daphne, which cannot be eaten with licorice. If eaten by mistake, it will accelerate the onset of the poison. If the poison in Daddy's body has not been eliminated, he will be poisoned within three days after eating this breakfast today."
"Damn it!" Song Mingen gritted his teeth, "The person behind this can't wait and wants me to die right now!"
Jiang Yunwan quickly tried to comfort him, "Don't be angry, don't be angry. It's not good to be angry so early in the morning. If you fake your death tomorrow, the person behind the scenes will definitely believe it. Then catch him and force him to drink seven or eight kilograms of that magic, so that he can have a taste of the bitter fruit."
Song Mingen's resentment dissipated, and he picked up the chicken soup in front of him, "Yeah, let's eat first."
"Don't!" Jiang Yunwan quickly took away the dishes and chopsticks in front of him, "You'd better not eat it. After all, you've been poisoned."
"It's okay. Look how happy Sister Yu is eating. I'll be fine."
"No, I can't take this risk. Caiwei, do you still have the ingredients from yesterday?"
Caiwei: "Yes, there are two taels of green vegetables."
"Then I'll have a bowl of vegetable noodles."
After breakfast, Xiao Hongyi went to his study.
The person who had been waiting for a long time paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back.
A quarter of an hour later, Zhu Qian entered the study.
"Your Highness, you can rest assured. I saw with my own eyes that Song Mingen carried Song Yu to the carriage. The rash on his face was even more horrifying than usual. He looked very weak and unsteady. He had to be supported by his guards to return home."
Xiao Hongyi asked, "Is this a reaction?"
"It should be. If there is no movement within three days, I will send someone in to assassinate him."
Xiao Hongyi frowned, his eyes dark and unclear, "Then wait three more days. Have you let anyone notice?"
"I went there in disguise, and when I came back I changed clothes at the shop owned by the princess. No one would notice."
Xiao Hongyi recalled Zhuang Liyue's words, "Then is there anyone suspicious lurking near our residence?"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Qian recalled the day he received the secret letter from the border. He seemed to have seen people around Jiang Youya eating noodles on the roadside two streets away from the mansion.
But he wasn't sure. "Not yet. I will immediately begin placing spies within the two streets of our palace. If anyone suspicious is found, they will be arrested immediately."
"OK!"
As usual, Ah Qi came to wait for Xiao Chengqian after breakfast. Before he reached Prince Rong's mansion, he realized something was wrong and quickly turned around and stepped back.
No way, he was discovered while staring at Master Xiao?
Xiao Chengqian left the house at 9:00 a.m. and found that his father's men were distributed in every corner. Everything became normal only after he walked out of the second street.
Xiao Chengqian was puzzled. What was his father hiding from him?
Why are there suddenly people deployed inside and outside the mansion?
Xiao Chengqian recalled that when his grandparents were mentioned yesterday, his father was obviously unhappy and anxious.
Could it be that my father did something bad behind my grandparents’ backs?
Xiao Chengqian couldn't figure out what was going on, so he let him go and told the driver to speed up and get to the yamen.
Ah Qi looked around in the dark and followed after a moment.
At the same time, Gu Jinyan left the city with her maid and guards.
We arrived at Gu's Tea House at noon.
The teahouse manager saw his young lady coming and hurriedly came out to greet her, "Miss."
"Have they arrived yet?"
The teahouse manager Zhu said, "He arrived half an hour ago and has already finished his meal and is resting in the main courtyard."
Gu Jinyan lifted her skirt and strode towards the main courtyard.
"Aunt Cuiyun." Gu Jinyan saw a familiar person and called out excitedly in a low voice.
Cuiyun came forward with a smile, pulled her away, and lowered her voice: "Cousin, the prince and princess have just gone to bed."
"Then I'll go wait in the next room. Why did you arrive only today? Did something happen on the way?"
"The queen caught a cold on the road, and only felt better the day before yesterday after stopping and walking. This time, she is secretly returning to the capital ahead of schedule. Please keep it a secret, my cousin, and don't tell anyone else except those at the farm today."
Gu Jinyan: "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone. My grandparents lived in the teahouse before my cousin's birthday party. When they wake up, please send someone to tell me. I haven't seen them for three years and I miss them so much."
Cuiyun smiled and said, "Okay."
Gu Jinyan went to the next room, and the maid Jin Yu brought in lunch from the manor.
"It turns out that it was Prince Xiao's grandparents who returned."
"Well, it has to be kept secret and you can't tell anyone, including my cousin, my father and my brother."
Jin Yu nodded and served the dishes to Gu Jinyan in an orderly manner.
"You sit down and eat too."
"Yes, miss."
Jin Yu sat down and said, "The old prince and princess came to the teahouse instead of returning to Prince Rong's mansion. Did they hear that the Crown Prince's fiancée had changed and wanted to secretly investigate Miss Song?"
Gu Jinyan felt that it was very likely. "Maybe. We'll know when we meet our great-aunt and great-aunt."
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