Chapter 22 The princess is so cute. I want to hug her, kiss her, and lift her up high.
Liu Jing personally stepped forward to take the antidote, took a look at it, and then asked someone to give it to the poisoned envoy from the Southern Kingdom.
The antidote was so effective that in a short moment, the Southern envoy regained consciousness and returned to normal, able to eat and drink like before being poisoned.
He stood up and looked around blankly, as if he didn't know what was going on.
Seeing this, Liu Jing was pleasantly surprised and said, "It really is the antidote." He then turned to look at the envoys and said, "Envoys from the Southern Kingdom, do you admit that you have poisoned yourselves and slandered Western Chu?"
The Southern Kingdom envoy was very confused, but he tried his best to remain calm: "We don't recognize it." He also questioned: "How can His Royal Highness prove that the antidote was found where we stayed?"
"Don't think that just because it contains a porcelain bottle used in our southern country, it belongs to us."
As long as they insist that the porcelain bottle is not theirs and the antidote is not theirs, the Supreme Alliance cannot accuse them of poisoning themselves and slandering Xi Chu.
They can get away with it.
The prince said, "It's very simple, imperial physician."
The imperial physician came forward and waited for instructions.
The prince handed him the antidote and said, "You have just seen the poison in the envoy of the Southern Kingdom, but you can't tell what kind of poison the envoy has, and you can't detoxify it, right?"
The imperial physician said with shame: "I am not very good at learning. Yes."
"Then I'll give you the antidote for the poison. If you look at it in combination with the antidote, you should be able to tell what the poison is, right?"
The doctor said, "Yes."
"Then let's see!"
After examining the patient, the imperial physician said, "This poison is red thorn poison, which is exclusive to the royal family of the Southern Kingdom. No other country has it. Moreover, this poison is restricted by the temperature. No one except the people of the Southern Kingdom can prepare it, and no one can make an antidote for it."
Liu Jing asked the doctor he brought with him to examine the patient, and the doctor came to the same conclusion.
Liu Jing immediately concluded: "Envoys from the Southern Kingdom, the poison is your own poison, and the antidote is also your own antidote. You poison yourself and slander Western Chu."
"No, that's not it, Your Highness, you are slandering me." The envoy from the Southern Kingdom was still stubborn.
The prince continued, "Do you want me to check the origin and batch number of the porcelain bottle in my hand, and who it ended up in the hands of, before you admit your guilt?"
If these were investigated, the southerners who manipulated this matter would probably be exposed one by one, and no one would be able to escape.
The South will also lose all its face.
The envoy naturally understood this.
They immediately stopped refutation and stopped being stubborn.
The three envoys knelt on the ground, admitting their guilt and begging for mercy: "We were wrong, we were wrong. We poisoned ourselves and slandered Western Chu. Please forgive us, His Majesty the Emperor of Western Chu?"
Emperor Zhaoning sneered, "Now you know how to beg for mercy, you were quite arrogant before."
Liu Jing said: "Emperor of Western Chu, this matter is clear. You are the victim. I am willing to help you decide. The original share of land and compensation that the Southern Kingdom needed to cede must now be doubled to show justice."
It's fair indeed.
No favoritism.
Emperor Zhaoning said with satisfaction: "Your Excellency is fair."
The envoys from the Southern Kingdom were almost crying. They failed to gain anything and ended up shooting themselves in the foot.
They couldn't even think of single compensation, and now they're going to double it?
The South Country is going to lose so much money that everyone will be forced to pay!
The key is that they can't deny it.
This matter has become too big. Everyone in the Supreme Alliance knows about it and is watching us closely. If we cheat, we will be given an excuse and any country can use this as an excuse to attack the Southern Country.
The envoys finally realized why the prince had made such a big deal out of it.
It seemed that the prince fell into their trap, but in fact the prince dug a trap for them.
They actually laughed at the prince for being stupid?
They are the real stupid ones!
The Southern Kingdom's envoy pounded the ground in anger.
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After the banquet, the ministers of Western Chu were already drafting the amount and terms of ceding territory and paying compensation, and were meeting with the envoys from the Southern Kingdom.
Imperial study.
Emperor Zhaoning, the Empress Dowager, the Empress, the Crown Prince, Concubine Li, the Tenth Prince, the Eleventh Prince and several royal relatives were all there, and everyone was in a good mood.
Today, Xi Chu was not tricked by the Southern Kingdom, but instead tricked the Southern Kingdom.
Double the territory and indemnity!
Now the treasury of Western Chu will be full.
A full treasury will benefit everyone. How can anyone not be happy?
The prince hugged Jiujiu and was grateful to her in his heart. Jiujiu saved Xi Chu and also saved him. He escaped the huge crisis of being deposed as the prince and was also rewarded.
Yes, Emperor Zhaoning rewarded the Crown Prince and the Tenth and Eleventh Princes for their contributions, and the rewards were quite a lot.
When the gift list was read out just now, the prince was shocked.
Emperor Zhaoning was happy and kept smiling, but when he found that the prince had been holding Jiujiu and had not given her back, the smile on his face suddenly disappeared.
He said to the prince in dissatisfaction: "Return it to me? Go and find the person who poisoned me."
"What else?" The prince was still confused.
"Jiujiu." Emperor Zhaoning said, "You have been holding me for a long time."
"……oh."
The prince reluctantly returned Jiujiu to Emperor Zhaoning and went to investigate and punish Zhao'er who poisoned her.
Emperor Zhaoning thought that the situation had calmed down.
Unexpectedly, several relatives of the royal family suddenly proposed that they wanted to borrow the princess to live with them for a while.
They said on the surface that the princess was beautiful and adorable, and she was the only princess in three generations of the royal family. Even if she was fake, they would accept it and they didn't mind. They just wanted to feel the beauty of finally having a girl.
But what is the reality?
These people are all shrewd people. At a banquet, they saw that Jiujiu is special. They want to benefit themselves by listening to Jiujiu's thoughts.
Jiujiu didn't think too much about it, but she was just not very willing.
She muttered to herself.
[Is Jiujiu a monkey? ]
[So many people are borrowing Jiujiu? They want to take Jiujiu home to admire? I am so angry! Jiujiu is so angry that he has become an ugly duckling, not a cute little girl anymore. ]
Everyone: Wow, the princess is so cute. I want to hug her, kiss her, and lift her up high.
[No, Jiujiu won't go. Jiujiu can't live without her mother and her stepfather.]
【Jiujiu refused.】
Everyone heard this voice, but everyone pretended not to hear it, remained unmoved, and didn't know what was happening.
Concubine Li was a little uneasy.
Children cannot leave the sight of their parents and elders, especially girls.
Emperor Zhaoning didn't know that Jiujiu was a real girl, not an impersonator, so he didn't think about the girl's safety, but was just unwilling to give Jiujiu away.
He clearly refused: "The princess is still young and it's not easy for her to go out. No."
Prince Ning said: "The princess is not a child anymore, she is already two and a half years old, she can eat and drink, it's fine."
"No, the princess is still breastfeeding." Emperor Zhaoning was anxious and started talking nonsense.
Prince Ning: "Then take the nurse with you. My Prince Ning's Mansion will definitely be able to afford a nurse."
Emperor Zhaoning: “…”
"And my royal brother, in order to experience the beauty of having a daughter, you raised Prince Duan's daughter in the palace. Now my brothers also want to experience it, why don't you allow them? You have a double standard?"