Zhuang Xin pursed his lips, then pursed them again. Fan Tieshan could come up with any excuse imaginable!
This man went to great lengths to prove that his prince harbored rebellious intentions, sparing no effort whatsoever!
Zhuang Xin ignored him and stepped back.
Yun Zhuo smiled and said slowly, "The incident of Empress Shen and Prince Ding forcing the emperor to abdicate and rebelling happened last night. Before that, I was swept away by the flood, and it was only last night that I met up with the soldiers from Yanming Pass and entered the palace to rescue the emperor."
"After dealing with what happened last night, I was already seriously injured and had difficulty speaking. Then, my father punished me and confined me to the Jingwang Mansion, where I couldn't get out at all."
"I was so heartbroken at the time, and I was also poisoned, so I didn't think about the gold and silver. After returning, I stayed in bed and forgot about it."
"Finally, and most importantly, Empress Shen and Prince Ding sprinkled a deadly poison on these gold and silver treasures to prevent others from stealing them."
Yun Zhuo paused deliberately and looked at Fan Tieshan: "I have been thinking of finding a doctor to develop an antidote and then handing it over to the national treasury. Unfortunately, there have been too many things to do these past two days, and I haven't had time to do anything before you have gathered it up."
"Yes, Zhuang Xin reminded Lord Fan several times not to touch these gold and silver treasures, and that was the reason."
“Several of my men were also poisoned before. We wore gloves to temporarily store the items here, and we don’t have the antidote.”
When Yun Zhuo said the last few sentences, his tone was very innocent and his expression was quite harmless.
Fan Tieshan was horrified and immediately looked at his hands. His palms had begun to change color, turning black, and an itching and pain slowly spread from them.
He hurriedly threw away what he was holding, but the pain and itching in his palm became more and more intense, and the black aura was spreading continuously up his arm.
Yun Zhuo said, "Previously, several of my men had to cut off their own arms to save their lives when there was no antidote."
He sighed and shook his head: "Lord Fan has only just become the Deputy Commander of the Palace Guard, and he's about to lose an arm. It's such a pity. But compared to losing his life, what does losing an arm matter?"
Fan Tieshan's face was drained of color. He looked at Yun Zhuo, then pleaded with Yun Xun for help, and raised his hand to press several acupoints on his arm to prevent the poison from spreading throughout his body.
But it was no use. His palms grew darker and darker, and after the pain and itching came numbness. One of his hands was shaking, as if he couldn't control it at all.
"Your Highness, please save me! I don't want to lose an arm. I still need this arm to serve the Emperor!" Fan Tieshan rushed to Yun Xun and said urgently.
Yun Xun said, "I will send someone to take you out of the manor to find a doctor, but I am worried that before we find a doctor, Lord Fan's arm will..."
He didn't say anything more, but summoned several guards and asked them to escort Fan Tieshan to find a doctor.
Yun Zhuo simply watched indifferently and did not stop her.
However, as soon as Fan Tieshan stepped out of the kitchen, he drew the sword of his bodyguard and chopped off his right hand. Blood gushed out immediately, and he was in so much pain that he knelt down instantly.
He was drenched in sweat, gritting his teeth and enduring the pain: "So what if I lose an arm? Saving my life is more important than anything else!"
He randomly selected a guard to come forward and bandage his severed arm and stop the bleeding.
They were people who frequently went out, so they carried wound medicine with them, which could effectively stop the bleeding.
Yun Zhuo stood there, his tall figure exuding an air of aloofness. Seeing Fan Tieshan's fate, he let out a soft snort.
Yun Xun's gaze fell on him, a hint of calculation flashing in his eyes, but he didn't show it at all.
“Since these gold and silver jewels are the stolen goods of Empress Shen and Prince Ding, I, as their younger brother, am at ease.”
Yun Xun smiled, his chubby face looking very kind.
"It seems we've searched enough; there's nowhere left to search. Lord Fan, shouldn't we head back?"
Suddenly, a guard stepped forward: "Your Highness, I have heard that the stove and chimney are also good places to hide things. Since we are already in the kitchen, why don't we check these two places as well?"
Before anyone could react, the guard strode forward, reached out his hand towards the stove, and then reached out his hand towards the soup pot stove next to it.
In front of everyone, he took out an iron box from it!
In an instant, everyone's expression changed, including Yun Zhuo's.
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