The city of Kyoto was completely silent. When Ye Qingxue and Qiu Shen returned to the Marquis's residence, everyone had already gone to sleep.
Dong Bai was woken up from her bed and was shocked to see the injuries on Ye Qingxue and Qiu Shen's faces and hands.
Ye Qingxue said, "Don't make a sound. We're fine. Go to the home of Imperial Physician Liu Qinghe now and see how things are going at his house. Is there any sign of life inside?"
She added, "I think I saw Liu Qinghe in the palace last night, but I'm not sure. You know, he had an affair with Empress Shen, but he didn't die and was able to appear in the emperor's bedroom. That's very strange."
No man, whether gentle or hot-tempered, can tolerate his woman having an affair with another man.
Moreover, this man was the emperor.
No matter how kind he may be to outsiders, he cannot sever his masculine instincts.
This allowed him to keep Liu Qinghe even after learning about the affair between Empress Shen and Liu Qinghe, and even maintain contact with Liu Qinghe!
This is simply unbelievable.
Ye Qingxue didn't know either, but now that she had sent Dongbai to Liu Qinghe's house, she could hope that Dongbai would gain something.
But she couldn't rest easy if she didn't let Dongbai make the trip!
Was the person she met tonight really Liu Qinghe?
Ye Qingxue wasn't entirely sure anymore, after all, it was just a fleeting glimpse, and the lighting was so poor.
Liu Qinghe should have been killed the night Empress Shen staged her coup. Although she didn't witness his death, given the crimes he committed, he couldn't possibly have survived.
Moreover, after that night, many families of officials were either executed along with their entire clan or exiled, including the Liu Qinghe family.
Ye Qingxue rubbed her temples in pain.
It was as if a huge secret was laid out before her, but she could only touch the edge of it.
But she also had a strong premonition that once this huge secret was exposed, it would destroy her and those around her.
Also, who was the person Yun Zhuo rushed to save when the flood came?
Was he as shocked when he saw that person as she was when she saw Liu Qinghe?
Is it related to the emperor?
Dong Bai quickly got up and changed into his night clothes: "I'm going to the Liu family now. Miss, wait for my news!"
Ye Qingxue was terribly exhausted. She knew she should go to sleep, but she couldn't fall asleep at all. So she simply sat by the window, waiting for news from Dongbai.
As dawn approached, Dongbai returned, her night clothes covered in dust, which was especially noticeable in the candlelight.
“Miss, all the gates of the Liu family have been sealed off for a long time. I sneaked in, and all the furniture was covered in dust. There was no sign of anyone living there.”
"Even the bloodstains on the ground and walls had dried and turned black. The weeds in the yard had grown wildly, some as tall as me. There was really nothing to be found."
Ye Qingxue tapped her fingers lightly on the table: "Dongbai, do you think it's possible that some members of the Liu family were indeed killed, and others were moved?"
Dongbai asked, "Miss, even if that's true, finding clues about the Liu family will be extremely difficult."
"You're right, but we still need to be careful."
Sunlight broke through the clouds and shone down; dawn broke in an instant.
Ye Qingxue got up from the chair and went to find Xiangsizi.
Xiangsi Zi has a separate small courtyard in the Marquis's mansion, right next to Lixue Residence, in a secluded corner of the mansion.
He had to go out every day to treat people's illnesses, and only when he had free time did he have time to research herbs and make medicinal pills.
He sleeps late and gets up early, he's so busy he barely has time to rest.
When Ye Qingxue went to find him, he had already gotten up, washed, and dressed, and was busy in the yard.
Upon seeing Ye Qingxue, Xiang Sizi asked first, "Did you come because of the poison that Prince Jing suffered?"
"Exactly."
Xiangsizi hasn't left the house yet, and that's also because of this matter.
He led Ye Qingxue to a corner of the courtyard.
There are three little squirrels in this corner, who are used to develop new medicines or poisons for the love peas.
"After I got Prince Jing's blood, I fed it to Xiao Jia, and nothing happened after three days. I went to get more blood from Prince Jing again, but nothing happened again."
"Then it was seven days, then half a month, and then a month. I fed it Prince Jing's blood, and it ate, slept, walked, and moved around as usual."
"As for Xiao Yi next to me, I used Prince Jing's sweat or saliva, at the same time as Xiao Jia."
"Later, when there was really no other way, His Highness Prince Jing cut off a small piece of flesh from his own body, and I fed it to Xiao Bing."
"But the three little squirrels showed no abnormalities at all; they seemed perfectly normal!" Xiangsizi said, her face full of confusion.
If he hadn't witnessed Yun Chi spilling the poison and Yun Zhuo inhaling it, he would have almost doubted that Yun Zhuo had been poisoned at all.
Moreover, Yun Zhuo told him that he had forgotten something very important, such as who he had jumped into the flood to save, and he couldn't remember at all.
He never forgot how Yun Zhuo described to him the moment the sea of blood surged up, and how he was in unbearable pain.
However, they just couldn't figure out what kind of poison Yun Zhuo had been poisoned with, when it would take effect, or what the effects would be.
“Perhaps there’s something going on with these three little squirrels, but it’s not obvious from their appearance, and they can’t talk,” Xiangsizi said.
Although he often went out to treat people, he arranged for two physicians to record the daily diet and activities of A, B, and C.
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