“It seems we were all wrong. He doesn’t favor that bandit.” Consort Jia’s slender eyebrows were like silk, and she was in an exceptionally good mood. “He’s trying to kill that bandit by praising her. In the end, whether the bandit brings it upon herself or someone else actually kills her for him, he can have a plausible excuse in front of the Emperor and get away with it without any involvement.”
Qing Sang and Rong Ju nodded in unison, feeling a chill in their hearts.
The Ninth Prince was still the same Ninth Prince they knew. He would not fall in love with any woman, and even if he did, it would be with deadly poison.
On a slightly fragrant early summer night.
Xi Ningchang carried a palace lantern in one hand and a food box in the other, and came to the quiet woodshed of the Prince's mansion.
Upon seeing someone approaching, the two guards immediately stepped forward to stop them: "His Highness has ordered that no one is allowed to approach Madam Bai unless His Highness and Princess are escorting her."
“I came out of the palace with Madam Bai. We didn’t have any major disagreements at home. We’re like sisters. I just wanted to bring her some food before she left. Please be accommodating,” Xi Ningchang said, slipping a silver ingot to one of the guards. Then she opened the food box and took out the food one by one, taking a bite of each item herself.
Seeing that she had given silver and that the food box truly contained only normal food, the guard let her in.
There were no lights in the woodshed, and the light was unusually dim.
Xi Ningshang carried the palace lantern inside and saw Bai Rumei sitting upright on a pile of dry grass in the corner. Her clothes and hair were slightly loose, but she did not look particularly disheveled.
"I didn't expect you would dare to come see me," Bai Rumei said coldly, without moving.
Xi Ningshang walked up to Bai Rumei and placed the contents of the food box in front of her. She looked up at Bai Rumei and asked, "I came to ask you a question: how many of that person's spies are still in the manor?"
Bai Rumei stared intently at the panic in Xi Ningshang's eyes, and smiled with pity and sorrow: "Even if I tell you, what can you do? Do you think you can escape?"
“That bandit is ruthless. When she wakes up, you will inevitably suffer a few beatings. I brought you this.” Xi Ningchang took out a porcelain bottle about the size of two finger joints from her sleeve: “Tell me.”
Bai Rumei approached the porcelain bottle, uncorked it, held it a short distance in front of her nose, then closed it and said, "Come here."
Xi Ningchang then leaned in and whispered a few names into Bai Rumei's red lips.
Upon hearing two of the names, Xi Ningchang's eyes widened in disbelief. Before leaving, she stood in front of Bai Rumei and looked down at her, saying, "Thank you."
Ji Fengyao finished administering acupuncture to Shang Xiye, and it was nearly midnight.
Ji Fengming was afraid that someone would notice something amiss and didn't want to stay in her room for long, so he left an hour ago.
The magpie fell asleep on the long couch in the outer room.
Ji Fengyao wiped the sweat from her forehead; her face was very pale. Although the Six-Diffusion Powder was crudely made, it was indeed a potent and deadly poison. She hadn't had time to modify the original owner's body yet, and it was indeed somewhat susceptible to poison.
"Now that we have obtained the poison powder, let Physician Sun and the others develop the antidote. By tomorrow morning, their antidote should be ready." Seeing how tired she was, Shang Xiye reached out and pulled her to get out of bed.
Ji Fengyao shook her head: "How can I entrust my life to others? Besides, what they concocted is still poison that will damage my spleen and stomach. I'd rather suffer now than endure that pain."
After hearing this, Shang Xiye also got up and got out of bed.
"What are you doing?" Ji Fengyao looked at him strangely, feeling that he was acting oddly today.
"I..." said the king, which sounded a little shameful. "I'll go and supervise, so you don't secretly make any weird poisons to harm people."
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