"Mouth?"
Doctor Li heard the word but didn’t quite understand, feeling utterly perplexed. He wanted to ask for clarification, but he didn’t get the chance, because he then heard His Majesty the Emperor say, "I’ll send someone to fetch her!"
Then their Lord God Hunter added, "I’ll go myself! She loves Feifei!"
The young Emperor was speechless.
Ji Youze, utterly bewildered, asked, "What does ’she loves Feifei’ mean?"
No one answered him.
Ji Youzhi handed a piece of fabric to Doctor Li. "Doctor, could you check if there’s anything wrong with this fabric?"
They were in the Imperial Palace, specifically in the Side Palace of the Imperial Study, and in the presence of the young Emperor. Doctor Li dared not be careless. He quickly took the fabric, scrutinizing it and taking a whiff.
"This fabric doesn’t seem like the type used by ordinary households. Lord God Hunter, what would you like to ask?"
"I want to know if there’s anything wrong with this fabric?"
What could be wrong with it? Doctor Li brought the fabric to his nose and sniffed. His expression changed instantly. He quickly moved the fabric away from his nose. After a long moment, the color returned to his face.
"Lord God Hunter, this fabric contains a residual medicinal powder. The fragrance of this powder has hallucinogenic effects."
"Just as I suspected!" Ji Youzhi realized. With this piece of information, the reasons behind Xie Si attacking Princess Ata with the scissors became clear.
"What do you mean, ’Just as I suspected’? Where did you get this fabric?" the young Emperor asked Ji Youzhi with confusion, reaching for the material in his hand.
Ji Youzhi quickly pulled the fabric away. "Your Majesty, this fabric is laced with a hallucinogenic substance. It’s best you don’t examine it, lest it harm Your Majesty’s sacred health!"
Since Ji Youzhi advised against it, the young Emperor didn’t insist. When it came to investigations, he had firm trust in Ji Youzhi’s abilities.
"Alright! I won’t look at it then. Go and bring my precious daughter to the Palace. She has been staying at the Empress Dowager’s Cining Palace these past few days. Even when I visit, Mother won’t let me hold her!"
On Little Suisui’s first day staying in the Palace, the young Emperor visited Cining Palace, using the excuse of accompanying the Empress Dowager for the evening meal. He ended up being served two large bowls of Bitter Gourd Soup. The soup was so bitter it had almost made him vomit bile. After that, he never dared to go there for meals again. On the rare occasions he did visit, his mother would quickly send him away with an icy glare.
Ji Youzhi knew the matter was urgent, especially as Princess Ata appeared to be on the verge of death on the bed.
"Yes! I will go and bring Suisui to the Palace at once!"
Doctor Li discreetly tried to fade into the background. He could have found an excuse to leave, but after hearing the conversation between the young Emperor and the Ji brothers, he was both curious and puzzled.
He had heard about the Eldest Princess. He wasn’t present this morning when she had miraculously dislodged the scissors from Princess Ata’s chest; at that time, he was still en route to the Capital City from outside its walls.
Now, hearing that she was also the one to deal with the Gu Insect afflicting Princess Ata, Doctor Li grew increasingly curious about this Eldest Princess of Great Han.
「Ji Mansion」
Little Suisui was cuddling Xiaobai and asked, "Xiaobai, while pretty sister and I were away, did you just stay squatting under that old scholar tree with an apple on your back the whole time?"
Xiaobai, feeling quite wronged, nudged the back of her hand, conveying its grievances to Little Suisui.
Watching from the side, Xie Pan’Er couldn’t help but say, "Princess! Xiaobai says that since you didn’t tell it to leave, it didn’t dare to!"
Little Suisui contemplated, recalling her exact words when she had instructed Xiaobai to carry an apple on its back for her and pretty sister’s Hidden Weapon practice...