Chapter 652: Chapter 639: Great Joy
“But what’s wrong?” Mrs. Ruo urgently asked.
“Replying to Princess, the Prince and the concubine were not stricken with an acute illness, but were poisoned,” the imperial doctor truthfully answered.
“They were poisoned?” Mrs. Ruo’s face turned pale instantly, “What kind of poison? Is it dangerous?”
“Princess, do not panic. Although the poison is dangerous, the Prince and concubine did not consume much food, so there’s no immediate danger to their lives. As for the type of poison, allow me to further investigate their food and then I shall make sure about it.”
The sudden and strange poisoning of Prince Qi and Hang Xueyun made the leftovers in the room untouched. The imperial doctor scrutinized them and examined each one with a silver needle.
Soon, the imperial doctor came to a conclusion.
Two dishes were found to be poisoned, which were jujube Astragalus stewed black chicken and the donkey-hide gelatin stewed lamb.
What?
Mrs. Ruo’s pupils suddenly contracted to the size of rice grains, her body swayed slightly.
The imperial doctor, having served in the palace for a long time and often treating the princes and nobles, was well acquainted with the disputes within the royal houses. Seeing Mrs. Ruo’s reaction, he roughly guessed something, but he didn’t speak to her anymore, concentrating only on treating Prince Qi and Hang Xueyun.
After composing herself, Mrs. Ruo hurriedly explained when she saw the doctor’s misunderstanding, “Although I had these two dishes specially sent to the Prince and the concubine, I didn’t poison them…”
The imperial doctor didn’t want to get involved in this contest, he only said, “I am just a doctor, I merely treat others’ illnesses. I don’t know about the rest, nor do I need to.”
“Although this poison is not lethal, if left untreated for a long time, there might be side effects.”
Mrs. Ruo’s face turned another shade whiter, intending to explain further, but she sealed her lips.
It took a while for the detoxification, hence the imperial doctor stayed at the house of Prince Qi that night.
Only at midnight were Prince Qi and Hang Xueyun stabilized. Then, supporting her tired body, Mrs. Ruo returned to her own courtyard.
But despite her fatigue, Mrs. Ruo wasn’t able to sleep.
According to the current situation, Prince Qi would wake up tomorrow, and once he wakes up, he would definitely ask about the poisoned food.
And the poisoned food just happened to be those two dishes, Prince Qi would certainly believe that she was the one who did it.
Even though she didn’t do it.
Frankly speaking, if she really had such a thought, she wouldn’t have been so obvious, attracting such suspicion to herself.
However, based on her understanding of Prince Qi, he would definitely believe she was behind this.
Mrs. Ruo bit her lip repeatedly, gritting out a sentence through the clenched teeth, “This must be a scheme of Hang Xueyun.”
The biggest beneficiary of this incident was her. It had to be her doing.
“But we don’t have evidence,” Bi Tao replied in a low voice.
They had already inquired from the people in the kitchen, but there were no traces left, and there were no gains to be had.
“Then what to do?” Mrs. Ruo was somewhat restless.
Bi Tao remained silent.
Because she didn’t know either.
In a situation like this, one could say it’s the most frustrating of all. If one remains silent, it would be seen as an admittance of guilt. Yet, if one proclaims one’s innocence, it could be seen as a hard denial and could backfire.
You could say, the final outcome and whether Mrs. Ruo would be fixed for this misdeed, all depend on Prince Qi.
It could even be said that it doesn’t matter whether she did it or not. If only Prince Qi thinks she didn’t do it, then she didn’t. But if Prince Qi believes she did, even if she truly didn’t, she would still be blamed for it.
Mrs. Ruo also understood the situation at hand. She sat somewhat despondently on the chair, after a while raising her reddened eyes, “After dawn, send for Zhuo to come back from Imperial College. Just say there’s an emergency at home.”
At any rate, with Chu Jinzhuo’s presence, it would be much stronger than her arguing alone.
“Yes,” Bi Tao then hurriedly went to make arrangements.
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After the snow had stopped for four or five days, the weather had been sunny, and the snow had melted in most places, and the ground was already half-dry.
Chu Jinnian folded up the letter in his hand, unable to help the corners of his mouth from curving up. He placed it in a box by his side.
Seeing this, Jing Zhao also couldn’t help but beam.
Princess of Qi, Mrs. Ruo, who was narrow-minded and couldn’t bear others, out of jealousy had even thought of poisoning Prince Qi and Concubine Hang. Because of this, she angered the Prince. Now she had already received the divorce letter and was expelled from the residence of Prince Qi.
Such wonderful news was bound to make people happy.
Consequences are inevitable, right?
It’s high time that she tasted the bitterness that the previous Princess and Concubine had to endure and suffered the deserved retribution.
“Today’s weather is good, let’s visit the county house,” Chu Jinnian took a step outside.
Jing Zhao, following behind, couldn’t help but roll his eyes.
Whether it’s fair weather or not, don’t you go every day?
Since you go every day, let’s not find an excuse for it, okay?
However, despite all he was thinking, Jing Zhao still hurriedly followed him, catching up with the car ready for Chu Jinnian, heading towards Zhuang Qingning’s house.
Seeing Chu Jinnian arriving, Zhuang Qingning smiled, eyes squinting in joy, “Great timing, help me chop some firewood.”
“Alright,” Chu Jinnian, practiced, rolled up his sleeves, grabbed the axe beside him, and began chopping firewood.
Looking at the wood beside him, he asked, “This firewood looks different from the usual ones, it has a bit of a fruity scent.”
“These are branches from the apple and pear trees; I thought to use them to roast a duck later.” Zhuang Qingning answered while cleaning the duckish in her hand.
“You are really relaxing now, even taking the time to cook,” Chu Jinnian laughed.
“The workshops are now managed by someone else, I don’t need to worry about them much, there’s naturally more leisure time.”
In addition, for a while now, a certain person has not assigned her any tasks.
However, considering this, if there are no tasks assigned, could it be that this certain someone…
[Host, don’t worry. The system is still functioning well.]
Why haven’t you assigned any tasks recently? Could it be that you’re lazing around somewhere?
[Of course not.]
[There have been no recent tasks because the host has completed the primary stage of the ‘Household Prosperity’ system, reaching the advanced stage. The advanced stage does not have random triggered tasks, and only the mall exchange function can be used.]
[Plus, the host’s diligence value has been steadily and systematically increasing recently, and the host does not have anything needed to be exchanged, hence not summoning the system, so the system did not appear proactively.]
Ahem, not having anything to exchange is true.
After all, to her right now she already possessed all that she could have.
Looking at it, a certain someone can comfortably lie low now, can’t they.
[…It’s only lying low passive-aggressively.]