Astute Princess: Married to be the Empress Novel - Chapter 60

Chapter 60 Poisoning By Fu Yingran
However, they didn’t know that Nalan Jinhong, who was sitting on the roof of their room, had heard all their conversations. Nalan Jinhong couldn’t help but think. Fortunately, Huyan Mingshuo had instructed him this afternoon to keep an eye on these two people and Concubine Ni in the palace. Otherwise, according to their plan, Fu Yingran would be in danger.

Fu Yingran was not in danger. He, Nalan Jinhong, did not care. However, in that case, Huyan Mingshuo’s situation would be very passive. This was exactly what he did not allow.

This Nalan Jinhong was actually Huyan Mingshuo’s cousin. He was the son of the crippled Crown Prince from the previous dynasty. Back then, the previous Emperor had died. The late Empress Dowager and the current Emperor had conspired to seize the throne together and exterminate the Crown Prince’s family.

Fortunately, the Crown Prince was very fond of Nalan Jinhong’s mother at that time. He couldn’t bear to let her go into the manor and kowtow to his wife. As a concubine, she had to bow down when she saw someone. Therefore, he bought an estate outside and raised his mother into an outer room. He had also adopted his mother’s surname since childhood, so they were not implicated.

When Nalan Jinhong grew up, He could not accept such an outcome. He swore to avenge his father. Thus, he took action against the empress and the crown prince who had left the palace to pray for blessings. Unexpectedly, due to the great disparity in strength, he was captured on the spot. After the Crown Prince and the empress learned of his background, not only did they not punish him, they also gave him the opportunity to avenge him. They allowed him to personally send the empress dowager, who had covered the sky with his hands, to the Western Heavens.

Since then, Nalan Jinhong had treated Huyan Mingshuo as his confidant. He had even promised to help him secretly investigate information and expand his influence, and he swore that he would never let history repeat itself.

Now that he had heard of such a conspiracy, he naturally had to inform Huyan Mingshuo and let him take precautions. However, he looked up at the sky and thought that Huyan Mingshuo should be asleep. It was better to talk about it tomorrow.

However, he didn’t know that because of his delay, something happened to Fu Yingran that night. That night, when Fu Yingran was half asleep and half awake, he suddenly felt bored and his lower abdomen hurt. He quickly reached out to wake Huyan Mingshuo, who was beside him, and said, “Wake up, quickly call a doctor. Something is wrong with the child, and his lower abdomen hurts.”

Huyan Mingshuo was still a little confused, but after hearing this, he immediately woke up. He hurriedly lifted the blanket and got out of bed. He walked to the door and shouted, “Someone, bring this palace’s order and immediately go into the palace to get a doctor.” After hearing someone’s response, he turned back to the bedside and hugged Fu Yingran. “How do you feel now? Hold on, you’ve already sent someone to get a doctor.”

“My stomach hurts. Hurry up and send someone to Tian Yi Villa to find Cui’er. Bring back the jade pendant that my foster father gave me. As long as you bring the jade pendant with you, you will be invulnerable to all poisons and no one will be able to enter the Thousand Gu Realm.” I didn’t expect that I would only give that medicinal jade to Cui’er in the morning. Something happened to me at night. This is really bad luck.

Huyan Mingshuo’s expression became serious the moment he heard about the poison. He immediately opened the door and instructed, “Someone, quickly go find Lei Yu and ask him to seal off the Crown Prince’s Mansion and control all the servants and maids. If there is any resistance, then kill them all.”

He was still careless. Right under his nose, there was actually someone who dared to murder his child. It seemed that some people really couldn’t wait any longer. Since they had made their move, wouldn’t this Crown Prince be too stingy if he didn’t return the favor? However, the most important thing now was to save Fu Yingran first.

Huyan Mingshuo thought for a while and said to Ying Ran, “Hold on. I’ll get your jade pendant myself. It’s not an ordinary jade pendant. If someone else gets it, I’m afraid of an accident. I’m not sure I can trust the people around me anymore. Let Yu take care of them for a while, and I’ll be right back.”

“Alright, I see. Be careful on your way.” Fu Yingran also knew that her jade pendant represented too much power. If it were to fall into the hands of those people now, the world would probably be in chaos. Therefore, he could only be at ease if he personally went. Therefore, Fu Yingran called Yu out to guard the door and urged Huyan Mingshuo to hurry back. Be careful on the way.

“Yes, I know.” Then, he helped Fu Yingran lie down and turned around to leave.

At this time, the Crown Prince’s Mansion was also filled with chickens and dogs. Lei Yu was a capable subordinate beside Huyan Mingshuo. As soon as he received the Crown Prince’s order, he knew that the matter was serious. He immediately sealed off the Crown Prince’s Mansion, called all the servants and maids, and rushed into the courtyard.

Looking at the dazed faces, Lei Yu said, “Tonight, the Crown Princess was suddenly poisoned. She suspected that someone had poisoned her. Now, everyone is suspicious. From now on, one by one, they will make statements. From now on, everyone who they have seen will be able to testify in this period of time. Tell them honestly.”

Everyone’s faces were at a loss. Wasn’t this Crown Princess still fine at dinner? Why was he poisoned now? Who was so bold? The butler had just been taken away in the afternoon. He was not afraid of dying and not poisoning the Crown Princess.

Even though they were puzzled, the servants and maids of the various families still responded, “Yes,” and they followed the guards into the interrogation room once again.

After arranging for a team of guards to interrogate the servant girls, Lei Yu was still worried. He turned around and went to Jing Xian’s residence. At this time, Jing Xian’s residence was only guarded by the rain. Lei Yu saw him and greeted her, asking, “How is the Crown Princess?”

“It’s not very good. The pain in his abdomen is unbearable. His Highness the Crown Prince has just sent someone to the palace to get a doctor. He went to the Heavenly Villa to get the imperial daughter’s medicinal jade. It was given to her by the Duanmu Villa’s Villa Master. That jade pendant is invulnerable to all poisons. Thousand Gu is inferior.”

Yu honestly told Lei Yu. Through the interrogation of the servant girl Ding today, the two of them felt the sincerity of each other. They could definitely be trusted. Thus, there was no need for them to hide their secrets. This way, when everyone worked for their master, they would know each other.

“Mm, that’s the only way. I’ve already sealed off the entire Crown Prince’s Mansion and used the exclusion method you mentioned to get someone to interrogate the servants and maids.” So the interrogation method was told by Yu to Lei Yu.

“I’ve been following General Fu for a long time. I’ve seen him interrogate soldiers in this way and find out all the spies in the army. Today, I just said a few more words. I don’t want Guard Lei to use it tonight.” The rain also sighed. Who would have thought that it would be used at night after he finished speaking in the afternoon?

Just as the two of them were talking, the guard at the door reported, “Boss Lei, the doctor is here.”

When Yu Yi heard that the imperial physician was here, he hurriedly instructed, “Please come in, I’ll report it to the imperial daughter.” As he spoke, he walked to the door of the room and announced loudly, “Reporting to the imperial daughter, the imperial physician is here.”

Ying Ran said in a weak voice, “Follow him in.” Right now, she was very weak, unable to resist at all. If this imperial physician was sent by an opponent, wouldn’t it be very dangerous for her to face it alone? Therefore, she let Yu come in together. If she really wanted to make a move, she wouldn’t be too passive.

Hearing Fu Yingran’s instructions, Yu immediately knew Ying Ran was worried, so she didn’t care about etiquette anymore and immediately said, “Yes, Imperial Daughter.”

He only heard Ying Ran say, “Please, Lei Guard, take a look outside. I’m afraid there’s someone in the manor who is unstable.”

“Little one, obey. Don’t worry, Crown Princess.” After Lei Yu finished speaking, the imperial physician also came to Jing Xian’s residence. Yu led the imperial physician inside without caring about the difference between superiority and inferiority. He directly stood beside Fu Yingran’s bed and stared at the imperial physician’s every move.

At this moment, Lei Yu was vigilant and looked around. Suddenly, there was no wind in the flowers under the window. Although it wasn’t big, it couldn’t escape his eyes. Based on his years of experience, there must be someone there.

Thus, he quietly executed his qinggong and arrived above the flower bushes. Sure enough, he saw a maidservant hiding there. Her entire body trembled and she looked around in panic. Lei Yu did not make a sound and landed behind the maidservant. He pointed at her numb acupoints and tied her up with ropes. Just as he was about to take her away, he raised his head and saw the Crown Prince rushing in.

He quickly went forward and reported, “Your Highness, the Crown Prince has just instructed Imperial Concubine Yu to accompany the imperial physician in. He asked this subordinate to look outside. Unexpectedly, a maidservant was sneakily found in the flower bushes under the window. This subordinate was planning to bring her down for interrogation.”

“En, take it down. No matter what method you use, you must find out who the mastermind is.” Huyan Mingshuo glanced at the maidservant. Although he had doubts in his heart, it was best if the evidence was conclusive.

“Yes, Your Highness, this subordinate knows what to do.” Lei Yu escorted the maidservant away from Jing Xian Residence, while Huyan Mingshuo rushed into the room.