The one month deadline soon arrived. I began to send people to the outside of the city to inquire, but three or four days had passed and there was still no news. The people from the residence said that Second Brother had not returned and there was also no news, making Rui Rong and I start to worry.
I know that the royal family's itinerary has always been strict and reliable. In the past, whenever Wen Chuan said he would return to the capital, he would almost always be on time. The rare delay would be more than one or two days at most. He would even send someone to report a few days in advance. This time, there was still no news until now. The court also did not move. It was really unusual.
Even though we were doubtful, Rui Rong and I didn't have any other ideas and couldn't make a big fuss about it, so we could only continue to send people out to investigate. On the sixth day, I boldly sent someone to the Crown Prince's residence early in the morning to inquire about the situation there. However, the person who went came back and reported that the Crown Prince's residence was closed for guests and no one was allowed to enter or leave.
When I heard that, I immediately felt that something was wrong. There must be something wrong with guarding so tightly, so I immediately got up and went home. My family was also anxious at this time. There was no news from my father for days. I only said that I could confirm that the guards had not returned to the capital yet. I did not know anything else.
I was completely at my wit's end. Just as I was feeling vexed, Ring Bell hurriedly ran towards me."Miss, there's news. Quickly return to the courtyard!”With that, he pulled me towards the door.
Although I was anxious, I didn't have time to ask. When I got into the sedan chair outside the residence, I stuck my head out and asked her,"What exactly happened? Tell me quickly!"
"This servant doesn't know either. Just now, Xiao Dai came over and said that Miss Shi asked Miss Shi to come back as soon as possible. She has news of His Highness and His Highness, so she told Miss to be quick.”
Ring Bell said, urging the sedan chair carriers to speed up. Fortunately, the journey was not far. When I got off the sedan chair, I saw Xiaodai waiting at the door. I didn't say anything more and quickly rushed to Xiaochi Xuan. After entering the door, I saw Ruirong standing at the door. When she saw me, she shouted into the house,"Coming, coming!"
I was even more anxious. I took a few steps into the house, thinking that I would see Wen Chuan or Wen Lang. However, I saw an unfamiliar man standing in the house. Seeing me, a young lady of an official family, jump into the house from outside, his expression was quite surprised.
I was also wondering when Rui Rong quickly came up to introduce,"Sister, this is my brother, Shi Ruiyao. He's a guard in the Crown Prince's residence.”
I nodded and asked Shi Ruiyao,"Brother Shi, do you have any news?"
Seeing Shi Ruiyao's worried face, as if he didn't know where to start, I became even more anxious and stepped forward."Hurry up and say it!"
Rui Rong quickly pulled me to the side,"Sister, don't worry. His Highness should be fine."”
I was shocked." What do you mean it should be fine? What happened before?" What is it?"
Rui Rong said,"Sister, please be at ease. Let my brother tell you."”
I tried my best to calm down and turned to look at Shi Ruiyao.
Shi Ruiyao hurriedly said," Miss Mu, don't be anxious. His Highness the Crown Prince and the Fifth Prince were on their way back to the capital when they were attacked by an unknown group. The other party seemed to be provoking and delaying them. They didn't fight much. When we dispersed them that day, it was already late, so we didn't pursue them. We chose a place to camp and planned to investigate after we returned to the capital. Who knew that His Highness the Crown Prince was inexplicably poisoned that night, and the poison was fierce..."
At this point, my face must have changed. Shi Ruiyao didn't continue to describe the shape of the poison, but I knew that it must be very serious. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been so late. As expected, he continued,"The military doctor has never seen it before, but he was helpless. He couldn't even tell how he was poisoned. At that time, they were still more than three hundred miles away from the capital. After discussing with the Great General, the Fifth Prince decided to send the Crown Prince back to the capital as soon as possible and get the imperial physician to treat him.”
"So the Crown Prince has already returned to the capital?"”
" It has been eight days since we arrived in the capital." Shi Ruiyao nodded." At that time, due to the strange poisoning, we suspected that there were people with ill intentions around His Highness. Therefore, we only sent a few trusted guards around the Fifth Prince to escort a small group of people back to the capital in a carriage overnight. We arrived in the capital at noon the next day. At that time, the Fifth Prince told me not to take a step away from His Highness on the way to prevent anyone from harming him.”
"Why didn't you report me after returning to the capital? Where's the Fifth Prince?"”
"It was because of the attack that we were delayed for an hour before we temporarily set up camp. Therefore, the Fifth Prince suspected that the poisoning was related to the person who attacked us. He and the Great General led the remaining troops to investigate. The poison was so fierce that the Fifth Prince was afraid that the imperial physician had never seen it before, so he hoped to find the antidote.”
He paused for a moment before continuing," After we escorted the Crown Prince to the capital, the Crown Prince's Residence reported to the Emperor and sent the best imperial physician to the residence day and night. This poison is quite strange. In order to ensure safety and to seal off the news, the Crown Prince's Residence was strictly guarded. I couldn't enter and leave as I pleased.”
"What about today?" I nodded.
"This morning, the Fifth Prince and the Great General came back. They brought back the two leaders of the rebels who attacked us that day. They also got the antidote." It was said that they had chased him all the way to Shandong before they found a cult headquarters in the valley.”
" White tin cult!?" I immediately thought of the number one evil sect in my dynasty, it's said to originate from the Wei Nation.
"That's right. The Great General mobilized the local soldiers to surround the headquarters for two days and only forced them to hand over the antidote after agreeing not to encircle and suppress them for the time being. The Fifth Prince was afraid that the antidote was fake, so he even captured their two leaders and returned to the capital as hostages.”
"How is the Crown Prince now?"”
"This morning, the Fifth Prince brought the antidote. Several imperial physicians studied it for a long time, testing the poison and medicine, but they didn't find any clues. They have already given it to His Highness. According to the imperial physicians, the pulse has stabilized and he might wake up in a day or two. The past eight days were really dangerous, and his aura was barely discernible. He had drunk many elixirs and antidotes, but he could barely maintain it. Now that there is finally hope, the Fifth Prince decided to send me over to inform Miss Mu that His Highness has gone into the palace. He will come over when he is free.”
My heart relaxed a little when I heard that. Only then did I realize that my whole body had been tense and my legs were sore and numb. So I slowly sat down. I wanted to say something, but I didn't know where to start.
Shi Ruiyao said a few more important words to Rui Rong before saying goodbye to me."Miss Mu, I can't leave for too long. I have to go back quickly. If there's anything, I'll send a message in time.”
"Thank you, Brother Shi. Please take care of the Crown Prince."”
When I turned around, I thought about what had happened carefully. I thought about how Wen Chuan had been on the verge of death for eight days. My heart was in turmoil and tears could not stop falling. Rui Rong came over to persuade me for a long time before I calmed down. I was just waiting anxiously for Wen Lang to come over and ask him in detail.
Unexpectedly, we waited for a whole day and night. When Rui Rong and I thought that Wen Lang would not come, Huan Pei brought Wen Lang in in a hurry. After he came in, he didn't even care to talk to Rui Rong and said directly to me,"The carriage is at the entrance. Yu 'er, change into a servant girl's clothes and I'll bring you to see Second Brother.”
When I heard this, I was surprised and happy. I didn't even care if this was normal or not. I quickly pulled the ring pendant and left. When she was done, she came to the carriage and thought for a moment before saying to Wen Lang,"I want to bring my ring along."
Wen Lang hesitated for a moment before nodding in agreement.
The carriage was fast, but it couldn't be faster than my heart like an arrow. It wasn't easy for me to reach the place. I was so anxious that I wanted to climb over the wall and enter. However, at this time, I was pretending to be a servant girl and must not be ostentatious. The Crown Prince's residence was tightly sealed and only Wen Lang could enter and exit. Therefore, I suppressed my emotions and followed behind Wen Lang side by side with Huan Pei.
After entering the mansion smoothly and turning the corridor, Wen Lang's footsteps obviously quickened, and I quickly followed. Going around another wall, they could already see a brightly lit courtyard in front of them. Many people were busy going back and forth. They could see many imperial physicians and people from the palace. Everyone had solemn expressions.
At this moment, Xiao Xi, who was guarding the courtyard entrance, saw us and quickly came over."Your Highness, you're finally back!"
As she spoke, she took the plate from his hand and stuffed it into Huan Pei's hands."Your Highness, please follow me."
I understood and quietly followed behind them with my head lowered. We walked past the busy room of the imperial physicians and passed through the arched door to the inner courtyard. It was much quieter here. Xiao Xi pushed open Wen Chuan's door and we were about to step in when a small internal supervisor ran over."Wangye, the imperial physicians have invited you over.”
Wen Lang was stunned and immediately said,"I know."”
He then turned to me and Huan Pei,"Bring the ginseng soup in and serve it carefully."”
Huan Pei and I responded in a low voice, and Wen Lang quickly left. Xiao Xi whispered behind me,"Miss, please go in. His Highness will be awake now and has been waiting for you. This servant will guard here and no one will come over to disturb him.”
I nodded, took a deep breath, composed myself, and stepped into the house.# Daguan Review Passed: Daguan Time:111420183: 47PM #Cancel Review All: wdd201302 Time:111420185: 56PM #
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