76: Chapter 76: What Secret is She Hiding?
76: Chapter 76: What Secret is She Hiding?
In the palace, Lingya had felt sothing amiss ever since she stepped inside.
Zhou Fu led her to the room where Qi Yu lay.
As soon as she entered, she noticed everyone was staring at her.
Li Tianze scrutinized her for a mont before he spoke, “Princess, did you send a hairpin to the Prince Qiu Residence a few days ago?”
Lingya caught a glimpse of the person lying on the bed through a layer of gauze, unable to see Qi Yu’s face clearly.
But judging from the situation, it mustn’t be good, which was why Li Tianze had summoned her to the palace for questioning.
She hid the fleeting mont of joy in her eyes and slowly answered, “Your Majesty, yes.”
At this mont, with the Poisonous Insect Poison taking effect, even a Daluo Immortal would be unable to save the life of Prince Qiu’s Princess.
However, she hadn’t expected the person lying there to still be conscious.
Qi Yu slightly turned her head, taking advantage of everyone focusing on Lingya, and saw all the hidden emotions in her eyes clearly.
Lingya truly was after her life.
Qi Yu thought boredly that being a Princess really wasn’t an easy task.
“Then are you aware that there was sothing wrong with that hairpin?” Li Mingjue asked coldly, his tone much worse than Li Tianze’s.
Lingya was also seeing the legendary Prince Qiu for the first ti.
She looked up and t his icy gaze.
A shiver ran through her heart, and she thought how Adi hadn’t ntioned that Prince Qiu was so terrifying.
The aura around him alone could freeze a person into ice.
She mustered a forced smile and replied, “Prince is joking.
It was just an ordinary silver hairpin.
How could it be problematic?”
Li Mingjue sneered lightly, “If it was just an ordinary silver hairpin, why did my Princess faint just a few hours after wearing it?”
ntioning this ignited the latent fierceness between his brows.
If Mo Qingshan hadn’t arrived just in ti, bringing with him the Qingfeng Pill from Tulan, the Poisonous Insect poison from the hairpin would likely have taken effect already.
Lingya’s lashes fluttered down as she said in a subdued voice, “I don’t know why the Prince is attributing the Princess’s fainting solely to my hairpin.
The Princess clearly didn’t like it and even threw it away in public.”
Adi, standing behind her, chid in, her neck stiff in defense, “Exactly, it’s the Prince Qiu’s Princess who has committed so many evils!”
Li Mingjue swept a chilly glance at her.
With just a look, Adi felt as though her throat had been clenched tight, unable to speak another word.
“I have already sent soone to fetch my master.
Whether the hairpin is to bla, we will know once the venerable arrives,” he said curtly.
Having said that, he spoke no further and returned to the side of the bed, leaning down to look at the person who was “fainting”.
Hidden beneath the covers, Qi Yu subtly touched him to signal that he needn’t overplay the act.
The anger hidden in his words from a mont ago almost made it impossible for her to keep up her charade.
But, she rolled her eyes thoughtfully; Princess Lingya did have a good composure, not falling into disarray.
She was difficult to deal with; her emotional fluctuations were not obvious, nor did she give people a chance to catch a flaw.
Mo Qingshan entered the room alongside Li Ming’an.
Li Tianze saw Li Ming’an and frowned, “What are you doing here?”
Li Ming’an bowed respectfully, his gaze aningfully sweeping over the two by the bed, and said softly, “I heard there was an incident in the palace, so I ca to see if there was anything I could assist with.”
The Noble Consort quickly interjected on his behalf, “That’s right, Your Majesty.
Ming’an ans well.”
As if afraid soone would suspect he had co to stir trouble.
Li Tianze glanced at him and remained silent.
His eyes then turned to Mo Qingshan, “Master, do you know why the Prince Qiu’s Princess suddenly fainted?”
Mo Qingshan put on an act as he took Qi Yu’s pulse and then deliberately furrowed his brows, saying, “Your Majesty, the Princess of Prince Qiu Residence has been poisoned with Poisonous Insect Poison.”
“Poisonous Insect Poison?” The Noble Consort knew as soon as she heard that Princess Lingya was most likely involved.
Apart from Tulan, where else could Poisonous Insect Poison co from?
Furthermore, a few months ago, the poison that Li Mingjue was afflicted with was one that no renowned healer in the world could cure, and there were rumors in the Capital that the very poison Prince Qiu was struck with was Poisonous Insect Poison.
Her gaze towards Princess Lingya turned colder by several degrees.
Such a person mustn’t be allowed to marry into the Prince Qiu Residence.
Lingya hadn’t expected such a person to suddenly erge, one who could also accurately ntion the term “Poisonous Insect Poison.”
The Poisonous Insect Poison from Tulan, once it enters the body, kills silently from the onset until death, with no one able to find the cause.
Poisonous Insect Poison is different from ordinary poisons; it rges with the blood, causing agonizing pain during its episodes.
Common antidotes cannot cure Poisonous Insect Poison; one must find the corresponding secret formula to eradicate it from the root.
Lingya knew well that the poison she administered had no antidote in this world, so she had always been confident and fearless.
Even if the investigation led to that hairpin, the Princess from Prince Qiu Residence wouldn’t survive.
Mo Qingshan, with his hands behind his back and a solemn expression, truly bore the semblance of a hermit from another world.
He slowly began, “The Poisonous Insect Poison has no antidote.”
Lingya bowed her head, the corners of her mouth curving into a smile.
But the next second, she heard Mo Qingshan say, “However, the Princess of Prince Qiu Residence is fortunate; the Poisonous Insect Poison in her body has been remarkably suppressed.”
The smile froze on her lips as Lingya suddenly looked up, disbelief manifesting in her eyes.
How could this be?
Before coming to Dazhao, to confirm the effectiveness of this Poisonous Insect Poison, she had specifically administered the sa poison to several servants.
Once it began to act, within the ti it takes to burn a stick of incense, they all died, with no chance of survival.
“That’s wonderful.” The Noble Consort let out a long sigh of relief.
This Daoist Qingshan speaks in gasps, which rather frightened her.
She looked at Qi Yu with a loving gaze, always knowing that the child was blessed.
Equally shocked as Lingya were Noble Consort An and Li Ming’an.
Noble Consort An couldn’t help but glance towards the bedside.
Could it really be that fools have their own kind of luck?
The Poisonous Insect Poison from Tulan couldn’t even kill this fool.
Li Ming’an was also incredibly shaken; he felt sothing had slipped out of his control.
A few months ago, the poison he had slipped to Li Mingjue, which was brought back from Tulan and fad as the deadliest poison, was by all ans supposed to be incurable.
Yet, Li Mingjue had miraculously survived.
Today, even the Poisonous Insect Poison personally administered by Lingya failed to affect Qi Yu.
His fists clenched, his pupils dilated slightly, as if seeking a clue in the thick fog of confusion.
Originally, Li Ming’an had thought Li Mingjue had played them all, feigning severe poisoning to deceive everyone’s eyes.
But now, he realized it was Qi Yu who seed to be the true ga-changer.
Li Ming’an’s mind raced through the events of the past months; nearly every ti Li Mingjue was gravely injured, it was Qi Yu who had saved him.
Could it be she harbored so unknown secret?
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