The Fourth Prince’s palace.
Having just finished a lesson, the Fourth Prince was preparing what he needed for his next lesson when the chamberlain hurried in and whispered something in his ear.
The Fourth Prince waved his hand for him to leave and walked over to Xu Yan, “Sir, Miss Song has just gone out of the palace, saying that she is lost in thought.”
Xu Yan had been distracted since he knew something had happened to the pill, and hearing the Fourth Prince’s words, he didn’t even have the heart to attend class, “That’s all for today, I’ll go check on Yue’er.”
The Fourth Prince nodded his head.
Xu Yan hurriedly left the palace and went directly to the Ding Guo Gong Mansion.
Song Wan Yue had just returned and watched as Xiao Yao fed the medicine to Song Si and finished taking her pulse when she heard the butler’s voice ringing out in the courtyard, “Master, Mr Xu is here.”
“Quickly invite him in.”
The door curtain was lifted and Xu Yan entered.
He had come twice since Song Si had been poisoned.
“Uncle.”
Xu Yan’s gaze fell on her, relieved to see that she was fine, and nodded, “How is Si’er today?”
“Uncle, don’t worry, big brother won’t be in danger of his life.”
“That’s good, then.”
“Your Highness, Uncle Xiao, Uncle, Song Yin and I happen to have something to say to you.”
Duke Ding and Xu Yan looked at each other, “Go to my study.”
Several people went to the study and took their seats.
Song Wangyue told them about the tampering she had done with the herbs, and after listening, Xu Yan couldn’t resist giving her a chestnut, “You didn’t even tell me about such a big thing in advance, you almost didn’t scare me to death.”
“Actually, it’s not that serious, but someone took the opportunity to do some more tampering on those pills.”
“Who?”
Song Wangyue didn’t answer, but merely repeated the Emperor’s words.
After Xu Yan had listened, there was nothing he didn’t understand, only that the emperor had moved to avoid asking.
He was a scholar and always kept in mind not to discuss the emperor and the dynasty in vain, but at this moment he couldn’t help himself, “This is counting the death of the third prince on your head.”
Song Wan Yue nodded her head.
She had discussed with the old man that for the time being she would not tell her uncle about Song Yin being the son of the King of Qin.
“So yeah, the emperor should have other tactics next, not just against me, but also possibly you, uncle, so uncle should be doubly careful in the palace in the future.”
“I only go a quarter of an hour early every day, I will leave the palace after class, I don’t have contact with anyone, you don’t need to worry about me.”
“The palace is defensible ……”
Duke Ding stroked his beard, “You should not be too careless.”
“Thank you, Your Highness, for reminding me, I will be careful.”
A few people spoke for a while longer, Xu Yan asked Song Wan Yue if she would go to the Xu residence, “Big brother’s condition is still unknown, I won’t go there yet, you can tell your aunt that I will go over to see her when big brother wakes up.”
Song Wan Yue and Song Yin sent Xu Yan out of the gate, saw him get on the carriage and leave, and went back into the study. Song Yin took off the human skin mask and knelt down to kowtow to Duke Ding and Xiao Zheng, “Grandfather, uncle.”
“Get up quickly, let Grandfather take a good look.”
Song Yin got up. The Duke of Ding looked at his daughter’s face and his throat turned sour. A thousand words came to his lips, but in the end, he only patted his shoulder.
There was a moment of silence in the study.
Song Wan Yue spoke out to break the silence, “The poison my elder brother is suffering from is very insidious, it won’t kill him immediately, it will cause his internal organs to fester slowly before the poison enters his heart and veins.
After Song Wan Yue had seen Song Si, she prescribed a prescription and gave Xiao Yao the assurance that Song Si would be fine. Both Duke Ding and Xiao Zheng thought that she could cure Song Si’s poison, but now that they heard that she could not, their hearts just sank to the bottom again.
Xiao Zheng couldn’t help but be afraid. If Song Si’s poison could not be cured, what would Xiao Yao do for the rest of her life?
“We don’t even know who poisoned her, how can we find the antidote?”
“It should be Consort Shu and the Wu family.”
“Then what are we waiting for ……”
Xiao Zheng rose to his feet and was about to leave, not to mention that the Wu family were now ordinary people, even if the Duke of Qi was still there, he couldn’t care less.
The Xiao family had three daughters in two generations, the eldest sister died, the youngest sister went to the palace, his only daughter could not easily marry such a good son-in-law, he even risked his life to go to the Wu family to get the antidote out.
“Stand still!”
Duke Ding shouted at him, “Even if it was done by Consort Shu and the Wu family, we have no evidence, and your going to the door like this will only make them say it’s a false accusation.”
“The Duke of State is right, Uncle Xiao, don’t worry, I’ve already thought of a way on my way back from the palace, I’ll go to Sun Jin and ask him to convince the Sixth Princess.”
“Will that work?”
“Whether it works or not we have to try it, it’s the surest way.”
The Ding Duke nodded.
Sun Jin had come over to visit on the first day of Song Si’s poisoning, their friendship was no lie, and the Sixth Princess was said to be a sensible one.
“But as you say, we don’t have proof.”
Xiao Zheng was still a little uneasy.
“The fact that Consort Shu and the Wu family have a grudge against us is proof, and Sun Jin will believe it.”
……
Sun Jin came out of the Hanlin courtyard and got on the carriage disturbed, although the Sixth Princess came out of the palace that day and told him categorically that it was not his mother’s concubine who had harmed Song Si, Sun Jin was still a bit unconvinced, he asked the Sixth Princess in detail what she had said on those two days when she went to the palace and learned that she had inadvertently said that Song Si had gone to dinner with him at the Scholar’s House, his heart’s disbelief increased by a few points.
But the Sixth Princess is pregnant now, so he didn’t dare let her go to the palace to ask again, in case she was too anxious to ask, what if Consort Shu laid hands on the Sixth Princess?
The carriage suddenly stopped and Sun Jin leaned back, almost hitting the wall of the carriage, “What’s going on?”
“Sun Jin’s horse in harness.”
Xiao An’s voice came from outside the carriage.
Sun Jin’s heart rejoiced and lifted the carriage curtain, “Is Brother Song awake?”
“Auntie is not awake yet, it’s Miss Song who wants to meet with you.”
Song Wangyue?
Sun Jin didn’t even think about it, “Lead the way ahead.”
Xiao An took them to a teahouse, where Song Wan Yue was waiting in an elegant room on the first floor, with a teenager sitting next to her.
The fact that Song Yin had chased him from the border to the capital was known to everyone, and Sun Jin naturally knew about it, so he looked at Song Yin twice after entering the room.
“Sun Jin.”
Song Wangyue called out with a smile.
All along the way, Sun Jin was wondering what Song Wangyue was looking for him, but now that he saw her face with a smile, he guessed it wasn’t anything bad, so his tense heart relaxed, and he didn’t use Song Wangyue to give up his seat, so he sat down straight away, “What does Miss Song want from me.”
Song Wan Yue poured him a cup of tea and did not beat around the bush, “I suspect that my elder brother was poisoned by Consort Shu and the Wu family, I would like to ask Sun Wan Yue to persuade the Sixth Princess to ask for the antidote.
Sun Jin pursed his lips, “To be honest, I also suspect that they did it, and I have asked the Sixth Princess to ask, but Concubine Shu is not able to admit it, and the Sixth Princess is already seven months pregnant, I don’t want to ……”