On Our Wedding Night, I Discovered the Crown Prince's Hidden Illness-Chapter 885: Laying the Trap and Entering the Game
The food and drinks were soon served, and everyone started to drink and toast.
Ye Zhengmo raised his cup towards Ye Yiheng: "Sixth Brother’s presence is a fortune for Seventh Brother, I toast to Sixth Brother!"
Immediately, a maid came to pour wine for Ye Yiheng but was stopped by Leng Yu Yan raising her hand.
"Let me do it, Your Highness dislikes having an ordinary person pour his wine."
The maid hesitated and said: "This..."
Ye Zhengmo laughed and said: "No problem, no problem, everyone knows the Crown Prince couple is deeply in love, give the wine pot to the Crown Princess Consort."
Leng Yu Yan was overly cautious and targeted the wrong concern.
Little did she know, today’s problem was not in the wine but in the dishes.
Every dish on the Crown Prince couple’s table was spiked with Knockout Drug.
Once the Knockout Drug mixes with the wine, the effects would become apparent immediately.
The maid agreed and respectfully placed the wine pot on the Crown Prince couple’s table.
Leng Yu Yan picked up the wine pot and smilingly poured wine for Ye Yiheng; as she turned her head, a small pill slipped from her fingers to fall beneath Ye Yiheng’s eyelids.
Ye Yiheng, without a change in his expression, picked up the wine glass, sweeping the pill into his palm simultaneously.
He asked in a voice only the two of them could hear: "What’s going on?"
Leng Yu Yan replied with a smile: "The wine is strong, Your Highness should drink less." Then whispered, "The problem is in the dishes."
Everyone only heard Leng Yu Yan advising Ye Yiheng to drink less, and all remarked: "The Crown Princess Consort is concerned for the Crown Prince’s health, understandably, but today is a rare gathering, drinking a bit more wouldn’t be a problem."
Ye Zhenduan laughed: "Rightly said, it’s rare for the Seventh Brother to be titled as a Prince, shouldn’t we be celebrating happily?"
Ye Yiheng raised his cup, tilted his head back, pouring the wine along with the pill in his palm into his mouth.
At this moment, a new group of dancing girls appeared, and the woman leading made Leng Yu Yan astonished.
Earlier, Lai Jiajia had come to the Eastern Palace saying that Leng Zongfa and the three were staying over at a villa, at the time, she was wondering why Li Lu hadn’t shown up.
Now seeing Li Lu twisting her waist in dance, Leng Yu Yan shook her head and laughed to herself, realizing that she had chosen Ye Zhengmo as her backing.
Li Lu also noticed Leng Yu Yan sitting at the table.
She looked stunning with her rosy complexion, truly dignified and even more captivating than before.
Back then, they were still considered sisters within the same mansion, but now their statuses are worlds apart. Not to be envious, even she wouldn’t believe it.
She was genuinely envious of her, envying for so long that it bred resentment.
If not for Leng Yu Yan, the Marquis Ningyuan’s Mansion might still be around, and Li Lu would still be the lady of the Marquis Mansion. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎
And now, every night she has to please Ye Zhengmo.
Pleasing him to the point where it makes her stomach turn with nausea, her throat unable to hold back the urge to vomit.
No one knows that before sleeping every night, she has to rinse her mouth numerous times and wash her body twice.
Looking at Leng Yu Yan, who was radiant with smiles, Li Lu’s jealousy grew, with every look blaming Leng Yu Yan for her recent sufferings.
Sitting upright, Leng Yu Yan lazily met Li Lu’s gaze filled with resentment.
"This dancing girl from the Prince Qi Mansion seems to have some issues with me?"
Leng Yu Yan picked up the wine glass in front of her, her gaze shifting coldly towards Ye Zhengmo.
Ye Zhengmo said: "This dancing girl can be considered an old acquaintance of the Crown Princess Consort, her gaze like this is indeed inappropriate, I apologize to the Crown Princess Consort on her behalf."
Leng Yu Yan gave a light smile and slowly set the wine glass down, her voice airy: "If Prince Qi hadn’t mentioned it, I wouldn’t have remembered. Now that I am reminded, I recall she is Li Lu, the fourth young lady from the recently ransacked Marquis Ningyuan’s Mansion."
The implication being, Li Lu was a dispensable figure.
If she keeps to herself, she will let her be.
But Li Lu thought differently, her gaze was like knives and swords, continuing to pierce at Leng Yu Yan.
Ye Zhengmo commanded: "Step back."
Only then did Li Lu lower her head and retreat.
From another seat, Ye Zhenyu occasionally glanced at Ye Yiheng.
Watching him drink a lot and eat plenty, why was there no reaction?
Even Zheng Liqi was beginning to feel uneasy, sweat forming subtly in her palms.
She had been incidentally brought out from Prince Liang Mansion today, if she caused any trouble again, she might not even be able to maintain her position as a concubine. Thus, seeing the affectionate display between Ye Yiheng and Leng Yu Yan, no matter how much envy and jealousy, she couldn’t say anything.
The only hope was for Ye Yiheng to fall into the trap soon enough.
At this moment, another group of dancing girls came up, led by a woman with a veil.
As soon as she stepped on stage, Leng Yu Yan’s nose twitched.
"Your Highness, there’s deceit!"
Leng Yu Yan’s hand under the table pressed onto Ye Yiheng’s thigh.
Ye Yiheng went with the flow and held her small hand in his palm, this gesture of hers truly delighted him.
Next time, if she were so proactive on the bedside, he’d be so happy he wouldn’t sleep all night.
Leng Yu Yan had no idea what was on someone’s mind, leaned her head over, whispered: "I smelled the stench of a corpse."
Ye Yiheng’s expression became stern on hearing it: "Is there a corpse?"
Leng Yu Yan shook her head: "No corpse, just things belonging to one."
This intimate conversation between the two immediately drew the attention of everyone.
Especially the eyes of Ye Zhenyu and Ye Zhengmo carried a certain anticipation, while Ye Yiheng frowned, placing Leng Yu Yan’s hand on the table.
"Yanyan, I seem to feel a bit unwell."
He swayed as he stood up, his tall figure seemingly about to collapse the next moment.
Leng Yu Yan hurriedly stood as well, reproaching: "Your Highness must have gotten drunk? I told you earlier to drink less, why didn’t you listen?"
Ye Zhenyu’s eyes lit up, looking towards Ye Zhengmo.
Ye Zhengmo quickly summoned servants: "Hurry, hurry, escort the Crown Prince to a guest room for rest."
Immediately, servants came up, supporting Ye Yiheng from both sides, leading him towards the guest courtyard.
Ye Zhengmo, appearing genuinely concerned for the Crown Prince, lost interest in watching the dance, instructing the dancing girls: "Stop dancing for now."
Ah Lea with the veil, responded by stepping back.
Seeing Leng Yu Yan follow Ye Yiheng away, Ye Zhenyu called out to her: "Sixth Sister-in-law, there’s no need to worry about Crown Prince Sixth Brother, he just drank a bit too much."
Leng Yu Yan turned back, saying: "Prince Liang is right, Your Highness has a weak constitution, indeed can’t drink much, just a sip leads to intoxication."
Ye Zhenyu added at the right time: "Sixth Sister-in-law hasn’t really had any food or drinks earlier, better to stay and have some more, Crown Prince Sixth Brother will be fine with a bit of rest in the guest room."
Ye Zhengmo also said: "Sixth Sister-in-law, please sit down, Sixth Brother isn’t good with alcohol, just a short nap will do."
"Thank you Prince Liang and Prince Qi for your concern."
Leng Yu Yan smiled brightly, now she could see clearly who was setting the stage today.
Since it was like this, she would give them a chance to unfold their plans as much as they could.
She turned her head back, still uneasily gazing at Ye Yiheng’s retreating figure.
Ye Yiheng twirled the jade ring on his thumb with his hand, such a subtle act fell into Leng Yu Yan’s eyes, reassuring her.
It indicated he was awake, telling her he was well, there was no need to worry.
To say she wasn’t worried would be untrue.
With the departure of the earlier group of dancing girls, the smell of corpse stench also disappeared.
Leng Yu Yan lightly touched the tip of her nose with her finger, evidently the corpse stench was from someone among that group of dancing girls.
But why were Ye Zhengmo and Ye Zhenyu scheming so hard to make Ye Yiheng fall unconscious?
