The prince longs for me every night after mastering thought-reading-Chapter 33 - Don’t Trust Him
Chapter 33: Chapter 33: Don’t Trust Him
Chapter 33 -33: Don’t Trust Him
The Empress’ face darkened instantly upon hearing it was sent by the Crown Prince.
She watched her son, his face painfully pale, wiping the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief, trembling as she realized he had fallen into a coma.
“Yuyu, don’t scare your mother.”
In her panic, she forgot her identity as the Empress and roared at the servants, “Where is the Imperial Doctor?
Are these dog slaves how you take care of my son?
What’s the use of keeping you?”
Little Guizi, seeing his master faint nearly scared him into passing out as well, “Replying to the Empress, the Imperial Doctor has been sent for and is on the way.”
“The Imperial Doctor has arrived.”
As the words fell, several Imperial Doctors carrying medicine boxes strode in.
The Empress, seeing the Imperial Doctors as if they were saviors, said, “Imperial Doctor, come quickly and look at Yuyu.”
“As you command, Your Highness.”
The Imperial Doctors gathered around the bed, enclosing it tightly.
The Empress couldn’t see her son and anxiously paced the room before stopping to peer inside.
“Imperial Doctor, how is Yuyu?”
After a round of examination by inspection, auscultation, inquiring, and palpation, the Imperial Doctors reached a conclusion.
The leading Imperial Doctor bowed his head to report, “Your Highness, the seventh Prince has been poisoned.”
“Poisoned?” The Empress’s legs went weak, and she collapsed onto a chair.
Thinking of the Grilled Lamb given by the Crown Prince, she exploded with rage, “Eunuch Ren, summon the Crown Prince here.”
“Yes!” Eunuch Ren took the order and hurried out.
The Empress, watching her son lying unconscious on the bed, yelled at the Imperial Doctors, “What are you standing there for?
Detoxify Yuyu at once!
If anything happens to him, I’ll make sure you all join him in death.”
The Imperial Doctors, scared weak in the knees, said, “Quick, prepare the medicine.”
Several Imperial Doctors congregated to study the medications.
Xiyun Pavilion
Outside, Eunuch Liu’s urgent and shrill voice came through, “Your Highness, Your Highness, something has happened.”
Xiao Jinyan always had light sleep and, upon hearing Eunuch Liu’s voice, threw off his covers and got out of bed.
He opened the door to not only see Eunuch Liu but also Eunuch Ren from the Empress’s side.
He thought his stay at Xiyun Pavilion had displeased the Empress, causing her to send Eunuch Ren over, and frowned.
“Why has Eunuch Ren taken the trouble to come to this remote Warm Pavilion so late?”
Eunuch Ren bowed respectfully, “Your Highness, the Empress summons the Crown Prince to Qiancheng Hall.”
Upon hearing Qiancheng Hall, Xiao Jinyan felt a bad premonition.
He looked at Eunuch Ren and asked with a grave tone, “Does Eunuch Ren know the reason why Mother wants me at Qiancheng Hall this late?”
“You’ll know once you get there,” replied Eunuch Ren, his face revealing nothing, but inwardly he thought, harming one’s own brother—perhaps the Crown Prince’s position is no longer secure.
Harming his own brother?
Xiao Jinyan quickly guessed something had happened to Xiao Jinyu, and it was somehow related to him.
“I will change my clothes and then go to Qiancheng Hall immediately.”
Having said that, he closed the door and turned to change his clothes.
With such a commotion, Shen Chuwei also woke up.
Rubbing her eyes, seeing Xiao Jinyan walking in, she squinted and asked, “Your Highness, what’s happened?”
As Xiao Jinyan picked up clothes from the clothes rack to wear, he replied, “Jinyu has had an incident.”
Shen Chuwei wasn’t fully awake yet; it took her a moment to remember that Jinyu was Xiao Jinyan’s brother.
That same evening, Xiao Jinyan had also sent Eunuch Liu to deliver Grilled Lamb to Xiao Jinyu.
“Your Highness, is it serious?”
Xiao Jinyan’s eyes were filled with grave seriousness, “Yeah.”
Eunuch Ren’s mention of harming his own brother meant that Jinyu was in danger at the moment.
Shen Chuwei had also fully woken up by now and saw a grave expression on Xiao Jinyan’s face for the first time.
After much thought, she decided to follow him and take a look.
She lifted the covers, got out of bed, and stood beside Xiao Jinyan, starting to put on her clothes.
Xiao Jinyan saw what Shen Chuwei was doing and said lightly, “You don’t have to come.”
As Shen Chuwei was getting dressed, she replied, “Your Highness, I can’t sleep.”
At her words, Xiao Jinyan’s expression paused for a moment, and since the situation was urgent, he let her follow.
Once dressed, Shen Chuwei accompanied Xiao Jinyan to the Qiancheng Hall.
As soon as they stepped into Qiancheng Hall, they heard the furious roar of the Empress.
“You are all a bunch of quacks, a bunch of quacks!
Guards, drag them all out and behead them for me!”
Shen Chuwei, upon hearing the last two words, subconsciously shrank her neck, truly realizing that being close to a ruler was like being next to a tiger.
Xiao Jinyan, with urgent steps, walked in and saw a room full of people kneeling, the Imperial Doctors among them on the floor.
His gaze swept over the crowd towards the bed, where he saw Xiao Jinyu lying with his eyes tightly shut, his face pale without a hint of life.
Even the usually composed Xiao Jinyan now displayed a trace of panic.
“Mother, what has happened to brother?”
Xiao Jinyan took big strides forward, wanting to see what was wrong with his brother.
He had just walked over when he was fiercely pushed away by the Empress.
“Stay away from Yuyu; don’t touch him.
You are not fit to be his brother.”
Xiao Jinyan staggered back several steps, looking at his nearly frenzied mother as tears fell like broken beads, and the look she gave him was filled with anger and hatred.
“Mother, it was not my doing.”
“Not your doing?
Wasn’t the Grilled Lamb sent by you?
If not for that lamb, how would Yuyu be poisoned?”
“The Grilled Lamb was sent by me as a delicacy for my brother to try, but I would never poison it.”
“Still making excuses?”
The Empress, full of rage with nowhere to vent, saw the glass cup on the bedside table, picked it up, and hurled it at Xiao Jinyan.
It all happened in a flash; Xiao Jinyan did not dodge but took the blow head-on, blood flowing from his forehead.
Shen Chuwei, encountering such a scene for the first time, was stunned for a moment before rushing forward with a handkerchief to stop the bleeding for Xiao Jinyan.
It was only then that she learned Xiao Jinyu had been poisoned by the Grilled Lamb.
Could it be that someone had poisoned the lamb?
Looking at the Empress, she tried to explain, “Your Grace, the Grilled Lamb was personally cooked by me; it has nothing to do with His Highness.”
The Empress, seeing Shen Fengyi, had even more fury in her eyes, “You have no place to speak here; get out of my sight.”
The Empress is so fierce…
“Your Grace, the Grilled Lamb was indeed cooked by me personally.
If you don’t believe it, you can ask the Imperial Kitchen,” Fengyi said.
Xiao Jinyan lowered his gaze, seeing Shen Chuwei desperately defending him.
It was the first time someone had voluntarily taken responsibility to prove his innocence.
He looked at the Empress and said, each word with deliberate emphasis, “Mother, the Grilled Lamb was shared by Shen Fengyi and myself before deciding to send it to brother for his enjoyment.
I can stake my life on it and assure you that I have not poisoned it.”
The Empress did not believe a word from the Crown Prince, “Only after eating the Grilled Lamb you sent tonight did Yuyu become poisoned.
How do you explain this?”
Xiao Jinyan said, “Mother, I will thoroughly investigate this matter.
Whoever dares to harm the Prince, I will certainly not spare them lightly.”
The Empress glared at the Crown Prince, clearly not believing his words.
Shen Chuwei felt somewhat relieved that she had come tonight; otherwise, Xiao Jinyan would never be able to clear his name, even if he were to jump into the Yellow River.
“Your Grace, I can explain why the seventh Prince is like this,” she said.
