Yun Jiangli was a little surprised when he saw Jian Shuang. If there was no urgent matter, he would not come directly to Prince An’s mansion to find him.
After hearing Jian Shuang’s words, Yun Jiangli only had a sneer on his face. This Prince Yi was really too much.
Since the last time he met him in Prince An’s mansion, Prince Yi had sent people to contact him twice, but he completely ignored them. He didn’t expect this person to be so bold as to use such a method.
Now that the matter has become so serious, the palace must have received the news. It seems that he has to go to Prince Yi’s mansion this time.
Yun Jiangli had a cold face, and the coldness in his eyes was rarely accompanied by cruelty.
Sure enough, just a moment after Jian Shuang finished speaking, news came from the palace that the emperor had ordered the people in Renji Tang who were good at detoxification to go to Prince Yi’s mansion immediately.
“A person who is good at detoxifying.”
Yun Jiangli sneered, “Heh, this Prince Yi is not a fool either. He actually found out that I am good at detoxifying?”
Now he wanted to see how much poison Prince Yi was willing to give himself in order to lure him there with his own eyes.
It’s just…
When he’s back this time, he doesn’t know how long he has to coax his little prince.
When the little man comes back from the palace, if he knows that he went to Prince Yi’s mansion, he’s afraid he will be both worried and jealous.
The person he had coaxed with great difficulty and had become much closer to him will return again, perhaps…
When Yun Jiangli thought of Yan Muning, his anger suddenly disappeared. He sighed softly, hoping that the little prince would be less angry and at least give him a chance to coax him.
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Yun Jiangli took Jian Shuang, Du Zhong, and Ah Xiao to Prince Yi’s mansion.
Jian Shuang asked in a low voice, “Why is Young Hall Master so sure that he poisoned himself?”
Yun Jiangli glanced at him calmly but did not answer. Instead, he asked Du Zhong, “What do you think?”
Du Zhong thought for a moment and said, “In Prince An’s mansion, not to mention that all the people in the mansion are his confidants, but the foods are also strictly controlled. Anything that can enter Xiao Wangye’s mouth must have been tested to be non-toxic. If this is the case in the Xiao Wangye’s mansion, then Prince Yi’s mansion must be even worse. If it is said that an assassin attacked and seriously injured him, it sounds more credible than poisoning.”
Ah Xiao couldn’t keep his words in his heart and frowned and asked, “Then this Prince Yi is too stupid, right? His Majesty is so wise, he must have thought of these things as well. Isn’t this Prince Yi afraid of…”
Yun Jiangli said in a deep voice, “Ah Xiao.”
Ah Xiao was shocked. What he said was indeed inappropriate: “The subordinate made an inappropriate remark.”
Jian Shuang has been in the capital for many years and is more thoughtful. He approached Ah Xiao and explained to him in a low voice, “This person is not stupid at all. He had calculated exactly what his superiors were thinking.”
“Think about it, he has just been summoned to the capital. If something unexpected happens to him, what will people think? The same goes for Young Hall Master’s trip. Now everyone knows that Young Hall Master is at Prince An’s mansion. If Young Hall Master doesn’t come… then Prince An… do you understand?”
Although Ah Xiao is a bit straightforward, but he is not stupid. He understood it in an instant, with obvious disgust and disdain on his face: “This Prince Yi’s mind is too disgusting. Are we just going to let him control us?”
Yun Jiangli remained silent throughout the whole process. The three people who followed him all keenly noticed that their young hall master was in a very bad mood at the moment and was on the verge of getting angry, so they didn’t dare to say anything more.
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The distance between the princes’ residences was not far, and Yun Jiangli and his party arrived in a short time.
Someone seemed to be waiting for Yun Jiangli at the gate of Prince Yi’s mansion. As soon as he saw him, he took the initiative to greet him: “Are you Young Hall Master Yun of Renji Tang?”
Jian Shuang responded, “Hurry up and lead the way.”
After entering the backyard, they found that the people from the Imperial Medical had been there for a while already, but not sure why the courtyard was still in chaos.
Yun Jiangli looked at them coldly, frowned impatiently, and walked straight into the bedroom with his eyes downcast.
The two busy old imperial physicians who were sweating profusely recognized Yun Jiangli. When they saw him coming, they quickly made way: “Young Hall Master is here ah!”
This was not the time for greetings. Yun Jiangli slightly nodded at the two old seniors and looked at the bed.
With just one glance, Yun Jiangli knew why the two old imperial physicians were so anxious.
He curled the corners of his lips slightly, and a sneer of sarcasm flashed across his eyes—
This Prince Yi is really a lunatic, he is really cruel to himself.
The poison he was poisoned with is called “Drunk Smile”.
Although this poison is fatal, but it will not kill the poisoned person immediately. Instead, after being poisoned, the person will fall into a drunken dizziness, and after about a quarter of an hour, the pain will start from deep inside the body and gradually become unbearable.
But this poison makes the poisoned person smile all the time and emits a strange fragrance, similar to a certain kind of wine.
Therefore, this deadly poison got such a poetic name.
Imagine if a person was in so much pain from poisoning that he was unconscious and living a life worse than death, but he still insisted on smiling. What a weird scene it would be.
The two old imperial physicians must have heard of this poison and could also diagnose it.
However, this poison is too cruel and rare, and it comes from the Xiqi area. The two seniors must have never seen anyone poisoned by it.
Regardless of whether they have seen it or not, the Imperial Medical mostly diagnoses and treats the royal nobles.
These nobles were well-fed and had few complicated diseases, let alone dangerous injuries or poisoning. The Imperial Medical usually prescribed mild medicines to slowly nurse them back to health, hoping for a safe and peaceful life.
The “drunken smile” of Prince Yi was a real problem for the Imperial Medical.
Fortunately, Yun Jiangli could cure this poison.
Yun Jiangli didn’t know where Prince Yi got the information that he had successfully detoxified the poison, but judging from the current situation, the poison was only taken not long ago.
The message was sent out for such a long time, but the poison was only taken just now. It turned out that it was just to lure him here.
Since Prince Yi could get the poison, he must also be able to get the antidote.
Yun Jiangli estimated that if he was determined not to come today, Prince Yi would take the antidote himself at the most critical moment.
However, although the poison can be cured, but it is not a joke after all. It will definitely hurt the body, that’s why Yun Jiangli said that Prince Yi was truly a lunatic.
Yun Jiangli stood by the bed, looking down at the face that was tortured by the poison and turned pale, feeling unhappy.
He is a physician and has seen countless people fighting against illnesses in order to survive. He treats illnesses and saves lives, and he respects life. What he despises most is people who use their own lives as bargaining chips.
But Prince Yi grasped this point of his. Although he knew that he hated it to the extreme, but he could not just watch the patient die without saving him.
With a sigh, Yun Jiangli raised his hand to take the pulse.
“Du Zhong.”
Yun Jiangli turned around and called. Du Zhong stepped forward to take a look and took out two porcelain bottles from the medicine box he brought and handed them over.
Yun Jiangli poured pills from the two bottles and handed them to Chao Yan, who had been standing by the side. He coldly said, “Give it to your prince to take with warm water.”
He hated Prince Yi from the bottom of his heart. If it was not necessary, he didn’t even want to have contact with him, such as taking his pulse.
“Imperial Physician Hua, Imperial Physician Yuan.”
Yun Jiangli stood up and respectfully said to the two elders, “Thanks to the two elders for coming in time, the poison is not too serious. I can give acupuncture to this ‘Drunk Smile’, and I’ll trouble you two elders for the medicine.”
After hearing what he said, the two elders breathed a sigh of relief, exchanged a few polite words, and went outside to prepare to prescribe and boil the medicine.
Following Yun Jiangli’s arrangement, only a few people were left in the bedroom, and it finally became quieter.
Du Zhong had already prepared the necessary acupuncture needles and was waiting on the side for his boss to perform the acupuncture.
The pills that had been fed earlier had taken some effect. Prince Yi opened his eyes and looked at Yun Jiangli, who had finally appeared. He smiled triumphantly and said in a hoarse voice, “You, you finally came. It’s really hard to… to see you ah…”
Yun Jiangli lowered his eyes and inserted the needle, his hand holding the needle was steady and fast, and he paid no attention to what Prince Yi was saying.
Prince Yi, who had finally led the person to him, did not care about his attitude and continued, “Young Hall Master, why, why must you be so cold to this king… like this?”
“Your Highness, you know that although this poison can be cured, but the person may become stupid or deaf after the cure.” Yun Jiangli responded coldly, his hands moving non-stop.
“How dare you!”
When Chao Yan, who was standing by, heard this, he suddenly drew out his sword and pointed it at Yun Jiangli.
In an instant, Ah Xiao’s fingertips had already reached into his sleeves, and he was about to take a step forward but was stopped by Yun Jiangli’s gesture.
Yun Jiangli sneered disdainfully, without even looking at Chao Yan: “Heh, Your Highness, your people are not as smart as you ah.”
After that, he picked up another needle and spoke again with a sense of urgency in his voice: “I advise you to put away the sword. If you scare a weak physician like me, your master will die.”
Chao Yan hesitated and did not move. Prince Yi glanced at him coldly. He shuddered and knelt on one knee: “Your Highness, the subordinate was reckless.”
“Say it, Your Highness risked your life to bring me here. What do you want to say?”
Yun Jiangli was too lazy to watch the master-servant show, so he directly said, “After the acupuncture is completed and the poison is removed, Your Highness may not have such an opportunity again.”
“This king doesn’t understand what Young Hall Master said… Ugh!” Prince Yi couldn’t help but groan in pain and took a few quick breaths.
Yun Jiangli gave Prince Yi acupuncture based on only one principle: as long as the person was not killed and the poison was removed, he would stop.
As for the acupuncture, there is nothing to worry about… For a person who doesn’t even care about his own life, why should he, a physician, worry about whether he can endure the pain or not?
After enduring for a long time, Prince Yi finally spoke as if he couldn’t bear it anymore: “Yun Jiangli, bring your, your ‘Xuezhu’, and follow this king… This king will definitely not treat you badly!”
Yun Jiangli’s eyelids, which had been lowered all the time, finally lifted up a little after hearing this. The cold light in his eyes looked straight at Prince Yi: “I already said that I don’t know what ‘Xuezhu’ is.”
“What can you get by following Lao Qi!”
Prince Yi seemed to have lost some patience due to the torture of poison. He was a little angry and anxiously said, “This king promises you, promises you the position of Taiwei[mfn]Supreme government official in charge of military affairs.[/mfn]! This king can confer upon your Yun family the title of hereditary king, as long as you are willing to help this king…”
Prince Yi’s words stopped abruptly as Yun Jiangli’s last needle fell, leaving only his painful gasps and the unbearable screams from between his teeth.
No one in the room spoke anymore.
As soon as Prince Yi said the word “Xuezhu”, Ah Xiao had already dodged behind Chao Yan, and a sharp dagger was immediately pressed against his throat.
Although Yun Jiangli was still sitting on the bed, but the domineering aura around him seemed to have become real, making the two remaining guards of Prince Yi shudder and dare not resist at all.
“I’ve said it before, don’t compare you with Prince An, you don’t deserve it.”
After saying this, Yun Jiangli didn’t speak again.
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The people inside didn’t know that from the moment Prince Yi spoke of Yun Jiangli’s “indifference”, Prince Cheng had already stood outside and listened to the conversation between the two of them.
In order to meet Yun Jiangli today, Prince Yi had already transferred all his people away, just to pretend to be poisoned.
But he never thought that transferring his own people away would leave Prince Cheng with such an opportunity. There were only a few people left outside, and now they were all gagged by Chen Mo and Chen Bai and were forced to kneel on the ground and tremble.
After hearing no sound coming from the inner room for a long time, Prince Cheng deliberately made some noise and turned to go into the room: “Third Brother, His Majesty is worried and asked me to come to visit.”
“Young Hall Master Yun, is the poison that Prince Yi was poisoned with serious?”
Prince Cheng said he came to visit the patient, but he didn’t even glance at the bed, he just looked at Yun Jiangli and asked.
Yun Jiangli stood up and greeted him and replied, “Although it is a deadly poison, it was ingested within a short time and is not very toxic. After acupuncture to detoxify, his life will be fine, and he will just need to recuperate for a while.”
This sentence directly revealed the whole story of Prince Yi, who first reported the news and then took the poison and directed and acted it himself.
Everyone knew it well.
Counting the time, Yun Jiangli took up the needle and took the initiative to tell Prince Cheng: “The poison that Prince Yi was poisoned with has been cured.”
“The remaining poison in the body will take some time to recover. The remaining treatment matters are better handled by Imperial Physician Hua and Imperial Physician Yuan than by this minister. This is Jian Shuang, the head of Renji Tang in the capital. It is most appropriate for him to cooperate with the two imperial physicians. The minister will not stay for long.”
Prince Cheng nodded and responded directly: “Thanks for your hard work, Young Hall Master.”
The two of them arranged this, leaving Prince Yi no room to refute. He had tried so hard to lure Yun Jiangli here for once, but not only did he fail, he might even have exposed his own trump card as well.
At this moment, Prince Yi watched Yun Jiangli leave like this, unwilling but helpless, and sighed that there might be no chance of a comeback.
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After leaving Prince Yi’s mansion, Yun Jiangli took a few deep breaths, as if he wanted to exhale all the air he had just inhaled in that room.
“Young Hall Master.”
Chen Mo followed him out of the door and walked forward quickly.
Du Zhong was stunned: “Why is Chen Mo here too?”
Chen Mo glanced at him and said in a serious tone, “Xiao Wangye was worried and ordered the subordinate to take Young Hall Master back to the mansion.”
Yun Jiangli’s heart skipped a beat: “Xiao Wangye has returned?”
“Xiao Wangye returned after you were out for a short while.” Chen Mo replied.
After hearing this, Yun Jiangli did not ask any more questions and quickened his pace towards the direction of Prince An’s mansion.
At this moment, he had already cursed Prince Yi for being a madman in his heart—his Xiao Qi must be worried that something bad had happened.
When he was still a hundred steps away from Prince An’s mansion, Yun Jiangli vaguely saw that the door of the mansion was not closed, and there seemed to be several figures wandering back and forth at the door.
Sure enough, after walking a few more steps, he heard Xiao Jiu’s loud voice shouting, “He’s back, he’s back!”
“Why are you waiting at the door?” Chen Mo asked loudly.
When he got closer, he saw Xiao Jiu rubbing his frozen and red hands: “Why are you guys taking so long? But you guys are finally back. His Highness was very worried.”
“Where is Xiao Wangye?” Yun Jiangli frowned.
Xiao Jiu followed them inside and said, “He has been waiting in the front hall.”
Yun Jiangli clenched his hands into fists.
The front hall was close to the main gate of the mansion, but it was much colder than other rooms because it was empty. He had been out for at least two hours. If Yan Muning had stayed in the front hall, wouldn’t he have been frozen?
“Your Highness, Young Hall Master is back!”
When they were almost at the front hall, Xiao Jiu called out to Yan Muning.
After more than two hours, the little prince was almost going crazy waiting, but even if he was so anxious, he couldn’t go to Prince Yi’s mansion in person.
He had gone through all the bad possibilities in his mind again and again and thought of more than ten countermeasures.
You have to know that his third brother had tried to kill him. Although Yun Jiangli said that Prince Yi liked him last time, Yan Muning was not a fool, he could hear that there was some joke in that statement.
At the moment, the little prince even thought that even if he really fell in love with Yun Jiangli, it was good because at least he would not be in any danger.
He felt a little sad, but what he feared most was that Prince Yi would go crazy and something would happen to the big beauty…
As he was sitting in the front hall, he suddenly heard Xiao Jiu’s voice. Yan Muning was confused and almost thought it was his imagination.
After recovering from his shock, the little prince raised his legs and rushed out.
Seeing Yun Jiangli standing in front of him, the little prince felt both angry and aggrieved.
Biting his lips, he pulled Yun Jiangli over with red eyes, stroking him anxiously and looking at him, his voice trembling slightly: “Did Third Brother embarrass you? Are you… injured?”
Chen Mo looked at the situation of the two people and gestured to the remaining people with special insight. Everyone understood and quietly retreated to the outside of the hall, leaving the front hall to the two masters.
Yun Jiangli took Yan Muning’s trembling, cold hands and tried to comfort him: “I went to detoxify and save lives, how could I be injured?”
“Don’t worry, aren’t I fine…”
Before Yun Jiangli finished speaking, Yan Muning finally couldn’t help it. He clenched his fist and hit Yun Jiangli’s shoulder again and again, choking and scolding him.
“What are you going there for? Why don’t you let the old men from the Imperial Medical go…”
“Wu… You scared me to death, you bastard!”
“Didn’t you promise me that you would not go to Prince Yi’s mansion… Wuwu.”
“He’s that crazy…what if, what if…”
The little prince had been on edge for more than two hours, and now he couldn’t hold back anymore. Tears kept pouring out, and he was cursing fiercely while crying and hiccuping.
Yun Jiangli looked at the youth’s tears, and the tears fell on his chest drop by drop. His heart ached as if someone was holding a bunch of needles and constantly poking it. The fine and dense pain made him feel suffocated and almost breathless.
He stood there, not hiding at all, letting the aggrieved little prince vent his anger.
“Xiao Qi, Xiao Qi!”
Yun Jiangli saw that the youth was crying more and more fiercely, with no sign of relief, and he became a little anxious. He pulled the youth’s hand and fixed him in front of him.
“Wuwuwu, don’t call me!”
The little prince was angry and didn’t want to listen to the big beauty’s explanation.
What explanation? He understood all the reasons, but he was afraid of losing Yun Jiangli…
“Listen to me! You can’t be so emotional now.”
Yun Jiangli held the youth tightly in his arms, patting his back to help him calm down.
“Xiao Qi, it’s all my fault. I won’t explain anything.”
Yun Jiangli rested his chin on the top of Yan Muning’s head and rubbed it affectionately. “You’re frozen, let’s go back to the warm pavilion first, alright? If you have anything to say, talk slowly.”
The little prince buried his face in Yun Jiangli’s chest, sobbing nonstop, and did not forget to curse stubbornly: “Assh*le, it’s all your fault…”
Leaning in the big beauty’s warm embrace, Yan Muning suddenly felt very tired. The anxious nerves that were tense while waiting suddenly relaxed at this moment. He felt cold all over, his ears were buzzing, and his vision gradually became a little blurry…
Yun Jiangli listened to the youth’s voice getting smaller and smaller, and suddenly the person in his arms lost his strength and softly lost consciousness.
Chen Mo and Xiao Jiu, who had been guarding outside the door, heard something strange coming from inside the room and suddenly pushed the door open and walked in.
Yun Jiangli, who was always calm and composed, had bloodshot eyes at this moment. He held the unconscious little prince in panic and called him loudly with bloodshot eyes, “Xiao Qi!”
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When Yan Muning slowly woke up, he felt dizzy and exhausted. He struggled to open his eyelids a little and looked at the familiar bed curtains. He realized that he was lying in the bedroom.
Wasn’t he waiting for Yun Jiangli in the front hall?
When did he return to the bedroom? Could it be that Yun Jiangli’s leaving Prince Yi’s mansion was just a dream…
“Xiao Qi? You’re awake?”
Yun Jiangli’s familiar voice sounded, and the little prince turned his head to look to the side—the big beauty was walking towards him steadily with a bowl of medicine.
This scene reminded the little prince of the days when he was recuperating in Jinzhou. When he was injured the most and couldn’t get out of bed, he lay like this every day, watching the big beauty walk towards him step by step.
“What are you daydreaming about, huh?”
Yun Jiangli had already sat down beside the bed and placed the medicine on the table beside him.
He pinched the little prince’s wrist naturally and skillfully, felt his pulse, and asked gently, “Are you still dizzy?”
Yan Muning was still a little confused, unable to tell whether it was reality or a dream, and nodded honestly, “Dizzy, so heavy. What’s wrong with me?”
Yun Jiangli sighed, leaned over, and picked up the little prince with the quilt: “Be good, drink the medicine first.”
The little prince was a little shy about being held in the big beauty’s arms and fed medicine and dodged with a red face: “I, I can do it myself…”
As he said this, he tried to get his claws out of the quilt.
Yun Jiangli didn’t give him this opportunity at all. He held the youth steadily, holding the bowl in one hand and the spoon in the other to feed the medicine to the youth’s lips: “Be obedient. Or… do you want me to feed you the medicine in a different way?”
Yan Muning was confused. Why did he feel that the big beauty today was a little different?
Is this a dream?
“Did you, you go to Prince Yi’s mansion?” The little prince frowned and tried to judge his memory.
Yun Jiangli paused slightly while holding the spoon, and then he spoke more gently to comfort him: “Yes. Xiao Qi, it’s all my fault. You drink the medicine first.”
The little prince panicked. That was not a dream!
Yun Jiangli went to Prince Yi’s mansion, Prince Yi was poisoned… Fifth Brother also went there. What else happened?
He, he seemed to have fainted?
Yan Muning was still frowning and thinking about what happened before he fainted, and suddenly his lips were covered with warmth and softness.
Then the slightly bitter medicine slowly seeped in along the seam of his lips…
The little prince was stunned, his eyes wide open, and as the medicine was fed mouthful by mouthful, his heart began to flutter in panic.
The little prince thought blankly: Why do I seem to be more dizzy after drinking this medicine?
The author has something to say:
The big beauty who was giving acupuncture to the little prince: My medical skills are not advanced enough, will my wife feel pain?
The big beauty who was giving acupuncture to others: The needle went down with a whoosh.
Went down with a whoosh 😂😂