bullyxtreme Chapter 168 Chronic Poison
Chapter 168 Chronic Poison
Shadow One acted swiftly, and the doctor was quickly summoned.
Upon entering the courtyard, both the doctor and Yingyi felt a chill in their hearts upon seeing the gloomy-faced Prince Chen and the princess with red eyes and tears streaming down her face.
Without saying a word, the doctor quickly stepped forward to check on the child's condition.
After examining the child for a while, the doctor had a general idea of what was going on. To ensure everything went smoothly, after obtaining the Prince's consent, the doctor picked up a silver needle and gently pricked the child's fingertip.
As blood oozed from her fingertips, Xu Jiaojiao felt as if her heart was being torn apart.
But as the blood flowed out gradually increased, Xu Jiaojiao and Prince Chen noticed something amiss.
"Yun'en's blood is a bit dark, could it be poisoning?" Zhao Yunzheng frowned, his eyes filled with anxiety.
After the doctor removed the needles and wiped Xiao Yun'en's fingertips with a cotton handkerchief, he nodded with a serious expression: "Yes, the young master has been poisoned!"
"Poisoned?" Xu Jiaojiao's face turned deathly pale, her hands holding the child trembling slightly. "How could he be poisoned? Yun'en was perfectly fine just now..."
After a moment's thought, the doctor said in a deep voice, "The young prince has likely ingested some kind of slow-acting poison. While the effects of this poison might be slow for an adult, the young prince is too young, so the poison took effect very quickly. Fortunately, it was discovered in time; if it had been any later, I'm afraid..."
The doctor hesitated, then stopped speaking, not daring to continue.
Upon hearing this, Xu Jiaojiao burst into tears: "Your Highness, please save Yun'en, please save our child!"
Zhao Yunzheng felt extremely distressed and hugged Xu Jiaojiao and her child tightly: "Don't be afraid, Yun'en will definitely be alright. As for those who harmed Yun'en, I will never tolerate them!"
He turned to the doctor: "No matter what, you must cure the young prince!"
As soon as Zhao Yunzheng finished speaking, the doctor immediately began to administer acupuncture to Xiao Yun'en to detoxify her.
Xu Jiaojiao's gaze never left Xiao Yun'en for a moment, and tears kept falling down her face.
Zhao Yunzheng, standing to the side, felt even more distressed, and a fierceness that had not appeared in his eyes for a long time resurfaced.
How dare they reach into his villa and harm his wife and children!
It seems he has been too mild-mannered these days, causing some fools to forget his ruthlessness.
"Shadow One, investigate immediately!"
The menacing aura was chilling, and Ying Yi immediately began investigating who had poisoned him.
Meanwhile, in Qingxue Courtyard of Prince Chen's Mansion.
Bai Yiru sat at her desk, calculating the days: "Judging by the time, that bastard should have already taken effect from the poison..."
She glanced at Green Ivy: "Go check out the villa. If anything happens, be sure to come back and report to me immediately."
Green Ivy was silent for a moment, but in the end, she lowered her head and replied, "Yes."
Watching Green Ivy leave, Bai Yiru began to fantasize about becoming the mistress of Prince Chen's mansion.
As she thought about it, she couldn't help but laugh out loud.
However, she was unaware that the villa had already traced the poisonous ointment through the honeydew melon.
……
The atmosphere in the villa was tense and oppressive.
After the doctor administered acupuncture, Xiao Yun'en's unusually flushed face gradually returned to normal, her breathing became more stable, and she even unconsciously began to suckle, indicating that most of the poison had been neutralized.
Zhao Yunzheng breathed a sigh of relief, but Xu Jiaojiao's eyes were still full of heartache, and tears kept falling.
Shortly after the acupuncture treatment ended, Shadow returned with the wet nurse.
Upon seeing the wet nurse, Zhao Yunzheng's brow twitched, and he looked at Yingyi: "What's going on?"
Logically, the wet nurse should be a trustworthy person and shouldn't be here, so Zhao Yunzheng was more surprised than suspicious.
As he had expected, the wet nurse was escorted into the house by Yingyi, but she remained neither humble nor arrogant, and her face was calm and composed, appearing to be an upright and honest person.
Ying Yi released the wet nurse, took out a small porcelain jar from his sleeve, and presented it to Zhao Yunzheng with both hands: "The young prince is still young, and usually only drinks milk and a small amount of water. So I started my investigation from these two places."
This small porcelain jar was found by my subordinate in Nurse Chen's room. The ointment inside has been examined by the doctor; it is precisely the poison that the young prince has been given.
As Yingyi spoke, Zhao Yunzheng's eyes suddenly turned fierce.
Sensing his anger, Xu Jiaojiao, who was holding the child and sitting beside him, gently tugged at his sleeve: "Your Highness, Madam Chen has always treated Yun'en very well. There must be some misunderstanding..."
Hearing Xu Jiaojiao's soft voice, Zhao Yunzheng's anger subsided by more than half.
Looking back at Xu Jiaojiao and seeing the sadness and worry in her eyes, he felt a pang of heartache: "Even at a time like this, you're still thinking about speaking up for others..."
I really don't know what to do with his darling...
However, Jiaojiao's words also reminded him.
He personally selected this wet nurse; she had grown up with her mother since childhood and by his side, so she was unlikely to have any ulterior motives.
Let's hear what she has to say.
Thinking of this, Zhao Yunzheng looked at the wet nurse: "Mother Chen, what's your explanation?"
The wet nurse knelt down and kowtowed, her face full of remorse: "Your Highness, I was wrong! I deserve punishment! If I hadn't misjudged people and let my guard down, the young prince wouldn't have suffered this calamity. I deserve to die a thousand deaths for this, I only beg Your Highness to spare my child who is not even a year old..."
His words were earnest, and his cries were filled with sorrow, which touched the heart.
Zhao Yunzheng also gleaned key information from the nanny's words: "You mean, someone used you to poison Yun'en?"
The wet nurse nodded slightly.
Zhao Yunzheng's tone turned urgent: "Who is it?"
The nanny glanced at Xu Jiaojiao, sighed, and began to recount the story in a low, deliberate manner: "A few days ago, a young woman claiming to be a vegetable farmer came to our house to deliver vegetables..."
……
Later I discovered that every time I used that ointment, the young prince and my servant's child would become particularly irritable and cry incessantly…
Hearing this, Xu Jiaojiao couldn't help but burst into tears: "My poor little Yun'en, so young, and she's already been harmed..."
Zhao Yunzheng felt a sudden clench in his chest, an indescribable aches filling his body.
He looked at the wet nurse and said in a deep voice, "Do you still remember what that woman looked like?"
The wet nurse nodded quickly: "I remember! I can draw a rough sketch of her appearance!"
Upon hearing this, Cailian, who was serving Xu Jiaojiao, immediately took out paper and pen and stepped forward.
Soon, the wet nurse drew the portrait.
Looking at the woman in the portrait, Zhao Yunzheng narrowed his eyes slightly, feeling that she looked vaguely familiar.
Xu Jiaojiao, standing beside her, gasped in disbelief, tears streaming down her face: "How could... how could it be her..."
Zhao Yunzheng was slightly taken aback, both worried and anxious: "Jiaojiao? Do you know this woman?"
Xu Jiaojiao closed her eyes in heartache, letting tears soak her long, dark feathered robes, and moved her lips with difficulty: "She is Green Ivy, Sister Bai's maid..."