The old man came out and bowed to Ye Shengxuan. Ye Shengxuan nodded and then pointed at the black-boned chicken longan soup, saying, “Doctor Sun, please check out the soup.”
The old man nodded and walked to the soup quickly. He sniffed it first and then dipped his finger into it and put it in his mouth. After tasting for a long time, he nodded.
“You’re right, Your Majesty. This soup is poisoned.” Doctor Sun said to Ye Shengxuan respectfully, “But it is not a strong poison like you said, instead it’s just a chronic poison. But although it is mild, it can cause bigger damage than a strong poison. If one takes it for three years, he will die of a bloody kidney. And the poison couldn’t be noticed without an autopsy.”
“Is this poison so vicious?” Shiao Qi gasped with fear.
Ye Shengxuan was rather calm, “Doctor Sun, what’s the name of this poison?”
“It’s called Gouchang Water, and it is a unique poison from the west part of Xuanyuan Kingdom. But normally this poison was used by a limited number of people in that country, why…” He tried to speak more but stopped when seeing the hint from Shiao Qi and said carefully, “Sorry for my overinterpretation.”
Xuanyuan Kingdom again…
There were some lights flashing through Ye Shengxuan’s eyes as he waved to Doctor Sun, “Doctor Sun, you can leave now.”
“Then I am leaving.”
After Doctor Sun left the hall, Ye Shengxuan turned to Shiao Qi, “I told you to keep an eye on Lin Dagou, so has he been doing anything weird lately?”
“Not really. He has done nothing special than being bolder.”
“How bold is he?” He raised his eyebrows as he seemed to be quite interested in it.
“Well…” Shiao Qi said in embarrassment, “He distributed all the jewels you gave him to the palace maids and eunuchs…”
Ye Shengxuan’s mouth twitched and his cold face turned gloomier.
He said after a long while, “I see. You can leave as well.”
“Yes.”
Meanwhile, Helian Chacha was walking happily on a path in the palace after she had left the Yangxin Hall, and she was singing as she was feeling really good. As long as Ye Shengxuan was not around, it would be a heaven for Helian Chacha.
However, she bumped into someone in the corner and fell to the ground.
“Ouch…”
She rubbed her painful hips and heard a voice from above before she could get up from the ground, “Oh, aren’t you Eunuch Lin?”
She tried so hard to look up and saw a chubby woman standing in front of her. She was wearing a palace maid’s costume but the clothes looked a bit worn out, so probably she was just a palace maid of the lower level.
Observing the woman for a while, Helian Chacha still couldn’t recall who she was, so she asked, “And you are…”
“You don’t remember me? I am Aunt Su in the laundry house.” As she was speaking, Aunt Su reached out her hand and pulled her up.
“Oh, you’re Aunt Su…” Helian Chacha slapped the dust off her hip and smiled in embarrassment.
Probably this Aunt Su was an old acquaintance of Lin Dagou, but she had no memory of her at all. Never mind, just wait and see what she came here for.
While she was thinking, Aunt Su said again, “Eunuch Lin, you look more and more handsome since you start to serve His Majesty. And you look exactly the same as Lady Feng to me.”
“Lady Feng?” Helian Chacha immediately grasped the point, “Who is this Lady Feng?”
Somehow there was a voice inside telling her that this Lady Feng must have a lot to do with Lin Dagou. Although there were many people looking alike, if two people happened to be in the same country and the same palace, then there must have been something fishy.
If she remembered it correctly, there was a little maid who had said that she looked like someone named Siluan.
Aunt Su was stunned by her question, “Eunuch Lin, are you kidding me again? You are the most familiar one with Lady Feng. How come you don’t remember her right now?”
So Lin Dagou knew about Miss Feng? Then he must have had something to do with this Lady Feng. And since they looked alike, from the perspective of genetics, they could be from the same family.
She rolled her eyes and continued sounding out Aunt Su, “Oh yeah, we are quite close. But I was sick for a few days and now my head is a little bit muddled, so I lost a lot of memories about Lady Feng.”
As she was saying, she pressed her temples for a bit as if she was having a bad headache.
Seeing that, Aunt Su was really worried about her, “Oh no, my goodness. You have to take care of yourself, or you may die at a young age just like Miss Feng… Speaking of Lady Feng, I feel really sorry for her. I still remember the first time I saw her when she came to the palace at 4 years old. She was so cute and smart. But unfortunately, something terrible happened to the Feng Family…”
While Helian Chacha was so fascinated by the story, there was a voice coming not far behind her back, “Eunuch Lin, Eunuch Lin…”
She turned around and found out it was Bohe.
Looking at Bohe running to her from the east gate, Helian Chacha reached out quickly to help her, “Bohe, what happened? Why are you running so fast?”
Bohe took a few deep breaths while holding her and then said, “His Majesty is looking for you.”
“For me?” Helian Chacha was suddenly stunned, “But His Majesty just told me to leave.”
Bohe patted her shoulder and said sincerely, “It’s always hard to predict the mind of the emperor. Does His Majesty need a reason to call you? Just hurry up! His Majesty will be mad if you are late.”
Helian Chacha looked at Aunt Su and Bohe, then she made up her mind and said to Aunt Su, “Aunt Su, I am going to meet His Majesty now. I will visit you when I have the time.”
Aunt Su knew the priority was to serve the emperor, so she didn’t want to waste her time, “That’s the most important, just hurry and go.”
After she had left Aunt Su, Helian Chacha was full of thoughts about “Lady Feng”. She was quite certain that this Lady Feng could be the key to understand the secret of Lin Dagou’s identity. It seemed that it was necessary for her to meet Aunt Su again.
Unconsciously, she was already in front of Yangxin Hall.
Looking at the magnificent red gate in front of her eyes, Helian Chacha took a deep breath and opened it to enter the hall.
Ye Shengxuan was probably taking a lunch break as his imperial bed was covered with the curtains. There was the mild fragrance of Longxian Incense in the middle of Yangxin Hall, and some candle lights were dancing along with the breeze. Helian Chacha felt a bit sleepy in such a quiet and cozy place.
Walking to the imperial bed, she now realized that there was a palace maid serving by his side. But it was not that kind of PG-13 scene as she was just fanning for Ye Shengxuan.
After taking a glance at them, Helian Chacha bowed to Ye Shengxuan, “Good day, Your Majesty.”
Hearing that, Ye Shengxuan opened his eyes slowly and looked at her slightly. Then he notified the palace maid with a glimpse.
The palace maid took the hint and left the imperial bed right away. She walked to Helian Chacha and handed her the fan, and then she left Yangxin Hall.
And now there were only she and Ye Shengxuan in this giant Yangxin Hall.
Holding that fan, Helian Chacha twitched her lips a bit, “Your Majesty, what is…”
Ye Shengxuan was lying on the bed with his eyes closed and said slightly, “You were right that day, there are quite many bugs in the summer and I can’t sleep well with them. And recently there are always assassins in the palace and that makes me quite annoyed as well. You have saved my life and is now my closest eunuch. So it is now your duty to serve me in my bed.”
Did that mean that she was now in charge of driving mosquitos away from him?
Helian Chacha wished she could just jump onto that imperial bed and stabbed him. But considering that she was not able to defeat this dude, she succumbed and tried to please him, “Sure thing, Your Majesty. Although I am not very skilled at serving you, I am really good at using a fan. And I promise that there will be no bug or mosquito to bother you, Your Majesty.”
After that, she opened the curtains and crawled onto the imperial bed.
The moment when she saw the face of Ye Shengxuan, Helian Chacha swallowed her saliva unconsciously. He might feel a bit hot as his tender skin was blushing and turned light pink. His angular face was just like a masterpiece of god, and the delicate features made his face look perfect.
She didn’t pay attention to this before, and now she found out that he had longer eyelashes than she did. What a handsome face!
“Do I look pretty?”
Helian Chacha suddenly woke up and saw that he didn’t open his eyes at all.
Was that illusion?
“Lin Dagou!” While she was wondering if she heard it wrong or not, Ye Shengxuan suddenly opened his eyes and stared at her with his eagle-like sharp eyes, “Do you want me to die of the heat?”
“Please forgive me, Your Majesty! I am waving it right now.” Helian Chacha was begging him and waving the fan at the same time.
Feeling the cool breeze, Ye Shengxuan finally calmed down.
In order not to disturb the sleep of Ye Shengxuan, Helian Chacha didn’t dare to breathe when fanning. And only after fanning for almost 10 minutes did she realize that Ye Shengxuan covered himself with a cotton quilt!
Cotton quilt in the summer! No wonder he needed someone to fan him. Just ridiculous!
The old man came out and bowed to Ye Shengxuan. Ye Shengxuan nodded and then pointed at the black-boned chicken longan soup, saying, “Doctor Sun, please check out the soup.”
The old man nodded and walked to the soup quickly. He sniffed it first and then dipped his finger into it and put it in his mouth. After tasting for a long time, he nodded.
“You’re right, Your Majesty. This soup is poisoned.” Doctor Sun said to Ye Shengxuan respectfully, “But it is not a strong poison like you said, instead it’s just a chronic poison. But although it is mild, it can cause bigger damage than a strong poison. If one takes it for three years, he will die of a bloody kidney. And the poison couldn’t be noticed without an autopsy.”
“Is this poison so vicious?” Shiao Qi gasped with fear.
Ye Shengxuan was rather calm, “Doctor Sun, what’s the name of this poison?”
“It’s called Gouchang Water, and it is a unique poison from the west part of Xuanyuan Kingdom. But normally this poison was used by a limited number of people in that country, why…” He tried to speak more but stopped when seeing the hint from Shiao Qi and said carefully, “Sorry for my overinterpretation.”
Xuanyuan Kingdom again…
There were some lights flashing through Ye Shengxuan’s eyes as he waved to Doctor Sun, “Doctor Sun, you can leave now.”
“Then I am leaving.”
After Doctor Sun left the hall, Ye Shengxuan turned to Shiao Qi, “I told you to keep an eye on Lin Dagou, so has he been doing anything weird lately?”
“Not really. He has done nothing special than being bolder.”
“How bold is he?” He raised his eyebrows as he seemed to be quite interested in it.
“Well…” Shiao Qi said in embarrassment, “He distributed all the jewels you gave him to the palace maids and eunuchs…”
Ye Shengxuan’s mouth twitched and his cold face turned gloomier.
He said after a long while, “I see. You can leave as well.”
“Yes.”
Meanwhile, Helian Chacha was walking happily on a path in the palace after she had left the Yangxin Hall, and she was singing as she was feeling really good. As long as Ye Shengxuan was not around, it would be a heaven for Helian Chacha.
However, she bumped into someone in the corner and fell to the ground.
“Ouch…”
She rubbed her painful hips and heard a voice from above before she could get up from the ground, “Oh, aren’t you Eunuch Lin?”
She tried so hard to look up and saw a chubby woman standing in front of her. She was wearing a palace maid’s costume but the clothes looked a bit worn out, so probably she was just a palace maid of the lower level.
Observing the woman for a while, Helian Chacha still couldn’t recall who she was, so she asked, “And you are…”
“You don’t remember me? I am Aunt Su in the laundry house.” As she was speaking, Aunt Su reached out her hand and pulled her up.
“Oh, you’re Aunt Su…” Helian Chacha slapped the dust off her hip and smiled in embarrassment.
Probably this Aunt Su was an old acquaintance of Lin Dagou, but she had no memory of her at all. Never mind, just wait and see what she came here for.
While she was thinking, Aunt Su said again, “Eunuch Lin, you look more and more handsome since you start to serve His Majesty. And you look exactly the same as Lady Feng to me.”
“Lady Feng?” Helian Chacha immediately grasped the point, “Who is this Lady Feng?”
Somehow there was a voice inside telling her that this Lady Feng must have a lot to do with Lin Dagou. Although there were many people looking alike, if two people happened to be in the same country and the same palace, then there must have been something fishy.
If she remembered it correctly, there was a little maid who had said that she looked like someone named Siluan.
Aunt Su was stunned by her question, “Eunuch Lin, are you kidding me again? You are the most familiar one with Lady Feng. How come you don’t remember her right now?”
So Lin Dagou knew about Miss Feng? Then he must have had something to do with this Lady Feng. And since they looked alike, from the perspective of genetics, they could be from the same family.
She rolled her eyes and continued sounding out Aunt Su, “Oh yeah, we are quite close. But I was sick for a few days and now my head is a little bit muddled, so I lost a lot of memories about Lady Feng.”
As she was saying, she pressed her temples for a bit as if she was having a bad headache.
Seeing that, Aunt Su was really worried about her, “Oh no, my goodness. You have to take care of yourself, or you may die at a young age just like Miss Feng… Speaking of Lady Feng, I feel really sorry for her. I still remember the first time I saw her when she came to the palace at 4 years old. She was so cute and smart. But unfortunately, something terrible happened to the Feng Family…”
While Helian Chacha was so fascinated by the story, there was a voice coming not far behind her back, “Eunuch Lin, Eunuch Lin…”
She turned around and found out it was Bohe.
Looking at Bohe running to her from the east gate, Helian Chacha reached out quickly to help her, “Bohe, what happened? Why are you running so fast?”
Bohe took a few deep breaths while holding her and then said, “His Majesty is looking for you.”
“For me?” Helian Chacha was suddenly stunned, “But His Majesty just told me to leave.”
Bohe patted her shoulder and said sincerely, “It’s always hard to predict the mind of the emperor. Does His Majesty need a reason to call you? Just hurry up! His Majesty will be mad if you are late.”
Helian Chacha looked at Aunt Su and Bohe, then she made up her mind and said to Aunt Su, “Aunt Su, I am going to meet His Majesty now. I will visit you when I have the time.”
Aunt Su knew the priority was to serve the emperor, so she didn’t want to waste her time, “That’s the most important, just hurry and go.”
After she had left Aunt Su, Helian Chacha was full of thoughts about “Lady Feng”. She was quite certain that this Lady Feng could be the key to understand the secret of Lin Dagou’s identity. It seemed that it was necessary for her to meet Aunt Su again.
Unconsciously, she was already in front of Yangxin Hall.
Looking at the magnificent red gate in front of her eyes, Helian Chacha took a deep breath and opened it to enter the hall.
Ye Shengxuan was probably taking a lunch break as his imperial bed was covered with the curtains. There was the mild fragrance of Longxian Incense in the middle of Yangxin Hall, and some candle lights were dancing along with the breeze. Helian Chacha felt a bit sleepy in such a quiet and cozy place.
Walking to the imperial bed, she now realized that there was a palace maid serving by his side. But it was not that kind of PG-13 scene as she was just fanning for Ye Shengxuan.
After taking a glance at them, Helian Chacha bowed to Ye Shengxuan, “Good day, Your Majesty.”
Hearing that, Ye Shengxuan opened his eyes slowly and looked at her slightly. Then he notified the palace maid with a glimpse.
The palace maid took the hint and left the imperial bed right away. She walked to Helian Chacha and handed her the fan, and then she left Yangxin Hall.
And now there were only she and Ye Shengxuan in this giant Yangxin Hall.
Holding that fan, Helian Chacha twitched her lips a bit, “Your Majesty, what is…”
Ye Shengxuan was lying on the bed with his eyes closed and said slightly, “You were right that day, there are quite many bugs in the summer and I can’t sleep well with them. And recently there are always assassins in the palace and that makes me quite annoyed as well. You have saved my life and is now my closest eunuch. So it is now your duty to serve me in my bed.”
Did that mean that she was now in charge of driving mosquitos away from him?
Helian Chacha wished she could just jump onto that imperial bed and stabbed him. But considering that she was not able to defeat this dude, she succumbed and tried to please him, “Sure thing, Your Majesty. Although I am not very skilled at serving you, I am really good at using a fan. And I promise that there will be no bug or mosquito to bother you, Your Majesty.”
After that, she opened the curtains and crawled onto the imperial bed.
The moment when she saw the face of Ye Shengxuan, Helian Chacha swallowed her saliva unconsciously. He might feel a bit hot as his tender skin was blushing and turned light pink. His angular face was just like a masterpiece of god, and the delicate features made his face look perfect.
She didn’t pay attention to this before, and now she found out that he had longer eyelashes than she did. What a handsome face!
“Do I look pretty?”
Helian Chacha suddenly woke up and saw that he didn’t open his eyes at all.
Was that illusion?
“Lin Dagou!” While she was wondering if she heard it wrong or not, Ye Shengxuan suddenly opened his eyes and stared at her with his eagle-like sharp eyes, “Do you want me to die of the heat?”
“Please forgive me, Your Majesty! I am waving it right now.” Helian Chacha was begging him and waving the fan at the same time.
Feeling the cool breeze, Ye Shengxuan finally calmed down.
In order not to disturb the sleep of Ye Shengxuan, Helian Chacha didn’t dare to breathe when fanning. And only after fanning for almost 10 minutes did she realize that Ye Shengxuan covered himself with a cotton quilt!
Cotton quilt in the summer! No wonder he needed someone to fan him. Just ridiculous!
