mtlumby2d Chapter 392 Entrustment
Chapter 392 Entrustment
"Meow--"
A weak cat's cry broke the silence in the study.
Wang Jinyi stared at the white cat on the low table, and her heart suddenly tightened.
The little fellow who was full of life a moment ago now lay listlessly on the brocade, his snow-white hair had turned dry and yellow, and there were suspicious secretions in the corners of his eyes.
The most eye-catching thing is the dark green jade pendant hanging around its neck - it is emitting an eerie light.
"Go back to your highness..."
The eunuch holding the cat knelt down, his brown robe spread out on the ground.
The shrill voice trembled: "This cat started to get restless and knocked over three palace lanterns."
He hunched his back and dared not look up. "Later, he gradually became lazier and less active. He even vomited out the fresh fish paste he was fed..."
Wang Jinyi saw the abnormal rise and fall of the white cat's abdomen. When the eunuch turned over the cat's paw, the pink pads were covered with tiny blood spots.
"Found it this morning with blood oozing from its gums."
The prince suddenly spoke, and his dragon-patterned black boots rolled over a falling Buddhist bead, making a sound so soft that it was almost inaudible.
"Before my mother died..."
In an instant, the air in the study seemed to freeze.
Wang Jinyi felt her hair stand on end. She clearly saw that the prince's thumb had rubbed a blood mark on the surface of the jade pendant - the base of the nail on the slender finger was an unhealthy pale color.
The prince covered his lips with a handkerchief and coughed lightly, a little scarlet blood leaking out from between his fingers.
Wang Jinyi's heart was beating fast and her fingers were shaking slightly.
Is this something I should know? The prince is not doing well, right? It is better to pretend I don't know about this royal secret!
She took a deep breath, lowered her head again, and stood still.
The prince ordered the jade pendant to be untied, but the kitten suddenly struggled violently, waving its claws in the air and scratching the eunuch, leaving blood marks.
“Hold it!”
Someone outside the door came in, opened the cat's mouth to check, and reported:
"The gums are gray and the tongue is purple. The abdomen reacts when the fingers are touched, and the patient screams. The organs feel swollen, which may indicate stone poisoning."
Then the visitor said:
"In the early stages of stone poisoning, there will be fatigue and hair loss, and in the later stages, there will be internal bleeding and organ failure..."
pat!
The Canaan Buddhist beads on the prince's wrist suddenly broke, and the ebony beads rolled all over the ground.
"Mother..."
His voice was as cold as ice. "Both me and my mother were inexplicably exhausted at first, and then we kept coughing up blood..."
He clenched his fingers tightly around the edge of the table. "The imperial physician has always suspected that it was chronic poisoning, but the source has never been found."
Wang Jinyi stared at the Buddhist beads that rolled to her feet, and then realized that this was a palace drama involving the cause of death of the previous queen! Maybe there was also a plot to seize the throne?
"Second Miss Xunyang, since you know this poison."
The prince asked slowly and weakly, "Is there a solution?"
In my previous life, I read several books on geology in order to understand the geological features of the tourist destinations. I also learned some basic knowledge of radiation protection. Now I have no reservations.
"This kind of radioactive material should be sealed in a lead box."
She spoke faster, "Drink more green tea and kelp soup to detoxify, and drink fresh dates, black sesame and other foods to replenish qi and blood."
Seeing the prince narrow his eyes, she hastily added: "This is how miners in the Western Regions treat this kind of situation!"
"it is good."
The prince clapped his hands gently, and the eunuch came forward quickly with a gilded ebony box. It was only the size of a palm, unlocked and intact.
The prince lowered his voice and said, "Second Miss Xunyang, I have a request!"
Wang Jinyi's knees went weak. It was difficult to accept this hot potato. If she didn't accept it, she would...
"Miss!"
Yuqing called softly from outside the door.
Wang Jinyi was startled and turned around. Through the crack in the carved door, she saw Yuqing's anxious face.
——Yuqing shouldn’t have been able to hear the conversation inside the room from where she was! …
On the carriage back home, Wang Jinyi held the wooden box tightly.
The great-uncle hesitated to speak, and finally sighed:
“Be careful what you say and do.”
Yuqing was unusually quiet all the way until she stepped into the gate of Qinfangzhai and grabbed the young lady's wrist:
"Miss……"
There was a strange undercurrent in Yuqing's eyes, but he hesitated to speak and stared at the young lady.
After an unknown amount of time, the clan's wife also arrived, but everyone was silent in the room, and no one could come up with a better idea. The gilded ebony box lay quietly on Wang Jinyi's desk.
The sky darkened before they knew it. Everyone went their separate ways, each with their own thoughts. No one complained about Wang Jinyi accepting the prince's request, but they all felt heavy-hearted.
Before leaving, the lady turned back and asked Wang Jinyi, "Have you weighed the weight of this box?"
Wang Jinyi nodded silently. Everyone had left. The wooden box was like a branding iron, burning her so much that she couldn't sleep.
He put on his clothes and went out, looking up at the vast starry sky. He saw the Big Dipper hanging above the eaves, in the exact same position as he had seen in his previous life.
"Did you know that the afterglow of gamma rays can last for thousands of years..."
Chen Zhiyuan's voice rang in my ears.
In order to renew her relationship with him, she had to save her life and stay away from the royal family's fighting. But now the prince had an important trust, so she had to accept it.
In the cold wind of late autumn, her hair and clothes fluttered in the cold wind.
jingle--
The night wind suddenly blew the bird-scare bell under the corridor.
When Wang Jinyi looked back, he saw Yuqing standing quietly behind him under the moonlight, but the Qingfeng Sword, which he had not seen for a long time, was carried on his back again.
Wang Jinyi looked at the sword behind Yuqing, and curled the corners of his lips with difficulty. With a myriad of emotions in his heart, he just said silently, "Winter is really sad."
Yuqing seemed not to hear clearly what the young lady said. He took a step forward and leaned down slightly, and heard the young lady humming something. The sound gradually became louder and louder. He finally heard it clearly.
"the brightest star in the night sky
Can you hear clearly?
The one who looks up
Loneliness and sigh in my heart
……
Whenever I can't find the meaning of existence
Whenever I'm lost in the night
Oh~ the brightest star in the night sky
please light my way
the brightest star in the night sky
Can you hear clearly?
The one who looks up
The loneliness and sigh in my heart..."
Half a month later, the morning light shone on the dilapidated city wall of Beining City. The heavy city gate slowly opened, and five hundred guards led the way out of the city.
Afterwards, twelve Dragon Guards holding spears led the way, their faces covered with iron armor and the sound of their horses' hooves in unison.
Eight purple-robed ceremonial officials followed closely behind, holding coiled dragon-shaped staffs in their hands.
Sixteen eunuchs were stationed on both sides of the four carriages.
Four jade lions of the Zhaoye era were pulling side by side. In the spacious black gold carriage, the prince was lying on the couch, his face as pale as paper, with a glaring bloodstain on his lips.
He coughed and gasped from time to time, and there were scarlet spots on his scarf. A piece of wrist bone slipped off his sleeve, and it was covered with pinhole-like blood spots.
The two imperial doctors surrounded the prince in a panic.
The elderly doctor held the silver needle in his hand, his fingertips trembling slightly. Every time a needle was placed, a fine layer of cold sweat appeared on the prince's pale skin.
The young imperial physician held the medicine bowl.
"Your Highness, please hold this ginseng slice in your mouth..."
Before the young doctor finished speaking, the prince suddenly started coughing violently, and a mouthful of blood spurted onto his supah, staining his sleeves red.
There was a panic in the carriage, and the chief eunuch exclaimed:
"Your Highness!"
As he knelt down, he almost knocked over the medicine cup on the table...