Chapter 168 Poisoned

Chu Shaozhen asked: "Is An Lan's wound better? Will he go and fight with Chu Xiaoyan alone while we are away?"

"An Lan is under the care of my sister, so there's no need to worry about him. Besides, he knows what's going on." Ye Chenxi said, "Let's think of a way to get you out first."

Chu Shengxi picked up a piece of osmanthus cake and took a bite. "The Beijing Guards will not let him go easily. I heard that Concubine Li cried in front of the emperor and asked him to give justice to her brother."

Chu Shaozhen was angry: "It was clearly provoking us first!"

Chu Shengxi: "I don't have a father anymore, ah!"

Ye Chenxi's eyes turned red when she heard this, and she reached out to hug Chu Shengxi: "If you don't mind, I can..."

"Don't even think about taking advantage of me!" Chu Shengxi pushed him away mercilessly.

Ye Chenxi looked at his empty hands: "What I mean is, if you don't mind, I can hug you. Don't you think that I want to be your father?"

Chu Shengxi stuffed the osmanthus cake into his mouth, and then took a piece of braised pork and stuffed it into his mouth: "Delicious! Really delicious! Everyone, come and try it!"

As he said this, he swallowed the meat mixed with the pastries in one gulp and went on to pick up other dishes.

Several people gathered together to fight for it.

They were at the age of growing up and hadn't had a proper meal for several days, so they gobbled up the food in no time at all like hungry wolves.

The best fruit wine is also drunk as thirst-quenching water.

After eating and drinking, several people held their stomachs and burped contentedly.

Seeing this, Ye Chenxi took the initiative to say, "You guys can't eat well in prison, so let me deliver the food tomorrow. If you want to eat something, tell me today. I'll make a menu and send it to the restaurant later, and let the chef there make it accordingly."

Hearing this, the overfed people regained their energy and started to name the dishes at once:

"I want to eat crab stuffed with orange and sashimi."

"Roast the lamb leg, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside."

"I want to eat stewed oysters and sweet lotus root with osmanthus."

……

Ye Chenxi took a pen and paper and wrote it down carefully.

Suddenly, someone cried out in pain: "Hiss..."

"What's wrong?" Ye Chenxi jumped up: "Were you bitten by a scorpion?"

Chu Shaozhen covered his lower abdomen: "Why do I feel... something is wrong with my stomach?"

Chu Shengxi's face was pale, and sweat broke out on his forehead: "My stomach hurts so badly... There's something wrong with what I ate just now..."

Ye Chenxi was shocked.

In just half a cup of tea, all the boys in the cell were curled up on the ground, holding their stomachs and rolling around in pain.

Ye Chenxi's mind went blank: "Someone, come quickly!"

The patrolling jailer came hurriedly and asked: "What happened?"

Ye Chenxi squatted on the ground, patted Chu Shaozhen, and then patted Gu Tingmo: "How are you? Don't scare me! Woo..."

His hands were shaking badly.

All these meals were brought by him.

They ate the food he sent and got poisoned?
The jailer hurried out to call for help.

For a moment, the prison was in chaos.

When the doctor arrived, Chu Shaozhen was already foaming at the mouth.

The doctor put the medicine box on the ground, bent down and looked through the medicines one by one, then said carefully: "This is poisoning."

really.

"thump!"

Ye Chenxi sat down on the ground.

The scene was too chaotic, and the jailer could not take care of him at all. Instead, he urged anxiously: "No one of the young masters here can get into trouble! Doctor, find a solution quickly!"

The doctor was so anxious that he was sweating: "You are urging me, what can I do? Do you think I won't be anxious?"

The jailer was so angry that he turned around and walked out. The doctor wiped his sweat while urgently giving injections to the poisoned people, and said to the jailers gathered at the door: "Bring some basins of clean water."

Ye Chenxi was pulled up by someone.

He turned his head and looked at the familiar figure, his mouth drooped: "Father, wow..."

"Why are you crying?" Ye Hongwei pulled him aside and said, "Go to the cell next door and stay there first."

Ye Chenxi was pushed into the cell next door alone.

The jailer came with a key and locked his cell door.

Ye Chenxi finally collapsed.

……

There is no wall that is impenetrable. When night fell, the news from the Beijing Guards got out and spread in a small area in Jindu.

Ye Hongwei took the token and entered the palace overnight.

The eldest princess's mansion.

Because Ye Wanqing was about to get married, the eldest princess had specifically instructed that the family of five must have dinner together in the next few days.

Helplessly, after waiting for a long time, it was already dark, and Ye Hongwei and Ye Chenxi, father and son, had not returned from the Beijing Guard Division yet.

Ye Chenting changed out of his court robes and walked into the flower hall: "Mother, shall I go to the Jingwei Division to have a look? I can go back and forth very quickly on horseback."

"Wait for another cup of tea." The princess glanced at the night sky and said, "Perhaps your father is stuck with official duties. After Qing'er gets married, she will travel away from Beijing with An Lan. There will be few opportunities for the family to dine together in the future."

Ye Wanqing felt uncomfortable after hearing this: "Mother, I'm sorry..."

"What are you sorry for?" The princess said gently, "When a woman reaches a certain age, she will eventually get married and have children. When I was your age, I also married your father."

Ye Wanqing looked at her mother and said, "But, my daughter will be away from Beijing for a long time and won't be able to return to my father and mother often to show filial piety."

"Your father and I don't care about these things. Besides, don't you have two brothers?"

The princess spoke softly, "You have grown up and it's time to have your own life. You and An Lan can leave the capital and see the world outside the capital. Your mother is happy for you from the bottom of her heart. When you go out, remember to take good care of yourself..."

As the mother and daughter were talking, hurried footsteps were heard outside the door.

The housekeeper stood outside the door and said, "Your Highness, the people from the Beijing Guards came to tell you that the master will not be back for dinner tonight."

"Why is that?" asked the princess.

The housekeeper said, "The people from the Beijing Guards said that the food that the young master sent to Chu Shaozhen and the others today was poisoned. Right now, all the young masters have been poisoned. The young master has been put in jail and is under guard."

"What?" The eldest princess stood up suddenly.

Ye Chenting's expression also changed: "How could this be? What is going on?"

The housekeeper was confused.

Ye Wanqing was surprised and said, "The things that my elder brother sent to the Beijing Guards today came from two places. The cakes, meat jerky and fruit jerky were made by the kitchen in the mansion. I tasted them myself when they were served. The wine and food were ordered by the Jade House. Has the doctor checked which food is poisonous?"

The housekeeper said: "It is still unknown."

The princess could no longer sit still: "None of those children should be harmed. Have someone harness the carriage and I will go to the Imperial Guard myself."

Ye Wanqing and Ye Chenting looked at each other and said, "Mother, let's go too."

The carriage drove towards the Jingwei Division.

The summer nights are cool, and the streets of the capital are still bustling.

The carriage sped through the long street.

Worried that an empty stomach would harm her mother's health, Ye Wanqing poured a cup of warm water and handed her a snack: "Mother, please eat at least one bite."

The princess took it and sighed, "How could he be poisoned for no reason?"

Ye Wanqing comforted him, "Didn't they say that the Beijing Guards have sent people to arrest the shopkeeper and the cook of the Jadeite Building? The doctor is also investigating the cause, and I think the truth will be revealed soon."

Ye Chenting rode his horse beside the car: "Mother, the horse in front is father's."

Ye Hongwei rode his horse to the front of the carriage and asked, "Why are you here so late at night?"

The eldest princess lifted the carriage curtain and asked: "You entered the palace?"