latelenovela Chapter 512: Ruining the Cooperation
Chapter 512: Ruining the Cooperation
Hearing this, Xie Ci'an frowned and clenched his fingers into fists under his sleeves.
Although he had already guessed it, he was still extremely angry when he heard Gu Jianchu say this. The Second Prince not only wanted to kill the Crown Prince, but also wanted to frame the crime on the State of Jin. By the way, he could also provoke a war between the two countries to compete for resources. He could also reduce a competitor for himself without being criticized. It really was killing three birds with one stone.
If there were no ***, this weak prince would be no match for the second prince.
If the prince was suffering from acclimatization, the symptoms should have appeared long ago, not now.
This morning, the Prime Minister and the Crown Princess each received a secret letter from the Second Prince. The Crown Princess also received a packet of poison.
The Crown Princess's secret letter instructed her to find a way to place the poisonous insect in the Crown Prince's food and have him consume it. This insect would make the Crown Prince appear to be suffering from an acute illness, but would not harm his life. Unlike poison, this insect was colorless and odorless, and even the most skilled physicians would be unable to detect its presence. Their sole purpose was to make the Crown Prince sick and prevent the cooperation between the two countries.
In reality, the Second Prince wanted to use this opportunity to take the Crown Prince's life. This way, he could perfectly exonerate himself and shift all the blame onto the State of Jin. Even if the Gu worm was discovered, the investigation would only lead to the Crown Princess, who would then become a huge scapegoat.
The Second Prince was truly vicious. He had infected the Crown Prince with a Heart-Eating Gu, a worm that specifically eats human hearts. If it's not discovered within three days, the worm will gnaw through the blood vessels to reach the heart, completely devouring the victim's heart. Without an autopsy, one would have no idea of the worm's presence, nor would they know how the person died.
The Second Prince could only guarantee that the doctors accompanying the Crown Prince and Su Tang couldn't see the problem, but he couldn't guarantee that the doctors from Jin couldn't see the problem either. Therefore, his second secret order was to the Prime Minister, instructing him to drag Su Tang to Jin to see the Crown Prince. If they could hold off for more than three days, the cooperation between Su Tang and Jin would be doomed.
The Prime Minister knew that since the Second Prince had him delayed, he must have hired someone to poison the Crown Prince, and that this person was definitely the Crown Princess. The Prime Minister was constantly worried about this, fearing that the matter would be exposed and implicate the Crown Princess. Therefore, he had to do his utmost to drag Su Tang to the Jin Palace for help.
How could the Second Prince achieve his goal with all his scheming? This was a good opportunity to avoid having to find a way to warn Crown Princess Su Tang that something was amiss. This was a good opportunity to let both the Crown Prince and the Empress know that the Crown Princess they were with was the Second Prince's, thus increasing their vigilance against him.
[It's just that the Yelan Kingdom's imperial physician couldn't find the presence of the poisonous insect, and my Jin Kingdom's imperial physician might not be able to find it either.]
[Tongzi, is there anyone in Jin who knows how to use poisonous insects?]
Gu Jianchu finally couldn't help but call out the system. Tongzi had more information than she did, and she couldn't check everyone one by one. There were also many people she didn't know, so using the system was the most direct way.
After a while, the mechanical sound of the system finally came out.
[Yes, it’s right beside you.]
[I'm kidding. Could it be that Doctor Lin beside me knows how to identify poisonous insects?]
[It wasn't Doctor Lin, but his childhood sweetheart and Doctor Xu's ex-wife, Zhou.]
Zhou has studied medicine with her father since she was young. She even went with her father to Miaojiang when she was little, where she learned some knowledge about poisonous insects from the high priest there. Therefore, she might be able to help with the young prince's situation.
After receiving the prompt from the system, Gu Jianchu's heart was relieved a little, but he still had to find ways to remind the emperor to go to Sifang Pavilion and take care of the affairs of Yelan Kingdom. After all, this was still an interference in the affairs between the two countries.
Gu Jianchu organized her words and spoke, "Your Majesty, I have always felt that this matter is not that simple. Why hasn't the Crown Prince been upset earlier or later, and why did it happen just when the negotiations between the two countries were about to be completed? I am afraid that someone is maliciously interfering. I still remember the news that the Imperial City Bureau heard a while ago that there is constant unrest in Yelan, and the Crown Prince and the Second Prince are competing against each other. If this can be achieved through cooperation with us, and the Crown Prince and the Second Prince return with the salt, it will be a great achievement for the Crown Prince and the Second Prince, and they will surely be loved by the people. This is not a good thing for the Second Prince."
"This might be the Second Prince's doing. He wants something to happen to the Crown Prince and ruin this cooperation. Our two countries already plant spies in each other's territory. Brothers, especially those involved in a fight for the throne, will certainly plant their own people around each other. I guess even they themselves can't guarantee that there aren't people from the Second Prince around them. If something really happens to the little Crown Prince, maybe our Jin State will also be blamed."
"Your Majesty, why don't we go to the Sifang Pavilion and take a look? We can also take Doctor Lin with us. I remember that Zhou, who looked after the women in Prince Li's mansion, is a very skilled doctor and also knows some Qi Huang techniques. Why don't we ask her to go over and take a look? If we can help cure the prince's illness, it will be beneficial for our future cooperation."
Gu Jianchu's white fingers grasped Xie Ci'an's broad palm, his eyes shining with brilliance as he stared at Xie Ci'an, just waiting for Xie Ci'an to nod in agreement.
Cheng Song looked at Xie Ci'an's face cautiously and couldn't help wiping a cold sweat.
Xie Ci'an held Gu Jianchu's fingers again, his expression much gentler. "The Queen is right. Prepare the carriage. I want to leave the palace and go to the Sifang Pavilion. Remember to take Doctor Lin and Zhou with you, as the Queen instructed."
Now that he knew the truth, even if the Queen didn't tell him, he had to find a way to go to Sifang Pavilion to check it out. He absolutely couldn't let anything happen to the little prince and his wife on the territory of Jin. Even if something happened, he had to wait until they returned to their territory.
Originally he wanted to find an excuse, but now the queen has found an excuse for him and even arranged the people.
Xie Ci'an held Gu Jianchu's hand and continued, "It's getting late, and Ah Chu is still pregnant, so don't bother going out. Just rest in Kunning Palace. I'll take people out of the palace to check. Maybe there's nothing serious going on over there."
Xie Ci'an said this while rubbing Gu Jianchu's soft hair.
"Your Majesty, I'd better accompany you out of the palace. Perhaps you can use me. Besides, my pregnancy is stable now. I feel a little bored staying in Kunning Palace all day long." Gu Jianchu looked at Xie Ci'an eagerly.
Although she was not very useful in the past, what if she was useful? Besides, she was used to joining in the fun of watching the show on the spot. If she was suddenly not allowed to join in, she would be uncomfortable.