Chapter 121 Poisoning

  Poisoning

  "Fei'er has suffered." Rong Jingze hugged Yin Ruofei who was lying in his arms with a somewhat uncomfortable expression and gently stroked his hair.

  "How did Master Shu know I was suffering?" Yin Ruofei's spirit wasn't great, and unfortunately, she couldn't sleep. When she heard Rong Jingze speak up, her heart felt very happy, but she really wanted to talk back.

  "I know it's hard for you as Empress Dowager." Also knew that the Empress Dowager had forced Xiaofei to take a concubine.

  Although Rong Jingze is no longer in the palace, he still holds the power to gather information. Although this matter cannot be made known to the Emperor, it does not mean that he will not arrange for people to be placed within the palace.

  So he knew everything that happened in the palace of the empress dowager. That's why he hurriedly ran over from the emperor's place, bringing Xiao Fei back to the Wang mansion.

  Yesterday was a sleepless night, actually Little Fei didn't sleep much, the carriage swayed back and forth, at first the person who refused to sleep was already sleeping soundly, couldn't be woken up even when called.

  Taking advantage of Xiao Fei's drowsiness, Rong Jingze applied the medicinal ointment he had specially obtained from the imperial physician to Xiao Fei. The place that had fascinated him so much yesterday was now red and swollen, with an alarming temperature. His fingers coated with thick ointment were inserted inside, and soon completely dissolved, overflowing along with Rong Jingze's withdrawn fingers.

  This is not a medicine, it's a punishment! Rong Jingze thought angrily, he could only watch but not eat, this was the greatest torture.

  Wanting to think that it was Xiaofei herself who applied the medicine, herself standing by and watching as Xiaofei bashfully put her finger with the ointment into...

  Rong Jingze covered his nose with his hand.

  Ever since he fell in love, his nosebleeds have been getting more and more frequent!

  With the elder gone, Ze Wang Fu was now under the control of Rong Jing Ze and Yin Ru Fei. On the second day, Rong Jing Ze sat in the main hall with Yin Ru Fei by his side, accepting the kowtows of the various managers from around the household.

  Although he was also in a similar position before, his identity was only the king's companion reader. Now his identity is greatly different, and he is the first-class queen, the king's first wife. Whether there will be concubines or concubines in the future depends on this queen.

  Summoned all the servants, Rong Jingze did not let them call Wangfei, but instead called Yin Ruofei Houye.

  If he were to marry a woman, she would naturally be called the queen, but Yin Ruofei is a boy and also a military general with his own imperial title, so it's only natural that he wouldn't use the title of queen. Rong Jingze had the same idea, he liked Little Flying, wanted to marry him, hoped they could spend their lives together hand in hand, but he didn't want Little Flying to be his subordinate, otherwise he also wouldn't have hinted to the emperor to give Little Flying this title.

  Each of them did not know the various deep meanings that Rong Jingze and others had in mind, but they were all loyal people selected by Rong Jingze, so no one showed surprise, and they were very obedient. With the change in Yin Ruofei's identity, the identities of Yin Ruofei's guards also rose with the tide, such as Meng Ke, Duan Shuixing and others.

  During the day, I read a book, lazily lying on the chaise longue eating fruit, and then enjoy the massage from my darling husband, massaging my waist and legs. At night, after turning off the lights, I take out the two night pearls given by the emperor to illuminate us, and we do that extremely addictive thing, our days are incredibly beautiful.

  At first, Xiao Fei was still a bit unaccustomed and couldn't keep up with Rong Jingze's energy. However, after a few days, he quickly adapted and gradually became addicted to that intoxicating taste. Every day, he repeated the process of initially being shy and refusing to cooperate, only to later become enchanted by the taste and completely surrender to Rong Jingze's demands.

  Rong Jingze was even more unceremonious. Yin Ruofei was young and a martial artist, with extremely high flexibility, many movements could be coordinated, the two were simply like fish in water.

  Unfortunately, this good day didn't last for a few days. The imperial palace sent someone to invite Rong Jingze into the palace. Yin Ruofei was worried and also had a different identity now, hinting that Rong Jingze should bring Yin Ruofei together, entering the imperial palace in the dead of night.

  I thought it was the Empress Dowager who had something on her mind, but as soon as I entered the palace gate, I found the atmosphere to be extremely tense. Rong Jingze furrowed his brow and grabbed a small eunuch beside him, "What's going on?"

  This little eunuch is a usual attendant of the emperor, even if others don't know what happened, he should know.

  "Your Highness, let's hurry in, once we're inside, you'll understand everything."

  His eyebrows were furrowed even deeper, and the unease in his heart was also increasing. He always had a bad premonition, but at this moment, he couldn't think of anything else.

  Following Xiao Taijian all the way into the emperor's bedroom, the guards at the door saw Rong Jingze and saluted in unison, but their tense expressions didn't relax one bit.

  Rong Jingze pushed Yin Ruofei directly into the door, and both the Empress Dowager and the Queen were there, while the Emperor lay on the dragon bed.

  "Imperial brother!" Rong Jingze exclaimed in a low, angry voice as he rushed towards the Emperor, while Yin Ruofei quickly turned around and tightly closed the doors of the imperial bedchamber.

  The empress dowager gave Yin Ruofei a look of approval before immediately shifting her gaze to Rong Jingze's face, which was filled with grief and shock. Her voice trembled with uncontrollable anger as she said, "Your Majesty, someone has been poisoned."

  "Could it be that someone has been caught?" A hint of severity flashed across Rong Jingze's face as he almost instantly thought to himself, "This must be the work of the Rebel King." "Is the poison under control?"

  "The poison has been controlled, but it can't be cleared." The empress dowager said this and didn't speak again, her face looking very unpleasant.

  Rong Jingze looked at his imperial sister-in-law, and the empress's words stopped. Seeing that her younger brother was looking at her, she couldn't help but speak up.

  "The emperor seems to know who poisoned him, but he just won't say." The empress's silk handkerchief was almost torn apart, she was a typical virtuous wife and good mother, teaching the crown prince, managing the harem, and in the past even suffered hardships with the emperor when he was still a prince.

  But in recent years, she has obviously felt that the emperor is somewhat distant from her, and also unintentionally smiled. She also knows that she is old and cannot always be favored, let alone being the empress, the master of the three palaces, and her son is the crown prince, the emperor usually helps to save face for her, very respectful to her, she shouldn't have this heart of competing for favor. But then again, no concubine seems particularly favored, so in her heart, there's always a feeling that something isn't quite right.

  After the queen said that, Rong Jingze lowered his head thoughtfully and seemed to have also felt that the emperor had been somewhat off lately, as if he was like him, always unintentionally smiling.

  Thinking about it, indeed the Emperor has someone in his heart. The Empress is not the one the Emperor loves, as the ruler of the country, the most important thing is the state and its people, he has been diligent since he was the Crown Prince. Although he doesn't love the Empress, he has always respected her, otherwise the harem wouldn't be so peaceful.

  In this way of thinking, the person in the emperor's heart must not be in the harem.

  Three people remained silent, and Yin Ruofei, who was guarding the door, could also hear a few people whispering, but it wasn't very clear, and naturally didn't have the right to speak.

  The three of them were silent, and the emperor, who was lying on the bed, let out a low groan. The attention of several people in the bedroom was drawn to him.

  "Your Majesty?"

  "Your Majesty..."

  "Older brother!"

  Several people's voices rose in the bedroom, but the emperor didn't look at anyone else and instead focused his attention on Rong Jingze.

  "Zé dì...... Chén......"

  becomes:

  "Brother Ze...... I......"

  "Brother." Rong Jingze reached out and grasped the emperor's extended hand, "I'm here."

  "I have something to say to you alone."

  "Good." Rong Jingze nodded. The Empress Dowager and the Queen sighed, although reluctantly, they still got up and left, leaving only the Emperor, Rong Jingze, and Yin Ruofei in the room.

  "Xiao Fei also come over." Rong Jingze helped the emperor up, fed him a bowl of medicinal soup cooked by the imperial doctor, and saw that the emperor's spirit seemed to have improved slightly. Rong Jingze and Yin Ruifei both let out a sigh of relief.

  "Imperial brother, who was it that poisoned?" Hearing the Empress's words just now, Imperial Brother knew who had administered the poison. Rong Jing Ze's face had been unpleasant all along, he had already been suppressing his anger, if he found out who the opponent was, he would definitely tear him to pieces.

  "Listen to me." The Emperor leaned against the headboard, holding onto Rong Jingze's hand. "I don't want you to avenge me, I want you to protect him and send him off."

  "Who is it?" Rong Jingze's voice trembled with suppressed anger. He couldn't understand why the Emperor was being so muddled and would sacrifice the country for a woman.

  "Release him right there." The Emperor pointed to a corner of the bedroom, and Rong Jingze immediately stood up, but was pulled back by the Emperor's grip on his clothes. "Don't... hurt him."

  "Alright." Rong Jingze's face turned iron-green as he nodded, "Fei'er supports Di Huang."

  "Ah." Yin Ruofei responded and took over Rong Jingze's position.

  The location mentioned by the Emperor, Rong Jing Ze was aware of it. This was a place they knew since childhood. It was because of this secret passage that Rong Jing Ze, who had been poisoned back then, was rescued and sent to his master's place.

  It's been years since he entered this dark alley, and Rong Jingze's heart was in a mess. The king's rebellion had harmed them greatly back then, and now that they were making a comeback, they would likely repeat the same mistakes. His imperial brother had been poisoned, yet refused to catch the culprit, it seemed that this rebel king had planned for many years, and his claws had penetrated even deeper.

  Kai opened the manhole cover and startled Rong Jingze, who had thought that person would hide somewhere, but instead sat right next to the manhole.

  Rong Jingze didn't hesitate and before the other party could react, he reached out to grab their wrist and pulled them out. Rong Jingze was furious in his heart, so naturally there was no mercy in his hands, but this person surprisingly didn't resist at all, and it was unexpectedly light. Out of curiosity, Rong Jingze reached out to support the other's chin and lifted their head up.

  "Y... " Rong Jingze was startled, the person in front of him had dull eyes without any light, and his body was thin as a skeleton. If he wasn't so familiar with him, he almost couldn't recognize him. "Gao Jin?"

  When Yin Ruofei heard Rong Jingze's words, she turned around in surprise and found that the person Rong Jingze had dragged over was indeed Gao Jin.

  "Brother Gao?" Yin Ruofei was shocked and didn't know what to say. Could it be that the one who poisoned him was Brother Gao? But how could this be possible?

  Gao Jin is a warm and humble person, can be said to be a gentleman who is consistent inside and out. He was heavily relied upon by the Emperor and could be considered a trusted minister close to the throne. Yin Ruofei really didn't understand why Gao Jin would do such a thing.

  "Big brother, is there some kind of misunderstanding? I don't believe you would do something like this."

  "It was me who did it." Gao Jin had been keeping his head down all along, but now he looked up, a pair of lifeless eyes staring at Yin Ruofei, "I'm the one who poisoned him."

  "Brother... how did you become so thin!" Yin Ruofei exclaimed in distress, seeing Gao Jin's appearance. Yin Ruofei even suspected that he had been mistreated by the Emperor, otherwise why would he be hiding in the underground tunnels, and now Gao Jin looked like this...

  Yin Ruofei's mind seemed to flash with something.

  "Fei'er, what's wrong with you?" Knowing it was Gao Jin, Rong Jingze released his grip on him. This Gao Jin was just an ordinary person, without any martial arts skills. On the contrary, his Xiao Fei looked like he had lost his soul, and Rong Jingze's face suddenly changed drastically. He grabbed Gao Jin's collar and shouted, "You, did you poison Xiao Fei?"

  Author's note: Yesterday's code wasn't done well, I'm a coding newbie...

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