lcionline Chapter 331 Poison
Chapter 331 Poison
Luo Xiaoran's voice sounded in front of him, and Wei An was startled at the same time as he was touched by it.
She blinked her round eyes, hesitated for a while, and finally couldn't help asking:
"Princess, why didn't you expose the fact that Princess Qingyi poisoned you in front of the Emperor?"
In Wei An's opinion, this incident happened in public and was exposed in public. Although it was simple and crude, the effect was the best.
Luo Xiaoran stuffed a grape into her mouth, spit out the grape seeds, and then slowly explained to Wei An:
"They are siblings. We only have the pair of poisoned chopsticks as physical evidence. Without witnesses, would Emperor Tianqi favor me and ignore his sister?
Wei An, you used to be a secret guard, so you are always straightforward in everything you do. Just take action directly.
But now you are my maid in name only, so I have to tell you in advance that you must not act rashly~~
Remember, there are many things we cannot do directly, we have to go around it.
However, I am not going to passively take the beating. Instead, I am going to accumulate these things first, and when I find an opportunity later, I will return them all to Chen Lingyi in one go."
"My subordinates will remember it."
"Okay! Keep having people keep an eye on Chen Lingyi. She wants to deal with me anyway, otherwise she wouldn't have attacked me just a few days after setting off.
She probably doesn't have many people around her. If there is any big move, the most likely thing is that when she goes to various provincial capitals, she will contact the spies she has planted there.
Keep an eye on her, follow the clues to find her base in the northern border, and then send a message to Chen Ji, letting him decide whether to use her or eliminate her directly! "
Wei An's eyes flashed with understanding. The princess wanted to use herself as bait to uncover Princess Qingyi's spy network...
Princess, did you really grow up in the countryside?
After Wei An went down, Luo Xiaoran fell into deep thought - was she someone who could be killed easily?
Otherwise, why would Chen Lingyi go to such great lengths to poison her?
After much thought, she came up with only three reasons why Chen Lingyi wanted to kill her.
The first reason was that he protected and took care of Xingchen, the posthumous son of the late crown prince.
But in Chen Lingyi's eyes, Xingchen is already a "dead man". Will Chen Lingyi go to the trouble of attacking herself during the imperial carriage's journey to Kyoto?
The second reason was that Chen Ji told himself that the accident that happened to Concubine Bai under the ginkgo tree was most likely caused by Chen Lingyi, and that he saved Concubine Bai by chance, which ruined her plan.
In this regard, Luo Xiaoran felt that killing Concubine Bai was not necessarily Chen Lingyi's original intention. She must have been kicked in the head by a donkey and that was why she had to kill her brother's favorite concubine, who was also pregnant with her brother's first child.
Therefore, even if I saved Concubine Bai, she shouldn't insist on settling the score with me.
Even if Chen Lingyi had to kill Concubine Bai, she should have poisoned her first, and it would not be her turn to poison herself first!
Luo Xiaoran felt that the third reason was due to Chen Lingyi's extraordinary enthusiasm for Chen Ji.
The two met each other when they were humble. Although Chen Lingyi was ordered to monitor Chen Ji, there must have been some real feelings between the two.
This relationship broke down after Chen Ji found out that Chen Lingyi was Lin Yueyi's spy. To be more precise, it broke down unilaterally.
Chen Ji kept his distance from Chen Lingyi, but Chen Lingyi was still very enthusiastic towards Chen Ji, and her enthusiasm was frightening.
Therefore, it is possible that she wanted to kill herself because she felt that her status was not worthy of the excellent uncle in her heart...
However, this reason is even more outrageous than the first two.
After thinking about it, the most accurate conclusion Luo Xiaoran could draw was:
Chen Lingyi wants to kill me, and I also want to kill her, so let's see who can beat who!
……
"When will the poison take effect?"
When Chen Lingyi returned to her tent, the first thing she asked was Zhu Yan.
Zhu Yan immediately broke out in a cold sweat on her back. She replied in a deep voice:
"Princess, the poison was on the chopsticks..."
Chen Lingyi understood everything from Zhu Yan's brief words.
Both she and the emperor would eat roasted wild boar, and there were eunuchs who tested poison, so it was safest and most convenient to put the poison on the chopsticks.
But who could have thought that Luo Xiaoran, that country girl, would be so rude that she would just use her hands to eat without using chopsticks at all!
"waste!"
"I know I was wrong, please forgive me, Princess!" Zhu Yan knelt down immediately.
Chen Lingyi frowned. If it weren’t for the fact that Lan Zheng went to Luo Xiaoran’s hometown and she only had such a capable person by her side, she would definitely punish him severely!
"If the princess allows, I am willing to go and assassinate him." Zhu Yan wanted to redeem herself from her crime.
“Forget it, if you show your face, I will be in trouble too.
We will arrive in Qingzhou tomorrow. Go contact the spies in the city and ask them to do this."
"Yes!"