Chapter 128 The second prince committed suicide out of fear of crime?
"Do you understand?"
The voice suddenly brought Aoki back to his senses, and he nodded immediately.
“Yes!”
Although his thoughts were confused, he still chased out quickly with his normal expression.
As for the other side, after Cheng Shengxuan discovered that Qingzhu was following him, he guessed that Shang Xiaomin's behavior today was largely due to testing Qingzhu.
After thinking for a while, he turned around and turned into a remote corner. After stopping, he looked around and paused for a few seconds when his eyes fell on Qingzhu.
Then he tapped several acupuncture points on his body and spit out all the tea he had just drank.
Not far away, Qingzhu looked puzzled when he heard movement.
Mr. Cheng obviously has antidote potion, can't he just detoxify quietly after returning?
Why risk being discovered by vomiting outside?
Could it be...
No!
He suddenly remembered that when he left just now, Aoki was still in the fifth prince's study!
So, the fifth prince has other instructions for Aoki, right?
Thinking like this, he quietly checked around, and sure enough he found a fleeting shadow at the Moon Cave Gate.
It seems that the fifth prince has begun to doubt him!
When did it start?
But he had no time to think too much, because Cheng Shengxuan had already left that corner and continued to walk to his room.
After the footsteps faded away, Qingzhu flashed out, walked to the spot where he had just stayed, and pretended to investigate for a while.
Then he turned around and walked to the study.
After he walked away, Qingmu also glanced at that location, looking at the direction where Qingzhu disappeared with an inexplicable expression.
Qingzhu, don’t let His Highness down.
I really don’t want to fight with you...
In the study, after listening to Qingzhu’s report, Shang Xiaomin’s expression did not change much.
"You said he spit out the tea?"
Qingzhu nodded.
"Yes."
"Okay, His Highness knows, you can go down first."
Shang Xiaomin rubbed the outer wall of the tea cup, lowered his eyes and thought.
He didn't care at all whether Cheng Shengxuan actually drank that cup of poisonous tea.
After all, the women of the Cheng family will soon fall into his hands. Even if Cheng Shengxuan is poisoned, it is just one more way to control him.
This time, he wanted to test Qingzhu.
If he remembered correctly, the day when Qingzhu should take the antidote had passed, how could he still act like nothing was wrong?
What on earth is going on?
"Your Highness."
Qingmu came in. After closing the door, he walked to Shang Xiaomin.
"The subordinate just followed Qingzhu, and Qingzhu has been following Cheng Shengxuan quietly. The two of them did not come into contact, and the subordinate watched from a distance. Cheng Shengxuan seemed to have walked to a corner and vomited the tea. Leave.”
“After that, Qingzhu came back.”
Hearing this, Shang Xiaomin nodded.
"So, Qingzhu is fine?"
Then what happened to the poison on his body?
He waved his hand.
“That’s all, you go down first.”
So, has His Highness given up his doubts about Qingzhu?
Thinking of this, Aoki felt uneasy, and even his steps became heavy.
When he walked to the door, he suddenly let out a muffled groan, covered his heart, and clutched the clothes around his heart tightly. His face instantly turned pale as paper, and big beads of sweat flowed from his temples. His whole body was soon soaked with cold sweat.
My body couldn't hold on anymore and I fell directly to the ground and twitched.
Seeing him like this, Shang Xiaomin stood up and walked over, frowning, and asked sternly.
"Didn't I already give you the antidote? Why..."
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly realized.
“You gave Qingzhu the antidote!”
That’s why Qingzhu’s poison did not take effect.
So that’s it, that’s it!
Aoki covered his heart and huddled on the ground. Every breath he took was painful.
His eyes begged.
"I realize my mistake and ask Your Highness to give me medicine."
After all, it is a very easy-to-use knife.
Shang Xiaomin glared at him with an unhappy expression, turned around, walked to the desk, and took out a small box from the drawer.
"Just this once, if you still want to be a good guy..."
Shang Xiaomin's tone turned cold, without any warmth.
"My Highness will never pay for you again!"
After that, he threw the small box next to Aoki.
Aoki hurriedly opened the box, his whole body was shaking with pain, and his hands were trembling. He took it several times before taking out the pills inside. After taking it, the pain in his heart, as if gnawing at his heart by thousands of ants, gradually faded away, and he gasped for air as if he were dying.
"Thank you, Your Highness, I will take my leave."
After saying that, he walked out of the study with sloppy steps.
I didn’t want to meet Qingzhu outside the yard.
Seeing his appearance, Qingzhu ran over quickly.
“What’s wrong with you?”
Looking at his expression carefully, Qingzhu's eyes widened.
“You didn’t take the antidote?”
“So before you said that His Highness rewarded you with an antidote, it was a lie!”
He was about to continue. After saying that, Aoki couldn't hold on and fainted.
"Aoki? Aoki!"
He was about to send Aoki back to his room when a guard trotted over.
"Lord Qingzhu, His Highness is looking for you."
Qingzhu looked at Qingmu and frowned.
"But..."
The guard quickly supported Aoki and assured him.
"Don't worry, I will send Mr. Aoki back to his room to take good care of him. Please go there quickly. It's not good to keep His Highness waiting for a long time."
"Okay."
Qingzhu was helpless. I can only go to the study room first.
I don’t know what the crazy fifth prince wants him to do.
……
At night, Shang Xiaomin entered the palace again.
“Come back so soon, is the matter done?”
The old king stirred the dark soup with a spoon and raised his eyes to look at him.
Shang Xiaomin asked the guards to move a chair, sat on the edge of the bed, lowered his head and dusted off his clothes, and replied casually.
"Cheng Shengxuan is still useful. I have my own arrangements for this person, so I don't have to worry about my father."
"Bang!"
A medicine bowl hit his feet, and the medicine inside spilled all over the floor, and a lot of it splashed on Shang Xiaomin's shoes and the hem of his clothes.
He frowned and wiped it with a handkerchief impatiently, but he couldn't wipe it clean, and his face became darker and darker.
“Humph!”
The old king was furious, stretching out his old, wrinkled hand like a dry branch, pointing at him tremblingly.
"So you want to resist the decree!"
Shang Xiaomin turned around and ordered the little eunuch next to him with a normal expression.
"Go and fry another bowl of medicine."
Then he looked at the old king who was so angry that his breathing was short.
"Father, please don't be angry."
There will be something to make you even more angry later.
Just as the old king was about to say something, Manager Zhao suddenly rushed in.
“It’s not good, Lord!”
“Something big happened! The people from Tianlao came to report that the second prince committed suicide in prison out of fear of crime!”
“ What?”
When the old king heard the bad news, he gasped, rolled his eyes, and fainted.
Manager Zhao was so frightened that he shouted outside the hall, his voice breaking.
"The Imperial Physician!"
"Go to the Imperial Physician quickly!"
The palace of the Lord of the Kingdom was in chaos, and Shang Xiaomin walked out slowly.
He looked up at the starry sky, then closed his eyes and took a long breath.
“Aoki.”
Aoki stepped forward.
“What are your orders, Your Highness?”
Shang Xiaomin opened his eyes, and a cold light suddenly appeared in his eyes.
"Send a message to Qingye and ask her to tell Chen Ying to take action immediately."
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