Lu'er knelt down with a plop, and said in fear: "Empress, slave, slave, I really don't know!..."

Liu Xian pressed down Dong Yuan, who was about to have a seizure, and comforted her: "Don't get excited. I believe in Lu'er. Lu'er is loyal to us. If someone wants to murder us, she will definitely try her best to stop it. How could she do such a thing?"

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Lu'er was so moved when she heard Liu Xian's words that her eyes were red.

After listening to Liu Xian's words, Dong Yuan calmed down a lot, thought for a moment, and asked Lu'er: "Did anything happen when you presented the drinks? Don't leave anything out, tell me in detail!"

Lu'er obeyed, then thought about it, suddenly her expression changed, and she quickly said: "I remember it! When I was on my last trip to present the food and wine, I suddenly suffered from abdominal pain, so I had to give the food and wine to Xiaochun, and she would present it on my behalf.

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Liu Xian and Dong Yuan looked at each other, and Liu Xian said: "What happened after the last trip to deliver the drinks, it seems that it was Xiaochun's poison!"

Dong Yuan nodded with deep sympathy, turned to the female guard officer beside her and shouted: "Search Xiaochun immediately, and be sure to capture her alive!"

The female guard officer clasped her fists in agreement and ran down.

When Dong Yuan saw Lu'er still kneeling there fearfully, her heart softened and she said angrily: "What are you still kneeling for? Get up!"

Lu'er responded, stood up, shrugged her shoulders, and was obviously still sobbing.

Dong Yuan was originally full of anger and wanted to vent it again, but when she saw Lu'er's appearance, all her anger seemed to be extinguished quickly, and she said angrily: "Brother is fine! There is nothing to cry about!"

Lu'er responded, but was still sobbing. The look of him blaming himself and being scared because he had done something wrong made people unable to get angry at all.

Diao Chan walked up to Liu Xian and whispered: "I know this Xiaochun. She is one of the several palace ladies who have some connection with the noble family that I mentioned to my husband earlier!"

Liu Xian frowned and couldn't help but said angrily: "Could it be that those noble clans were responsible for what happened this time? They are really unrepentant and lingering!"

Diao Chan frowned slightly and blamed herself: "It was my concubine's fault that I failed to find out the problems of these palace maids in time!..."

Liu Xian waved his hand and said, "It's none of your business. You have reminded me a long time ago that I told you not to be overly nervous. Now it seems that your worries are very reasonable."

Dong Yuan frowned and said: "Since the poisoner is related to the noble clan, we should immediately arrest and interrogate all the palace maids who are related to the noble clan!"

Liu Xian nodded.

When Dong Yuan saw that Liu Xian agreed, she immediately went down with a group of female guards to arrest him!

At this time, the door of the palace opened with a creak. Everyone couldn't help but look towards the door. Zuo Ci, who was treating Wu Ran, came out.

Wu Kai was the most anxious person among them. When he saw Zuo Ci coming out, he immediately stepped forward and clasped his fists anxiously and asked: "Old Immortal, how is my Ranner, how is she?..."

Zuo Ci smiled and said, "Don't worry."

Then he cupped his fists at Liu Xian who walked up to him and said, "Your Majesty, Miss Wu Ran is fine! However, it will take several days to completely remove the poison. During this period, it is best not to move in any way to avoid any untoward consequences."

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Liu Xian nodded and said: "It's nothing, just let her live here temporarily with Yuanyuan."

When Wu Kai heard Zuo Ci's words, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then wanted to go in and see his daughter. But he thought that this was the imperial concubine's palace after all, how could he, a foreign minister, barge in?

Just when he was hesitant and at a loss, Liu Xian saw what he was thinking, so he smiled and said, "Go and see Wu Ran."

Wu Kai was overjoyed, thanked him quickly, and ran into the palace to see Wu Ran.

Zuo Ci said to Liu Xian, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid what happened this time has something to do with Soochow. The poison Miss Wu Ran was poisoned was blood poison!"

Liu Xian frowned. Then he smiled bitterly and said, "They can't defeat me on the battlefield, so it's reasonable to resort to such methods!"

After a pause, he murmured: "Peacock Dynasty! Ah San!..."

Dong Yuan personally led the search, and soon Xiaochun and all the other maids related to the noble clan were arrested.

When Xiaochun and others were arrested, they were trying to escape from the palace, but the palace door was already closed, so they failed. Soon they were caught by the guards who were searching everywhere.

Diao Chan and the others were left to handle the interrogation, while Liu Xian wrote a letter in his study, instructing the female official to send it to the Protectorate in Rome immediately.

Ma Chao, who was guarding the Byzantine area, suddenly received an order from Jia Xu on this day. He was about to temporarily hand over the affairs of guarding Byzantium to his younger brother Ma Xiu. In accordance with Jia Xu's request, he immediately left Byzantium and rushed back to Anhui with 5,000 warriors.

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The journey lasted day and night. Within five days, Ma Chao returned to Antioch and came to the Governor's Mansion to meet Jia Xu who was waiting for him.

Ma Chao cupped his fists and said, "Sir, why are you calling me back so urgently?"

Jia Xu handed a scroll of flying pigeon letters to Ma Chao and said: "This is the order sent by your Majesty a few days ago! The tone is very urgent, there is no delay!"

Ma Chao took the letter, unfolded it, read it over, frowned slightly, and said: "Your Majesty's military orders, the generals must obey them!" He looked at Jia Xu, clasped his fists and said, "It's just that there are changes in the barbarians and Romans at the moment, I

If you leave, I’m afraid Byzantium will suffer a loss!”

Jia Xu said: "Meng Qi need not worry about this. I am preparing to send General Yun Chang to Byzantium to temporarily take over Meng Qi's responsibilities! This raid on the Maurya Dynasty is not easy, and Meng Qi still needs to be fully prepared!"

Ma Chao nodded, cupped his fists and said, "In that case, I'll set off today!"

Jia Xu clasped his fists and said, "Then I wish General Meng Qi a safe journey! I have already sent orders to Congling Fortress, and the cavalry over there will be ready before Meng Qi arrives.

Meng Qi can join them immediately after arriving at Congling Fortress!"

Ma Chao said thank you and turned around.

Jia Xu watched Ma Chao leave with a solemn look in his eyes. No wonder he was like this, because Liu Xian had already told him that the Central Plains army would focus on dealing with Jiangdong and would not move westward for the time being. The burden here would be borne by him.

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Although Jia Xu has confidence in his own soldiers and has the strength of the Iron Blood Alliance, he is far away from the Central Plains and his opponents are powerful. It is hard to say whether he can fulfill his mission!

Jia Xu took a deep breath and temporarily put these thoughts behind her.

At this time, a subordinate hurriedly arrived, clasped his fist towards Jia Xu and said: "Sir, the envoys from various barbarian tribes and Rome have already set off!"

Jia Xu nodded, raised his head and looked into the distance, showing a thoughtful expression.??
Chapter completed!