Chapter 53: Close the door and lock up the evil dog
It’s almost noon, and the Glass Monkey hasn’t responded yet.
Liu Quan couldn't sit still.
It stands to reason that when the superiors hand in errands, they must reply when they are done. It is impossible for the Glass Monkey not to even understand this rule.
What's more, he is used to doing things in this palace.
Could it be that something went wrong on the other end?
That bowl of medicine is not a strong poison, and it usually takes a few hours to take effect.
It's impossible for people to die so quickly, right?
After thinking about it, Liu Quan decided to go and have a look in person.
In order to avoid trouble, he deliberately asked the people in Chi Su's embroidery workshop to rush to work at noon today, prepare a sumptuous meal, and said that he would pay extra.
Those people were very happy and no one was unwilling.
As a result, it would be impossible for Chi Su to return to her residence.
Liu Quan took a confidant, a young eunuch, and hurried over.
When I came to the door of Xue Hengzhao's room, it was silent inside.
Liu Quan signaled the young eunuch to come forward and knock on the door, but there was no sound.
When I opened the door, I saw Yu Guming sitting there, with the glass monkey kneeling beside him.
Xue Hengzhao stood half leaning against the window, looking at him with a smile on his face.
Liu Quan immediately understood that he had been fooled, but with Yu Guming here, he did not dare to turn around and leave. He could only come in honestly to say hello while thinking about how to deal with it.
"He," Yu Guming pointed at the glass monkey and asked Liu Quan, "did you send him?"
"...Yes." Liu Quan hesitated for a moment, then admitted.
There is no need for him to hide this little thing, and he can't hide it.
If he conceals small things, Yu Guming will not give him good things to eat.
"Is the medicine poisonous?" Yu Guming's words were full of anger. He didn't know what kind of life and death situation Xue Hengzhao had gone through since entering the palace.
"No!" Liu Quan immediately denied, "This is absolutely impossible! How could a villain harm Miss Xue? We had no grudges in the past and no grudges these days!"
He spoke with utmost sincerity and aggrievedness.
Yu Guming pressed his hand on the hilt of the sword, and his veins were bulging.
Xue Hengzhao said: "Your Majesty, you are a gentleman. It is difficult to confront a villain, so let me do it!"
Yu Guming looked at her and nodded, but still did not forget to threaten Liu Quan: "If you dare to tell lies, I will kill you!"
Liu Quan kowtowed and said, "With you here, even if I borrow eight heads from this villain, I wouldn't dare to tell a lie."
What he was thinking in his heart was that Yu Guming was really infatuated with Xue Hengzhao. He had just threatened him and he didn't even stutter even eight words.
You can see the urgency.
In the eyes of others, Liu Quan is a big figure.
But in Xue Hengzhao's eyes, he was not even a grass chicken.
"Eunuch Liu, Glass Monkey just said that he asked you to bring this medicine to me. I am worried that it is poisonous and I dare not drink it." Xue Hengzhao calmed down.
"It's unjust! Miss Xue, don't you know how I treat you? People in other places don't know. People from the Eighth Bureau can randomly ask someone to ask how respectful and caring I am to you!
"Liu Quan almost beat his chest, "I don't know which traitor is instigating discord!"
"So this bowl of medicine is fine?" Xue Hengzhao asked with a smile.
"This is a folk remedy I specially found after I heard that you have been ill for a long time. Of course there will be no problem." Liu Quan assured him with a pat on his chest, and then said, "But! If someone has tampered with it, I don't know about it.
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"My lord, I'm sorry! I was given this medicine by Deputy Manager Liu to give to Miss Xue, and I didn't do anything in the process!" Glass Monkey quickly clarified that he didn't want to be the little kid who suffered.
"Eunuch Liu, you naturally trust the Glass Monkey when you send him here." Xue Hengzhao began to make plans, "The prince has been in this room all the time, so you should also trust him."
"Uh..." Liu Quan didn't know why Xue Hengzhao said these two points, but he could only follow the words and answer, "I can certainly trust you, Prince. As for the glass monkey, logically speaking, there should be no problem." Of course he cannot doubt Yu Guming. In fact, he does not doubt Yu Guming.
Everyone who knows the prince knows his character well. Regardless of his young age, his character is definitely worthy of trust.
As for the Glass Monkey, he can neither say he doesn’t trust nor completely trust him, otherwise he will cause trouble for himself.
If you don’t trust him, why let him deliver the medicine?
If the medicine is poisonous when it comes to trust, then who should we trust it to?
"The glass monkey can't harm me, and he and I don't have any grudges." Xue Hengzhao smiled, "So there should be no problem with this bowl of medicine."
"Thank you for your trust, girl!" Glass Monkey let out a long sigh of relief.
He just said eight or nine points of what Liu Quan told him, and did not decide whether the bowl of medicine was poisonous or not.
Naturally, he wanted to distance himself by doing this.
Because he can neither afford to offend Yu Guming nor Liu Quan.
Xue Hengzhao said as he picked up the medicine bowl: "Then I'll drink it! So as not to let down Eunuch Liu's kindness."
As he spoke, he brought the bowl to his lips.
The other three people spoke out to stop him.
Yu Guming was naturally concerned, and he didn't want to let Xue Hengzhao take the slightest risk.
Glass Monkey was afraid of being implicated. He guessed that there was probably something wrong with the medicine. If something happened to Xue Hengzhao, he would never be able to recover.
Looking at this posture, the prince will never spare the person who harmed Xue Hengzhao.
Liu Quan blocked it because the matter had basically been exposed.
It took a few hours for Xue Hengzhao to get the poison after he drank the medicine, but after all, it was after he drank the medicine that the poison occurred.
It was originally a very secret matter, but after such a fuss, it became a lice on a bald head.
In the past, I wanted to kill Xue Hengzhao while she was weak.
Now that she is obviously not sick and Yu Guming is here again, this trick will never work.
So he also spoke out to stop it, but the reason was: "This medicine has gone cold, girl, don't drink it. Not only is it useless, but it is harmful."
"Wouldn't it be a pity to throw this medicine away? It was Liu Eunuch's heartfelt wish!" Xue Hengzhao said with pity on his face, "It is a good thing after all. I am too weak to drink cold medicine, so let others drink it."
When she said this, Yu Guming nodded immediately.
"Then let me drink it for you! Thank you for your hard work coming all the way to deliver the medicine!" Xue Hengzhao said, picking up the medicine bowl and handing it to the glass monkey.
The glass monkey was so frightened that he shook his head quickly, not daring to accept it.
He doesn't want to be drugged to death in a daze.
"Then let Mr. Liu drink it!" Xue Hengzhao smiled slightly and handed the medicine to Liu Quan.
"Thank you, Miss Xue, for your understanding! But this medicine is a warming medicine. I am already fat, so I will get angry if I drink it." Liu Quan was not as rude as the Glass Monkey, but he would never drink it.
"What should we do?" Xue Hengzhao was very confused, "Eunuch Liu, who do you think should be given to drink? Someone must drink this medicine today."
At this point, Xue Hengzhao locked the door and locked up the biting dog.