Chapter 704 Poisoned
Lord Hua Guo has been ill? Hearing that, Yun Shang and Luo Qingyan both frowned. Yun Shang
asked, "What happened? I heard from the servants that Lord Hua Guo had been to Prince Rui''s
mansion yesterday. Why did he suddenly fall ill?"
The butler answered hastily, "I don''t know, Your Highness. It was not until this morning that I found it.
His Lordship has the habit of morning exercise, but he was still sleeping after 7 o''clock. I felt something
was wrong and knocked the door. No one answered, so I pushed the door open and saw His Lordship
looked pale with his eyes closed. He seemed to be suffering from great pain, and his body was cold.
Besides, his pulse was weak."
Yun Shang''s heart sank when she heard the butler''s words. She hurriedly said, "Please lead the way.
I''ll go and have a look."
The Butler answered yes, and led Yun Shang into the mansion. They reached a turret after a quarter of
an hour''s walk. The butler led them to a room on the second floor, and opened the door for Yun Shang,
"Please."
The room is very quiet. The moment Yun Shang stepped into the room, she felt the scent of
sandalwood. The furniture in the study were all ck, which was quite different from Lord Hua Guo''s
impression on her.
Lord Hua Guo entered the bedchamber. It had the same style as the study. There were only two maids
serving him in the room. Lord Hua Guo was lying on the bed, motionless.
"Where is grandma?" Yun Shang looked around and didn''t see her, so she turned to the butler.
The butler answered promptly. "I haven''t informed Her Ladyship yet. I''m afraid she is too weak to bear
this. In fact, other masters are all in the court. The first thing I thought of was to report to your
highnesses."
Yun Shang nodded, walked to the bedside, and sat down. She raised Lord Hua Guo''s hand to feel his
pulse, and frowned. After a long while, she put his hand down.
"Are you alright, your highness?" Anxiety was written all over the butler''s face. Even Luo Qingyan
looked up at Yun Shang.
Yun Shang thought for a while and said, "If I''m right, grandfather must have been poisoned."
"Poisoned?" The butler cried out in shock. He hurriedly said, "Your Highness, do you know what poison
it is? Do you have an antidote? "
Yun Shang examined Lord Hua Guo''s features and hands carefully before standing up and asking,
"What did grandpa eatst night?"
The butler thought for a while before he answered, "All His Lordship ate were just ordinary food,
braised pork, pork with salted vegetable, plum blossom chicken, chicken slices with plum blossom, tofu
soup with vegetables, and a few other dishes. But there should be no poison in the meal. Her Ladyship
had dinner together with His Lordship yesterday. If the meal was poisoned, Her Ladyship would have
also been poisoned.
Yun Shang nodded, lost in thought. After a while, she looked up again. "Does His Lordship drink when
he have meals?" To be precise, did His Lordship drink liquorst night during the dinner? "
The Butler thought for a while and then nodded. "Yes, he drank bamboo leaf liquor. But Her Ladyship
doesn''t like him to drink, so he only drank a little."
"Where is the rest of the liquor? Let me have a look at it. " Yun Shang ordered to the butler in a low
voice. The butler responded with a nod and went downstairs to fetch it.
Luo Qingyan''s eyes fell on the person on the bed. He paused for a moment, and then turned to Yun
Shang. "Is it a tricky?"
Yun Shang kept silent for a while and nodded. "The poison is a little odd. I saw many braziers in the
room, but Lord Hua Guo''s body is so cold. There is frost on his brows and eyshes, but the
temperature at the back of his ear is extremely high. I''ve never seen such a poison before." After a
pause, she turned around and ordered the man behind him, "Your Highness, please send your secret
guards to find a doctor of the State of Xia who is good at medical skills and is trustworthy. I wonder if
only the State of Xia has the poison."
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With Yun Shang''s order, Luo Qingyan immediately sent a signal to the secret guard.
After a while, the butler went upstairs in a hurry with a white jade pot in his hand. As soon as he
entered the door, he handed it to Yun Shang.
Yun Shang took the pot and looked at it for a long time before she frowned again. "There is nothing
wrong with it."
Then, how did Lord Hua Guo get poisoned? Yun Shang thought for a while before she looked up at the
butler and asked, "Was everything all right before His Lordship went to bed yesterday?"
"Everything is normal." The Butler answered, "After dinner, His Lordship went to the training ground
and practiced martial arts for a while. Then he went back to his room, took a bath, read for a while, and
went to bed."
When the butler was talking, a maid standing beside him opened her mouth, seeming to be about to
speak but hesitate. Yun Shang saw it clearly. She turned to the maid, "What do you want to say?"
The maid seemed to be startled. She thought for a while and said, "I suddenly remembered that
something was wrong with His Lordshipst night. His Lordship practices martial arts, and he had been
in good health all the time though he was in his sixties. He rarely needs braziers in winter. Butst
night, he took a shower and read a book in his study. After a while, he said he felt cold and asked me to
bring him a brazier."
"Felt cold?" Yun Shang repeated it in a low voice, "Is there anything else wrong?"
Another maid immediately added, "His Lordship slept earlier than usual yesterday. His Lordship always
sleeps around ten o''clock in the evening. But yesterday evening he went to bed before nine."
Yun Shang nodded and asked again, "What did His Lordship do after dinner? And when?"
The two maids thought for a while and answered, "His Lordship had dinner at 5:30 p.m. After the
dinner, he apanied Her Ladyship to take a walk in the courtyard. Then he went to the training
ground at about 6:30 p.m. and came back at a little past 7 p.m. He took a shower and then read a book
in the room. Then he went to bed at about 8:40 p.m."
Yun Shang nodded slightly. Since Lady Hua Guo had the dishes with Lord Hua Guo and she''s been
fine, and there was nothing wrong with the liquor, the dinner had no problem. Lord Hua Guo might get
poisoned during the period of practicing martial arts, taking bath, and reading books.
Yun Shang was about to go to the martial arts performing field when the doctor came. She was
stunned when she found she had seen this doctor before. He was the man in white in the
inconspicuous pharmacy in the San Cun Alley of the city. Yun Shang didn''t expect that he was working
for Luo Qingyan.