Chapter 705 The Poison of Fluffy Snow Lotus


    The man in white looked at Yun Shang calmly. It seemed that he had already known who Yun Shang


    was. He greeted her with a smile, "Your highness."


    Yun Shang quickly regained herposure and said, "Doctor, Please help check what poisoned Lord


    Hua Guo?


    The man in white nodded, walked to the bedside, observed and took a pulse for Lord Hua Guo. He


    turned to the maids and asked, "Has His Lordship eaten the snow lotus?"


    The maid was stunned. She seemed to have recalled something before she nodded. "Yes, His


    Lordship has some tonic soup every night when hees back from the training ground. And the soup


    sent yesterday was just the snow lotus soup."


    "That''s it." The man in white stood up and said to Luo Qingyan, "there is a kind of nt looking simr


    to the snow lotus. It''s called fluffy snow lotus and it''s toxic. After being poisoned, the person will be as if


    he was frozen."


    When Yun Shang heard what the man in white said, it suddenly urred to her that she had seen this


    kind of thing in a book and it was even rarer than a snow lotus. She didn''t expect that she would


    encounter this rare poison.


    "Is it life-threatening? Do you have any antidote? " Luo Qingyan didn''t care what the poison was. He


    only cared about whether the poison could be removed.


    The man in white hesitated for a moment and then nodded. "Yes, I happen to have one of the most


    crucial herb to detoxify it. This poison is not fatal, but it is difficult to detoxify. Even if all the herbs are


    well prepared, it will take about two months topletely detoxify it. And there is no other way."


    The poison was not fatal, but it would take a long time to get rid of it. Yun Shang frowned. She figured


    out why the murderer chose this poison.


    The purpose was to prevent Lord Hua Guo from leading his army out. If Lord Hua Guo couldn''t lead the


    army, then Luo Qingyan was the only person who was able to lead troops and terrify Cangjue Qingsu.


    Yun Shang''s smile turned to a cold one. She raised her eyes and looked at Luo Qingyan who was lost


    in thought as well. He nodded at the man in white and said, "You go prepare the herbs to cure Lord


    Hua Guo."


    Then he turned to Yun Shang, "Lady Hua Guo hasn''t been informed yet, I''m afraid you have to bother


    to tell her."


    Yun Shang nodded slightly. It would take about two months to recover. It was impossible to hide that


    long. Yun Shang nced at Lord Hua Guo in the bed, turned around, and went downstairs to the yard


    where Lady Hua Guo lived.


    When Yun Shang arrived, she told her the whole story in detail without reservation. Lady Hua Guo


    looked pale when she heard that Lord Hua Guo was poisoned. After Yun Shang told the details, she


    gradually came to herself. She was silent for a moment before she said, "I always thought that no one


    is suspicious in our mansion, but I didn''t expect that I fell into the trap. It''s my fault. I felt sorry for


    Qingyan."


    Then she stood up and hurried to Lord Hua Guo''s room.


    Yun Shang held Lady Hua Guo with her hands and said hastily, "Grandma, please don''t say that. It''s


    our fault. Qingyan and I haven''t consider it thoroughly, making grandpa be someone''s target."


    The man in white would treat Lord Hua Guo and the people behind the trick were not difficult to guess.


    After a while, Yun Shang and Luo Qingyan were driven away by Lady Hua Guo.


    When they went back to the yard, Yun Shang stopped at the door. "I''m afraid you will have to lead the


    army since Lord Hua Guo has been poisoned."


    Luo Qingyan frowned and answered in a hoarse voice, "Not necessarily." Then he went straight to the


    study.


    Yun Shang halted her steps for a while and then went back to her room.


    When Qin Yi helped Yun Shang take off her cloak, Qian Zhuo walked in. "Did Your Highness ask a


    secret guard to investigate Granny Ying''s family in the Yue Qian City?"


    Yun Shang nodded, "Yes. Is there any result?"


    Qian Zhuo gave Yun Shang a piece of paper. "A secret guard sent this just now."


    Yun Shang took it over, unfolded it, and looked at it with a sneer, "I knew it."


    Qin Yi looked at Yun Shang curiously and asked, "Is it that nobody in the Yue Qian City surnamed


    Ying?"


    Yun Shang smiled and handed the paper to Qin Yi, "Of course not. Ying is the mostmon surname


    in the Yue Qian City. There are so many people who have the surname of Ying and many of them lost


    their families in the flood."


    Yun Shang walked to the desk and thought for a while. She said to Qian Zhuo, "Go find the butler and


    ask him to bring me the ount book of the Yuan mountain vi. I want to check it carefully."


    Qian Ying answered and fetched the ount book in a hurry.


    Yun Shang opened the ount book and looked carefully. She suddenly remembered the purchase list


    from Steward Liu yesterday morning. It had potato seeds on it. Yun Shang found the word "potato" in


    the ount book andpared it with the handwriting in the list. It was really two different styles.


    After a moment of silence, Yun Shang raised her head and said, "Ask the secret guard to find out if the


    Eldest Princess can imitate other people''s handwritings, or if she can write with different handwritings."


    Confused, Qian Zhuo nodded and withdrew. However, there was a surprised look in Qin Yi''s eyes. She


    remained silent for a long time before she asked softly, "Your Highness, do you think it was the Eldest


    Princess who disguised her look as Granny Ying?"


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    Yun Shang shook her head, "No, Granny Ying is not in disguise. Or, I would have noticed it."


    Not in disguise... Qin Yi became more puzzled. The Eldest Princess and Granny Ying were two


    different people...


    Yun Shang smiled faintly and asked, "How old is the Eldest Princess?"


    Qin Yi paused before replying, "Hie Majesty is over fifty years old. I''m afraid the Eldest Princess is


    about sixty."


    "Right..." Yun Shang lowered her eyes and showed a bigger smile. She was almost sixty, "Most of the


    women in their sixties have had grey hair. Qin Yi, it seems that you have never seen the Eldest


    Princess. She has ck hair and white skin. She looks like a 40-year-olddy."


    It was true that Qin Yi had never met the eldest princess before. Hearing Yun Shang''s words, she was


    even more confused. "In that case, it is less likely that Granny Ying is the Eldest Princess..."


    Yun Shang smiled but didn''t exin too much. She just said gently, "I''ll exin to you after the secret


    guard finds out the truth."


    Yun Shang walked to the bench andy down on it. She asked Qin Yi to prepare a cup of tea and put it


    aside. She squinted her eyes and tapped gently on the edge of the bench with a cold look, which was


    exactly the same as Luo Qingyan''s expression in front of outsiders.


    Yun Shang gave a wee smile, but her heart was filled with rage. She had been forced to stand all the


    tricks since she came to the state of Xia. Was everyone think she was a weak woman to be bullied?


    It was time for her to fight back.


    Yun Shang was lost in thought. She kept silent for a long time. After the three cups of tea were


    reced, she asked in a low voice, "The seventh princess hasn''te for several days, has she?"


    Qin Yi was surprised. Then she nodded, "No."


    Yun Shang''s hands paused for a short while. She smiled, "It''s time for her toe and have a look."


    After that, Yun Shang stood up and walked outside, heading to Luo Qingyan''s study. She didn''t return


    to her room until midnight.


    At noon of the next day, Yun Shang heard a maid report, "Your Highness, the seventh princess is here


    to see you."


    Yun Shang was reading a book with only a robe on her. Hearing this, she smiled and nodded. She


    stood up and went to the bed, lifted the quilt and lied down.


    Footsteps vaguely came from outside. It was Hua Yutong. Then Yun Shang said to Qin Yi loudly,


    "Yutong ising. Qin Yi, help me up." She looked much paler than a while ago.


    Just then, Hua Yutong opened the curtain and came in. She was surprised to see Yun Shang and


    immediately walked to the bedside. She sat down and asked with a clear voice, "Shang''er, what''s


    wrong? Why are you looking so pale?"


    Yun Shang was surprised. She touched her face and asked, "Am I looking that pale?"


    Qin Yi opened her mouth but didn''t say anything. Only then did Lydia realize that she might have said


    something wrong. She just bit her lips and said, "Just a little bit."


    Yun Shang let out a soft sign. "Have you known Lord Hua Guo has been poisoned?"


    Hua Yutong was stunned. "Poisoned?"


    "What? Din''t you know?" Yun Shang opened her eyes wide and remained silent for a moment. Then


    she said, "Yesterday, Lord Hua Guo was poisoned. The physician found out that he ate something


    simr to snow lotus by ident. The poison was not fatal, but it was very troublesome to detoxify it. It


    would take at least two months even we could get all the herbs."


    A tinge of panic shed across Hua Yutong''s eyes. She said hastily, "How could? I haven''t heard of it at


    all. I''ll go back to Lord Hua Guo''s mansion to have a lookter."


    She paused for a while before continued, "But if it''s not fatal? Why are you so worried?"


    Yun Shang sighed slightly and smiled bitterly. "Tong''er, you might not kmow that the State of Yng


    has been making trouble at the frontier a few days ago. Our soldiers and generals there have been


    suffering a lot. The Emperor has specially ordered Lord Hua Guo to lead the army to the frontier, in


    order to frighten those savages there. Everything has been ready, but Lord Hua Guo was poisoned all


    of a sudden. Now only His Highness could take the mission.


    Yun Shang forced a smile and continued, "But I''m pregnant now and I''ve been in poor health. I''ve


    always hoped that His Highness could be with me, but... The interest of the country is more important,


    and I don''t want to be his burden."