Chapter 1835: Entanglement
“The toxicity of this poison is a combination of two types of poison, but it is even more powerful than them.
“The poison that would normally take seven days to take effect might spread throughout the entire territory within an hour.
“That’s why the Crown Princess Consort’s poison acted up so quickly and ruthlessly. If this continues, in less than half an incense’s time, the Crown Princess Consort might…”
Lin Yuelan paused.
Even if she didn’t say the last part, everyone present understood what Lin Yuelan meant.
” But don’t worry. I treated the Crown Princess Consort just now and even fed her a strengthened antidote. The Crown Princess Consort is temporarily fine. Her life is safe.”
Upon hearing Lin Yuelan’s explanation, the Crown Prince, Empress, and the rest were furious. They said furiously,” What a vicious heart!”
The Crown Prince was even more incredulous. He questioned loudly,” Who did this?”
At this moment, the deathly Qiuxiang came back to life. She seemed to be panicking, nervous, and afraid as she shouted,” Your Highness, it’s Linyue Pavilion. It’s Linyue Pavilion. The poison was on the clothes, which were custom-made from Linyue Pavilion. Your Highness, I beg you to help the consort!”
Hearing Qiuxiang’s words, the Crown Prince snapped,” You dog slave, you keep saying that Linyue Pavilion harmed the Crown Princess Consort. Do you have any other evidence?”
As the future ruler of a country, no matter how big the situation was, he had to first ensure that he could not lose his mind. He had to be calm. Otherwise, he would make the wrong decision, and it was even more likely to cause irreparable mistakes.
Therefore, even though Qiuxiang kept saying that it was Sir Lin Yue’s poison, he did not lose his mind.
Qiuxiang kept kowtowing and said,” Your Highness, the Empress sent this servant to personally bring back the clothes of Linyue Pavilion yesterday. I did not use any help along the way. The moment I brought it back, I had kept it in the Consort’s room until this morning when the Consort wore it to attend the wedding of the Princess of Guguo with His Highness. Your majesty, please understand that everything this servant says is true.”
When the Crown Prince heard this, he frowned, especially the Empress.
Then, she shouted,” What a dog slave. Even if what you said is true, how can you prove that Lin Yue Pavilion planted this poison? Perhaps this poison was given by a dog slave like you?”
There was a certain amount of time between getting the clothes from Lin Yue Pavilion and the Crown Princess putting them on.
This time gap was enough for someone with bad intentions to do such a vicious thing.
“Empress, you are wise. This servant is loyal to the Empress. How could I harm the Empress?” Qiuxiang kowtowed and explained,” This servant is just a small servant. Even if I had ten guts, this servant wouldn’t dare to harm the Empress. Moreover, this Sunset Glow’s poison and the Heart-Eating Poison, how could a lowly little servant like me obtain them?”
At this point, she paused for a moment and continued to kowtow.” After the clothes were brought back from Linyue Pavilion, they were in the Empress’s room. The Crown Prince’s Residence was heavily guarded. Outsiders could not enter the room and poison the clothes. Therefore, this poison must have been planted by Lin Yue Pavilion!”
Hearing Qiuxiang’s explanation, everyone present frowned slightly.
The Empress sneered,” Dog slave, based on your one-sided statement, the one who poisoned the consort must be Lin Yue Pavilion? What grudge does Lin Yue Pavilion have with the Crown Princess Consort that they would use such cruel and vicious methods to harm the Crown Princess Consort?”
Not to mention the few of them, as long as one was not stupid, would find it strange that this slave insisted that the poisoner was Linyue Pavilion.
From the moment the Crown Prince and Empress came in to the Emperor and Princess Gu, she kept crying that Lin Yue Pavillion was the culprit.
After hearing the Empress’s reprimand, Qiuxiang bit her lip and hesitated for a moment before saying,” Replying to the Empress, actually, Linyue Pavilion and the Consort do have a grudge.”
Lin Yuelan and Jiang Zhennan looked at each other, while Lin Qingzhu had a strange expression on his face. Then, he looked at Qiuxiang, who was kneeling on the ground, and revealed a mocking smile, which quickly disappeared.
The Emperor glanced at Lin Yuelan and the others ‘expressions and attitudes with an imperceptible arc.
When the Empress heard Qiuxiang’s words, she asked doubtfully,” What do you mean?”
Qiuxiang then told him everything.
Lin Yue Pavilion’s private custom-made orders had to be placed three months in advance, and they might not even be able to get in three months in advance.
However, because the Crown Princess wanted to rush a set of clothes for the wedding of the princess of Guguo and the general, she wanted to ask Lin Yue Pavilion to make an exception and accept her order.
However, the female attendant at Lin Yue Pavilion was very dissatisfied with them cutting the queue and did not agree at first.
After that, it was only when the Crown Princess’ personal maid, Qiuxiang, mentioned her identity as the Crown Princess Consort that the female waiter reluctantly agreed to report to the higher-ups to see if they could accept the order before letting them go back.
However, they waited in the manor for three days without any news. The Crown Princess Consort sent someone to ask again, but the reply was that their boss was still out of town and had not returned. When she returned, she would report to her boss.
When Qiuxiang heard this, she was furious and scolded the female attendant. She did not let it go and insisted on giving them an answer on the same day. Otherwise, if the Crown Princess Consort were to punish them, a small shop assistant like her would not be able to bear the consequences.
Qiuxiang said,” That female waiter was very unconvinced. This servant clearly heard her muttering, ‘Why is she so arrogant? Isn’t it just because she came from a good family and married the Crown Prince? If I marry the Crown Prince, hmph, let’s see who dares to give me face and who dares to use their status to suppress me!”
When Qiuxiang said the last sentence, there was a moment of silence!