A cold dream is not a dream come true

"Luo Bing?" Seeing Prince Xi coming back, I immediately stood up from my chair.

Prince Xi didn't say anything, she looked at me coldly with sharp eyes.The soft sunset slanted into the room, forming a strong contrast with her eyes.I couldn't read any information from her eyes, I lowered my head in fear, bit my lower lip and waited for her to speak.

After a long time, she asked in warm words: "Su Zimo came to see you?"

I cautiously raised my head to look at her, then lowered my head nervously and responded: "She, she was just... I, I was at the door of the pharmacy... I looked for her first... for Miss Qingwu... she... ..."

I thought I wasn't that flustered, but the words came out of my mouth, and it turned out like this.I stopped my voice, readjusted my breathing, and was about to speak again when Prince Xi interrupted me.

"Remember, my task for you is to take care of Chu Qingwu, not to let you play in the water."

I lowered my head, so I couldn't see Prince Xi's expression now, and I didn't dare to look up at her either.Although I knew she wouldn't hit me, I was still terrified and nodded vigorously with my eyes closed.

After a long time, Prince Xi said concisely: "Go out."

I didn't dare to say more, I immediately grabbed the prescription on the table, and walked out of the room in two steps in three steps.

It wasn't until I walked into the courtyard that I realized that the room just now belonged to me, so why did you kick me out?I stomped my feet unhappily, only to realize that my hands and feet were sweating coldly at some point.

Hurry up and boil the medicine, or my life will be in danger.

I took a deep breath, comforted myself, and got into the kitchen.

After the first bowl of decoction was finished, it was already dark.My stomach began to growl. I looked at the soup and wanted to take a sip, but I was scared back by the pungent taste.

This taste is very strange, always feels familiar.Maybe I'm overthinking it.

When they came to the east wing, they found that Chu Qingwu hadn't fallen asleep yet.Her condition has improved a bit, and when she saw me entering the room, she gave me a weak smile.I sat beside her bed, handed her the decoction, and said like coaxing a child: "Girl Qingwu, I just asked for this medicine from the Imperial Hospital. After you take it, you will definitely feel better."

Qingwu obediently took the decoction, nodded, and drank it obediently.Probably because the decoction was too bitter, she coughed violently after being stimulated, and tears slipped down her cheeks quietly.I gently stroked her back and comforted her, "Qingwu, don't cry, you will be fine after drinking the medicine."

Qingwu obediently lay on my shoulder, and murmured, "Sister Chuhan, will I just die like this?"

"Of course not." I said with absolute certainty.

"But...the elder brother is dead...the prince doesn't want Qingwu anymore...what's the point of Qingwu being alive?"

Qingwu's tears wet my shoulders, and I could only hug her gently.The Chu Qingwu in her arms now is just like herself back then.Originally, I had a happy family. My father and mother passed away one after another, and my grandmother followed.He thought he could live with Dimple, but in the end he lost his sister.

We are all miserable people, but I never thought of committing suicide.

Qingwu cried for a while and then stopped.She got up from my arms, looked at me seriously and said, "Sister Chuhan, do you know that I like Prince Xi."

Such sudden words took me by surprise.Although she had said it to me so bluntly before, I didn't pay much attention to it.But now, she showed a pitiful appearance, and told me her feelings for Prince Xi again, so I had to pay attention to her thoughts.

"I know." I replied.

Unexpectedly, Chu Qingwu smiled softly, she frowned, and asked suspiciously: "Does sister Chuhan really know?"

"I..." I thought about it carefully, only to realize that I really didn't know anything.From April last year until now, Prince Xi and I have known each other for only eight months.And Chu Qingwu and Prince Xi have known each other for at least three years, maybe even longer.

She shook her head and said with a smile: "My lord is very kind to me. Every spring she takes me to fly a kite, in summer she takes me to play in the pond, in autumn she takes me to the Hundred Gardens to collect seeds, and in winter she takes me Go to the back garden to build a snowman..." Listening to Chu Qingwu's narration, I slowly pictured in my mind the picture of flying a kite, playing in the water, collecting seeds, and making a snowman with Prince Xi.The fantasy was so beautiful that I couldn't extricate myself for a while.

Qingwu didn't look at me, she continued: "One time, the prince and I pretended to be men and went to the brothel to find a girl, but she overslept in the morning. When she came out of the mansion, she looked like a lunatic. I told her , I have to look in the mirror when I come out to see me in the future, otherwise I, Qingwu, won’t see her! Hahahaha!"

Hearing this, I suddenly remembered that when Chu Qingwu and Chu Fujiang came to the mansion, Prince Xi actually refused to go out after looking in the bronze mirror.Only now did I understand that Prince Xi, who didn't pay much attention to details, actually developed the habit of examining his own makeup before meeting for the sake of making an appointment with a woman. It seemed that this woman was extraordinary.

Thinking of this, I always feel a little uneasy in my heart.I think this is probably the so-called jealousy.

Chu Qingwu continued: "Prince Xi will send someone to make a new set of clothes for me every Spring Festival, and this year Prince Xi will also give it to me." As he spoke, Chu Qingwu pointed to his clothes and signaled me to admire them.

I looked at the dress and thought the fabric looked familiar.After thinking about it carefully, I remembered that this was the blue fabric that Su Cui bought years ago.It turned out that Prince Xi also made new clothes for the Chu family this year.I looked at my somewhat rustic red body, and was immediately disappointed.

"Girl Qingwu, it's getting late, aren't you going to sleep?" I asked in a low voice.

Chu Qingwu ignored me, she was still chattering: "You know what? Prince Xi likes me very much. She used to always smile at me, and I especially like her smile. Later, Lu Jingyan took her smile away. , but I can see that she is still smiling at me in her heart. Sister Chuhan, do you know? Prince Xi likes me! Do you know?"

When I heard these words, I felt that something was wrong with her mental state.I grabbed her arm, trying to stop her seizures, but it was too late.

She shouted to me loudly: "Prince Xi likes me, do you know? Do you know?" As she spoke, her tears flowed down again.

I held her in my arms and comforted her softly: "Don't cry, Prince Xi likes you, I know...I know..."

I don't know how long it took before Qingwu lay in my arms and fell asleep.I gently put her on the bed, leaning on the edge of the bed in a daze.

Does Prince Xi like Chu Qingwu?

Thinking of this, I felt an inexplicable pain in my heart.

Just after dawn the next day, I was awakened by a loud noise.I opened my eyes and found that I was lying on the edge of Chu Qingwu's bed and fell asleep.

Chu Qingwu on the bed clutched his abdomen and yelled loudly: "Qingwu's stomach hurts..."

I immediately got up to observe Chu Qingwu's situation, and found that her face was pale, her lips were purple, her whole body was cold and she was sweating, clutching her stomach and screaming for pain.

No, this is a sign of poisoning.

I called a few people to take care of Chu Qingwu, and took out the prescription to re-examine it myself, but I didn't find anything possible.Prince Xi has already gone to the court, I thought about it, but I have no idea, so I can only look for Su Zimo again.

This time, in order not to let Prince Xi find out, I deliberately wore an old cotton coat and a cotton hat on my head, dressed like a village woman.

Prince Gan's Mansion is not far from Prince Xi's Mansion, just two streets away.

From a distance, I saw Su Zimo hurriedly coming out of Prince Qian's Mansion. Since the temperature difference between morning and noon was a bit big, I stomped my feet to keep warm while trotting over and shouted, "My lord!"

Su Zimo heard the shout and looked around, only to find me dressed like a village woman.She opened her mouth wide and asked in surprise, "Meng Chuhan? What kind of clothes are you wearing?"

I didn't care too much, and asked straight to the point: "My lord, the people in the house have symptoms of poisoning after taking the decoction you brought back from the imperial hospital."

Su Zimo nodded, and said, "I'm going to talk to you about this. My father recognized a doctor with excellent medical skills, and that quack doctor pointed out that there is no Tripterygium wilfordii in the 'Purple Snow Pill'. Tripterygium wilfordii and Mutong Used together, it is a drug for making poison, and must not be taken at the same time."

Tripterygium vine and Akebia?

I remembered that Tripterygium wilfordii and Akebia are really highly effective herbal medicines for poisoning. The Great Southern General Li Tui I met in Fu'an City a few days ago was using this kind of poison as a hidden weapon. No wonder I smelled it last night. Chu Qingwu's decoction was somewhat familiar.

I frowned and thought of one more thing.Tripterygium wilfordii and Mutong are herbal medicines that are highly effective in making poison, as if I have seen it in Meng Di's handwritten notes.Does this matter have something to do with dimple?

"Meng Chuhan...that...you..."

"Your Majesty!" Before Su Zimo finished speaking, I grabbed Su Zimo's arms and asked, "Did you get this prescription from the Imperial Hospital?"

The prince was taken aback by my sudden cry, then nodded and said, "Yes, I got it from an old doctor."

"What did the old doctor tell you?"

"How did you tell me?" Su Zimo was lost in memory, "Well...the old doctor said that a fairy girl came to the imperial hospital and was proficient in various medicinal materials. When I heard that it was Prince Xi's mansion, Ask for help, and immediately prescribed a prescription, and the imperial physicians all praised it after seeing it. Then the house was handed over to me."

"Fairy?"

"Yeah, what's the matter?" Su Zimo took his arms away from my hands, and stood quietly looking at me.

A fairy who is proficient in medicinal materials?And deliberately left the Tripterygium wisteria and Akebia?Could it really be her?

"Xiao'er?" I couldn't help but read Meng's name.

"What? Ye'er?" Su Zimo shook his head and said, "I'm neither Ye'er nor Hua'er, I'm Su Zimo."

"I know you are Su Zimo." I agreed casually.

Su Zimo dawdled by my side for a while, and said, "Well, Meng Chuhan...you come to us and be the current person in the Prince's Mansion..."

I was thinking about Diane'er, but I didn't realize it for a while, so I asked strangely, "What?"

Su Zimo scratched his head and said, "Don't work for Seventh Auntie, Seventh Auntie is very indifferent to people. She must have treated you very badly, making you dress like this to run errands in such a cold day...you do it Prince's Mansion, I will ask my father to give you as my personal maid, I, I will treat you well!"

I looked up at Su Zimo, and laughed out loud.Dare to feel that the prince still regards me as a servant of Prince Xi's mansion.But this is also good, it will save a lot of trouble.

"Thank you, Mr. Shizi, for your interest, but the little girl doesn't want to work in your house for the time being." I smiled politely and refused.

Unexpectedly, Su Zimo was immediately annoyed, and she scolded loudly: "You don't know what to do, it's your blessing that this son likes you, and you still want to rely on Seventh Auntie! Hmph!" After finishing speaking, she swaggered I entered the Prince Gan's mansion without hesitation and ignored me.

What a strange man.But I don't have time to think about Su Zimo anymore. It's already a mystery whether Dian'er is in the Luoyang Palace, and the most urgent thing is to go back to Prince Xi's mansion immediately to detoxify Chu Qingwu and Akebia.

I hurried back to Prince Xi's mansion.As soon as he entered the gate of the mansion, he saw Su Tang guarding the door.

"Miss Meng, you're back." Tang'er anxiously stepped forward and grabbed me.

"what happened?"

Tang'er gasped and said, "Miss Qingwu fell ill again, and when I went out to fetch water, she hanged herself from the beam. Fortunately, Mrs. Su Cui managed to save her life."

I screamed in my heart that it was not good, and asked in a low voice: "What about Luo Bing?"

Tang'er replied softly: "The lord has come back, she is comforting Qingwu girl, it seems that the lord will blame you for this matter."

I frowned, thinking to myself, it's over, it looks like I'm going to be scolded again this time.

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