Kaolin Flower Raiders Guide

Ning Huai didn't ask too much, he never said much about court affairs.

The two walked to a place where there were few people. Lu Xiao casually picked up a cup of tea and took a sip, only to realize that Xie Shenyan was suddenly very close.

Just when Lu Xiao was hesitating, Xie Shenyan greeted him generously, glanced at Ning Huai, and naturally asked, "This is it?"

Ning Huai shook Lu Xiao's palm quietly, motioning him not to speak, raised his face and looked directly at the tall and pale man: "Ning Huai, my name is Ning Huai."

Xie Shenyan nodded and did not ask about his family background, so he accepted his statement.

The second son of Duke Ning's mansion, the prince's cousin, Ning Huai has many titles on him.Such things are inconvenient to mention in front of Xie Shenyan.

The atmosphere was a little stagnant for a while, Lu Xiao put on a smiling face to ease the embarrassment, and talked with Xie Shenyan one after another.Xie Shenyan just stood here arguing with him, watching Lu Xiao with cold eyes like a cold-blooded animal.He seemed to be observing how far Lu Xiao's string could stretch.

The accompanying attendants brought tea and fruit, and finally Lu Xiao was able to relax for a while.A plate of almond cake was presented, and Lu Xiao was not very interested in most nuts, so she raised her hand and brought a cup of tea.Ning Huai didn't want to touch people's face, so he offered one symbolically.

A light cough came from beside her, Lu Xiao turned her head and buried Ning Huai with a smile: "It's so delicious, you're choking on it?"

Ning Huai didn't answer, his cheeks flushed, and his cough changed from a light cough to a shortness of breath.Lu Xiao's heart skipped a beat, she pulled up his wrist, rolled up her sleeves, and dense light red spots were impressively spread on Ning Huai's arms.

Xie Shenyan watched all directions, and quickly pulled the attendant back, broke open the almond cake, put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed it, and said firmly: "In addition to almonds, there are also chopped pine nuts in it."

Lu Xiao was silent, Ning Huai was allergic to pine nuts and always avoided it.

The attendants are served by Xie Shenyan in the palace, they just serve the master conscientiously every day, even if he had a thousand guts, he wouldn't dare to harm the second son of the duke.

The rash quickly spread to Ning Huai's fair neck. Lu Xiao let him lean into her arms and said irritably, "What's the use of kneeling? Hurry up and invite the accompanying doctor Deng!"

Fortunately, Emperor Yunkang cherished his life so much that he brought an imperial physician along with him.

When the little eunuch scrambled away and ran away, the people around seemed to wake up from their deafness and dumbness. The servants came to obey their orders one after another, and the brothers who hadn't hunted came over one by one to inquire about the situation.

Lu Xiao dragged Ning Huai into the tent with half arms and half hugs, her brows furrowed, and she tightly held Ning Huai's wrist.He brought pot after pot of hot water, and Lu Xiao took the trouble to wipe off the sweat on his body.

He glanced back at the remaining plate of snacks, and arranged them in the shape of flower petals with great care.

Ning Huai stretched out his hand to scratch the rash on his chin, but Lu Xiao slapped his wrist and said sternly, "Don't scratch!"

The waiting palace servants lifted the curtain, and Imperial Physician Deng hurried over with a medicine box.Lu Xiao met him several times in the palace, and hurriedly said: "Doctor Deng, this is the young master of Duke Ning's mansion. He was intolerant to pine nuts when he was young, and just now he ate some broken pine nuts by mistake. His arms, shoulders and neck were all numb. If he has a rash, please ask the imperial doctor to treat him."

Imperial Physician Deng stepped forward to inspect Ning Huai's rashed skin, and asked, "Is Young Master Ning vomiting? How is your breathing?"

Lu Xiao said: "No, it's just that I feel a little nauseous. I was short of breath at first, and coughed for a long time. After lying down, I got better."

Before the words finished, Lu Xiao's wrist suddenly loosened.

The lying body suddenly twitched violently, Ning Huai tilted his head in an instant, and passed out.

Physician Deng suddenly changed his face, and hurried forward to look at his mouth and nose.Imperial physician Deng is still young, in his thirties, and he has not been in the imperial hospital for a long time, so he barely has the benevolence of a doctor.

Seeing Lu Xiao drive away all the servants, he said in a low voice: "Although Mr. Ning is intolerant to pine nuts, the broken pine nuts in a cake are not much. It is normal to have rashes and difficulty breathing. Pine nuts It is not toxic, and will never fall into a coma just because of eating a little bit by mistake."

Lu Xiao tried her best to suppress the shock and anger in her heart, and said calmly, "What does Doctor Deng mean?"

He didn't answer, but picked up the plate of almond cakes without saying a word, and broke them into pieces one by one, and the pine nuts hidden in it were scattered all over the plate.The whole pastry collapsed into a plate of apricot-and-cream crumbs.Doctor Deng casually took a porcelain bowl, poured light-colored crumbs into it, poured a handful of hot water on it, and then emitted a slightly bitter breath.

Almonds are bitter, and when used in pastries, they usually mask some of the bitterness.However, the pastry crumbs mixed with syrup can never be bitter when they melt!

Imperial Physician Deng smiled wryly and said, "Master Lu, have you ever heard of Artemisia spp.? This kind of herb is slightly bitter in nature, and almonds are also slightly bitter. Grind its root, soak it in cold water and dry it for a few days, and it can be melted into it without anyone noticing. In the meringue of the almond cake, anyone who eats it will only feel the original taste of almonds, and if more syrup is added, people will not be able to tell the difference."

Lu Xiao lowered her eyes and glanced at the drowsy Ning Huai: "I don't know what's the use of this Artemisia...?"

"Most Artemisia spp. is used for medicinal purposes. However, poison and medicine are not separated. Long-term consumption will also cause irreparable harm to people with weak bones," Imperial Physician Deng explained in a gentle voice, as if to ease his heart. "Young Master Ning has a strong body, eating one or two by mistake is not a serious problem, but it was the pine nuts mixed in this almond cake that made him weak and invincible for a while."

"The medicinal soup is already boiling. Master Lu can ask the accompanying attendants to apply the medicine to Young Master Ning. The young master's body is probably non-toxic. After applying it externally and taking it internally for a few days, he will be cured." Imperial Physician Deng took it from the medicine box He took out a jar of ointment and handed it to Lu Xiao, looking hesitant to speak.

From the beginning to the end, the two of them were just discussing the matter, no one mentioned who gave Ning Huai the almond cake.Doctor Deng knew that Young Master Ning was implicated unintentionally, and the poison was definitely not aimed at him.However, Boren didn't want to speculate on whom he suffered because of, and he kept silent about it.

Where is Xie Shenyan?

It seemed that after saying the last sentence, he disappeared along with the little eunuch who committed the crime.The little eunuch invited Imperial Physician Deng over, but Xie Shenyan disappeared.Lu Xiao glanced at him, got up politely and sent Doctor Deng to the entrance of the camp. As soon as the curtain was lifted, a man in riding clothes grabbed his shoulders.

The prince looked tired and was suppressing his tension. Seeing that the situation was not good, Imperial Physician Deng retreated immediately after saluting.Xie Shenxing almost pushed Lu Xiao into the tent, but Ning Huai was still unconscious, and the blush on his face did not fade.

Xie Shenxing looked back with difficulty, he looked like an ordinary elder brother who cared about his relatives, but actually he gritted his teeth and asked, "Lu Shizhong, what happened to my lonely cousin?"

Lu Xiao was still a little embarrassed to see Xie Shenxing at this time, after all, he knew his secret and had to pretend nothing happened.

Lu Xiao straightened her clothes: "Your Highness, Ning Huai ate pine nuts by mistake."

Of course Xie Shenxing knew that Ning Huai was allergic to pine nuts, he glanced at Ning Huai who was unconscious, and turned into the calm and self-sufficient prince again: "I know, but why did I go into a coma?"

Come on, before this person came, I was afraid that he had inquired about all the things that happened before. Just as Lu Xiao was about to speak, there was a sound of footsteps outside the tent, and Emperor Yunkang and Duke Ning arrived at the same time.

"Stop kneeling, the tent is small," Emperor Yunkang looked around, passed the embarrassed prince, and asked Lu Xiao, "Where's the imperial doctor? Why isn't he waiting inside?"

Lu Xiao said: "Physician Deng came here before, left some ointment for external application, and just left to decoct the medicine."

Ning Guogong looked anxious, sitting in front of the couch, holding Ning Huai's hand, and said urgently: "If it is allergic, why did Erlang faint?"

Not to mention Duke Ning, if the Duke's wife was here and saw Ning Huai's appearance, she must have cried for three rounds by now.

When the crowd gathered around, Xie Shenyan seemed to be gone.Everyone only knew that Young Master Ning ate the pastry by mistake, and the situation was quite bad, but they didn't know who brought the pastry.Ning Guogong was concerned about it, so he wanted to break through the casserole and find out the murderer who killed his heart.Lu Xiao's eyelids twitched, feeling that this matter would not end well.

It's not that he's afraid of getting Xie Shenyan involved, the key is, who gave Xie Shenyan the poison of Artemisia sativa.

If he doesn't say it, the imperial physician has to say it too.Lu Xiao was heartbroken, and told the whole story about the almond cakes mixed with wormwood.This process was extremely difficult, Lu Xiao tried her best to observe the expressions of these three noble people, it seemed that none of them seemed to know the inside story in advance.

As soon as this remark came out, everyone knew that Ning Huai was implicated for no reason, and Ning Guogong's old face made him want to find out the person behind it immediately, and added embellishment: "Your Majesty, poisoning the tea and fruits offered in the palace, this It is to harm Your Majesty!"

Emperor Yunkang couldn't hold back his face, so he immediately lowered his face and asked a crucial question.

"Where is that lifeless thing now? What's its name?"

"...I have never met that palace man before, but I only know that he is next to His Highness, and he also brought the cake to His Highness. At that time, I and Erlang happened to pass by and asked for a cup of tea. I didn't want Erlang to suffer such a disaster. .”

The atmosphere fell into dead silence for a while.

Emperor Yunkang coughed lightly, not knowing what he was covering up: "I know, what happened today, don't..."

The sudden stop was due to Xiao Huizi's loud report outside the tent: "Your Majesty, Your Highness is seeking an audience with Imperial Physician Deng."

If he came alone, Emperor Yunkang could send him away.It would be unreasonable to call only the imperial physician in.Xie Shenyan's voice was as if it had been honed by sand and stones, it was not pleasant to listen to, and it was even faintly intimidating.

Imperial Physician Deng held the medicine bowl and fed Ning Huai the medicine while turning a deaf ear. The brown medicine liquid flowed down the corners of his lips. Ning Huai's eyelids moved slightly, but he did not wake up.

There is an extremely capable Steward Feng in Concubine Guo Shu's palace, who received favors from the Ning family many years ago. A few days ago, his father delivered a message to Steward Feng, and with just a few words, Concubine Guo Shu's heart was like a cat scratching her head, and she was on fire. What do you think of Xie Shenyan? Why is it not pleasing to the eye.

She only entered the palace a few years after the death of Empress Wen. She knew little about the events of that year, and only knew that the emperor had another son.Concubine Guo Shu wanted to make him worse, it would be better if he disappeared unconsciously.

Ning Huai knew all this.

Where did that timid little eunuch come to pass the message on behalf of the master? Ning Huai saw it early on, and it might be true that he wanted to find Lu Xiao, and it was even more true if he waited for the opportunity to find the palace servants around Xie Shenxing.Thinking about it, I probably felt that the outside was not as strict as the palace, so I secretly gave Chen Cang a pack of snow wormwood, and it would last for a while.

When the little eunuch stepped out of the camp dejectedly, he met Xie Shenyan's penetrating eyes, and his first reaction was to immediately let go of the thing.Ning Huai quietly moved closer to Lu Xiao's side, the bag of crushed powder leaked into his lapel, but the paper bag was still in the little eunuch's hand.

Not long after, someone delivered tea fruits on time. Ning Huai suffered a lot from pine nuts when he was young, even if it was a little bit, he couldn't let him ignore the past.

Xie Shenyan smiled politely at him because he didn't know any old people.

As he wished, Ning Huai picked up the almond cake mixed with crushed pine nuts and put it in his mouth.

Xie Shenyan opened the tent without haste, and there were five young eunuchs kneeling outside in a row under the blue sky and broad daylight.The first four were brought by him from the palace, Lu Xiao took a look, and he had seen the one kneeling at the end before, it was the child who came to look for him earlier.

Emperor Yunkang was furious, and said sullenly: "What are you doing? What does it mean to ask these people to kneel?"

Xie Shenyan didn't even pay attention to Emperor Yunkang's questioning, lifted the collar of the last eunuch with one hand, and cast a deep glance at Lu Xiao: "Lord Lu, do you still remember this person?"

Pointing the finger at Lu Xiao, three searching gazes landed on Lu Xiao at the same time. He cursed Xie Shenyan inwardly, and nodded uncomfortably: "I remember, I saw it half an hour ago."

Emperor Yunkang narrowed his eyes: "Lu Xiao, who is he?"

Lu Xiaoxin said that it was you who asked me, and replied seriously: "Reporting to Your Majesty, this is the servant of His Highness the Fourth Highness. I invited the minister to have a talk, but the minister did not agree."

Emperor Yunkang didn't feel embarrassed at all, and turned his head away as if nothing had happened.

Xie Shen said: "Master Ning might as well take a look at Young Master Ning's sleeve, maybe he can find something."

Ning Guogong was caught off guard and was pointed out, so he couldn't care less about others, he said angrily: "Do you mean that my son poisoned himself?"

Imperial Physician Deng put the powder found on the eunuch's body on the tip of his nose and sniffed lightly, then nodded to Emperor Yunkang and said, "Your Majesty, it is indeed snow on the snow."

"Lord Lu, this thing is just an excuse to send you a message. At first, it has been sneaking around the camp for a long time. He couldn't get rid of the poison for a while, so he had an idea and tried to keep it on Mr. Ning. Do you remember? Before stepping back, he staggered and almost hit Mr. Ning?"

Lu Xiao frowned, there was indeed such a thing.

Xie Shenyan smiled with a hint of deceit, and lightly dropped the last word.

"The witnesses and the evidence are complete. I beg you, Lord Guo, to look in the skirt of the young master's clothes to see if there is any remaining powder."

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