Master's Chief Disciple

Chapter 394 I plead guilty. It was indeed me who poisoned

The next day,

Chu Mengyan's maid hurried to Chengzheng Hall and said that her master was poisoned. Song Yunmo was puzzled. Didn't she ask Gu Qingtang to cure her yesterday?

How come she got poisoned again today? The maid claimed that she didn't know. Chu Mengyan was fine originally, but she kept vomiting blood after waking up this morning.

"Chu Mengyan, what on earth are you playing at?"

Song Yunmo put down the brush in his hand, and a trace of cold murderous intent flashed in his eyes. Originally, Chu Mengyan would go to pay respects to the Grand Princess every day.

But today, when the time came, Song Shulan saw that she had not shown up, so she went to Youxiang Palace. Just when Song Yunmo was about to ask Doctor Yuan to check on her, Song Shulan came to Chengzheng Palace with Doctor Yuan in a mighty manner.

"Song Yunmo!"

"Sister, why are you here?"

He walked down the steps and pretended to help her but was pushed away. The eldest princess snorted angrily and sat down.

"Doctor Yuan, please tell me your diagnosis results one by one."

The person who came was wearing a long green robe, with beautiful features, dignified temperament and a slim figure. Song Yunmo frowned and felt that he had a bad premonition.

She stepped forward a few steps and saluted before telling the story, "Your Majesty, Grand Princess, after treating Concubine Zhaoyi, I learned that she was poisoned by a kind of poison called Cold Moss Dove."

"Although this magical herb can be used as medicine, it can also become a deadly poison. Your Majesty..."

She didn't dare to continue talking and lowered her head a few inches. Song Shulan knew what she was worried about and said, "Just speak frankly. He won't dare to do anything with me here."

"I discovered this poisonous weed in the medicinal bath that the imperial concubine prepared for Concubine Zhaoyi."

"!!!"

"Reporting to the Grand Princess, the imperial concubine has been brought here."

Song Shulan's maid invited Gu Qingtang here, and then the maid whispered something in the ear of the Grand Princess. After hearing it, she immediately flew into a rage and smashed the table with her palm.

The people in the room were shaking with fear. When Song Yunmo saw Gu Qingtang standing outside the room, he knew what had happened.

But he definitely didn't believe that Gu Qingtang would poison her, but the evidence was solid and it was indeed she who went to see Chu Mengyan yesterday.

"Song Yunmo, you really dote on her too much!"

After she glanced at him, the maid beside her went out and brought Gu Qingtang in. When she came in, her eyes were bloodshot and she looked pitiful.

"Princess, do you admit your guilt?"

Song Yunmo stepped forward and tried to speak up for her but was stopped by Song Shulan, "Sit down!"

Gu Qingtang pretended to be frightened and grabbed the corner of her clothes tightly, looking like she was about to cry. She stole a glance at Song Yunmo who was gesturing to her, then raised her hand to wipe away the tears on her face, "Qingtang pleads guilty. It was indeed me who poisoned her."

"!!!"

Everyone present was shocked, especially Song Yunmo, whose head was buzzing and whose face was filled with horror. He walked up slowly and covered her arm with trembling hands, "Tell them you didn't poison them."

But Gu Qingtang just looked up at him calmly without saying a word, and then one of the maids hurried back and whispered something in the Grand Princess's ear.

Song Shulan felt very uncomfortable seeing that her brother had been protecting Gu Qingtang and was kept in the dark. She glanced at Gu Qingtang with a trace of disgust in her eyes, "I shouldn't have brought you into the palace in the first place."

"Song Yunmo, you are so stupid that you can't even take care of your own concubine. You are bringing shame to me and my royal family."

Song Yunmo was confused when he heard this, but Gu Qingtang frowned slightly, wondering if he was seen talking to Lu Ci just now.

"Qingtang, quickly tell them clearly that you did not poison Chu Mengyan."

Song Yunmo's tone was filled with anxiety and his eyes were full of heartache. As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Mengyan, who looked haggard, came here with the help of two maids.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you, and I greet the Grand Princess."

When Song Shulan saw her coming, she went out to greet her and asked her how she was doing. "Mianyan, why don't you take a good rest and come here in person?"

She glanced sideways at the inner room and coughed a few times with her hands covering her mouth, looking very delicate. Seeing this, Song Shulan helped her walk into the inner room with concern and sat down.

"Replying to the Grand Princess, I am not in the way, I just wanted to come..."

Before she finished speaking, she cried deliberately and wiped her tears aggrievedly, "I just wanted to come and plead for my sister. My sister may have been accompanying His Majesty day and night to share His Majesty's worries and not paying attention to rest. She is too tired and accidentally prescribed the wrong medicine just now."

"Chu Mengyan, that's enough!"

Song Yunmo scolded her harshly and hugged Gu Qingtang into his arms. Chu Mengyan was frightened by him and accidentally knocked over the tea on the table with tears rolling down her eyes.

"Song Yunmo! Do you still want to protect Gu Qingtang after all this?"

Song Shulan asked him in a bad mood and wiped the tea off Chu Mengyan's hands, but Song Yunmo kept his head down to comfort Gu Qingtang and planned to take her away, "This matter is strange, let's discuss it another day!"

"Someone, take away the confused emperor and throw the princess into the ice prison."

After the words fell, the guards outside the door came in but did not dare to attack Song Yunmo, "Let's see who dares! Get out of my way."

The guards still surrounded them and refused to let them leave. Song Shulan slammed the table and shouted, "The imperial concubine is a criminal. How long will Your Majesty protect her?"

"Royal sister, you should know what kind of person Qingtang is. She would not poison Chu Mengyan. This matter is definitely not simple. Please allow me to investigate it before making a decision."

Song Shulan was so angry that her chest was heaving violently. She was filled with hatred. She didn't understand what poison Gu Qingtang had given him to make him so devoted and willing to give up everything.

"Your Majesty, I have nothing to quibble about..."

Gu Qingtang pushed him away and continued, "I was just worried that my sister would win the emperor's favor, so I was confused and added Han Zhijiu when I treated her."

Song Yunmo's mind went blank for a moment, and then he comforted himself by thinking that she must be acting again. But he didn't understand why she didn't drag him in if it was really a trap she set.

"Gu Qingtang, are you hiding something from me?"

Without waiting for Gu Qingtang to answer, Song Shulan shouted, "She is hiding something from you!"

"You all stand down first."

After saying this, the eunuch beside him led all the guards and maids around him out of Chengzheng Hall. Now only Song Yunmo and the other two were left.

Chu Mengyan shuddered in her heart, not knowing what Song Shulan meant. Song Shulan whispered to Chu Mengyan and asked her to wait outside the pavilion first.

After she bowed, she slowly left the room. Song Shulan sighed lightly and said earnestly:

"You only care about and love Qingtang, but you must know that you are the king of a country."

"Imperial sister, I won't beat around the bush. Ever since Qingtang entered the palace, you've been around her day and night. Have you ever paid attention to Mengyan?"

"Your harem is so deserted that there is only one concubine, Chu Mengyan. If you don't want to take a concubine into the harem, the emperor will naturally not care about you or force you, but you and Qingtang have been together day and night for nearly 10 to 20 years."

"You, you want to make our royal family lose all face before you are satisfied?"

Song Yunmo knew what she meant and did not shy away from saying it, "Royal sister, not only is the demon tribe of the Yuanjie in chaos, but the war between the two countries could break out at any time."

"I don't want offspring yet..."

Song Shulan had nothing to say. After all, it was indeed as he said, it was a chaotic world. She nodded and changed the subject, telling him what the maid had seen in Chuxia Garden.

"My royal sister is very careful. There is no one hiding in Qingtang's room. Maybe the maid was dazzled and saw it wrongly."

Song Shulan refused to listen to the explanation and asked Song Yunmo to take her to Chuxia Garden for a confrontation. Then she saw the maid of the eldest princess walked out of the garden with a white coat in her hand.

Song Shulan took the coat from the maid and threw it at Gu Qingtang's feet and asked sharply, "How do you want to explain this coat?"

Gu Qingtang realized that Lu Ci must have accidentally left the coat in the house. The maids outside the courtyard began to discuss in a low voice.

Chu Mengyan would not miss this scene and was watching nearby. Song Yunmo picked up the clothes on the ground and said, "Royal sister, my concubine just moved to Chuxia Garden today. This coat might have been dropped by a servant who was cleaning the room."

Since Song Yunmo had come out to explain, Song Shulan couldn't say anything more. Gu Qingtang felt relieved for a moment.

But at this time, the maid took out a bloody white bandage from the inner room, and Song Shulan's face turned red and white.

She held back her anger and pointed at the bandage and asked, "Don't tell me this was also left behind by a servant?"

"Go in and search. I want to see which shameless bastard is hiding in your house."

As soon as he finished speaking, the guards arrived and entered the house to investigate. However, Lu Ci was a quasi-immortal emperor and with their strength, they could not detect even a trace of his aura.

Gu Qingtang didn't expect this kind of scene to happen. Everything happened so suddenly that she didn't have time to divert Lu Ci.