I became the tyrant's only belief.

Chapter 247: So Smart
"Your Majesty, I have something important to report." Inside the Wenhua Palace, Siyue put down the teacup and spoke softly.

Xiao Jingfan winked at Zhou Yuande, and Zhou Yuande immediately led the others in the hall out.

"Go ahead." Xiao Jingfan picked up the teacup, his eyes still fixed on the memorial spread out on the table.

Mitsuki glanced at him and said, "This matter is related to Miss Liu Zheng."

Xiao Jingfan frowned slightly and turned to look at her.

Mi Yue said: "My Lord, do you know that Miss Liu Zheng has been having nightmares these days and can't sleep well at night?"

Xiao Jingfan raised his eyebrows, "Didn't you give her the calming incense?"

"That's exactly what's strange." Mitsuki said, "Even though I lit the calming incense, Miss Liu Zheng fell asleep faster at most, but she still had nightmares. I think Miss Liu Zheng might..."

She hesitated, as if she was unsure whether she should say it.

Xiao Jingfan's face darkened, "What could it be?"

"Maybe she was poisoned." Mitsuki finally said it, and confessed his concerns, "But I found a chance to feel her pulse, and from the pulse, there is no sign of poisoning."

Hearing this, Xiao Jingfan frowned.

Si Yue has an extraordinary talent in medicine and poisons. Ordinary poisons are of no difficulty to her. Poisons that even she cannot identify either do not exist or are extremely strange and difficult to detect.

Xiao Jingfan hoped it was the former, but Siyue's next words made him feel that the latter was more likely.

"I was worried that she was frightened and disturbed, so I asked Chen Xing to hint at her. But Miss Liu Zheng said that she was not frightened. It was just that on the 23rd day of the first lunar month, when she was returning from the imperial kitchen, she suddenly saw a white shadow on the road, and..."

She paused, then looked up at the emperor. "There are two dead rats. Only their heads are intact. The rest of them are bloody and disgusting."

After she described it like this, Xiao Jingfan's mind flashed that scene spontaneously, and he felt disgusted.

But no matter how disgusting it is, given the courage of that woman who often criticizes him in her heart, she shouldn't be scared to the point of having nightmares at night by a dead rat, right?

Mitsuki also thought it was impossible and continued, "If she was just scared by the dead mouse, she would have nightmares for a day or two, but there is no reason for her to sleep restlessly every day. Besides, there was no mouse in Miss Liu Zheng's dream."

Xiao Jingfan felt strange, "If it's not a mouse, then what is it?"

Is there anything else that this audacious woman is afraid of?

"White shadows." Mitsuki said, "A bunch of white shadows. I can't see what they are, but they look scary."

Xiao Jingfan was speechless. Why did he feel scared when he couldn't even see clearly? Was he scaring himself?

Mitsuki glanced at him and said, "That is why I suspect Miss Liu Zheng has been poisoned."

Xiao Jingfan gestured for her to continue.

Mi Yue asked: "Your Majesty, do you still remember Chi Meng Xiang?"

Xiao Jingfan nodded.

A grain of gold is worth a ton, and it’s hard to forget.

Mitsuki said: "After being poisoned by the Chi Meng Xiang, the poisoned person will fall into a dream from which they cannot wake up. If there is no antidote, they will die painfully in the dream after seven days. I think Miss Liu Zheng's situation is somewhat similar to that of the person who was poisoned by the Chi Meng Xiang. Perhaps someone gave Miss Liu Zheng a poison with a similar toxicity."

Xiao Jingfan: "For example?"

Mi Yue listed the names of seven or eight kinds of poisons in a row and looked at him: "There are relevant records in the files of the Dark Guard Camp. If you are interested in poisons, you may take them and have a look."

Xiao Jingfan had no interest in these poisons, and he didn't have time to look at them.

He was now concerned with only one question: "How to determine whether she was poisoned?"

Miyue said quickly: "Send Miss Liu Zheng to the Dark Guard Camp and give her to Instructor Li for a careful examination."

This was the purpose of her report.

If something really happens to Chu Liuzheng, wouldn't the master be angry with her and Chen Xing?

Maybe he would be imprisoned in a horrible dark cell and punished. He simply couldn't bear to think about it. Xiao Jingfan lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then asked, "Are you awake or unconscious?"

Mitsuki glanced at him and said, "It's best to knock him out."

Xiao Jingfan: "..."

That woman is already pretty stupid now, wouldn't she become even more stupid if she uses drugs?
Seeing that he looked unhappy, Mitsuki said considerately: "Knock him out..."

Xiao Jingfan raised his eyelids and looked at her.

"…No, the Dark Guard Battalion has a drug that is harmless to the body. You won't feel dizzy or have a headache when you wake up. It will feel as comfortable as a massage." Mitsuki quickly changed his words, fearing that if he was a second late, he would be the one knocked unconscious.

It's just so clever.

"As you say." Xiao Jingfan pointed at the table, "Tonight."

"Yes." Miyue bowed and accepted the order.

The sooner the examination finds out that there is no poisoning, the better. If Chu Liuzheng had not been on duty in the afternoon, Siyue would have wanted to knock the man unconscious and carry him away.

But, it's ok at night too.

It is not easy to be discovered if you do it at night, but there is one thing that needs to be adjusted.

She and Chen Xing will have to be on duty at Wenhua Palace tonight, so that they can put the sleeping pills in Chu Liuzheng and the others' room, lest Yuzhui and Moxiang discover that Chu Liuzheng has been missing all night.

Chu Liuzheng, who didn't know she was about to be knocked unconscious, planned to go to the imperial kitchen to ask Chen Shouping to introduce her to Chef Qi, to see if she could learn to cook two of his signature dishes at her own expense. It's always good to have many skills.

On the way, I met Xiao Xia Zi and Xiao Yun Zi whom I hadn't seen for a long time. They both looked worried, as if they had just lost some money.

Seeing that the two didn't seem to notice her, Chu Liuzheng asked, "Did you two lose your wallets?"

The two were startled when they heard the voice, and looked up at the same time. Seeing that it was Chu Liuzheng, they both grinned and said, "Hello, young lady."

Xiao Xiazi said, "The purse is not lost."

Chu Liuzheng asked curiously, "Why are you two so sad?"

Xiao Yunzi sighed, "We just went to Zhaoyang Palace to deliver medicine, and Princess Huirong wanted us to play with her."

"This is a good thing." Chu Liuzheng blinked, "The princess is lively and cute. Many people would beg for this opportunity."

"It's a good thing, but while we were playing, the princess suddenly asked us to go find Yun." Xiao Xiazi sighed, and her brows, which had been relaxed when she saw Chu Liuzheng, wrinkled again. "If we can't find him and make the princess cry, being beaten with a stick is the least of the problem. What if we are sent to the Ministry of Punishment..."

Chu Liuzheng understood that the two were worried about being punished.

Seeing that the two were in a gloomy mood, she wanted to help them, so she asked, "Princess, what kind of cloud do you mean?"

We can't really let these two unlucky guys catch the clouds in the sky, right? They are not gods.

Xiao Yunzi raised her hand to gesture: "A long piece, with two tails, flying very fast, whoosh away."

The princess looks cute and speaks cutely, is that what it means... It was really hard to understand what the less than three-year-old child was saying excitedly. Xiao Yunzi took great pains to sort out this sentence.

Xiao Xiazi added: "It's white."

Both of them looked at Chu Liuzheng eagerly, hoping that she could help them come up with an idea.

[White, long, two tails, can fly, and flies very fast. It sounds like a big kite.]

Chu Liuzheng looked at the two of them and said, "The princess might be talking about kites. You can go around Zhaoyang Palace and ask around to see if any master has flown a kite nearby. Then you can ask for it in the princess' name or make one in imitation of her."

Xiao Xiazi and Xiao Yunzi never really thought about the kite, and were distracted by the "cloud" the princess mentioned.

Xiao Xiazi was still a little worried: "What if it's not a kite?"

"Even if it's not a kite, there is still a way." Chu Liuzheng smiled, waved for the two to come closer, and whispered a few words.