The Rebirth of the Deposed Empress

Ye Buhuo turned his head and looked at Qingmei and asked, "Did the princess run into Lin Siyu when she went to Hua Mansion today?"

Qingmei looked at Hua Wuke and was also very worried. When she heard Ye Buhuo's question, she thought about it carefully and then said:

"No, whether at the dinner table or when entering or leaving the house, Lin Siyu never showed up."

Ye Buhuo frowned and looked at the imperial physician: "Are you sure this poison is not from Ye Country?"

Just as the imperial physician was about to speak, Qingmei suddenly remembered the little girl she met on the way back, and she quickly said:

"When the princess was returning to the palace, she was bumped by a little girl. The little girl gave her a plum. Could there be something wrong with the plum?"

Qingmei had just finished speaking when Qingzhu returned from his investigation.

"Your Highness, we have found out that there is something wrong with the plums that a little girl gave to the princess yesterday."

Ye Buhuo's eyes turned cold and he said:

"Bring people in."

Qingzhu ordered the people outside to bring in the woman and little girl they met yesterday and force them to kneel on the ground.

The woman didn't realize who she had offended until she was brought to Prince An's mansion. She was so frightened that she told Ye Buhuo everything that had happened without him asking.

This morning, someone found her and showed her Hua Wu Ke's portrait, and handed her a plum, saying that the woman would come out of Hua Mansion after noon, and asked her daughter to give the plum to Hua Wu Ke to take.

"That person was very generous. I was bewitched when I saw the silver. I really didn't know that this was the princess!"

"Your Majesty, please have mercy on me. I was bewitched by someone else and had no idea that the plum would harm the princess!"

Ye Buhuo stared at him coldly and said:

"Don't you know that Huamei will harm the princess? Then why did you beg for mercy as soon as you came in?"

The woman couldn't see Hua Wu Ke lying on the bed from the position she came in. She knew there was something wrong with Hua Wu Ke, so she begged for mercy subconsciously.

Seeing her lie exposed, the woman looked around and didn't dare to look Ye Buhuo in the eye. She just begged for mercy.

Ye Buhuo originally wanted to drag her out and beat her to death with a stick, but thinking that Hua Wuke was still lying on the bed, he hesitated for the first time in his life whether his sin of killing was too great and felt that he should do more good deeds.

After a moment, Ye Buhuo suppressed the murderous intent in his heart, ignored the woman begging for mercy on the ground and the little girl crying with her lips pouted, and said:

"Take him away and let the authorities deal with him."

He had a portrait of Hua Wuke in his hand and knew that Hua Wuke would come out of the Hua Mansion in the afternoon. This person must be someone arranged by Hua Jingqian. The poison that Hua Wuke was infected with was most likely related to the white bone poison.

"Master Yu, do you know about the white bone poison?"

Ye Buhuo said to the imperial physician:

"White Bone Poison? I have indeed heard of this poison. It is in the hands of the Northern Kingdom's royal family."

Lord Yu usually reads some books related to drug making, and has some knowledge of this white bone poison. He carefully looked at Hua Wuke's symptoms again, then nodded and said:

"The princess's symptoms are indeed somewhat similar to those of the white bone poison, but not exactly the same. I suspect it is a replica of the white bone poison."

Lord Yu took out a bottle of pills from the medicine box and handed it to Ye Buhuo, explaining:

"These are some antidote pills developed by this humble servant for the white bone poison. Although they cannot completely eliminate the toxicity, they can alleviate some of the symptoms. As for completely detoxifying the princess, I'm afraid that Your Majesty will have to go to the Northern Kingdom's royal family to find the antidote."

Knowing that Lord Yu had indeed tried his best, Ye Buhuo did not make things difficult for him even though he was very worried.

After Lord Yu left, Ye Buhuo asked everyone to leave and he stayed by Hua Wuke's bed.

He lay beside Hua Wu Ke, moved closer to her, touched her face with his hands, gently rubbed her pale face with the tip of his nose, and murmured:

"Year after year, year after year..."

Knowing that Prince An's Mansion had invited an imperial physician, Hua Jingqian knew that Ye Chuji had accomplished the task assigned to him. He happily ordered the kitchen to prepare many sumptuous dishes for dinner, as if he was celebrating in advance that after Ye Chuji came to power, his status as a great contributor would also rise along with the tide.

That night, Hua Jingqian fell into a deep sleep but was awakened by a sound of breaking air. He opened his eyes sleepily and saw two arrows piercing into the bed boards on both sides of his head. He woke up from his sleepiness all of a sudden, his wide-open pupils trembled slightly, his face turned blue, and his body was covered in cold sweat.

Ye Buhuo... Ye Buhuo must have wanted him to be buried with Hua Wuke...

Although Hua Jingqian didn't know Ye Chuji's plan, he knew that this matter must be related to Ye Chuji's great cause.

Frightened to death, Hua Jingqian couldn't sleep all night. The next day, he wrote a secret letter to Ye Chuji saying that Hua Wuke had been poisoned and urged him to act quickly, preferably to get rid of Ye Buhuo.

Soon, the news was delivered to Bei Su. As soon as he received the news, Bei Su brought the diluted antidote to Prince An's Mansion.

When he arrived at the gate of Prince An's Mansion, Bei Su was stopped by the palace soldiers before he could explain his purpose.

"The palace refuses to see guests."

The attendant behind him saw that this person dared to stop his own prince and was about to step forward, but Bei Su raised his hand and took him away, "Please go in and inform them that the fourth prince of the Northern Kingdom is visiting and that the prince will see me."

Seeing his confident look, the palace soldier hesitated for a moment before going in to report.

When Ye Buhuo heard that Bei Su was coming to visit, he knew that this person must know something. Although he knew that this person had other purposes, for Hua Wuke, Ye Buhuo still let him in.

Bei Su was taken to the front hall by the servants of the palace, where he met Ye Buhuo.

"Your Majesty, don't you want me to meet the princess?"

Ye Buhuo corrected with an expressionless face:

"The princess you are talking about is my princess."

Bei Su smiled, skipped the topic, took out the porcelain bottle from his sleeve, and said:

"I heard that the princess was poisoned by someone. I have a medicine that may be able to relieve the princess's symptoms."

Hua Wu Ke vomited several mouthfuls of black blood last night. After Ye Buhuo gave her the medicine given by Lord Yu, she felt slightly better but it did not last long and became even worse.

"What are your conditions?"

Bei Su shook his head. "This prince has no conditions. I just hope to see the princess take the medicine with my own eyes."

Bei Su had not seen Hua Wu Ke since his marriage. Since he came to the palace today, he naturally wanted to see her before leaving.

Ye Buhuo stared at the porcelain bottle in Bei Su's hand for a long time, and even though he was reluctant, he still agreed.

In the room, Ye Buhuo took the medicine from Bei Su and gave it to Hua Wuke. After a few breaths, Hua Wuke's complexion really looked much better.

Seeing this, Ye Buhuo stared at the porcelain bottle in Bei Su's hand, and then said to Bei Su:

"Your Highness, do you have an antidote for the bone poison?"