The reborn girl always wants to escape, but the abstinent marquis hugs her and coaxes her!

Chapter 75: Someone Poisoned

This time, Mu Rong was trapped in the Eastern Palace for even longer than before.

Moreover, this time he was the only one.

The atmosphere in the study was also extremely oppressive, and the prince paced back and forth in front of Mu Rong with a sullen face.

Because, news came from Jiangnan Road that just when Chang Jing started to investigate the officials of the four states in Jiangnan, six people died due to different accidents!

What a coincidence, these six people happened to be among the dozen or so people circled by Mu Rong!

If the prince still doesn't understand the real situation at this point, it would be a waste of his more than 20 years in the Eastern Palace.

"Rong'er, what do you think... could it be the third brother?" asked the prince.

The matter of investigating Jiangnan officials was something the three of them had thought up while sitting in the study last time. When this happened, the first person the Crown Prince suspected was the Third Prince Wu Tianxiao.

An indescribable bitterness welled up in Mu Rong's heart. He looked up at the prince, his eyes filled with disappointment.

Seeing this, the prince touched his nose awkwardly:

"I was just saying it casually... I know you have a good relationship with the Third Brother, but so do I and him. His mother passed away early, and the Third Brother has been raised by the Queen Mother. He and I are of the same mother."

"In that case, Prince, please be more cautious in the future when you doubt the Third Prince." Mu Rong frowned.

"Oh..." The prince muttered, "But who could that be? Could it be the second brother?"

"How can Your Highness just suspect something?" Mu Rong was furious. "Without any evidence, groundless suspicion will only harm our friendship."

"Neither this nor that is right! Then what should I do now? It's obvious that someone wants to frame Chang Jing and drag him into this matter! Also, the fact that my brother-in-law was instigated to occupy the Jiangxia Salt Mine was so secret that it was revealed to my father by someone with ulterior motives. If you, Rong Ge'er, hadn't told me in advance, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to explain myself even if I had a mouth full of words! Every one of these things clearly shows that someone wants to trap me in injustice!" The prince became angrier and angrier as he spoke.

"Brother Rong, please give me some advice!"

Mu Rong sighed, "Your Highness, the most important thing right now is to conduct a thorough investigation. Since you suspect there's something fishy going on with the deaths of these six people, then we must get to the bottom of it. Even though the people may be dead, the clues won't die. Why did these six people end up in this accident? What triggered these accidents? Who was the first person to discover their bodies after they died? Are they connected? If we investigate carefully and follow the clues, we'll eventually find the truth."

The prince smiled and patted Mu Rong on the shoulder: "Brother Rong is really smart. He helped me solve the problem in one go." Mu Rong: "..."

The prince glanced at Mu Rong and asked in confusion, "It's only been less than a month, how come your injuries are almost healed?"

Mu Rong bowed his head and said, "I used the new medicine developed by the palace doctor."

"You're capable! The people in your house are capable too!" The prince smiled and said tentatively, "It looks like in half a month or so, Rong Ge'er will be fully recovered."

Mu Rong understood what he meant: "Your Highness, do you have an errand?"

The prince chuckled and said, "Brother Rong is really smart! You know, Chang Jing... is busy cleaning up the flood right now, so how could he have the time to investigate the truth? I want to see if Brother Rong is willing to make this trip. You are so smart, you will definitely get to the bottom of this matter!"

Mu Rong frowned: "I am only a military officer, not good at investigating cases."

"It's okay! It's okay! I trust you! Isn't the date for your wedding with Sister Rong still not set? When you come back, I will ask for permission right away and pick an auspicious day to get it done for you two!" The prince vowed.

Mu Rong: "..."

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In the Wutong Courtyard of the Xu Mansion, Xu Rongrong had just seen Xiao Linger off.

The Xiao family is now considered a new elite in Beijing, and many noble ladies in Beijing also want to make friends with Xiao Ling'er.

But that girl seemed to be unable to get along with anyone and only liked to stick to Xu Rongrong.

After the flower garden in Xu's mansion was taken care of, she became even more excited.

In the past two or three days, I have been coming here almost every day.

In her words, "It's going to be cold soon. If I don't come and see it more often, I'm afraid I won't be able to see it this year!"

Xu Rongrong smiled and teased her: "Are you here to enjoy the flowers? Or are you here to eat something?" Xiao Linger blushed and hid her face behind Xu Rongrong.

The little girl was greedy, and Madam Xiao would often control her when she was in her own house. Therefore, she would always use the excuse of coming to Xu's house to ask her personal maid to buy a lot of snacks and bring them over.

She persuaded Xu Rongrong to eat with her.

In the past two or three days, Xu Rongrong has hardly had a proper meal.

After finally sending her off, Wen Yao cleaned up the leftovers on the table and said, "Next time Miss Xiao comes, I'll clear the table! Let her eat standing in the yard."

Xu Rongrong smiled and said: "Don't be too restrained when she is growing."

"I am not holding Miss Xiao captive at all. It's because of her that you, Miss, can't even eat properly! I..." Wen Yao didn't finish her words and shook.

Xu Rongrong quickly supported her and saw that her face was pale: "What's wrong with you?" Wen Yao rubbed his forehead: "I don't know... I've been feeling a little dizzy and nauseous today."

Xu Rongrong looked at her expression and asked suspiciously, "Have you been like this all day?"

Wen Yao nodded, then shook his head: "It seems... there have been some since yesterday afternoon, but not as serious as today."

Xu Rongrong called Luo Shu over and said, "Go to Minister Lu's residence and tell him to send a doctor from the palace later."

Luo Shu looked at Wen Yao's face and quickly agreed.

Just as she was about to leave, Xu Rongrong stopped her again: "When the palace doctor comes, please ask him not to go through the main gate. He can... come through the Mu residence. You will be on guard at the second gate and lead him in directly when he arrives."

Xu Rongrong spoke seriously. Luo Shu knew that this matter was important, so he did not dare to delay for a moment and hurried out of the house to ask for help.

Wen Yao was a little nervous: "Miss...Is this servant okay?" Xu Rongrong patted her hand: "Nothing's wrong. Go back and lie down first. I asked someone to come and check on me just to reassure you."

Wen Yao went back to his room and went to sleep half-believing and half-doubting.

Luo Shu moved quickly and in less than an hour, the palace doctor appeared in Wutong Courtyard.

Xu Rongrong excused herself to him and then took him to Wen Yao's room.

The doctor of the royal family now has close contact with the Xu family. He knows that his Lord Lu and Marquis Weiyuan value the eldest daughter of the Xu family very much, so even though he is diagnosing the girl's pulse, he does not dare to neglect her.

After a long time, he came out of the room with a slightly solemn expression.

Xu Rongrong asked, "Can it be diagnosed?"

The palace doctor nodded. He looked at Xu Rongrong's expression and asked, "Could it be that the young lady already knew about this?"

"I'm not good at taking pulses, but I noticed her lips were darker this afternoon, so I suspected she was poisoned," Xu Rongrong mused. "That's right!" the palace doctor replied, looking at Xu Rongrong with a look of disbelief.

"Sir Wang, can you tell what kind of poison it is? Is it serious?" Xu Rongrong asked.

The palace physician's cheeks flushed slightly. "Forgive my poor eyesight, I haven't yet identified the poison... Miss Wen Yao doesn't often leave the house, so I imagine she contracted the poison here. If you don't mind, I'd like to thoroughly inspect your courtyard."

Xu Rongrong nodded: "That's what I should do. Please do as you wish, Lord Wang."

However, until the lights were turned on, the palace doctor still had no results.

"I am incompetent." He looked quite self-blaming.

"The person who poisoned me probably used covert tactics. Your Excellency, there's no need to be so modest." Xu Rongrong advised gently, lowering her voice. "Master Wang, could you please check my pulse and Luo Shu's as well?"

Upon hearing this, the palace doctor felt a sinking feeling in his heart and quickly spread out the medicine pillow.