Chapter 217: Could it be a chronic poison?
The smile on the elder brother's face fell on the eighth elder brother after scanning around.
He waved to Yinsu.
The eighth prince came over quickly with a humble smile.
The eldest brother ticked his fingers.
The eighth prince came over.
After listening, he frowned: "What do you mean, brother?"
"Didn't Eighth Brother ask the imperial kitchen to return the food box in front of the Qianqing Palace? Isn't it most appropriate for you to say it now? In this way, you can also clear yourself in front of Khan Ama."
"Brother has given you this opportunity. You should perform well first and then thank me later."
Eighth Prince: "..."
I thought that my eldest brother suddenly became smart and knew how to invite Si Age and his wife over. He also let everyone in the capital know that he posted a message overnight. The next step was to show his kindness, right?
Who knew that the eldest brother would use this cleverness on himself.
After they failed to sue in person, they found someone else to use as a scapegoat.
The eighth elder brother tried to refuse: "Brother, my younger brother thought that today we are here to have a good... get along with Fourth Brother and the others."
The elder brother's face turned cold.
He listened to the persuasion of Concubine Hui and Nalan Mingzhu, and promised that no matter how unwilling he was in his heart, he would maintain peace with Si Age and his wife.
Even, when necessary, he would first apologize to Si Age and his wife.
Until they can achieve what they want.
But, that was before discovering their weaknesses.
Now that he had the leverage, how could he still condescend to his younger brother?
"What, eighth brother, you don't want to?" The eldest brother didn't wait for the eighth brother's answer. He turned around and said, "It doesn't matter. If you don't want to, someone else will do it."
"Brother, today is your birthday. Why let this little thing delay you? Let's change the date. What do you think?"
"Then if I say that their failure today is the best gift to me, will you go?"
The eighth prince's heart skipped a beat.
It was because he got distracted for a moment.
How could the eldest brother really treat these younger brothers with courtesy?
Both the fourth brother and him are nothing more than tools in the eyes of the eldest brother.
The eighth prince raised his humble and respectful smile again: "My younger brother is naturally willing to offer the most satisfying gift to my eldest brother."
The eldest brother smiled broadly, raised a toast to his younger brother, and patted his shoulder: "Okay, eldest brother knows that you will never let me down."
Turning to leave, he said again: "Oh, wait! When the prince comes, be sure to invite him to watch this wonderful show again. I really look forward to his expression when the time comes."
Talk about Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrives.
"Join the prince." Everyone saluted.
"Get up." The prince went directly to the eldest brother, "Just now did you seem to hear your name?"
Eldest brother: "The prince's ears are really good. No, the eighth brother said he has something to tell everyone. I said, can't we wait until the prince comes over to start?"
"Yinsu, what do you have to say?"
The eldest brother signaled the troupe to stop performing, and everyone gradually became quiet.
The handsome Eighth Prince stood on the high platform and said in a loud voice: "Everyone, in fact, you didn't see Tudou at the eldest brother's banquet today. That's because he was protecting everyone. It's not really because of any restrictions."
"But the eldest brother wanted to protect the reputation of the fourth brother and the fourth sister-in-law, so he hesitated for a long time. As the younger brother, I couldn't stand it anymore."
"Everyone, I want to say that potatoes, which are regarded as immortal and worth thousands of gold, are actually...poisonous."
One word stirred up a thousand waves.
"What?"
"real or fake?"
"After all, he is a little prince, so he won't talk nonsense."
"But many people have eaten potatoes. The emperor and officials have also tasted them. The empress dowager and the empress dowager particularly like them. If there was a problem, they would have been discovered long ago."
"Could it be a chronic poison?"
"Oh my God! What are these four elder brothers and their wives planning to do?"
…
As soon as Lu Pheasant and Princess Shushen returned to the banquet, they received such a serious accusation.
Across a waterway, Si Age looked at his wife.
After Lu Pheasant nodded to Xiao Liangren, he found Brother Jiu who was hiding in the crowd.
Yinzhen nodded towards her.
At this time, people around began to ask the fourth elder brother and his wife for confirmation: "Fourth elder brother, is what the eighth elder brother said true?"
"Sifujin, what kind of poison is this? Even the imperial doctors didn't find it. Do you know? Is there an antidote?"
…
Eighth Prince's simple words caused such a huge panic.
The eldest brother snickered and came to the crowd: "Badi, do you really have to say such a thing at this time? This makes me, the eldest brother, so embarrassed."
"Don't panic, everyone. Naturally, the fourth brother and the fourth younger brother and sister know best about this potato matter. Let's ask them first, won't we know?"
"Fourth brother, come up and explain."
The Fourth Prince walked up the stairs with graceful steps and said, "What the Eighth Prince said is not a lie."
Everyone started to explode again: "Is it really poisonous?"
"I ate it, what should I do?"
"Quick, I want to go home and ask the doctor to come and take a look at me."
"How can we let everyone eat something like this? Isn't this intentional!"
"That's right, it's too much!"
…
Lu Pheasant said: "Brother Si has not finished what he said. Under normal circumstances, potatoes are naturally edible and there is no problem at all."
"What about the abnormal times?"
"We have just discovered that if the potatoes are improperly stored and sprout, the substances inside will change. If you eat them at this time, you may indeed be poisoned..."
"What will happen?"
"It can range from self-healing to death. But these are all preventable..."
"To put it lightly, the high-yielding crops you and your wife have produced are sold so expensively. You also deliberately hid it from everyone. Maybe someone has died from eating it, but we don't know it yet."
"That's right. If Brother Eight hadn't exposed it in front of everyone, I don't know how long you would have kept it a secret."
The eighth prince's expression was very embarrassing and guilty: "Fourth brother, fourth sister-in-law, younger brother, younger brother, I didn't mean it. I'm just afraid that if everyone doesn't know, it may cause irreparable damage. That's why I wanted to do it right away. Tell everyone so that everyone can be mentally prepared."
"I didn't expect that they would be like this..."
The fourth elder brother and his wife had no time to react.
The eldest brother grabbed the spot and said, "That's enough! Fourth brother, if you are unhappy with anything, come to the eldest brother. What's going on with the eighth brother who bullied our Yanxi Palace?"
"Why, now that you people from Yonghe Palace have offended Yikun Palace and Chuxiu Palace, don't you want to offend Yanxi Palace as well?"
"It's so majestic!"
