An Ruowan's eyes were full of disbelief. She stepped forward and held Gu Beichen's wrist. All the veins were normal. Logically speaking, this situation would not happen!
Gu Beichen stared at An Ruowan's expression, seeing that her panicked expression was not fake, and calmly pulled his wrist away from her hand.
"I believe you, it must not be your medical skills that are the problem."
An Ruowan frowned, "I also checked the prince's pulse. The pulse was normal and there was nothing wrong with it."
"It's okay, you can continue with the acupuncture." Gu Beichen said calmly: "I've been waiting for these two legs for so many years, and I don't mind waiting a little longer."
"Let me check the prince's legs first."
An Ruowan placed the things needed for acupuncture on the table next to her, and suddenly her eyes touched the medicine bowl on the table.
Out of nowhere, she picked up the medicine bowl on the table and put it under the tip of her nose and smelled it. Her pupils shrank suddenly!
Gu Beichen noticed An Ruowan's expression and his deep gaze fell on the medicine bowl, "Someone poisoned the medicine?"
An Ruowan turned back with the medicine bowl and looked at Gu Beichen with serious eyes, "This medicine contains peony root, which conflicts with the schisandra chinensis in the prescription. Strictly speaking, it is not considered poisoning, so I don't care. You can't tell anything by checking your pulse."
"Qingfeng." An Ruowan asked Qingfeng, "Who are the people who usually prepare medicine for the prince?"
"This..." Qingfeng looked at Gu Beichen.
Gu Beichen raised his chin slightly and said, "When the princess asks a question, just answer it."
"yes."
Qingfeng said to An Ruowan: "The people who are responsible for making medicine for the prince on weekdays are two of the prince's close servants. They signed a death contract with the prince's palace and they should not do anything detrimental to the prince."
An Ruowan's eyes darkened, "You'll know after you try it."
"Just tell those two people that the prince's medicine was spilled and ask them to brew it again. You will guard them secretly."
Qingfeng nodded in agreement.
An Ruowan turned around and gave Gu Beichen an injection to bleed!
Three blood holes appeared in the tiger's mouth, and gurgling blood flowed out. An Ruowan neatly cleaned up the blood.
"My lord, don't worry. It was too early to discover this matter. Your lord will be able to stand up again tomorrow."
Gu Beichen lowered his eyes, rubbed his legs with his palms, and suddenly said something irrelevant, "Don't take what Grand Master Luo said that day to heart."
An Ruowan paused with the finger that pricked Gu Beichen's needle, and lowered her eyes with a deep look, "Of course I didn't take it to heart."
Her tone was leisurely, as if she was jokingly reminding Gu Beichen, "Your Majesty, you should be careful. Every word of what Master Luo said at my grandmother's birthday banquet was aimed at you, Your Majesty."
"He is swaying around in troubled waters in the court. It's better for the prince to be careful."
"oh?"
Gu Beichen raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at An Ruowan with a searching look in his eyes, "The princess has only returned to the capital for a few months, but she knows Taishi Luo's character very well."
An Ruowan's hand suddenly shook, and a small drop of bright red blood was pricked on Gu Beichen's arm.
Seeing her reaction, Gu Beichen curled his lips and said, "It hurts."
"I'm giving the prince an injection... don't be distracted!"
An Ruowan buried her head and continued to give Gu Beichen acupuncture, as if to avoid this topic.
Qingfeng's movements were also very fast. In less than half an hour, he lifted a person into the courtyard and kicked him down!
The man knelt on the ground and desperately begged for mercy, "Your Majesty! I have no choice but to do this! I don't dare anymore! I really don't dare anymore!"
"Qingzhu, I have never treated you harshly. Why did you do this?"
Qingzhu kowtowed until his forehead was bruised, "Slave... because of greed, I drank too much outside a few days ago. After drinking, I accidentally beat a man to death... Someone helped me pay for the trouble."
"As long as the slave adds some medicine to the prince's daily medicine, the medicine will not be fatal. He said it will only make the prince's body...weak... The slave really doesn't dare!"
Gu Beichen just looked at Qingfeng, and Qingfeng lifted the person on the ground and said, "Let's go!"
The people on the ground panicked and begged for mercy, "Your Majesty, please spare me this time! Please spare me this time!!"
The voice was gradually dragged away, and An Ruowan joked, "I thought Prince Rong's palace was impregnable."
Gu Beichen smiled faintly, "No matter how impregnable it is, it can't compete with human nature. Just like Miss An can help me heal my leg now, she may also deal with me for other things in the future."
"Your Majesty, there is no need to test me."
An Ruowan put away the silver needle and looked at the man in the wheelchair, "Since I said I want to help the prince, even if there is a dead end ahead, even if I hit the south wall, I will never look back."
Even after An Ruowan left for a long time, Gu Beichen still thought about the words she said when she left.
"My lord, the person has been dealt with. He doesn't know who the person behind it is, he only knows that it is a man."
Gu Beichen said in a calm voice, "The person who ordered him to drug me is not stupid. He will not expose his identity so quickly. You should carefully check the people in the house and make sure to eliminate them tonight!"
"Yes, my lord, don't worry."
It had just turned dark and An Ruowan had just returned to the house with Caihuan when another news came from the side door.
An Ruowan took off her hairpin in front of the bronze mirror, "How much do you want this time?"
"Five hundred taels of silver."
"He is really open-minded. He just got the one hundred taels last night and lost everything today."
An Ruowan raised her eyes and looked at herself in the mirror, curled her lips and smiled, "Take the key and get it from the warehouse. Caihuan, go and give it to him."
"It's Miss."
In the next half month, Song Zhiming seemed to have tasted the sweetness. Every now and then, he came to the side door to hit the autumn breeze, and An Ruowan also did it every time.
That night, Caihuan had just finished delivering the silver and complained to An Ruowan when she came back, "Miss, all these things add up, he has taken one thousand five hundred taels of silver from you! This is a bottomless pit, you can't do it anymore Gave him money."
Tuk-tuk-tuk!
As soon as Caihuan finished speaking, there was movement in front of An Ruowan's window. She made a shushing gesture to Caihuan and leaned forward to push the window open.
A black bird appeared in front of her window with a note tied to its leg.
An Ruowan took down the note, which was written by Gu Beichen, asking her to meet outside the bamboo forest in the eastern suburbs tomorrow.
She collected the note and said to Caihuan: "Let's make some plans for this matter. I understand. Please step back."
"Yes, miss."
It was past noon the next day, and An Ruowan left the colorful ring in the yard and took a carriage to the bamboo forest in the eastern suburbs.
Outside the bamboo forest in the eastern suburbs, there was an osmanthus building. Qingfeng was standing outside waiting for her, "Princess, the prince has been waiting for a long time."
An Ruowan followed Qingfeng in and saw a chessboard placed on a rather simple table in the room.
Gu Beichen sat on one side, "Are you interested in playing chess with me?"
Walking over and sitting on the other side, An Ruowan looked at the incomplete chess game on the chessboard, "Is the prince playing chess or making plans?"
