C136 I Don't Doubt Anyone!

Gu Mengyue volunteered, “Don’t mention about Seventh Brother, even about Little Jiu, I have to help her. They won’t dare to tell the truth. I asked Sang Yibao to go and ask around. He is much more familiar with the palace than you.”

Sang Yibao bowed and said, “Your Royal Highness, please wait a moment. I will go now.”

Gu Xinghe watched the white-faced, weak-looking eunuch go and then asked Gu Mengyue, “Didn’t your mother-in-law always oppose you to hang out with this eunuch all day? Why don’t you know how to restrain yourself?”

“What’s wrong with an eunuch? Does an eunuch not have emotions? I think Sang Yibao is very good. Although he is weak, he is polite, kind, and responsible. In this huge palace, he is the only one who understands me. I like to stay with him. I don’t have any worries,” Gu Mengyue said happily.

Gu Xinghe couldn’t say anything about her. He only gave her a few general instructions, “You should stay away from him. You are a daughter of a lady. If others spread rumors about you, it will not be good.”

“Auntie is the one who spoils the boy. They won’t dare to say anything. They are just picking on the weak. I didn’t do anything dirty with Sang Yibao.” Gu Mengyue was a little unhappy.

Gu Xinghe knew that she was close to Sang Yibao. Gu Mengyue’s mother, the Grand Concubine Wang, was very favored in the past. She was competitive and easily jealous. Later on, she gradually lost her favor. Perhaps because she had a daughter, she didn’t care about Gu Mengyue.

Gu Mengyue loved to eat and drink with her mother since she was a child. She liked to follow him. When she was a little older, a eunuch named Sang Yibai was assigned to her palace. She got to know this eunuch.

Sang Yibai came back after a while. He bowed and said, “Princess, Your Highness. I have asked. That day, it was indeed Consort Jing who gave some candies to the young maidservants.”

“Everyone ate two or three candies. There was no problem. Consort Jing didn’t have such a heart to the palace servants. I don’t know why she thought of the palace servants that day.”

“Judging from the situation, we can’t be sure if the candies were poisoned or if the palace maidservants poisoned them on purpose.”

Gu Xinghe frowned, “I feel that something is wrong. Consort Jing isn’t such a kind person. But she wanted to harm Little Jiu and Red Jade. If it was Little Jiu, how would she know that Red Jade would give the candies to Little Jiu? If it was Red Jade, what kind of enmity could she have with a maidservant?”

“Sang Yibai, have you asked Red Jade if she offended Consort Jing?”

Sang Yibai shook his head, “Red Jade just entered the palace not long ago. She was in the Crown Prince’s palace and was far away from Red Leaves Hall. I don’t think she would be involved. If Your Highness is worried, why don’t you ask Red Jade?”

Red Jade was confined in her own room. Gu Xinghe asked her that when he went.

“Fifth Prince, I really don’t want to harm the ninth princess. The candies were really given to me by Consort Jing.”

“Then what kind of hatred do you have with her? Why did she poison you to death?”

Hong Yu’s eyes were full of tears. She thought for a while and her eyes darkened. She then said, “This servant really didn’t know when she offended her. This servant has never seen her before.”

Gu Xinghe could only say, “You better take care of yourself. If Little Nine is lucky, someone will help you. If anything happens to her, no one can save you.”

He threw the words out.

Hong Yu sat by the door and hugged her legs. “Is no one willing to believe me just because my status is low? I was kind enough to give her candy to eat. Why do I have to be blamed when something happens to her?”

She wiped her tears and felt wronged. She made a decision in her heart, “One day, I will become a person of high status. There will be people who will let me and take care of me. Just you wait…”

When Gu Jun’an brought a woman in black, the woman glanced at Lan Qingqian on the bed and couldn’t help but pinch her. “She is really soft and tender. She is very pretty. I can’t help but to take her to make medicine.”

Gu Jun’an glanced at her coldly, “Move your hand away. Don’t touch anything that you shouldn’t touch. Otherwise, you will be in trouble.”

Lü Qi turned her head, “Do you really think that the golden doll is very precious? You can’t even touch it.”

She held her eyelids and checked her eyes carefully. Then, she took her pulse and let the doctor tell her about Lan Qingqian’s condition for the past two days.

Lü Qi asked, “Then what did you find?”

“Not for now, but she hasn’t finished the poison yet. Go get it!” Gu Jun’an ordered San Qi.

San Qi took the broken sugar and went to the room. He closed the door with a bang and didn’t come out for a long time.

San Qi stood at the door and said, “Your Royal Highness, is she reliable?”

“Watch your mouth. If you can’t speak, I’ll make you deaf!”

San Qi immediately shut his mouth.

It was almost evening when the door finally opened. Lü Qi came out with a basket of different-sized and different-colored herbs.

“How can she be so cruel? She gave such a big dose to a kid. She doesn’t want to leave any room. Luckily, she didn’t drink too much. Otherwise, even the gods can’t save her.”

Gu Jun’an told San Qi to boil the herbs and let her drink it.

San Qi took the ointment and asked, “How long will she wake up?”

“At least three to four days!” Lü Qi was a bit uncertain.

San Qi looked at Gu Jun’an like he was a quack and said, “Your Royal Highness, why don’t we ask Mr. Heng Yucheng for help?”

Lü Qi exploded, “You look down on me. How can I be worse than Heng Yucheng? He can use medicine, I can use medicine. He can’t use medicine and I don’t dare to use poison. I use poison to cure him. He’s worse than me when it comes to using poison!”

Lu Qi didn’t want to hear that she was not as good as her senior brother.

“I don’t dare to give this little girl too much medicine. I am afraid that she will have some side effects. Otherwise, I can wake her up on the spot. Do you believe me?” As he spoke, he rolled up his sleeves and was about to increase the dosage.

Gu Jun’an said, “Don’t doubt the people you use. San Qi, send Doctor Lu Qi back!”

“Seventh Prince, don’t forget what you promised me. If you can’t do it, I will poison your entire manor!” Lu Qi was afraid that she would go back on her word, so she deliberately reminded him.

After he left, the room became quiet again.

Gu Jun’an sighed. The sudden silence made him feel a bit scared.

He loved this quietness the most in the past, but now he missed the noise when she was here.

He smoothed the hair on her forehead and murmured, “Little thing, wake up quickly. Without you, this manor is like a pool of dead water.”

He stayed by the bedside for two days. Gu Jun’an didn’t even bother to look at him. Her clothes were a bit messy, and she looked a bit haggard.

San Qi came in. “Your Highness, go take a rest. Change your subordinate to guard. Your subordinate will definitely watch without blinking.” San Qi was afraid that he would ruin his body.

Gu Jun’an waved his hand. “No need. You can go back after changing the medicine.”

Gu Jun’an looked at the sunset outside the room and touched her face. It was already the third day after she took the medicine.

He hadn’t rested for four or five days ever since the incident.