The Little King

47 | Concealing Evil intentions

Translator: PastTimer

Editor: PastTimer
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This sudden turn stunned everyone present, Xia Xi was even more shocked looking at the child standing in front of him. After a long time, he found his voice, "Chun'er, you... you can talk?"

Xia Chun didn't have time to answer him, instead, he glared at Cai Huan and asked sternly: "What did you put in it?" He hadn't spoken for a long time, his voice was a little hoarse, and his tone wasn't very standard, but it was indeed words coming out of his mouth.

Cai Huan didn't expect him to speak, nor use this attitude or tone to question herself. Her face flushed with panic but she tried to stabilize herself, saying: "I just added some tonics such as red dates and longan. What did I put? You, what do you mean?" As soon as she finished speaking, Xia Chun pushed the bowl in front of her and said with certainty: "You have a sip."

Cai Huan was stunned, her face paled, "What?"

Xia Chun stared at her tightly, saying word by word: "If you take a sip, I'll believe you!"

Cai Huan quickly reacted and said loudly: "Why do I need you to believe me? Where did you come from? This soup is especially boiled for His Highness, and it's to supplement his nutrition. I've been with His Highness for so long, how could you say that I have the mind to hurt him? Do you know what you're talking about?" Faced with her aggressive appearance, even the old servant in the Palace, Lan Duo'er, couldn't help but tremble. Although Cai Huan was far from favoured, she was also a noble concubine. She was above tens of thousands of people in the harem and no one dared to look down on her. But Xia Chun didn't become timid or scared facing her. He just repeated: "If you take a sip, I'll believe you!"

Blue veins jumped out of Cai Huan's forehead, she hurriedly turned to Xia Xi and said aggrievedly: "His Highness, you call the shots, I just kindly gave you soup but this kid makes it seem like I want to kill you. I- I've been wronged..."

Xia Xi had never encountered such a situation before, he hesitated for a while. He thought about it and gently pulled at Xia Chun's wrist to say warmly: "Chun'er, don't do this, I'll just refuse to drink it at most. Cai Huan won't hurt me, you should apologize to her." Cai Huan said quickly: "I don't dare to receive this apology. Your Majesty, I'd better go. I won't come anymore, who knows if someone else will blame me again if something happens.." She wanted to stand up angrily but her body was suddenly was pulled back by Xia Chun, she immediately fell back on the chair. The next instant, a shimmering knife was placed on her neck, making her dare not even move.

This development was even more unexpected and shocking than Xia Chun's previous words. Regardless of the other's horrified eyes, Xia Chun only stared at Cai Huan and said, "Will you drink it yourself, or should I make you?"

The heat of the thick white soup had slowly dissipated, and the originally strong aroma had also faded. At this time, everyone looked at the bowl of soup and felt that it contained strong poison.

Cai Huan's originally ruddy face turned pale, her lips trembled slightly and her body tensed to the extreme. She looked at the child in front of her in horror. In the silence, a Palace servant announced: "The doctor is here."

It turned out that Lan Duo'er saw that the situation wasn't quite right, so she quietly ordered some people to fetch an imperial doctor. The reason the imperial doctor came so quickly was because Xia Xi was about to give birth, there were always imperial doctors waiting in the side halls, worrying about any possible accidents. As soon as the Palace staff went to invite one, they rushed over immediately.

When the imperial doctor arrived, Xia Xi and his maids let out sighs of relief, but the others still looked sullen. The imperial doctor looked at the situation. Although the person who fetched the imperial doctor briefly mentioned the situation, when he still saw the child who dared to put a sharp blade on the imperial concubine's neck he couldn't help but admire his courage. At the same time, he couldn't help but feel a little frightened. He saluted Xia Xi, and Xia Xi hurriedly said: "Worry not, imperial physician, there's something that can't be concluded here and you still need to judge it." He said to Xia Chun again: "Chun'er put the knife down first. Give the soup to the imperial physician for examination. If this is a false assumption, then you must apologize to Cai Huan."