"Poison and not normal poison.." The healer confirms after examining Zemin "most probably the poison of boomslang snake."
Xingchen sits beside Zemin helplessly "Is he going to be ok ?"
"The chances are low. I don't think emperor Zemin had done his poison training in childhood."
Zixuan gives out a shaky breath. Every prince undergoes poison training in childhood when they are fed a little bit of snake poison in his every meal. This way the body gets immune to a certain amount of poison. But Zemin was away from palace .. he was never..
Xingchen's body shakes in fear. "Boomslang snake can kill within a day. Do something..please .."
"It will be better if we can make his highness puke. But his highness has no sense now. If I could know how much poison.....
"That hutalang soup ... He ate that hutalang soup... Yaad made for him. Xingchen points at the bedside table.."
Zixuan's eyes shoot up "what ?"
Healer picks up the bowl and smells the remaining content.
Zixuan grits his teeth "guards ! Arrest Yaad right now..."
"No poison in it."
Xingchen looks up in confusion. "But the bowl had blue hue ...it ..
Xingchen's eyes falls on the bowl. "It's not the bowl. Someone changed it."
Yuzu who was making a medicine paste with Meimei stops. Why he feels like something bad is going to happen.
"Master .." Meimei calls in worry.
"No .. make the paste first." Yuzu shakes his head.
"Gather everyone who came in this room with us." Zixuan orders with a stern expression.
"Your highness, you can't doubt us just like this." One of the general protests.
"Nobody is doubting ...." Xingchen stops as guards draggs Yaad in the room. Xingchen's blood boils.
He stands in front of Yaad in hurried steps and slaps his face with his full force. "Why. Did. You. Poison. Zemin ?"
Yaad holds his face with teary eye "I didn't. Why are you framing me ?"
"Framing you ?" Xingchen was about to slap again but Zixuan holds him back.
"You go help Yuzu. I will take care of him." Zixuan pushes Xingchen away from Yaad.
Xingchen covers his face in distress. He is losing control. He needs to calm down.
Zixuan stands in front of Yaad this time "Did you make hutalang soup for Zemin ?"
"Yes I did."
"Why did you put poison in it ?"
"I didn't, he is my husband. Why would I do that ?" Yaad protests "Xingchen is framing me."
"Why would he frame you ?"
"Because he doesn't like me being close to my husband. He holds grudges against me and his highness. I guess, he is the one who poisoned his highness."
"HOw DARE YOU?" Xingchen shouts from other side of the room.
"Don't shout. What do you think ? I don't know ? You also made porridge for his highness today. And you didn't even let him eat my hutalang soup. He ate your porridge." Yaad shouts.
Zixuan frowns.
"What ? Emperor Zixuan , Empress Yuzu .. I saw both of you visiting his highness today and you two also saw him .. right ?"
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Guard Dog
Historical FictionHe was just a chief minister who fell in love with a prince. He expected trouble. But he never expected his love was part of a big scheme. The prince whom he loved with his heart and soul , never loved him back. The prince was just faking it to ga...
