An Eight-year-old Princess novel Chapter 705

The man in white looked at Yun Shang calmly. It seemed that he had already known who Yun Shang was. He greeted her with a smile, "Your highness."

Yun Shang quickly regained her composure and said, "Doctor, Please help check what poisoned Lord Hua Guo?

The man in white nodded, walked to the bedside, observed and took a pulse for Lord Hua Guo. He turned to the maids and asked, "Has His Lordship eaten the snow lotus?"

The maid was stunned. She seemed to have recalled something before she nodded. "Yes, His Lordship has some tonic soup every night when he comes back from the training ground. And the soup sent yesterday was just the snow lotus soup."

"That's it." The man in white stood up and said to Luo Qingyan, "there is a kind of plant looking similar to the snow lotus. It's called fluffy snow lotus and it's toxic. After being poisoned, the person will be as if he was frozen."

When Yun Shang heard what the man in white said, it suddenly occurred to her that she had seen this kind of thing in a book and it was even rarer than a snow lotus. She didn't expect that she would encounter this rare poison.

"Is it life-threatening? Do you have any antidote? " Luo Qingyan didn't care what the poison was. He only cared about whether the poison could be removed.

The man in white hesitated for a moment and then nodded. "Yes, I happen to have one of the most crucial herb to detoxify it. This poison is not fatal, but it is difficult to detoxify. Even if all the herbs are well prepared, it will take about two months to completely detoxify it. And there is no other way."

The poison was not fatal, but it would take a long time to get rid of it. Yun Shang frowned. She figured out why the murderer chose this poison.

The purpose was to prevent Lord Hua Guo from leading his army out. If Lord Hua Guo couldn't lead the army, then Luo Qingyan was the only person who was able to lead troops and terrify Cangjue Qingsu.

Yun Shang's smile turned to a cold one. She raised her eyes and looked at Luo Qingyan who was lost in thought as well. He nodded at the man in white and said, "You go prepare the herbs to cure Lord Hua Guo."

Then he turned to Yun Shang, "Lady Hua Guo hasn't been informed yet, I'm afraid you have to bother to tell her."

Yun Shang nodded slightly. It would take about two months to recover. It was impossible to hide that long. Yun Shang glanced at Lord Hua Guo in the bed, turned around, and went downstairs to the yard where Lady Hua Guo lived.

When Yun Shang arrived, she told her the whole story in detail without reservation. Lady Hua Guo looked pale when she heard that Lord Hua Guo was poisoned. After Yun Shang told the details, she gradually came to herself. She was silent for a moment before she said, "I always thought that no one is suspicious in our mansion, but I didn't expect that I fell into the trap. It's my fault. I felt sorry for Qingyan."

Then she stood up and hurried to Lord Hua Guo's room.

Yun Shang held Lady Hua Guo with her hands and said hastily, "Grandma, please don't say that. It's our fault. Qingyan and I haven't consider it thoroughly, making grandpa become someone's target."

The man in white would treat Lord Hua Guo and the people behind the trick were not difficult to guess. After a while, Yun Shang and Luo Qingyan were driven away by Lady Hua Guo.

When they went back to the yard, Yun Shang stopped at the door. "I'm afraid you will have to lead the army since Lord Hua Guo has been poisoned."

Luo Qingyan frowned and answered in a hoarse voice, "Not necessarily." Then he went straight to the study.

Yun Shang halted her steps for a while and then went back to her room.

When Qin Yi helped Yun Shang take off her cloak, Qian Zhuo walked in. "Did Your Highness ask a secret guard to investigate Granny Ying's family in the Yue Qian City?"

Yun Shang nodded, "Yes. Is there any result?"

Qian Zhuo gave Yun Shang a piece of paper. "A secret guard sent this just now."

Yun Shang took it over, unfolded it, and looked at it with a sneer, "I knew it."

Qin Yi looked at Yun Shang curiously and asked, "Is it that nobody in the Yue Qian City surnamed Ying?"

Yun Shang smiled and handed the paper to Qin Yi, "Of course not. Ying is the most common surname in the Yue Qian City. There are so many people who have the surname of Ying and many of them lost their families in the flood."

Yun Shang walked to the desk and thought for a while. She said to Qian Zhuo, "Go find the butler and ask him to bring me the account book of the Yuan mountain villa. I want to check it carefully."

Qian Ying answered and fetched the account book in a hurry.

Yun Shang opened the account book and looked carefully. She suddenly remembered the purchase list from Steward Liu yesterday morning. It had potato seeds on it. Yun Shang found the word "potato" in the account book and compared it with the handwriting in the list. It was really two different styles.

After that, Yun Shang stood up and walked outside, heading to Luo Qingyan's study. She didn't return to her room until midnight.

At noon of the next day, Yun Shang heard a maid report, "Your Highness, the seventh princess is here to see you."

Yun Shang was reading a book with only a robe on her. Hearing this, she smiled and nodded. She stood up and went to the bed, lifted the quilt and lied down.

Footsteps vaguely came from outside. It was Hua Yutong. Then Yun Shang said to Qin Yi loudly, "Yutong is coming. Qin Yi, help me up." She looked much paler than a while ago.

Just then, Hua Yutong opened the curtain and came in. She was surprised to see Yun Shang and immediately walked to the bedside. She sat down and asked with a clear voice, "Shang'er, what's wrong? Why are you looking so pale?"

Yun Shang was surprised. She touched her face and asked, "Am I looking that pale?"

Qin Yi opened her mouth but didn't say anything. Only then did Lydia realize that she might have said something wrong. She just bit her lips and said, "Just a little bit."

Yun Shang let out a soft sign. "Have you known Lord Hua Guo has been poisoned?"

Hua Yutong was stunned. "Poisoned?"

"What? Din't you know?" Yun Shang opened her eyes wide and remained silent for a moment. Then she said, "Yesterday, Lord Hua Guo was poisoned. The physician found out that he ate something similar to snow lotus by accident. The poison was not fatal, but it was very troublesome to detoxify it. It would take at least two months even we could get all the herbs."

A tinge of panic flashed across Hua Yutong's eyes. She said hastily, "How could? I haven't heard of it at all. I'll go back to Lord Hua Guo's mansion to have a look later."

She paused for a while before continued, "But if it's not fatal? Why are you so worried?"

Yun Shang sighed slightly and smiled bitterly. "Tong'er, you might not kmow that the State of Yelang has been making trouble at the frontier a few days ago. Our soldiers and generals there have been suffering a lot. The Emperor has specially ordered Lord Hua Guo to lead the army to the frontier, in order to frighten those savages there. Everything has been ready, but Lord Hua Guo was poisoned all of a sudden. Now only His Highness could take the mission.

Yun Shang forced a smile and continued, "But I'm pregnant now and I've been in poor health. I've always hoped that His Highness could be with me, but... The interest of the country is more important, and I don't want to be his burden."