Reborn as the Crippled King's Beloved
Chapter 392: Touching Her Sore Spot

Chapter 392: Chapter 392: Touching Her Sore Spot

Murong Jiu did not want Jun Yuyan to dream of his past life.

Such a tragic experience and outcome, she did not want him to go through it again in his dreams.

Jun Yuyan gently drew her into his arms and said to her, "Ah Jiu, I can no longer remember clearly, but in the dreams, I love you the same, love our two children, and I will always protect you three."

Murong Jiu hugged him back and nodded vigorously.

Jun Yuyan looked at the Buddha beads on her wrist, his eyes darkened.

He had not lied to Ah Jiu, he truly could not remember the things in the dreams. He felt as if he had lived a different life, but upon waking, he had forgotten everything. He only remembered that at the end, his soul seemed to be attached to the Buddha beads, seeing his Ah Jiu suffer much.

Fortunately, when he opened his eyes, Ah Jiu was lying peacefully beside him, sleeping soundly, breathing evenly, making his heart calm down as well.

The next day, Jun Yuyan went to the palace again.

Murong Jiu greatly admired his boundless energy; despite having slept so late the previous night, he was still lively the next day, showing no signs of fatigue.

She could not do the same, still feeling a bit weak in the waist and legs. After playing with Zhijin and Zhiyu for a while, she went back to sleep.

In the evening, when Jun Yuyan returned, he clung to her to continue their folly.

It was as if he wanted to make up for all the time lost.

She was both joyful and suffering; of course, the joy still outweighed the pain of a sore waist and aching legs.

One day, Jun Yuyan was again summoned by the Emperor to the palace. Murong Jiu had adapted much, and with daily exercise, she was not so easily worn out anymore. She then took Zhijin and Zhiyu to play in the garden.

Kai Xuan had grown extremely fast; now, when he jumped up, he was taller than a grown man. He came to the garden with them and found the highest artificial hill to lie on and sunbathe.

He already exhibited the demeanor of a wolf king, always vigilant, treating Zhijin and Zhiyu as his pups to protect. Sometimes when the two little ones played by the water, Kai Xuan would follow them closely.

He knew where it was dangerous and where it was not.

Time flew by quickly, and summer passed in the blink of an eye. The garden was now full of autumn chrysanthemums blooming competitively. The two little ones loved to pluck flower heads, tearing them apart to play.

Half of the garden’s chrysanthemums were destroyed by their hands.

But everyone in the mansion indulged them. Jun Yuyan specifically had the storeroom allocate more silver to the floral section; whatever flowers the children liked to pull, they bought. Their master also said that tearing flowers could practice their finger dexterity; in any case, they were unconditionally pampered.

Both little ones were beginning to teethe, their gums itching, and they liked to stuff everything into their mouths. Just then, as Murong Jiu was not attentive, the elder brother Zhijin shoved a big yellow chrysanthemum into his mouth.

Hong Yi acted swiftly and instantly pulled it out.

The little one pursed his lips, displeased and ready to pretend to cry.

But no one fell for that because he usually pretended to wail a few times. If he achieved his goal, he would laugh; if not, he would move on to something else. He was very good at finding a way out for himself, so tears were seldom seen.

There he was, waving his little chubby hands a few times. Failing to get it back, he turned his head to pull at other flowers.

Murong Jiu could not help but laugh.

Zhiyu was much more well-behaved; after eating a few times and being told she could not, she really did not try again, unlike her brother, who stuffed everything into his mouth.

Murong Jiu, seeing them play happily, also wore a smile on her face.

She sat back in the pavilion to drink some water and turned her head to see the flower room’s servants transporting pots of flowers, all bursting in their seasonal bloom.

There were also many wildflowers from the mountains, showing that the floral department did indeed put in effort.

Suddenly, her brow furrowed, and pointing at the last servant holding a flower pot, she said, "Wait a minute, you, stop right there."

As her words fell, Kai Xuan was the first to leap towards that servant, pinning him down fiercely; the flower pot shattered on the ground, and the servant was so frightened he almost wet himself.

The guards in the garden rushed over with utmost speed, pulling the servant’s arms behind his back and pinning him to the ground.

"Princess Consort, what has happened? Does this person have an issue?"

Steward Lin was startled by the sudden incident and quickly asked.

This servant was a household-born in Prince Mansion, whose parents were also servants there, known for their loyalty, which was why Steward Lin was so surprised.

"Princess Consort, I didn’t do anything!"

The servant boy said in a panic, his eyes also filled with confusion.

Murong Jiu looked at him and guessed that he might not be aware.

She pointed to the broken flowerpot and said, "There was poison hidden in the soil."

For some reason, her sense of smell had become increasingly sensitive, just now when they passed by the pavilion and the wind blew, she smelled a different scent, faint, but definitely some kind of poison.

Hong Yi picked up a stick and stirred the dirt, indeed seeing granular poison powder hidden among the soil.

"No one touch the soil with their hands, it’s highly toxic."

Murong Jiu said in a grave tone.

The reason it’s granular, not powder, the perpetrator hiding the poison must have worried that the flower stems would absorb the poison, which would be detected, preventing the flowers from being brought into Prince Mansion.

If she had not discerningly discovered the problem just now, in a few days, the flower stems would absorb the poison, and the petals would also become highly toxic.

Not to mention Xiao Zhijin might nibble on a flower, even if they plucked and crushed flowers with their hands, they would be poisoned.

Such a vicious plan!

The person behind the scenes must have known that Xiao Zhijin and Zhiyu liked flowers to devise such a poisonous strategy!

It seems there are people within Prince Mansion who cannot keep secrets well.

Even if they are not collaborators, they must be removed from the mansion.

"Princess Consort! I truly know nothing! My entire family are loyal servants, we wouldn’t dare harm our masters!"

The servant boy said hurriedly.

"I trust your character, your parents have been in Prince Mansion for a long time, and I trust their character as well. However, you were used by someone, and it almost caused a major disaster. Now I’ll give you a chance to redeem yourself by telling me every detail of what happened these past two days, without missing a word,"

Murong Jiu said gravely.

She must root out the person behind this!

To harm her child was to provoke her wrath!

She signaled Chun Tao with her eyes, and Chun Tao nodded, letting the nurse take the two young masters back first.

The servant boy didn’t dare hide anything and indeed recounted everything that had happened in the past two days, word for word.

Murong Jiu listened and knew, the stable boy he drank with had an issue, and immediately ordered the guard to capture him.

"Princess Consort, this boy tried to flee the mansion, but we brought him back; he definitely has an issue!"

The guard brought the nearly escaped servant boy forward.

The servant boy had already been severely beaten, breaking one of his legs, Prince Mansion’s guards were very experienced in interrogating suspects.

Without waiting for Murong Jiu to ask, the servant boy knelt on the ground and confessed everything.

"Princess Consort, Wang Mazi from Safety Alley approached me, gave me One Hundred Taels of silver, and asked me to find out about something."

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