The Aloof Lord's Mysterious Wife
Chapter 289: You Can Just Send the Money

Chapter 289: You Can Just Send the Money

Therefore, Xie Beihan had to start forming hand seals again.

This time he did it a little faster, and it didn’t look as awkward as before.

Everyone held their breath nervously, afraid that any slight noise would disturb Xie Beihan and cause him to start over again.

This time, Xie Beihan didn’t admit to making a mistake.

But when he pointed his fingers at the talisman, there was no response.

Emperor Muwu, patience wearing thin, asked, "Did you make another mistake?"

Scratching his head, Xie Beihan unexpectedly took out a book from his arms. "Your Majesty, please wait a moment. Let me take a quick look first and review."

Ye Chengyan’s mouth twitched violently.

In the time wasted, hadn’t the imperial physician already finished scraping the rotten flesh?

He couldn’t help but speak up, "Cousin, after learning from Aunt, you’ve spent so much time on this. Now, even using a talisman is so difficult for you. You really should reflect on yourself."

"Indeed," Xie Beihan replied earnestly while reading the book. "It’s all because this talisman is different from usual. It requires some skill to activate it. I don’t have any skill, so I can only rely on forming the seals."

He wasn’t upset at all, but rather had some self-awareness and didn’t dwell too much on it.

Soon, he felt that he had memorized the hand seal movements and steps, so he started again.

Xie Beihan failed twice and delayed for so long that everyone had lost hope.

But unexpectedly, he succeeded on the third try. The talisman floated up and, under Xie Beihan’s control, ignited and fell into the cup.

After the talisman fell into the water, there was no trace left in the water.

Emperor Muwu was almost moved to tears. "Is this a success? Finally succeeded?"

Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Xie Beihan, after completing the hand seal, felt as if all his strength had been drained from his body.

He sat directly on the stool, nodding. "Yes, Crown Prince cousin, drink the water quickly, or it will lose its effectiveness soon."

Watching Princess Liu form the hand seals, she did it effortlessly. Why did he feel like he had lost half his life as soon as he tried it himself?

Indeed, this art was not so easy to learn.

Ye Chengyan finally waited for this moment. With tears in his eyes, he drank the water from the talisman.

Actually, by now, he didn’t hold much hope, since this was the talisman water made by his cousin.

But he was wrong.

As soon as he drank the water, a force began to move rapidly within his body, gathering in his right hand, where the wound was, and black blood slowly oozed out.

The imperial physician was shocked to see this scene. This talisman was like a miraculous elixir!

When he regained his senses, he quickly said, "Your Highness, put your hand down and let the black blood flow out slowly. This will completely remove the poison."

He prepared a vessel to catch the black blood.

Ye Chengyan nodded excitedly and let his hand hang naturally. In an instant, the pain had alleviated significantly.

His cousin had finally done something reliable.

Emperor Muwu and Empress Xie breathed a sigh of relief, and their faces improved a lot.

The imperial physician didn’t need to worry about Ye Chengyan’s condition and hurriedly treated Emperor Muwu.

Fortunately, the poison on Emperor Muwu’s hand was not much. There were only one or two small blisters, which could be punctured, and then needles could be used to expel the poison.

Even so, Empress Xie was heartbroken, and her eyes turned red.

Although the poison hadn’t entered his meridians, seeing blood was still weakening Emperor Muwu’s body to some extent.

It was already late, and the colorful twilight had appeared.

After the poison was expelled from Emperor Muwu’s blood, the imperial physician hurriedly went to investigate the situation with the sour plum soup.

Even the silver needles couldn’t detect any toxicity.

"This poison is so powerful? Even the silver needles couldn’t detect it?" The imperial physician was amazed.

Or perhaps, the sour plum soup was not poisonous at all, and Emperor Muwu and the Crown Prince’s hands were contaminated with something else.

Emperor Muwu felt something was amiss and asked, "Has the Ninth Prince left the palace?"

Ye Chengyan replied, "When I came over, the Ninth Prince had already left the palace."

Emperor Muwu initially wanted to send someone to summon Ye Siheng back to the palace, but at this moment, a soft voice came from the corner, "Your Majesty, was ice added to the sour plum soup at the beginning?"

Everyone turned to look and saw the gentle and obedient Fan Yunxi speaking.

Xie Beihan happened to meet her gaze and hesitated for a moment before quickly turning his head away.

Emperor Muwu, prompted by her reminder, immediately pointed to the bowl of ice that was almost melted. "Quick, check it!"

There was hardly any ice left, and it was floating on the surface of the water.

The imperial physician quickly used a silver needle to test it, and indeed, it had turned black!

Emperor Muwu’s face turned cold. "So that’s it. There was poison in the ice cubes. Initially, when the ice hadn’t melted, the eunuch who tasted it wouldn’t have detected anything. But as the ice melted slightly, the poison seeped out, making the sour plum soup poisonous!"

The person who poisoned it was indeed very cunning!

And they had planned this for a long time!

Because the ice used in summer was collected in winter.

These poisonous ice cubes must have been made back then, just waiting to be used today.

Ye Chengyan was secretly shocked. "Father, the illnesses in the palace are arranged by the Ice Warehouse. There are ten Ice Warehouses under its command."

"That’s right, and to be able to deliver poisonous ice cubes to me, it must have been meticulously planned," Emperor Muwu said.

If it weren’t for the Crown Prince’s intervention, he would have already drunk the sour plum soup and met his demise.

He immediately ordered the Grand Minister of the Court to investigate the matter thoroughly.

This person was cunning and vicious, and he must be brought to justice!

At this point, the poison in Ye Chengyan’s hand had already flowed out for the most part.

The imperial physician checked and found that the wound showed signs of improvement. He joyfully said, "There’s no need to scrape the flesh. As long as we apply some anti-inflammatory powder, the wound will heal quickly."

This talisman for expelling poison was truly powerful.

But when he thought about how Xie Beihan had struggled so much to use it, he immediately dismissed the idea of asking for it from the Ninth Princess.

After Ye Chengyan was bandaged, he felt somewhat ashamed. "Cousin, I owe you a lot for today."

Without scraping the flesh, he was spared a lot of pain.

He shouldn’t have spoken like that earlier.

Xie Beihan straightened his back a bit and waved his hand with a smile. "It’s nothing."

But inside, he was wondering.

What about me?

What reward do I get?

Unexpectedly, Emperor Muwu turned his head away as if he hadn’t seen Xie Beihan’s hopeful gaze.

Ye Chengyan awkwardly laughed. "Cousin, I just got a set of white jade cups. I’ll have someone send them to your mansion later."

Xie Beihan didn’t beat around the bush. "Just give me money."

Ye Chengyan regretted it. Although he was the Crown Prince, the Eastern Palace had huge expenses, and whether it was from the public treasury or his private funds, they were both as poor as church mice.