The Farm Girl's Charismatic Fortune-Chapter 354 - 350 Poisoned

Ruo Xuan was eating when suddenly, a bump appeared on her face. She scratched it and continued eating, then another appeared, and then another. Red spots started to pop up like zizania after a rain shower.

The Empress Dowager, sitting beside Ruo Xuan, saw her scratching her face and turned to look, her face filled with shock, "Xuanbao, what’s wrong?"

Ruo Xuan: "My face is so itchy, and so is my body."

Ruo Xuan said and tried to scratch again.

The Empress Dowager and Aunt Yuhua immediately grabbed her hands, "Xuanbao, you mustn’t scratch! It will scar your face."

"Princess Xuanbao, you really mustn’t scratch! It will disfigure your face!"

"Quick, send for the Imperial Physician!" the Empress Dowager commanded, gripping Ruo Xuan’s hand tightly.

The commotion on this side alarmed those around.

Xuanyuan Que quickly left his seat.

Lady of Zhenguo Duke: "Empress Dowager, Princess Wuyou suddenly fell severely ill, and we don’t know if it’s contagious. You shouldn’t get close to her."

The Empress Dowager gave her a cold glance: "Shut up!"

Then she declared, "Whoever dares to leave their seat, whoever dares to move around at will, shall be executed without mercy!"

Upon hearing this, everyone dared not move, not even daring to breathe loudly.

Princess Kangyi turned pale. How could it have happened so quickly?

Wasn’t it supposed to take effect later at night after returning home?

Princess Kangyi subconsciously looked towards that figure in pink.

Yin Xiaoxue’s face was calm, and she did not look at anyone, her head bowed submissively, as if afraid to move.

She had only glanced at Yan Jiaojiao when the trouble first began.

Xuanyuan Que came to Ruo Xuan’s side, and seeing the numerous red rashes on her face, he grimly took her wrist to check her pulse.

Only then did the Empress Dowager remember her grandson also knew medical arts.

Xiaojiu had read all kinds of books since he was young, often reading whenever he had nothing else to do. She deeply suspected her grandson knew everything.

After a while, Xuanyuan Que let go of her hand.

The Empress Dowager anxiously asked, "How is Xuanbao?"

"She has been poisoned." Xuanyuan Que took out a bottle from his bosom and gave Ruo Xuan a pill.

Ruo Xuan did not take it, she didn’t want to eat it, she wanted to wait for the Imperial Physician to come, to confirm the reason for her poisoning before taking any medicine.

Xuanyuan Que directly stuffed the pill into her mouth!

This flower has really learned the tricks, even using self-harm as a ploy!

The moment the pill was in her mouth, Xuanyuan Que catalyzed it with his spiritual power and increased the bitterness by a hundredfold using his spiritual power.

Ruo Xuan, forced to swallow the pill, remained silent.

"Bitter... bitter... bitter..."

She hurriedly reached for a water cup on the table.

The Empress Dowager quickly took it away, "You can’t drink this!"

Who knows if this water is poisoned!

"But it’s so bitter!" The Divine Lord Xuanyuan’s spiritual power was stronger than hers; she couldn’t suppress the bitterness with her own spiritual power.

That’s so mean!

The Empress Dowager said to Yuhua, "Get a cup of water for Xuanbao."

Yuhua responded and was about to leave, but the Empress Dowager added, "Never mind, who knows if the water in Duke Residence is poisoned!"

The people of Duke Residence all changed their expressions.

The Empress Dowager paid them no heed and began searching in her sleeve, pulling out a piece of candy for Ruo Xuan.

Ruo Xuan quickly unwrapped the candy and put it into her mouth.

But even the candy tasted bitter.

Woo, even the sweets couldn’t mask the bitterness given by the Divine Lord Xuanyuan!

She couldn’t help but quietly stomp on his foot.

Xuanyuan Que expressionlessly allowed her to stomp, refusing to alleviate her bitterness.

This flower needed a lesson, or she would continue to take her body lightly.

Though she possessed Immortal Technique, there were poisons so severe among humankind that she could be dead before she even had a chance to employ her Immortal Technique.

Therefore, one must never take one’s own body lightly.

The Imperial Physician hadn’t arrived yet, and seeing that the rash on Ruo Xuan’s face hadn’t faded, the Empress Dowager couldn’t help but say, "Why hasn’t the Imperial Physician arrived yet!"

No one dared to speak. It hadn’t been that long, had it?

The person sent to fetch the Imperial Physician probably hadn’t even reached the Imperial Medical Bureau yet, had they?

The Empress Dowager held on to Ruo Xuan’s hand tightly, fearing she would start scratching her face raw. She said with concern, "Xuanbao, are you in much discomfort? Is it very itchy?"

Ruo Xuan shook her head, then nodded, "It’s not itchy anymore, but the medicine is too bitter!"

The itching stopped when the Divine Lord Xuanyuan took her pulse, but it was so bitter!

That bitterness lingered in her mouth and wouldn’t dissipate, a hundred times more bitter than coptis, who would understand?

She stepped on Xuanyuan Que’s foot again.

The Empress Dowager felt that a bit of bitterness was no issue as long as there was no itch, "Bitter medicine is good for the disease, Xuanbao, just bear it a little longer. It will stop being bitter soon!"

The Empress Dowager then gave Ruo Xuan a piece of sugar.

Fortunately, she knew from before that Xuanbao loved sugar and had gotten into the habit of always carrying a few pieces on her to coax her.

As Xuanbao grew older, the habit hadn’t changed, and she usually used those sweets to pamper the Imperial Grandson.

The Empress Dowager had quite a number of grandchildren.

At that moment, Yin Xiaoxue felt her face and body itch. She resisted the urge to scratch, but the itching intensified. She glanced at her hand and saw several rashes had formed.

Zhou Wenxuan noticed her discomfort and exclaimed, "Cousin, you’ve got rashes too!"

"It’s nothing," Yin Xiaoxue said with difficulty.

Anyone observant could see she was in discomfort, but she didn’t scratch.

The Empress Dowager looked over and saw that Zhou Wenxuan was afflicted just like Ruo Xuan.

She said to Xuanyuan Que, "Xiaojiu, go and take the pulse of... that girl."

Xuanyuan Que remained unmoved.

The Empress Dowager, "... then give that girl a pill."

Xuanyuan Que, "There are none left."

Yin Xiaoxue, "..."

Don’t think she didn’t see that there were still a bunch in that bottle just now!

The Empress Dowager, "..."

But if her grandson didn’t want to give one, she couldn’t force him.

Her grandson wasn’t someone who would stand by and not help; he must have his reasons for not giving the medicine.

Now, all they could do was wait for the Imperial Physician. She observed that the poison only caused rashes on the body, aiming to make people disfigured, so they couldn’t participate in the selection process, but it likely wouldn’t endanger their lives.

Thinking this, the Empress Dowager glared fiercely at the wife of Zhenguo Duke.

The wife of Zhenguo Duke felt wronged!

She really hadn’t done anything! How could it be that suddenly two people were poisoned while eating?

She had eaten as well, and wasn’t she fine?

Yin Xiaoxue bowed her head, a trace of irony flashing through her eyes. The Empress Dowager didn’t even know who she was, calling them the Capital City’s Four Talented Ladies was a joke!

They weren’t even comparable to a village girl skilled in acting cute and charming.

As for the rumors about Princess Wuyou saving an entire county’s people at three years old, growing rice that yielded a thousand catties per mu, discovering Zizania, and growing mushrooms, she didn’t believe a word!

It was just good fortune, having a clever uncle and brothers who attributed their achievements to her!

The purpose of attributing those accomplishments to her was easy to guess, it was to grant her a noble status for a future marriage into the Imperial Family.

Seeing how the Empress Dowager and the Ninth Prince doted on her now made it clear.

It was unfortunate that she had lived in the Marquis Mansion since her youth, wholeheartedly adoring her cousin, with her aunt never considering her as a daughter-in-law.

The so-called Four Talented Ladies of the Capital City were all false!

It still took having powerful family members planning for one’s own benefit to be true.

Yan Jiaojiao, that fool, wasn’t as beautiful as her, nor did she excel in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting as much as she did, but she was born into a better family, the legitimate eldest daughter of the Zhenguo Duke Residence!

Her aunt adored her to no end, eagerly looking forward to marrying her off soon.

Her cousin also had deep feelings for her!

Just why was it not her who was poisoned?

She had clearly taken the antidote herself!

She wanted to see her cousin’s face full of rashes and find out if he would still have unwavering affection.