nycdaug Chapter 171 Using drugs to subdue the Empress
Chapter 171 Using drugs to subdue the Empress
"Your Majesty, this puppet—"
Qingque stared at the blood-stained and destroyed puppet, unsure of what to do.
“Wipe the bloodstains clean and put them in the wooden box in the dressing case.”
"Is Your Majesty going to Weiyang Palace again tonight?"
Qingque immediately regretted her question. Seeing her mistress's increasingly grim expression, she grabbed the puppet and fled at top speed.
Upon returning to Weiyang Palace, Shen Sangwan went directly to the main hall to find Cen Yan.
"Little Yan Yan~"
"Stand there—"
"Why are you acting like you've lost your mind when you go out? Don't yell like that."
Standing under the corridor, Cen Yan saw Shen Sangwan running towards her from afar and quickly raised her hand to stop her, covering her ears as she spoke.
"Guilty, sinful."
"Little Yan Yan~"
Shen Sangwan ignored Cen Yan's refusal and rushed to her side, clinging to her body.
"Hey..."
"Get to the point. Don't try to get close to me here; it's too mushy."
"Little Yan Yan understands me best."
"Speak, what do you need my help with this time?"
Cen Yan had an expression of complete understanding, as if she could read Shen Sangwan's mind. Before Shen Sangwan could answer, she replied to herself, "The matter is definitely related to the Empress."
"Wow, little Yan Yan has reached the point where she can predict the future! Amazing!"
Shen Sangwan praised him without reservation, and in Cen Yan's opinion, she was very good at flattering him.
"The Empress's birthday has passed, and all that's left is to celebrate the Lunar New Year. What surprise do you want to prepare for her?"
The two walked into the hall while talking.
"Hmm... Little Yan Yan, you heard what Shu Yun said this morning. Dong Rui and Nan Jing have started a war. It will be five days at the earliest and seven days at the latest. I will be heading to Yuan Zhou with Liang Huai Ting. I'm afraid I won't be able to spend this year's New Year with you and A Ning."
"So...you're asking me to find a way to hide this from the Empress?"
Shen Sangwan nodded vigorously, her head bobbing like a pestle being pounded.
"Just ask Xiaotong for any medicine, and you can just drug her or make her sleep for a few days."
Cen Yan spoke so casually that Shen Sangwan found it hard to believe.
"Is this simple and crude approach really okay—?"
Shen Sangwan looked at Cen Yan with some skepticism, trying to find a reason to refute the other party's idea.
"Doing this will allow you to achieve your goal quickly, while saving you time and effort."
"..."
Shen Sangwan was speechless at the moment when faced with Cen Yan's words.
"But she knows medicine, and she's an expert at it. You probably can't fool her into thinking you can poison her."
"Are you stupid? Don't you know you can mix them?"
Cen Yan couldn't help but poke Shen Sangwan's forehead, and also rolled her eyes at her.
"I've noticed in books that things are fine when separated, but react when mixed together. Can't you come up with a different approach?"
Listening to Cen Yan's words, Shen Sangwan nodded unconsciously, "Little Yan Yan, you're my lucky star, mua~"
"Be mindful of your limits!"
Before she could even bring her mouth close, Cen Yan blocked it with her hand.
"Aren't you afraid the Empress will get jealous if she sees this? Then someone will probably be kneeling on a washboard."
The merciless mockery brought Shen Sangwan back to her senses, and she slapped her forehead hard.
"Oh no! When we came back from Xingde Palace, the young emperor said the empress seemed angry. She hasn't come to Weiyang Palace yet. Could she really be angry?"
"Shen Sangwan, when are you going to pay attention? You're still so careless. You'll lose the wife you've got sooner or later."
Cen Yan stood up and shoved Shen Sangwan out, saying, "Hurry up and go to Fengluan Palace to see the Empress."
"Then you should rest well and not run around."
After saying that, he quietly slipped into the Phoenix Palace along the palace path outside the Fuyu Pavilion.
Seeing Qingque carrying something and walking towards the main hall, he quickly called out to her, "Qingque."
Hearing someone call her name, Qingque stopped and looked around.
"Your Highness?"
She almost gasped when she saw Shen Sangwan hanging on the branch.
"Your Highness, what's going on?"
"Hmm... the scenery up here is quite nice. I'm just taking a look since I have nothing else to do."
She couldn't very well say that she hadn't mastered her light-footed skills enough and ended up hanging from a branch!
That would be incredibly embarrassing.
"Does Your Highness have something to instruct me about?"
Qingque looked at Shen Sangwan swaying in mid-air, and doubts began to arise in her heart.
"Is it possible that the Princess is truly caught and entangled in a tree branch?"
Despite the discomfort of being hung up, Shen Sangwan bravely and calmly asked, "What are you holding in your hand?"
"This is a wooden puppet that Your Highness carved some time ago. Today, she was distracted and accidentally ruined it. Your Highness instructed me to clean up the wood chips and put it away properly."
Qingque responded to Shen Sangwan's words with a mix of truth and falsehood.
"Then you go ahead and get busy, I'll enjoy the scenery a little longer."
Shen Sangwan ultimately did not ask Qingque to go to the Empress to rescue her.
"Should I go and inform them?"
"No—no need, I'll be leaving soon."
Suspended in mid-air, Shen Sangwan waved her hands haphazardly, signaling the other party to leave quickly.
"This prince is really stubborn. He clearly came to see the Empress. He didn't climb over the wall properly, but he insists on saying he was looking at the scenery from up there."
"Who looks at the scenery like that? Besides, what kind of scenery can you possibly have up there?"
"And these two, why do they all like to climb over walls? The Empress is one, and so is the Eldest Princess."
Qingque held the puppet, head bowed, her inner thoughts swirling.
Sitting at the desk, Wen Yuening happened to see a corner of Shen Sangwan hanging from the window next to her.
Watching the people swaying around in the air, Wen Yuening's mood inexplicably improved.
He rested his hand on his chin, trying to see when the other person would beg for mercy and ask him to come and save her.
"Xiao Tong, is this cheating system trying to trick me? What kind of lousy light-foot technique is this? It's so ineffective. I saw Shu Yun and Ruo Xin jumping up and down so nimbly, but when it comes to me, I'm like a duck that's just learned to swim, just splashing around."
[My lady, perhaps you just haven't gotten used to it yet. The Princess's lightness skill is no less than Ruoxin's and the others'.]
What should I do now? Am I going to be stuck here for a whole day and night?
[My lord, you already stopped Qingque and asked her to inform the Empress. Haven't you already left?]
"I don't want to. That would be incredibly embarrassing, and then the Empress would have something to laugh at me for."
【Then let it hang there like that, Master!】
Xiaotong shrugged, indicating that she was powerless to help.
"Useless thing. Luckily, it doesn't need to eat, otherwise it would just be a waste of my food."
Shen Sangwan cursed Xiao Tong without any politeness.
Surprisingly, Xiaotong, who was being scolded, didn't argue back this time. Instead, she acted pitiful, which was unusual for her.
Yes, Master is right. It's all because Xiaotong is useless and can't help Master.
〖 ？ ？ 〗
"Did you take the wrong medicine?"