novelIs the Sachet Poisonous?
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The silver needle still kept color pale silver without any change as it inserted into the passion fruit.
Xiao Zhouzi inserted the silver needle into the appetizing Tuhua Fish, still nothing changed.
First Prince looked very happy and said calmly, "I'll have a try since you're so kind to me."
Actually, passion fruit and Tuhua Fish were also difficult to get.
Frankly speaking, First Prince was very glad. He resented Hua Qiyue because she let him lose face. However, what Hua Xiaoyi had done made him very happy.
A maidservant standing aside grabbed a knife at once and carefully cut the passion fruit open, only to see its pulp was light yellow. The smell of the pulp was stronger which made the guests curious about the fruit.
People inside the boat could still hear various sounds from outside. Hua Qiyue calmly took half a glass of wine. In fact, she let First Prince lose his face because she had her own reasons.
First Prince took the passion fruit and gently took a bite of it. Everyone was looking at First Prince with hope and First Prince said happily, "Indeed, its the extremely tasty passion fruit."
Hearing this, Hua Xiaoyi became smugger.
Among the guests who were present, only Ji Jing worried about Hua Qiyue. While Yun Shimo and others were very calm in this situation.
They didn't know why Hua Qiyue let First Prince lose face, perhaps, she really disliked First Prince? However, if Hua Qiyue kept the Green Jade of Blood, it would be more troublesome if she gave the present back to First Prince another day.
First Prince took a piece of passion fruit and picked some meat of Tuhua Fish up with chopsticks. As soon as he ate it, he felt the fish very fresh and tender which was very appetizing.
"And Tuhua Fish is very fresh and tender. I've never thought that I'm so honored to have such great food at the Flower Fair, " First Prince gently smiled and said, and a wisp of light skimmed over his eyes. Finally he looked at Hua Xiaoyi.
Tonight, Hua Xiaoyi was dressed like a gentlewoman, neither swanking nor low-key. Dressed in a pink long dress, Hua Xiaoyi looked thinner but people would have tender affection for her at the thought of her. Hua Xiaoyi had a pair of comely and affectionately eyes as well as two pieces of red thin lips. Although Hua Xiaoyi wasn't as beautiful as Hua Qiyue, she was still a pretty lady.
"It's not too bad to choose Hua Xiaoyi as my concubine, " First Prince thought and he was slightly cheered up after being refused by Hua Qiyue.
First Prince leisurely had his food because Tuhua Fish and passion fruit were veyr tasty. He asked Hua Xiaoyi to sit next to him, which made Hua Xiaoyi blushed with excitement.
Many people glanced at Hua Qiyue sympathetically and then looked at Hua Xiaoyi in an envy look.
Hua Qiyue smiled calmly and she looked around with her beautiful eyes. Then, she looked to the high stage on the opposite riverside. There was a woman on the stage who was playing the music which seemed to be the very famous Moonlight of Spring River.
Accompanied with the tender and leisurely melody as well as fair-sounding music, the atmosphere at the riverside was heightened.
On the other side of the river, First Prince had already finished the fish. And then, the maidservant cut the passion fruit into pieces for First Prince.
While Yun Shimo was chatting with Huangfu Shenglin on the other side. Huangfu Xuan seemed to be in good mood. Ouyang Liuer had a crush on Huangfu Xuan and she was a little angry over it when Huangfu Xuan often glanced at Hua Qiyue.
At the thought of it, Ouyang Liuer stood up and said to Hua Qiyue with a smile, "Princess Jinghua, do you really forget what happened just now?"
First Prince's facial expression changed slightly. Ouyang Liuer was really silly because obviously, what happened just now was the least thing that First Prince wanted to mention, and now, she mentioned it again.
Hua Qiyue calmly looked at Ouyang Liuer without saying anything.
"It's very disrespectful to drink wine with the bottom of the glass on First Prince's banquet. You let First Prince lose face means that you let the royal family lose face. Hua Qiyue, how dare you!" Ouyang Liuer said and laughed coldly, looking at Hua Qiyue disdainfully and thinking, "First Prince must be very angry?"
Making use of the subject to speak ill of others was the thing that Ouyang Liuer was good at most.
Hua Qiyue was confused and blinked her eyes, saying, "Your Highness, is that true?"
Everyone laughed at Hua Qiyue. Just now, Hua Xiaoyi said that Hua Qiyue would be muddled as long as she ate grapes. Actually, it was an excuse.
"You..." Ouyang Liuer said and blushed with anger, while First Prince glanced at Hua Qiyue calmly.
"Since Princess Jinghua forgot it, Miss Ouyang, why do you still bother about it?"
Everyone sighed at it. First Prince was obviously refused by Hua Qiyue, but he didn't hate Hua Qiyue and stood up for her!
First Prince had already had the whole passion fruit and was in a good mood. But when he was about to ask the dancers to dance, unexpectedly, he felt her stomach hurt, and the feeling became stronger and stronger. Finally, First Prince suddenly looked pale!
"Your Highness, what happened to you?" Hua Xiaoyi was frightened and shouted when she saw this situation.
Everyone noticed that First Prince looked pale and beads of sweat were dropping off his forehead. The maidservant immediately took out a white handkerchief to wipe the sweat for First Prince.
"Some... someone! The food is poisonous!"
First Prince was outraged because he didn't expect that he felt stomache after eating passion fruit and Tuhua Fish.
The feeling of hurt was sometimes lighter and sometimes stronger, which was really painful!
Xiao Zhouzi's facial expression changed because of fear. Hua Xiaoyi sat there in a trance and when an imperial physician hurriedly came, Hua Xiaoyi suddenly stood up and said, "Your Highness, it's impossible that my passion fruit and Tuhua Fish are poisonous! Besides, the food was tested by silver needle just now, right?"
First Prince sat there with beads of sweat dropping off. The imperial physician glanced at Hua Xiaoyi coldly and said, "But for some poisons, the silver needle cannot test them out."
Hearing this, First Prince looked at Hua Xiaoyi angrily and said, "Third Miss, did I do something wrong to you?"
Hua Xiaoyi shook her head at once and said, "No! Your Highness! My food wasn't poisonous! You can test it by using the poison tester!"
Poison tester was a kind of evil beast which was specially trained for poison test and was of small figure. But the first poison tester were still being trained.
"Someone, arrest Third Miss!" First Prince scolded. Hua Xiaoyi suddenly looked to Hua Qiyue and said, "Your Highness, I remember who poisoned your food!"
Everyone looked at Hua Xiaoyi with a weird look, what did she mean by saying "remember"? The way she spoke was weird.
At the same time, the imperial physician was feeling First Prince's pulse. And then, the imperial physician frowned as if he didn't feel anything.
"Who poisoned?"
"It's eldest sister... I remember that this fragrance is from Ghastly Tear Grass which can make people die of stomache! And it smells like this!" Hua Xiaoyi said very loudly, "Her sachet contains Ghastly Tear Grass. And First Prince is at the windward side, so, the smell of Ghastly Tear Grass was spread to him. First Prince was poisoned after inhaling too much of the smell!"
Everyone was in an uproar and looked at Hua Qiyue in a shock.
They had heard about Ghastly Tear Grass which was a kind of poisonous grew in mountains. Ghastly Tear Grass smelt extremely good but it was of great poison.
What shocked them was that Hua Qiyue was so bold that she dared to poison First Prince at his banquet!
Hua Qiyue shook her head calmly and said, "Youngest sister, you're wrong. I don't have Ghastly Tear Grass in my sachet. I'm stupid, but I won't assassinate First Prince in front of so many people, will I?"
"Princess Jinghua is right. She is very smart, how could she assassinate First Prince in public? Princess Jinghua is a genius of Qi Art who has a bright future, is she the same as those rude ordinary people?" Yun Shimo finally spoke. And his clear voice lowered the volume of the sound in the boat.
Prince Nan hadn't said anything, but now, he stood up for Hua Qiyue, which surprised people very much.
After all, it was said that Hua Qiyue and Yun Shimo got along with each other very well. But just now, they showed indifference to each other, according to which, people thought that they had had a quarrel with each other.
First Prince looked at Hua Qiyue coldly and thought, "This woman is so bold. If she dared to assassinate me in public, then she will be killed sooner or later."
"Your Highness, my passion fruit and Tuhua Fish aren't poisonous. I'm begging imperial physician to test eldest sister's sachet! Although she is my eldest sister, I won't let her go for poisoning First Prince, " Hua Xiaoyi said and was so excited as if she wouldn't let it go if her aim wasn't achieved.
Hua Mengshi just sat there quitely and saw what happened here.
Lv Xin and looked at each other and they were frightened because they didn't understand why so many people kept an eye on their Miss no matter where she went.
"Your Highness... I really don't know what kind of poison it is... Perhaps, it isn't in Tuhua Fish and passion fruit, " Imperial Physician Wang said reverently and looked very awkward.
Imperial Physician Wang was loyal and honest, and he had remarkable medical skills. Although he wasn't as good as Prince Nan, he was also well known in the palace.
But this was the first time that he hadn't test out the poison.
"Open Hua Qiyue's sachet and see if there contains Ghastly Tear Grass!"
First Prince said coldly and showed his unhappiness as well as the anger of being poisoned. No matter how beautiful Hua Qiyue was, her refusing him meant that she insulted First Prince!
Now, he had a chance. After all, revenge was more important than beauty.
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Imperial Physician Wang said. Hua Qiyue shook her head helplessly and said, "Your Highness, youngest sister, I've said that there was no Ghastly Tear Grass in my sachet, why bother?"
"Sister, if you don't have Ghastly Tear Grass, it doesn't matter if imperial physician test your sachet. Do you have any ulterior motives since you refused to have your sachet tested?" Hua Xiaoyi laughed coldly and said.
Hua Qiyue frowned and said, "If I don't have Ghastly Tear Grass, then youngest sister, will you apologize to me?" "You slandered others who also include me."
Hua Xiaoyi laughed coldly and said, "Sister, if there is no Ghastly Tear Grass in your sachet, I'll kowtow to you for three times!"
"Fine, Imperial Physician Wang, take it!" Hua Qiyue took off the sachet from her belt and handed it to Xiao Zhouzi. And then, Xiao Zhouzi handed the sachet to Imperial Physician Wang.
Imperial Physician Wang glanced at Hua Qiyue. Although Imperial Physician Wang had heard about her, when he saw her today, he was surprised that Hua Qiyue was so calm, which was quiet different from other girls.
Imperial Physician Wang opened the sachet and poured out the spices, only to see that each spice was wrapped by white cloth, and then he opened them one by one.
Physician Wang checked every spice. The spices were Baimi Xiang, Qingxin Flower, Qiqi fruit, but the last one was very similar to Ghastly Tear Grass and smelt very like Ghastly Tear Grass.
Hua Xiaoyi was smug and said, "Look, is this Ghastly Tear Grass? Sister, you're so vicious that you poisoned First Prince in front of everyone!"
Ouyang Liuer also smiled coldly and said, "Your Highness, Hua Qiyue committed capital crime and she should be escorted to the jail."
Everyone discussed about it. Most of people didn't believe that Hua Qiyue was so bold. At this moment, someone laughed slightly.
"Imperial Physician Wang, is that really Ghastly Tear Grass?" Yun Shimo smiled slightly and asked.
First Prince still looked pale. It seemed that First Prince still had a stomachache.
"Imperial Physician Wang, is it Ghastly Tear Grass?" First Prince asked coldly. While Imperial Physician Wang was carefully checking it, and then he slowly put down the dry leaf in his hand.
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