Chapter 136 - Poisoning

Wei Liuying listened to the conversation and looked at Yang Xian through the corner of her eyes.

"Would it be fine for me to leave my position for a moment?"

"A servant should never leave without the master's order or permission," Yang Xian replied back.

"Oh."

She had completely forgotten that now she was the servant. Even though Prince Ji Sheng would not treat her as one in private, they couldn't act the same when they were in public. Both Yang Xian and her had to stay with their image as the servant of Prince Ji Sheng who only acted on his order.

Slowly, Wei Liuying closed her eyes and tried to think about what she could do without moving from her position. Running her mouth like that would surely prove to be a problem.

"Liu Ying."

"Yes, Master?" Wei Liuying replied instinctively. It was then she recalled that she should have called him as 'Your Highness' and not 'Master.'

Ji Sheng was not even looking in her direction. He was still looking at the front with his hand holding a cup of tea. "I want you to take an additional plate of fruits."

"This servant understands, Your Highness."

Wei Liuying cupped her hand and left. Yang Xian was staying still in his place with his eyes flickered slightly. How could he not understand that Ji Sheng was giving her a chance to do whatever she wanted to do by sending her away? But whether she would get found out or not would depend on herself.

After all, Prince Ji Sheng was able to hear their conversation.

'I hope you'll do well, Wei Liuying.'

As she walked through the door to the kitchen, Wei Liuying silently counted the location of the young ladies. Her eyes scanned the materials in the kitchen and also to the flowers decoration on the side.

A beautiful yellow daffodil flower attracted her attention.

It was one of the most common flower that was used as decoration in some houses. Since Princess Ji Xiaoli also loved flowers, it was certain that she would be keeping some of them at her home.

Wei Liuying brushed past the flower and her hand quickly took several bulbs from various location. As she entered the kitchen, she could see that the next that would be served would be soup. She counted the number to Wei Xiao Hua's plate as she passed by the plates and the bulbs on her hand had already moved place.

All along, Wei Liuying's expression didn't change and her posture was still the same as usual. She was thankful that she had to learn martial arts when she was young. Without the skill that she learned after being forced to learn with Wei Hong Zheng, she would never be able to do this.

Wei Liuying walked to the nearest servant. "Excuse me, is there any additional fruits? His Highness the Third Prince requested for some."

"Ah, yes. You can take this plate." The servant showed the plate in front of her. She was still busy preparing for the food but she could immediately recognize that Wei Liuying was part of the Imperial Family's servant based on her attire.

She didn't know which one, though.

"Thank you very much."

Wei Liuying accepted the plate and walked out of the kitchen using the same as before. She didn't show anything on the surface as if she was merely a little servant who was doing her work. There were a lot of servants who were walking around but they didn't even spare her any glance.

No one cared for a little servant who was only doing their work. With so many servants who were also carrying food, they only thought of her as someone who was doing an errand. It was naturally not their business either.

Soon afterwards, Wei Liuying had already arrived back in her original place with the plate of fruits.

With slow movement, Wei Liuying crouched by Prince Ji Sheng's table and placed the plate of fruits respectfully. Prince Ji Sheng didn't even spare any glance at her and continued to converse with the people beside him.

Wei Liuying slowly returned back to her position.

"If you get in trouble, we won't be able to help you."

"I'll be fine," Wei Liuying replied. Her eyes showed traces of coldness. "Even if they can finally found the reason, they won't be able to connect it to me."

Finally found the reason?

That sentence made Yang Xian understand that this was not the first time Wei Liuying used this method. He chose to stay silent and watched the performance in front of him. Unless Ji Sheng gave an order, his task was simply to stay beside him and watched over everyone around him. Later he had to report anyone who looked suspicious to him.

Time passed swiftly.

Prang!

The sudden sound of broken porcelain could be heard from the women's section. Wei Liuying raised her head and looked at the figure behind the curtain. She was certain that it must be Wei Xiao Hua.

"First Miss Wei?"

"I'm… fine…," Wei Xiao Hua replied. Yet she could feel intense nausea coming from her stomach. She felt as if she was about to vomit her gut out. It was so painful. However, how can she possibly show that kind of image in this place?

Ugh.

Wei Xiao Hua was fighting the urge to vomit. Tears welled up at the corner of her eyes because she knew that she wouldn't be able to hold on any longer. And if she were to vomit in front of so many people, the first thing they would like to know was the cause.

And the common cause for vomit was…

It was something Wei Xiao Hua couldn't possibly allowed to happen.

Her reputation was at the stake here.

Princess Ji Xiaoli frowned. She called the maid. "Please bring First Miss Wei to the room to rest."

"Yes, Princess."

Wei Xiao Hua looked at the scattered pieces of the broken mug porcelain and frowned. There was nothing unusual from what she had eaten just now. There were only common vegetables, but why did she feel nausea now?

The novel didn't mention any of this event during this time.

'I didn't offend Princess Ji Xiaoli too. There's something terribly wrong here.'

'Why is this happening?'

With the help of the servants, Wei Xiao Hua walked out of the garden. Just a few steps outside, Wei Xiao Hua couldn't hold on any longer and vomited on the ground. She emptied the content of her stomach to the ground.

"First Miss Wei!"

The servants were panicking while Wei Xiao Hua felt like crying. Her servant was also trying to mask the disgust she felt from seeing Wei Xiao Hua vomiting like that.

If only Wei Liuying was here, she would surely ask why Wei Xiao Hua vomited and used words to misled them to think that Wei Xiao Hua was no longer a pure girl. After all, the first stage of pregnancy usually caused a woman to vomit a lot when they ate some that didn't suit them. But as she couldn't do that, only the servant's whispering could be heard discussing about the cause.

Wei Xiao Hua felt like crying. In the ancient times, reputation was everything. She knew very well that once her reputation was destroyed, it would be the end for her.

"First Miss Wei vomited."

"Is it because the food is not to her liking?"

"Or was it because she's pregnant?"

Wei Xiao Hua struggled to stand up and when she heard the word that the servant said, she nearly fainted. Even in modern world, she was someone who never slept with anyone because she only believed in having intimacy after marriage. Now in ancient world, she had never gone further than a kiss with Prince Ji Shu, ah.

Feeling enraged, Wei Xiao Hua was about to lash out when she felt her stomach acted up again. Nausea assaulted her as she crouched down and vomited once more. Water and other liquid came out from her mouth to the ground.

"First Miss Wei!"

"Miss!"

"Ugh, the food," Wei Xiao Hua said after exhaling sharply. Her murderous gazes were directed straight at the servants around the place as if accusing them that they had poisoned her.

The servants' faces changed considerably and no one dared to gossip around. They kowtowed on the ground with a bang and pleaded that they were wronged. The food was not poisoned in the slightest bit.

"Take me to rest."

"Yes, Miss."

Holding the urge to vomit again, Wei Xiao Hua was led into an empty room. All along, she was thinking rapidly about this kind of scene in the main novel. The novel that she read before was not that long because the author liked to use time skip. But was there a similar incident with this?

Similar incident…

Nausea and vomiting? Suddenly, a thought flashed within Wei Xiao Hua's eyes as her expression turned into that of disbelief.