Chapter 205: Is Huo Qiyun Gone

Chapter 205

Ye Qingchi said slowly, "Later, Ah Ying worried that the boy would die from his illness like her little rabbits, so she begged me to take her to see him."

Su He widened his eyes in shock, "There's this too?"

Ye Qingchi knitted his brows, "When I came to Changfeng Pavilion tonight, I suddenly recognized some familiar things in this yard. It's been over ten years since then, time is distant, and I'd almost forgotten some things. But when I saw the dog hole under the high wall blocked by stones, I suddenly remembered this."

"I still remember that freezing cold night. I wasn't much older than three or four-year-old Ah Ying then, but I was still more capable than her. So I took her all the way to where the boy lived, found a dog hole, and stuffed the little girl in."

Su He: "..."

Ye Qingchi turned to look seriously at Su He, "So why would the lifesaver you spoke of become Huo Qiyun?"

In the snowstorm, Su He's face suddenly fell, "How would I know!"

Ye Qingchi snorted lightly in disdain, "Could it be someone deliberately forgetting their lifesaver's grace."

"Ah Du would never be ungrateful!" Su He really didn't know how to express his feelings now. "Let's go back and tell Ah Du!"

Just as the two were about to turn back to the Duke's Residence, they saw Jiang Yin, the one Gu Ying had warned them about, slowly walking out of the Prince Shu's residence gate.

Many princes and nobles lived on Changning Street.

Jiang Yin naturally wouldn't have had the qualifications to set foot here before. But now, he stood leisurely at the gate of Prince Shu's residence, wearing a light green embroidered long robe and a black fox fur coat. Seeing Su He and Ye Qingchi, he even smiled slightly and cupped his fists in greeting.

"Good morning, Young Master Su, Lord Ye."

Seeing Jiang Yin, Su He's heart tightened.

Ye Qingchi also slightly frowned.

Gu Ying had said not to let Jiang Yin know of their close connection with the Duke's Residence, especially about last night's secret discussion - even more so he shouldn't know.

The two had no choice but to temporarily set aside the issue of lifesavers. They bid Jiang Yin a perfunctory greeting and left Changning Street.

Watching their departing backs, the smile at the corner of Jiang Yin's mouth gradually faded away.

"That makes sense." Gu Ying let out a breath of relief and her mood stabilized. She complained, "Can't you speak without taking huge breaths to scare me half to death?"

"But this matter is almost the same as scaring Mistress to death!" Yin Lan was truly anxious now, full of worry on her face. "After staying up all night, Madam Huo slept for a day. When she woke up, she felt even more uncomfortable. So she had someone decoct the medicine for colds we sent over. It was fine without taking it, but after drinking it, she was poisoned!"

Gu Ying's eyebrows were tightly knitted. Where could she sit still? "Poisoned?"

"Yes." Yin Lan swiftly took a cloak for her mistress to put on. "It's chaos over at Madam Huo's now. Lady Cheng's people are already waiting outside Changfeng Pavilion. Without orders from Mistress and Eldest Prince, they can't come in. But this stalemate isn't a solution either. Lady Cheng is quite ruthless. With Madam Huo lying in bed foaming at the mouth, she still refused to let the doctor see her. She insisted on dragging in Mistress to take a look - to see if you intentionally poisoned Madam Huo! "

"Hmph, she is quite vicious."

"Of course she is. Lv Zhi has nearly cried herself into a faint while kneeling and begging the doctor from Lady Cheng and Eldest Young Master."

"Any clues on who poisoned it?"

"Unknown. They only said it reacted after Madam Huo took our medicine. She had been sleeping the entire time without eating anything else."

Gu Ying gave a cold sneer and headed out after tying her sash.

Outside, large snowflakes floated down. Icicle wind lanterns hung under the eaves. The winding bluestone slate road in the yard was covered by layers of thick snow.

Zhuzhi had also rushed over, head covered in snow. She was anxious. "Mistress, Lady Cheng said if anything really happens to Eldest Young Lady Huo today, she'll condemn you as the murderer! What should we do?"

Gu Ying wasn't afraid even if Lady Cheng made threats. Even if His Majesty personally came to interrogate her, the poison wasn't administered by her.

She was just somewhat worried Eldest Prince would be disturbed upon hearing this and lose his composure.

After all, Huo Qiyun was especially important to him.

A man like him had gone crazy once because of Huo Qiyun before. If something really happened to her now... he would probably hate her to death.

She had complex feelings, as if a large hand was fiercely squeezing her heart. Stuffy and unable to breathe for a moment.

Seeing her mistress' worries, Yin Lan carefully asked, "Mistress, something so big has happened. Should we send someone to ask Eldest Prince to come back?"

Gu Ying felt somewhat sour in her heart, but she could still maintain basic rationality and calmness.

She threw all those messy hurt and anguish to the back of her mind. Knitting her brows in contemplation for a bit, she said, "Naturally someone has to quickly invite Eldest Prince back."