C278 sleepless nights

Outside, the sky gradually darkened and the palace maid s lit their palace lamps. Silence began to fall on the outside.

"Princess, what's going on?" Xiao Yang carefully asked Duan Yunfei.

"Today, honey jujube, something doesn't look right." Duan Yunfei looked at the ginseng soup in her hands, thought for a moment, and said to Xiao Yang: "Xiao Yang, go and get the silver spoon that Imperial Physician Zhang left behind."

Xiao Yang hesitated for a moment, then nodded his head at Duan Yunfei and quickly took the silver spoon from the box.

This silver spoon was gifted to Duan Yunfei by the Imperial Physician Zhang.

Duan Yunfei inserted the silver spoon into the sweet jujube, her heart involuntarily skipped a beat.

The spoon is black and the jujube is poisonous.

Duan Yunfei lifted her head and glanced at Xiao Yang.

Xiao Yang was startled, he immediately kneeled on the ground and said to Duan Yunfei in a panic: "Princess, I really don't know what's going on here."

Duan Yunfei helped Xiao Yang up, and pulled her to sit down. She nodded at her and said: "I naturally know that this matter wasn't done by you, it's just that this is no small matter.

Xiao Yang was truly frightened to the point that he could not speak a single word as he sat shakily beside Duan Yunfei.

Duan Yunfei held the ginseng soup in her hand and looked at it seriously. She laughed disdainfully and said, "Even though I've seen one hundred thousand enemies on the battlefield, I still almost died in this dark palace."

Xiao Yang composed himself, and asked Duan Yunfei intermittently: "Princess, who exactly did this?"

Duan Yunfei hesitated for a while, then shook her head and said to Xiao Yang: "Although I do not know who did this, but looking back at the huge matters in the palace, if I were to die like this, there will only be a few people who would benefit. "From the looks of it, the poisoner is most likely one of them."

Xiao Yang frantically nodded his head, and started sobbing uncontrollably. He kept saying to Duan Yunfei: "Princess, it's all my fault, I added the jujube into the ginseng soup, if you didn't detect it in time, then I really would have harmed you."

Duan Yunfei shook her head, grabbed Xiao Yang's arm and comforted her: "Xiao Yang, all of this was done by someone else, it was just that you were not careful, and was almost used by someone, becoming a sharp blade in their hands. At that time, if I am poisoned to death, you will naturally become my murderer, and those who truly want to kill me will be given what they want. "

Hearing Duan Yunfei's words, Xiao Yang's entire body trembled, and he was unable to say a single word.

"Xiao Yang, think back carefully. Where did this jujube come from, and what kind of person obtained this ginseng soup? Exactly who was the one who got the chance to release the poisonous jujube into my ginseng soup? " Duan Yunfei reached out her hand and grabbed Xiao Yang's shoulder tightly, telling her not to be afraid.

In the end, he still shook his head, raised his head and said to Duan Yunfei: "Princess, these sweet dates were brought over by me from the royal kitchen, and are no different from usual. The ginseng soup s were personally made by me in the royal kitchen, and there was no mistake at all, I don't even know where did something go wrong, and they were actually mixed with poisonous honey dates."

Duan Yunfei listened attentively from the side and could not help but frown. She pondered for a moment, and continued speaking to Xiao Yang: "Xiao Yang, think about it carefully, have you ever left this place, or met anyone?"

"No, from the moment I started brewing ginseng soup s to the moment I left the imperial kitchens, I have never left." Xiao Yang shook his head, he could not resist extending his hand and heavily knocking it on his forehead.

Xiao Yang's brows tightly knitted together, as if he had suddenly thought of something. He stood up and said to Duan Yunfei: "Princess, I remember now, while I was cooking the ginseng soup, the fructus s of the Sixth Princess Palace had also come to the imperial kitchens, I don't know what they took. He even said hello to me before he left. "

Duan Yunfei slightly nodded his head, and thought back to it once more. She said to Duan Yunfei anxiously, "That's right, Princess, it's her. The Sixth Princess must have ordered her to do it."

Duan Yunfei's face became serious, as though her heart was sizing up something.

Xiao Yang tugged on Duan Yunfei's sleeves tightly, and spoke to Duan Yunfei anxiously: "Princess, they actually dare to do such a thing, let's quickly tell this to the emperor, I beg the emperor to uphold justice for you."

"The sky is dry, so be careful of the fire." A knocking sound came from outside the door.

Duan Yunfei turned her head to look at Xiao Yang, "It's already the beginning of the night."

It was already the beginning of the night. The emperor must have rested, and the palace doors were already locked. It was impossible for them to charge through the palace gates at night, much less see the Emperor.

"Then what should we do?" Xiao Yang became flustered, and anxiously pulled Duan Yunfei. "A long time has passed. If we wait until the morning of the next day to report this matter to the emperor, they would have already made thorough preparations. It might not be so easy to investigate this matter."

"Duan Yunfei pondered for a moment, then shook her head at Xiao Yang. But even if we meet our royal father tonight, report this matter to him. But in the end, it is true that I did not sustain any injuries. If I were to tell royal father like this, Sixth Princess would still be his biological daughter after all.

"What's more, if they bite back and say that I framed her and the two of us start a dispute, who can say for sure?" Duan Yunfei said as she reached out to rub between her eyebrows.

Deep into the night, the entire palace city became quiet. Only the Red Luan Courtyard's candlelight was still faintly lit.

Xiao Yang had long lost his mind as he stood by the bed, and could only furrow his brows, not knowing how to settle this matter.

"Xiao Yang, go and take down the box that I placed on a high place." Duan Yunfei said to Xiao Yang after hesitating for a moment.

Xiao Yang looked at Duan Yunfei with some doubt, and said hesitatingly: "Princess, didn't you say that you would not use that box again in the future? Why did you have to bring it back now? "

Duan Yunfei waved her hand, revealing a faint smile. She didn't explain anything and just said, "Take it."

Xiao Yang looked at Duan Yunfei and nodded at her.

Duan Yunfei stood in front of the window frame and gently exhaled. She extended her hand out and grabbed the air, but did not manage to do anything. She could not help but laugh as she mumbled to herself, "In this huge palace, I wonder if there is anyone like us who can stay up all night?"