Chapter 299 Wrong Mind
Doctor Bai was pulled out of bed by Chi Ying in the middle of the night. He was in a very bad mood. He asked while putting on his clothes, "Who is injured this time?"
"Doctor Bai, no one was hurt this time. My master was poisoned by an aphrodisiac. Please come with me to take a look."
Doctor Bai was immediately interested when he heard this. "Which woman is so bold as to use aphrodisiac on a great war god general?"
Chi Ying couldn't make up his master's story, so he had to urge him, "Doctor Bai, you should quickly get dressed and go with me to Prince An's Mansion. You will know when you ask your master later."
Arriving at Prince An's residence, Doctor Bai felt the prince's pulse and said, "It's not bad. It's just an ordinary aphrodisiac poison. Take my special antidote pills, and most of the poison will be eliminated in a quarter of an hour. Then, meditate on your own for two cups of tea, and the poison will completely dissipate."
Doctor Bai then took out a pill from the medicine box, and Chi Ying brought some water to give it to his master to take. A quarter of an hour later, the prince really felt that the burning sensation in his body had dissipated a lot.
He sat cross-legged on the bed, ready to start meditating and practicing Qigong to completely dispel the remaining poison.
Doctor Bai leaned over and grabbed the prince. He asked with a gossipy look, "Zi Yu, don't be busy practicing your skills right now. Tell me quickly, which woman is so tired of living that she dares to hit on you?"
The prince was still concerned about Li Yutong's reputation at this time. He glanced at Doctor Bai and said unhappily, "If you have the time to pry into my privacy, you might as well go back home and have a good sleep."
Then the prince turned to Chiying and ordered, "Chiying, quickly send Doctor Bai back home to rest."
After saying that, the prince closed his eyes and began to meditate, while Chi Ying pulled Doctor Bai and used his Qinggong skills to leave.
Before leaving, Doctor Bai shouted angrily, "Zi Yu, you bastard, you are too disloyal. I came here late at night to detoxify you, but you can't satisfy your curiosity?"
Unfortunately, the only response he got was the howling cold wind in the middle of the night.
When Chi Ying came back from sending the people away, the prince had just finished meditating. Chi Ying asked with concern, "Master, how do you feel now? Has the remaining poison been cleared out?"
"Well, I don't feel anything unusual in my body."
Chi Ying heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this. He looked at the prince hesitantly, then said, "Master, there is something I want to tell you. I don't know if I should tell you or not."
"Chiying, when did you become so hesitant?"
"Master, this matter concerns Miss Yutong's reputation. I heard it by accident and have no real evidence, so I dare not speak carelessly. If I am wrong, the prince will probably blame me for making up rumors."
"Just tell me directly. If you are wrong, I will forgive you."
With the prince's words, Chi Ying no longer had any scruples in his heart. He told his master what he accidentally heard from the prince's personal guards.
"Last time, Miss Qianhuan went to Dongling Country to ask for medicine for you. Wasn't she kidnapped on the way back? Eleven brought the Xuefu Fruit back to the palace to ask the prince to send someone to rescue Miss Qianhuan. The prince sent his own guards at that time. I accidentally heard the conversation between the two guards who went to search and rescue. Miss Qianhuan's whereabouts were discovered by one of the guards. He informed the captain of the guards, Wang Kai, of this discovery, but Wang Kai took Eleven and others to continue searching in the opposite direction."
The prince asked in confusion, "Wang Kai? He and Huan'er had no grudges in the past, and no hatred today, so why would he do this?"
Chi Ying continued, "I thought the same thing as my master, so I later inquired about Wang Kai's personal affairs and learned that the captain of the personal guard, Wang Kai, was in love with Miss Yutong. Moreover, before Eleven and the others set out to search for Miss Qianhuan, Miss Yutong even met with Wang Kai."
The prince said with a cold look in his eyes, "Why didn't you say so earlier?"
Chi Ying quickly explained, "Master, calm down. You know that Prince An has always treated Miss Yutong as his own daughter. I have no real evidence and dare not make up rumors. This time Miss Yutong was so bold as to poison you. I feel that the search and rescue of Miss Qianhuan that day was probably caused by Miss Yutong, who wanted Eleven and the others to miss the best opportunity to save people."
"Get up. Tomorrow morning, call Wang Kai and the guards who found Qianhuan's whereabouts. This prince wants to personally inquire about this matter."
"Yes."
Early the next morning, Wang Kai and the personal guard were called to the prince's study.
The personal guard had not expected that his conversation with his companions would be overheard by Chi Ying, so he had no choice but to beg for mercy while telling everything he knew.
"Please spare me, my lord. I did find Miss Qianhuan's whereabouts and informed Captain Wang of the incident. As for going in the opposite direction to rescue people, it really has nothing to do with me. I was only following Captain Wang's instructions to search and rescue."
The prince said coldly, "Since you knew the truth, you did not question it, and let Captain Wang take you in the opposite direction, delaying the best time to rescue people. This is your first mistake. Afterwards, you kept silent, neither reported the matter to my father, nor to this prince. You knew but did not report it, which is your second mistake. Go down and receive forty military sticks yourself."
The guard was thankful that he didn't lose his head but was only beaten with forty military sticks.
He kowtowed and admitted his fault, "Yes, I know I was wrong. I will go down and accept the punishment now."
The prince looked at Wang Kai with a gloomy expression and said, "Captain Wang, do you have anything else to say about this matter?"
Wang Kai had no way of making excuses, but he didn't want to implicate Li Yutong, so he had to take the responsibility on himself.
He knelt down and admitted his fault, "My Lord, this was done by me alone, and has nothing to do with others. If you want to punish me, then punish me."
"You said that you were the only one who did this. Then tell me, County Lady Jingrou has no grudge against you. What reason do you have to harm her?"
This question stumped Wang Kai. He was stunned for a long time without saying anything.
The prince exuded an aura that was so powerful that it could not help but asked in a cold voice, "What? Can't you answer? Do you want me to call Li Yutong over to help you answer?"
When Li Yutong was mentioned, Wang Kai suddenly became anxious, "This matter has nothing to do with Miss Yutong, please don't implicate Miss Yutong."
"I haven't said anything yet? And you're already protecting her? You still dare to say that this matter has nothing to do with her?"
Wang Kai knew that the prince must have known the whole story, so it would be useless even if he tried to argue.
He could only kowtow and beg for mercy, "Please forgive me, my Lord. If you want to punish someone, please punish one of my subordinates. Miss Yutong has loved you since she was a child. She made a mistake because she loved you too much. Please don't blame her."
The Crown Prince asked Chi Ying to call Prince An and Li Yutong over.
Li Yutong originally thought that the prince asked Chi Ying to come and call her because she had drugged him last night. However, when she arrived, she found out that the truth about how she had asked Wang Kai to do something bad and stop the royal guards from rescuing people had been revealed.
Li Yutong thought of the prince's usual cold-bloodedness and ruthlessness, and the fact that he usually protected his people. She was afraid that he would not let her off easily this time. Her little face turned pale with fright.
She said tearfully, "Brother Ziyu, Yutong knows she was wrong. Yutong just wanted to be with you too much, so when she found out that you fell in love with another woman, Yutong lost her mind for a while and hoped that woman would never come back. Please forgive Yutong."
"We in the Prince An Mansion cannot tolerate people with bad intentions. Your father was a subordinate of my father and he did a lot of meritorious service. He died for the country. We have done our best to raise you. You should pack your bags and leave the Prince An Mansion."
Seeing that the prince was actually going to kick her out, Li Yutong felt terrified at the thought that she would never be able to live the kind of wealthy and luxurious life she was living now.
She immediately knelt down and cried, "Brother Ziyu, please don't drive Yutong away. Yutong has already regarded Prince An's Mansion as her home. If she leaves here, Yutong will be homeless."