eurekapd Chapter 43 043 Poisoning and Counter-Poisoning
Chapter 43 043 Poisoning and Counter-Poisoning
Chapter 43 043 Poisoning and Counter-Poisoning
When Ye Bijun fell into the water, a burst of laughter erupted from the poolside. The young ladies from aristocratic families pointed at Ye Bijun, who was covered in mud and soaking wet, and laughed so hard they were shaking.
Upon seeing the unexpected incident, Eunuch Wang rushed over, asking, "What happened? What's going on?"
Ye Bijun wiped the mud off her face, pointed at Ye Pianran on the bank, and roared angrily, "Ye Pianran, you—"
“Sister Bijun, how could you be so careless?” Ye Pianran said calmly, “This is not like the Marquis’s mansion. You should look up and watch where you’re going.”
The young ladies burst into laughter again. Standing in the crowd, Ye Yingrou looked at Ye Pianran, who seemed different from before, and frowned in confusion.
"Alright, alright, hurry up and get this young lady out of here!" Although Eunuch Wang also found it amusing, he still remembered his duty and ordered someone to pull Ye Bijun out.
The lotus pond wasn't deep, but it was full of silt. When Ye Bijun emerged, she was covered in mud and had a strange smell about her; she looked extremely disheveled. She gritted her teeth in hatred, viciously stabbing Ye Pianran all over with a knife.
“Miss, you are not in a good condition to attend the banquet. Do you have any change of clothes with you?” Eunuch Wang asked with a hint of disdain, pinching his nose. “If you did not bring any, I will have to send someone to escort you back to your residence.”
"Yes, I have a belt!" Ye Bijun quickly said. She secretly slipped a silver ingot to Eunuch Wang and said with a smile, "Please do me a favor and find a place for my daughter to cleanse herself and change her clothes."
Eunuch Wang put away the silver, and the look of disgust on his face immediately disappeared. He said, "Xiao Hengzi, take this young lady to the side hall to bathe and change clothes."
A young eunuch bowed and stepped forward, gesturing in another direction, "Miss, this way please."
"Wait a minute," Ye Bijun said, looking at Ye Pianran pitifully. "Cousin, I'm unfamiliar with this place and I'm very scared to change clothes alone. Would you be willing to come with me?"
Noticing that Ye Shanzhu wanted to speak, Ye Bijun glared at her fiercely, then smiled and tried to take Ye Pianran's hand: "Cousin, you and I are the closest people in the Marquis's mansion, so why don't you come with your sister?"
Ha, best friends? Does Ye Bijun really think she's a fool? But she'd like to see what Ye Bijun is up to.
Subtly avoiding Ye Bijun's hand, Ye Pianran nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go with you."
The side hall and the main hall of the imperial palace were located in opposite directions. Ye Pianran and Ye Bijun walked one after the other, each lost in their own thoughts, and neither spoke a word. Upon arriving at the side hall, the young eunuch who had led the way pushed open one of the doors and said:
"This room is for the masters in the palace to bathe. There is a bath tub inside, and hot water has been prepared. You can bathe and change on your own. I will be waiting in the next room. When you are ready, just call me from next door."
"Thank you, sir," Ye Bijun said, bowing.
Once inside, Ye Bijun couldn't wait to go behind the screen, take off her wet and muddy clothes, and jump into the bathtub.
"Cousin, my sister will be better soon. You can wait for her outside!"
Ye Pianran didn't answer, but instead carefully circled the house twice, checking the surroundings. What did Ye Bijun want by calling her here? This was Qionglin Garden; surely she wouldn't have tampered with the house beforehand?
Behind the screen, the sound of running water filled the air. Ye Bijun carefully washed herself and then began to change into another set of clothes that had been prepared. As she buttoned the last button, her hand secretly grasped a porcelain bottle already hidden in her sleeve. She loosely wrapped her hair around a hook nearby and called out in a falsetto voice:
"Ouch, cousin, something's caught in my hair! It hurts so much! Come quick and help me!"
She didn't turn around, but she clearly heard Ye Pianran's footsteps. Someone approached from behind, and the tangled hair was untied. Ye Bijun quietly opened the lid of the porcelain vase, and when the hair was completely untied, she smiled and turned around, saying, "Thank you, cousin!"
As she spoke, she sprinkled the "Puppet Master" poison from the porcelain bottle onto Ye Pianran's face. Ye Pianran had already guessed that Ye Bijun was up to something and was on guard. She turned to the side to dodge, while grabbing Ye Bijun's hair and pulling her in front of her to shield her.
Before Ye Bijun could even scream, white powder began to fall upon her. Upon contact with her skin, the powder immediately transformed into visible white threads that seeped into her body!