Abandoned Woman Busy Farming

Chapter 1376: Chapter 1378: You Strike Back with Poison_1

As the day passed, not a single person was able to find Princess Yingtong, not even the slightest clue!

Bai Ruozhu quietly asked Jiang Yichun if he had exerted all efforts, to which Jiang Yichun shook his head slightly and replied, ”It’s not very convenient.”

Lou Shang Lou had influence in Gaochang as well, but it was not appropriate to reveal themselves at this moment. On one hand, the rules of Lou Shang Lou forbade it; on the other, Jiang Yichun did not wish to expose himself.

After hearing this, Bai Ruozhu didn’t say much more. After all, they did not have a close relationship with Princess Yingtong; it would be unreasonable to put their own people in danger for no good reason.

In his fury, the monarch did not send King Yuchuan back to Shengyao City, but instead had him brought back to the royal palace for questioning. King Yuchuan insisted he had not seen Princess Yingtong and would not disclose his reason for looking for Lady Diao Mo, which infuriated the monarch to the extent that he ordered King Yuchuan to be thrown into the Sky Prison.

By the afternoon, King Yuchuan’s subordinates, family members, and families close to him came to plead with the monarch on behalf of King Yuchuan.

The monarch, already distressed by his daughter’s disappearance and suspecting a connection between King Yuchuan and the Holy Hall, grew even more irate upon seeing so many speaking for King Yuchuan, so he simply chased them all away.

As dawn broke on the third day, there was still no news of Princess Yingtong. Instead, many people stepped forward during the morning court to plead for King Yuchuan’s release, claiming King Yuchuan would not harm Princess Yingtong and urging the monarch to free him from jail.

This only made the monarch angrier.

In Qingyou Hall, Bai Ruozhu listened as Jiang Yichun was having breakfast. Jiang Yichun no longer needed to attend the morning court, which was quite comfortable for him, though it would have been even better if everything else had been going smoothly.

After hearing about the morning court proceedings from the morning report, Jiang Yichun hummed and said, ”These people are too foolish. They don’t know if they’re saving King Yuchuan or harming him. There wasn’t even an issue to begin with.”

Bai Ruozhu laughed as well, ”Right, the monarch is just anxious about not finding the princess. Could he really imprison King Yuchuan for life? These people are truly foolish to the extreme.”

”Eh...” Jiang Yichun, who was about to pick up some food, paused and leaned over to whisper in Bai Ruozhu’s ear, ”Remind me later. King Yuchuan’s side wouldn’t be without advisers. How could they make such a mess? It must be someone being incited by others.”

They looked at each other, and Jiang Yichun said with a smile, ”Eat quickly, we’ll be busy soon.”

Bai Ruozhu also started smiling, ”I better eat less, lest I feel nauseous when we meet with the people from the Holy Hall.”

Indeed, their prediction came true. Soon after the morning court, the Holy Hall sent someone to the palace to plead on behalf of King Yuchuan.

At that moment, Bai Ruozhu and Jiang Yichun were both in the Imperial Study Room. They were seated in honored guest positions, leisurely flipping through books at the side.

The visitor from the Holy Hall was the great elder, and after noticing who it was, Jiang Yichun leaned closer to Bai Ruozhu and whispered, ”He’s one of the great elder’s men.”

His warm breath tickled her ear, and given the number of people in the room, Bai Ruozhu’s face involuntarily flushed with heat. He clearly could communicate secretly with voice transmission; there was no need for him to lean in so close and create such an intimate atmosphere.

Seeing her cheeks tinted with a reddish hue, Jiang Yichun felt as if a little kitten had scratched inside his heart. Especially since he had just been so close that his nose had brushed against her delicate earlobe; even that light touch had set off a warmth in his body.

He chuckled to himself, thinking he was no longer a young lad to have such a strong reaction. He even blamed himself for purposely flirting with her, for in the end, wouldn’t it be him who’d feel uncomfortable?

Both were somewhat distracted, but it was the monarch’s angry reprimand that snapped them back to reality.

”How dare you! This is a matter of my Family, since when does the eighth elder have a say in this? Or is this the will of the great elder?” The monarch’s voice rose sharply.

”Why should Your Majesty be so angry? Although it’s a matter concerning the Royal Family, it has already spread among the people. The Holy Hall is simply heeding the people’s wishes, speaking on behalf of King Yuchuan. After all, he is your brother. What obstacle is there that you cannot overcome that you must push King Yuchuan to his death?” The eighth elder said calmly and unhurriedly.

The monarch’s pupils constricted. He had been fuming over King Yuchuan’s matter these past two days, but it was all an act; he wanted to see what kind of scheme the other party was playing. Now it seemed that by merely interrogating King Yuchuan temporarily, it was construed as a death sentence for King Yuchuan.

Bai Ruozhu also sneered from the side. So, the great elder wanted to use their own strategy against them. They incited internal strife between the second elder of the Holy Hall and her; now the great elder was trying to instigate a deadly conflict between the monarch and King Yuchuan, even attempting to smear the monarch’s name with the crime of tyrannical and indiscriminate murder.

Perhaps there was another reason; the great elder also resented the connection between King Yuchuan and Diao Mo, and wanted to deal with him as well.

”Eighth elder, please return. I have my own plans, and also, if you see Princess Yingtong, advise her to come home early,” the monarch said with a meaningful glance at the eighth elder.

Now that all places had been searched, there was only one place she could be—The Holy Hall.

”Your Majesty, your stubbornness truly disheartens me. Take care of yourself,” the eighth elder said before turning to leave.

Bai Ruozhu curled her lip, geez, an elder of the Holy Hall was so arrogant. Who did he think he was?

She pursed her lips, and a very small white shadow flashed out, swiftly burrowing into the eighth elder’s clothing, then quickly returned to Bai Ruozhu’s shoulder.

Furball twisted its body with pride, looking as if it deserved praise. Bai Ruozhu glared at it and communicated telepathically, ”You stinky furball, get in there quickly, do you want others to see you?”

In a flash, Furball disappeared, but through their mental link, it let out two whines, amusing and irritating Bai Ruozhu at the same time. She coaxed it with a couple of words, and it finally started to laugh.

She was like dealing with a child, she thought, shaking her head helplessly.

While others couldn’t see Furball, Jiang Yichun had noticed. He asked quietly, ”What will happen to him?”

”Guess!” Bai Ruozhu teased deliberately. Normally, the elders stayed in the Holy Hall, surrounded by many Holy Guards and Divine Guardians. It wasn’t easy for her to make a move, but today the eighth elder had really delivered himself into her hands. He couldn’t blame her for being inhospitable.

Lian Jia watched everything, secretly amazed, because he hadn’t seen clearly what kind of hidden weapon Bai Ruozhu had used, but he knew she did it to vent the monarch’s anger. He felt both admiration and gratitude, and naturally did not inquire further.

Bai Ruozhu looked outside the hall, her eyes filled with a hint of sarcasm. Just now, she had only sent Furball to deliver some poison onto the eighth elder. This toxin was derived from research on some of Chu Hai’s blood she had collected before curing his poison. The symptoms looked nearly identical to the Reincarnation Poison, but it was not as terrifying; it was more like a simplified version of the Reincarnation Poison, and she had a way to cure it.

Three days after the eighth elder returns, his body will begin to decay bit by bit. If anyone touches his pus and blood, they would also be poisoned, just as Chu Hai had poisoned himself with his mother’s blood.

On one hand, Bai Ruozhu wanted to create panic, to make it seem like the great elder’s faction was being punished, and on the other hand, she was curious to see how the people of the Holy Hall would react to the manifestation of Reincarnation Poison.