Chapter 849 Fool Me Thrice

Qian Yin was always efficient. In the afternoon of the second day, she caught four rats, locked them in a cage covered with black cloth, and brought it back to Crown Prince's Mansion.

When Qian Yin arrived at the mansion, Luo Qingyan had already returned and was reading in the room. Seeing that Qian Yin came in with Doctor Zheng, his eyes fell on the cage. He frowned slightly and looked at Yun Shang.

Yun Shang didn't explain to Luo Qingyan. She asked Qian Yin to take the rats to a yard in the mansion where very few people went. Then she washed her hands and asked the wet nurse to take Bao'er away. Then she asked Qin Yi to put on a long robe and a curtain hat for her.

Luo Qingyan frowned and looked up at Yun Shang. "Rats? Why?"

Yun Shang knew that she couldn't hide anything from Luo Qingyan, so she smiled and said, "You know there is a pestilence in the Jin City recently? I asked Qian Yin to inquire about the pestilence and found out it was caused by rats, so I asked them to catch some back. I'm also a doctor. If I find out the cause of the pestilence, I will definitely find a way to deal with it."

"Don't go." Luo Qingyan frowned, "Are you kidding? Since you know the pestilence is caused by rats, how could you bring them into the mansion? The pestilence is raging in the city and there are people being infected every day. Many people have died of this. What if you get infected?"

Yun Shang pouted and said, "Someone frame Empress Hua deliberately with the pestilence, so I tried to find a way to settle this matter? Don't worry. Once I enter the yard with Qian Yin and Dr. Zheng, I'll ask someone to lock it up and just put the food for us at the door. Even if any of us get infected, we won't let the pestilence spread."

Luo Qingyan's face darkened. "You know I'm not worried about this. What I'm worried about is your safety."

Yun Shang lowered her head and didn't respond. Luo Qingyan could see the stubbornness in her eyes. Luo Qingyan sighed and said in a softer voice, "The antidote can't be made in a short time. Will you three stay in the yard until you find the antidote?" After a pause, he continued, "What if Bao'er misses his mother?"

Biting her lips, Yun Shang said vaguely, "He has the wet nurse and you."

Luo Qingyan still disagreed, "Zheng Qiming is a disciple of Doctor Xue Yan. He has superb medical skills and could deal with it alone. No matter what, I won't let you out today."

After Luo Qingyan finished speaking, he called in a secret guard and ordered, "Ask Zheng Qiming to investigate the pestilence. If he needs anything, just let me know."

The secret guard answered and left.

Frustrated, Yun Shang took off her curtained hat. Knowing that Luo Qingyan was a man of his word, she pouted and ignored him. Luo Qingyan didn't care about it at all. He lowered her head and read again.

Dr. Zheng was so capable that he found out the truth on the second day. The secret guard reported Zheng Qiming'

Drugged one night by her ex-boyfriend, a mysterious man took advantage of her in an ecstatic night filled with sex.

To take her revenge, she married the man, and used him.

"As long as I'm alive, I'm still his legal wife, while all of you are just his mistresses."

She remained adamant even when he was involved in scandals with other women.

Eventually she stormed off after she learned that he had betrayed her again.But life brought her back to him a few years later, to his astonishment.

ease, people would definitely believe them. The visitors to the pharmacies would be officials and their family, businessmen, ordinary people, or storytellers from the tea houses. After all, everyone might get sick."

Hearing this, Luo Qingyan's eyes lit up. He stared at Yun Shang with a smile, "I often feel that I have married a brilliant wife. Besides, it's said that women will get baby brain after they get pregnant, but my Shang'er is still smarter than others."

Hearing this, Yun Shang couldn't help patting Luo Qingyan on the chest with a smile in her eyes.

After the news of the poison was spread out, Luo Qingyan sent Li Qianmo to launch an investigation aboveboard. Li Qianmo took out water from some wells and tested it. It turned out the wells were indeed poisoned. Li Qianmo didn't stop the onlookers when investigating the case, so it soon spread in the Jin City.

And the story that the Empress had risked her life helping the patients before knowing it was just a poison case was highly praised by the people. They all said that Empress Hua was courageous and loved the people. The rumor that Empress Hua was a comet faded away.

The poisoner was being interrogated not in Yamen, but in the execution ground in the city. Many people came to watch it, surrounding the execution ground.

The result of the interrogation was somewhat surprising. Li Qianmo asked the painter to draw a portrait based on the poisoner's description of the culprit. When the portrait was finished, he showed it to everyone. Someone immediately recognized the person in the painting, "Isn't that Lyu Ya? She used to live in the south of the city and she has gone into the Palace. It seemed that she was a maid of some concubine in the Palace. I often hear her parents praise her..."

"Lady Shu, she is Lady Shu's maid."

Hearing the news from Qian Yin, Yun Shang couldn't help smiling. "No wonder the Empress said she would get rid the one who dared to fool her thrice..."