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Chapter 16 - Oral Administration

Xiao Qingqian looked at her for a moment and shook his head.

To be able to gain such trust from Xiao Qingqian, Tian Sisi felt a warm feeling in her heart.

"My prince, you must explain this to Elder Sister Princess properly. If I were to poison her, I definitely wouldn't take the tonifying soup I stewed myself with!"

Hearing this, Xiao Qingqian was even more sure that this had nothing to do with Tian Sisi.

Calmly holding her hand, he walked towards Wei Qing's hall.

Wei Qing's face was green and white, looking extremely frightening.

The doctor was at a loss. Hearing the footsteps, he looked into Xiao Qingqian's serious eyes and immediately knelt down.

"What's the situation?" Xiao Qingqian asked.

"Your highness, this little one had carefully inspected the food of the wangfei and did not find any poisonous substance!"

Xiao Qingqian said softly, it seemed like this matter really had nothing to do with Yue Shuang!

"My prince!" Die'er knelt down with a 'putt', "How can this have nothing to do with Concubine Tian? The young miss drank the tonifying soup sent by the Concubine Tian, that's why she was like this! "

Xiao Qingqian frowned, he glared at the doctor.

The doctor hurriedly shook his head and explained, "Your Highness, there really isn't any poison in this soup!"

Die'er pointed at him, her face filled with anger, "What benefits did the Concubine Tian give you?"

The doctor stammered, unable to utter a word. In the end, he could only stifle the words, "Injustice!"

"Your Highness, either this doctor is a warlock with no real ability or he was bribed by the Concubine Tian!" Die'er argued.

"What do you want?" Xiao Qingqian's heavy eyes were locked on Die'er, and there was no sound of joy or anger in them as he asked.

"Eldest Miss just suffered such a severe injury, don't tell me that you don't feel the slightest bit guilty?"

Xiao Qingqian squinted his eyes. The warm yellow candle flame flickered in his eyes, but there was not the slightest bit of warmth, only coldness and killing intent.

"Your Royal Highness, please!"

The five words that Die'er had spoken were loud and clear, and she could not back down in the slightest.

Xiao Qingqian let out a light harrumph, his gaze landed on Wei Qing's face, and called for the hidden guards to go get a doctor.

Very quickly, the imperial physician arrived at Prince Chu’s Mansion.

After taking Wei Qing's pulse, her face became solemn.

"How is it?" Xiao Qingqian asked.

"The wangfei was indeed poisoned!"

Hearing that, Xiao Qingqian's frown deepened.

"The young miss was poisoned after she drank the tonifying soup sent by the Concubine Tian." Die'er said.

The imperial physician told Die'er to bring the tonifying soup over and carefully examined it, "There isn't any poison!"

"How is this possible?" Die'er's tone was getting worse.

"Enough, stop guessing so much!" Xiao Qingqian lost all patience, his voice was as cold as the winter.

Die'er bit her lips with a furious look on her face.

"The princess was injured before?" The imperial physician's gaze fell on Wei Qing's neck.

"En!" Die'er nodded.

The imperial physician asked Die'er to bring the medicinal prescription over and looked at it seriously.

"There is a reason why everything in the world is compatible with each other. Although the things in the tonifying soup are not poisonous, if we come across another medicine that is also not poisonous, it is very likely to become poison."

"But Miss doesn't have any medicinal ingredients in her food!" Die'er's eyes were filled with worry.

"It's the princess' medicine!"

Die'er suddenly realised, "Concubine Tian has really put in a lot of effort!"

Xiao Qingqian's one hundred percent of trust in Tian Sisi also began to crumble at this moment.

He could turn a blind eye to the women's competition, but Tian Sisi was not a person who did not understand the general situation. If something were to happen to Wei Qing right now, how would his royal father treat him?

"Is it acceptable?" Xiao Qingqian asked as he suppressed the confusion in his heart.

The imperial physician nodded. "This official will prescribe an antidote for the wangfei right now. She should be able to recover completely after a short period of recuperation!"

Xiao Qingqian had been standing guard inside Wei Qing's hall the entire time as he watched Die'er use a spoon to scoop the brown medicinal juice into Wei Qing's mouth.

However, Wei Qing was simply unable to swallow it on her own, the medicinal juice flowed down the corner of her mouth and quickly soaked her collar.

"Eldest Miss, quickly swallow it down!" Dia almost cried.

Xiao Qingqian pushed her away, took the medicine bowl, took a mouthful of it, and then stuck it onto Wei Qing's soft lips.

Although the medicinal juice was very bitter, when he stuck it to Wei Qing's lips, he unexpectedly tasted a little sweet.

His eyes froze for a moment, then he quickly swallowed the medicine into Wei Qing's mouth.

Wei Qing was a little resistant to it, but Xiao Qingqian had firmly sealed her lips, so she was simply unable to spit it out, and could only swallow it back down.

He fed her a bowl of medicinal juice several times over.

Die'er was ecstatic, she quickly took the kernels and wiped the corner of Wei Qing's mouth. Seeing that Xiao Qingqian's mouth was still smeared with medicine, she hurriedly passed the kernels to him and got up to pour Xiao Qingqian a cup of tea.

Xiao Qingqian looked at the kernels in disgust, taking the tea cup from Die'er. After rinsing his mouth, he wiped the corner of his mouth with the corner of his sleeve.

Die'er was currently focused on Wei Qing and did not see her expression.

After approximately fifteen minutes, Wei Qing began to vomit blood.

Looking at the black blood, Die'er started to cry again, continuously asking Imperial Physician Wei Qing if he was going to die.

The imperial physician was hurt by Die'er's grip on his arm. "The auspicious person will take care of himself. Nothing will happen to him. He will slowly recover after spitting out the poison blood!"

Hearing this, Die'er heaved a sigh of relief.

It was almost daybreak when Wei Qing finally slowly opened her eyes.

Suddenly meeting with Xiao Qingqian's pair of unfathomable eyes, she was stunned for a moment.

"Still uncomfortable?" Xiao Qingqian asked in a low voice.

Wei Qing shook her head, and nodded weakly.

Xiao Qingqian was inexplicably angry again, "Is it hard to bear, or not?"

Wei Qing glared at him, and asked softly: What are you shouting at me for?

"Is it still uncomfortable for This King to ask you?" Xiao Qingqian was slightly startled, and his voice softened.

"My head hurts, my chest hurts, my neck hurts, and my throat hurts …" His whole body was in pain! " Wei Qing choked, and said unhappily.

Xiao Qingqian stared at her suspiciously, "This king is not joking with you!"

Wei Qing suddenly sat up, "Do you think I'm joking with you?

Hearing the argument, Die'er hurriedly pushed open the door with a bowl of medicine in her hands. "Eldest Miss, you scared me to death!"

Wei Qing rubbed her forehead, "Am I not dead?"

Xiao Qingqian shot her a glance, flicked his sleeves, and left.

However, when he walked out of the hall, he stopped in his tracks, turned and looked at Wei Qing, his mood inexplicably relaxed.

"Give me the medicine!" Wei Qing pouted at his back, and asked Die'er to give the medicine bowl to him.

Die'er was startled, she felt that Wei Qing was hiding something from her.

"Damned girl, why are you looking at me like that?"

"Eldest Miss, could it be that you're …"

Although Die'er did not finish speaking and did not explain herself, Wei Qing still understood what she wanted to say and nodded her head slightly.