Chapter 688 - Futile
Yu Xiaocao clutched her stomach as she took out a jade bottle from her embroidered pouch. Then, she poured out two sparkling and translucent jade white pills and stuffed them into her mouth like she was eating jelly beans. She chewed the pills a few times before swallowing it.
"You...are you stupid?! If you have the antidote, why didn't you take it right away? Are you waiting until you see the King of Hell before taking the antidote?" Zhu Junfan was angered to the point where he started laughing. Just what kind of person was she?!
Yu Xiaocao smiled weakly at him and said, "Your Imperial Majesty, can you scold me later? Can you give me a cup of boiled water?"
When the empress heard her request, she immediately ordered her most trusted personal maidservant to fetch a pot of boiled water from the small kitchen located in the Kunning Palace. She was still afraid that something was wrong, so she used her treasured parrot to test whether the water was poisonous or not. Parrot: '...is the life of a bird, not a life as well? I'm getting implicated in this when I just happen to be present here!'
The empress personally helped Xiaocao up, then she took the cup of boiled water from her trusted maidservant to feed Xiaocao. Xiaocao expressed her nervousness as she endured the pain from her stomach--if she drank directly from the cup, how could she let the little divine stop release spiritual power into the boiled water?!
After she drank a cup of water that was filled with lots of mystic stone water, Yu Xiaocao felt as if her small life had been saved. Sigh! Why did this happen to her? Why would the traitors attack her when she was merely an innocent bystander? If they wanted to rebel or something, then they should just kill the emperor and the empress. Ahem...Amitabha, it wasn't that she had a vicious heart--it was because...it was because the poison had penetrated her brain and took control of her thoughts. That must be it!
The person who had planned this conspiracy had actually planned on killing the emperor, the empress, and her altogether. However, when Xiaocao entered the palace today, she didn't bring pastries like she usually did. The emperor and the empress hadn't touched the pastries on the table before Xiaocao arrived.
If Xiaocao brought pastries into the palace like she usually did, and if the emperor and the empress accompanied her to eat the poisonous pastries that Xiaocao had made by herself, then it would be a mystery as to what had caused the poison.
If an ordinary person had taken the poison, then the effects of the poison would've started to act up an hour after consumption. However, Xiaocao's body was different from ordinary people; her body was very sensitive to poison. She had a clean physique, so whenever she consumed poison, the effects of the poison would immediately take effect. This was the reason why she started to have stomach pain instantly after eating two pieces of pastries.
If everything had gone according to the traitor's scheme, then approximately one hour after Xiaocao left the palace, the emperor and empress would suddenly be poisoned. Although Xiaocao would also be poisoned, she had a panacea that could detoxify all kinds of poison. Nothing would happen to her after she takes the antidote. However, the same couldn't be said for the emperor and the empress...
When the time came, the traitor was just going to frame Imperial Prince Xu for poisoning the emperor and empress as an act of rebellion. Zhu Junyang definitely wouldn't idly stand by after being accused and would certainly resist. Then, the capital will be thrown into chaos and the traitors would take advantage of the chaos...my god! It was such a ruthless plan!
It was a pity that Xiaocao acted out of their expectations. Not only did she not bring pastries, but the effects of the poison also displayed itself in advance. She had unintentionally exposed their scheme. Otherwise, why would people say that transmigrators were the favorite children of the heavens?! Ahem, these children didn't know anything; they were only innocently stir-frying chicken!
