Forgotten Legend Of The Bloodied Flower

Chapter 191 - 195

Chapter 191 - The Messy Shangguan Family

"Did you sense any poison?" Princess Yue asked in a low tone.

Every Imperial Family members would have poison testers around them at all time. Huan was the poison tester that was placed beside Princess Yue. That way, if the food had any poison, Huan would die first and would not affect the princess in the slightest bit.

Most of the time, they would act as normal servants around the other people. That way, no one would know about their real identity.

Huan bowed as she shook her head. "Replying to Your Highness, this servant didn't sense any poison."

She was perfectly fine too, so it would be impossible for there to be poison. The only reason for Princess Yue's condition would be her allergic reaction since Huan might have failed to detect the shrimp in the soup.

"You can go."

Princess Yue sneered and looked at the head cook. "What else do you want to say?"

At the side, Shangguan Mi's eyes darkened. When she watched Princess Yue and Shangguan Die had a bout in the past, she always thought that Princess Yue was quite stupid and could easily be manipulated. But it seemed that things wouldn't go in accordance to her plan if she didn't do anything.

Her eyes shifted to look at the servant, who understood the message.

"Your Highness, I swear to the Heaven that I never prepared any shrimp! There's not even any shrimp in the kitchen!" the head cook pleaded once more. He was feeling utterly desperate as he knew that if he couldn't prove himself innocent, he would never be able to stay here anymore.

He had been very careful in his conduct. What could have possibly gone wrong?

"Is that so?" Princess Yue glanced at another servant and gestured for her to move. "Check the kitchen."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Sitting there with the oppressive aura, not a single servants dared to speak out of their turn in front of Princess Yue. In the past, she had long been known for her bad temper. Added with this incident, it was clear that she would not take 'no' for an answer whenever something happened.

"For something like this to happen, Ai Jia* is very unhappy."

"Imperial Mother," Princess Yue called with grievances in her voice. She was the half-sister of Emperor Yang Zhou, which meant that she was of the same generation as him. Since the two Empress Dowagers were their mother, she always had to greet the two of them as Imperial Mother.

"Please allow me to investigate this matter, Imperial Mother. I can't possibly show up like this." Princess Yue shed a few crocodile tears. Her hand and neck had rashes, making her look even more pitiful.

Even though she usually looked headstrong, she still knew that she could make herself look miserable in order to gain pity. Of course, she was displeased because of this incident as she felt itchy on her skin. If not for the medicine, she might have long scratched her entire body over.

Thankfully, it was still bearable.

Empress Dowager Mei looked at the crowd in front of her, feeling amused by the act that Princess Yue did. However, she didn't mind playing along because she also understood that Princess Yue would never put her own body as target if she was not utterly desperate.

As someone who liked beauty, who would want to create scar on their own face?

"I'll not interfere until it's necessary." Empress Dowager Mei then turned to look at Empress Dowager Yan at the side. "Mei Mei, do you find this acceptable?"