Luo Zhiheng was stunned, a sudden chill running down her spine for some reason. Mu Yunhe's simple "good" meant he was risking his own life, using it to gamble on everyone's chance to survive. The outcome was uncertain; they were groping forward like blind men, their lives or deaths entirely in the hands of fate.
If they fail this time despite their best efforts, it will truly be a complete waste of their hard work.
"Have you thought it through?" Luo Zhiheng asked again, her voice trembling slightly.
Mu Yunhe let out a self-deprecating laugh: "What's there to think about? It's all the same, death is inevitable, sooner or later. Just as you said, if we don't take a gamble, no one knows how it will end."
He's really ruthless, so nonchalant about his own life and death. But it's precisely because he's been tormented by illness for so many years, teetering on the brink of death countless times, that he's no longer afraid of death, and when he gets ruthless, he's more vicious than the average person!
Luo Zhiheng was equally decisive. Mu Yunhe's life belonged to him, and if he could be so magnanimous and generous, she couldn't hesitate either. She poured a cup of tea and handed it to Mu Yunhe.
This is the simplest, quickest, and most effective way to expose the doctor's lies. If Mu Yunhe remains unharmed after drinking the water, then the doctor's lies will be exposed. Their words will carry more weight in front of the prince.
There were no outsiders in the house right now because Mu Yunhe was taking a nap and no one except Luo Zhiheng was allowed to be there. This gave them a little free time to spend together. There was someone standing outside the door, who could very well be a spy, so they were being very careful and didn't dare to speak or act loudly.
Mu Yunhe's gaze seemed to glow in the darkness, bright and eerie. He stared at the cup in Luo Zhiheng's hand for a long while before slowly reaching out. Luo Zhiheng grabbed his hand, sat on the edge of the bed, looked into his eyes, and said, "I'll feed you."
Mu Yunhe curled his lips into a sarcastic smile and said, "Aren't you afraid that even if I die suddenly, I'll blow you to pieces?"
Luo Zhiheng laughed heartily and said, "I keep my word. I said we'll fight our way out together. If you die first on this path, I'll accept my fate and die with you. Anyway, I won't let you suffer any losses."
Mu Yunhe's eyes flickered, and he laboriously raised his hand to grasp hers. Together, they brought the glass of water, which they didn't know would lead their lives to, to his lips...
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073 Success!
Updated: 2013-06-06 20:02:06 Word Count: 1627
With a loud crash, the porcelain cup fell to the ground and shattered, the clear sound finally alerting the guards outside the door.
The door was suddenly opened, and someone rushed in, their hurried steps quickly entering the bedroom.
Luo Zhiheng's pupils constricted, and she turned around abruptly. The moment the servants came in and saw them, she suddenly pulled hard on the hand she was holding with Mu Yunhe, and then she fell off the bed. Her palm accidentally pierced the broken porcelain shards, and she screamed, an exaggerated cry of pain.
"Young Prince!" The servants who rushed in saw Luo Zhiheng being pushed to the ground by Mu Yunhe. They saw the broken pieces and remaining water stains on the ground, and their expressions changed drastically. One maid even boldly stepped over Luo Zhiheng, pointing at her and angrily shouting, "How dare you! You actually dared to give the Young Prince water! Quickly seize her and bring her before the Prince! This wicked woman is trying to kill the Young Prince!"
The maid shouted righteously and cursed with conviction, easily convicting Luo Zhiheng.
That's exactly what happened, but Luo Zhiheng couldn't let them be real, otherwise why would she create the illusion of being pushed just to cover up the truth?
She withdrew her trembling hand from the pain, looked up at the aggressive maid, and sneered, "What are you? How dare you yell at me? What happens between me and the young prince is none of your business, a mere servant!"
"Hmph! Who doesn't know who you are? You're just someone who wants to climb the social ladder and become a phoenix. You even ruined your own sister to get to the young prince's side. Now you're ruining the young prince's life. You know the young prince can't drink water or eat, so why did you force him to drink water? And you still dare to argue!" The maid was quite a character, accusing her with sharp tongue.
How dare they expose her weaknesses? What's this girl's background?
Luo Zhiheng couldn't help but scrutinize the maidservant closely. She hadn't seemed particularly noticeable before, so where did this maidservant come from? She became secretly wary, but said aloud, "Which eye of yours saw this water being given to the young prince to drink? Didn't that divine physician say that if the young prince ate or drank water, he would die instantly? You've been making a fuss for so long, but your young prince is perfectly fine, isn't he?"
The maid's expression froze for a moment, and her eyes darted around.
As soon as Luo Zhiheng finished speaking, she was stunned. She looked up at Mu Yunhe and saw that Mu Yunhe had subtly smiled at her when no one was looking. However, Luo Zhiheng automatically took that expression as a smile.
She drank the water, but in her nervousness, she dropped the cup. The cup shattered, and in her anxiety, she was only thinking about how to fool the servants who entered. But at that moment, she realized that Mu Yunhe was unharmed!
He didn't die suddenly after drinking the water! Luo Zhiheng could almost hear her heart leaping with joy at that moment. Her eyes were sparkling, and her confusion and nervousness disappeared. She practically jumped up and pounced on the bed, carefully examining his face. Her gaze clearly said: We succeeded, didn't we?
Her cautious, incredulous, yet lively and excited gaze made Mu Yunhe unable to suppress the surging excitement in his heart, but he simply blinked and told Luo Zhiheng that he felt great.
Luo Zhiheng was so excited she almost burst out laughing. That damned miracle doctor was indeed a fraud! Overjoyed, she reached for Mu Yunhe's hand, but in that instant, someone grabbed her arm, and she was unexpectedly thrown to the ground...
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074 Covering up a lie!
Updated: 2013-06-06 20:02:07 Word Count: 1612
The force that threw Luo Zhiheng was considerable, even brutal. She was thrown out completely unprepared, essentially being pulled up and flung away. If it were anyone else, they would definitely fall, but Luo Zhiheng twisted her waist, took a light step with her unsteady steps, and spun around in mid-air before barely managing to stand still.
Mu Yunhe, who had been leaning forward slightly due to her anxiety, stopped abruptly with her quick reflexes. A deep glint flashed in her dark eyes before returning to their deathly stillness.
After Luo Zhiheng stopped, she immediately shouted angrily at the maid, "How dare you! How dare you touch me!"
The maid was the one who threw Luo Zhiheng out; Luo Zhiheng saw her but hadn't had time to retract her hand.
The maid wasn't in a hurry. Instead, she coldly shouted, "No matter how sweet your words are, it's useless. It's a fact that you want to harm our young prince. This spilled cup is the evidence. Arrest her immediately and take her to see the prince."
Luo Zhiheng sneered, "How could you have seen with your own eyes that the tea was for the young prince? You actually dared to frame me! Tell me, what is your purpose?"
The maidservant, her expression unchanged, said, "Hmph, I am a second-class maidservant by the side of the Consort. I was ordered to come and see the young prince, but I never expected to encounter such a bold villain as you who wanted to harm him. Fortunately, the Consort is wise and sent me to check on him because she was worried. If I had arrived a moment later, wouldn't the young prince have been killed?"
Luo Zhiheng felt angry and disgusted when she first heard the maid repeatedly addressing the concubine, but she also had an inexplicable feeling that the maid was strange. But what good people could Concubine Li's people be?
"You don't need to worry about the young prince's affairs, as both the prince and princess are here. Besides, it's not your place to convict me. Why don't you just ask the young prince what really happened? Everyone knows that the young prince doesn't like me, even despises me, and would never help or protect me, right, young prince?" Luo Zhiheng looked at Mu Yunhe with a fierce glint in her eyes.
All eyes turned to Mu Yunhe, and they all assumed that Mu Yunhe would tell the truth: that Luo Zhiheng wanted to take advantage of his weakness to harm him.
Mu Yunhe glanced at Luo Zhiheng casually, and his silence seemed to tacitly agree with everyone's speculation about Luo Zhiheng.
Luo Zhiheng gritted her teeth in anger and said in a soft voice, "Young Prince, you must tell the truth and not wrong an innocent person."
Mu Yunhe thought she could hold back, but seeing that she was getting a little impatient, he stopped teasing her and said with a cold and disdainful expression, "She didn't harm me."
The expressions on everyone's faces changed instantly, and a hint of resentment flashed across the maid's face as she pointed at the water cup and asked, "Then how do you explain this cup of tea?"
"Are you questioning me?" Mu Yunhe's gaze was gentle and indifferent as he looked at the maid, but there was an invisible killing intent in his eyes, and a violent light locked onto the maid without leaving a trace.
The maid finally said in a panic, "This servant dares not."
Luo Zhiheng then said loudly, "It was just me drinking water. The young prince was jealous because he couldn't stand that I could eat and drink so much, so he threw a tantrum and knocked the teacup out of my hand. Is it really necessary for you all to make such a fuss? If you knew that you were being so aggressive, it would be for the young prince's safety. If you didn't know... you would think that you were trying to force someone to their death."
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075 Head-to-head confrontation!
Updated: 2013-06-06 20:02:08 Word Count: 1672
"A bunch of dogs, lackeys! How utterly unruly! Don't you know the young prince needs rest? How dare you shout and yell like this? What kind of behavior is this?" Consort Li's righteous voice suddenly rang out, and then she walked in, her gaze turning unfriendly to Luo Zhiheng: "What are you making a scene about now!"
Clearly, Consort Li's criticism was directed at Luo Zhiheng. That wretched woman! If this were in her time, the second and third bandit leaders would have sold her to a brothel to become a prostitute! Because those two bandit leaders despised Consort Li, who was always putting on airs.
Luo Zhiheng had no power or influence, so she could only endure it. However, Consort Li was too arrogant. Seeing that Luo Zhiheng didn't speak, she assumed that Luo Zhiheng was guilty, so she scolded her even more arrogantly: "What are you going to do now? You're not willing to take care of the young prince, are you? If so, I'll go and report to the prince right away and have you clean the toilets!"
Luo Zhiheng was immediately furious. This woman was so ungrateful; did she really think she was someone special?
"Consort Li, you have quite the airs. You can order around and reprimand people around me as you please?" Before Luo Zhiheng could speak, Mu Yunhe's cold voice rang out weakly, sounding as if he would die at any moment.
Well said! Luo Zhiheng's eyes were shining as she looked at Mu Yunhe.
A hint of surprise flashed across Consort Li's eyes. Mu Yunhe never spoke to her. Whatever the reason, Consort Li naturally disdained to talk to Mu Yunhe. However, the more rude Mu Yunhe was, the more gentle and kind she became, so that the prince would treat her better. Over time, she would naturally not like Mu Yunhe as much anymore. This was her usual practice.
But unexpectedly, Mu Yunhe actually spoke to her today, and on behalf of Luo Zhiheng no less? Consort Li's mind raced, and she smiled naturally, "Yunhe..."
"How dare you call me Yunhe? What is your status?" Mu Yunhe didn't even look at Consort Li. With his eyes closed, he spoke in a calm tone, which was both unfathomable and arrogant.
Consort Li's face stiffened instantly, a shadow of gloom flashing across her features. Her sharp gaze swept over the group of servants, who immediately lowered their heads in fear. Consort Li swallowed her anger, but her words were already laced with sarcasm: "No matter how low my status is, I am still your elder, your brother's mother. Is the young prince's illness getting worse again? How come you don't even recognize people?"
In her eyes, Mu Yunhe had always been an insignificant nobody. What did he have besides the prestigious title of a minor prince? How dare this dying man act so arrogantly and defiantly in front of her, even standing up for others? Hmph, all the money she spent on medicine had gone to waste. This ungrateful wretch, today she would show him what she was capable of!
"I don't remember my mother giving birth to a son. I am my mother's only son, so how could I have an older brother? As for you, do you think you can act like an elder in front of me just because you've done housework for my mother for a few days? You're not worthy!" Mu Yunhe opened his eyes, his dark eyes not looking at Consort Li, but the invisible cold aura surrounding him, combined with his weak appearance, made him look even more pitiful.
Consort Li's heart trembled slightly. Had Mu Yunhe taken the wrong medicine today? How dare he confront her so directly? This ignorant fool, does he really think he's almost recovered? He dares to put on airs of being the future master of the house in front of her? Hmph, it seems that letting you live one more day is too kind to you. Well then, this princess will make you die immediately!
"I..." Consort Li began to speak again, when the Prince arrived in a hurry with his men. As soon as he entered the room, he shouted angrily, "Luo Zhiheng, who gave you permission to drink water, Yun He?"
Following the prince in was the cold-looking Physician Liang!
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076 Using minimal force to achieve maximum effect!
Updated: 2013-06-06 20:02:09 Word Count: 1573
Luo Zhiheng's expression hardened. The prince went straight to the point as soon as he entered, which meant that someone had informed him beforehand. The Divine Physician Liang, who followed in, clearly knew all along and was waiting to see Luo Zhiheng make a fool of herself!
There really is a traitor in this courtyard! And this traitor doesn't even respect the Prince, yet he's been bribed by a newly arrived divine physician? Otherwise, why is it always Divine Physician Liang who gets the information first?
Luo Zhiheng composed herself and glanced at Mu Yunhe discreetly, only to find that he had his eyes closed. For some inexplicable reason, she felt that Mu Yunhe didn't want to see the prince.
"Your Highness, I, Zhiheng, dared not disobey the divine physician's words and give the young prince water without permission. You should also remember the divine physician's words: if the young prince were to come into contact with even a little food or water, he would die instantly. But the young prince is fine now. How can you all be so sure that I, Zhiheng, gave the young prince water? Or is it that you simply do not believe in the divine physician Liang's abilities or his words?" Luo Zhiheng spoke righteously and eloquently, and with a swift turn of events, she skillfully deflected the divine physician Liang's question.