"Come on, will the two of you ever stop? You haven't even said anything yet. This whole thing is really fishy. You'd better stop fighting among yourselves for now."
Once the general made up his mind, he clung to it stubbornly. Even when they heard this, the two of them didn't stop their actions.
"Your Majesty, please don't interfere. We'll surely resolve this matter as soon as possible. It must be Qin Feng who secretly switched the divine doctor's antidote, which almost cost the lives of so many soldiers."
"You're talking nonsense! I've never done such a thing. Don't think you're so great just because you know a few moves. I used to be the chief general of the enemy country. For so many years, Shi An couldn't even defeat me. Do you think you can?"
The general felt deeply insulted. His eyes widened in anger.
"That's because General Shi showed mercy. I won't give you any chance."
As they talked, their moves became even more fierce.
Shi Muyuan knew it wasn't a good idea to let them fight like this, so she decided to start by finding out the truth of the matter.
"Divine doctor, did you make any marks or labels on the antidote at that time?"
Hearing this, San Qi suddenly remembered something.
"Your Majesty has reminded me. Before, to prevent the antidote from being switched, I marked it with a special potion. Once someone touches it, their hands will surely emit a green glow in the dark."
As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere suddenly fell silent. Even the two who had been fighting fiercely just now stopped.
"Good for you, divine doctor. Why didn't you say you had a backup plan earlier? You've made me fight with this brute for so long, and what you said just now wronged me."
The divine doctor was an old man. Being pointed out like this suddenly, he couldn't help but feel a bit embarrassed.
"I'm old. It's normal to forget some things suddenly. Come on, don't take it out on me. Now we just need to wait for nightfall, and the truth will come to light."
His words gave everyone hope. Shi Muyuan quietly let out a sigh of relief and asked Shi An to take Qin Feng down to rest first. Otherwise, who knew if the two of them would start fighting again because they didn't get along.
...
Time always passed quickly. In the blink of an eye, after they had rested for a while, it got dark.
The two most impatient ones were the general and Qin Feng.
"Your Majesty, you didn't believe me before. Now you'll see Qin Feng's true face."
"Why do you keep targeting me? Are you doing this just to make everyone suspect me? I could also say that you did this secretly behind our backs."
"I've always been guarding the border and never left. Tens of thousands of soldiers can testify. But General Qin has always been by the divine doctor's side. Even if he did something, no one would notice. I advise you to confess quickly. Otherwise, when things come out in the open, it might not look good for you."
"You! Fine. It seems you won't give up until the very end."
Qin Feng gritted his teeth and faced the people behind him. "Your Majesty, I can swear with my life that this matter has nothing to do with me."
"Whether it has something to do with you or not, we should ask the divine doctor first. Divine doctor, are you sure the potion can't be washed off?"
San Qi nodded affirmatively.
"We just need to pull down the tent curtain, and we'll know."
The general couldn't wait to ask his subordinate to pull down the curtain.
"General Qin, you won't shed a tear until you see the coffin. Then don't blame me."
The whole tent quickly plunged into darkness. You couldn't even see your own hand in front of you, but the scene they had imagined didn't happen.
The general walked up to Qin Feng in disbelief, checked his hands, and said in surprise, "Divine doctor, it seems your potion doesn't work. Someone must have secretly washed it off when we weren't paying attention."
The tent was quickly filled with light again. The divine doctor raised his eyebrows and said confidently, "My potion has never been wrong. If there's a problem, the real culprit must not be General Qin."
Finally, Qin Feng's expression softened a bit.
"See? I said from the beginning that the real culprit definitely wasn't me."
After this whole commotion, the general slowly accepted the truth. He apologized to Qin Feng reluctantly.
"Although I've always been a straightforward person, I know I should take responsibility when I make a mistake. I'm sorry. I misjudged you."
The two of them were both military generals. They were straightforward in nature. Now that they had cleared the air, the atmosphere was better than before.
"It's okay. I know what you're worried about. If I were you, I'd also suspect someone who suddenly appeared."
Qin Feng's understanding surprised the general, and then his eyes were filled with gratitude.
While the two of them had made up, the others felt that there was a conspiracy behind this matter.
"If it wasn't someone among us who switched the antidote, it must be someone else. So there's actually someone following us on this journey, but we didn't notice."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone fell silent.
Shi Muyuan had pointed out the danger. Everyone felt a chill down their spines. There was actually a pair of eyes secretly watching them in the place they couldn't see.
Just as everyone was thinking about how to find out the person behind this, suddenly, a voice came from outside the tent.
"Actually, I should apologize to you all for this matter."
The few of them felt that the voice was a bit familiar, but they couldn't tell where they had heard it for a moment. They could only look at each other.
While they were thinking, two figures appeared. When they saw the faces, they were all very surprised.
"Miss Lin shouldn't you be in the palace at this time? Why are you here?"
Lin Sun lowered her head, and there was a person standing beside her.
What Shi Muyuan noticed wasn't that person, but the green fluorescence on that person's hand, which was especially prominent in the dark.
Her face darkened. She seemed to understand something.
"So, it should be your grandmother who did all this, right?"
"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, Your Majesty. I didn't manage to take good care of my grandmother."
"You really should apologize. We clearly arranged for her to be in the prison, but you secretly rescued her. This is different from what you promised before, isn't it?"
Lin Sun's eyes showed some struggle.
"I didn't want to do this either, but I really had no choice. She's my grandmother, my last and only relative in this world. Please forgive me."
After she finished speaking, she had already knelt on the ground. But after witnessing so many soldiers on the verge of death, Shi Muyuan had no sympathy for the two of them.
"In your heart, you always think that the lives of your closest relatives are precious, while these soldiers deserve to die, right?"
"No, I've never thought like that. I also know I'm sorry for those soldiers. I really had no choice."
"Has Miss Lin forgotten what she promised us before?"