"You've been poisoned? Who did it?! Who on earth is so bold as to poison you?"
Dongfang Yuan's face showed great shock and he hurriedly asked.
Feng Yunshu thought he didn't seem to be pretending. Could it be that this Dongfang Yuan really didn't know the news that the original owner had been poisoned?
"This concubine doesn't know who did it. Before I got married, I felt unwell at home. I often felt weak and sweaty. I didn't think much of it at that time. I suppose Your Highness the Third Prince should have heard about the incident that this concubine almost vomited blood and died on the wedding day?"
Dongfang Yuan nodded, looking a bit evasive. "Yes, this king did hear about this. I wanted to find a chance to visit you in the mansion, but I didn't expect those things to happen last night. Today, taking the opportunity of visiting Prince Helan, I finally had a chance to see you. What exactly happened that day?"
"The incident has already happened. It's useless to talk about it again. Just now, Your Highness kept saying that you have feelings for this concubine. Then why didn't you notice at all that this concubine was poisoned?"
Suddenly, Feng Yunshu felt a strong sense of resentment welling up in her heart. She couldn't even control herself. "Also, on the day when this concubine got married to Prince Helan, Your Highness didn't show up at all from beginning to end. Why was that?!"
"Yunshu, it's not like that... Please listen to this king's explanation. This king also has his own difficulties..." Facing Feng Yunshu's sudden questioning, Dongfang Yuan was a bit flustered.
"What difficulties? What deep affection? In the end, it's not as important as your power and status, right? So you simply didn't dare to stand up or show up, and just let this concubine be betrothed to Prince Helan!"
"Really, it's not like this. Yunshu, how could you say such a thing? This king's wholehearted affection has been misinterpreted by you like this. It's really heartbreaking..."
"By now, this concubine doesn't want to say much more. Your Highness doesn't really have this concubine in your heart. Why do you have to act like this? Hehe, so even if this concubine dies from the poison, it probably doesn't matter much. It really has nothing to do with Your Highness. Please leave."
Feng Yunshu poured out her grievances in a flurry, as if she couldn't control her mouth at all. At this moment, her heart was on the verge of collapse!
What's going on? Original owner, are you kidding me? At this critical moment, the only straw to save my life, and you just push the person away with an order to leave?
My Xiaoling is still waiting for me to save her!
But since she was using this person's body, she had to take her feelings into account. Feng Yunshu tried hard to calm herself down and tried to communicate with the obsession deep in her heart.
I know you're very aggrieved and unwilling. Don't worry, I'll avenge you one by one against all those who have wronged you and take back everything that originally belonged to you!
Gradually, the voice deep in her heart disappeared, and Feng Yunshu finally regained her senses.
It was quite funny. This time, it was really a case of hitting the mark by accident.
After listening to Feng Yunshu's accusation, Dongfang Yuan calmed down a lot. There was more embarrassment and guilt on his face.
"Yunshu, this king..."
"This king will never ignore your life or death. This king heard it clearly in the main hall last night. The flesh and blood of that humanoid spiritual beast can cure all difficult and miscellaneous diseases. Don't worry, this king will definitely try his best to help you get it!"
"Your Highness, do you know where that humanoid spiritual beast went after last night? And what happened after this concubine left last night?"
Feng Yunshu started to use the strategy of retreating in order to advance. "This concubine speculates that with such a precious spiritual beast, His Majesty will surely lock it up and raise it well. It must not be so easy for outsiders to get close to it, right?"
"After the assassination incident in the main hall last night, not long after, Father Emperor ended the banquet early. He detained the envoys from the Dan Kingdom on the pretext and required Prince Helan to quickly find out the real mastermind behind the scenes to prove his innocence, otherwise he would be punished immediately."
"As for that humanoid spiritual beast, Father Emperor ordered the palace guards to take the cage away. This king hasn't seen it since."
"You said that the emperor asked the prince to quickly find out the murderer, otherwise he would punish him?" Feng Yunshu's heart skipped a beat because she hadn't heard Helan Yanting mention this at all.
Every time she saw him, he always looked like a kind Buddha, smiling, and never said anything serious.
Dongfang Yuan nodded. "This king came here this time to discuss this matter with him."
Feng Yunshu nodded. "According to Your Highness, you also don't know where the spiritual beast is locked up?"
Dongfang Yuan looked embarrassed. "This... It's really a bit difficult. Last night in front of the hall, this king made a slip of the tongue while pleading for Prince Helan. Father Emperor may still be blaming this king."
Feng Yunshu's mind was working quickly, and she soon came up with an idea.
"Your Highness, it's not easy to find this spiritual beast. For now, you just need to help this concubine with a small favor. This evening, you..."
After listening, Dongfang Yuan hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded and agreed. "Okay, I'll do as you say."
Seeing that it was getting late, Feng Yunshu thought she still had to go back and prepare. So she said goodbye. Some things still had to be made clear to avoid future troubles.
"Your Highness, this matter of the spiritual beast is the last time this concubine asks for your help. Before, you also took advantage of this concubine's feelings. After this matter is done, all the old grudges between you and me will be wiped out. From now on, when we meet, we'll just nod to each other."
"Yunshu, this king has said..."
Of course, Dongfang Yuan wasn't so easy to give up, but Feng Yunshu had achieved her goal and was too lazy to talk to him. She just turned around and left for the mansion.
After returning to the mansion, she finally breathed a sigh of relief. Anyway, this matter was half done. The completion of the remaining half still had to depend on fate.
Thinking of this, Feng Yunshu couldn't help but look up at the sky. She was almost on the verge of sighing towards the sky. Master, master, if you can see your disciple suffering like this in the sky, please bless me to save Xiaoling smoothly!
"What is the madam doing? Why are you sighing towards the sky?"
Suddenly, a voice came from behind. Feng Yunshu was startled. She turned around and saw Helan Yanting in a white robe walking towards her.
His robe was still so loose. He still coughed several times when he said a sentence. His face was still so pale, but his eyes were always as deep as an ancient pool, calm and undisturbed.
Feng Yunshu originally wanted to find an excuse to cover it up. Suddenly, she remembered what had happened in the courtyard not long ago. So her expression changed. She frowned tightly and pouted aggrievedly.
"Not long ago, the prince blamed this concubine because of the matter in the courtyard. This concubine is really aggrieved in her heart. But there is no one in the Helan Prince's Mansion for this concubine to pour out her feelings to. This concubine can only sigh towards the sky."
"Oh?"
Helan Yanting raised his eyebrows slightly. "Is the madam sighing because of the matter in the courtyard?"
Feng Yunshu nodded. "Otherwise?"
"This king thought that the madam met Your Highness the Third Prince, an old acquaintance, and for a moment, couldn't control her emotions and regretted marrying this king, so you were sighing towards the sky."
Feng Yunshu's heart skipped a beat. There was clearly something in his words. Could it be that he saw her go out and talk to the Third Prince?
Don't panic. Stay calm!
"Your Highness, what are you talking about? Yunshu has already married Your Highness the prince and is the dignified Princess of Helan. No matter what happened in the past, it's all in the past. How could this concubine be so out of line?"
Helan Yanting suddenly stared at Feng Yunshu in silence. His face was changing. It made Feng Yunshu feel nervous.
Could it be that he's holding back some sinister trick to deal with me?
After a while, Helan Yanting suddenly lowered his eyes. While coughing, he said intermittently, "This king is in poor health and doesn't have much time left. If the madam regrets it, this king won't blame you."