Chapter 12
Feng Yili Is Dead
“Did I wake up in the middle of the night and move to the bed?” Yu Yunxi muttered to herself with a frown on her face.
‘Forget it. This isn’t important. It’s more important to restore everything to its original state.’
At this time, Jiang Ying knocked lightly on the window. After receiving Yu Yunxi’s response, he quickly climbed in and entered the room.
As though they had a tacit agreement, Jiang Ying quickly carried Feng Yili back into the Cold Jade Coffin. After that, he brought a stove out and said, “Princess Consort, I brought you this…”
Then, Jiang Ying continued to explain, “When I was with His Royal Highness back then, I saw many doctors in the military camp use this to refine medicine so I got one for you.”
Yu Yunxi’s eyes lit up when she saw the stove. “I happen to need this!”
Yu Yunxi had been thinking about how she should brew medicine for Feng Yili next. With the stove, things would become much more convenient.
After taking the stove, Yu Yunxi thought of something, and the smile on her face faded a little. She asked, “Is today the day the Imperial Preceptor returns to the capital?”
Jiang Ying’s expression turned grim. He frowned and nodded as he said, “That’s right.”
“Then, we’ll have to be even more careful,” Yu Yunxi said softly as she looked at Feng Yili’s side profile.
Yu Yunxi could only hope that she could hold on until Feng Yili woke up. However, she could not help but shake off the unease she felt.
After a moment, Jiang Ying said, “Princess Consort, I’ll help you visit your nanny first.”
“Okay.”
After Jiang Ying left, Yu Yunxi refined the remaining medicinal herbs into pills in the room.
…
Four hours later…
“How strange. This place isn’t far from the Prime Minister’s Residence. Why hasn’t Jiang Ying returned yet?”
Yu Yunxi frowned. The foreboding feeling in her heart grew stronger and stronger.
At this moment, a maidservant said from outside the room, “Princess Consort, the Consort Dowager wants you to brew medicine for His Royal Highness again.”
“Alright,” Yu Yunxi replied tonelessly and quickly put away the stove. She picked the pills up and put them into her sleeves before she walked out.
Yu Yunxi walked to the kitchen, lost in her thoughts. She had already fed Feng Yili many antidotes so he would be fine even if he drank the medicine prescribed by the imperial physicians today. She would alert the enemies if she switched the medicine too often; it was best to bide her time.
Just as Yu Yunxi crossed the threshold of the kitchen, she saw Nanny Liu walking over.
Nanny Liu bowed respectfully and said, “Greetings, Princess Consort.”
‘Why is she bowing? Did she have a personality change?’
Yu Yunxi became wary immediately.
Looking sincere, Nanny Liu said, “Princess Consort, the Consort Dowager enlightened me last night. No matter what, all of us have the Prince Regent and the residence’s interest at heart. I deserve to die for provoking you again and again.”
Yu Yunxi pursed her lips and did not speak.
At this time, Nanny Liu had already rolled up her sleeves to start a fire. She said, “After this, you can start to brew the medicine, Princess Consort. If you need anything, please feel free to tell me.”
Yu Yunxi lowered her gaze and quietly placed the medicinal herbs into the boiling water. At the same time, she thought to herself, ‘There must be a reason for this abnormality…. What is Nanny Liu plotting? It seems like I have to be even more careful.’
…
Although Yu Yunxi was mentally prepared and very careful, she still did not expect Nanny Liu to act so quickly.
Two hours later…
“His Royal Highness vomited blood!”
“Go get the Consort Dowager and the doctors!”
Yu Yunxi had only fed Feng Yili a few mouthfuls of the medicine before he suddenly began to vomit blood. Following that, his breathing gradually became weaker.
“Feng Yili!! Feng Yili!” Yu Yunxi called out anxiously. She was extremely flustered by this as well. In order to figure out what was wrong, she even took a sip of the medicine. In fact, she had already tested the medicine in the kitchen. She had verified that it was indeed the prescription given by the imperial physician so she felt at ease giving it to Feng Yili. She had been present during the entire process so nothing should have gone wrong.
Yu Yunxi took another sip.
‘No! The taste of the medicine is wrong!’
Yu Yunxi stared at the bowl of medicine intently before a terrifying thought appeared in her mind.
‘I didn’t make a mistake, and there’s nothing wrong with the medicine either. The problem is… the bowl!’
Nanny Liu had personally brought the bowl to her.
Without wasting time, Yu Yunxi threw the bowl aside. She went to the side and stuck her fingers down her throat before throwing up the medicine she had drunk. Then, she held Feng Yili’s wrist to check his pulse only to discover that his body was extremely cold to the touch.
At this time, Yu Yunxi was suddenly from the back.
Nanny Liu forcefully pushed Yu Yunxi away and shouted fiercely, “You actually poisoned His Royal Highness, you vicious woman!”
Yu Yunxi was about to refute Nanny Liu and ask about the bowl when someone supported Consort Dowager Ning into the room.
As soon as Consort Dowager Ning saw Yu Yunxi, she rushed over murderously and slapped Yu Yunxi.
Yu Yunxi did not have time to react and failed to avoid the slap. She fell to the ground, causing a few cuts to appear on her cheek.
“I’m going to kill you, you b*tch! I’m going to kill you!” Consort Dowager Ning shouted hysterically as she glared at Yu Yunxi murderously.
At this time, a local doctor finally arrived.
After taking Feng Yili’s pulse, he kneeled on the ground, looking frightened as he said tremblingly, “C-Consort D-dowager… my… my condolences!”
“What did you say?” Consort Dowager Ning stumbled back a few steps.
The doctor lowered his head and said fearfully, “H-his Royal Highness has lost his breath…”
“Impossible! My son is very lucky! Nothing can happen to him! Impossible! You’re a quack! How dare you curse my son! I want you dead! I want you dead!”
Consort Dowager Ning shook off her maidservant’s hands, rushed over to the doctor like a crazy woman, and kicked him.
The doctor bent over in pain and kept begging for mercy.
After Consort Dowager Ning grew tired from kicking the doctor, she leaned over the Cold Jade Coffin and stroked Feng Yili’s face with trembling hands.
“Yili, can you open your eyes and take a look at Mother?”
Consort Dowager Ning placed her trembling fingers under Feng Yili’s nose, and when she could not feel his breath, she let out a heart-wrenching cry.
“Where are the imperial physicians? Why haven’t the imperial physicians from the palace arrived yet?” Consort Dowager Ning shouted. At this moment, she had lost her bearing. She was no longer as noble and majestic as she usually looked.
“Consort Dowager, His Royal Highness was poisoned to death. The poison was so vicious that it even burned his throat… Even an immortal wouldn’t be able to do anything.”
“Poisoned? Who fed him the medicine?” Dowager Consort Ning asked viciously. She had clenched her hands so hard that her nails dug into the flesh of her palm, causing it to bleed.
Everyone turned to look at Yu Yunxi in unison.
Yu Yunxi felt as though her heart was being pricked by needles. She said, “Mother, he can still be saved! I can save him!”
Yu Yunxi did not want anything to happen to Feng Yili more than anyone else. Not only because their lives were tied together, but because she had a good impression of him and did not want him to die because of someone’s scheme. She already roughly knew what kind of poison had been used. If she detoxified it now, she was rather certain she could save him.
Unexpectedly, Consort Dowager smiled sinisterly and said, “I actually allowed a vicious woman to marry Yili. Yili, don’t be afraid. I’ll cut this b*tch into a thousand pieces to atone for her sins!”
‘Consort Dowager has gone… mad…’
This was Yu Yunxi’s only thought at this moment. She could not get close to Feng Yili at all. Nanny Liu had brought people over and forcefully pulled her away. She had already been affected by the poison despite throwing it up. Her throat was burning, and it was difficult for her to make a sound at this time. She could let the people Nanny Liu brought drag her away to the dungeon in the Prince Regent’s Residence to await her punishment. Before she was dragged away, she was the triumphant and smug expression on Nanny Liu’s face.
‘So… This was her goal all along…’