readsfreenovel Chapter 400 The Real Princess Has a Gossip System (8)
Chapter 400 The Real Princess Has a Gossip System (8)
Having taken the token, Wangyou left the palace immediately.
As luck would have it, someone came to the Dali Temple to appeal their grievances. Hearing that there was going to be a show, Wangyou went along.
When I arrived, it was just the right time. An old woman was tearing at a woman who looked to be in her twenties, and there were two shifty-looking men next to her.
The old woman cried and begged the righteous official to help her, saying she wanted to accuse her daughter-in-law of conspiring with her lover to kill her eldest son.
"My lord, I am innocent!" The woman in mourning clothes cried out her innocence, but apart from crying out her innocence, she could not give any other explanation.
[Hey kid, let me see the truth! Could it be that this old woman conspired with her youngest son to kill her eldest son, frame her eldest daughter-in-law, and then try to seize her eldest son's inheritance?]
[Uh, host, how did you know?]
[I just guessed; isn't this the typical plot in storybooks?]
[Host, see for yourself!]
This old woman is really good at kicking people away after they've served their purpose. She's almost thirty-five and doesn't have a single child. Later, she heard that adopting someone else's child would give her her own, so there's nothing wrong with that. In this day and age, there are plenty of children who get abandoned.
This old woman adopted an orphan from her hometown village. As the old saying goes, you may not have children, but he may have siblings. Not long after the old woman took the boy back, she became pregnant.
Suddenly, the adopted child became like a roadside weed, and all sorts of household chores fell on his shoulders. Fortunately, the child was also ambitious and learned hunting skills from the hunters. He managed to get married and build a house on his own.
Fortunately, this man wasn't blindly filial, but the old woman was unhappy and caused all sorts of trouble. So, when her younger son owed money to the gambling den, she set her sights on her adopted son. The adopted son was unwilling, so the two of them came up with a vicious plan and poisoned their eldest son to death.
This old woman is utterly inhuman; she has a three-year-old child at home. But she won't live much longer anyway; after all, she's lost her siblings, so naturally she'll die.
While listening to Princess Zhaoyang's thoughts, the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review ordered people to gather evidence, so the process was exceptionally fast.
The old woman and her son reaped what they sowed, and were soon thrown into prison.
After enjoying his melon to his heart's content, Wangyou left and went to a restaurant for a meal.
Feng Hua Restaurant was packed with guests, and there was even a line of people waiting outside.
"The food here must be really delicious for so many people to be queuing up."
"Girl, you're absolutely right. The food here is exceptionally delicious. You'll want to eat here again after you've had it once."
"Really? Then I'll wait in line too." This food must be delicious; she has to try it.
"Miss, why don't you go to the teahouse to rest? I'll wait in line here," Taozhi said softly.
"No need, queuing is fun too."
The customers patiently waited in line, and every one of them who came out was satisfied, but not a single one of them brought a lunchbox with them.
"Uncle, can I take the food from Fenghua Restaurant out?"
"No, we can only eat at the restaurant. Otherwise, why would we need to stand in line here under the scorching sun?"
"I've never seen anyone turn away business."
"That's right, but they just won't. But what can you do when their food is so delicious?"
Wangyou didn't say anything more. She looked at the people in front and behind her and found that they all had symptoms of yawning to varying degrees. The uncle who was talking to Wangyou even had bloodshot eyes. Wangyou looked at a few more people without showing any emotion and found that their symptoms were too uniform.
One could be a coincidence, two could also be a coincidence, but three is no coincidence. There's definitely something wrong with this shop. And these symptoms are so similar to a poisonous herb she encountered when she first started making poison. The juice of that herb causes these symptoms when ingested.
Wangyou turned to look at Taoyao, then whispered a few words in her ear, and Taoyao quickly left.
Wangyou continued to queue with Taozhi, yawning every now and then; she was starting to feel sleepy while waiting.
"Make way, make way, the Court of Judicial Review is handling a case!" The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review arrived in person with his men.
"May Your Highness Princess Zhaoyang be well!"
"Get up, let's search first!"
"Yes!" The constables quickly dispersed the surrounding people, surrounded the entire restaurant, and began searching.
In the kitchen, the constables found a small bag containing something shaped like a flower bud.
"It seems I was right, this restaurant used poison." Wangyou looked at the bag of poppy shells, her expression not good.
She had witnessed the power of this stuff firsthand; once addicted, one was neither human nor ghost.
"Take them all away!" The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review immediately arrested everyone in the restaurant and then sealed it off.
Wangyou brought a few poppy shells back to the palace and then told Nangong Sheng about it.
Wangyou told Nangong Sheng about the toxicity of this poisonous herb, and as an emperor, he thought of even more. Nangong Zhizhan, who was standing next to him, obviously thought of it as well, and immediately sent people to investigate how many people were still addicted.
"Forget-Me-Not, is there a cure for this poison?"
"Strictly speaking, this thing is a medicinal herb, the main ingredient in making Mafeisan (a type of anesthetic). It all depends on how the user uses it. And judging from the way it's used in restaurants, one or two doses won't lead to addiction. If you take it too often and become addicted, you'll just have to rely on yourself and others to tough it out."
"Wangyou, you've done another great service. Otherwise, our Great Yu Dynasty would be full of addicts sooner or later." Nangong Sheng couldn't help but feel a little scared when he thought about that outcome.
"Father, please issue an order banning the cultivation of this plant among the common people!"
"Don't worry, Father will make the arrangements."
Then, Wangyou had dinner with Nangong Sheng and Nangong Zhizhan. Halfway through the meal, the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review entered the palace.
It turns out that the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review came overnight to deliver a confession. Those poppies were actually brought from a neighboring country. They really wanted to destroy the Yu Dynasty from all angles.
Enraged, Nangong Sheng immediately summoned the Duke of Dingguo and his son to the palace, ordering them to prepare their troops. "Just because we're not showing our power doesn't mean we're pushovers!"
Wangyou thought about it. Now that her father was normal and her older brother had returned, she couldn't let the Yu Dynasty fall. So she had to do something.
Then, Wangyou pestered Nangong Sheng, saying that she also wanted to attend court, but not like the officials standing in the court, but just to have a small table next to her.
The father and son, who were pondering how to bring Wangyou to the court, exchanged a glance, and Nangong Sheng immediately made a decision, arranging a small table for Wangyou next to the Crown Prince.
The next day, the officials discovered that Princess Zhaoyang had actually attended court, and those old scholars with long beards couldn't sit still any longer.
"Your Majesty, I must impeach Princess Zhaoyang for interfering in state affairs..."
[Hey kid, let me see this old pedantic scholar's gossip. I don't believe he actually follows the sages' teachings. Often, those who look so upright are the most morally corrupt in private.]
[Host, you're absolutely right.]