CHAPTER 12
"What?! The emperor has been poisoned?!" Bai Xue Jian was very surprised after hearing the latest news about the royal palace from his confidant.
"That's right. The servant who is our spy has given the news that Emperor Hui is not sick but has been poisoned. The medicine that the healer gave actually didn't help at all, instead worsening Emperor Hui's health condition," Feng Yun explained.
Feng Yun had explained all the information he had about the royal palace. The news about Emperor Hui's illness was actually not true. The emperor was sick from being poisoned and the culprit was undoubtedly Queen Qing Yun.
Neither General Xue nor Feng Yun had guessed correctly. They knew for a fact that all the healers within the royal palace had become Queen Qing Yun's accomplices. Sooner or later the Emperor will surely be killed by the cruelty of those closest to him.
Hearing this latest news, Bai Xue Jian was furious. He still couldn't believe that Emperor Hui had been poisoned because only a week ago he had seen the Emperor. At that time the Emperor's health condition was fine and left no symptoms of poisoning.
Bai Xue Jian felt that he had failed to protect this Emperor of the Dynasty. His eyes turned red as his hands clenched into perfect fists. The sword hanging from his left waist, seemed to want to be pulled out of its scabbard. Coming to attack the Queen and kill her, it was a wish she desperately wanted to do.
But it's just high risk. Bai Xue Jian could only blame himself and couldn't do what he wanted. There are still many things to consider before overthrowing Queen Qing Yun's power.
"Chu Huang Yan is really brave. He wants to kill both father and son in one go. It seems that I won't be so gentle from now on," Bai Xue Jian said.
"General, what should we do after this? There's no way we can leave Emperor Hui in this state, right?" asked the military chief of Yunlin Camp, Zhao Xiu Ming.
"Tomorrow I will go to the palace to visit the Emperor. All of you should remain calm, pretend you know nothing," replied Bai Xue Jian.
"Okay." Feng Yun and Zhao Xiu Ming obeyed what Bai Xue Jian ordered. They believed that this young general could definitely solve the problem of Emperor Hui being poisoned.
The burden on Bai Xue Jian's mind increased. Haven't finished detoxifying the poison from her husband's body, now have to check the health condition of Emperor Hui who is his father-in-law.
With so many problems arising, no drowsiness came to Bai Xue Jian's body. Having trouble sleeping, Bai Xue Jian was used to dealing with it. Ordinary people probably wouldn't be able to stay without sleep for two days. Yet Bai Xue Jian could keep his eyes open for three days. It was only for two incense sticks, the longest time he could fall asleep.
Among the soldiers who were resting and there were only a few who were on night vigil, Bai Xue Jian in her camp gathered some herbal ingredients to detoxify the poison. As well as preparing some medicinal ingredients that he will bring to the palace tomorrow to visit Emperor Hui.
Suddenly, Bai Xue Jian thought back to the strangeness of her husband's Helian Qi body. While examining it this afternoon, there was a strangeness within Helian Qi's body. His body can detoxify poison and expel it only through exhalation. Bai Xue Jian had never encountered such an oddity before.
"Prince Xuan is neither good at martial arts nor does he understand poison. How can his body detoxify poison? Was there something wrong with the poison Queen Qing Yun gave him?" he asked himself.
Bai Xue Jian, who thought of it all, put the dried medicinal ingredients that had been ground into a bag and stored them in his belt.
"Ha ... That must be because the Prince's body had studied martial arts in the past. Maybe it had made his body immune to non-lethal poisons," he said again.
Bai Xue Jian didn't want to think carelessly. He knew that the Helian Qi he had met earlier could indeed defend himself. The proof, the man can swim against the swift currents of the river, only people who have martial arts can do it.
"Never mind. Now's the time to refill the poison needles. The supplies I brought are running out."
Bai Xue Jian took out a roll of cloth that was in the doorless wooden cupboard behind her. He opened the cloth and spread it across the table. The cloth contains a needle of various sizes.
Don't get me wrong. The needles were not ordinary needles, but needles that had sleeping pills in them. Whoever was hit by the needle, only a few seconds later would surely fall unconscious.
Usually Bai Xue Jian took out these poisonous needles when pushed by the enemy and couldn't resist. That way the enemy will immediately fall and fall asleep, then he can win against his enemy.
Bai Xue Jian took a few dozen needles and put them into the wrist of his shirt. If needed, just take it out easily.
"Report, General!"
Having just finished clearing things up, Feng Yun came back into the room with another report.
"The crown prince wants to see you," Feng Yun reported.
"Crown prince? Helian Chen? Why would he want to meet at midnight like this?" Bai Xue Jian felt strange himself. He could not guess the purpose of the arrival of the crown prince who wanted to meet him at this time of night.
"Let him in," Bai Xue Jian ordered.
Not long after being granted permission, a man covered in black robes entered Bai Xue Jian's military camp. The robe that had been covering his head was lowered down. Only then revealed the face of the man nicknamed the Crown Prince.
"General Xue pays respects to the Crown Prince!" Bai Xue Jian stretched out both his hands and clenched his fists. His body bowed slightly to pay respects to the future ruler of the Wei Dynasty.
"What are you doing? Don't be so formal," said Helian Chen.
The man asked Bai Xue Jian to finish out of respect for him. It was awkward and Helian Qi felt that there was no need for formalities to have a two-to-one meeting like this.
"Crown Prince, please have a seat." Bai Xue Jian invited the guest who came in the middle of the night to sit on a chair in this room.
The two of them sat around a round table beside him. Bai Xue Jian didn't dare to look into the face of a man who had actually confessed love several times. But he always refused. Meeting the two of them like this made him have to get rid of the awkwardness and become a professional.
"You must have heard about the Emperor's Father, right? I came to discuss this matter with you," said Helian Chen.
"I wish that you could save Father Emperor's life. I will help you..."
"No need! I can do it myself!"