Poison Genius Consort 2: Emperor’s Swallow - Chapter 9
Chapter 9: Marriage Contract
Old Eunuch Wu only regained his senses when Madam Lin walked over. He quickly put on a smile, “Madam Lin, great joy! Imperial Physician Su will do his best to hurry here. Take good care of General Cheng! This old servant has to send a letter to the emperor first so he won’t be worried! ”
“I’ve worried the emperor. Since the emperor is taking care of me like this, I hope that Old Eunuch Wu can thank him on my behalf.”
“This old servant will definitely carry the word of the Madam here.”
Old Eunuch Wu was about to leave, but when he reached the door, he looked back at Gu Feiyan. Gu Feiyan looked at him and he turned to leave. She felt that there was something wrong with Old Eunuch Wu.
After Imperial Physician Su wrote the prescription, it was sent to the imperial pharmacy. The imperial pharmacy selects and delivers the medicine. In the entire process, whether it was the prescription or the medicinal ingredients, all the eunuchs in the palace had handled it. It wasn’t that difficult to tamper with the medicinal formula.
With the Cheng family’s achievements and military power, although the emperor was somewhat on guard, it was impossible for him to act so quickly. It had to be known, Sky Flame Nation had only been established for nine years, and its foundation was not stable yet. However, other than the emperor, there were probably only a handful of people in the palace who could command someone with such seniority like Old Eunuch Wu.
As Gu Feiyan was pondering, Madam Lin walked over. She didn’t even address Gu Feiyan as ‘little girl’, but ‘little miss’.
“Little miss, what is your name? You belong to which pharmacist? ”
As soon as Gu Feiyan arrived, she reported her name, so Madam Lin probably didn’t notice. She replied, “My name is Gu Feiyan, I have just been promoted to a medicine girl and have not been assigned to a pharmacist.”
Unexpectedly, Madam Lin’s face suddenly changed, “Gu Feiyan? Your family is the one on the east side of the city. That Gu family that had an engagement with General Qi’s estate? You …”
Engagement!?
In order to save people, Gu Feiyan was extremely anxious. Only now did she recall this matter. The original owner was indeed engaged. Her fiancé was the young general of General Qi’s Estate, Qi Yu.
The Qi Family and the Gu Family were both martial arts families on the Profound Sky Continent. They were on good terms with each other. However, ten years ago, the martial arts of the Profound Sky Continent experienced a calamity and the Gu Family fell. On the other hand, the Qi Family had climbed onto the Jun Imperial Clan’s side, formed an army, and became one of the two founding armies of Sky Flame Nation.
As the disparity in power between the two families grew larger, not only did the Qi Family not take the Gu Family seriously, they also delayed the wedding and even refused to admit the engagement.
Gu Feiyan looked at Madam Lin’s angry face and understood what was going on. She thought the person who tampered with the prescription must want her, the fiancée of the Qi family, to take the blame! One had to know, the Cheng Family had a huge grudge with the Qi Family!
The Cheng Family controlled the cavalry while the Qi Family controlled the infantry. The Cheng Family controlled the east military camp while the Qi Family controlled the west military camp. The two families were on the left and right flanks of the Sky Flame Nation. Three years ago, General Qi made a mistake in his decision to not send reinforcements, causing Old General Cheng to die on the battlefield. Everyone thought Qi Shiming was doing it on purpose, but the Emperor refused to believe it and gave him only minor punishment.
From then on, the Cheng Family had a grudge with the Qi Family. Even the entire Cheng Army hated the Qi Family.
The more Gu Feiyan thought about it, the colder her back felt. She finally understood why the murderer pushed the blame on a little medicine girl. As a future wife of the Qi Family, she had a plausible motive for committing the crime!
This trap was truly too big!
“Hmph, so you are Qi’s fiancée? I really didn’t expect this!”
Madam Lin interrupted Gu Feiyan’s thoughts, her tone turning harsh. Her enemy’s future daughter-in-law had saved her son. In Madam Lin’s eyes, this was a great humiliation, easily offsetting her gratitude towards Gu Feiyan.
She turned around, not even sparing a glance at Gu Feiyan as she coldly said, “Someone, give her a hundred gold coins and tell her to scram!”
Gu Feiyan knew that the Cheng family had a deep grudge against the Gu family, so she was too lazy to bother about it. But who knew that when Madam Lin took the gold coins from her servant, she actually threw it at Gu Feiyan’s face.
Gu Feiyan dodged hurriedly, almost getting hit. Old Madam Lin was still not giving up and berated angrily, “Take the money and scram! In our Cheng Family’s military camp, there is no place for the Qi Family to stand!”
Gu Feiyan could no longer hold it in. She was furious!
