Chapter 328: Cheng Yunshuo is Poisoned

Chapter 328: Cheng Yunshuo is Poisoned

Li Bihan fell to her knees with a thud, "Young mistress, it's all my fault."

"How are you supposed to earn respect if you keep kneeling at every opportunity?" Lu Lingyun glanced at her casually.

Li Bihan bowed her head even lower and replied respectfully, "You're right, young mistress."

Lu Lingyun sat back in her chair and sighed, "Since you're helping me manage the household, you need to act like a proper household manager. Always behaving like this, you won't be able to get things done."

Li Bihan remained silent.

She had the skills and cunning to manage the household, but she had played the part of a weak, pitiful woman for so long, perfecting the image of the perfect concubine. It wasn't easy to ruin the image she had built.

Especially since she used this to win Cheng Yunshuo's heart, if he discovered this other side of her, it would be a great loss.

Bowing her head deeply, she dared not respond.

Lu Lingyun shook her head, "Concubine Li, I'm very disappointed in you. I originally thought that since you had experience in procurement, you'd be able to handle this job."

"Young mistress, it's all my fault!"

Lu Lingyun waved her hand, "If you can't handle this task, I'll give you a different one."

Li Bihan's eyes lit up, and in the next moment, she heard Lu Lingyun say,

"From now on, you will be in charge of the night patrols in the mansion."

Li Bihan: "..."

"Don't tell me you can't do this too. The Marquis's Mansion has three teams for night patrols; you just need to lead them around the mansion once and arrange the routes and times."

Well then.

Instead of doing procurement, she was now assigned the job of night patrol leader.

After leaving Lu Lingyun's presence, Li Bihan began leading the night patrol of the Marquis's Mansion that very evening.

That night, when Cheng Yunshuo returned, he noticed Li Bihan was nowhere to be found. After asking Cheng Lanying, he found out Li Bihan had been reassigned to night patrols. He paused, nodded, and continued eating and drinking, holding Cheng Lanying in his arms.

Gritting her teeth in frustration, Li Bihan led the patrol and returned to Bishui Pavilion, only to find that Cheng Yunshuo had already gone to sleep. Her frustration grew even more.

She called for Cheng Lanying and asked if Cheng Yunshuo was aware of her reassignment. Cheng Lanying said he was.

"And he didn't react at all?"

"Father said you'd definitely handle it!"

Li Bihan: "..."

She was so angry she could burst!

What was that brainless man Cheng Yunshuo thinking all day!

Looking at the oblivious Cheng Lanying in front of her, she forcefully poked her forehead, "Your father said that, and you didn't think to speak up for me?"

"Father wasn't wrong, mother. You can't do anything anyway!" Cheng Lanying replied truthfully.

Li Bihan had been pretending to be weak and humble for a long time, to the point that even her own children naturally thought she was incapable of anything.

Cheng Lanying was someone who listened to and obeyed her mother, but that didn’t change her opinion that her mother was like that.

Hearing Cheng Lanying say this, Li Bihan felt even more frustrated and pinched her in anger. "How can you be so foolish! How did I give birth to such a dull-witted child like you!"

"Hey! Mother, what are you doing!" Cheng Lanying was very dissatisfied. "If you keep this up, I'll tell Father that you're hitting me!"

Hearing her daughter's words, Li Bihan stopped pinching her and looked at the angry girl. She felt an overwhelming frustration that made her heart ache with anger.

After all that, she only managed to say one thing, "Get lost!"

Cheng Lanying, hearing this, also got angry. "Hmph! In the future, don't come begging me if you have the ability!"

Li Bihan: "..."

Her anger only grew.

After plotting and scheming for half her life, how could she have ended up with such a foolish daughter!

For several nights in a row, Li Bihan took the servants on night patrols around the mansion.

Qiu Ling and Ling Long, upon learning that Li Bihan had been assigned to lead the night patrols, were stunned for a moment before bursting into tears from laughter.

They deliberately crossed paths with Li Bihan one night on her patrol route.

They ruthlessly teased and taunted her.

"This duty suits Concubine Li quite well."

"Concubine Li, this time you can't claim you're unable to do it, right!"

"Later, Concubine Li, inspect carefully and don't just go through the motions. Make sure no random people sneak in!"

"The safety of the Marquis's Mansion is all in your hands, Concubine Li!"

Hearing their taunts, Li Bihan's frustration grew even more.

After several sleepless nights, Li Bihan decided she had to see Cheng Yunshuo. She couldn't keep doing this job any longer.

Meanwhile, the doctor had been visiting the mansion to follow up on the food poisoning case.

"Young mistress and Miss have fully recovered and are in good health," the doctor said, stroking his goatee. "The toxin from the food conflict was relatively weak. Since both of you didn't consume much, there's no longer any problem in your bodies. Just be more careful with your diet in the future."

Hearing this, Lu Lingyun nodded. She hadn't eaten much of the food Qin Shaojing sent; she had been pretending to be sick.

Cheng Suying had only eaten that one meal and, being young, had recovered quickly with no issues left.

However, no matter how Lu Lingyun listened to the doctor's words, she couldn't shake the question, "What about the Crown Prince?"

The doctor continued stroking his beard and then shook his head. "Young mistress, the Crown Prince has severe stagnation in his kidney meridian, internal deficiency, and obstructed vitality, as if he has been poisoned over a long period."

Lu Lingyun's eyes widened immediately. "What do you mean by that?"

Madam, the Crown Prince has been suffering from another type of poison for a long time, in addition to the poisoning from a food interaction some time ago. The doctor looked gravely at Lu Lingyun.

Hearing this, Lu Lingyun was utterly shocked.

Cheng Yunshuo had been poisoned!

And it had been going on for a long time?

After a moment of silent contemplation, she asked, "Doctor, what did you just say about the severe blockage in the kidney meridian? How does that affect the Crown Prince?"

The elderly doctor, regretfully, said, "It affects the Crown Prince's ability to father children; it's unlikely he will have more in the future."

Lu Lingyun fell silent, at a loss for words.

She looked at the doctor and gave Shuang Hong a nod. Shuang Hong immediately pulled out a bag of silver from her chest.

Lu Lingyun said to the doctor, "Elder, I hope you keep today's matter to yourself."

"I understand, I understand!" The elderly doctor, quickly accepting the reward, nodded repeatedly.

"Someone, show the doctor out."

Lu Lingyun called for others to come in and escort the doctor out.

After the doctor left, Shuang Hong immediately looked at Lu Lingyun with concern. "Madam, the Crown Prince has been poisoned!"

"Shh, let's keep today's matter quiet for now."

Shuang Hong nodded immediately.

As Lu Lingyun frowned in thought.

Someone had poisoned Cheng Yunshuo?

A poison that affected his fertility, preventing him from having more children?

Cheng Yunshuo's youngest child, Cheng Bingzhi, was born four years ago, which meant the poison must have been administered within these four years.