124: He drugged
Despite Yu Jie's reluctance,
Sheng Changge still brought her back to the Yu Manor.
Greeting them was a graceful noblewoman.
Upon seeing Yu Jie, her face, initially filled with anxiety, immediately took on a layer of anger.
"Child, how many times have I told you not to run out alone? Do you know how dangerous it is outside?!"
"I was wrong," Yu Jie lowered her head.
The noblewoman wanted to say more, but upon seeing Sheng Changge beside her, she restrained herself.
"This must be the Fifth Prince?"
"Greetings, Aunt Yu. I came to visit Prime Minister Yu," Sheng Changge nodded in greeting.
"Good, good, good," the noblewoman smiled happily, then her gaze fell upon the giant figure more than two meters tall behind Sheng Changge.
"And this is?"
Generally speaking,
those following a Prince should be attendants and not require questioning.
However, Man Niu's physique and fierce aura were too strong to ignore.
This led to Madam Yu's question.
"This is my attendant," Sheng Changge said no more.
After understanding, Madam Yu's smile returned, appearing enthusiastic: "Come, come, come, let's talk inside."
When Sheng Changge and Yu Jie arrived at the reception hall of the Yu Manor, they unsurprisingly saw the Third Prince leisurely sipping tea.
Beside the Third Prince was the Second Prince, dressed simply like a scholar.
Upon seeing Sheng Changge, both of them showed considerable surprise.
"Fifth Imperial Brother also came to visit Prime Minister Yu?"
"Both Imperial Brothers are here as well, what a coincidence," Sheng Changge said directly.
"Hahaha, what a good day it is today, for this humble dwelling of mine to be graced by the presence of three Princes."
Amidst the humble laughter, a White-Haired Old Man with a youthful face walked out from behind the screen.
Looking at the newcomer,
the Third Prince stood up and said: "Prime Minister Yu is a crucial official in the court, a visit is only proper."
"You flatter me, you flatter me," the Old Man waved his hand: "This Old Man is merely an ordinary official, there's nothing special about me."
The cleverness of this statement lay in implicitly revealing his stance.
With three Princes arriving simultaneously,
Old Prime Minister Yu, this foxy old official, had clearly guessed something.
"The Prime Minister is too modest," Third Prince Sheng Tianlong shook his head: "To be honest, I came today to ask Prime Minister Yu to come out of retirement."
He stated his purpose directly.
This made Prime Minister Yu's gaze slightly unnatural; he had just implicitly made his attitude clear.
The Royal Family's struggle.
Unless there was absolute certainty, it was clearly impossible for an old official as cunning as him to take sides!
"Third Prince, Yu has been unwell recently and fears he cannot assist the Third Prince."
Since Third Prince Sheng Tianlong stated his purpose clearly, Prime Minister Yu could only refuse directly. Although this would offend Third Prince Sheng Tianlong, there was no other way.
Upon hearing this,
Third Prince Sheng Tianlong's eyes turned cold, and a sneer played on his lips: "Since that is the case, I will not force you. I will offer the Prime Minister a cup of tea as an apology."
"I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare. How could I allow the Third Prince to offer me tea?" Prime Minister Yu looked at Third Prince Sheng Tianlong with some surprise, then also picked up a cup of tea and drank it as a gesture.
After Prime Minister Yu drank the bitter tea,
Third Prince Sheng Tianlong's smile became evident, and there was a hint of a hidden smile on the Second Prince's face as well.
They had anticipated that ordinary methods would definitely not work to persuade this Old Man to come out of retirement.
Therefore, adding a little medicine... would have a miraculous effect.
Seeing their plan proceeding smoothly, their smiles became even brighter.
But the next second, they couldn't smile anymore.
Because...
"I just saw these two Imperial Brothers put medicine in the cup of tea for Prime Minister Yu."
Sheng Changge's words, completely undisguised,
silenced the scene for a moment.
Looking at the half-drunk tea in his hand,
the next moment.
"Uh!"
Prime Minister Yu clutched his throat, pointed at Third Prince Sheng Tianlong with wide, angry eyes, and fell to the ground, his body beginning to convulse!
According to the plan of the Third Prince and the Second Prince,
now should have been the moment for them to step forward to save him and gain favor.
But because of Sheng Changge's words just now, before they could even make a move, a large group of Yu Manor guards directly surrounded Third Prince Sheng Tianlong and the other man!
"Let me go and save him!" Third Prince Sheng Tianlong's brows furrowed tightly as he looked at the people in front of him.
"Father, Father, what's wrong with you?!" Outside the door, a Middle-aged man, seeing Prime Minister Yu convulsing on the ground, cried out in panic.
"It was them, they poisoned Grandpa!" Yu Jie pointed at Third Prince Sheng Tianlong and the other man, tears streaming down her face.
Because of just one sentence from Sheng Changge, Third Prince Sheng Tianlong's plan was completely disrupted.
His current situation was extremely awkward.
"The physician might not arrive in time, let me take a look."
Sheng Changge, from behind, put away the System's Stratagem Pouch on the panel and stepped forward.
That's right.
Identifying Third Prince Sheng Tianlong and the others just now was indeed thanks to the System's Stratagem Pouch.
In Sheng Changge's opinion, only the System would have such a brilliant scheme.
"You? You know medicine?" The Middle-aged man was weeping with snot and tears.
"Yes."
At this moment, Sheng Changge's answer had to be firm.
Such a confident answer caused the few people surrounding the Old Master to scatter slightly.
Originally, considering the rescue, the poison Third Prince Sheng Tianlong administered was not severe.
Sheng Changge saw the problem at a glance.
He took out a batch of silver needles that he had recently ordered the craftsmen to make.
Holding the silver needles, he inserted them into the designated positions.
Although Sheng Changge only had a basic level of Chinese and Western medicine, the techniques in his hands came from the twentieth century.
The medical techniques of that era were inherently the result of continuous trial and error and Summarize by the ancients.
Therefore, even at a basic level, it could be considered medicine standing on the shoulders of giants!
Shenque, Qihai, Fujie, Mangyu...
One by one, the silver needles landed on Prime Minister Yu's body.
From the outside,
Prime Minister Yu's body, which had been convulsing like a stroke victim, gradually stabilized.
In the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the Old Man slowly opened his eyes as if he had survived a Jie.
"Father! Father, you're awake!"
"Grandpa!"
A large group of people immediately scrambled to help Prime Minister Yu onto a wooden chair.
And finally, after taking a breath of relief, Prime Minister Yu cast a grateful look at Sheng Changge: "Thank you, Fifth Prince, for saving me!"
"The Prime Minister is too kind, it was just a small matter," Sheng Changge didn't say much.
According to the System, gaining favor was sufficient.
This point made Prime Minister Yu hold him in high regard.
"Father, how should we handle these two?!" Suddenly, the words of his disappointing son beside him caused Prime Minister Yu's gaze to shift.
Looking at the Third Prince and the Second Prince, who were surrounded by a group of guards,
Prime Minister Yu's gaze gradually turned cold.
Thinking about it now, there were indeed serious doubts.
If he had eaten something else and ended up in that state, it would be too much of a coincidence.
That cup of tea must have had a problem!
"Lord, medicine was indeed added to this cup of tea!" The delayed physician said to Prime Minister Yu.
"Hmph!" Even though Prime Minister Yu was usually easy to talk to, his face turned dark at this moment: "Both Princes, what do you have to say for yourselves?!"
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