The Female Cannon Fodder With Boundless Merits-Chapter 1442 - 1454: Seeking Immortality (19)

Li Yi. Zhe and Daoist Qingfeng spoke simultaneously.

"Zhe’er, how do you know this is incense poison? And what is incense poison?"

Your Majesty didn’t pay much attention to what Daoist Qingfeng said. Bringing him here was merely to show his closeness to several major families.

What intrigued him more was how his son came to know about this.

Li Yizhe leaned closer to the noble family’s son being carried in on a stretcher, his eyes fixed on the blood marks on the other’s arm.

"Carefully smell them, don’t you detect a faint fragrance on them?"

Prompted by Li Yizhe, those around them sniffed hard at the air, leaning close to the unconscious person until they could smell the faintest scent, almost indistinguishable.

Couldn’t quite discern what smell it was, strangely pleasant, yet after smelling it for a while, they felt dizzy.

Each of the noble family’s children with blood marks on their arms had this odor.

Li Yizhe spoke gently, "This is incense poison."

"I’m not well and often confined to the palace. My father collected many trivial writings, anecdotes, ancient books, and biographies for me... I can’t recall on which book I saw it. Incense varies widely, floral scents, herbal scents, woodsy fragrances, even human body odor. Incense is omnipresent and hard to guard against. Using incense to poison—tangible substances dissolve into the intangible—leaving people defenseless, impairing their minds, harming their bodies. This is incense poison."

Li Yizhe’s expression was somewhat unnatural as he spoke.

Something felt off; what he just said might not be entirely true.

For instance, incense poison he claimed to have seen in an ancient book. Yet, if it wasn’t from such a book, how did a prince who hadn’t left the Imperial Palace learn of it?

Your Majesty was amazed, "I have never heard of incense poison."

Daoist Qingfeng was also very intrigued, pursuing the Second Prince, "Does Your Highness know of any remedy to cure it?"

Everyone around wore hopeful expressions, eagerly looking over.

Li Yizhe regretfully shook his head, "No."

"As far as I know, untie the bell by those who tied it; it needs an incense master to solve it."

The explanation slipped out, and even Li Yizhe didn’t understand how he mentioned incense master so easily.

"What is an incense master?"

Daoist Qingfeng eagerly interjected, "Is it perhaps an incense maker?"

In the Xilin Dynasty, incense powder is popular, and being an incense maker is quite a decent profession.

Li Yizhe: "An incense master differs from an incense maker." With that said, he kept silent.

He himself didn’t know the difference, but was aware that although only a word’s difference, the relations between them are chasmically distinct.

Zheng Family Master suddenly fell to the ground, frantically hitting his head, "It’s the Tang Family, it must be the Tang Family’s revenge."

"Your Majesty, you must stand up for us. Thirty years ago, the massacre of the Tang Family shocked the entire imperial dynasty, and was already investigated and ruled as the act of marauding criminals; yet somehow the remnants of the Tang Family blamed their hatred on our families."

Family Head Zheng wept bitterly, tears flowing genuinely and pitifully.

Your Majesty’s gaze darkened, coldly staring at Zheng Family Master’s excellent crying performance, and spoke, "Of course, I believe your families are innocent."

A budding incense-making business wasn’t significant in the eyes of large, well-established families.

Xu Family Master, the most impulsive, slammed the table directly, "The Tang Family excels in incense making, if anyone in the imperial dynasty could make such a unique incense, only the Tang Family would have that possibility."

"Your Majesty, I request the Observatory personnel to bring the Tang Family members for questioning." Family Head Yan, the calmest, only had a mysterious gleam in his eyes.

Regarding the Tang Family members, Daoist Qingfeng inevitably mentioned the recent extermination of Nangong Castle Lord.

"So, was Nangong Castle Lord’s extermination really done by the Tang Family?" Daoist Qingfeng eagerly rubbed his hands together and ingratiatingly said to Your Majesty, "If the wicked Tang Family members were caught, could I have a chance? Such mystical methods, if lost, would be a pity."

Your Majesty nonchalantly nodded in agreement.

The problem was, where were they supposed to seek these criminals?

Daoist Qingfeng suggested, "Why not use the Tang Family’s ladies as bait?"

Li Yizhe was quite surprised; Daoist Qingfeng seemed ethereal, yet his heart was so unyielding.

Seeing the Second Prince’s puzzlement, Daoist Qingfeng chuckled heartily, "Great actions require breaking conventions. Allowing criminals to roam will only incite public fear. I believe the Tang Family’s ladies, being dutiful, can understand our helplessness."

After speaking just a bit more, Li Yizhe’s demeanor was downcast, and fatigue stained his brows and eyes.

His body leaned mostly on the eunuch to avoid collapsing with soft legs; his breaths visibly weakened swiftly, Your Majesty’s expression changed drastically, skillfully and quickly pulling out a White Jade Bottle from his bosom, deftly took out a medicine pill and shoved it into Li Yizhe’s mouth.

When his son’s breath stabilized, Your Majesty regretted, "Blame me, I shouldn’t have allowed you to leave the palace."

"Zhe’er, rest assured, we’re already seeking a match for you."

"Send the Second Prince back to the palace." His Majesty said moodily, "Speed up the search for the criminal’s whereabouts."

As the master of the Xilin Dynasty, he understood what the families’ secretive maneuvers were for.

The Imperial Family’s indifference in the past had its selfish reasons.

Originally, he wasn’t particularly keen on Changsheng, but now that’s changed... if a means to restore Zhe’er exists, he’d venture into untold peril for his son.

Against the imperial dynasty, he was Your Majesty, the world’s master. But in front of his beloved son, he was first a father, then anything else.

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Su Li was unaware that trouble was about to knock on the door, though she had some guesses.

When Uncle Deaf made a spectacle appearing as the Tang Family’s vengeful spirit, both Tang Xianxian, who held Tang Family blood, and she couldn’t escape.

With Uncle Deaf hidden from view, those greedy individuals unable to find him naturally turned their gaze upon the two of them.

Not only were people dispatched from the Imperial City to "invite" the Tang Family’s lineage to court heading to Lin City, but even folks from Nangong Castle held their wrath against the Tang Family’s mother and daughter, sending a team in the same direction to Lin City.

At this moment, these people’s thoughts seemed to coincide.

While Old Mrs. Su living at the suburban villa received news quite belatedly. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

When the once-exterminated incense-making Tang Family was being fervently discussed, she belatedly learned about it.

Upon receiving the news, she was holding a blue and white porcelain bowl drinking soup.

The soup bowl shattered on the ground instantly; she didn’t react. Her expression was stunned, blank, full of astonishment, disbelief.

Upon closer examination, one could see a trace of panic.