Chapter 85.1 - Poisonous intentions
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Xiahou Rui stood up from behind, his coldly handsome face bringing a type of braveness that didn’t warrant rejection.
He stood in front of Lou Qingwu, lifting up his face to look towards consort Ning, “This prince, will drink it for her.”
Consort Ning gripped her handkerchief, “Second prince, are you joking?”
Xiahou Rui: “Rui never jokes. I just want to ask, what is consort Ning doing, making this bustling rose hibiscus into an anxious and hostile environment?”
If those three cups were all poisonous, then if after Miss Lou drank them, would she really be able to slip free of any trouble?
Yes, his father-empreror doted on her, but he wouldn’t let her so clearly take a life like that!
The laughter on consort Ning’s face disappeared as she looked at Xiahou Rui solemnly, “Is second prince accusing me?”
Xiahou Rui’s tall figure pressed down on the shadow in front of him, coldly speaking, “I wouldn’t dare.”
But he wouldn’t let her get away with it!
Lou Qingwu turned her face away, her eyes falling on Xiahou Rui’s thin pursed lips.
A light flashed in her eyes and just as things were getting heated, spoke, “This subject-girl knows which cup of wine doesn’t have poison.”
XIahou Rui suddenly turned around, “Then good, point out which one it is and I’ll drink it for you.”
Lou Qingwu shook her head, “Second prince, this is a test by consort Ning for me, so I can do it.”
Xiahou Rui’s eyes revealed concern, “But &h.e.l.lip;”
Lou Qingwu didn’t reply, she just looked at Xiahou Rui deeply, you don’t believe in me?
Xiahou Rui pursed his lips, it’s not that he didn’t believe in her, he was just worried about what happen, in case anything happened to her.
How could he let anything happen to her?
Lou Qingwu, instead, laughed, her mouth gently curving up, her eyes clear, “Second prince doesn’t have to worry. I believe that consort Ning isn’t the type of hateful person, so she obviously wouldn’t let Qingwu die, isn’t that right, consort Ning?”
Consort Ning’s original smile froze, furrowing her brows at Lou Qingwu, “... Of course, I’ve always been benevolent.”
Did she find out?
How could that be?
Lou Qingwu continued to be gentle and obedient, “Then this subject-girl will be at ease.”
She lifted up a cup in front of her and was about to drink from it, but was stopped by Xiahou Rui.
“Miss Lou?”
Lou Qingwu pushed away his hand, lowering her voice, “Believe in me.”
Xiahou Rui’s hand didn’t loosen, his dark eyes looking into Lou Qinguwus eyes.
When he saw no hint of fear in her face, he decided to believe in her.
He slowly loosened his hand.
Lou Qingwu lifted up the cup and drank it in a single swallow.
Consort Ning’s facial expression worsened.
“It seems like, there’s no problem.” The empress saw that nothing happened to Lou Qingwu, and then let out a relieved breath.
At the same time, she thought her second son was a bit too brash.
If his sudden appearance as well as public resistance to consort Ning travelled to the emperor’s ears, she was afraid that the emperor’s impression of him would get worse.
Just as everyone thought it was nearly about to end, Lou Qingwu suddenly lifted up the other two cups of wine.
She drank them both.
Everyone froze.
Even Xiahou Rui didn’t think that she’d do that, they were all shocked.
Only consort Ning’s expression, when Lou Qingwu drank it all down, became indescribably.
But to everyone’s shock, nothing happened after Lou Qingwu drank down all the wine.
They all couldn’t help but turn to look at consort Ning and seeing her bad expression, all lowered their heads.
Only Xiahou Rui and the empress had furrowed brows, “Consort Ning, what is the meaning of this?”
Consort Ning’s brows furrowed deeply, that d.a.m.n Lou Qingwu, to actually ruin her plans like that.
Today, her aim hadn’t been to kill off Lou Qingwu at all.
But after her test, she found that second prince, Xiahou Rui, truly had intentions towards that eldest Miss Lou.
So as long as she made things difficult for Lou Qingwu, then he definitely wouldn’t let anything happpen to her.
As long as he did something, she could take the chance to anger him and at that time, she’d be able to complain to the emperor that he was publicly going against her.
At that time, the emperor would dislike the second prince even more.
Then his chances of becoming the crown prince would become a mere dream.
Even if Xiahou Rui didn’t plan on sticking up for Lou Qingwu, to a normal person, hearing that there was poisonous wine, who would dare to drink it?
As long as this Lou family’s eldest miss had even the smallest show of cowardice, she could add her own spice and make things even harder for her.
Then her impression in the emperor’s heart would get even worse.
Her originally well thought out plan was completely destroyed because she didn’t think that this Lou family’s eldest miss would actually dare to drink the wine.
Those three cups had no poison of course, how could she dare to put poison in them?
Even if she was just an official’s daughter, she still couldn’t let the emperor think that she was a poisonous woman.
Lou Qingwu watched as consort Ning’s facial expression rapidly changed.
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TL note:
HA @consort Ning, bye~
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