Quick Transmigration: Kitten's Healing Handbook - Chapter 56

Chapter 56: Raccoon Dog! To Combat! 11

Zhou Qingyan didn’t touch the wine on the table, nor did he touch the food on the table. He summoned two maids: “These are Liu Yi and Liu Qi. I heard that Qi Mansion didn’t give you any maids as dowry. From now on, they will be your maids. Here are their indentures. I still have official business to attend to, so I’ll leave first. ”

“Your Highness, I have something I wish to discuss with you privately. ”

Liuli, suspecting something was amiss with Qi Yu, was openly eavesdropping from the roof at that moment.

This tone was clearly different from Qi Yu’s previously weak personality. Another time traveler? Liuli was somewhat unenthusiastic. She had seen many such cases in the Forbidden Zone before. Were the world barriers of these small worlds sieves? They’ve become huge colanders…

Zhou Qingyan’s gaze towards Qi Yu held undisguised inquiry. Qi Yu, though somewhat flustered, still stubbornly refused to yield.

After dismissing the maids, Zhou Qingyan sat down. He wanted to see what tricks this Qi Yu had up her sleeve.

“Your Highness, I swear to Heaven, every word I speak hereafter is true. Last night, the Princess Consort poisoned you. The Princess Consort’s intentions are impure; she wants to kill Your Highness. ”

Qi Yu had been confined in the wood shed for so many days, pondering how to make Zhou Qingyan look at her differently, giving her a chance to ascend to the position of the legal wife, to crush those who had bullied her, making them suffer a living hell.

Therefore, she needed to first throw a bombshell at Zhou Qingyan, then guide him to gradually acknowledge her abilities.

Zhou Qingyan was somewhat puzzled, but remained calm on the surface: “According to my investigation, you’ve been confined in the wood shed for several days. How did you know that the Princess Consort wanted to poison me? ”

“Your Highness, when I fainted and fell into the water that day, it seemed like I received guidance from a celestial being and gained the ability to foresee the future.

Originally, I didn’t believe it, but my precognitive ability told me that on the day the Imperial Marriage Edict arrived at the mansion, I would be locked in the wood shed without food and would die before the day ended after arriving at the Prince’s Mansion. So I secretly hid food on my person. Without that precognitive ability, I definitely wouldn’t have survived tonight…”

“According to your statement, you foresaw that the Princess Consort would poison me. ”

“Yes, Your Highness. If Your Highness doesn’t believe me and allows the Princess Consort to poison you, within half a year you will be bedridden, and within a year you will die. ”

Zhou Qingyan harbored suspicion towards Qi Yu’s supernatural claims, but Mu Wanyin did indeed attempt to poison him last night, although Mo Shu hadn’t yet found concrete evidence.

Seeing Qi Yu’s determined look, Zhou Qingyan threw out bait to test her, saying: “I’ve already had people investigating this matter. Although it’s strange that you know about it, there are no secrets that can’t be leaked. You knowing about it doesn’t necessarily mean anything. ”

Qi Yu’s confident expression noticeably changed. She even forgot her honorifics: “You… you’re investigating? The… the prediction clearly wasn’t like this…”

Seeing Qi Yu’s increased fluster, Zhou Qingyan didn’t mind her impoliteness: “Another point, the poison the Princess Consort gave me last night was replaced. I wasn’t poisoned. It seems your prediction isn’t very accurate. ”

Qi Yu had existed as a spiritual body for so long in her previous life. Lacking intelligence, she made up for it with experience. With a mindset of being superior to Zhou Qingyan by a lifetime, Qi Yu forcibly calmed her panic and grasped the information Zhou Qingyan had given.

Success or failure, she had to gamble. It wouldn’t hurt to die again. If she succeeded, the Empress’s position might just be hers: “Your Highness, it was I who, through many connections, successfully replaced the poison. Since I already foresaw this calamity for Your Highness, as Your Highness’s concubine, I will naturally do my utmost to alleviate your worries. ”

Zhou Qingyan no longer concealed his suspicion of Qi Yu: “Then tell me, what poison did you have it replaced with? ”

Liuli, eavesdropping from the rooftop, was no longer calm. She couldn’t help but swat a paw onto a roof tile: “Damn it! I spent so long squatting in the pharmacy for this medicine, and I scouted the Chancellor’s Mansion to replace the poison. Does this woman get all the credit just by moving her lips?!”

Obviously, even with a great deal of strength, an ordinary tabby cat couldn’t break the Prince’s Mansion’s high-quality tiles. Instead, a crisp sound was made, startling the two inside.

Before Tuánzi could comfort its little ancestor, who was particularly irritable today, they heard Zhou Qingyan shout coldly from inside: “Who’s there! ”

Then they saw Zhou Qingyan go outside, leap up, using a tree trunk to reach the roof, looked around, finding no one, and then his gaze fell on Liuli, and he also saw the tiles with scratches from Liuli’s paws.

Recalling seeing this kitten outside the wedding chamber last night, he couldn’t help but mutter: “Why aren’t you staying in the kitchen, little cat? Why are you always running around the mansion? ”

After saying this, Zhou Qingyan realized he was lecturing a cat, which wouldn’t understand him.

Tuánzi couldn’t help but light a candle for Zhou Qingyan. It didn’t blame Liuli for her slacking this time. With the little ancestor’s temper already flaring, adding fuel to the fire—it was on Liuli’s side.

But for Liuli’s sake, the mission had to continue. Tuánzi could only quickly comfort her: “Master, don’t be angry. Zhou Qingyan couldn’t possibly imagine that Master is such a brilliant, unparalleled, and unique cat. Master can fight mad dogs, deliver intelligence, lure beast kings, and replace poison. Zhou Qingyan doesn’t know how amazing Master is, but Tuánzi does! Tuánzi cheers for Master! Tuánzi will smash the wall for Master!

Master, calm down. Let’s not bother with this silly two-legged monster.

If Master is still angry, next time we’ll choose a human form, and we won’t let others steal your credit again! ”

Tuánzi’s incessant chatter dissipated much of Liuli’s anger. Liuli secretly rolled her eyes at Zhou Qingyan, leaving him with her back, flicked her tail, and with a confident stride, lightly leaped onto a nearby tree fork. With a few jumps, Zhou Qingyan could no longer see the raccoon dog.

Did that cat just roll its eyes at him? It must have been an illusion…

Zhou Qingyan returned to the room. Qi Yu nervously asked, “Was someone eavesdropping outside just now? ”

She had told Zhou Qingyan this secret to gamble for unimaginable wealth, but she didn’t want to be treated as an oddity and burned at the stake.

Seeing Qi Yu so nervous, Zhou Qingyan believed her words three-tenths. Only truly extraordinary people would be so afraid of being discovered, a completely different mentality from that of a liar.

“That was the mansion’s raccoon dog. I understand your ability. I will come to you when needed and will offer the appropriate reward.

If you have any new predictions to tell me, you can have Liu Yi or Liu Qi convey them. They are loyal to Prince Heng’s Mansion, and loyal to you. ”

Seeing that Zhou Qingyan was about to leave, Qi Yu quickly tried to detain him: “Your Highness, won’t you stay for the night? ”

Zhou Qingyan pondered for a moment, then used the most official address: “In three days, the legal wife and your return visit ceremony will end, and we will depart for my fiefdom in Nanzhou City. The journey is long. Rest well these few days, Concubine Qi. “