Looking at the tall palace walls, I couldn't help but say, "How about we just climb over the wall?"
Wei Chi Cheng asked, "How's your light - footed skill?"
I replied, "What do you think?"
Wei Chi Cheng showed an understanding look. "I get it."
When Wei Chi Cheng carried me and jumped into the palace, I was stunned. "Wei Chi Cheng, why are you so unprofessional?"
Wei Chi Cheng widened his eyes. "I've never climbed over the palace wall before. What's the problem?"
I was speechless. He wasn't at all light - footed. Jumping in boldly from the top of the wall was no better than just walking in through the main gate! Fortunately, we were quite lucky and didn't run into any patrolling guards.
I asked, "Why didn't we go through the main gate? Isn't it to avoid being discovered? Why aren't you being cautious at all?"
Wei Chi Cheng said somewhat wronged, "No. I'm still injured. It's really impossible for me to be light - footed while carrying you."
I pretended to hit him. "You think I'm heavy!"
Wei Chi Cheng quickly shook his head and immediately said, "I was wrong. It's my lack of caution. Let's hurry up and find the King and Queen."
Hearing this, I didn't argue with him anymore. I grabbed him and dodged all kinds of patrolling guards as we made our way towards Aunt and Uncle's room.
Sure enough, there were heavily - armed guards in front of Uncle's room. I glanced at Wei Chi Cheng and mouthed, "What should we do?"
Wei Chi Cheng frowned and then said, "I'll distract them."
After saying that, he walked out with a straight face and asked in a low voice, "Is everything done properly?"
The soldiers were stunned for a second when they saw the injured Prince Cheng. Then one of them said, "Your Highness, why are you back? And you're injured?"
Wei Chi Cheng seriously spouted nonsense. "This blood on me isn't mine. It's Yong Ziming's. I've already solved the matter at the hunting ground. How's the situation here with you all?"
The soldiers were suddenly excited to see such an important figure appear and talk to them. Maybe they felt they were on the same side as Prince Cheng, so they felt a bit closer in status. Thus, they reported the situation here to Wei Chi Cheng.
"Your Highness, rest assured. Everything is going according to plan. The King and Queen never expected us to suddenly poison them, so they were caught off guard and got poisoned. Now they're in a coma. Lord Katel has already controlled the chief of the Chimo tribe and is currently interrogating him for the tiger - tally of the Chimo army."
I was extremely frightened while listening. I readied several gold needles in my hand. But Wei Chi Cheng remained expressionless and said, "Good. You've all done well. I've already thought of the next plan. Come closer and listen to me."
The soldiers all leaned towards Wei Chi Cheng. Just as Wei Chi Cheng was about to knock them out, I took action before him and directly shot out several gold needles. The soldiers immediately fainted to the ground. When Wei Chi Cheng saw the gold needles on their necks, he realized I had acted first. So he looked at me and asked with concern, "Xi He, did you use poisoned needles?"
I said, "How could that be? These are sleeping needles. How about it, Brother Cheng? Aren't we a great team?" I walked out smiling and asked for credit. Wei Chi Cheng didn't expect me to do this. He took a deep breath to calm his nerves and then said, "We're indeed very well - matched, but your Brother Cheng could handle it alone too."
I said, "Alright. Anyway, the problem is solved. Let's go in and check on Aunt."
Wei Chi Cheng nodded and went in with me. We walked all the way to the bedside in the bedroom before we saw Uncle and Aunt in a coma.
I quickly stepped forward to check on them, but Wei Chi Cheng stopped in his tracks. I thought I should give him some time to calm down, so I ignored him and felt Aunt's pulse first. Mother had taught me some principles of medicine and poison, but I only knew a little. While I was trying to figure out what kind of poison Aunt had been poisoned with, Wei Chi Cheng stepped forward.
"Xi He, let me take a look."
When I saw it was him, I stepped aside. He checked Aunt and Uncle's whites of the eyes, lip color and fingers, and then said, "It's the poison of snake vine. It's a bit troublesome to prepare the antidote."
Hearing this, I immediately took out my small jade bottle. I opened the stopper and poured it into my hand. There were exactly two red pills left. I said, "These are the all - purpose antidote pills Mother gave me. There are only two left. Should we give them to them first?"
So we each took one and fed them to Aunt and Uncle respectively.
Wei Chi Cheng said, "Why do you only have two pills left?"
I said, "Don't even mention it. Before, I was framed by Ao Qing and the female archers. I gave nine antidote pills to them. Now that I think about it, it was really a waste!"
As we were talking, the antidote had already been fed to Aunt and Uncle. We just had to wait for them to wake up. Since the antidote wouldn't take effect so quickly, we could only wait idly and started chatting casually.
Wei Chi Cheng seemed to remember something and suddenly said, "Speaking of this matter, I've already investigated it clearly. One of the poisons on the female archer's face was the evening - moon grass which only exists in the North Cold Region. The evening - moon grass grows in a very cold and remote place. It's very rare. You couldn't have gotten it. Later, I accidentally heard Ao Qing talking to the female archer captain. I asked them about this matter. Who would have thought that the female archer captain looked a bit flustered? Only then did I discover that they poisoned themselves just to frame you. So I warned them. Then I told Ao Qing's father about this and asked him to discipline her strictly. Finally, I informed the female official Lv Xing about it."
Hearing this, I immediately remembered. No wonder the female archers never bothered me again even when they saw me alone. It was because Wei Chi Cheng had discovered their scheme and warned them. At the same time, I also understood why Ao Qing later wanted to kill me. It must be because after Wei Chi Cheng reported the matter for the first time, Ao Qing was scolded by her father. She was not convinced and came to take it out on me. As a result, she was caught by Gongzi An.
So I said, "Thank you, Brother Cheng, for everything you've done for me. Although this matter made me feel a bit wronged, it also made me see the complexity of human hearts. It's also a kind of experience for me. For now, I just hope Aunt and Uncle will be okay. It doesn't matter if the pills are gone."
Hearing this, Wei Chi Cheng looked a bit sad. "I also hope Father and Mother will wake up soon, but I'm also afraid that I don't know how to face them after they wake up."
I said, "Do you know? At first, when the flower - clothed man said he would serve you, I was really shocked. Later, when you asked me to leave, I still trusted you. It was not until Yue Ze appeared that I began to doubt myself and you. But do you know how I got out of this doubt?"
Wei Chi Cheng shook his head.
I continued, "In fact, it was Gongzi An who woke me up. He asked me if I had feelings for you. He also asked me what you said to me when you sent me away. Only then did I realize that you're just you. No matter what your identity is or what your plans are, your kindness to me is real. Just like you and Uncle and Aunt. No matter if they're your biological parents or not, from childhood to adulthood, can't you feel how they've treated you?"