Chapter 4 (1/2)

Chapter 4 : I think, the Emperor is very dangerous

I knew it!

Bored to death, I changed the hand that was supporting my head.

Turning my eyes, I saw LePing walking over, smiling.

Suddenly I wanted to hit my head against the table.

LePing is the Emperor’s personal Internal Supervisor.

He will only appear here for one reason – the Emperor is going to pa.s.s by Hai Qing Pavilion again.

That’s right!

Promising me that “I can eat whatever I want to eat, I can eat how much I want to eat”, all are to be done under his watch!

Biting the chopsticks, I sat there sustaining low (blood) pressure.

Duan Ming Zhang looked like he’s having a good mood, even greeted me, “Huai Zhen, why are you not moving your chopsticks?”

Immediately I let go of the chopsticks hanging at my teeth.

But I forgot to catch it with my hand.

Clattering sound of ‘pilipala’, the ebony chopsticks with silver inlaid with ivory dropped on the table.

Knocking the stew in front me causing it to flip over, splas.h.i.+ng the whole table with the soup.

Some fell on the my clothes but I have yet to rub it off, immediately stood up to apologize, “This servant has been discourteous.”

Duan Ming Zhang waved his hands, “Zhen think Huai Zhen most probably have not completely woke up, still busy zoning out on the dining table.”

My face was burning with heat, LePing went busy to escort me to change clothes.

I quickly said, “No need, no need. Only splashed with a bit of soup, I can just wipe it a bit and it’ll be all right.”

Duan Ming Zhang looked at me and smiled, “You can wait until you finished changing then come back. But the dishes are getting cold, or how about you just eat it first ba.”

“LePing, bring this to let Marquis ChangAn eat.”

He pointed at the shark fin soup in front of him, seems like the one he ate every day.

But at this point, I don’t feel like revering before his Grace so I just gave my thanks, and sat down to eat.

The moment the first bite of soup entered the throat, something felt slippery…

Afterwards, I don’t know what happened.

I was poisoned.

The poison was placed inside the bowl of shark fin soup which was originally meant for the Emperor.

I heard that Duan Ming Zhang was very angry, he went furious like the thunder regarding this matter.

But it’s a pity that I didn’t get to see it.

When I woke up, I only saw from a distance, him bending over the table, dozing off with a side of his face facing me.

His eyebrows covered by the hair at his temples, so charismatic, pure and handsome.

He was really good-looking, even though he is the Emperor, he still looked good….

Opening my eyes to stare at him for a while, I can’t help but yawned again and went back to sleep.

Later, I was woken up by Duan Ming Zhang.

When I opened my eyes again, I found that his hand was touching my face.

His action seemed to be in the middle of parting the hair on my forehead that was stuck to my face due to sweat.

I was so surprised, nearly causing me to immediately roll and crawl out of the bed to kneel down to him.

But Duan Ming Zhang didn’t asked me to kneel.

He only sullenly said to me, “Huai Zhen, I will certainly find out the person who put the poison, I won’t let you suffer in vain.”

Then suddenly a flash of thought ran past my mind, “Your Majesty, the poison was placed in the your soup!”

Caressing my head, he replied, “Yes, and you suffered on Zhen’s behalf.”