Chapter 103 – The reason (1/2)

Chapter 103 - The reason

Translated by Lesyt Team: Magpie

Edited by Ilesyt, Oberon

“I don’t know why I feel it tastes very strange. I have never tasted such a flavor, and these ingredients don’t have such a flavor. Moreover, every dish tastes strange.” Zhen Xiaoyan frowned and said.

“Don’t eat any more. There is something wrong with the dishes.” Although Ye Lang didn’t find anything strange, he believed her, so he directly spat out what he ate.

“Little Lang, what’s wrong?” The people near Ye Lang saw him spit and immediately asked.

“Something’s wrong with the food.” Ye Lang said.

“Nonsense. These dishes were cooked by the imperial chefs, so they must be safe to eat. ” Ye Chengtian immediately denied him and said.

Ye Lang shook his head and said, “I am not sure but there must be something wrong.”

“How are you so sure?” Ye Yi asked.

“Fatty said the food tastes strange. She often uses many kinds of ingredients to cook, she can’t be wrong.” Ye Lang said.

“Fatty?” Ye Yi didn’t know Fatty referred to Zhen Xiaoyan until someone explained it to him. Then he directly asked Zhen Xiaoyan, “Are you sure that there is something wrong with the food?”

“I am sure it has a strange flavor, but I don’t know whether there is something wrong.” Zhen Xiaoyan nodded and said.

“Maybe something fell into the dishes.” Yuan Lian’Er said.

“So don’t eat any more.” Zhen Xiaoyan said to her. She believed that the food with a strange flavor shouldn’t be eaten, regardless of whether or not anyone felt sick because of eating the food.

“Grandma, why are you here today?” It seemed that Ye Lang suddenly found her presence.

“What a fool. I have been here the whole time, but you didn’t see me until just now.” Yuan Lian’Er patted Ye Lang’s head and said with a smile.

“Yes. It is odd that even the uncles, cousins and the others of the Ye family in the imperial city are present here.” Ye Lang said in a daze.

But the speaker wasn’t really very interested in his listeners. [Some kind of proverb, I tried my best.]

Ye Yi and Ye Chengtian looked around on hearing what he said. They found that all of the Ye family in the imperial city had gathered here today.

“Why did you come here?” Ye Yi looked at those who needn’t be here.

“To say goodbye to Lanyu since we are all free today. Why not?” One man replied.

Ye Yi continued to ask, “Who proposed it?”

“Second sister-in-law told me...”

“Brother Three told me...”

“…told me”

It turned out that all of them followed the others, but none of them knew who had proposed this idea.

Perhaps someone mentioned it by accident when they had a chat. If this was the case, it didn’t matter. If not, it was really worrying.

“Ye Lang, what are you doing? Are you still eating the food?”

Zhen Xiaoyan shouted with anxiety, which interrupted their thinking. At first glance, they saw Ye Lang tasting the dishes, so everyone felt worried and wondered whether he enjoyed doing something silly.

“I’m trying to find out what is wrong...” Ye Lang replied and then continued to eat some food.

“...Don’t be silly. If there is something wrong, you will feel sick. Why not throw it away?” Long An Qi pulled Ye Lang over directly.

“Ah... ” Ye Lang shouted.

“What’s the matter?” Long An Qi asked with anxiety.

“I got it. It is a poison called qirijue [seven days vanish]. It is colorless and tasteless. You won’t die immediately after taking it, only after seven days or by a catalyst will it flare up.

The reason Fatty can taste it is because it has a flavor when mixed with the food. In addition, after you take this poison, during those seven days, you can’t use qi or magic. Otherwise, the poison will start working at once.” Ye Lang slowly explained, as if he was describing something unimportant.

But at this moment, everyone on the spot looked worried...

“Any antidote?” Ye Yi asked.

“Yes. But in general, only the person who made the poison has the antidote. There are many formulas to make such kind of poison.” Ye Lang said.

“That is to say, we must find out who added the poison into the food.” Ye Yi said, and it seemed that he knew who the culprit was.

The Emperor himself should be suspected, since this farewell banquet had been prepared in the palace. This would have been the best way to kill everyone in the Ye family if he had intended to do so.

Did the Emperor fear that the Ye Family was too powerful?

The Ye family remembered that it was dangerous to serve the Emperor in spite of their previous achievements and contributions to the empire.

But they believed that the Emperor wouldn’t kill them any time soon. At present, the Ye family were loyal, so killing them brought more harm than good to the empire.

What was the purpose?

Everyone had no idea, but soon they understood.

“Yes, if you want to survive, surrender at once.” An unexpected figure appeared on the city wall, which was very far away from the crowd. Ye Lang’s eyes were cold, as if he wanted to kill.

“What are you talking about, Eighth Princess?” Some people felt confused, they didn’t know their food was poisoned.

That was the figure the Eighth Princess: Zhao Yarou, not the Emperor.Ye Lang had described her as a horrible woman and told everyone to be vigilant.