Yuan Zhen and Yuan Ruxin hurried back to the inn where they were staying without stopping.
Yuan Ruxin felt quite disappointed.
"Brother, why are you in such a hurry? I still wanted to walk around outside. Why did we co back so early?"
Yuan Zhen absentmindedly replied, "I’m tired, and you’re not feeling well either, so let’s not go out again."
Yuan Ruxin wanted to argue but was afraid of upsetting Yuan Zhen.
She simply opened the door to leave, and seeing this, Yuan Zhen imdiately asked, "Where are you going?"
"I’m hungry, I’m going to find the waiter to get so food. Brother, what will you eat?"
Hearing this question, Yuan Zhen imdiately beca alert.
He frowned and thought for a mont, "I’m not hungry. You go ahead and eat."
Yuan Ruxin closed the door and left.
Yuan Zhen fell into deep thought.
It wasn’t that he believed what Bai Zhi’er said was true.
Rather, Yuan Zhen felt that Bai Zhi’er’s words had a hidden aning.
She said that he would get into trouble because of eating.
Could it be that this Princess would arrange for soone to poison his food?
But Yuan Zhen couldn’t understand.
If she intended to harm him, why tell him? There seed to be no need!
Yuan Zhen, always cautious and wise, decided to see for himself tonight if what Bai Zhi’er said was true.
This ti, when they ca to Great Chu, they brought many Hidden Guards and Servants.
At this mont, Yuan Zhen had let them all go to rest.
Too many people might make it easier for ill-intentioned individuals to mix in and poison him.
Not long after, Yuan Ruxin returned, followed by a waiter with two plates of dishes.
As Yuan Ruxin was about to eat heartily, Yuan Zhen stopped her hand.
"Wait." Yuan Zhen took out a silver needle used for testing poison from his pocket.
Yuan Ruxin dismissed it with a laugh, "Brother, you’re being too nervous. Who would harm us?"
Yuan Zhen looked intently at the unchanged silver needle.
Only then did he relax, wrapped the silver needle, and put it back in his pocket.
"Better safe than sorry, especially since we are unfamiliar with Great Chu people. Go ahead and eat."
Yuan Zhen was actually afraid that if the poison wasn’t in his food, it would be in Yuan Ruxin’s.
Fortunately, it was just a false alarm.
After Yuan Ruxin finished her al, she returned to her room to rest.
Yuan Zhen kept counting the passing hours.
During this ti, he was even cautious while drinking water.
It took a lot of effort to endure until late at night, and he was indeed hungry.
However, Yuan Zhen decided not to eat anything, at most just drink so water.
To relieve his hunger, he tried to sleep but seed too tense to do so.
So, Yuan Zhen could only take out a few books he brought from Yan Country and leaned on the bed to read.
He finished reading a page, licked his finger, and was about to turn the page when he suddenly froze.
Yuan Zhen looked at his fingertip and then glanced at the page.
He suddenly realized sothing.
What Bai Zhi’er said, everything that goes into the mouth.
Maybe it didn’t refer to food and water.
It could be sothing else!
Anyone who had served him knew that this had been his habit since childhood, licking his finger before turning the page while reading.
Realizing this, Yuan Zhen hurriedly took out the silver needle and pressed it against his fingertip for a while.
The silver needle did not change color.
He then dripped a few drops of water on the page and placed the silver needle on it.
A mont later, Yuan Zhen’s pupils contracted tightly.
The silver needle gradually turned black.
This book... had actually been poisoned!?
At this mont, a thunderclap bood outside the window.
Startling Yuan Zhen, the book in his hand fell to the ground.
He could visibly see a small amount of white powder shaking out from between the pages.
If not paying close attention, one wouldn’t really notice.
Yuan Zhen’s brow furrowed tightly, his eyes flickering with shock.
Outside the window, it seed that a heavy rain was about to fall.
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