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The Princess Wei Yang Chapter 103 part1
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Chapter 103: Formidable Use of Poison
Comments:
Chau
- Apologies for the
delayed
release!
I’ve
been
down
with
an
awful
case
of
exam
season
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Notes:
[1] Old Eldest, in reference to Li Xiao Ran
[2] A sweet syrup made from fermented grains; thick consistency at room
temperature, fluid when heated up
Jiu Yiniang did
not
seem
to
have
heard
anything
Lao
Furen
said.
She
was
resisting
as
if
she
had
gone
crazy,
wanting
to
escape
the
crowd.
She
was
completely
different
from
before!
Li Xiao Ran
stood
up
and
coldly
shouted:
“Jiu Yiniang feigned
innocence
and
ignorance,
so
what
about
the
rest
of
you?
If
any
of
you
dare
to
speak
half
a
lie,
no
one
is
to
escape
punishment!”
The yatous by
Jiu
Yiniang’s
side
were
so
terrified
that
they
continuously
kowtowed.
Lao Furen blankly
said:
“They must know
something.
Drag
them
all
out
and
beat
them
a
hundred
strokes
until
they
are
willing
to
confess,
then
we
shall
see!”
The yatous were
trembling
from
fear.
The
guards
outside
came
in
to
drag
them
out.
Cries
for
mercy
rang
throughout
the
room!
At
this
time,
a
pale-faced,
petite
yatou
suddenly
cried
out
and
kowtowed,
begging
for
forgiveness:
“Nubi wishes to
confess!
Lao
Furen
have
mercy,
Laoye
have
mercy.
Jiu
Yiniang
ordered
Nubi
to
do
so.
Nubi
truly
had
no
choice
but
to
obey.
If
Nubi
did
not
follow
Jiu
Yiniang’s
order,
she
will
surely
drive
Nubi
out!”
Li Xiao Ran
waved
his
hand.
The
guards
loosened
their
grips.
The
other
yatous
looked
to
her
in
disbelief.
Lao Furen looked
at
her
and
asked:
“What did she
have
you
do!”
Her face pale
as
a
sheet,
the
yatou
said:
“Jiu Yiniang… Jiu
Yiniang
found
an
opportunity
during
the
pilgrimage
to
take
the
gold
collar
out
to
a
gold
shop,
melted
the
gold,
and
added
some
medicinal
herbs
inside.
Nubi
does
not
know
which
herbs
were
put
inside!
Nubi
never
thought
that
she
wanted
to
harm
Si
Shaoye!
At
the
time,
she
just
said
the
gold
collar
was
worth
so
much
that
she
would
not
be
discovered
if
she
took
a
bit
of
gold.
She
even
said
that
as
long
as
Nubi
followed
the
order,
she
would
make
Nubi
a
second-ranked
yatou!”
After hearing these
words,
Tan
shi
was
trembling
out
of
anger.
Cold
waves
washed
over
her
heart
as
if
she
had
fallen
into
a
bottomless
pit.
She
always
thought
that
others
had
provoked
Jiu
Yiniang
to
do
wrongful
things,
but
who
would
have
thought
she
herself
had
the
intention
to
murder
Tan
shi’s
son!
Jiang Yue Lan
revealed
an
incredulous
expression:
“Jiu Yiniang, you
must
know
that
Min
Zhi
was
in
my
care.
If
something
happened
to
Min
Zhi,
I
cannot
escape
punishment,
so
why
would
you
do
such
a
thing!
You
are
clearly
—— ” As she was
speaking,
she
turned
her
tear-filled
eyes
towards
Li
Xiao
Ran.
Li Wei Yang
looked
at
Jiu
Yiniang,
whose
face
was
solemn
and
unclear.
Who
knows
what
she
was
thinking?
Jiu Yiniang was
still
struggling
fiercely
and
shouted:
“You are framing
me!
All
of
you
have
framed
me!
You
all
colluded
to
frame
me!”
Aside from Jiu
Yiniang’s
screaming,
no
one
dared
to
utter
a
sound.
The
atmosphere
in
the
room
was
almost
suffocating.
Li
Xiao
Ran
slightly
narrowed
his
eyes.
He
truly
could
not
have
imagined
that
Jiu
Yiniang
did
this
sort
of
thing!
Si Yiniang glanced
at
Li
Xiao
Ran
and
sighed:
“Laoye, the one-sided
truth
from
this
yatou
is
not
reliable.
It
is
necessary
to
investigate
much
more
carefully,
so
that
Jiu
Yiniang
isn’t
wrongly
accused!”
Lao Furen resented
not
being
able
to
publicly
execute
Jiu
Yiniang.
Hearing
this,
she
sneered
and
said:
“Wei Yang, what
do
you
say?!”
Li Wei Yang
felt
that
everything
kept
descending
into
chaos.
There
were
many
things
she
had
to
personally
investigate,
so
for
the
time
being,
she
only
said:
“Everything should be
left
to
Lao
Furen
and
Fuqin
to
decide,
Wei
Yang
does
not
dare
to
intervene.”
Lao Furen nodded:
“With a witness
and
a
testimony,
Lao
Da1,
what
do
you
say
should
be
done
now!”
While Li Xiao
Ran
had
feelings
for
Jiu
Yiniang,
harming
a
Li
family
heir
was
not
something
he
could
forgive.
He
looked
at
Jiu
Yiniang
and
said:
“I have always
favored
you,
but
was
that
still
not
enough
for
you.
You
would
not
even
spare
a
child
like
Min
Zhi!”
His
voice
grew
colder
and
colder:
“Since it is
that
way,
I
cannot
hold
onto
lingering
feelings
or
it
will
go
against
the
rules
of
the
Li
family!
Starting
from
today,
Jiu
Yiniang
is
to
be
locked
up
and
not
allowed
to
leave.
As
for
this
yatou,
lock
her
up
in
the
woodshed
first.
Once
the
owner
of
the
gold
shop
is
found,
confront
them
and
ask
to
verify.
If
it
is
true,
proceed
to
beat
her
to
death!”
That yatou began
to
scream
and
cry
as
she
was
dragged
out;
Li
Wei
Yang
looked
at
this
scene
and
felt
that
this
matter
was
even
more
strange.
Jiang Yue Lan
sighed:
“I truly did
not
expect
someone
as
weak
as
Jiu
Yiniang
would
do
such
a
thing!
Fortunately,
it
was
quickly
discovered,
otherwise
it
would
have
compromised
Min
Zhi’s
life!”
Then,
she
knelt
down
and
said
to
Li
Xiao
Ran,
“Laoye, I didn’t
take
good
care
of
Si
Shaoye.
I
will
not
lament
no
matter
how
you
wish
to
punish
me.”
Li Xiao Ran
glanced
over
at
Lao
Furen
and
lifted
her
up
to
her
feet.
Jiang
Yue
Lan
refused
to
stand,
her
tears
still
falling.
Lao
Furen
said:
“Forget it, this
has
nothing
to
do
with
you.
Get
up.”
Jiang Yue Lan
only
stood
up
once
she
heard
this
and
tearfully
said:
“Then I will
bring
Min
Zhi
back
and
take
good
care
of
him.”
Lao Furen frowned,
watching
Jiang
Yue
Lan
walk
over
and
take
Min
Zhi
into
her
arms
under
Tan
shi’s
reluctant
eyes.
She
had
just
taken
two
steps
when
Min
Zhi
suddenly
opened
his
eyes
and
began
to
shriek
and
cry.
“Look,
you
see!
What
else
can
you
do!
You
can’t
even
take
care
of
a
child!”
Lao
Furen
was
angered
by
this.
Jiang
Yue
Lan
felt
genuinely
wronged.
How
would
she
know
this
child
would
be
awoken
so
easily!
Tan shi hurriedly
took
Min
Zhi
into
her
arms.
He
suddenly
stopped
crying
and
immediately
fell
against
his
birth
mother’s
chest,
bright-eyed
as
if
his
tantrum
had
never
happened.
His
little
hands
were
grabbing
at
air,
appearing
very
lively.
In the end,
it
seemed
like
his
birth
mother
still
had
a
way.
Lao
Furen
felt
reassured,
but
then
painstakingly
said:
“He’s been
at
Fu
Rui
Courtyard
for
less
than
ten
days.
Look
at
the
child,
he
has
no
life
in
him
anymore
and
this
can’t
go
on
like
this!”
Li Wei Yang
glanced
over
at
her
little
brother.
Aside
from
the
red
dots
on
his
arm,
he
was
still
fair-skinned
and
chubby
and
the
obnoxiousness
of
his
crying
was
unrivaled.
There
was
no
sign
that
his
liveliness
had
been
affected
at
all.
Jiang Yue Lan
did
not
want
to
let
go
of
Min
Zhi
so
easily
and
continued
to
say:
“Let me give
it
another
try!
Perhaps
my
actions
just
now
were
a
bit
rough,
but
I
can
be
gentler!”
She
extended
her
hands
to
take
Min
Zhi
from
Tan
shi’s
arms,
but
the
moment
he
was
in
her
arms,
Min
Zhi’s
tears
ran
like
a
faucet,
and
he
returned
to
a
state
of
crying
in
earthshaking
terror.
Everyone’s suspicious
eyes
fell
on
Jiang
Yue
Lan.
Li
Xiao
Ran
frowned:
“Why does the
child
keep
crying
the
moment
he
touches
you?”
Even Lao Furen
was
helpless
about
it
too,
Jiang
Yue
Lan
thought
to
herself.
However,
she
did
not
dare
to
utter
these
words
in
front
of
everyone,
so
she
reluctantly
smiled:
“In the end,
he’s
still
closer
to
Qi
Yiniang!”
Her
pained,
heartbreaking
look
made
Li
Xiao
Ran
feel
his
words
had
been
a
bit
harsh.
“Qi
Yiniang,
you
should
still
hold
him.”
Li
Xiao
Ran
slowly
said.
It was rather
strange.
Once
Tan
shi
took
Min
Zhi,
the
child’s
loud
crying
immediately
quieted
down.
Moments
later,
he
was
no
longer
crying
at
all
and
happily
resting
against
Tan
shi,
sniffing
around
her.
Tan
shi
caressed
Min
Zhi’s
little
face.
Min
Zhi
stopped
crying,
laughed,
and
grabbed
Tan
shi’s
finger
and
stuck
it
in
his
mouth
and
started
sucking
on
it.
“Muqin,
Si
Di
is
still
young
and
does
not
understand.
Children
are
like
that.
They
must
cry
and
throw
a
tantrum
for
a
while.
They’ll
forget
it
once
they
get
used
to
it!”
Li
Chang
Le
gently
said
as
she
rubbed
her
face,
where
she
had
applied
medicinal
balm.
Lao Furen frowned
as
if
thinking
about
something.
Jiang Yue Lan
heard
Li
Chang
Le’s
words
and
immediately
added:
“Indeed, I will
bring
Min
Zhi
back
first.
If
I
truly
cannot
manage
it,
I
will
let
Qi
Yiniang
come
to
my
place
for
two
days
until
Min
Zhi
is
accustomed
to
me.”
She
glanced
over
at
the
wet
nurse
accompanying
her.
The
wet
nurse
immediately
understood
and
stepped
forward
to
take
Min
Zhi.
Li Wei Yang
blankly
looked
on
as
a
cold
smile
appeared
on
her
lips.
The wet nurse
had
not
even
touched
Min
Zhi,
but
he
loudly
burst
into
tears,
refusing
to
leave
Tan
shi’s
arms
as
if
it
were
life
and
death.
He
was
crying
and
writhing,
trying
to
escape
the
wet
nurse’s
hands.
His
dark
eyes
were
bright
like
crystal
orbs,
reflecting
back
the
light
and
blocking
out
the
darkness.
He
smiled
a
lot
on
a
daily
basis,
but
now
he
tearfully
leaned
against
Tan
shi,
a
sight
of
longingness
that
left
Lao
Furen
distressed.
“Yue
Lan,
you
see…
This
child
only
wants
to
be
with
his
birth
mother.
In
any
case,
in
the
future,
you
will
also
have
your
own
child.
I
still
think
you
should
let
Qi
Yiniang
take
him
home.”
Lao
Furen
was
hesitant.
Li Xiao Ran
nodded.
He
still
felt
distressed
for
his
son:
“That’s right.
Yue
Lan,
you
are
still
young
and
not
used
to
taking
care
of
children.
Let
Min
Zhi
stay
with
Qi
Yiniang.”
Li Wei Yang
looked
at
Jiang
Yue
Lan
with
a
hint
of
smugness
in
her
smile.
Jiang Yue Lan’s
smile
was
a
little
stiff,
but
she
quickly
recollected
herself.
Her
eyes
became
a
bit
damp
as
she
looked
at
Min
Zhi.
Li Chang Le
clenched
her
hand
but
kept
the
cheerful
smile
on
her
face:
“Lao Furen is
always
kind,
doting
on
Si
Di
in
such
a
way.
It
is
truly
a
blessing
of
the
heavens.
But
Muqin
put
in
so
much
effort,
if
she
were
to
give
up
now,
wouldn’t
it
all
go
to
waste?
Hope
Fuqin
and
Lao
Furen
will
give
her
another
chance!
Children
always
need
time
to
adjust
and
will
be
fine
after
a
few
more
days!”
Li Xiao Ran
frowned
and
could
not
bear
to
see
his
beloved
wife
look
so
pitiful
and
said,
“Why not try
again
and
see?”
Jiang Yue Lan
eagerly
nodded
and
immediately
went
to
hold
Min
Zhi:
“I will wholeheartedly
do
my
best.”
Li Wei Yang
coldly
looked
on
but
didn’t
say
anything.
Qi
Yiniang
could
not
bear
the
separation,
but
remembering
her
daughter’s
words,
she
had
no
choice
but
to
let
go
of
Min
Zhi
and
stand
off
to
the
side.
However, Jiang Yue
Lan’s
final
attempt
resulted
in
failure.
Two
days
later,
she
personally
brought
the
child
back
to
Qi
Yiniang.
She
spoke
emotionally:
“Nothing can be
compared
to
his
birth
mother.
He
cries
day
and
night
when
he
is
with
me
that
everyone
feels
sorry
for
him.”
Li Wei Yang
blankly
eyed
Jiang
Yue
Lan’s
dark
eye
circles
and
pale
complexion
and
thought
to
herself:
Your
heart
isn’t
hurting
for
Min
Zhi.
It’s
only
because
Fuqin
would
rather
go
to
Si
Yiniang
to
rest
instead
of
Fu
Rui
Courtyard
because
of
Min
Zhi’s
crying,
causing
you
to
lose
favor.
Outsiders
also
spread
rumors
that
the
new
Furen
did
not
check
in
on
Si
Shaoye
at
night
but
rather
secretly
pricked
his
feet
with
needles,
which
is
why
he
cries
more
fiercely
every
time
he
sees
the
new
Furen.
Once
those
vicious
rumors
spread,
Jiang
Yue
Lan’s
efforts
turned
to
dust.
Li
Xiao
Ran
repeatedly
advised
that
she
must
be
more
generous
with
concubine-born
children.
Jiang
Yue
Lan
suffered,
unable
to
say
a
word
in
defense.
After
thinking
it
through,
she
was
finally
forced
to
return
the
child.
Like
Li
Wei
Yang
said,
within
ten
days,
Li
Min
Zhi
returned
to
his
birth
mother’s
side.
When Jiang Yue
Lan
left,
she
saw
Min
Zhi
happily
smiling
and
felt
it
was
strange
and
suspicious.
Although
she
could
not
overturn
things
that
happened
before,
she
truly
had
no
other
way.
When
she
left,
everyone
breathed
out
in
relief.
Min Zhi’s
bright
eyes
were
fixed
on
Tan
shi.
He
reached
out
with
his
chubby,
lotus
root-like
hand
with
a
smile
on
his
little
mouth.
There
were
tears
on
Tan
shi’s
face.
She
could
not
help
it
anymore.
She
rushed
over
and
took
the
child
from
yatou’s
arms
and
tightly
embraced
him.
She
held
her
child
tightly
in
her
arms
and
kissed
his
little
face
and
then
from
his
tiny
hands
to
neck
to
hair,
crying
and
smiling
at
the
same
time.
Li Wei Yang
couldn’t
describe
the
warmth
emitted
from
the
sight
with
words
and
quietly
asked:
“Has poison in
Si
Shaoye’s
body
been
treated?”
Bai Zhi replied
in
low
voice:
“The Imperial physician
prescribed
some
medicine,
and
the
rash
on
Si
Shaoye
has
disappeared.”
Li Wei Yang
nodded,
her
eyes
returning
to
the
smiling
Min
Zhi.
Tan shi was
afraid
of
involving
her
daughter,
so
she
suppressed
her
feelings,
but
now
that
her
precious
child
had
returned
to
her,
she
put
her
face
against
his
little
face
and
felt
his
small
hand
and
heard
his
soft
heartbeat.
Her
heart
trembled
with
happiness
and
joy
as
each
one
of
her
tears
fell
onto
Min
Zhi’s
face.
Once
she
was
calm
again,
she
saw
everyone
looking
at
her
and
realized.
She
reluctantly
placed
Min
Zhi
in
the
cradle
and
smiled:
“Wei Yang, it
was
indeed
as
you
said,
but
how
did
you
do
it?”
Li Wei Yang
smiled:
“Everyone else, go
outside.”
The yatous heard
and
quietly
withdrew.
Li Wei Yang
walked
over
to
the
cradle
and
held
out
a
rattle
to
Min
Zhi.
Min
Zhi
happily
reached
up,
wanting
a
bite.
Li
Wei
Yang
gently
pulled
the
rattle
away
and
slowly
said:
“Min Zhi has
always
liked
maltose2, but he was
too
young
and
could
not
eat
it.
So,
every
time,
I
had
yatou
put
a
bit
on
a
spoon
or
on
the
wet
nurse’s
body,
so
Min
Zhi
could
at
least
have
a
taste.
Eventually, Min Zhi
expects
to
have
maltose
every day,
a
desire
stronger
than
wanting
milk.”
While
she
was
saying
this,
Min
Zhi
laughed
and
smiled
widely.
Li
Wei
Yang
pinked
his
chubby
cheek
and
continued:
“Later, when Jiang
Yue
Lan
took
him
with
her,
this
privilege
no
longer
existed.
This
greedy,
little
kitten
will
try
to
find
maltose
in
four
hours
alone.
Without
it,
he
will
keep
crying.”
Tan shi was
in
disbelief:
“It’s that
simple?”
Li Wei Yang
laughed
aloud:
“How complicated could
it
be?”
Alright,
so
maybe
she
didn’t
mention
everything,
but
Min
Zhi
would
cry
without
maltose.
No
matter
who
held
him,
he
refused
to
stop
crying.
That
day
Tan
shi
did
as
Li
Wei
Yang
said
and
smeared
maltose
on
her
hands,
so
when
Min
Zhi
recognized
the
smell,
he
was
immediately
happy
again.
Of
course,
that
alone
was
not
enough.
This
child
Min
Zhi
was
a
bit
naive,
happily
smiling
at
everyone,
even
Jiang
Yue
Lan,
so
the
moment
Jiang
Yue
Lan
was
married
into
the
household,
Li
Wei
Yang
began
to
prepare
for
when
a
day
like
this
would
come.
Jiang Yue Lan
liked
using
agarwood
incense,
which
had
a
long-lasting
and
delicate
fragrance.
Every
time
the
wet
nurse
breastfed
Min
Zhi,
half-way
through,
Li
Wei
Yang
would
have
Bai
Zhi
bring
an
incense
burner
with
agarwood
near
Min
Zhi
and
ordered
the
wet
nurse
to
stop
breastfeeding.
Eventually, Min Zhi
began
to
understand
that
if
anyone
with
that
smell
appeared,
he
would
not
be
able
to
drink
milk
anymore.
Many
habits
are
difficult
to
change
once
they
have
developed.
A
child
is
like
a
puppy
in
regard to
food,
if
that
food
is
taken
away,
it
is
only
natural
to
have
a
strong
feeling
against
those
with
that
fragrance.
Even
if
Jiang
Yue
Lan
looked
after
him
with
great
care,
she
could
not
change
the
habit
Li
Wei
Yang
had
started
a
while
back.
That
is
why
on
the
second
day
after
the
wedding,
Min
Zhi
was
still
smiling
when
Jiang
Yue
Lan
held
him
but
later
on,
he
bursted
into
tears
when
she
touched
him.
Li Wei Yang
would
not
reveal
this
secret
to
Tan
shi
because
as
a
mother,
she
certainly
would
be
very
distressed,
but
Li
Wei
Yang
thought
that
the
child
Min
Zhi
needed
to
be
disciplined
a
bit.
Otherwise,
he
will
see
everyone
as
his
mother
and
becoming
naively
obedient
was
not
a
good
thing.
Perhaps
there
was
no
better
method
than
to
allow
him
to
return
to
his
birth
mother.
Min Zhi opened
his
eyes
wide,
his
dark
eyes
focused
on
his
cunning
jiejie,
completely
unaware
that
she
had
sold
him
out
like
that
and
continued
to
smile
happily.
“Min
Zhi
escaped
this
time,
but
what
are
we
to
do
in
future?
When
we
can’t
use
crying
tactics
when
he’s
three
or
four
years
old?”
Tan
shi
was
worried.
Li Wei Yang
smiled:
“In the future?
Jiang
Yue
Lan
will
soon
have
a
child
of
her
own.
Even
if
she
doesn’t,
she
won’t
have
the
mind
to
pay
attention
to
Min
Zhi.”
At the moment,
they
should
not
worry
about
the
future
but
rather
what
happened
two
days
ago.
The
thought
that
someone
used
Min
Zhi
to
provoke
her
infuriated
Li
Wei
Yang.
She
stared
intently
at
his
chubby
arm,
free
of
any
marks,
and
contemplated
about
what
the
next
step
would
be
now.
To find the
truth,
it
is
often
not
found
by
looking
at
the
surface
but
rather
by
examining
who
has
the
most
to
gain.
With
Jiu
Yiniang’s
misfortune,
the
person
with
the
most
to
gain
was
naturally
Jiang
Yue
Lan,
but
Jiang
Yue
Lan
was
not
such
a
short-sighted
individual
and
would
not
do
so.
The
next
most
suspicious
person
was
not
Si
Yiniang
but
Li
Chang
Le.
Afterwards, Li Wei
Yang
arranged
for
people
to
investigate
the
shop
where
Lao
Furen
had
the
gold
collar
made.
Unfortunately,
the
store
had
changed
ownership.
The
owner
of
the
shop
that
melted
the
gold
for
Jiu
Yiniang
suddenly
died
of
illness.
This
matter
became
even
more
uncertain.
If
one
said
it
concerned
a
Furen
of
a
household,
would
the
owner
of
a
luxurious
gold
shop
be
convinced?
It
was
obviously
not
that
simple.
Li Wei Yang
turned
around
and
said:
“I have something
and
must
go
back
first.”
Tan shi looked
to
her
daughter
in
surprise.
She
did
not
know
what
Li
Wei
Yang
would
have
at
this
time,
but
she
knew
she
could
not
advise
otherwise,
so
she
smiled
and
said:
“It’s cold
outside,
let
me
prepare
a
hand
warmer
for
you.”
Li Wei Yang
shook
her
head:
“No need.” She
quickly
walked
out.
As
soon
as
she
was
beyond
the
doors,
she
was
met
with
a
cold
gust
of
wind.
She
involuntarily
shivered.
Bai
Zhi
rushed
over
from
where
she
was
standing
by
the
doors
and
quickly
put
a
thick
fur
cloak
over
her:
“Xiaojie, are we
going
back
now?”
Li Wei Yang
shook
her
head
and
lowered
her
voice:
“Let’s go
see
Jiu
Yiniang
now.”
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Translator: Chau
Editor: Erica
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