The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 832

Chapter 832: 384 Spousal Abuse Scum (two updates)_3

"Let him in," the Emperor said.

"Yes." Eunuch Wei went to the door to lead the person inside.

Xiao Liulang clasped his hands together and paid his respects, "Your humble servant greets Your Majesty."

The Emperor picked up a memorial and said indifferently, "How did you find the time to come to us today?"

Xiao Liulang clasped his hands and said, "Your humble servant has a matter to report."

"What matter?" the Emperor asked.

Xiao Liulang said earnestly, "On the first day of proctoring at the Imperial College, someone poisoned the evening meal of your humble servant with arsenic."

The Emperor’s brows furrowed slightly.

"Your humble servant originally preserved the evidence, but unfortunately due to the hot weather, the evidence has spoiled." While saying this, Xiao Liulang still took out a small porcelain bottle from his sleeve.

Eunuch Wei stepped forward to take the small porcelain bottle, pulled out the stopper, and was met with the stench of rotten green onions, causing him to quickly cover his nose.

As it was, it wouldn’t be right to bring such a thing before the Emperor’s eyes.

The Emperor asked, "How did you know it was arsenic?"

Xiao Liulang naturally wouldn’t mention that Gu Jiao had visited the Imperial College; sneaking into the Imperial College was a capital offense, even if His Majesty wouldn’t punish Gu Jiao, why should he waste Gu Jiao’s favor in His Majesty’s eyes?

Xiao Liulang said, "Has Your Majesty forgotten that Jiaojiao is a physician? Back in the countryside, when we had rats at home, Jiaojiao used arsenic to make rat poison, and your humble servant even assisted her."

This was a lie.

With hazardous materials, Gu Jiao always prevented Xiao Liulang from coming into contact with them.

But Xiao Liulang had thoroughly learned the art of survival in the royal court from the old Grand Preceptor, and he spoke without a change of expression.

Xiao Liulang continued, "The person disguised himself as a guard to deliver my meal. I noticed he had a strange face, not like the guards from the morning and noon, so I was wary and thus discovered that my meal had been tampered with."

The Emperor furrowed his brows suspiciously, "Who would dare to target you at the Imperial College?"

The Imperial College was heavily guarded, and it was virtually impossible for an ordinary assassin to infiltrate, much less poison Xiao Liulang’s meal.