kingnovel Chapter 499 Poisoning
Chapter 499 Poisoning
The emperor looked at his lovely granddaughter and said, "Well, An He is great. She made Grandpa have a delicious meal. I will reward you with something nice later."
After the emperor finished speaking, he smiled in a good mood. It's no secret that these two children of the fifth brother were much more likable than him.
When Xiao Anhe heard that there was a reward, she happily thanked the emperor and said, "Thank you, Grandpa."
Shen Qi was upset when he saw that his two great-grandchildren, whom he had raised, were snatched away by an old man who had done nothing. He pretended to be unhappy and said, "An He, grandpa has a headache and is feeling very uncomfortable."
When little An He heard that her grandpa was not feeling well, she quickly ran to Shen Qi and asked with concern, "Grandpa, where are you feeling unwell? Let An He help you take a look."
Shen Qi glanced at the emperor and said to his great-grandson, "It's just a headache. It will be fine if An He sits next to me."
The naive little An He listened to her grandfather's words, so she sat close to him and said, "Then An He will sit with Grandpa."
"Well, An He is so well behaved." Shen Qi looked at his little granddaughter sitting next to him, and his mood suddenly improved.
The emperor frowned when he saw Shen Qi trying to snatch his granddaughter from him, but he didn't say much. He just asked his grandson, "You are already three years old. What do you do every day?"
According to convention, royal descendants must be sent to the Royal Academy to study when they turn three years old, but because the two grandsons have not yet officially recognized their ancestral roots, they have not been sent in yet.
When Shen Ze heard the emperor's question, he told him the truth: "I learn martial arts and calligraphy from my masters every day, and I also identify medicinal herbs and learn the eight extraordinary meridians of the human body with my grandfather."
The emperor heard that his grandson had learned a lot at such a young age. He looked at him with satisfaction and said, "Well, not bad. You are all good children. Study hard. If you have any difficulties in the future, you can come to grandpa."
Although he was very unhappy with Shen Ruolan's lowly status, he still liked his two grandsons very much.
"Okay," Shen Zeyi said a little embarrassedly when being praised by his grandfather.
Shen Ruolan watched the grandfather and grandson getting along harmoniously, and ate her meal in silence. Just when she was almost full, she suddenly saw the steward of the other courtyard running in in a panic, reporting: "Madam, it's bad. A group of people outside said that you are a quack doctor and prescribed poison to their family members, and they died of it."
After the other courtyard manager finished speaking, everyone who was eating looked at each other. Finally, Shen Hui was the first to curse: "A bunch of unruly people. If I had known this would happen, I shouldn't have treated them."
Shen Qi also put down his chopsticks with a bang, and said with a dark face: "My Medicine King Valley has been practicing medicine for generations. Although I can't cure every patient, I have never done anything against my conscience."
After saying this, he stood up and said, "Lan'er, come with grandpa and take a look. I want to see which wicked person is ruining the reputation of my Medicine King Valley."
Shen Ruolan calmly swallowed the last two mouthfuls of rice. She stood up and said to her grandfather, "Grandpa, this matter is caused by me. You don't have to intervene."
Shen Hui also dropped his chopsticks with a bang, stood up and said to Shen Ruolan: "Sister Lan, I am the one who treated more than half of the patients today. No matter who this matter is directed at, it has nothing to do with me."
The emperor, who was enjoying his meal, lost his appetite instantly because of the slamming of the table by Shen Qi and his grandson. He put down his chopsticks, wiped his mouth elegantly, and said to Shen Qi: "Old Doctor Shen, don't be excited. Let the government handle this matter."
Shen Qi glanced at the emperor coldly and said, "I don't trust the government."
After saying this, he walked out of the house.
Shen Ruolan and Shen Hui also hurried to follow.
A lot of people had gathered outside the gate of the villa. Some of them were kneeling on the ground in mourning and crying, "Doctor Shen, we have no grudge against you, why did you harm our family like this!"
"Wow, wow, wow, dad, wake up!"
When Shen Ruolan and her grandfather came out, they saw everyone kneeling on the ground crying miserably, which made her frown.
Shen Qi glanced coldly at everyone present and asked them expressionlessly, "What on earth is going on?"
After he finished speaking, he paused and continued, "My Medicine King Valley Shen family has been practicing medicine and saving lives for generations. Although our medical skills are ordinary, we have been silently serving many poor patients for hundreds of years and have never prescribed the wrong medicine for any patient. If you don't give me an explanation for what happened today, I will remove all the clinics and doctors in Beiming."
The people who were crying were stunned for a moment after hearing Shen Qi's words.
Because in the entire Beiming, Shen’s clinic has the cheapest medical treatment. If they withdraw, where can ordinary people go to see a doctor?
But, my family members are really dead!
When everyone thought of this, they looked up at Shen Qi with a face full of grievance and said, "Old Divine Doctor Shen, we don't want to believe that this is true, but our family members really died from taking the medicine given by the two young doctors Shen."
After listening to what everyone said, Shen Ruolan slowly walked down the stone stairs and came to one of the dead bodies to check. Seeing that the other person really died of poisoning, she couldn't help but feel confused.
Shen Ruolan was sure that neither she nor her third cousin would make such a low-level mistake. She was silent for a moment, then went to check the other body. Seeing that both of them were poisoned by the same poison, her eyebrows suddenly moved.
In order to confirm her guess, Shen Ruolan examined five bodies in a row. Seeing that all five died of the same poison, she looked at the family members of the deceased and said, "Where are the medicines your family members ordered? And give me all the prescriptions I wrote."
After hearing what Shen Ruolan said, everyone took out their medicine. Shen Ruolan looked at the prescriptions one by one and checked them carefully against their medicines.
Seeing this, Shen Qi and Shen Hui hurried down to check with Shen Ruolan.
A quarter of an hour later, Shen Ruolan asked her grandfather, "Grandpa, have you found anything?"
Shen Qi frowned and said to his granddaughter: "Lan'er, these medicines and prescriptions are normal, and there is no other poison involved."
Shen Ruolan listened and nodded, "Yes, we can only say that the water in their home was poisoned by someone."
As soon as Shen Ruolan finished speaking, many people ran over in panic and shouted, "Mom, my sister and grandpa are dying."
The woman, who was originally crying, was so frightened when she heard that other people in the family were also dying that her legs went limp. She looked at her son and asked, "Daniu, what's going on?"
The man named Daniu told his mother the truth: "Mom, you guys go ahead. Grandpa and sister are thirsty and drank some water, but now they can't do it anymore."