"It seems like poisoning..these are symptoms of rare poison however I don't see any poison in her body" The doctor exclaimed.

The General glanced carefully at his daughter.

"Poisoning, are you sure?"

"No, General, it's symptoms of poisoning yet it also has signs of a forceful attack. Her body is extremely hot more so than if someone had a fever but her skin isn't burned. I cannot conclude anything, please give me more time."

"My daughter, did you see anything?"

Hongyue hung down her head and softly spoke, "No, but that servant dropped this gold piece."

The General quickly takes the gold, slightly shaken.

"Are...you su-"

"Isn't this gold piece gifted from my father's treasury?" The Crown Prince intervened, flipping his wrist and flapped his fan open. The sliver edge fan covered a smile that started to curve up. His eyes twinkled. He only came out to chat with the General over matters of warfare, who thought he would see such a show.

"Thi-"

"How can it be in a dirty servant' s hand? Do you not put my father, the Emperor in your eyes anymore?!"

"It's a misunderstanding! I don't know myself. Maybe the servant stol-"

"Oh, so are you saying your manor filled with 3th-grade soldiers can't even protect one gold piece?" The Crown Prince sneered.

Hongyue frowned, for an extra person to watch the show it wasn't such a big deal but the person in question kept interrupting her play. It is certainly irritating. What the heck did he want out of this?

Gently testing the water, she tilted her head and carefully spoke, "Father, our treasury is carefully protected by such strong guards. Could it be that the servant was a spy? But if she is, Concubine Mei

was the one who brought her in. Should we get her here to explain?"

The General stood frozen.

Hongyue smirked. Based on the fact all the servants were so eager to wildly scream the news she was dying is no easy task. Even dogs needed permission in order to bark so wildly, so this, was no doubt, her father's scheme. In addition, gold pieces the servant had were personally bestowed by the Emperor to those who fought bravely, to see it in the hands of a lowly servant with even lesser power is truly strange. That is, of course, if the gold was willingly handed over by the owner himself. The General.

Still, it couldn't tell her exactly what his goal was and the Crown Prince seemed to be pulled into it as well. Since it's gotten to this point, why not add another person into the chaos. Concubine Mei is a jealous type. Those are the was people who get easily swayed. Hongyue bet the reason the Concubine always angrily thrash out at her was probably because she was stimulated by her husband's over doting affection towards a motherless daughter. Still, the Concubine couldn't have been enter Hongyue' s courtyard so easily everyday without outside help. As a General and as a father, he couldn't have missed all the injuries on a 10 year old even if the old Hongyue hid them. Unless of course, the General wanted the Concubine to torture his own daughter. However, to suddenly speed things up in order to p.r.o.nounce her death was odd. That would change the whole story. Hongyue stared at the servant's corspe. She smiled wickedly. Fufu. It's starting to get fun.