Blissful Days After Widowhood - Chapter 219

Her hands were weak and boneless, with little calluses on the palms, which were obviously the hands of people doing hard labor everyday.

Holding it in his hand, he didn’t even dare to use force, for fear of hurting her accidentally.

Such a move was naturally a bit more intimate, but they all knew that their relationship was unusual. Even when Eunuch Shangshan saw it, he just smiled and didn’t say anything.

The young man led her to sit on the small bench in front of the stove.

Gu Yin’s fingertips regained the temperature and no longer trembled.

After sitting quietly like that for about a quarter of an hour, Manager Zhou came back from outside and nodded to them, indicating that the meals had been distributed.

Gu Yin waved at him slightly and asked him to sit down too. After all, if someone was poisoned for a while, the first suspicion would be that there was a problem with food, and they would find trouble with the two cooks. So staying by the young man’s side was the best guarantee.

Manager Zhou went over naturally, and when he saw the two clasped hands, his face sank and he just watched.

Gu Yin realized that she never let go of the young man’s hand, and took it back.

The young man felt empty, but he didn’t say anything, just added firewood to the stove as usual.

Gu Yin also felt a little shy, got up and put another bowl of sauerkraut chicken noodles and handed it to the young man.

After a while, there were sudden screams of pain outside.

“What’s the matter? My stomach hurts!”

“I want to vomit!”

“What’s wrong with you? Have you eaten something bad?”

Some people had symptoms within an hour of eating, and some people had no response.

There was chaos outside, and Eunuch Shangshan heard the noise and immediately woke up with fright. He stood up and said, “What happened? They all ate the same food, how could  they get sick?”

His suspicious eyes fell on Gu Yin and Manager Zhou.

At that time, the young man put the bowl and stood up, and at the same time, he suddenly made a few “click” sounds. Every time he took a step, his stature became a little taller – in the blink of an eye, his stature skyrocketed, and the whole body became taller. He was actually much taller and burlier than before.

“You, you…” Eunuch Shangshan fell to the ground in fright, pointing at him, unable to utter a complete sentence, and was finally brought down by the young man with a knife.

“Come with me.”

The three called Master Yuan and left the kitchen through the back door.

The outside really turned into chaos, and the young man had long been familiar with the bright and dark posts on the top of the hill and the terrain layout.  

The group of people walked from the trail halfway up the mountain.

Further down there was the place where the youth fetched water and the entry and exit checkpoints set up by the patrolling guards.

“You guys hide here, I’ll pick up Old Master Wen. If someone comes after…”

“Go on, if someone comes, we can run to the mountain,” Gu Yin pursed her lips after speaking, then said, “Be careful yourself!”

The young man who changed into a bodyguard’s costume left quickly after nodding his head.

He rushed all the way to Old Master Wen’s house, but unfortunately people were not as good as heaven. That day, Emperor Longqing had a whim, summoned him to his side, and discussed a plan to restore the country.

It was impossible to send Old Master Wen out of the camp without disturbing Emperor Longqing.

The young man immediately returned to the kitchen room and threw out the fainted eunuch, then poured out all the oil in the room and set the kitchen room on fire.

There was no rain that day, and the fire burned very quickly when it met the oil. Just as the smoke was rising, the front troops of the rebel army at the foot of the mountain saw the signal and they all attacked.

At that time, on Emperor Longqing’s side, he was talking to Old Master Wen.

Someone came to report that half of the guards who were not on duty had symptoms of abdominal pain and vomiting. The symptoms came on quickly and many people went into a coma.

“They are poisoned!” Emperor Longqing stood up in a panic, “How is it poison? Why are some people poisoned and others okay?”

The servant naturally couldn’t give an answer, and Emperor Longqing said again, “It’s just past the evening meal, hurry up and arrest that cook!”

Before anyone could go, someone else came to report that there was a fire in the kitchen.

Emperor Longqing sent people to put out the fire, and soon someone came to report that there were rebels attacking down the mountain.

When Emperor Longqing panicked, his internal injuries occurred. He vomited a mouthful of blood, and said weakly, “How many rebels? Go investigate and report!”

Then he turned to look at Old Master Wen, “Master, look…”

Old Master Wen had been huddled beside him like a quail. At that time, he stood up after being called by Emperor Longqing, and said with trembling lips, “It must be so hard for Your Majesty to deceive the old minister. You must have been injured before. Don’t worry, there are so many guards, they would not let the chaotic rebels and thieves succeed…”