"I also think that if Old Man Zhang still can't bear to leave Zhang Yingzi and wants to go with her, he should at least be a little cautious." Li Mumu said, "If we don't say anything and let Old Man Zhang go like this, and he gets tricked again, I'm afraid I won't be able to get over it in my heart."

  "Then tell him the truth." Gu Shangqing said, "I haven't been home these few days. How is Mr. Zhang's health? Can he bear such heavy news?"

  "Every day a doctor comes to check old man Zhang's pulse. Doctor Lu also came the day before yesterday." Li Mumu said, "Both Doctor Lu and Doctor Li said that old man Zhang's body has recovered well, but he has been poisoned for a long time and it is not so easy to recover as usual. He still needs to be recuperated."

  "These days, I see that Old Man Zhang is in good health and spirits. He has also been turning over his vegetable plot with my father." Li Mumu said, "Except for being concerned about why Zhang Yingzi hasn't come out yet, everything else is fine."

  "Zhang Yingzi will be leaving the capital in five days." Gu Shangqing said, "If you want to tell Old Man Zhang, you have to do it as soon as possible. Old Man Zhang should also prepare a lot of things."

  Li Mumu nodded and said, "Tomorrow I will call Doctor Li to watch over, and then talk to Old Man Zhang. If Old Man Zhang has any problems, at least there is Doctor Li by his side."

  "I will also rest at home tomorrow. I will stay with you."

  After the two men had agreed on this, they sent servants to invite Doctor Li the next day.

  Then he went to Old Man Zhang's yard with Doctor Li.

  "Doctor Li, please wait in the yard for a moment." Li Mumu said politely.

  "Okay." Doctor Li bowed and sat down at the stone table in the yard.

  The servant brought tea to Doctor Li.

  Li Mumu and Gu Shangqing entered Old Man Zhang's house.

  "General Gu, Madam Gu." Old man Zhang was drinking tonic.

  "How do you feel, old man? Is your recovery going well?" General Gu asked, "I haven't been home for a while, so I don't know how the old man is doing."

  "I'm fine. Madam Gu is worried and insists that I drink more tonics. She also keeps giving me those tonics. I really feel ashamed. This... is a big expense for Madam Gu." Old Man Zhang said embarrassedly, "In fact, I can feel how my body is doing. There is no difference between now and before I was sick."

  "Now I'm just waiting for Yingzi to come back and then take her back to Chong'an." said Old Man Zhang.

  Li Mumu took a deep breath and said, "Old man, we came here today to tell you about Miss Zhang."

  "What's wrong?" Old Man Zhang became nervous when he saw that Gu Shangqing and Li Mumu looked upset. "Did Yingzi get into trouble in the palace?"

  "Old man, you are not sick." Gu Shangqing said, "You were poisoned. And the person who poisoned you..."

  "It's Miss Zhang." Gu Shangqing said.

  "Impossible!" Old Man Zhang said immediately, "There must be a mistake. Which Miss Zhang is this? It can't be my Yingzi."

  "Old man, please sit down first and we will talk to you slowly." Li Mumu winked.

  The servant hurriedly helped Old Man Zhang to sit down.

  Gu Shangqing told Zhang Yingzi about her situation. "She was bewitched by Mr. Yu and thought there was an antidote that could save you, so she poisoned you. But fortunately, Mr. Yu did not lie to her. She did meet someone in the palace who asked her for the poison, and she got the antidote from him, and then she detoxified you, an old man."

  Old man Zhang's mind is in a mess now. He can't accept the news when he suddenly hears it.

  Zhang Yingzi poisoned him because she knew there was an antidote?

  But what if the other party was lying to her?   Then... without the antidote, wouldn't he die?   Zhang Yingzi... didn't Zhang Yingzi think about this?  

  Old man Zhang's palms felt cold and he kept clenching his fists.

  Did Zhang Yingzi really not think of this?   Or, she thought of this possibility, but still did it, just to have a chance to come to the capital.

  Gu Shangqing and Li Mumu didn't say anything, giving Old Man Zhang enough time to digest the matter.

  "Yingzi...where is she now?" Old Man Zhang asked them.

  Seeing that Old Man Zhang was fine and did not fall down, Li Mumu and Gu Shangqing both breathed a sigh of relief.

  Gu Shangqing then told the subsequent events.

  "Ms. Zhang is neither innocent nor innocence in this." Gu Shangqing said, "Although she didn't know the purpose of the poison, she brought it into the palace and gave it to someone else. The palace maid can't leave the palace, so what can the poison do in the palace?"

  "Either he wanted to poison the palace maids, or he wanted to poison the master." Gu Shangqing said, "Just bringing poison into the palace without permission and giving it to others is a serious crime."

  "And this poison is intended to harm the saint," said Gu Shangqing.

  Old man Zhang took a deep breath and almost couldn't hold it.

  Li Mumu hurriedly called Doctor Li in.

  Doctor Li felt the pulse of old man Zhang and said, "There's nothing wrong. Calm down, old man. Don't be too worried."

  After Doctor Li finished examining the patient, he went out and waited again.

  Gu Shangqing continued, "Of course, they didn't succeed in the end, and the person who plotted to murder the saint was caught. But it's true that Miss Zhang played a role in it, and the poison was also provided by Miss Zhang. Although she didn't intend to murder the saint, she was also involved in the matter."

  "The saint...did not take her life, but she can be spared the death penalty, but she cannot escape the punishment of life." Gu Shangqing said, "Miss Zhang has been sentenced to exile. Old man Zhang, Miss Zhang cannot go back to Chong'an with you."

  Old man Zhang remained silent for a long time. After a long while, he slowly stood up while supporting himself on the table. He bowed to Gu Shangqing and Li Mumu and said, "Thank you, General Gu and Madam Gu, for telling me. You are worried that I might get into trouble again after learning about this, so you specially asked Doctor Li to come over, right?"

  "Although I am useless, I can still survive. General Gu and Madam Gu, don't worry." Old Man Zhang said, "Although you didn't say it, this incident almost implicated you. After all, Yingzi also entered the palace from your house. I wonder if General Gu and Madam Gu were affected."

  "The saint sees everything clearly and doesn't blame anyone," said Gu Shangqing.

  "Saint... be merciful." Old man Zhang said with a red face, "Yingzi committed such a serious crime, but she was able to save her life. It's not easy."

  "Thank you, General Gu and Madam Gu, for telling the truth."

  "Old man Zhang, what are your plans for the future?" Li Mumu asked.

  "That child...that child has never suffered much." Old man Zhang wiped away his tears. "Even if his life was hard before, it was better than being exiled."

  "The road to exile is long, and the officers and soldiers on the way will not be polite to the prisoners." Old man Zhang cried harder and harder.

  He was sad that Zhang Yingzi actually...actually poisoned him, and he was also worried that Zhang Yingzi would be exiled.

  "I will pack up today and set off back to Chong'an. I will pack up the money at home and go after Yingzi." Old Man Zhang said, "I can't just ignore her."