Chapter 809
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Dean decided to take a rest after dinner because of Neuss's persuasion.
He habitually drank a small bottle of hot liquor before going to bed. He felt warm all over and the chill in his right arm was dispelled. He hugged Aisha and slept together with her. He covered them with a thick animal fur quilt.
Dean gently hugged her body. He didn't have any evil thoughts. It wasn't that he didn't have feelings for Aisha but he couldn't bear to blaspheme her.
Dean's consciousness blurred. He vaguely saw Aisha sitting up in his arms. He also sat up. He didn't know when their surroundings had turned into a world of ice and snow. Then he saw Aisha using her hands to cast a barrier that surrounded them. He sat on the ground and stared at her for a long time …
Dean woke up when he felt a sharp pain in his abdomen. He opened his eyes.
The light in the bedroom was on even when he was sleeping. The ultra-wide field of vision allowed him to see everything in the room except for the mattress under his back. There was no one in the bedroom. He slowly propped up his body. He felt the pain in his abdomen turn into colic. He found that his back was soaked with cold sweat.
He was panting slightly and felt his mouth and tongue dry. He wanted to drink water, but his body felt like it was paralyzed and he couldn't exert any strength.
"Come, come!" Dean took a deep breath and shouted.
After a few minutes, there was a rush of footsteps outside the bedroom. Several maids ran in in panic and saw Dean who was sweating and red on the bed. They were shocked and hurriedly said: "Sir, what happened to you?"
"Call … Call Neuss." Dean gasped for breath.
Several maids quickly turned and ran away, leaving one of them to take care of Dean in the bedroom. She saw Dean's weak face and couldn't help but ask carefully: "Sir, is there anything I can help you with?"
"Water." Dean barely spat out a word.
He felt that his breathing was getting heavier and heavier. The pain in his abdomen spread to his chest. His heart seemed to be twisting and twitching. The pain affected his nerves and even his head was hurting.
The maid quickly took a cup and poured water for Dean and sent it in front of Dean.
Dean was about to take it but suddenly thought of something. He waved his hand and the cup fell to the ground. Fortunately, the carpet in the bedroom was thick so the cup didn't break but the water was spilled.
The maid was scared and hurriedly knelt down: "Lizhi! Lizhi! I beg elder to spare my life …"
Dean gasped for breath. He was upset to hear her begging for mercy, but he had no strength to stop her. He just let her kneel. His eyelids drooped slightly, and only a trace of vision was left to look at the front. His vision was a little blurred, and he felt that his brain could not work. But his previous experience on the edge of life and death gave him a strong resistance to this uncomfortable state.
He tried to think about the reason for the sudden situation while waiting for Neuss to come.
Ten minutes later, Neuss ran over in a hurry. He was still wearing pajamas. Dean's heart warmed as he looked at Neuss.
"Master, what's wrong with you? Why is your face so red?" Neuss was surprised as he saw Dean's red face.
"I may have been poisoned." Dean reluctantly said: "Find a doctor and prepare the life capsule."
Neuss was shocked. He knew about the life capsule when he came to the inner wall. It was the most precious medicine of the royal family. It wasn't an exaggeration to say that it was a life-saving medicine. Basically, as long as the person was breathing, it could be saved. However, there were only two pills in total and the formula had been lost. He didn't expect that Dean would use it now. It showed that his state was in a critical state.
He immediately turned around and shouted at the guards to pass on Dean's words.
Dean felt as if his throat was going to crack. He said reluctantly, "Give me water."
Neuss turned and took two cups. He poured one cup and drank two mouthfuls of water. After a while he poured the other cup and handed it to Dean.
Dean slightly raised his hand, but he didn't have the strength to lift it. He could only use his eyes to signal Neuss.
Neuss was surprised. He didn't expect that Dean would be poisoned to such a serious extent. He was the toxicologist of Dean so it was hard for him to absolve himself from the blame.
Neuss was worried but he was more afraid that Dean would have an accident.
He helped Dean up and fed him water.
Several doctors and a large group of guards arrived. Sergei, Gwyneth, and Saul were also present. There were also several royal ministers who were in charge of internal affairs. They had surrendered to Dean a long time ago.
"All of you go out. Doctors stay." Dean said.
Sergei, Gwyneth, Saul and others looked at each other. They wanted to ask but they held back and slowly retreated.
Several doctors came forward to diagnose Dean. Neuss held the box of life capsule as he waited for Dean. If Dean was about to die then he would immediately hand over the life capsule to him.
"Elder, you have been poisoned." The doctor exclaimed as he checked Dean's body.
The others saw that Dean's abdomen was swollen with sarcomas. They could faintly see the veins in his chest. It was an obvious sign of poisoning. Another doctor immediately opened the medicine box and took out a bottle. He poured the powder inside on the gauze and took out a knife: "Elder, we need further examination. We need to bleed. What do you think?"
"Yes." Dean spat out a word.
The doctor nodded slightly. His face was dignified. He stepped forward and cut the sarcoma on Dudian's abdomen. He put gauze stained with powder on it. After a moment, he took off the gauze. It was pitch black and exuded a foul smell.
"He is poisoned." A doctor took a deep breath: "What kind of poison is this? Can it be cured?"
Neuss's face turned ugly as he looked at the doctors: "What kind of poison is this? Can it be cured?"
The doctors looked at him and Dean: "We need to further test it. I will give elder some antidote and antidote. We need to bleed a lot. I hope elder can hold on!"
Dean thought that he would die if he couldn't hold on. Of course, he had to hold on.
"Go and prepare." Dean said.
Seeing that he had agreed, the doctors accepted the order and turned to leave.
Dean looked at Neuss. Neuss's soul almost flew out of his body: "Master, I have tested everything you have eaten. There is absolutely no poison. If there was poison then I would have been poisoned. I didn't deceive you …"
Dean stared at him for a moment: "I have never doubted you. Anyone will betray me. You won't."
Neuss was moved. His eyes turned slightly red: "Young Master, do you really believe me?"
"Of course. Otherwise I wouldn't dare to put my life in your hands." Dean's voice was weak, but very serious. He felt that the pain in his body seemed to be slowly adapting. It was not as unbearable as before. At least he could speak clearly. "There are countless people who want to assassinate me. Someone poisoned me. Either your body is immune to the poison, or I ate something that you didn't eat."
Neuss saw that Dudian's eyes were serious. It seemed that he didn't doubt him. Neuss thought for a moment: "If it is poisonous then I should be able to test it. The poison is so strong that even if I am immune to it it's impossible that I didn't detect any abnormality. Is it … Master, you ate something that I haven't eaten before?"
Dean also felt that this was more likely. His eyes revealed a contemplative look.
He was cautious in every aspect. He let Neuss taste everything he ate. Even the water he drank was tested by Neuss … Suddenly, his eyes moved and he turned to look at the small bottle on the desk in front of him.
He didn't let Neuss test the liquor.
"Go and drink the wine." Dudian said.
Neuss was startled. He knew about Dean's habit of drinking. He wanted to try this wine for Dean but it was too strong. It was stronger than draft beer and wine. The taste was pungent. Even with his endurance, he couldn't bear it so he didn't try it.
Neuss grabbed the small bottle on the desk and opened it. He saw that there was still half a bottle inside. He immediately drank it.
The cold liquid passed through his throat but it brought a burning feeling. His tears almost flowed down. He couldn't figure out why Dean liked to drink such strong liquor. Wasn't the wine a hundred times more delicious than this?
Dean looked at Neuss's sad face. It seemed that tears were coming out of his eyes. But he knew that Neuss's taste was biased towards the taste of westerners. It was normal that he wasn't used to drinking liquor.
Neuss tried to adapt to the discomfort brought by the liquor. He carefully felt his body. After a while the stimulation of the liquor gradually subsided but he didn't feel any difference in his body.
"Master, it seems that the liquor isn't poisonous." Neuss said.
Dean replied: "Don't worry. It has been a while since I drank the liquor."
Neuss turned back to face Dean.
Dean wanted to wait for his body to be poisoned, but he suddenly thought that the news that he was poisoned should have spread out. The person who poisoned him was likely to know the news. He must confirm whether there was poison in the wine as soon as possible so that he would have a direction to track.
"Go and find a maid." Dean's eyes flashed coldly.
Neuss was stunned and somewhat puzzled, but he still went outside the hall and called a maid in.
The maid was beautiful and had a graceful figure. She was shy and lowered her head. She didn't dare to look at Dean. There was a bit of fear and trepidation on her face. All the people in the palace knew about the process of Dean sitting on the throne. The more the rumors spread, the more ferocious it was. Dean was like a peerless devil in the hearts of the servants.
"Give her some of the liquor in that bottle." Dean said.
Neuss was stunned. "Young Master, this …"
"What's your name?" Dean didn't pay attention to him but asked the maid.
"My lord, my name is Aina." The maid lowered her head even more.
Dean asked: "Who is in your family?"
The maid was at a loss but answered truthfully: "Elder, in addition to my parents, I have a younger brother who is studying tailoring in the West End district."
Dean nodded but there was a trace of coldness in his eyes: "After drinking the liquor, your parents will move to the Prant district. The royal family will assign them a house. Your brother will also be sent to the Prant district to study. The tuition fees will be borne by the royal family."
Neuss looked at him and the maid called Anna. It seemed that the maid was shocked by Dean's generous conditions. Her innocent expression made Neuss feel pain in his heart. He could only sigh in his heart. He knew what Dean was thinking. The maid was just an ordinary person. If she drank such a poisoned wine then she would be poisoned immediately. He could confirm that the poison was in the wine.
However, the maid didn't know that the condition given by Dean was to buy her life.
It was an unequal deal. The weaker party wasn't qualified to talk about conditions.
The strong preyed on the weak. Fate was unfair. At this moment, he deeply felt the helplessness of life and pity for this maid. However, it was only pity because he was once a weak person. He knew that everything was the iron law of this world. Fortunately, he was now standing on the side of the strong.
Dean naturally didn't know that Neuss would feel a lot of emotions in his heart. He knew that Neuss would feel that it was cruel but he knew that he had to adapt to it. So he didn't avoid Neuss.
"Drink." Dean said to Aina.
Aina looked at the wine on the table. She saw that Dean often drank, so she knew what wine was. When she was selected to be a maid in the royal family, she knew that in the pubs, men often used wine to trick women into bed. So now she was blushing and her heart was beating faster. She didn't know how she would be treated after drinking. Would she become a princess?
She had a girlish fantasy in her heart. There was a little expectation, but she was also a little nervous. She picked up the wine on the table, but found that the bottle was empty.
She turned to look at Dean with an innocent expression.
Dean glanced at Neuss and said to Aina: "There should be one or two drops left."
Aina's cheeks reddened as she turned the bottle upside down. She licked the wine out of the bottle in front of Dean and Neuss. She felt that she wasn't a lady so her face turned red.
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