The Herbal Scents of Farm Life
Chapter 2152 St John’s Blue

Chapter 2152: Chapter 2152 St John’s Blue

"My mother just told me, she had even thought about not informing Father of my return, but at least she wanted to tell Grandfather who loves me most. Little did she expect..."

He shook his head, feeling truly fearful in hindsight. If the Emperor really knew about his return, wouldn’t his life in Ziyan Kingdom be unpleasant?

"It’s good that Mother has not yet entered the palace, otherwise, this would have really blown up."

"Heh."

Lin Caisang chuckled lightly, casting a sidelong glance at Sui Zimo.

"My husband, this Yin Lvqing really is quite capable, treating his own Emperor Father as if he were a mere mantis."

As the saying goes, the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. Yin Lvqing dared to undercut his own father’s authority so blatantly; what wouldn’t he dare to do in the future?

"But this Emperor of Ziyan Kingdom is probably not a good person either, Baiqing, don’t you think so?"

She looked at Yin Baiqing, trying to gauge his attitude.

"My mother told me the same."

Yin Baiqing was still shocked by this news, but he agreed with Lin Caisang’s words.

If his great-grandfather had truly been good, he wouldn’t have kept so many poison corpses in the Eastern Underground Palace. If those things were released, how many people would they harm?

"By the way, Sister Sangsang, there’s something else."

Suddenly, he seemed to recall something, his spirits lifting.

"I just heard my mother casually mention a palace secret medicine in Ziyan Kingdom called St John’s blue, which is an essence extracted from a mutated blue flower within the St John’s wort, refined into a poison.

From my mother’s description of St John’s blue, it seems... quite similar to the poison your brother-in-law suffered from.

I wonder what the connection between these two could be?"

"St John’s blue?"

Lin Caisang’s eyes suddenly brightened.

If this St John’s blue truly was the poison afflicting her husband, that would be great.

"Why did you suddenly bring up St John’s blue?"

"Because St John’s wort is planted specifically in the Northern Underground Palace," said Yin Baiqing.

"I don’t know the details; I just heard that St John’s blue might be related to the poison my brother-in-law suffered from, so I asked my mother more about it. Only then did I learn that St John’s wort is grown in the Northern Underground Palace.

And that place is dark year-round. Even the gardeners tending to St John’s wort aren’t allowed to light any lamps and must grope around by feeling.

That’s why in the Northern Underground Palace, people often die from the poison of St John’s wort.

I didn’t dare tell my mother about the poison corpses in the Eastern Underground Palace, just asked whether people often die in the mausoleum, and that’s when she thought of the connection between St John’s wort and the palace secret poison, St John’s blue.

I guess, those who died in the Northern Underground Palace were moved to beneath the Eastern Underground Palace and turned into poison corpses."

"Northern Underground Palace."

Lin Caisang looked at Sui Zimo.

"Why is there suddenly a Northern Underground Palace, Zimo, did you see it when you went there?"

She asked.

Sui Zimo thought for a moment, then shook his head.

He had only seen the Eastern and Western Underground Palaces within the mausoleum; indeed, he hadn’t even seen the actual tombs where the royal family were buried.

"Can’t see it."

Before Sui Zimo could say anything, Yin Baiqing spoke up.

"These underground palaces, on the mountain behind the mausoleum in the north, it’s said that the entrance is very secretive. After those gardeners were sent in, not one of them came out alive. Anyway, people from Dream Flame City have never seen someone return from the Northern Underground Palace."