The Sishui was startled by Zhao Gao's cold stare. She was so flustered that her hand trembled and knocked over the cup.

"Your Highness, please forgive me. I'm not feeling well today and made a mistake." The Sishui hurriedly knelt on the floor.

Little Hall's expressionless face and Zhao Gao's cold and emotionless stare made her tremble with fear.

"You may leave," Zhou Fu said calmly.

The Sishui left as if a heavy burden had been lifted off her shoulders.

"There's definitely something wrong with this palace maid." After the others left, Zhao Gao narrowed his eyes and said to Zhou Fu.

Zhou Fu said, "Do you want me to replace her?"

Zhao Gao shook his head and said, "Your Highness, don't alert her yet. Let's observe her for a few more days. Let's not talk about replacing her. How can you be sure that she won't have ulterior motives?"

When Zhou Fu heard this, his eyes curved into crescents. When Zhao Gao saw this, he awkwardly explained: "After all, you are this servant's master now. Your safety is related to this servant's own life."

"Yes, yes, yes. You're the one who doesn't care about me." Zhou Fu nodded seriously. Then, he thought of something and quickly covered his mouth. He sneaked a glance at Ren Baqian and said, "I won't say it out loud next time."

Zhao Gao held his forehead helplessly.

"Today's dish is boiled meat again." During dinner time, Zhou Fu stared at the dishes with resentment. They were either boiled or roasted. There was not much oil and the soup was bland. The cooking utensils in the Zhou Palace were limited. These were the only dishes that could be cooked. If he did not eat them, he would not have anything else to eat.

Zhao Gao calmly placed food into his bowl. Before eating, he tested for poison with a silver needle before passing it to the Fifth Imperial Prince.

He really wanted to eat the delicacies mentioned in the knowledge that Nana had given him. Dongpo pork, gu?

K meat, sweet and sour pork ribs, which one of them was better than this boiled meat?

Zhou Fu pouted and ate the meat as if he was chewing wax.

"Why does it feel like today's meat tastes weird? It doesn't seem fresh." Zhou Fu said with a frown while eating.

Hearing this, Zhao Gao's expression changed greatly. He picked up the plate and smelled it. "Your Highness, there is a strange poison in the dish!"

Zhou Fu blinked his eyes and let out a confused 'ah'.

Her confused look made Zhao Gao extremely helpless. "Since this poison can't be detected with silver needles, it must have an extraordinary origin. Does Your Highness have any trusted medical officials?"

Zhao Gao was now the personal attendant of the Fifth Imperial Prince. Since he had already boarded this small boat whose direction was unknown, he and the Fifth Imperial Prince were in the same boat. Naturally, he began to worry about his safety.

"It's fine if you don't call for a medical official." Zhou Fu smacked his lips and blinked.

Zhao Gao helplessly held his forehead and hurriedly ordered someone to call for a medical official to treat His Highness. He couldn't control who came and could only rely on luck.

The medical official took Zhou Fu's pulse and shook his head. After Zhao Gao's heart trembled, he slowly said, "His Highness is very healthy. There is nothing wrong with him. May I know which dish you are talking about that has a strange poison?"

"It's this one." Zhao Gao handed it to the medical official.

The medical official leaned closer and sniffed it. Indeed, it had the rusty smell of slow-acting poison. His expression was solemn. "This old man will report to His Majesty as it is. At this time, Your Highness, please be calm."

As he spoke, the medical official took away the plate of boiled meat.

In the next few days, there was no more movement. The medical official also disappeared. Emperor Zhou didn't care about Zhou Fu at all.

Zhou Fu was healthy as always. His complexion was rosy and his eyes were clear. Zhao Gao was anxious in his heart. He knew that they might have been tricked by the medical official. He took away the key evidence. That medical official must have been bribed.

Zhao Gao looked like he wanted to say something a few times but stopped. Zhou Fu asked him in confusion, "Why are you so anxious?"

"Why aren't you anxious when someone wants your life?"

Zhao Gao felt that ever since he came to the Fifth Imperial Prince's side, he had been worried to death. How careless must he be to turn a blind eye to someone poisoning him?

"There's no point in being anxious. It's not time yet," Zhou Fu said obediently. "Right now, I just need to prepare and study hard."

It's not time yet?

Zhao Gao paused and looked thoughtful.

The Fifth Imperial Prince's image in his heart suddenly became unfathomable.

One day, Sishui found Zhao Gao in private and handed him a jade pendant. The jade pendant seemed to be flowing with light. It was an item that his father used to carry with him.

Zhao Gao's eyes narrowed. He lowered his head and couldn't see his expression clearly under the shadow of the eaves. However, he heard Sishui say in a soft voice, "Yamai is very sorry that we weren't able to save you. Now that Prince Zhao is trapped in the palace, if you need help, you can use this token to ask for Yamai's help."

Zhao Gao took the jade pendant and rubbed it with his fingers. His expression was dark and unreadable.

"Prince Zhao, the Second Prince is going to leave the palace and build an estate. Compared to the Fifth Imperial Prince, who is not favored, the Second Prince can give you what you want."

Sishui's white hand gently ran through her scattered hair. She anxiously glanced at Zhao Gao's expressionless face.

Zhao Gao's thoughts were very deep. She couldn't guess what Zhao Gao was thinking.

Therefore, she wasn't confident that she could complete the mission that the Second Prince had given her.

"Oh?

What I want? "Zhao Gao said coldly," My Zhao family has been destroyed. What else could I want? "

Sishui laughed softly, "If you want revenge, the Second Prince will help you."

"You know quite a lot," Zhao Gao said calmly as he put away the jade pendant.

"The Yamen Official is Lord Zhao's best friend. Ever since the Zhao family was destroyed, he has been investigating the matter from beginning to end. He still can't believe that Lord Zhao would accept bribes," Sishui said sincerely, "The Second Prince and the Yamen Official are good friends. Now, the Yamen Official has asked him to say something to Prince Zhao."

"If you want to condemn someone, you can always find a pretext. Lord Zhao only ended up like this because he blocked someone else's path."

Zhao Gao's expression was unreadable. No matter what Sishui said, he remained expressionless. He said coldly, "Thank you. Please help me thank the Yamen Official."

Sishui saw that he was unmoved and knew that he wouldn't be able to persuade him today. Seeing that the patrolling guards were about to pass by, he snorted and turned to leave.

"Attendant Zhao," an Imperial Guard asked curiously when he passed by the side hall and saw someone standing in the corner.

Zhao Gao's mind turned slightly. He raised his head and asked, "Jing Shichang, have you seen His Highness' mastiff?"

"I was going to find His Highness to talk about this," Jing Shichang said helplessly to Zhao Gao, "His Highness' mastiff is stuck in a tree. It's too big and normal people can't get it down. I don't know how it got up the tree. Right now, it's lying on the tree trunk and crying."

Zhao Gao heard this and the gloominess in his heart disappeared. The corner of his mouth twitched, "This stupid dog. It probably went up the tree to eat something and couldn't come down."

The guards looked down and didn't say anything. They didn't dare to say that His Highness' mastiff was stupid. Only Jing Shichang laughed heartily, "That's right. This time, it went to eat the birds on the tree. There was a bird's nest on the tree and it fell to the ground. The sparrow that lost its nest kept pecking at its head. It was quite interesting."

"Oh?" Zhao Gao raised an eyebrow, "There's such a thing? I'll go take a look."

"This …" Jing Shichang said hesitantly, "Why don't we inform His Highness first?

Otherwise, His Highness will feel distressed. "

"That's fine. I'll have to trouble you to make a trip," Zhao Gao bowed in thanks.

The guards quickly moved away and shouted, "Don't mention it, don't mention it."

Jing Shichang, on the other hand, was careless. He took Zhao Gao to see the dog that was carefully stuck in the tree and crying. The two of them watched the show happily under the tree.

When Zhou Fu found out, he hurriedly brought people over to save the dog. When he was done, he poked Zhao Gao reproachfully, "You're so hard-hearted. You watched Number One suffer and didn't save it."

Zhao Gao said innocently, "I'm not hard-hearted. Number One was having fun playing with the sparrow. If it was really afraid of heights, it wouldn't have jumped up the tree. Look at when it got into trouble and learned its lesson."

Zhou Fu lowered his head and saw that Number One was listless and deaf. He hurriedly patted the dog's head to comfort it, "Don't cry, don't cry. Next time, learn your lesson and don't be so stupid. How can a dog climb a tree? Only pigs climb trees."

"Pigs can climb trees?"

Zhou Fu said, "There's a saying that if a man can be relied on, even pigs can climb trees."