Captured into the Bedroom of the Enemy Emperor (1 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 116

Har Chen suspected that Princess Leac was involved in the Diarum poison soup incident. He believed she was deeply implicated in the assassination attempt on Empress Kaosan yet had slipped away like an eel.

A somber silence passed.

“Arsenic, a gray-shiny metal, is highly toxic and used as an insecticide to kill parasites on animals and plants. I read in a book that certain minerals are poisonous—that was my first encounter with poisons.”

“Also, the seeds of most fruits contain poison. Apple seeds, for instance, contain cyanide toxins. While studying botanical encyclopedias, I naturally developed an interest in poisonous mushrooms and plants like Arisaema, Aconitum, and Lily of the Valley.”

People thought Alessia—nicknamed a walking encyclopedia—merely recited facts, but they were mistaken.

Since no one paid her much attention, she enjoyed relative freedom, and above all, she had abundant time and money. If she set her mind to it, she could buy anything and had the leisure to do whatever she pleased.

While her peers shopped for dresses, shoes, and jewelry, Alessia rummaged through blacksmiths’ workshops.

There, she touched various minerals and persistently pressured the blacksmiths to procure the specific minerals she needed.

Searching for discolored tree roots and dried fruits and leaves, she met Old Man Chen in Oro Alley and formed a friendship with him.

Alessia’s terrace held an array of minerals, and she dried mushrooms and wild herbs or cultivated them in pots.

“I obtained the tree roots and wild herbs through Grandpa Chen in Oro Alley.”

To Old Man Chen, Alessia introduced herself not as a princess but as a poor young girl, the head of her household, living with an old and ailing grandmother.

Thanks to this, she bought an Angel’s Trumpet with yellow flowers, roots and all.

“But that’s where I met Julia’s maid.”

Old Man Chen treated buyers of poisonous herbs and medicinal herbs alike and kept their secrets.

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