Wei Yuan struggled and wriggled on the ground. Finally, he spat out the white cloth in his mouth. He shouted angrily, "By doing such an astonishing thing, does the eldest prince want to be reviled for all time?"
"History is always written by the victors," Xie Guang's cold eyes fell on him, and a sneer curled his lips. "Didn't my dear father do the same thing?"
The old emperor was greatly shocked. "You..." He couldn't even utter a word of refutation.
Wasn't what Xie Guang was doing now the same as what he had done in the past?
He had not hesitated to persecute the loyal and good for the throne. Only now did the old emperor belatedly feel a twinge of regret.
The eldest princess stared at him coldly. "The victor? Are you so confident that you will surely win?"
"Of course!" Xie Guang tilted his head slightly and looked down haughtily at the somewhat disheveled eldest princess lying on the ground. "I know what you're thinking. You're going to say that Xie Yan will come to save you, right?"
Suddenly, he burst into laughter, as if he had been waiting for them to ask this question. "Don't delude yourselves. Xie Yan? I'm afraid his bones are cold by now!"
In Concubine Rou's palace.
She half - held Xie Yan, who was spitting blood non - stop, and panicked as she cupped his face. "Yan'er, Yan'er!"
Xie Yan's face was livid, his lips as pale as paper. The blackish blood had almost stained his entire front.
Gasping for breath, he tightly grasped Concubine Rou's hand. "Mother... go, go find Fu Zhen... quickly!"
When the mutiny broke out in the Zichen Hall, he was about to rush there immediately. However, on the way, he unexpectedly met the personal maid of Concubine Rou, who was in a hurry.
She looked anxious. When she saw Xie Yan, her eyes lit up. "Your Highness! Your Highness, this servant has finally found you. Concubine Rou has been poisoned by the queen and is now spitting blood non - stop. This servant went to the Imperial Hospital to find a doctor, but from afar, saw the Imperial Guards guarding the hospital!"
"This servant had no other choice but to come to find Your Highness!"
Xie Yan's heart skipped a beat. He quickly asked repeatedly, "What kind of poison did the queen use? Did you see it?"
The personal maid said anxiously, "This servant doesn't know. This servant only saw the queen sprinkle a packet of powder on Concubine Rou's face. Concubine Rou covered her mouth and nose, but still got poisoned! Now she's vomiting blood non - stop. I'm afraid..."
She choked with sobs halfway through and almost lost her voice.
Hearing this, Xie Yan looked even more anxious. "Quick, lead the way. I'll go find Mother Concubine!"
The personal maid quickly nodded and turned to run forward.
Unexpectedly, Xie Yan's face instantly darkened. He drew out the soft sword from his waist and stabbed it directly into the maid's back!
The maid only heard a whistling sound behind her. She was greatly shocked and immediately dodged to the side, but still couldn't avoid it and was hit on the arm. Blood gushed out.
Her expression changed. She no longer looked like she was about to cry in a hurry. Her vicious eyes fell on Xie Yan. "Second Prince, Concubine Rou is still waiting for you to save her. Are you afraid that her life is too long?"
Xie Yan's face was extremely ugly. He advanced with the sword in hand. "Cut the crap. Hand over the antidote."
Since Doctor Liu had detoxified the emperor, he was no longer on duty in the Imperial Hospital. And Doctor Liu was his man. Why didn't the maid beside Concubine Rou go directly to Doctor Liu but instead go to the Imperial Hospital, taking the long way around?
The maid gave a sinister smile. "Want the antidote? Come and get it yourself, Your Highness!"
Saying that, she bit something in her mouth. Xie Yan was shocked and immediately reached out to dislocate her jaw.
Unexpectedly, it was a feint. She suddenly waved her hand in front of him, and tiny, invisible powder flew towards Xie Yan.
Xie Yan immediately covered his mouth and nose, but the next second, he suddenly vomited blood.
Fuyun was greatly shocked. He gritted his teeth and kicked the maid to the ground. Grabbing her hair, he angrily asked, "Bring out the antidote!"
However, the maid also vomited a mouthful of blood, and her face instantly turned pale and green.
She laughed twice. "There's no antidote! The Second Prince might as well just wait to die!"
Saying that, her head drooped, and she died on the spot.
Xie Yan had covered his mouth and nose in time, so he inhaled only a small amount. But this poison was extremely fierce. He immediately took two antidotes, but it only provided a momentary relief. He could still feel a fire burning in his chest, which made him unable to hold back and vomit another mouthful of blood.
"Your Highness!" Fuyun caught him anxiously.
Xie Yan shook his head, signaling him not to make a sound. He made a prompt decision. "Go to Mother Concubine's place first. Hurry!"
When he saw Concubine Rou sitting safely in the palace, he suddenly realized that the queen wasn't here.
Then where could she be?
Almost instantly, he understood. He grabbed Concubine Rou's hand. Although his vision was darkening, he still said repeatedly, "Mother, quickly... go find Fu Zhen. Hurry!"
Concubine Rou gritted her teeth. "I understand!"
The palace gates were heavily guarded. Baoqin was dressed in a eunuch's clothes. Taking advantage of the night, she followed an old eunuch in a hurry with her head down.
This was the small gate for purchases, and the guard was not very strict. A guard glanced at the old eunuch. "Going out of the palace gate at this hour?"
The old eunuch gave a flattering smile and hunched his back, showing a bit of pitiful old age. "Every night at this time, we go out to dump the filth. Please open the gate, sir. We'll be back in half an hour."
The guard looked at the manure cart behind him disdainfully. His gaze slid over the thin young eunuch following the old eunuch. After looking for a while, he waved his hand. "Go quickly and come back quickly!"
"Alright, alright." The old eunuch immediately pushed the cart out.
Baoqin kept her head down. In the dim light, she really looked like a young eunuch.
The guard only stared at her for a couple of seconds before shifting his gaze.
After getting out of the palace gate, Baoqin grabbed the old eunuch and stuffed a silver ingot into his hand. "Eunuch, after you finish your business and come back, please wait for me here for a while."
The old eunuch sighed and nodded. "Hurry up and go."
In the night, a figure could be seen running wildly on the street.
The side door of the Marquis's Mansion was suddenly knocked on, but no one opened it for a long time.
Baoqin was anxious. She whispered through the crack in the door, "I'm sent by the Second Highness. I'm here to see the Second Miss of the mansion. I have his token!"
Seeing that there was still no response inside, Baoqin gritted her teeth and stuffed the jade pendant in her hand into the crack in the door.
The servants inside looked at each other but didn't dare to make a decision.
It was a more alert one who sensed something was wrong. He told others to keep an eye on the situation and then picked up the jade pendant himself and rushed to the main courtyard to report.
It was not safe outside tonight. There were faint sounds of weapons clashing. Madam Bai had asked Fu Zhen to stay with her so that they wouldn't miss each other in case of danger.
Suddenly, there was a murmur of voices outside. Nanny Li came in seriously and whispered in front of the two of them, "Madam, there's someone outside claiming to be from the Second Prince's side. They want to see the Second Miss. This is the token they passed in."
Saying that, she presented the jade pendant.
As soon as Fu Zhen saw it, she stood up. Her expression changed, and she quickly asked, "Where is that person? Are they still outside?"
This jade pendant was exactly the token between them. To facilitate communication, Chen Tingfeng had given them two identical ones. Before, Fu Zhen had used hers to ask the Second Prince to come to the Yongchun Tower.
Xie Yan clearly had countless ways to find her, but today he had taken out this token. It must mean that he was in great danger and couldn't get away!