After hearing this, the emotions in Helian Qi's eyes became even more out of control.
"If I can't even save my queen, what's the use of keeping you imperial physicians?!!!"
There was unbridled rage in his words, and the veins on his forehead bulged.
Dongfang Yi had never seen Helian Qi so enraged before. It was as if he was about to pour out all his roars.
"Forgive us, Your Majesty!" Doctor Li knelt on the ground, his shoulders trembling uncontrollably. Facing the outburst of the emperor's emotions, he couldn't help but feel terrified.
"Don't be angry..." Dongfang Yi softly comforted the man beside her who was as furious as a wild beast. Then she said to Doctor Li, who was kneeling on the ground and trembling, "You may leave first."
After all, she didn't want Helian Qi to kill such a highly skilled imperial physician in a fit of anger.
Hearing this, Doctor Li quickly got up and left the Queen's Palace tremblingly.
Helian Qi stared at the woman in front of him with bloodshot eyes, looking as if he was about to cry. He reached out and stroked her forehead hair and said, "Dong'er, wait for me to come back."
Then he turned around and left the bedroom. He was going to find that man. Since he had the guts to poison, he should be prepared.
Before leaving, he sent people to block all the news from the Queen's Palace. He didn't want any panic to spread in the palace because any rumor would not be beneficial for Dongfang Yi's recovery.
Then he ordered Donghua to guard her closely at all times.
After making all these arrangements, he finally left the Queen's Palace with a bit more peace of mind.
When Donghua rushed into the bedroom, she saw Dongfang Yi sitting with her back to the dressing table, looking at herself in the mirror.
All the disgusting things on her back were clearly seen by Donghua. Dongfang Yi couldn't help but let out a cold laugh and then bent down and retched.
Seeing this, Donghua quickly ran over, took an outer robe and wrapped it around her, and then helped her back to the bed.
But Dongfang Yi still couldn't stop retching. Since she hadn't eaten anything, she couldn't vomit out anything substantial. It was just the smell in the palace and the sight she had just seen that were all stimulating her.
She never thought that one day she would become so embarrassed. Even she herself found this appearance disgusting, let alone others.
Donghua felt a pang of heartache at her dead-like appearance. Then her eyes turned red and she comforted her, "Don't worry, Your Majesty. The emperor will surely find a way to detoxify you!"
But Dongfang Yi didn't answer her. Instead, she lay back on the bed with a solemn face and then said softly, "Go and light the incense."
She couldn't bear it any longer. That disgusting smell was constantly stimulating her.
Donghua nodded heavily and then lit the incense in the palace. Then she brought some snacks from the small kitchen and said, "Your Majesty, have something to eat."
She usually loved snacks the most, but now looking at the things on the plate, she just couldn't muster up any appetite and could only turn her head to the other side.
"Your Majesty..." Donghua called out with a sob.
She had never seen Dongfang Yi so listless before. No matter what happened in the past, she was always strong and had never been so dejected like this.
And Dongfang Yi was just a woman. She also cared about her appearance and how she looked in the eyes of her beloved. But now her disgusting appearance had been seen by Helian Qi.
Just thinking about it made her heart ache uncontrollably.
On the other hand, Helian Qi, who had already left the Queen's Palace, rushed straight to the dungeon without hesitation. After entering the palace just now, Ye had been escorted into the underground prison by the guards.
It was the most heavily guarded prison in the palace. Compared with the water prison, it was more difficult for him to escape. It was always the place to detain the most important criminals.
After passing through a long and deep prison ladder, he reached the core of the underground prison. At the end of the road was the place where Ye was being held, and his elder brother was being held on the next floor.
After Ye was captured, the execution platform at the foot of the imperial city was removed, and Shun was also brought back to the palace. That was just a temporary measure to get Dongfang Yi back. Now that the queen had already entered the palace, there was no need for a public execution.
When Helian Qi arrived outside the cell where Ye was being held, the man with his hands and feet chained inside was sitting in a corner with messy hair.
"Hand over the antidote and I can spare your life," Helian Qi said fiercely.
There was an unrefusable threat in his tone.
Suddenly, the man in the cell let out a sinister laugh. Then he raised his head. His bright blue eyes still had some bloodshot in them, showing a kind of sickly beauty.
He laughed wildly and stared at the man in front of him without blinking and said, "This poison has no antidote! Hahaha!"
After hearing this, the veins on Helian Qi's forehead bulged again, and then he suppressed his anger. He knew that anger was useless when dealing with this man.
After thinking for a while, he waved his hand to signal the jailer beside him. Soon the jailer escorted another man over.
It was Shun who should have been held on the next floor. As soon as he saw his younger brother with his hands and feet bound, he immediately shouted, "Ye—!"
He didn't expect that a shrewd and highly skilled martial artist like Ye would end up in such a sorry state. He couldn't help but feel pity in his heart. Since childhood, he had always doted on this younger brother the most, even though he always looked cold.
Ye's eyes only showed a momentary daze when he saw the person coming. Then he sneered and said, "What? Want to threaten me? You should have known the result this morning."
What he meant was to tell Helian Qi that threatening him with Shun was meaningless. Because when he was asked to exchange Dongfang Yi for Shun this morning, he had already made his choice. He was just such a cold-blooded and heartless person.
After hearing this, Helian Qi squinted his eyes meaningfully. There were complex emotions in his eyes that were hard to read.
Shun beside them naturally didn't understand what they were talking about. He just wanted to escape wholeheartedly, so he asked Helian Qi, "Emperor of the Dongsheng Empire, we know we were wrong. After we return to our country, we will surely pay homage to your country sincerely for ten years and will not cause any more trouble!"
His words were extremely sincere, and he really meant it in his heart. After this incident, he finally realized how much he had underestimated Helian Qi. So it might not be a bad thing to keep the two countries from going to war.
But Helian Qi sneered and then said in a deep voice, "Whether you can leave or not depends on your dear younger brother."
His words made Shun even more confused. When did going or staying depend on his younger brother's opinion?
So he asked with a puzzled look, "What do you mean?!"