Chapter 120: Remembering The Past

“Are you sure she’s alright after spitting up so much blood?” Su Ningxin outside the window asked in a low voice.

Gu Mingxi replied in a low voice as well, “It’s not a poison that kills instantly. As long as she takes the antidote in time, it won’t be a big problem. At most, it will hurt her body and she’ll need to recover for a while.”

Su Ningxin finally relaxed, “That’s good.”

Along with a sharp voice from outside, “The Emperor is here,” the Emperor’s footsteps were hurried as he strode into the Empress’s bedroom. He went straight for the bed, and Su Ningxin and the other person also closed their mouths and stopped talking.

The Emperor looked at the Empress on the bed, whose face still had bloodstains and was as pale as paper. He showed a hint of guilt and heartache on his face, but he quickly suppressed it.

Putting down the Empress’s hand, the Emperor stood up and turned around, beginning the performance he had prepared long ago. First, he angrily smashed a vase, and then he immediately sent people to investigate, checking everyone who had come into contact with the Empress’s soup.

The entire process of Yan Diejiu poisoning was under the supervision of the Empress’s Secret Guard, so the evidence could be said to have been prepared long ago, and it was presented to the Emperor in less than half an hour.

At this time, the Empress’s illness had been controlled by the Imperial Physicians, but the remaining poison had not been cleared. The Imperial Physicians still needed to discuss the prescription, so the Emperor ordered that Yan Diejiu be taken to the front hall for him to personally interrogate, while the back hall was left for the Empress to rest.

“Consort Yan, you have great guts!” Looking at Yan Diejiu, who was pressed to the ground in the Phoenix Ritual Palace, the Emperor said coldly, and at the same time, the openwork teacup in his hand was thrown in front of Yan Diejiu. The broken porcelain shards splashed from the ground and scratched Yan Diejiu’s cheek.

Regarding Yan Diejiu’s injuries, the Emperor seemed to have seen nothing, and it did not cause any emotional fluctuations. He just asked with a blank expression, “The person and the evidence are both here. Do you have anything to say?”

Yan Diejiu tried hard to break free from the palace maid holding her down, but she did not succeed. She could only laugh loudly, mocking the Emperor, “I have nothing to say, but I feel that I am pitiful, and that the Emperor is hateful.”

“Presumptuous!” The Eunuch beside the Emperor shouted sharply, but was stopped by the Emperor waving his hand, “Let her speak.”

This time, Yan Diejiu finally broke free from the palace maid and stood up, looking straight at the Emperor, “Chu Luojue, you were just an unfavored prince. Once you gain power, you want to do whatever you want? Heh, there is no such reason, even the Emperor does not have the right to do whatever he wants.”

Tears were in Yan Diejiu’s eyes as she questioned with all her might, “How many Imperial Concubines are there in the palace? Thirty-six, each of them has an extraordinary background, each of them is highly anticipated by their family, each of them should have had a smooth and comfortable life, but what have you done? You brought us into the palace just as a Decoration,”

“You don’t let us be favored, you don’t give our families any Benefits for their daughters becoming Imperial Concubines, you don’t let us have any contact with the outside world, and you let our families gradually forget that we are their daughters, but we are people! Are you going to let us be decorations for a lifetime?”

“Look at Rain Maiden, who is only thirteen years old. When she first entered the palace, she only thought about how to go out and play, but now she knows to always pretend to be foolish and go to the Empress’s palace to beg the Emperor to remember her. The fact that I would poison the Empress, wasn’t that in the Emperor’s Expectation?”

After Yan Diejiu finished this long speech, she still stood in front of the Emperor, her eyes Stubbornly staring at the Emperor. During the entire process, there was no change in the Emperor’s expression.

Seeing that she had finished speaking, he said calmly, “Since you have finished speaking, then throw her into the Cold Palace. The crime of harming the mother of the country is unforgivable, implicate the Grand Tutor’s clan, send people to arrest everyone in the Grand Tutor’s Mansion, and deal with them later.”

Upon hearing the Emperor’s words, Yan Diejiu finally panicked. She knew that doing so might lead to her being convicted or even losing her life, but compared to being trapped in the palace and dying of old age, she would rather take a gamble. But she didn’t expect that her father, who was the leader of the Pure Stream faction in the court, would also be involved.

Yan Diejiu, who had been incredibly tough just now, finally panicked and immediately knelt on the ground, begging for mercy. She even wanted to crawl to the Emperor and grab his sleeve, but was kicked away by the Eunuch beside the Emperor without any courtesy. The Emperor didn’t even look at her and walked straight out of the palace.

Throughout the entire process, Su Ningxin and Gu Mingxi heard everything clearly. They even felt that Yan Diejiu’s words were quite reasonable, as they were keeping a group of women well-fed without giving them any other hope. It was strange if they didn’t Make a Fuss.

Not long after the Emperor left the Empress’s bedroom, the Empress slowly opened her eyes. It was all a performance for others to see. In fact, the amount of poison in her soup was not much at all, and it would not be Fatal. The so-called coma was also a fake she intentionally created.

Seeing that the Empress had left, Su Ningxin and Gu Mingxi flipped over the window and jumped in. They covered Liuxue’s mouth before she could call out.

The Empress weakly supported her body and said to Liuxue, “Don’t panic, they are from the Secret Guard.”

Seeing Liuxue nod, Su Ningxin let her go. She really didn’t say anything and went straight to the drawer to take out a Porcelain Bottle and poured the Antidote from the Porcelain Bottle into a Jade Quality wine glass and brought it to the Empress.

The Empress shook the wine glass, looked at the both people who were listening to the movement outside, smiled at them, and said, “I am grateful to you no matter what. It is my good fortune to know you in this lifetime. Thank you for the Trouble this time.”

Feeling somewhat strange, the both people turned back to look at the Empress. Gu Mingxi joked, “If you are really grateful, then do fewer stupid things in the future, and don’t let us clean up your mess for you.”

The Empress smiled and nodded, “Don’t worry, I won’t in the future.” Saying this, she raised the glass in her hand, “I hold this glass to bid farewell to the past, and from now on, I will not look back.” After saying that, she drank it all in one gulp.

Su Ningxin and Gu Mingxi were still looking at this, bewildered, wondering what was going on, when they saw the Empress’s complexion instantly turn purple, and black blood flowed from the Corner of the Mouth. This Situation was much more serious than when she had taken the poison just now.

The both people quickly flew from behind the Screen to the Empress’s side. Su Ningxin caught the Empress, who almost fell to the ground, while Gu Mingxi immediately tapped her Acupoint twice.

Supporting the Empress, Su Ningxin picked up the Fragments of the Jade Quality wine glass that had fallen on the ground, put it under her Nose, and smelled it. She looked at Gu Mingxi with a serious Expression, “Poison has been added.”

The both people looked sharply at Liuxue. Liuxue saw that the Situation was wrong and immediately tried to Escape, but was stopped by Su Ningxin, who used the Fragments on her hand as a Hidden Weapon and shot it out directly, accurately hitting Liuxue’s legs, directly causing her to fall to the ground.

When Liuxue fell, Yan Diejiu in the outer hall was kicked over by the Eunuch and let out a Screams, so no one noticed the Movement in the inner hall.

While Su Ningxin was preventing Liuxue from escaping, Gu Mingxi had already taken out the Silver Needle she was carrying and put more than ten needles on the Empress in the blink of an eye.