Han Lie lay on the bed, his eyes wide open in anger, but he was too weak to utter a word.

The maid brought a bowl of steaming hot medicine and said, "Madam, the medicine prescribed by the imperial physician is ready. Let's give it to the master while it's hot."

Mrs. Han stopped crying and forced herself to feed the medicine to Han Lie.

This medicine is made from a variety of precious medicinal herbs. Simply put, it is a life-saving medicine.

After taking a bowl of medicine, Han Lie finally felt better and had more strength.

Seeing that he had improved, Mrs. Han's mood also improved a lot.

Han Lie stared at the front steadily and said viciously: "Liang, you want to use me as a springboard and kill me after you use me. It won't be that easy!"

"Even if I can't survive, I will drag you down with me to be buried with me!"

The villa where Jiang lived.

Yao Jinse was distraught after returning today. Liang Chaozong was also very strange after returning, locking himself in the study and not saying a word.

Jiang realized that something must have happened, so she pestered her daughter to ask.

Yao Jinse couldn't bear the pestering and told Jiang everything that happened today.

Yao Jinse first told Jiang that Han Lie was poisoned and would soon die.

After hearing this, Jiang was so anxious that she burst into tears, wailing about her miserable fate and how they were not destined to be together. They had just been reunited for only a few months, and now they were separated forever.

Yao Jinse saw her mother crying miserably, but she also felt that her crying looked a little weird.

After Jiang calmed down a little, Yao Jinse told her about the affair between Liang Chaozong and Zhu Ling.

Unexpectedly, when Jiang heard this, he flew into a rage and smashed a lot of vases and porcelain.

Jiang's reaction scared Yao Jinse to death.

"Mother, Chaozong must have resorted to this desperate measure for the sake of restoring the country. Please don't be like this." Yao Jinse advised gently.

Hearing her daughter say this, Jiang put down the teacup in her hand, glared at her daughter with disapproval, and scolded her, "You idiot! How do you think Liang Chaozong will treat you after you hook up with Zhu Ling?!"

"Men like him are the most utilitarian. Now that your father is dying, you can no longer be of any use to him. He's also hooking up with the Empress Dowager. What do you think he thinks of you?"

"You have become his abandoned child."

Yao Jinse burst into tears and shook her head desperately, "No, no, he won't be so cruel."

"I've been with him through thick and thin for over a decade and helped him so much. How could he be willing to abandon me?"

Jiang grabbed her daughter's shoulders and said in a deep voice, "Jinse, my daughter, calm down! No man in the world is reliable. We women can only rely on ourselves!"

But Yao Jinse seemed not to be listening at all and just kept crying.

She ran out like a madman, picking up her skirt.

She ran to the door of the study and banged on it. The door was smashed open with a thud. She rushed in and saw that there was no one inside.

At this time, a servant came over timidly and said softly, "Miss, the uncle has just left."

When Yao Jinse heard this, she collapsed to the ground as if all her bones and muscles had been pulled out of her body.

…

In the Daxia Imperial Palace, inside the Palace of Heavenly Purity.

Xia Zhengqi forced the queen to sit in the main seat, and the two of them were reading a letter carefully.

On the cross-back chairs below, the Crown Prince and Yan Wenjing sat upright.

Just today, a letter arrived from the Second Prince and his entourage.

Unlike previous letters reporting safety, this letter was very thick and written with secret potion.

The above describes a series of things that the Second Prince and his entourage investigated after arriving in Dai Viet.

When the queen read that the second prince and his companions had found his aunt in the palace, she cried with joy.

"Your Majesty, I will take people to Dai Viet now and bring Zi Lan back." The queen pleaded with tears on her face.

Xia Zhengqi didn't care about the presence of the Crown Prince and Yan Wenjing. He put his arm around the Queen's shoulders and patted her back gently.

"Ruoyu, calm down. Look back. Yue Haoyun is faking his death, and Zilan is still assisting Yue Haoyun. It's not appropriate for us to bring Zilan back now."

"Besides, Zi Lan is safe now. We can wait a little longer. It won't be too late to bring Zi Lan back after Yue Haoyun's affairs are over."

When the Queen heard that Yue Haoyun had faked his death, she regained some of her sanity. She quickly wiped away her tears and focused her attention on the letter again.

While reading the letter, Xia Zhengqi summarized the contents and relayed them to the prince and Yan Wenjing.

"The letter said that the Queen Mother of Dai Viet was determined to kill Yue Haoyun. Yue Haoyun had no choice but to fake his own death to escape in order to calm them down."

"Now, the entire Great Viet believes that Yue Haoyun is dead, and the Queen Mother is also convinced. Yue Haoyun has gained a free body and can make plans and act as he pleases."

After hearing this, the prince and Yan Wenjing nodded repeatedly.

Yan Wenjing praised: "Faking death is a great idea!"

Xia Zhengqi paused, exclaimed in surprise, and said, "Back then, the person who came up with the vicious plan to murder my eldest brother and sixth brother was actually that bastard Han Lie!"

"I will never let Han Lie go."

When everyone heard this, their eyes widened.

Xia Zhengqi looked down and said, "Ah! The late Emperor of Dai Viet was murdered!"

The prince couldn't help but ask, "What's going on?"

"The letter said that the late Emperor of Dai Viet was poisoned to death by Zhu Ling and Han Lie, who then seized the throne."

"The late Queen of Daiyue later regretted making Zhu Ling's son the Crown Prince and intended to give the throne to Yue Haoyun. When Zhu Ling and Han Lie learned of this, they plotted to kill the late Queen."

When everyone heard this, the expressions on their faces became even more shocked.

Yan Wenjing sighed, "I never thought that this young Queen Mother of Dai Viet, who looks like a brainless pretty vase, would actually have such calculations. You really can't judge a person by his appearance!"

Zhu Ling was nearly 20 years younger than the previous emperor of Dai Viet. Back then, she was the concubine selection official of Dai Viet and was a beautiful woman selected from the people.

Later, she won the favor of the late Emperor of Dai Viet because of her beauty.

Even after the death of the former crown prince, the late Emperor of Dai Viet took the initiative to give the crown prince position to Viet Haoming, who was only a few years old.

Therefore, not only Dai Viet, but also several neighboring countries all believed that Zhu Ling was a witch queen, a vase with only beautiful appearance. She was able to become the empress dowager and the empress dowager because of her beauty and her ability to seduce the late emperor.

The prince frowned and said, "Zhu Ling is such a scheming woman. What about her mother's family?"

"Presumably, her mother's family must be no simple people, right?"

After hearing this, Xia Zhengqi smiled at the prince and said, "Chengwan, you've really been so busy that you've lost your mind. You've forgotten that the Queen Mother of Dai Viet has no maternal family."