"Yan'er! What's wrong?"

Gao Yuanbin was shocked and immediately helped Chu Yan up and held her in his arms.

"I...uh...pfft..."

Chu Yan wanted to say something, but a metallic taste rose in her throat, and she spat out a mouthful of black blood with a "pfft".

"Someone! Quickly, call a doctor! Call a doctor!"

When Gao Yuanbin saw Chu Yan spit out such a mouthful of black blood, he was immediately terrified and lost all color in his face.

Chu Yan's body trembled continuously, her eyes were glazed and filled with pain. She wanted to say something to him, but she didn't have the strength to speak. All she could do was fill her eyes with tears.

"Yan'er, don't be afraid. What do you want to say? I'm listening. You'll be alright!"

Gao Yuanbin's voice trembled as he reached out to grasp Chu Yan's hand, only to find that Chu Yan seemed to be guiding his hand towards her bosom.

He felt a little embarrassed, but he didn't want to go against Chu Yan's wishes, so he had no choice but to follow her book and explore upwards.

"Medicine...antidote...antidote, Luo...Luo'er."

It was given to me.

Chu Yan managed to utter these few words with great effort.

She always carried some self-defense medicines that Su Liluo had given her, some of which were universal antidotes.

Che Yi wasn't stupid, and naturally understood what Chu Yan meant. He didn't care about the proper separation between men and women and directly reached out to take the packet of medicine off her chest.

He saw some small bottles of medicine, labeled with poisons and antidotes. He looked them all over and finally took out a bottle called "Wan Du Qing" (万毒清), fed one pill to Chu Yan, and put it in her arms.

The doctor arrived far too slowly; he feared that by the time the doctor arrived, Chu Yan would be dead.

After a short while, Chu Yan's body gradually stabilized, and her complexion gradually returned to normal.

"Che Yi..."

Chu Yan called his name with red eyes, and then began to cry softly.

Just now, she really felt death and almost left this world. That feeling of being on the verge of death still makes her feel scared when she thinks about it now.

"It's alright, it's alright, Yan'er, don't be afraid."

Gao Yuanbin's face showed a panic he himself was unaware of, yet he continued to pat Chu Yan's back to comfort her.

"Bring me the person who delivered today's meals!"

After a while, once he had calmed Chu Yan down, he roared and decided to thoroughly investigate the matter of today's meal.

"Young master, please spare us! The maid who was responsible for delivering meals to Miss Chu today has already hanged herself in her room. We really didn't know she would do such a thing!"

The kitchen staff knelt on the floor, trembling as they explained.

They really knew nothing. When Gao Yuanbin sent people to investigate, they went to look for the person and discovered that the maid who delivered Chu Yan's meals had already committed suicide in the room.

"Who ordered that black chicken soup be delivered to Miss Chu today to help her recover?"

After learning that the maid had committed suicide, Gao Yuanbin became even more certain that she had been instructed by someone to kill Yan'er.

"Reporting to the eldest young master, a servant from the prince's side came to tell us that the prince told us to treat Miss Chu better from now on, and that starting today, we should prepare a sumptuous meal for her every day."

The kitchen manager recalled what had happened that afternoon and reported it truthfully.

He wasn't lying; it was indeed a servant from the prince's side who gave him that instruction today.

"Your Highness?"

Gao Yuanbin practically spat out those two words through gritted teeth.

He recalled that Gao Changhong had come to him that morning to propose marriage, which he had refused, and the two had argued. He then felt that all of this was perfectly reasonable.

He must have felt that Chu Yan rejected him because of her, and that Chu Yan was blocking his path, so he wanted to get rid of Chu Yan!

"He's really ruthless!"

Gao Yuanbin slammed his fist on the table, veins bulging on his face.

*

"Bang!"

In the Regent's study in the backyard, the door was kicked open with great force, and a gust of cold wind rushed into the room.

"You think that if you kill Yan'er, I'll obediently marry those noble ladies from the Northern Desert?"

Before Gao Changhong could react with anger, he first heard Gao Yuanbin's cold questioning voice.

Then, as soon as he looked up, he saw Gao Yuanbin stride in from outside like a demon, his gaze sharp as frost as he looked at him.

What do you mean by that?!

Gao Changhong was puzzled and frowned. At this moment, besides anger, he was more curious.

Why does Go Won-bin look like he's about to kill someone?

I haven't seen Gao Yuanbin like this in a long time. The last time I saw him so angry and crazy was when Ruan Ruan went missing.

"Don't you know what you've done? But I'm sorry to disappoint you, Yan'er is lucky and didn't die!"

"What did you say? What do you mean by dead or alive? What exactly happened?"

At this point, Gao Changhong gradually picked up on some clues and guessed what was going on.

"Are you still pretending? I've come to you only to tell you and advise you to give up that idea. If anything happens to Yan'er in the manor, then the Regent's Palace will be like this sword—swish! stomp!"

Gao Yuanbin raised his long sword and forcefully stabbed it into the desk in the study, then shattered it with his internal force.

The once sharp, silvery sword was now broken in two, one piece on the ground and the other on the table.

"Won Bin, you---"

Gao Changhong was about to explain something, but before he could finish speaking, Gao Yuanbin's figure quickly disappeared.

He came simply to give him a warning, not to exchange pleasantries.

"Someone, go and find out what's going on!"

After Gao Changhong sighed helplessly, he coldly ordered the servants beside him.

He had to find out what really happened; he hadn't done anything, and he couldn't be blamed for nothing.

Soon, the attendant found out the cause and effect of the matter and told him about it.

"You're saying the Princess Consort instructed one of my servants to order the kitchen to make it?"

Gao Changhong's face was ashen.

"Yes, Your Highness. I have already locked up that servant and am awaiting Your Highness's decision."

"Kill them and throw them into a mass grave!"

Gao Changhong gave the order ruthlessly.

He would not keep a lackey who would betray him and be bought off.

Furthermore, hasn't the Regent's wife overstepped her bounds by daring to do such a thing in her own name?

What exactly is her intention?

Where is the princess now?

Thinking of this, Gao Changhong felt he should go and meet the princess.

On the other side.

The Regent's wife already knows that Chu Yan was not poisoned, and that Gao Yuanbin even went to Gao Changhong and had a conflict with him.

"Damn it! How can that bitch be so resilient? Why didn't I poison her?"

The Regent's wife cursed in frustration.

Her original plan was to poison Chu Yan to death so that Gao Yuanbin would hate the Regent for life.

She never expected that this seemingly fatal poison would actually save her life.