Chapter 70: Preparing for the End

Yu supported Liang Shanyu, pretending to be panicked, but a barely perceptible hint of surprise and triumph flashed in her eyes.

Marquis Huo was so frightened that he asked loudly. The old lady was supported by Ah Fu, and her face was also pale.

Liang Weiyuan hugged Huo Jinjian tightly with a wet face, but before she could say anything, Liang Shanyu stood up with an expression of disbelief.

"Just now, the maid said that my sister pushed my brother-in-law into the water, but I didn't believe it. But now... How on earth does my sister take care of people? How could she fall into the water when she was fine?"

She rushed forward, hypocritical tears rolling in her almond-shaped eyes. Especially when she saw Huo Jin with black blood hanging from the corner of his lips, she screamed exaggeratedly and covered her eyes repeatedly.

Just as Marquis Huo was about to catch his breath, the old lady trembled and slammed her cane to the ground, shouting, "Shut up, what are you arguing about? Is it time to get back to the point now?!"

"You, what are you just standing there for! Hurry up and go to the palace to call the imperial physician!"

The old lady looked at Lord Huo with a sullen face, her voice choked with anxiety. Only then did Lord Huo react and staggered out.

"Master, please hurry up! I'm afraid... I'm afraid I can't wait any longer to see you like this!"

Yu chased after him with an anxious look on her face and shouted, but when no one saw her she almost laughed out loud.

Today is indeed a happy day. Everything I wish for will come true. Unexpectedly, the eldest wife fell into the trap with just a little trick!

Glancing at Huo Jin and seeing him spit out black blood, a vicious sneer flashed across Yu's eyes.

If he is poisoned by this, even if a great immortal comes, he will not survive!

"Hey, sister, what else do you want to do?" Liang Shanyu suddenly shouted pretentiously, drawing everyone's attention back.

Liang Weiyuan's eyes were cold and she said nothing, nor did she answer. She just gently put Huo Jinjian down with her hands and feet, then took a deep breath and jumped into the lake again.

This move frightened the four maids, Mei, Lan, Zhu and Ju, who had come running, and they shouted in unison, "Miss!"

Liang Weiyuan seemed oblivious to all the sounds behind her, her sharp eyes scanning the lake inch by inch.

Soon, I saw a few purple-black water plants swaying in the waves in the deep water.

I'm afraid this is the source of the poison!

A chill spread in Liang Weiyuan's heart. From the tampering of the bluestone slabs on the road to the poisoning of the lake water in advance, it was all planned by humans.

It's not difficult to guess who is behind the scenes, but now is not the time to pursue it.

Liang Weiyuan swam over, wrapped the two strange seaweeds with a handkerchief, put them away and returned to the shore.

Mei Shu and others immediately gathered around her and covered her with a fox fur coat.

"Sister, what are you doing? If you don't know, you might think you are feeling guilty and can't get over it." Liang Shanyu walked forward and spoke in a pretended caring manner.

But her words all hinted that she deliberately pushed Huo Jinjian into the water.

Liang Weiyuan glanced at her coldly and did not say anything back. She just took another fox fur and gently covered Huo Jinjian with it. She walked to the old lady and quickly recounted what happened when she fell into the water.

The old lady's chest was heaving and her body was unstable. She was barely able to stand with the help of Aunt Afu.

"This incident was not an accident, but a deliberate act. Grandmother, please remain patient. I will definitely find the real culprit behind this."

Liang Weiyuan's words were clear, powerful and chilling. Liang Shanyu and Yu Shi felt their hearts tighten and they looked at each other quietly.

The old lady believed Liang Weiyuan, but as she looked at her grandson whose life or death was unknown, she gasped for breath, her face frozen and unable to speak. She could only nod and hold her grandson's hand tremblingly.

Not long after, Marquis Huo arrived with a royal doctor. "Royal doctor, please hurry up and save my son!"

The imperial physician's uniform was still covered in dust as he entered the courtyard breathlessly. He immediately saw Huo Jinjian, who had been moved to the couch.

When the imperial physician lifted the brocade quilt and saw the purple and black lines extending from Huo Jin's wrist to his elbow, he gasped.

"The eldest master has been poisoned!"

And it is an extremely powerful toxin.

Marquis Huo and the old lady were horrified.

The imperial physician held his breath and stretched out two fingers to place them on Huo Jinjian's wrist pulse. The withered knuckles looked exceptionally pale against the purple and black lines on the man's skin.

"The eldest master choked on water, and the poison has already penetrated his marrow..."

The imperial physician muttered as he lifted up Huo Jinjian's eyelids, revealing dilated pupils and terrifying spider-web-like bloodshot streaks covering the whites of his eyes.

He leaned over to Huo Jinjian's lips and sniffed, then suddenly took a half step back, knocking over the medicine bowl beside him. "It's the Southern Xinjiang Soul-Eating Grass! There's no medicine to cure it..."

"What?" The old lady's grip on her cane suddenly tightened. "Doctor, say it again!"

The imperial physician wiped the sweat from his forehead and said in panic, "Old Madam, Young Master Huo was poisoned by the Southern Xinjiang Soul-Eating Grass. It has already invaded his internal organs. The black blood he just vomited is a sign that the poison has penetrated into his bone marrow. Even a great immortal cannot cure it."

"The eldest young master will die in... at most... one stick of incense stick's time. Old Madam, Lord Marquis, please prepare for his funeral."

After the imperial physician finished speaking, the whole room fell into silence for a moment.

Liang Weiyuan's usually slender figure swayed and she almost lost her balance.

Preparing for funeral?

How is that possible!