So Xingxing said, "You guys go back first, I'll think about it some more."

"We've gone to such lengths, and you still refuse to give us the antidote. Do you really want to watch my mother and me die in front of you before you're satisfied?" The eldest prince finally lost his temper.

Xingxing glared at him and retorted in an even louder voice, "You were the ones who used underhanded and despicable means to harm people first, and you ended up losing more than you gained. You deserve it. Now it was your own decision to leave the capital for your fiefdoms. It wasn't my request. How dare you take your anger out on me?"

"Besides, do you think you can just get fiefdoms whenever you want? This matter isn't even settled yet; we don't even know if Father Emperor agrees. What's the point of telling me?"

The Imperial Concubine and her son's expressions changed slightly, but they still managed to hold back their anger and spoke as kindly as possible. The Imperial Concubine said, "Princess, rest assured, His Majesty is wise and mighty, and he will surely agree."

Seeing her certainty, Xingxing knew that the Zheng family must have exerted great pressure, and the emperor, for various reasons, had no choice but to agree in the end.

"But what good will it do me if you leave? Why should that be used as a condition to exchange for the antidote?" Xingxing snorted.

“The eldest prince has left the capital for his fiefdom, so he won’t appear before you anymore. You’ll be more comfortable in the palace.” Consort Duan tried to lower her stance as much as possible, focusing solely on obtaining the antidote. Once she had the antidote, everything would be much easier.

Even if the eldest prince hadn't gone to his fiefdom, he should have been old enough to leave the palace and establish his own residence by now. However, the Great Jin Dynasty had been plagued by natural disasters in recent years, and the emperor was extremely frugal, using all his money for disaster relief. There simply wasn't enough money to build the princes' residences, so the princes had remained in the palace until they were this old.