She had never felt so clearly that death was so close to her. Pei Yuan's hand was like an iron clamp, tightly gripping her throat.

"Your Highness! You absolutely cannot do this! If Princess Jialuo died in the inn, the Chu royal family would have a hard time explaining it to them!"

At the last moment, Ge Zhong yelled this sentence, causing the bloodshot in Pei Yuan's eyes to fade a little.

Just when Qin Jialuo was about to lose consciousness, Pei Yuan suddenly let go.

“Boom!”

“Cough, cough, cough…”

Qin Jialuo collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath, with a burning pain in his throat.

When she looked up, she met Pei Yuan's eyes full of murderous intent, and Qin Jialuo trembled all over!

At this time, Pei Yuan slowly squatted down and pinched her chin, "Remember this feeling."

"If you touch her again, I will make you feel a hundred times more pain than this."

His tone was not harsh, but every word was like a knife, striking Qin Jialuo's mind again and again.

Then, he was seen taking out a jade porcelain bottle from his arms and pouring out a scarlet pill.

Qin Jialuo instinctively shook her head to resist, but Pei Yuan grabbed her chin and with a "click", she directly dislocated her chin.

Soon, Pei Yuan stuffed the pill directly into her without hesitation, made sure it had entered her throat, and then replaced her jaw.

"This poison is called 'Burning Heart' and it attacks once a month."

Pei Yuan stood up and looked down at her. "You'd better pray that she won't be hurt again before the autumn hunt is over, otherwise -"

The unfinished words finally turned into a sneer.

Qin Jialuo bent over in horror and tried to vomit out the pill, but the pill melted in his mouth and a burning sensation quickly spread from his throat all the way to his internal organs.

“Cough, cough, cough…”

On the side, Ge Zhong was dumbfounded and stood there in a daze.

Isn’t it said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the most upright and iron-blooded general in the Great Chu?

How could such a method be used?

This poison?

"Princess!"

After Pei Yuan left, Ge Zhong finally came to his senses and staggered to Qin Jialuo's bed, but saw Qin Jialuo suddenly open her eyes wide, and her pupils were strangely bloodshot.

"ah!"

Ge Zhong was so scared that he took a step back and fell to the ground, with a voice constantly echoing in his mind.

It's over! This time it's really over!

…

Soon, the story of how Princess Daqin failed to frame Princess Zhaoyang at the horse farm and ended up suffering the consequences, spread throughout the capital like wildfire.

In the Eastern Palace, after hearing this, Crown Prince Chu Lang's eyes rolled and he quickly came up with a brilliant idea.

That day, he asked someone to prepare a generous gift and went to the posthouse to visit the injured Qin Jialuo on behalf of the Chu royal family.

At this time, Qin Jialuo was lying on the bed in the inn, with thick gauze wrapped around his shoulders and his face as pale as paper.

She was resting with her eyes closed when she heard footsteps outside the door, followed by a servant reporting -

"Princess, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Great Chu has come to visit you. He said he came to inquire about your injuries on behalf of Great Chu."

Qi Jialuo frowned slightly, but before she could say anything, Crown Prince Chu Lang walked into the room with a smile, followed by several followers, each holding a box in their hands.

"Princess Jialuo, I heard that you were injured, so I prepared some small gifts and came to visit you." Chu Lang smiled gently and spoke in a caring tone, as if he were really a considerate brother.

Qin Jialuo forced a smile and weakly responded to him: "Thank you for your concern, Prince."

Chu Lang signaled his attendants to put down the gifts, and then stepped forward himself, sighing casually, "Alas, my sister has a strong temper, and sometimes her actions are indeed inappropriate..."

He shook his head, looking distressed: "The princess is a daughter of a rich family, and she came all the way from the Qin Empire. She should have been treated with respect, but she suffered such an unprovoked disaster. It is really outrageous."

Qin Jialuo's eyes flashed slightly, and he heard the deep meaning in his words.

She lowered her eyelids and pretended to be aggrieved, "Your Highness, you are too kind. It is Jialuo's skills that are inferior to others. It is not others' fault."

She deliberately avoided ordering her people to tamper with the fence, as a way of retreating to advance and testing Chu Lang's true intentions.

Chu Lang's eyes gleamed, and he sat down and said in a low voice: "Princess, why should you be so modest? Sister Zhaoyang has always been overbearing because of her father's favor. Not to mention you, even I, the crown prince, am often overwhelmed by the pressure..."

As he spoke, Chu Lang sighed again, shook his head and smiled bitterly, "If she wasn't a woman, I'm afraid I wouldn't even be able to take the position of crown prince."

The meaning of these words was enough to let Qin Jialuo understand that he and Chu Qingluan were like water and fire!

Sure enough, Qin Jialuo's face flashed with surprise: "Your Highness the Crown Prince is the crown prince of a country, and he has to suffer such injustice?"

Chu Lang pretended to be helpless and shook his head, "Princess, you don't know that when you are in the royal family, many things... are beyond your control."

He paused and looked at Qin Jialuo meaningfully, "However, if the princess is willing, I do have a suggestion..."

Qin Jialuo's eyes flickered slightly, and his face still showed some confusion and weakness: "Oh? I wonder what your Highness the Crown Prince has to say?"

Seeing that she seemed to be relenting, Chu Lang was secretly delighted and continued, "I have already learned that the one who hurt you, Princess, was Pei Yuan. Pei Yuan is a rebellious man who relied on his military merits and ignored me many times.

This time he was so bold as to hurt the princess. If he is not severely punished, wouldn't it be a disheartening blow to the Qin envoys?"

While observing Qin Jialuo's reaction, he continued to strike while the iron was hot: "I can lend a helping hand to the princess and make Pei Yuan pay the price. As long as the princess is willing to cooperate, let the delegation put pressure on the emperor and force him to hand over the military power."

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