Chapter 61 He is sure she is fine

"Why?" The masked woman's hoarse voice was like a venomous snake spitting out its tongue, and the resentment was almost condensed into substance. "Yun Shangshi really doesn't know why?!"

In the darkness, Yun Zhao's thoughts raced like lightning: Yingluo was dead, Cao Suzhu? The replaced Suying? Or some other jealous palace maid? Su Mingli? The King of Qin? The Queen Mother?

No! Time is too tight! The only person who could accurately predict the time she would leave the palace and return home today... was Cao Suzhu, who was on duty!

She suppressed the sweet taste in her throat and suddenly let out a cold and determined laugh: "Oh, I thought he was someone's running dog! Turns out he's a mad dog raised by Cao Suzhu!"

The woman's body suddenly stiffened!

Yun Zhao knew it clearly - he guessed it right!

"Stop talking nonsense!" The woman's voice suddenly rose, filled with the shame and anger of being exposed. "Someone wants you dead! If you have any last words, tell them now! You'll be a ghost on your way to the underworld!"

"Oh?" Yun Zhao raised an eyebrow, his eyes sharp as a hawk in the dim candlelight. "Guessed it right? Well, let's discuss a deal. How much silver did she give you for my life? I'll give double! Triple is fine!"

"Silver?" The woman looked as if she had just heard a huge joke, her eyes filled with disdain. "Do you think everyone is like you, climbing into the emperor's bed for wealth and fame?! Shameless, bullying bitches like you deserve to die!"

She stopped talking nonsense and turned to a tattered wooden table. She picked up a chipped coarse porcelain bowl and poured a small packet of pungent white powder into it. She then picked up a dusty clay pot, poured the turbid tea into the bowl, and stirred it vigorously with a dirty branch.

The turbid liquid was covered with strange foam.

The chill of death instantly gripped Yun Zhao's heart! She spoke even faster, each word like a knife, trying to pierce the other person's psychological defenses:

"Young lady, why don't you calm down? If I don't return tonight, His Majesty will surely be furious and pursue me! Do you think you can escape with your life?!"

"I am the only legitimate daughter of Duke Yun! If I die, the Yun family will do everything in their power to find the murderer, even if it means digging deep underground! How can a mere woman like you withstand the wrath of the Duke's Mansion?!"

"That little bit of silver Cao Suzhu gave you, barely enough to fill your teeth, is enough for you to live on the run for days?! Five hundred taels! Cash! Let me go, take the money and run away, living a carefree life! Isn't this a hundred times better than risking your life for someone else?!"

The woman, holding the bowl of poisonous water emitting the scent of death, approached step by step, her eyes mad and determined. "Living happily? Ha! When Sister Yunzhu pulled me out of the icy water at the laundry, I swore that this life was hers! Killing you today will relieve her hatred and repay her kindness! Silver? It can't buy life, nor can it buy kindness!"

She squatted down, and her skinny but clamp-like hands suddenly pinched Yun Zhao's chin with such force that it almost broke his bones!

The other hand picked up the poison bowl, and the bowl with a dim glow and a pungent fishy smell was pressed against Yun Zhao's lips and teeth!

Dead soldiers! Unyielding!

Alarm bells rang in Yun Zhao’s heart!

She tried hard to turn her head away, and the venom splashed on her cheeks, bringing a burning pain!

She gritted her teeth and screamed, "Wait! Crane's Beak Red, right? It's going to kill me and make me bleed from all seven orifices? Fine! I'm going to die anyway, I accept it!"

"But this place is secluded enough, right? They won't be able to find it for a while! You have to let me die knowing full well! Tell me how Cao Suzhu saved you from 'hell'? In this deep palace where people are so cruel and ruthless, how can there be true love and kindness? I don't believe it! Make up a decent story for me!"

She spoke very quickly, with extreme sarcasm and provocation, but her eyes were fixed on every subtle movement of the other party, looking for even the slightest flaw!

Delay! Must delay!

"Shut up! Bitch!" The woman was completely enraged, her eyes flashing with ferocity. The hand that was pinching her chin tightened, and with the other hand, she stuffed the poison bowl into Yun Zhao's tightly closed mouth even more fiercely! The cold edge of the bowl knocked against her teeth, making a tooth-grinding sound! "Want to know? Go to the underworld and ask!"

Just when the poison bowl is about to pry open your lips and teeth and the foul venom is about to pour in!

Out of the corner of Yun Zhao's eye, with the flickering, dim green candlelight, he seemed to catch a glimpse of an extremely faint reflection in the thick, inky darkness behind the woman - like cold metal!

It wasn't an illusion! It was an opportunity! Her instinct for survival made her unleash all her strength! Her bound body couldn't move, but she used up all the air in her chest and let out a shrill, distorted, eardrum-tearing scream: "Ghost!!! There's a ghost behind you—!!!"

This sound carries with it unparalleled horror and penetrating power!

The woman's whole body trembled violently! She pinched Yun Zhaohe's hand holding the poison bowl, and out of the most primitive human instinct, she subconsciously loosened her grip for a moment!

Instinctively, with uncontrollable fear, she turned her head towards the bottomless darkness behind her!

Right now! This lightning-fast, fatal moment of losing your mind!

“Whoosh!”

A subtle yet extremely sharp sound of breaking through the air, like a poisonous snake coming out of a cave, tore through the dark silence!

“Puff!”

A diamond-shaped dart flashing with a cold blue light, like the kiss of death, penetrated into the wrist of the woman holding the poison bowl with incredible precision!

“Ah——!!!” A heart-wrenching scream suddenly rang out!

"Bang!!!" The poison bowl flew out of his hand and shattered on the ground! The deadly venom spread out like a black serpent!

at the same time!

"Bang!" The seemingly heavy wooden door of the cell was slammed open from the outside by a violent force!

Several dark shadows shot in from the darkness outside the door like ghosts! Their movements were lightning-fast and ruthless!

A man, like a hunting cheetah, instantly pounced on the screaming woman to the ground, pressed his knees against her spine, and twisted her arms behind her back, accompanied by a terrifying sound of dislocated joints!

The other two rushed to Yun Zhao like a gust of wind, with a flash of cold light in their hands, and the fine steel dagger swept across, and the rough rope broke with a sound!

"Cough, cough, cough..." Yun Zhao suddenly escaped, her hands and feet numb and stiff, and she began to cough violently, greedily breathing in the fresh air! She looked up in shock, and with the light of the torches pouring in from outside, she saw the leader clearly - it was Wang Gui's face, as cold as frost, but with a hint of relief!

Wang Gui didn't even look at the woman who was pinned to the ground and groaning in pain. His eyes swept over Yun Zhao's disheveled but fine appearance, and his tense jawline relaxed slightly.

He turned sideways, facing the shadow outside the door illuminated by the fire, knelt on one knee, and said in a voice full of respect after surviving a disaster: "Your Majesty! Yun Shangshi has been found! He is safe and sound!"

In the shadows, a tall and stern figure slowly walked in.

The black cloak shone with a cold luster under the dancing firelight, and every step seemed to step on people's hearts.

Xiao Jin! His icy gaze first fell on Yun Zhao, who was limp on the ground, still in shock but holding her head up stubbornly. After confirming that she was alright, his icy gaze slowly turned to the masked woman lying on the ground, like a lamb to be slaughtered.

Xiao Jin's eyes were like ten thousand years of black ice, without a trace of warmth, only pure murderous intent that was enough to freeze the soul.

He opened his thin lips and uttered words as cold as the judgment of hell: "Take her back."

"Don't kill him!"