The middle-aged woman's smile froze.

"Don't talk nonsense, how could I possibly mistreat you?"

Su Wanwan looked at her quietly, without moving.

"Why not? What wouldn't you do to see your biological son?"

"You don't even remember letting a few-year-old child go hungry and cry, getting sick every few days, just to get the Empress Dowager's attention here?"

"If the Crown Prince were to come to see me in the inner palace, wouldn't that be the happiest time for you?"

A flicker of panic crossed the middle-aged woman's face; her smile vanished, replaced by a serious expression.

"There's no need to bring up the past. Once I become Empress Dowager, I will naturally support you to enter the palace as a concubine."

"My daughter and I enjoy wealth and luxury together, so why say such hurtful things?"

Su Wanwan, supporting her belly, leaned on the table:

"It's too late."

As he spoke, a drop of blood trickled from the corner of his lips.

The middle-aged woman's expression changed drastically: "Wanwan, what's wrong?!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than a group of people rushed in through the door.

The middle-aged woman was about to stand up when she felt a sharp pain in her abdomen. Her eyes rolled back and she collapsed to the ground.

...

When Lu Xingjian rushed to the laundry department with a girl in red, Xia Xueyi was a little flustered.

Why has the Emperor come all this way?!

So fast!

Fortunately, Zheng Jinlian had been given poison beforehand, so the responsibility for poisoning Zheng Jinlian could be shifted onto Su Wanwan no matter what.

Then, by claiming that Su Wanwan had offended her and caused her to miscarry, Su Wanwan would have no chance to turn things around.

The plan has only just begun to be implemented, and it's all happening far too hastily.

Xia Xueyi tried her best to remain calm and followed behind Lu Xingjian.

Wearing a bright yellow dragon robe with twelve symbols, Lu Xingjian entered the room and his gaze immediately fell on Su Wanwan, who was lying on the table.

The anxiety in his eyes turned into panic in an instant, and his eyes turned bloodshot.

Her usually composed and elegant figure staggered back a step.

Li Rong, who had hurriedly caught up, took his arm and said, "Your Majesty, please take care of your health!"

Lu Xingjian closed his eyes, his jawline taut.

After a long silence, he took a deep breath, his voice hoarse and trembling: "Summon the imperial physician!"

The imperial physician, who was already waiting, rushed over to examine them. "Both have been poisoned. One has already died from the poison, while the other is still breathing!"

Lu Xingjian's forehead veins bulged, and he squeezed out two words through gritted teeth: "Save people!"

The middle-aged woman's body was turned over on the ground, her lips were bluish-black, and she showed obvious symptoms of poisoning.

The girl in red was Yu Ji. Upon seeing this terrifying scene, she screamed in fright.

Xia Xueyi happened to be following from behind, her little face turning deathly pale with fright:

"how so?!"

How did Su Wanwan get poisoned too?!

She didn't do this.

She also wanted Su Wanwan to obediently admit to the crime of personally poisoning Zheng Mama!

Lu Xingjian's face was so cold it was almost ferocious, and he stared at Xia Xueyi with icy eyes, as if he were looking at a dead person.

He was about to raise his hand, but was firmly stopped by Steward Li:

"Your Majesty, the Empress is pregnant, please calm your anger!"

Even knowing that the emperor was furious, Chief Steward Li did not want Lu Xingjian to lose face and be branded as someone who had assaulted the empress.

"The most urgent task is to save lives as soon as possible, Your Majesty. Let's hear what the imperial physicians have to say first."

Steward Li secretly pinched Lu Xingjian's arm.

Lu Xingjian's eyes paused slightly, and he regained some composure.

Yu Ji, who had come to watch the commotion, was so frightened by the tense scene before her that she dared not move.

That empress is so jealous! She heard that Su Wanwan was having an affair with the emperor, so she poisoned her to death?!

If they knew I was flirting with the emperor, would they poison me too?

Her heart was pounding with nervousness.

...

When Su Wanwan woke up, Lu Xingjian was sitting by the bed, gently stroking her face with his fingertips, slowly tracing her eyebrows and eyes.

"Don't take any more risks in the future."

He said in a low voice.

A flicker of lingering fear flashed in his deep eyes.

For a fleeting moment, he genuinely believed that Su Wanwan had perished.

Only when the imperial physician said that she had taken the antidote beforehand and that the amount of poison she had ingested was not large did his anxiety slowly subside.

In his haste, he forgot that his great-grandmother had spent a great deal of effort cultivating Su Wanwan's ability to identify and detoxify poisons.

Su Wanwan was still somewhat weak, and her voice was soft and powerless:

"They arrested my father and my cousin."

"I will handle it."

Lu Xingjian's thin lips curled into a cruel smile.

They even resorted to poisoning.

Since we've already torn off all pretense of civility, don't blame me for being ruthless.

Su Wanwan tugged at his sleeve, her pale face and watery eyes showing a hint of strength, making her look exceptionally weak.

"I killed Zheng Jinlian."

Upon hearing this, Lu Xingjian's eyes sharpened, his face turned completely cold, and his anger surged.

The lowered voice carried a reprimand:

Do you know what you're saying?

Su Wanwan had no idea how Zheng Jinlian was doing.

I don't know why he got angry, so I struggled to sit up and raised my voice:

"She must die!"

Lu Xingjian's body trembled slightly, his eyes filled with disbelief and disappointment.

"You really don't want to marry me?"

The news that Zheng Jinlian was the emperor's biological mother had already spread.

Moreover, Zheng Jinlian was Su Wanwan's wet nurse.

If she were to be accused of poisoning Zheng Jinlian.

With such a blood feud involving the murder of one's mother and such a vicious heart, even if the emperor wanted to marry Su Wanwan, the people of the world would never agree.

There is no possibility between them anymore.

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