"Yan'er, what are you waiting for? Drag him out and give him a good beating. That bastard will definitely confess," said Consort Rou.
She doesn't care who poisoned her now. Now that she's seen Song Yue, she won't let her go easily. She wants to use Song Yue to gain military power.
As for the poison of Sleeping Beauty, we'll discuss that another time.
Zhao Zhiyan looked troubled.
“Your Highness, have you forgotten that Song Yue also knows medicine and can poison people with ease? She must be trying to use this to threaten you.” Xu Lingqing grabbed Zhao Zhiyan’s sleeve: “You must seize this opportunity to summon Prince Guangjia in Song Yue’s name and make him give an explanation.”
“Lingqing is right!” Consort Rou urged.
Zhao Zhiyan remained silent.
Song Yue scoffed and turned her gaze to Physician Li beside her: "What I prepared was just a very common antidote, which can suppress the disordered pulse in the body. Its effect only lasts for three hours. Any doctor could prepare such a simple prescription. This is not an antidote at all."
After he finished speaking, the group of people were stunned.
All eyes turned to Physician Li.
Physician Li nodded and said with a forced smile, "What Princess Guangjia said is indeed true. The medicine we just had only a calming effect and suppressed most of the poison. If a real antidote is not prepared in time, the poison in the Imperial Concubine's body will relapse."
"What?" Consort Rou was furious: "Why didn't you say so just now?"
Imperial Physician Li explained, "Your Majesty, I never said that this was the cure."
"You!" Consort Rou choked with anger.
Xu Lingqing frowned: "What exactly are you up to?"
"I can't concoct an antidote. All I can do is concoct some medicine to lessen the Consort's suffering. My abilities are limited, that's all." Song Yue shrugged. "Eighth Imperial Uncle, may I leave now?"
Zhao Zhiyan's face burned with embarrassment. She glared at Physician Li, who shrank back and lowered his head, not daring to utter a word.
“Your Highness!” Xu Lingqing refused to let Song Yue leave easily and continued, “Even if this poisoning has nothing to do with Song Yue, I suggest that we invite Prince Guangjia to our residence for a visit, so that the couple can be reunited.”
Zhao Zhiyan frowned and remained silent for a long time.
Song Yue looked at him with disdain. She raised her chin and said, "Eighth Prince Uncle should know my temperament. I am unyielding and will never be threatened. If I die in the Eighth Prince's mansion without a clear explanation, the Eighth Prince Uncle's reputation will be ruined for eternity. Do you think the Empress Dowager will forgive you easily? And the military power of the Guangjia Prince's mansion will definitely not fall into your hands!"
Zhao Zhiyan's face turned ashen after his thoughts were exposed.
"Stop trying to scare me. I don't believe you're willing to die!" Xu Lingqing said.
Song Yue raised her head arrogantly, her eyes filled with disdain, mockery, and contempt as she looked at Zhao Zhiyan. She clicked her tongue and said, "The dignified and upright Eighth Imperial Uncle, it turns out his heart is so dark and despicable!"
"Enough!" Zhao Zhiyan said in a deep voice, "Guards, take Madam Song back to Mantang Courtyard. No one is allowed to approach her!"
"Your Highness!" Xu Lingqing exclaimed anxiously.
Song Yue had already turned and left, her face extremely cold.
When Song Yue returned to Mantangyuan, she was in a terrible mood. She had overestimated Zhao Zhiyan's true nature. With Xu Lingqing around, sooner or later Zhao Zhiyan would be assimilated.
"I can't wait any longer." Song Yue decided to leave the Eighth Prince's residence.
Night deepened
She left Yun Dong alone in the house.
Everyone else was driven out of the courtyard to wait. There were at least a hundred guards on the walls and outside the courtyard.
Trying to escape from under their noses is nothing short of a pipe dream.
But Song Yue was not flustered at all. She went to the bed, tapped it twice, pushed the bed open, and revealed the black path.
Yun Dong was so surprised he couldn't close his mouth.
"Walk!"
The two went down into the tunnel.
Someone was already there to greet them from a short distance away. With someone putting their arm around his waist, Yun Ke lowered his voice and said, "A Yue."
"I'm fine, I'll leave here first."
"Um."
The group walked for nearly an hour before leaving the Eighth Prince's Mansion. After disguising themselves, they boarded a carriage and quietly headed towards the Guangjia Prince's Mansion.
The current Eighth Prince's Mansion is a modified version of the former Crown Prince's residence. The entire courtyard has secret passages, which were personally built by Emperor Beiqi. Not only that, there are also secret passages within the palace, all of which Emperor Beiqi told Yunke about.
Just in case it comes in handy.
The courtyard was filled with pear blossoms, so upon entering, Song Yue used the fragrance of the pear blossoms as an excuse to request the entire courtyard first.
No one doubted it.
Upon returning to the Prince of Guangjia's residence, Song Yue's first priority was to take a thorough bath, as if she wanted to wash away all the bad luck.
"Your Highness, the Eighth Prince's residence is on fire." Amber came in to serve, "This servant saw flames raging from afar."
This was because Yunke sent two corpses to the palace, overturned a candlestick, causing a fire, and sent people to the Eighth Prince's residence to create the appearance of rescuing people, which distracted the guards and caused the fire to grow bigger and bigger until it was completely out of control.
Song Yue yawned. She wanted to see how Zhao Zhiyan would explain things to the civil and military officials tomorrow!
The entire courtyard was engulfed in flames, and countless guards were carrying buckets to pour water on it. Zhao Zhiyan stood outside the flames, his face burning from the heat.
His eyes were dark and fixed on the fire.
Xu Lingqing stood to the side, watching intently. Suddenly, she asked, "Has Song Yue done anything unusual today?"
The guard said, "Princess Guangjia has been lying under the pear tree these past two days, either sleeping or reading and drinking tea. She only goes inside after dark and hasn't had any contact with anyone."
That's strange.
"How did the fire start?" she asked.
"The fire started from inside. A group of people came to rescue people, and my subordinates didn't have time to put out the fire, which caused it to spread."
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