Chapter 302 Xiao Heng's Past
Xiao Heng seemed to have found a way out, and he was in a good mood. He drank a lot of wine in one breath, and finally, he became tongue-tied.
Haitang helped him into the room to rest. He lay on the bed, squinting his eyes and watching Haitang frantically pouring water for him. Xiao Heng's heart sank to the bottom.
"Second Prince, drink water!" Haitang's voice was as gentle as ever.
Xiao Heng turned his head away and said willfully: "No, I want to drink!"
"Be good!" Haitang held his head and said like coaxing a child.
Xiao Heng buried his head in Haitang's arms, wishing that time would stop at this moment. He tried his best to endure. As long as Haitang stopped, he would pretend that nothing happened.
But Haitang held up his head and said softly, "Come, drink this glass of water and have a good sleep!"
Xiao Heng pretended to be crazy and asked, "Can I not drink it?"
"You must drink it!" Haitang smiled and put the glass of water to his lips.
Xiao Heng looked up at Haitang, and the emotions in her peach blossom eyes were complicated and gloomy.
"Haitang, you are by my side, I think I have relatives again!"
After saying that, he drank the glass of water without hesitation.
A moment later, Xiao Heng felt severe pain all over his body and vomited blood.
He smiled bitterly: "You still put the erosion in the water, why?"
Haitang froze in place: "Second Prince, you know, then why do you still drink it? Why are you so stupid?"
"You saved my life, you want me to drink, how can I not drink it?" Xiao Heng still had a smile on his face, but it was creepy to see.
"Second Prince, I'm sorry, from the moment I saved you, the Queen has been eyeing us, but I really don't want to hurt you.
They gave me poison, and if I don't get the antidote on time, I will be in agony, I must kill you!"
Haitang said, already crying.
"What is their purpose?" Xiao Heng asked weakly.
"The eldest prince was afraid that Da Shuo's continued growth would be detrimental to Dong Ling, so he wanted to provoke a conflict between the two countries. His original plan was to kill you so that Dong Ling would have a reason to send troops. I didn't want you to die, so I attacked Mr. Gao. But how could he be okay? The Erosion Powder was given to me by the Empress herself!"
Hai Tang said, and then she realized the problem. She said in horror, "You are lying to me. The Erosion Powder is real. Mr. Gao is already dead. Right?"
Xiao Heng smiled bitterly and said, "The Erosion Powder is real, and it is also true that Lord Gao is fine. Your plan missed a key figure, Haitang, I was just feeling lucky that the person must not be you, but you still drugged me without hesitation!"
Haitang felt mixed emotions. She looked at Xiao Heng in confusion and asked, "Since the Second Prince suspected me, why did he take the poison!"
"If I don't drink this medicine, how can I repay you for saving my life!" Xiao Heng said, spitting out a mouthful of black blood, and he looked more and more haggard.
Haitang subconsciously wanted to help, but Xiao Heng raised his hand to stop her.
"Now, I'll return my life to you, and we don't owe each other anything. Come on!" As soon as Xiao Heng finished speaking, guards rushed in, led by Xu Mo, the Minister of the Dali Temple.
Xu Mo bowed slightly and said, "Second Prince, since Lord Gao's murderer has confessed, Xu Mo will take her away now!"
The second prince said with a dark purple face, "Thank you, Lord Xu!"
Xu Mo nodded slightly and reminded, "Princess Anle asked me to remind you that taking this antidote too late is not good for the brain!"
Xiao Heng restrained his smile, quickly took out the medicine bottle from his arms, and swallowed it in big gulps.
Haitang was surprised: "Second Prince, you..."
Unfortunately, this time, Xiao Heng did not respond to her as usual, he didn't even look at her.
Although she stayed with Xiao Heng as a maid, Xiao Heng always regarded her as a relative, the only relative, but she had been working for the eldest prince and his son from beginning to end.
He was still alone, Xiao Heng was so angry that he laughed, and his smile was unusually permeable.
After an unknown amount of time, he fell asleep. In his dream, he returned to the time when he was five years old.
They lived in the most remote cold palace of the Dongling Palace, lacking food and clothing, but that was his happiest time.
His mother planted sweet potatoes and beans in the yard, and he took his sister to catch butterflies in the yard.
The air was filled with the aroma of roasted sweet potatoes, and his mother looked at them with a happy smile.
However, everything in the yard was suddenly gone, the vegetable plot was trampled into a mess, and the stove that he and his mother had made with mud was smashed to pieces.
"Mother, sister!" Five-year-old Xiao Heng shouted in despair.
He searched everywhere like crazy, and finally found his mother and sister. His mother was covered in blood, and there was not a single good spot on her body.
The younger sister was lying not far from the mother, her white dress stained red with blood.
No matter how Xiao Heng called out, his mother and sister did not respond.
Xiao Heng was tired of crying, he knew that his mother and sister would never come back.
Xiao Heng moved his sister to his mother's side with great effort, and then picked up the wooden bucket beside him to fetch water.
His mother and sister both liked to be clean, so he wanted to wipe their faces dry.
When Xiao Heng came back with the water, a raging fire had already started in the yard where his mother and sister were. He rushed in desperately, but was hugged by an old woman. The woman whispered in his ear: "Second Prince, you have to stay alive and avenge them while you are alive!"
Revenge? Xiao Heng didn't even know who did it. They even denied that his mother and sister were killed. They said that it was his mother who lit the fire herself.
They just disappeared, as if they had never existed.
Xiao Heng didn't understand why someone would attack his mother and sister.
Time and space turned, and Xiao Heng saw his mother and sister again. It was still that spring, and the vegetables in the fields were green and lush, making people salivate.
The kite in his sister's hand flew outside the courtyard wall, and his sister cried.
His mother wiped away her tears, took her hand and led her out of the cold palace that she had not stepped out of for several years.
His sister picked up the kite and smiled with curved eyebrows. Someone touched his sister's head with a big hand, and the bright yellow sleeves were unusually eye-catching.
His mother took his sister back to the cold palace and began to roast sweet potatoes skillfully.
A guard broke in and stabbed his mother and sister with a cold sword.
Xiao Heng felt that every blow stabbed into his heart, and he was in so much pain that he couldn't breathe.
"You bastard, why don't you stay in the cold palace and go out to seduce the emperor? You are really tired of living!"
The queen's face was distorted, and she ordered coldly: "Kill them!"
It turned out to be her. Just because she accidentally met the emperor, she killed her mother and sister.
Xiao Heng rushed towards her angrily. He wanted to kill this vicious woman to avenge his mother.
However, he pounced in vain.
Hatred enveloped Xiao Heng, his eyes were bloodshot, and his body was full of angry power. He wanted to kill the queen, the prince, and the instigator.
Damn it, everyone deserves to die!