100

It's that glass of wine!

Song Jin suddenly remembered the cup that Xu Shi'an drank for her.

The wine was poisoned, and the same trick happened twice.

After all, putting poison in wine is the least likely to be discovered.

The Ninth Prince suddenly vomited blood and fainted. The scene immediately became chaotic. The dancers on the stage screamed in panic and ran away, knocking down the palace maid who was delivering wine into the palace.

The wine jug fell and figures were scattered about.

Xu Guanlin stood out calmly and shouted, "Guards, seal off the scene, don't let anyone escape! Everyone, stay where you are, if anyone escapes, treat them as the murderer!"

"yes!"

The imperial guards outside the palace swarmed in, blocking anyone who wanted to escape.

In a flash, a cold whistle pierced through the screaming crowd. The person who was still trembling in the corner suddenly changed his expression, pulled out a dagger from his sleeve, and rushed forward fiercely.

Zhan Lin was sharp-eyed and he leaned sideways to kick the man’s dagger away.

"There's an assassin!"

As soon as he finished speaking, several courtiers rushed out with daggers in their hands.

Zhan Lin remembered that those were newly appointed court officials. Although their faces were unfamiliar, he still had some impression of them.

The Forbidden Feather Guards immediately drew their swords.

The scene was in chaos.

Song Jin dragged Xu Shi'an behind a pillar and reached out to feel his breath.

"No, His Majesty the Ninth Prince is almost dead, we must call the imperial physician immediately!"

While dealing with the assassin rushing towards him, Cui Huaiji paid attention to the situation on her side. He frowned quickly when he heard this.

How can we call a royal physician in the current situation?

"I'll do it!"

An unexpected sound appears.

Qing Wu was surprised for a moment, and quickly gave up his seat and stood aside.

Looking at Xu Changyi squatting beside Xu Shi'an.

"Your Highness?" Song Jin's mind turned over and over, and finally calmed down, "How confident are you, Your Highness?"

Xu Changyi took out a wooden box and took out the white pills inside.

There is a faint smell of herbs, and just one sniff makes your spleen and lungs feel more relaxed.

Xu Shi'an was already very weak and couldn't swallow it.

Qing Wu quietly brought the tea.

"County Lord, you support his back."

Song Jin did so.

Xu Changyi fed him the medicine, lifted his chin, and stroked his jaw with his palm.

If it doesn’t work once, try a few more times.

After a while, Xu Shi'an finally swallowed the medicine.

Song Jin was delighted and felt his pulse: "There is a pulse!"

This life was saved.

Xu Changyi also breathed a sigh of relief, and there was a hint of tenderness in his eyes when he looked at Xu Shi'an.

"How is it going?"

Cui Huaiji squatted down.

Xu Changyi tapped his chin and said, "His life is saved. You need to call the imperial physician to take a look within half an hour. My medicine cannot cure the root cause."

The medicine was originally intended for his wife.

The eldest prince's wife was in frail health and had to take medicine every day. Over time, Xu Changyi got into the habit of carrying some life-saving medicine with him.

At the critical moment, it can save half an hour of life.

The sound of swords gradually faded away.

The assassins were all subdued.

Xu Guanlin knew that they would attack at the banquet, so he asked people to be careful to take people alive. Therefore, when they wanted to commit suicide by taking poison, they were all cut off their jaws by the guards.

Looking at the people kneeling on the ground, almost all of them are newly appointed officials in the court.

He knew that these people were Xu Nanheng's people.

"Take him away and torture him to extract a confession. We must find out who was behind this."

"yes!"

Zhan Lin took his men and took them all away.

Although the assassin has been captured alive, the person who poisoned him has not yet been found.

Cui Huaiji looked at him and then whispered to them, "Meimei, Shi An will come to take you down later. Don't believe anyone else except Shi An."

"good."

Song Jin watched him walk up to the prince.

After the two exchanged a few words, the imperial guards in the hall stepped out with swords in hand and took away everyone present.

The prince's men came and took Xu Shi'an away.

As if he could see her worry, Xu Changyi took the initiative to ask to go over.

After a while, Shi An took her away and returned home.

"My lady, the Marquis asked me to..."

"etc!"

Song Jin stopped him.

Not far away, Xu Nanheng was tugging at a dancer in a yellow skirt, looking impatient and panicked.

Why does the figure of the dancer in the yellow skirt look so familiar?

"Do you have any impression of that dancer?"

Qing Wu recalled: "It seems to be the dancer in the first half. Shouldn't she have left the palace long ago?"

As the two of them were tugging at each other, the dancer's veil was accidentally pulled off.

Song Jin was shocked: "Yang Chaoxue? Why is she here?"

Suddenly, everything connected.

Poisoning the wine was Xu Nanheng's plan. He wanted to use the banquet as an excuse to kill someone, both to eliminate the threat from the Northern Di and to drag the prince into the water.

And Yang Chaoxue also wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of her!

But no one expected Xu Shi'an to drink it for her.

I don’t know what kind of poison Xu Shi’an has, but Song Jin has some bad thoughts in his mind.

Yang Chaoxue always kills people.

*

One night passed.

The Northern Di envoys officially set out on their return journey.

Song Jin followed Cui Huaiji to see them off.

Cui Huaiji said in a deep voice: "Yu Chao will give Bei Di an explanation for what happened last night."

Li Muyi just nodded his chin slightly and looked straight at Song Jin.

He looked at this face that looked so much like his elder sister, and felt extremely reluctant to leave.

"Today, Uncle He and I will go back to Beidi first. Don't be reluctant to use the elite weapons I left for you. If anything happens to you, I will be unable to sleep or eat."

Song Jin's eyes were warm, and he nodded: "Uncle, Uncle He, you should also be careful. The people of King Suli's party will not be willing to let you go back to Beidi."

However, the two didn't care at all.

Even if they leave their best to Song Jin, the rest of them will not be pushovers.

The Northern Di people are warlike. If they come here willingly, they can forget about going back alive.

He Yin silently led the horse and looked at her.

Princess, your daughter is very good.

I don’t know when we will meet again after this farewell.

He Yin turned his face away and wiped away his tears secretly.

A moment later, the envoys from Beidi officially set out, and the group of people rode out of the city on horseback just as they had done when they came.

The red hairband flutters in the wind, just as carefree and unrestrained as its owner.

Song Jin was still sorting out his mixed emotions.

Then, he looked up at Cui Huaiji.

"Fuji, how is His Highness the Ninth Prince?"

Cui Huaiji frowned slightly.

This seems to be bad news.

"Although the Ninth Prince's life was saved, the imperial physician said that the poison had damaged his body too much and had damaged his very foundation. I'm afraid he will never be able to be healthy again for the rest of his life."

Song Jin was silent.

The implication was that Xu Shi'an would have to take soup and medicine every day from now on, like a disabled person, unable to take care of himself.

This is so unfair to those who just want to fulfill their ambitions.

That glass of wine was originally given to her.

Song Jin shuddered: "Fu Ji, it was me who harmed His Highness the Ninth Prince."

Before Xu Shi'an passed out in her arms, he held her hand tightly but spoke incoherently and without complete sentences.

But she could hear it.

He knew that he was doomed to die, but he could not let go of his mother in the palace.

The reason why he didn't cowardly hide behind everyone was for his mother!

"His Highness the Ninth Prince is still in a coma, as for Concubine Rong..."

"I'll go and talk to you."

After all, Xu Shi'an was poisoned because of her.

*

The palace was under surveillance by Xu Nanheng's men, but because of what happened last night, for some reason they had become much more lax.

With the help of the prince, Song Jin successfully arrived at Rong Bin's palace.

"Empress Rong?"

No one answered.

It took her about a quarter of an hour to find someone in the side hall.

Rongpin was taking a nap on the beauty couch.

Time never defeats beauty.

Even though the years have passed and her appearance has changed, the color on her face remains unchanged.

Beauty is never about skin.

Concubine Rong is thin, perhaps due to years of hard work, and is not as radiant as the other concubines.

Ever since Xu Shi'an went to Cui Yu'ai's place and rescued her from the hands of Sun Huang Guifei, she has been well taken care of by Xu Shi'an.

The scar on his face is almost invisible.

Hearing the noise, Rongpin slowly opened her eyes.

When I saw the strange young lady, I was dazed for a moment.

"Who are you?"

There was only a young palace maid who took care of Rongpin, and she was sent away to rest.

Song Jin bowed and said, "I am Song Jin, a commoner. I am honored to meet the Empress Rong."

"Song Jin..." Rongpin had heard her name before and said in surprise, "You are the Junning County Lord that Shi'an mentioned?!"

The other party was very excited and took two steps at a time to grab her hand.

After taking a closer look, I couldn't stop praising her.

Song Jin felt embarrassed by the compliments, and when he thought of the purpose of his visit, he felt guilty: "Madam Rongpin, I came here to say sorry to you."

"What's the matter?" Rongpin was confused.

See the sadness in her eyes.

She seemed to realize belatedly that the other person's presence here was abnormal.

"Yes...what happened to Shi'an?"

Rongpin's voice trembled.

"It's my fault." Song Jin lowered his eyes and said reluctantly, "Last night, the palace held a banquet to send off the Northern Di envoys, but it was poisoned by villains. The Ninth Prince drank the wine for me. His life is safe now, but he will never be healthy again in this life."

Rongpin looked like she was both crying and laughing.

Song Jin didn't know how to comfort her.

I was surprised that she was able to calm down on her own.

"That's all." Rongpin sighed, as if she had accepted her fate. "It's my luxury that Shi'an can live. At the beginning, he was determined to go before Your Majesty. I persuaded him, knowing that he did it for me."

“At that time, I thought, as long as people are alive, that’s enough.”

Everyone knows that Sheng An is in danger now.

Song Jin was surprised by her cheerfulness.

The last person who accepted it so calmly was the eldest princess Xu Li'er.

Rongpin smiled and said, "Thank you, the county lord, for telling me this. I have a request, I wonder if you can help me..."

He paused, thinking of the legend about the Lord of Junning County, and became hesitant again.

"I have nothing, and the county lord is a businessman. So, is this jade bracelet acceptable for trading?"

The bracelet she was talking about was the most valuable thing on her body.

But any shop under Song Jin's name is an inconspicuous existence.

Song Jin accepted it without changing his expression: "Okay, what kind of deal do you want to make with me, Your Majesty?"

Seeing that she accepted it, Rongpin finally felt relieved.

"This may be a little difficult for the county lord... Now Shi An is in poor health, I only ask the county lord to help us leave Sheng An, no! Just leave this cannibalistic palace!"

This is not difficult.

In Xu Shian's case, he could use fake death to escape...

"Your Majesty, are you willing to give up everything you have now?"

Rongpin couldn't help but widen her eyes.

Nodded heavily.

Kneel down and bow solemnly.

"Thank you, Lord!"

Before the palace gate was locked, Song Jin walked out.

Qing Wu stood beside the carriage, looking up and saying, "My wife!"

She originally thought that Qing Wu was the only one picking her up, but she didn't expect that there was another person in the car.

Song Jin smiled and said, "Help Ji."

Cui Huaiji embraced her familiarly and said, "I finished dealing with the Crown Prince and thought you hadn't come out yet, so I came here to wait for you."

After their true feelings were exposed, they seemed to rarely hear each other's thoughts anymore.

Song Jin simply thought that they no longer had any secrets from each other.

Speaking of the prince, Song Jin suddenly thought of something.

"Oh, I remember there was an aide to the Crown Prince. His name seemed to be... Shen Changqi? Why isn't he with the Crown Prince?"

If I count carefully, I haven't seen it since I came back from Chengzhou.