Just as Emperor Zhaojing stepped out of Fengyi Residence, a member of the Imperial Guard rushed over, shouting, "Your Majesty, something terrible has happened! The Empress has suddenly gone mad!"
Emperor Zhaojing frowned. "What do you mean by 'suddenly gone mad'?"
The Imperial Guard, sweating profusely, said, "This humble servant is not entirely sure either. Just now, we were ordered to lock Her Majesty in the dungeon, but after only a short while, Her Majesty suddenly woke up, rolling around on the floor, and even scratching her face raw..."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Zhaojing subconsciously glanced at Xie Jingrun.
Xie Jingrun closed his eyes briefly. It seemed that Situ Jin had drunk the beauty soup brewed by Granny Hong.
Emperor Zhaojing vaguely understood something and said to the Embroidered Uniform Guard, "How could a person suddenly go mad? There's no need to pay attention to it."
"Yes." Just as the Imperial Guard was about to leave, Feng Mo and his sister Feng Xin hurriedly came out.
"Xie Jingrun, is this your doing?" Feng Mo stepped forward quickly, and without saying a word, he threw a punch at Xie Jingrun.
"Stop!" Emperor Zhaojing shouted in a deep voice, his forehead veins throbbing.
"Brother!" Feng Xin was also startled.
But Feng Mo seemed not to hear, his eyes fixed on Xie Jingrun with hatred, his movements unwavering as he swung his fist straight at Xie Jingrun.
Xie Jingrun glanced at him and raised his hand to block his attack. "Even if Your Highness wants to convict someone, shouldn't you at least seek evidence?"
“Show me evidence? Xie Jingrun, you know perfectly well what you’ve done.” Feng Mo glared at him angrily.
If it weren't for him, the Emperor wouldn't have discovered the Empress Dowager and that eunuch. Xie Jingrun clearly knew all along and did it on purpose so that the Emperor would punish the Empress Dowager.
The Empress Dowager had only been imprisoned in the dungeon when the incident occurred, and all of these events were clearly related to Xie Jingrun.
"I know perfectly well what I have done. But Your Highness should not be so quick to condemn me without evidence," Xie Jingrun said calmly.
Feng Mo's pupils contracted, his face turning ashen with anger. Just as he was about to say something more, Feng Xin caught up and grabbed his hand. "Brother, don't blame Jing Run for this. The most important thing right now is to go see Mother."
Upon hearing this, Feng Mo released his grip and knelt before Emperor Zhaojing. "Father, I know that Mother has done wrong and dare not plead for her anymore. But I beg you to send a royal physician to accompany me to the dungeon to treat Mother."
"Yes, Father, I beg you." Feng Xin also knelt down.
Emperor Zhaojing was in a dilemma. Although Situ Jin was detestable and he wanted to get rid of her as soon as possible, his children were innocent, and it was understandable that they, as children, were worried about their mother.
Besides, even if they brought the imperial physician to see him, it wouldn't really change anything.
After thinking for a moment, he nodded. "Alright, you can each take a royal physician and go take a look."
"Thank you, Father." Feng Mo and his sister quickly kowtowed to him before getting up and heading towards the dungeon.
Back at Longqian Residence, after dismissing the palace servants, Emperor Zhaojing turned to Xie Jingrun and asked, "What poison did you give Situ Jin?"
“Romantic,” Xie Jingrun said calmly.
"Romantic? What kind of poison is that?" Emperor Zhaojing was extremely curious. Wasn't it agreed that he would use Qingli?
"That poison will cause a person's face to fester and ooze pus. Even if it is cured, the face will never be the same again." Xie Jingrun explained lightly. What he didn't say was that even if a person who has been poisoned by this poison is cured, their face will be left with terrible scars, just like the scars left by a fire.
Emperor Zhaojing was somewhat surprised, "Is this poison that terrible?"
"It's alright," Xie Jingrun said dismissively.
Emperor Zhaojing's lips twitched slightly. Is this alright?
He hadn't expected him to be so ruthless towards Situ Jin. Although Situ Jin deserved to die, he still felt that Xing Xiu was acting strangely.
"Why did you replace Qingli?" He couldn't help but voice his doubts.
"I was worried that the Empress might have the antidote for Qingli, so I temporarily replaced it with Lanman," Xie Jingrun replied easily.
Upon hearing this, Emperor Zhaojing said nothing more, and instead asked, "By the way, there were no assassins at Fengyi Residence just now. Did you do this on purpose?"
"Yes." Xie Jingrun did not hide anything from him.
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