Even so.
He still tried his best to fight for his last chance of survival: "It was...it was His Highness the Crown Prince who instructed me to send something over every other day at the third quarter of the hour of Chou (1-3 AM)."
Black Whale released his grip: "For whom?"
"This... I really don't know." The little eunuch trembled all over: "I was just... I was just told to stand at the foot of the south wall of Qingfeng Garden, and when I heard the cuckoo calling, I was to take out the third to last brick and hand over this packet of powder. There was someone inside to receive it. I never spoke to or had any contact with the person who received it."
"If you dare to lie..." the white whale said through gritted teeth, enunciating each word clearly.
"I...how could I dare?"
Perhaps it was because of that cuckoo call just now.
There was no one waiting outside the palace walls of Qingfeng Garden.
The people inside were getting impatient.
Then it imitated the call of a cuckoo: "Cuckoo, cuckoo."
Black Whale took the packet of white powder and followed the eunuch's directions.
Sure enough, a movable brick was removed.
Under the moonlight, a fair and delicate hand reached out from a crack in the brick wall.
The black whale grabbed the hand.
The once pitch-black Qingfeng Garden was instantly illuminated.
Consort Zhen came out of her palace.
"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would never have imagined that the person who betrayed me was you, Pearl." Consort Zhen walked towards Pearl step by step.
"Consort Zhen... Consort Zhen, I..."
Pearl struggled fiercely, the rough brick wall scraping her hands, leaving bloody welts, but she felt no pain at all.
She just wanted to break free from the person's control as soon as possible.
However, the black whale held on tightly, giving her no chance at all.
"Your Majesty, please let me explain, I..." Pearl's forehead instantly broke out in a fine layer of sweat: "I..."
"Since you don't want to talk about it, then wait until tomorrow when you see the Emperor and tell him!" After saying that, Consort Zhen turned and walked towards her palace.
"Your Majesty," Pearl cried anxiously, tears streaming down her face. "Your Majesty, I have my reasons, Your Majesty."
Consort Zhen paused, then ordered someone to release her: "Bring her in."
Pearl knelt before Consort Zhen and wept continuously.
"If you have nothing to say, go stay in the woodshed. It's getting late, I need to rest." Consort Zhen yawned lazily. "You should also think it over carefully. I'll report this matter to the Emperor first thing tomorrow morning."
“Your Majesty, it was…it was the First Prince.” Pearl pondered for a moment: “The First Prince asked me to add that white powder to your medicine.”
"The Crown Prince!?" Consort Zhen's eyes trembled, and her temples throbbed twice.
She's been in the palace for so long.
It seems she has never met anyone from the First Prince's side.
A complete stranger.
Why would you go to such lengths to harm her?
Consort Zhen really couldn't understand the reason behind this.
I just felt a pounding in my chest.
If it weren't for Consort Shu coming to visit her that day and discovering some clues...
I'm afraid she'll continue taking this medicine.
The consequences would be unimaginable.
"Pearl, you've been by my side since you were little. What benefits did the First Prince give you that made you so willing to take my life?" Consort Zhen felt a chill in her heart.
"No, Your Majesty, please believe me, I never wanted you to die." Pearl sobbed uncontrollably, "The First Prince told me that these medicines were only meant to make you weak and unable to serve him in bed, not to kill you."
Consort Zhen sneered: "So, you believed it and mixed these poisons into my medicine every day?"
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