"Weren't you quite smug and arrogant when you had people targeting me before?"
The princess remained silent, but inwardly she thought: "Isn't this a case of times changing?" Before, she felt that Yunzhi's fate was in her own hands, and she could do whatever she wanted with her. But now, Yunzhi was the butcher, and she was the fish on the chopping block; naturally, she was afraid.
Seeing that the other person remained silent, Yunzhi didn't provoke her further. It's said that villains die from talking too much. Although she wasn't a villain, if she talked too much nonsense and wasted time, things could easily go wrong.
Therefore, she poured out a pill of the slow-acting poison from the bottle, pinched the princess's mouth, and forced her to swallow it.
Once the poison had completely entered her stomach, he released her hand and said with a smile, "Princess, this is a gift from me. Enjoy it."
"Your Highness, let's go."
After saying that, Yunzhi stood up, preparing to leave. The poison had been administered; she had no interest in sending the princess back to her residence. She'd rather wait for her people to come and fetch her.
"Alright!" Dongli Lu Cang nodded with a smile, took Yunzhi's hand, and left the house. As he reached the door, he turned back to look at the Princess.
The eldest princess was watching them leave when she met Dong Li Lu Cang's gaze, which made her feel as if her heart was being tightly gripped by a large hand.
Dong Li Lu Cang's gaze was terrifying, as if he could tear her to pieces with just one look.
Out of fear, the princess quickly averted her gaze and tried to stand up on her own. She had only fainted, and even if she had been injured, it was just a minor, superficial wound.
Therefore, it will not affect her actions at all, much less her departure.
She had only been standing up for a short while when she felt as if a million insects were tearing at her body, causing her unbearable pain.
She used to say she wanted to make others wish they were dead. At this moment, she felt that she herself was wishing she were dead, and wished she could just end it all.
However, she couldn't bear to die. She knew that only by living could there be endless possibilities. If she died, not only would she be unable to avenge her son, but her daughter would also lose her mother and might be abandoned by the Shi family in the future.
Therefore, she absolutely cannot die; she must live.
The eldest princess thought of her daughter and desperately endured it, using her strong will to restrain her self-harming behavior.
Time passed slowly, but the pain grew stronger with each wave. Whenever the princess was on the verge of collapse, she would think of her daughter, the Empress Dowager and the Emperor in the palace, and her son's death.
With this belief, she finally survived the onset of the poison. However, although she pulled through, she was in poor condition. Her body was sticky and she looked disheveled. In addition, she was not in good spirits, as if she had just recovered from a serious illness.
At that moment, all she wanted to do was take a good shower and then go to bed.
But now, not only was she alone, but the ground was littered with corpses. Finally, overwhelmed with grief, she decided to drive the carriage back to the princess's residence herself.
But how could someone of her noble birth possibly drive a carriage? Not only could she not drive, she nearly overturned it. In the end, she had no choice but to wait there, hoping her servants would notice she hadn't returned home and come looking for her.
As darkness fell, Princess Langhua prepared for dinner.
Thinking that her mother, who had gone out at noon, had not returned, she couldn't help but ask the nanny in her mother's courtyard, "Nanny Fang, did my mother say when she would be back when she went out?"
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