On their wedding day, both Jiang Shuyue and Bai Qingyuan wore red clothes, but Jiang Shuyue couldn't get up, while Bai Qingyuan only toasted the guests before returning to the main hall.
"Your Highness, I'm back."
The person on the bed did not respond, so Bai Qingyuan stepped forward to check her breathing. Suddenly, Jiang Shuyue opened her eyes.
With a pale face, she asked with a smile, "Qingyuan, you're back?"
"Yes, Your Highness, I've come to keep you company." Bai Qingyuan smiled and affectionately stroked her face.
"Your Highness, please rest well. You will be better by tomorrow." The tone was extremely gentle, and the expression was full of sincerity.
Jiang Shuyue didn't look at him, and said calmly, "Really? You said the same thing before. You really... want me to get better?"
Bai Qingyuan was taken aback, then smiled and said, "Of course I hope Your Highness can get better. After all, we are husband and wife now."
"Husband and wife...you've been waiting for this day for a long time, haven't you?"
"Yes, I've been waiting for this day."
"Bai Qingyuan, do you really have no idea how I am feeling or whether I can recover?"
Bai Qingyuan finally noticed that something was wrong with Jiang Shuyue.
"What are you saying, Your Highness? I pray for your speedy recovery every day."
"Get well soon? If I really did get well, you'd probably be worried sick all the time, wouldn't you?"
"Isn't my current state all thanks to you?"
Bai Qingyuan's expression finally changed. He suddenly stood up and looked at Jiang Shuyue in disbelief: "You, you..."
"You think your methods are so clever? Bai Qingyuan, are you underestimating me, or overestimating yourself?"
Is she the kind of person who can be blinded by a little favor? She has already become the crown prince, she has contributed a lot to the Jin Dynasty, and she has already made many achievements. Why can't she make these people have even the slightest bit of respect for her?
Does she really look that stupid?
Jiang Shuyue sat up amidst Bai Qingyuan's terrified expression, coldly looking at him: "Bai Qingyuan, you really endured humiliation to harm me. You must be exhausted after all this time?"
"How...how did you know?" These words were tantamount to admitting that he had done it all.
"How would I know? I've investigated the backgrounds of everyone who has entered my Eastern Palace. Do you really think you can hide your little secrets from me?"
Bai Qingyuan was indeed an illegitimate son of the Bai family. Because he was not valued at home and felt that he had no hope of entering officialdom, he began to try every means to find a way.
Finally, they found the people from Hongxi's residence.
Bai Qingyuan hadn't been of much use and wasn't valued by Hong Xi. If things continued like this, he would be abandoned by Hong Xi.
So, he seized the opportunity and entered the Eastern Palace.
This person is indeed quite capable. He remains calm and composed in the Eastern Palace, unlike the others, and always maintains a composed demeanor.
Later, he took the knife for her and successfully reached her side.
"When...when did you find out?"
"When you took the knife for me."
She did save someone at Fuyun Temple back then, but she wasn't sure if that person was Bai Qingyuan. Maybe he made up that identity. If that person had already left the capital, she wouldn't have been able to find out.
"If you want to harm me, at least be serious, right? You don't even know me as a person, yet you're trying to harm me? Let me tell you, the people I trust the least in my life are men."
Bai Qingyuan panicked. Impossible! He had planned everything so meticulously. Impossible! He was about to succeed.
The oppressive aura emanating from Jiang Shuyue made it hard for him to breathe: "I...I didn't mean to kill you, I...I didn't mean to kill you..."
So what?
"You cook and make soup for me every day, putting slow-acting poison in the food, befriending others in the Eastern Palace, and even instigating that little eunuch to sow discord between me and Ye Hui. Oh, by the way, where are your people? They should be arriving soon, right?"
Bai Qingyuan had persisted for so long just for this moment. Once she died, he would be the master of the Eastern Palace. At that time, he could pin any crime on her he wanted.
No sooner had he finished speaking than screams rang out from outside. Bai Qingyuan suddenly laughed: "Too late, all too late. My men are already here. Even if you know, what can you do? It's too late!"
Bai Qingyuan gradually went mad, looking at her with a smug expression.
Clang
The palace door was kicked open, and before Bai Qingyuan could even see the person's face clearly, he was kicked to the ground and fell unconscious.
Xie Linzhou asked worriedly, "Are you alright?"
"Don't worry, he's just a scholar, he can't hurt me."
Bai Qingyuan gave her a slow-acting poison? And wasn't she the same?
Can't you tell? Lately, the dark circles under Bai Qingyuan's eyes haven't gone away, his body is exhausted, and he's almost at the end of his life.
How's it outside?
"Don't worry, everything's been taken care of, even the people behind it have been dealt with."
Jiang Shuyue breathed a sigh of relief: "Oh dear, acting with them for so long has really exhausted me."
"You have to persevere even if you're tired. You'll have to clean up this mess."
"Don't worry, I know."
"By the way, where is Ye Hui?"
"As you instructed, it has been dispatched and will not be back until tomorrow morning."
Jiang Shuyue nodded. By the time he returned, she would be married and see if he regretted it.
That night, the Eastern Palace was surrounded like an iron barrel, and not a single piece of information leaked out.
That night, Jiang Shuyue dealt with the people and made arrangements, and then secretly sent a letter to the emperor.
The next morning, Jiang Shuyue went to the morning court session.
The matter was quite clear. In the imperial court, the emperor lost his temper and immediately arrested Hong Xi and his men, imprisoning them in the imperial prison.
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