This peaceful coexistence lasted for a few days, but unexpectedly, things changed in an instant.
One night, a group of fierce-looking, armored guards with swords stormed into the tyrant cub's dilapidated, leaky burrow and took him away without a word.
A six- or seven-year-old child carrying it would look like carrying a salted fish.
Upon hearing the commotion, Princess Yu'er cursed the troublemaker and fell silent, while the palace servants who were attending to her ignored her.
Shen Jiao followed closely, furious.
She knew that Shunsui was a cunning and wicked man, and even half a bowl of his scheming words would be so dark that you couldn't see the bottom.
The True Man Shunsui suggested to the Yan Emperor that the only way to save one's life is to refine an elixir of immortality. However, since the world follows the cycle of blooming and withering flowers and the passage of time, there is no such thing as an elixir of immortality.
Unfortunately, the Yan Emperor was obsessed with power, wealth, and beauty, and he listened to everything the Shun Sui Zhenren said, thinking that he could be emperor for another five hundred years!
Upon hearing that the medicine would be made from the blood of a blood relative, the Yan Emperor did not hesitate at all and summoned all the children to stand in a row.
There were about thirty of them, big and small.
Master Shunsui glanced at it, but didn't say how many to keep. He just slowly mentioned a few days.
"The fifth day of the fifth lunar month, the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, the thirteenth day of the seventh lunar month..."
Emperor Yan gestured, and the eunuchs beside him used the birth register to find the suitable princesses or princes one by one.
Those who were chosen were mostly teenagers, who were confused and fearful.
"Your Majesty, the seventh prince, who was born on the fifteenth of August, is not here," the eunuch suddenly said.
The Emperor of Yan glared angrily: "Who is the Seventh Prince? Where is he? Why aren't you here? How dare you disobey my orders, you unfilial son!"
The old eunuch leaned closer and whispered a few words.
No wonder the Seventh Prince is not here. Despite his princely status, he doesn't even have anyone to serve him, and no one informed him of such an important matter.
Emperor Yan suddenly realized that it was that little beast, and immediately ordered his guards to capture Ji Yan.
"Immortal, oh immortal, meeting you is truly my blessing. Just thinking that you will reign for another hundred years fills me with joy, I am so happy..."
"Your Majesty, rest assured, I will certainly not fail in my mission."
After saying this, the tyrant cub was sent to the palace of the sage-king Shunsui to refine medicine.
If this were just a fluke, Shen Jiao would only be so angry because of the incompetent ruler and the unfairness of fate.
What's infuriating is that this was orchestrated by the Empress and the Immortal Shunsui.
As soon as rumors of refining the elixir of immortality spread, the concubines in the harem who had children became restless. The leading ladies had no choice but to seek advice from the Empress.
Even if the real person guarantees that only a little blood is needed each day and it will not endanger the child's life, what mother would want her child to be this unjustly killed?
The Empress was also in a state of great distress. She had given birth to a Crown Prince who was strong and healthy, and if judged solely on his physical qualities, he would have been an extremely easy candidate to be chosen.
So she told His Majesty the Immortal Shunsui how many sons he had, that his maternal family was powerless and out of favor, and that they could be considered, and offered him a large sum of money.
Having received the money, Master Shunsui naturally had to do his job, and so, right under Shen Jiao's nose, he kidnapped the person.
...
The thought of drawing blood from the heart filled Shen Jiao with dread, and her brows remained furrowed.
It's so tough for the cubs.
But she couldn't hold on any longer.
Xiao Ji Yan, on the contrary, remained calm and smiled nonchalantly, "At least there's food here, right?"
As long as there is food, the basic need to survive can be met.
Shen Jiao shook her head, then nodded, feeling powerless and weak, and extremely frustrated.
I feel like I'm even losing my hair from anxiety in my dreams, what should I do?
Shen Jiao then discovered that Master Shunsui did not intend to refine an elixir of immortality; he simply wanted to openly use resources to test drugs.
With the Yan Emperor as their backer, it was as if they had a protective umbrella.
This incident reminded Shen Jiao of the group of alchemists in the Southern Border who had no moral bottom line and were extremely crazy.
So, this scourge has come to hide in the Great Yan.
The days of testing drugs on cubs were not easy. While ensuring that they would not die, Shun Sui Zhenren would force-feed them all sorts of random drugs.
Sometimes Xiao Ji Yan foams at the mouth, sometimes she has convulsions, sometimes she talks nonsense, and sometimes she loses her mind...
In short, every scene was like a sharp knife piercing Shen Jiao's heart.
Nevertheless, she stayed by his side without leaving for a moment, her hand loosely holding his small hand.
The other cubs, who were raised on expensive and refined food, died within a few days.
Along with the other test subjects, Master Shunsui ordered people to dig a pit in the garden and bury them all. By the end of summer, the garden was filled with vibrant corpse flowers from the southern borderlands.
"Is this all you're going to eat?" Shen Jiao asked, trying to control her trembling voice.
"I'll die if I don't eat it." Little Ji Yan said listlessly, stuffing the corpse flower into her mouth.
Even though it was hard to swallow, he tried his best to swallow all the food that filled his stomach.
To ensure the cubs were on an empty stomach, that bastard Shunsui Zhenren barely fed them, and even moldy steamed buns became an unattainable food.
Shen Jiao couldn't help but say, "But this is poisonous."
"So what if it's there?" Xiao Ji Yan raised her head. "Aren't these the same plants I drink every day? How could they be more poisonous than me?"
For some reason, Shen Jiao could detect a hint of smugness in those words. It seemed that the tyrant had been destined to become a madman since childhood.
She wanted to laugh, but suddenly burst into tears, her face streaked with sobs.
Why, even in dreams, can't I lend him a hand...?
The days passed in this agonizing way. Shen Jiao couldn't remember how long he had been with Xiao Ji Yan. The palace was empty and desolate. One batch of patients were tested for medicine after another, but he was the only one who survived from beginning to end.
The cub's will to survive is almost twisted, yet it is stronger than that of an ordinary person.
Master Shunsui also discovered that Xiao Jiyan was no ordinary person, so he increased the dosage of the medicine that day.
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