Surrounded by the crowd, the woman slowly walked toward the incense altar.
Her gaze swept over everyone present, finally settling on Luo Pinzheng.
Su Qinghe stared at her, secretly guessing her identity.
At this moment, Luo Pinzheng stepped out from the crowd, a smile on her face, and bowed to the woman.
"Sir, you must be tired from your journey. The incense altar is ready. Would you like to begin now?"
Yuan Tongjun looked around, and when she saw the family officials, she nodded in satisfaction.
"No rush, everyone's here already?" She glanced at each of their faces.
Luo Pinzheng nodded and took out a booklet from his sleeve and handed it over.
"Everyone is here. This is the list of personnel for this trip. Please take a look, sir."
Yuan Tongjun took the document and carefully examined it, then looked up and searched through the crowd. "Who is Qin Anmin?"
Upon hearing this, Luo Pinzheng turned around and pulled Qin Anmin out.
"My lord, she is the captain of Tianhe County."
Qin Anmin was pulled out, and he pretended to be flustered, letting Yuan Tongjun look him over.
Yuan Tongjun glanced at it twice, then smiled and said:
"Commander Qin is a pragmatic man who is willing to hand over his troops. After the matter is settled, I will definitely speak well of you to Mother. At that time, promotion and advancement will be just a matter of a word."
She patted Qin Anmin on the shoulder, very satisfied that she had voluntarily handed over the token for troop mobilization.
Qin Anmin smiled ingratiatingly.
"I am willing to follow your lofty ambitions, sir. Promotion and titles are meaningless to me. I only ask to serve you in the future."
Her flattery delighted Yuan Tongjun, who developed a very good impression of Qin Anmin.
"Alright, now that everyone's here, let's get started! I'm getting a little tired."
Yuan Tongjun gave the order, and Jing Tian immediately began.
The monks began to get busy, and the others followed suit by offering incense. However, Luo Zi'an used an excuse to come to Luo Pinzheng's side.
He lowered his voice and asked Luo Pinzheng.
"Mother, why don't I see the head of the Su family?"
Upon hearing this, Luo Pinzheng's face turned extremely ugly, and she glared at Luo Zi'an.
"This is none of your business. Just focus on serving the master and don't say anything else."
Luo Zian clenched his fists, not daring to disobey his mother, and obediently nodded. He then retreated to Yuan Tongjun's side, but he still did not give up searching for Su Qinghe's figure in the crowd.
It wasn't that he liked Su Qinghe; he just wanted to see her now that she was a prisoner.
Now that he has climbed up to this important person, even though he is a minor prince, he is still a member of the royal family. If he has a daughter in the future, she will still have a chance to inherit the title.
Everything he has now is something that Su Qinghe could never achieve as a concubine.
Although Su Qinghe hadn't said more than a few words to him from beginning to end, the thought that he might have become her Xiao Jun just a few days ago filled him with excitement because of the huge difference in their relationship.
The ceremony to pay homage to Heaven ended quickly, and Yuan Tongjun was surrounded by a group of people as she began to have lunch, with Su Qinghe following far behind.
As she watched everyone finish their meals, a hint of excitement flashed in Su Qinghe's eyes.
A while later, a soldier clutched his stomach and collapsed to the ground.
"What's going on?!"
Yuan Tongjun was so shocked that she immediately spat out the food she hadn't swallowed yet.
Ouch! My stomach.
"No, I need to use the restroom!"
Many soldiers put down their bowls, clutching their stomachs with contorted expressions.
Upon seeing this, Luo Pinzheng was greatly alarmed.
Yuan Tongjun had already vomited up what she had eaten, and the doctor beside her quickly took her pulse and gave her medicine.
"Luo Pinzheng, what exactly is going on?"
Ignoring Luo Zian's attempts to dissuade her, Yuan Tongjun grabbed Luo Pinzheng by the collar.
Luo Pin was shaking his leg.
"My lord! I had no idea! The physician beside you just said there was no poison!"
In fact, she had a rough idea that it was Su Qinghe who did it, but she didn't dare to tell Yuan Tongjun.
Half of the soldiers on the field had already fallen, and Yuan Tongjun was in a panic.
"Quickly, bring all the soldiers outside the temple in."
As soon as she finished speaking, her attendant immediately fired a signal.
With so many people, even with a doctor by her side, there weren't enough medicines.
"Tell them to vomit everything they've eaten right away, induce vomiting! Quickly!"
Yuan Tongjun roared, while the guards beside her, who had already been given the antidote by the physician, now surrounded her warily.
The monks who were in charge of cooking, as well as the officials and their families, were also surrounded.
Su Qinghe waited patiently for the newly transferred officers and soldiers to come in.
After a period of vomiting, half of the original soldiers remained on the field.
With so many more soldiers around, Yuan Tongjun's tense heart gradually calmed down.
After being on guard for so long, the person who administered the drug didn't make any move. They must not have expected that there were so many soldiers lying in ambush outside, so they dared not show themselves easily.
Thinking of this, Yuan Tongjun's impression of Qin Anmin improved considerably.
Fortunately, her troops have now surrendered to him, otherwise today would have been a very dangerous day.
Seeing that Yuan Tongjun's complexion had improved considerably, Luo Pinzheng finally dared to speak.
"My lord, our troops are everywhere in the temple, so no outsiders could possibly get in. Otherwise, they would have been discovered long ago. The only ones responsible for cooking are these monks. I suspect they must have tampered with the food."
Now that Su Qinghe could not be found and the crisis had been resolved, Luo Pinzheng naturally shifted the blame to the monks.
"Is that so?" Yuan Tongjun's eyes turned fierce as she turned to look at the monks.
The monks were so frightened that they huddled together in a ball.
"Sir! We don't have any, sir! We stay in the temple all day, where would we get so much medicine!"
They explained in alarm, but Wu Wang remained silent, his eyes darting anxiously around.
This laxative was given to him by Benefactor Su. She said she wouldn't let anything happen to them, but why hasn't she shown up yet?
Wu Wang couldn't help but begin to doubt whether he had trusted the wrong person.
Looking at the group of monks, Yuan Tongjun couldn't hide the murderous intent in her eyes.
"Heh! I was originally thinking of letting you live a few more days, but now it seems I'd rather send you to meet the King of Hell sooner rather than later!"
"Kill them!"
She shouted, but before the soldiers could make a move, one of her guards suddenly screamed and fell to the ground.
"who!"
The sudden turn of events caused Yuan Tongjun's heart to race again. She quickly grabbed a shield from a nearby soldier and used it to shield herself.
Seeing this, Luo Pinzheng followed suit.
The soldiers below looked around, but couldn't find where the hidden weapon had come from.
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