"Your Majesty, please forgive me, this old monk has arrived late to save you."
Tongji bowed, in the gesture of Amitabha Buddha, holding a Buddhist staff, with that sinister smile still lingering on his lips.
Just now,
He used this Buddhist staff to knock Mi Shan and Xun'er unconscious.
Empress Rouci, still shaken, patted her chest and glared angrily at the two women who had fainted on the ground.
"What was with those poisonous insects just now? Mi Shan, that vixen, I really misjudged her before. I never imagined she would use such insidious methods!"
"This is a Gu poison technique from the Western Regions. It usually uses a furnace to refine Gu. This is the first time I've ever seen someone like her who can carry poisonous insects in her body without suffering any backlash."
Tongji University sighed.
"I must say, she is an extraordinary woman."
Empress Rouci's face flashed with fear and disgust: "What I hate most are these snakes, insects, and rats!"
"No wonder my son was bitten by a poisonous insect for no reason last time, and his face was covered with sores!"
"It must be her doing!"
"I cannot vent my hatred without killing her with my own hands!"
Enraged, Empress Rouci picked up the sword that a guard had dropped and stabbed Mi Shan in the face.
"Mother, please have mercy!"
At the critical moment, Li Xuanche suddenly appeared at the door, drew his bow and shot an arrow.
The arrow struck the sword in the queen's hand.
Empress Rouci was startled, her wrist throbbing with pain. When she looked up at Li Xuanche, a look of surprise appeared in her eyes.
"Che'er, you're finally willing to speak to your mother? How are your injuries? Are they healed?"
There was no blame in her tone, only concern.
Ever since Li Xuanche was injured and taken away during the polo match, and then found again, he seemed to have suffered some kind of blow and didn't say a word.
When bystanders asked him who had saved him,
He just shook his head and didn't say anything.
Everyone is speculating that the eldest prince may have become mentally impaired after being frightened.
Even Li Shengyuan, who had always valued this son, gave up on him.
Now, Li Shengyuan only has the Crown Prince in his eyes. The change of fortunes is truly remarkable.
“Mother, I’m fine,” Li Xuanche didn’t have time to talk to her about these things. He looked down at Mi Shan with complicated eyes. “But she, you must spare her life.”
"Why?"
Empress Rouci was taken aback, a flash of displeasure crossing her eyes.
"Could it be that you've fallen in love with this vixen, Che'er? She's your father's woman, and she's not worthy of your affection! Have you forgotten how badly she hurt you before!"
"That's not the reason!"
Li Xuanche said with a hint of anger, suppressing a trace of annoyance, his eyes struggling: "I... I'm not sure either, but I think what that person said is true!"
"That person? What did he say?" the Empress pressed, her eyes filled with suspicion.
"He told me about my mother. She was killed by my father, but in fact she didn't die. She even gave birth to Mi Shan! This secret is unknown even to my father. I didn't intend to tell anyone, for fear of bringing trouble upon myself!"
But now, Mother, you want to kill Mi Shan.
She is my half-sister, and I desperately hope that my mother will abandon this idea and spare her life.
"Please, I'm begging you!"
After Li Xuanche finished speaking, he was about to kneel down.
Empress Rouci was struck dumb, and instead of reaching out to help him, she took two steps back, nearly falling. Fortunately, Granny Shen and Li Xuanche helped her up together.
He then helped her to her feet.
"Mother, what's wrong?" Li Xuanche asked.
Shen Rouci grabbed his hand in shock: "Che'er, is what you just said true?"
"You and Mi Shan?"
"Mi Shan's mother was also a Gara-Lou? Is this news reliable?"
“I don’t know either, but I think it’s probably true. That person also knows Mi Shan. He has already told Mi Shan this secret. Moreover, my mother and Mi Shan’s mother look exactly alike!”
Empress Rouci trembled all over and could not utter a word.
She felt uneasy, yet couldn't believe it.
"How... how is this possible? How could such a coincidence happen in the world?"
"If Mi Shan is my sister's daughter, then what does it mean that I've been targeting her all this time? My sister's daughter must be someone she cherishes very much, yet I almost killed her. No, that can't be!"
Seeing her so flustered, Tongji University students realized that this result must be very important to her.
He hesitated for a moment before speaking.
"Actually, Your Majesty, if you want to know whether the First Prince and this woman are related by blood, all you need to do is have this old monk take two drops of their blood, and I will cast a divination!"
"There's such a method?"
Empress Rouci was surprised.
The eldest prince nodded eagerly.
Tongji took the blood, placed it on the divination plate, and muttered incantations.
The prayer beads in his hand suddenly began to vibrate.
Two drops of blood rose into the air from the plate.
Circling around the other person.
In the end, they merged into one.
This is absolutely shocking.
“The power of Buddhism is boundless. If Father had known about this method, there would have been no need for the blood test to determine kinship.”
However, Li Xuanche didn't want to dwell on the past.
Moreover, he hadn't expected that his mother would secretly hide Tongji in the palace.
In his current view, everyone in the palace seemed unfathomable.
"So, how did it go?"
Empress Rouci saw the blood mingling and already had a pretty good idea of what was going on, but she still asked with trembling lips.
“Amitabha Buddha, as you can see, their blood has been combined into one. The Crown Prince and this woman are indeed related by blood and are siblings.”
With all the evidence before her, Empress Rouci had no choice but to believe it.
She never imagined that Mi Shan and Jia Luo Rou looked alike because they were mother and daughter!
She assumed that Li Shengyuan had become lustful again and had specifically sought out a substitute who looked like her sister to satisfy his desires.
regret,
Endless regret.
Empress Rouci knelt down, tightly grasped Mi Shan's hand, and stroked her face.
“Mi Shan, wake up,”
"It is I who have wronged you..."
"If it weren't for Che'er, I would have almost accidentally killed my sister's child. And all this time, I've been targeting her... I'm simply..."
Empress Rouci wished she could bang her head against the ground.
The commotion finally woke Mi Shan up.
She immediately grabbed the sword and knife beside her, held them in her hand, and swung them forward.
"Mi Shan, calm down!"
"Li Xuanche!" Mi Shan exclaimed in surprise, looking at him, then at the Empress, and finally at Tongji's face. "What's Tongji doing here! Empress, you're harboring a wanted criminal! Where's Xun'er? Let us leave this place immediately!"
"You're alright, and Xun'er is alright too," Li Xuanche comforted her, trying to take the sword away.
Empress Rouci grabbed the sword blade with her bare hand, letting the blood drip down her cut palm.
Mi Shan looked at her in surprise, only to see that her face was full of tears and her eyes were filled with remorse.
Mi Shan frowned, finding it extremely strange: "Why are you looking at me like that?"
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