Chapter 405 Oh, Zhaoyue!
When the eyes of the royal heirs fell on the haggard and dying figure, they almost dared not recognize him.
The third princess, Qin Zhaowan, rushed to the front. When she saw her mother's appearance at the moment, her legs went weak and she fell to her knees with a thud.
He reached out his hand tremblingly and held the hand that was now covered with wrinkles.
The touch from her fingertips made her heart ache and tears instantly burst out.
How could it be...how could it be like this!
The fourth princess, Qin Zhaoshu, followed closely behind and knelt beside him.
His eyes, which were always calm as water, were now filled with disbelief and shock. His face was completely pale and he was biting his lower lip tightly.
The fifth prince Qin Jingzhan was completely stunned, as if all his strength had been drained away, and his body went limp and collapsed to the ground.
He stared blankly at his mother lying on the ground, his lips trembling constantly as he unconsciously muttered the word "Queen Mother".
As if he had lost his soul, he moved forward little by little on his knees, as if this would bring him closer and closer to his mother.
The three youngest children were so frightened by the scene that their faces turned pale.
The suppressed, broken sobs echoed softly in the silent imperial study.
Tears fell like beads from a broken string, pattering onto the cold ground.
Qin Minghuang's gaze slowly and laboriously swept across the faces of each child.
The reluctance and worry almost filled her chest, but she forced them down.
She knew that she might not be able to wait until everyone was present.
At this moment, Chu Xinglan's face suddenly darkened, "No, I can't lock up your majesty's vitality, it's still fading!"
With the suppression of the "domain", the rate at which vitality disappears is indeed slowed down.
I originally thought that with her strength at the second level, she could suppress and absorb whatever poison His Majesty was infected with.
But the current situation is that vitality is still fading.
"No! This is an extremely vicious life-giving poison. I can only suppress it with difficulty, but I can't hold out for long!"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was shocked.
Even a second-level cultivator couldn't suppress it?
Qin Zhaoyue was stunned when he heard this.
From the first moment she saw the Queen Mother's condition, she had already guessed it.
Because I had seen it once while on a disaster relief mission.
Sure enough, the methods of those lingering sorcerers are exactly the same.
Little did she know that the poison His Majesty was poisoned with was several times more potent than the one used on Qin Zhaoqiong.
The speed at which vitality burns is as rapid as throwing new firewood into a raging fire.
The reason why Qin Zhaoyue didn't take action immediately was because Chu Xinglan took the lead.
I thought that the other party had a "human plate", which was of the same origin as her "sky plate", and his realm was higher than hers, so he should be able to suppress it.
But now it seems that her true energy doesn't have that effect? Is it only the Heavenly Plate that has it among the three plates?
Qin Minghuang used up all his strength when he heard this, his eyes fixed on Su Quan. Although his voice was weak, it was filled with unquestionable determination.
"Su Quan... decreed... that the Third Princess, Qin Zhaowan... should be the regent..."
"no!"
The tragic and oppressive atmosphere in the imperial study suddenly stagnated, as if an invisible hand was strangling its throat.
Everyone's eyes, filled with astonishment, confusion, and even scrutiny, were focused on Qin Zhaoyue who suddenly spoke.
It was she who, at this critical moment, decisively refuted His Majesty's dying will!
Anyone can clearly see that His Majesty is already at the end of his life, with only a thread of life left.
Even Chu Xinglan, who was at the second level, tried his best, but he could only barely lock the vitality that was swaying like a candle in the wind, and delay its complete extinguishing.
His Majesty skipped Princess Fengchu who was far away in the northern border and directly announced that the third princess would be the regent. It was clear that he was preparing for the worst case scenario.
In order to prevent his sudden death from causing turmoil in the court, he must immediately establish a legitimate backbone.
The meaning of speaking out against it at this moment is really intriguing.
The atmosphere instantly became extremely strange and stagnant. Could it be that... this Sixth Prince, who has always been lazy and unruly, actually developed the inappropriate desire to seize the throne at this moment?
When thinking of this, countless gazes became complicated.
Qin Zhaoyue bit her lower lip tightly, looking extremely ugly.
Do you think she wants to be the first to speak out?
Just now, the book of merit in her mind opened automatically again without any warning, and words appeared on a new page.
In the fourteenth year of Taiwei, on the day of Bailu, the Empress Qin Minghuang was assassinated in the imperial study, and her life was hanging by a thread, in danger at any moment.
Stabilize the territory, ensure national prosperity and people's well-being, and bring peace to the world.
Merit value: Unknown. 】
After the previous experience of treating Pei Xueqiao and elder sister Qin Zhaoqiong, Qin Zhaoyue already knew how much miraculous vitality was contained in the true energy transformed through the Book of Merit.
It is no exaggeration to say that as long as she has one breath left, she has the possibility of changing her fate.
What's more, she has successful experience in dealing with this so-called vitality poison, and she can solve it.
But there is a crucial premise: treatment requires a huge amount of merit points.
And this is what she lacks most now!
In order to break through to the Divine Martial Realm, he had just squandered a large amount of inventory. The number displayed on the merit book was now pitifully low, not enough to support a thorough treatment.
Qin Zhaoyue stood up suddenly, rushed forward a few steps, and unceremoniously kicked away the limp and distraught Fifth Prince with his toes.
"Get out of the way! Make way!"
The third and fourth princesses who were standing in front of the Queen Mother immediately raised their heads and looked at her, their eyes inevitably showing a bit of vigilance.
"Sixth sister?" His voice was full of confusion and doubt.
Qin Zhaoyue gave them a big eye roll, with her usual exaggerated and impatient tone.
"No way, no way?
Does anyone really think that I, Qin Zhaoyue, would jump out at this time to seize the throne?"
She stretched out her finger and pointed at herself in disbelief.
"Please look carefully, it's me!
It’s Zhaoyue, the one who would rather lie down than sit, who can’t wake up and can’t play enough every day!
Make me get up before dawn every day to attend court and review piles of memorials until late at night?
Do you think I'm living too comfortably and want to kill me this way?"
The imperial study fell into dead silence.
These words... at first glance, do sound like the kind of twisted logic that the Sixth Prince would come up with.
Her lazy and playful nature was known to everyone in the court. It was really hard to imagine her handling state affairs.
However, after all, it is the position of the supreme ruler, the pinnacle of power in the world. Faced with such temptations and unpredictable human hearts, who can truly guarantee it?
Qin Zhaoyue's face became increasingly ugly, almost as black as the bottom of a pot. Did she think she wanted to take on this mess?
"Get out of the way! I can save the Queen Mother's life!"
Shock instantly replaced doubt, "Sixth sister, are you serious?!"
Qin Zhaoyue was too lazy to waste any more words with them. Time was of the essence now.
She went straight ahead and grabbed the arms of her two sisters one by one.
Now that their realm is suppressed, the third and fourth princesses have no chance of resisting.
She pulled him away without explanation, and he retreated repeatedly, giving up the most important position.
Qin Zhaoyue had a sour face, as if someone owed her tens of thousands of taels of silver.
He squatted down and gently pressed his palm near the wound on the Queen Mother's heart.
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