Xiao Yao felt like he had just taken a nap. After waking up, he was still a little dazed when he saw Xiao Chenyan standing beside the bed.
"Xiao Yan...?" The voice sounded a little uncertain.
"Seventh Uncle." Xiao Chenyan held the hand that Xiao Yao extended and pulled him to slowly sit up.
Xiao Yao's thoughts gradually became clear, and his emotions began to fluctuate: "You're here? What's wrong with me?"
He only remembered that before he fell into a coma, Nanling encountered a locust plague. He took his subordinates out of the city to appease the people and organized the extermination of the locusts. Then he had no memory.
General Lin and Doctor Mo hurried to check the situation. When Xiao Yao heard that he had been poisoned and was unconscious, he frowned. His brows softened when his eyes fell on Qing Wu.
"This is Qingwu, right? I was able to escape danger this time, thanks to you." Xiao Yao said, subconsciously wanting to take out something to give to Qingwu.
With nothing in his hands, he could only smile helplessly: "Seventh Uncle, this is a meeting gift for you. I will definitely make it up to you later."
Qing Wu smiled: "Then I won't be polite."
General Lin was also a little embarrassed, and he bowed to Qing Wu and said, "It was because of me, an old man, that I had a preconceived notion. I almost delayed the treatment of the prince, and I also misunderstood the princess."
Qing Wu looked at the stubborn old man Shi Xi, sighed in her heart, but didn't show it on her face. She nodded and said, "It is a great honor to admit one's mistakes and correct them. The old general misunderstood me, so you can protect me and pay off the debt in the future. It just so happens that I need a family member to support me."
General Lin was stunned, obviously not expecting Qing Wu to hit the snake with a stick.
He did feel guilty for having wronged the girl, but that didn't mean he had really let his guard down.
"Grandpa Lin, if Xiao Chenyan bullies me in the future, I will come to you." Qing Wu blinked.
General Lin: “…”
The old man had a stiff expression and looked at Xiao Chenyan frequently, who looked like an outsider.
General Lin became even more speechless, but Xiao Yao laughed out loud, thinking that this little niece-in-law was quite interesting.
With this smile, the atmosphere in the room became better. General Lin was unhappy. Xiao Chenyan said, "Let's invite the princess first."
General Lin's face darkened slightly, and Xiao Yao also said, "That's right. I suddenly fainted, and Ling Yue must have been worried. Xiao Yan hasn't met your Seventh Aunt yet, right?"
Xiao Chenyan looked at Xiao Yao and said, "Uncle Qi, it was Aunt Qi who poisoned you."
Xiao Yao was stunned, "How is that possible?"
He frowned and laughed, "Absolutely impossible. Your Seventh Aunt is just an ordinary person. She can't even wield a gun, let alone any witchcraft."
Before the change, General Lin also thought so.
After seeing Qing Wu's methods, the old general also wavered.
"Let's invite the princess first."
Xiao Yao nodded, his expression showing disbelief.
Not long after, the Seventh Princess arrived. She had deep facial features, fair skin, and a purple dress and silver jewelry. She didn't look like a woman, and people would believe her if she said she was only in her twenties.
After Gu Lingyue came in, she was not surprised to see other people in the room. After seeing Xiao Yao wake up, she did not show any joy, but sighed instead.
Seeing this, Xiao Yao and General Lin's hearts sank.
"Ling Yue..." Xiao Yao pursed his lips and looked at her.
Gu Lingyue smiled at him and said, "Now that the prince has woken up, I think he has realized it."
"You..." Xiao Yao couldn't believe it: "Did you really cast the curse on me?"
Gu Lingyue nodded.
General Lin and Doctor Mo couldn't believe it.
"Princess, why are you doing this?!"
The three of them couldn't believe that Gu Lingyue had done this, and they looked at her with extremely strange eyes.
Xiao Yao and Gu Lingyue have been married for seven years, and he never knew that the person next to him was capable of such tricks.
Gu Lingyue lowered her eyes and said nothing, obviously not wanting to explain.
Qing Wu glanced at her belly and suddenly said, "You are a remnant of Jiuli."
Gu Lingyue's body trembled and she looked at her.
The expressions of the others changed slightly.
The Great Yong Kingdom was established only sixty years ago, and it is only the third generation so far. Before the Great Yong Kingdom, the world was in turmoil, and various barbarian tribes lived together in the Nanling area. The largest of these southern barbarian tribes was the Jiuli.
The Jiuli people, both men and women, were skilled in the art of witchcraft. However, after the Jiuli were destroyed, the art of witchcraft also disappeared.
The remnant of Jiuli lied that she was an orphan and married her to Xiao Yao, the King of Nanling. She also cast a curse on him during the locust plague. What was she thinking?
From the very beginning, her approach to Xiao Yao was a scam, with ulterior motives.
Xiao Yao stared at her: "I don't believe you will hurt me."
Gu Lingyue lowered her head, making it impossible to tell what she was feeling. "I approached you with bad intentions. Dayong destroyed my country, and I came here to take revenge."
"Seven years of marriage, several life and death experiences, could it be that it's all fake?!"
Gu Lingyue's eyes trembled, and she looked up at Xiao Yao: "National enemies, family feuds, and blood debts. Will you fall in love with your own enemy who wiped out your clan?"
Xiao Yao's face turned deathly pale and he looked at her in disbelief.
Gu Lingyue lowered her eyes and said, "Kill me."
Xiao Yao's eyes were filled with anger of being deceived. He twitched the corners of his mouth in self-mockery, and just as he was about to speak, he spat out a mouthful of blood.
Seeing this, Gu Lingyue subconsciously wanted to step forward, but held herself back.
Doctor Mo quickly checked Xiao Yao's pulse and said, "Your Majesty, you are suffering from depression. You just woke up, so don't get angry anymore."
Xiao Yao wiped the blood from his lips and stared at Gu Lingyue: "Take the princess downstairs first and put her under house arrest. No one is allowed to see her without permission."
"Everyone around the princess will be thrown into the water dungeon for interrogation."
Before being taken away, Gu Lingyue bit her red lips and said, "The people around me are all innocent. They don't know my identity, and I don't have any accomplices. You don't have to interrogate them."
Xiao Yao looked at her and smiled, his elegant face showing a cold and chilling expression: "If you really have no party, and you want to die, who are you trying to save?"
Gu Lingyue looked at him in a daze, but Xiao Yao had closed his eyes and no longer looked at her.
After the people were taken away, the atmosphere in the house became heavy.
Qing Wu spoke up at this time: "Seventh Aunt didn't want to kill Seventh Uncle."
General Lin looked at her unhappily: "It was you who exposed her for casting the curse."
"It's true that he poisoned me, and it's also true that he didn't intend to kill anyone." Qing Wu looked at Xiao Yao: "Uncle Qi, what do you think?"
"I don't believe she would hurt me." Xiao Yao's eyes were sharp, with a hint of struggle and self-mockery: "Maybe she approached me in the beginning with the intention of killing me. In the past seven years, she had plenty of opportunities, but she didn't do it."
General Lin's eyes darkened. The fact that Gu Lingyue was a Jiuli remnant was beyond his expectation. The old man felt that he was getting old and could not judge people well. At this moment, he did not dare to believe his own judgment.
"What about this time? She finally took action."
Xiao Yao was silent.
Xiao Chenyan looked at Qing Wu.
She shrugged and said, "She used a dream poison, which will only make people fall asleep, but will not kill them."
Xiao Yao's eyes lit up.
Qing Wuyu: "Seventh Aunt must have a gang. She doesn't want Seventh Uncle's life, so she wants the people behind her."
"The Jiuli tribe is good at fighting snakes, insects, rats and ants. This locust plague in Nanling may not be a natural disaster, but a man-made one."
The faces of the people in the room all turned grim.
Xiao Yao didn't care about love.
"Although the Jiuli tribe is good at Gu, they live in a vast area of Nanling. There are more than a dozen counties and cities that have been affected by the disaster, and most of the Nanling area has been damaged. Even if the Jiuli tribe has remnants who can control Gu insects, how can they launch an attack at such a short time and have such a wide impact?"
It’s not that the three of them wanted to question Qing Wu’s statement, it’s just that the idea was too far-fetched and unbelievable.
Xiao Chenyan and Qing Wu have been through many things in the capital city together. The ghosts of the underworld colluded with officials in the world to buy and sell human lives. So, who can say that the person behind the locust plague in Nanling must be a living person?
"There must be something wrong when things are out of the ordinary. We just need to catch the one who is causing the trouble. But before that, we must..."
Qing Wu looked at Xiao Yao and said, "Uncle Qi should have someone keep an eye on Aunt Qi. She wants to die but she wants to protect her people. It would be bad if there were two lives for one."
Xiao Yao didn't react at first, but when he came to his senses, he almost jumped out of the bed.
"You...you mean Lingyue is pregnant?!"
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