The emperor was still trying his best to remain calm: "What on earth are you playing at? I'm not in the mood for jokes today!"
Duan Gouqiong shrugged with a helpless expression, "This princess and the Crown Princess had a conflict today, so... the Crown Princess doesn't want to continue pretending. I know that she has been impersonating me, and has been carrying the reputation of being arrogant, domineering, and vicious. It's very hard. Who told me that when this princess first fell in love with the prince, he was just a commoner?"
"In order not to affect the alliance between the two countries and to be with the one I love, I have no choice but to persuade Ni Yueshan to impersonate me. This way, I can have the best of both worlds!"
"Fortunately, I returned to Canglie some time ago, and my father forgave me for my misdeeds!"
Duan Gouqiong kept smiling at Ni Yueshan, then extended her hand: "Good Yueshan, good sister, I know you've had a hard time, but it's so inconsiderate of you to say it like that. Get up!"
"This...Princess, is what you said true?"
A minister stood up and looked at Duan Gouqiong and asked uncertainly.
Duan Gouqiong rolled his eyes at the speaker and said, "Who would dare to lie in front of the Emperor? Don't I look like the real Duan Gouqiong? Shouldn't the Prime Minister have given birth to a daughter as beautiful as Ni Yueshan?"
Afterwards, Duan Gouqiong bent down and pulled Ni Yueshan up from the ground: "Hurry up and get up, don't kneel anymore. You have been enduring all this time for the sake of Canglie and Xianchang's stability. It is indeed wronged for you. Now it is good that you speak out. This princess will no longer be called a lowly maid!"
Ni Yueshan stared at Duan Gouqiong blankly. She was protecting her, and this time, she was no longer willful.
Shao Lecheng also breathed a sigh of relief. He then grabbed Madam Zhai and demanded, "Tell me, what kind of poison did you give the Prime Minister's wife? Yue Shan has already done as you requested. It's time for you to bring out the antidote!"
Madam Zhai looked at Shao Lecheng sarcastically: "My son is dead, and I want that bitch Ni Yueshan's mother to be buried with him!"
Shao Lecheng looked at Madam Zhai angrily, "Hurry up and bring out the antidote, or I will have my father execute all nine generations of the Zhai family!"
Madam Zhai was not afraid at all, she just sneered: "Why?"
"Isn't the charge of poisoning the Prime Minister's wife enough?"
"Hahaha, I poisoned you? Where's the evidence?"
She looked at Shao Lecheng complacently. Shao Lecheng was furious and pushed her to the ground, then kicked her again. Qingdie said anxiously: "Prince, the antidote is urgent!"
"Princess and Princess, follow me. I will interrogate you thoroughly!"
Duan Gouqiong stood still and said anxiously, "Father, it's too late. Madam Zhai has poisoned the Prime Minister's wife. She needs to hand over the antidote quickly, otherwise the Prime Minister's wife will be in danger!"
The emperor paused, frowned, and then looked at the eunuch standing beside him. The eunuch had already noticed Madam Zhai not far away, and he walked towards Madam Zhai knowingly.
Ni Yueshan stood up anxiously and followed him.
The eunuch came to Madam Zhai and anxiously reminded her, "You are so bold! The emperor orders you to take out the antidote!"
Mrs. Zhai just smiled softly and didn't intend to cooperate. Ni Yueshan squatted down anxiously and began to search her body. She found a pill and took it in her hand happily and walked quickly towards Miao Yuan's tent.
When she arrived, Miao Yuan was spitting out blood and was obviously dying. Ni Yueshan ran over, "Mother, mother, antidote, antidote!"
Seeing the imperial physician standing by, Ni Yueshan said anxiously, "Quick, check and see if this is the antidote!"
The doctor took it, sniffed it carefully, and even took a piece to taste it, but in the end he shook his head: "No!"
The anxious and expectant look on Ni Yueshan's face froze in an instant. No!
The ministers who had eaten the melon dispersed after the emperor left. Madam Zhai lay half-dead on the ground, laughing softly. Blood from her mouth dripped into the soil, but she seemed not to feel the pain and kept laughing until she had no strength left to laugh.
At this time, the last person walked slowly towards her. Madam Zhai looked up and saw Jing Chengzhi standing in front of her. He smiled and said, "Well done!"
Madam Zhai wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and the tears on her face. She didn't stand up in a hurry. She just smiled and said, "Thank you, Prince, for telling me. She is Ni Yueshan."
"Don't be polite to me, Madam Zhai. If you do this, you will bring trouble to the entire Zhai family. Do you think it's worth it?"
Madam Zhai laughed again, looking quite crazy: "My master, upon learning that it was the Crown Princess who killed my son, actually advised me not to seek revenge! Haha! He is not worthy of being my son's father!"
Jing Chengzhi squatted down and looked at her, "Aren't you afraid that you will die miserably?"
Madam Zhai frowned, "It was my son who died! It was Ni Yueshan who murdered him! And the Prime Minister's wife was only poisoned and then cleared up. I just uncovered a secret. Why did I die so miserably?"
"Because the antidote is fake..."
Jing Chengzhi spoke very softly, but it made Mrs. Zhai dumbfounded for a moment.
She looked at him steadily, her eyes full of disbelief. Jing Chengzhi curled his lips and said again word by word: "I might as well tell you that your son's death was caused by someone I sent to frame Ni Yueshan."
Mrs. Zhai looked at him in surprise, standing there in a daze.
Jing Chengzhi laughed cruelly, quickly pulled out the hairpin on her head, and then stabbed her in the heart!
Madam Zhai stared with her eyes wide open. She had been stabbed in the heart and grabbed Jing Chengzhi's hand tightly. Jing Chengzhi just said indifferently, "I think you can rest in peace now."
Upon learning that the antidote was fake, Ni Yueshan immediately turned around and ran outside. She wanted to find Mrs. Zhai and force her to tell her the real antidote.
Shao Lecheng looked at her anxiously, "Yueshan, you are pregnant, you can't exercise!"
But Ni Yueshan seemed not to hear and ran very fast, very anxious.
Inside the tent, the imperial physician anxiously wiped the sweat off Miao Yuan's face again and again, watching her vomit blood, but he was helpless. Finally, Miao Yuan calmed down.
Outside the tent, Ni Yueshan fell to the ground. She frowned in pain, but without checking her injuries, she got up and continued running.
But Ni Yueshan stopped herself. She held her stomach, her face pale. Shao Lecheng supported Ni Yueshan and asked anxiously, "What's wrong with you?"
Ni Yueshan clutched her stomach, unable to speak due to the pain. Duan Gouqiong rushed over and said, "You, you are stupid! She must have had a miscarriage. Hurry up and take her to the doctor!"
Qingdie said worriedly, "You go find the imperial physician, and I'll go find Madam Zhai for the antidote!"
Shao Lecheng rushed to Miao Yuan's room holding Ni Yueshan, shouting, "Imperial Physician! Imperial Physician! The Crown Princess has a miscarriage, come and see her!"
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