"You dare to take the poison given by the Queen Mother? Are you crazy about the money?" Lin Jinghan rolled her eyes at him and didn't take the note - is he bullying her because she can't recognize a few words?
"Didn't the princess say that anyone who doesn't make money is a fool?" Sikong Zhan raised his eyebrows. Without him exerting any strength, the note in his hand instantly turned into powder.
"Okay, since you are not afraid of death, why should I be afraid!" She took out the bottle of poison, shook it, and placed it in front of Sikong Zhan.
On this side, after Sikong Ling returned to the yard, the worry and self-blame on her face disappeared instantly. She smiled with satisfaction, opened the mechanism in the bedroom, and entered the secret room.
In the secret room, a man who was more beautiful than the woman was lazily leaning on the beauty couch, drinking from his wine glass intermittently. When he heard the sound of the door opening outside, he sat up, hurriedly tidied his appearance, and then half-lying with his head propped up, posing the posture he was most satisfied with. The moment he saw Sikong Ling, a smile suddenly burst out of his eyes, like a bright star in the night sky, dazzling.
"Ling'er, I knew you would come to see me."
"How's your recovery?" Sikong Ling seemed not to see the light in his eyes and didn't even give him a smile.
"With Ling'er's care, I will recover soon!" He stood up, walked to Sikong Ling, and reached out to pull her.
Sikong Ling's eyes flashed with disgust, but she did not dodge and let him hold her hand.
"Last time, we failed because we didn't expect Sikong Zhan to have such a powerful poison and magic weapon. This time, Sikong Zhan was seriously injured. This is the best time for us to get rid of him. Go back and make a good plan. This time, you must take Sikong Zhan's life!"
"Sikong Zhan, I will kill him sooner or later." He moved closer to Sikong Ling, wanting to kiss her. "Ling'er, we haven't seen each other for several days. Do you miss me? I miss you every day..."
Sikong Ling dodged him and withdrew her hand. "Ye Cangmang, I know your feelings, and I hope you can understand mine. When I take control of the Jingnan Army and help you recapture Cangmang Villa, that will be the day I marry you."
Ye Cangmang was not annoyed at not being able to get close to the beauty, "Don't worry, Ling'er, this day won't be long."
Sikong Ling opened the secret passage and Ye Cangmang left through the secret passage.
After Ye Cangmang walked away, Sikong Ling closed the secret passage and snorted coldly: "How dare a mere gangster covet her! When she takes control of the Jingnan Army, he will be the first one to be killed!"
When they reached the end of the secret passage, Ye Cangmang smiled coldly, took out a handkerchief and carefully wiped the hand that had grabbed Sikong Ling, and then threw the handkerchief away without any care.
Early that morning, Prince Jingnan's palace sent someone hurriedly to the palace to invite the imperial physician, saying that Prince Jingnan had been poisoned and was in critical condition.
The emperor immediately sent an imperial physician to Prince Jingnan's mansion to treat Prince Jingnan. After the diagnosis, the imperial physician was horrified and did not dare to prescribe medicine. He hurried back to the palace to report to the emperor.
The emperor and the empress dowager were eagerly awaiting the imperial physician's reply. They learned from the imperial physician that Prince Jingnan had been poisoned, and the poison was given by the empress dowager. The empress dowager and the emperor smiled at each other, feeling relieved.
Lin Jinghan wore the princess's formal attire, entered the palace sadly, and went straight to the Queen Mother.
"Empress Dowager, Jinghan has already completed what you instructed. I wonder if the Empress Dowager will fulfill her promise to Jinghan now?"
As long as Prince Jingnan was still alive, the Queen Mother naturally had to calm Lin Jinghan down first. She signaled the nanny to take out the banknote and hand it to Lin Jinghan, "I will never break my promise."
Lin Jinghan happily accepted the banknote and said some nice things while tentatively asking, "Empress Dowager, what about those who falsely accused me? Also, when will Wu Yan be handed over to me for punishment?"
"I have already executed those people. This is the case file from the Ministry of Justice. You can take a look at it to put your mind at ease." At the Queen Mother's signal, the nanny handed a case file to Lin Jinghan. Lin Jinghan could recognize some words now. She opened it and read it seriously. She saw words like "false accusation" and "execution" written on it. The Queen Mother should not have lied to her.
Then, he quietly took Lin Jinghan to the place where Wu Yan was imprisoned - the Ministry of Justice Prison.
The nanny held the empress dowager's token, and the two of them successfully entered the Ministry of Justice prison. As they walked in, they could always hear people wailing and crying out for injustice. Coupled with the darkness, dampness, and the stench of decay, Lin Jinghan's nose was more sensitive than that of ordinary people, so it was extremely uncomfortable.
Fortunately, they soon arrived at Wu Yan's cell. The nanny handed Lin Jinghan a medicine bottle and said to the jailer, "According to the Queen Mother's decree, Wu Yan will be executed secretly. It will be announced to the public that Wu Yan committed suicide by taking poison. Understand?"
"Understood!" The jailer nodded and bowed, ordered someone to open the cell door and hold down the tied Wu Yan. Lin Jinghan pricked Wu Yan with a golden needle, and Wu Yan opened his mouth automatically, and the poison rolled into his mouth.
She punched him in the stomach, and Wu Yan was forced to swallow the poison.
Soon, he vomited black blood, fell to the ground, convulsed for a while, and then became motionless. The jailer came forward to check and reported: "He's dead."
"Satisfied?" asked the nanny.
Lin Jinghan nodded, turned and left, her eyes red. She raised her eyes and held back her tears: Wu Yan is finally dead, mother, you can rest in peace now...
In an inn in the capital.
A man in black dressed like a gangster entered the inn, went to the No. 1 room on the second floor, and knocked on the door.
"Come in." Another man's voice came from the guest room. The man in black gently opened the door and walked in respectfully.
In the guest room, a man was playing chess alone. He was dressed in purple, with a ruby-red barbarian-patterned belt tied around his waist. He wore a jade crown to hold his hair together. He was tall and slender, and wore a golden dragon-shaped mask. He looked extremely noble.
The man in black knelt down and saluted, "My Lord, it has been confirmed that Prince Jingnan was indeed poisoned - Tianya Duanchang Powder."
"Oh?" The purple-robed man, known as the Master, placed his black piece onto the chessboard and picked up a white piece. "I heard that the Prince of Jingnan's newly married wife is good at detoxifying. She was the one who detoxified the Prince of Jingnan last time."
"I heard that Princess Jingnan was at her wit's end this time. With nowhere else to turn, she went to the palace to beg the Emperor and the Empress Dowager of Donglin, but in the end, she got nothing and returned to the palace in tears. The Jingnan Palace has now closed its doors and refused to allow anyone to visit. I think they are preparing for a retreat." The man in black did not even raise his head, still crawling on the ground.
"That's right. There's no cure for the 'Tianya Duanchang Powder'. How can a little girl do it?" The purple-clothed man threw the white piece in his hand casually. The white piece just happened to block the black piece's last breath - the black piece lost.
"But, Prince Jingnan is still Prince Jingnan after all. As long as he's still alive, there's no guarantee that something might happen. I've finally made it to the capital, so it's time to meet Prince Jingnan."
Prince Jingnan's Palace.
Lin Jinghan returned home crying and went straight to Gaoyuan Hall, where she saw Sikong Ling standing at the door, her face pale, her eyes red, and a stubborn look on her face.
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