Xiahou Qing glared at him fiercely and said, "Tell me, who gave you the Heartbreak Grass?"
After Yao Chen coughed up two mouthfuls of blood, he smiled and replied, "Ahem, of course it's my father."
Xiahou Qing had had enough of his triumphant expression and grabbed Yao Chen's neck, saying, "I'm warning you, don't play tricks on me. I'll crush you to death as easily as an ant."
For someone like Yao Chen who had already died once, this kind of trivial and insignificant scene wouldn't frighten him at all: "Lord Xiahou may have forgotten that Emperor Gan Zhao also lived here before. When he knew you would use him, he planted a lot of flowers and plants in the yard. The heartbreak grass is among those flowers and plants."
"...Don't you want to die? I will grant your wish now!" Just when Yao Chen's neck was about to be broken in Xiahou Qing's hands, a burst of rapid gongs and drums suddenly came from outside the palace, giving Yao Chen a chance to survive.
"What's that sound!"
Lu Mu stood outside the palace, not knowing what Xiahou Qing was doing inside, and not daring to go in easily. After hearing Xiahou Qing's question, he said, "Pavilion Master, this is bad! There's a fire in the palace!"
Xia Houqing's eyes were red as he threatened again: "Tell me, who is helping you behind the scenes, is it Wang Yanzhou or Hua Wuxin?"
Yao Chen, who was originally poisoned and had little time left, seemed to be regaining his composure at this moment, and spoke without even stuttering: "Wang Yanzhou is thousands of miles away, and Hua Wuxin, a dignified black market boss, what does he have to do with me? Lord Xiahou, why don't you think about whether it is because you have done too many bad things in your daily life and you are getting retribution."
Xiahou Qing fiercely picked up Yao Chen and threw him to the ground, then said to Lu Mu, "Hmph, keep an eye on him. I want him to stay alive for another month."
Lu Mu's body trembled slightly, and he said hesitantly: "Pavilion Master, this..."
Xiahou Qing said coldly: "Why, you can't even do such a small thing? Do you still need me to teach you how to do it?"
Lu Mu hurriedly explained: "Master, please forgive me for speaking frankly. Unless you ask Chen Xin to come, or find the black pearl of the Ouyang family, otherwise, it is really..."
Xiahou Qing's eyes changed. "Since we can't keep him, let him fend for himself. You're not doing a good job in this matter, so you have to replace Yao Chen and stay in the East Palace. You can show up when needed."
Lu Mu looked up at Xia Houqing in disbelief. Did he mean to completely ruin his life? Xia Houqing's disguise skills were indeed superb, but it would ruin his current face, which was fine; letting him stay here would be like going to jail, and if Yao Chen was useless in the future, wouldn't that mean he was useless too?
For Tianshu Tower, useless people have no value except to be used as fertilizer after death: "Pavilion Master!"
Xiahou Qing lifted his chin and carefully examined his face, which he had never noticed before. He nodded and said, "Well, you can be considered a handsome man; it's just a pity for your face. What, you want to say you don't want to now?"
Lu Mu lowered his head with a flickering look in his eyes and said, "Subordinate, I obey your command."
Xiahou Qing waved his hand and said, "I'll go check on the fire. Have someone prepare everything. I'll come and help you change it myself later."
"……yes."
After Xiahou Qing left, Lu Mu closed the door, found a place to sit down as if relieved, and even ate snacks leisurely in Yao Chen's room, as if he didn't even notice Yao Chen's existence.
Yao Chen found a pillow to cushion his back, then carefully observed Lu Mu, his expression gradually relaxing. This person always gave him a very familiar feeling. He seemed to be the one who had told him that there were poisonous plants among the flowers. Was he also the one who had been silently comforting him from behind?
Lu Mu turned around casually and met Yao Chen's inquiring eyes. After listening carefully to the noise outside, Lu Mu patted the snack crumbs on his hands and moved his butt to Yao Chen's bed: "Why, do you have something to say?"
Yao Chen asked in confusion: "Who are you?"
Lu Mu didn't know whether he was joking or self-deprecating: "Lu Mu, just a villain."
Yao Chen didn't know why, but he couldn't hate this man called Lu Mu. After a moment of silence, he said, "...If you really wear my face, there will be no turning back."
Lu Mu smiled and asked, "Who said that?"
After a loud bang, a group of people in white jumped in from the window. The familiar clothes and swords almost made Yao Chen think he was dreaming: "These people are!"
Lu Mu ordered, "Take him away while the chaos is going on. I'll meet up with you guys after I get Lu Mu out."
"yes."
Xia Houqing, watching everyone put out the fire, felt something was amiss as he watched the blaze erupt without warning. It was a coincidence that the fire had started tonight, just when he was coming home. Could it be that someone was waiting for him to return so they could get him to do something? "I feel like something's not right."
Thinking of this, Xiahou Qing arranged some manpower and rushed back to the East Palace. Before entering the bedroom, he asked the guards, "Is Yaochen okay?"
The gatekeeper replied: "It's okay, he's still unconscious."
Xia Houqing continued to ask: "Besides him, is there anyone else in there now?"
The guard then replied, "Not long after the Pavilion Master left, Lord Lu Mu came out. Now only the eldest prince is inside."
Listening to the incessant gongs and drums in the palace, Xiahou Qing's thoughts became somewhat confused: "Have someone keep a close eye on him. If he disappears, you will have to pay with your own lives."
Just as he was about to go in and confirm the situation, someone suddenly ran over and shouted, "Pavilion Master, it's bad, the Taiji Hall is also on fire!"
What was the Taiji Palace? It was the symbol of the Liang Kingdom's royal family. If something went wrong with it, wouldn't all his hard work be in vain? Without it, the Forbidden Palace would be nothing more than a large building with nothing to show for it. "You bunch of useless idiots, are you going to burn the entire Forbidden Palace down? Even if you put all your wealth on every blade of grass and every tree in here, it wouldn't be enough to compensate for it. Hurry up and put out the fire!"
"yes!"
After the white-robed servants took advantage of the chaos to bring Yao Chen out of the Forbidden Palace, and saw that there were no people from Tianshu Tower nearby, the white-robed servant took out a pill from his arms and asked Yao Chen to swallow it: "Master, take the antidote first."
There's no antidote to the poison of the Heartbreak Grass. If this is the antidote, then that means the poison he was previously infected with wasn't from the Heartbreak Grass. Where did these people find such a poison, and why did they suddenly appear in the East Palace? "You, why are you here? Didn't they say that Wuming Mountain is deserted?"
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