Chapter 394 Poisoned Wine
That night, the Chu Family Restaurant was sealed off by the Yulin Guards.
Tian and her family were also arrested.
According to the law, Tian would definitely be sentenced to death for intentionally murdering the prince's concubines, and her family would also be exiled to the border.
When Concubine Zhao woke up, it was already the next morning.
She got up from the bed and felt very frightened when she thought about what happened last night.
She didn't even have time to put on her shoes. She jumped off the bed in a hurry and rushed to the door, wanting to open it and go out to explain to the prince.
But the door was locked from the outside, and no matter how hard she tried, the door didn't budge.
Lady Zhao slammed the door and shouted at the top of her lungs.
"Open the door and let me out! I want to see the prince! I've been wrongly accused!"
After a long time, the door was opened.
The person who came in was not the prince, but Eunuch Chang.
He was holding a tray with a glass of wine on it.
When Lady Zhao saw the glass of wine, she suddenly felt her hands and feet go cold and her whole body was shaking.
Eunuch Chang smiled and said, "My lady, the prince is very busy now and has no time to see you. This cup of wine is given to you by the prince. Please drink it quickly. As long as you drink it, you will be free."
Lady Zhao held onto a last glimmer of hope and asked in a trembling voice, "What kind of wine is this?"
"This is the best Huadiao, with Hedinghong added in. It may hurt a little when you first drink it, but it will be gone after a while."
Lady Zhao was incredulous: "The prince wants to kill me? What did I do wrong? Why would the prince do this to me?!"
The smile on Eunuch Chang's face gradually faded: "Don't you know what you did?"
"I don't know what you are talking about. I didn't do anything. I was the one who was knocked unconscious. I am the victim!"
"Mrs. Tian has confessed everything. She said that you were the one who secretly instigated all this. You set up a trap on purpose to destroy Concubine Xiao's innocence. There are witnesses everywhere. No matter how loud you shout, it will be useless. How could the prince allow someone as vicious as you to stay in the East Palace? This cup of poisoned wine is to give you the last bit of dignity, so that you can go quietly. Remember to be a good person in your next life."
Concubine Zhao was unwilling to accept this reality. She pushed him away with force and wanted to rush out.
"I don't believe it! I want to see the prince! I want to tell him that all this is nonsense from Tian and I was wrongly accused!"
However, before she could run out, she was caught by two eunuchs guarding the door.
They held Concubine Zhao's arms on the left and right, forcing her to kneel on the ground.
At this time, Concubine Zhao had her hair disheveled, she was shoeless, her collar was messy, revealing the hideous scars on her neck and backs of her hands. She looked like a crazy woman.
She was forced into a desperate situation, knowing that she had no way to survive. She was terrified to the extreme and became even more angry.
"It was me who was knocked unconscious, and Concubine Xiao was fine. You didn't suspect her, but pushed the blame onto me? Forget about whether Tian confessed or not. Maybe Tian and Concubine Xiao were in cahoots. They had colluded with each other and deliberately wanted to harm me. You are helping the tyrants, aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning?!"
Eunuch Chang has seen many people like her in the palace. Even when they are about to die, they still want to bite others.
This is the wickedness of human hearts.
If you don't live well yourself, you can't bear to see others doing well.
Even if I die, I will drag someone to take the blame for me.
Eunuch Chang looked at her calmly and said, "You think too highly of yourself. If Concubine Xiao wanted to harm you, you would have died countless times. This time, you insisted on dying. You can only blame yourself for being too cruel."
Lady Zhao laughed like crazy, her laughter was sharp and piercing.
"Hahaha! Am I too cruel? Isn't the real vicious person Concubine Xiao? If it weren't for her, would I have been left with all these scars? If it weren't for her, would I have come to this point today? She is the real villain who deserves to die!"
Eunuch Chang knew that this woman had gone completely crazy.
He was too lazy to waste time talking to her and directly put the poisoned wine to her mouth.
Lady Zhao refused to open her mouth.
The eunuch next to her pried her mouth open with force.
Eunuch Chang poured the poisoned wine into his mouth.
Then he took the two eunuchs out, leaving Concubine Zhao struggling and screaming in pain in the room.
Eunuch Chang stood on the steps outside the door, with frost-covered trees in front of him and Concubine Zhao's shrill cries in his ears.
After a long time, the sound gradually subsided.
Eunuch Chang calculated the time and felt that it was about time, so he signaled the young eunuchs to go in and carry the person out.
Concubine Zhao's body was placed in a thin coffin, quietly carried out of the palace, and buried in the mountains outside the city.
After doing all this, Eunuch Chang changed his clothes and went to report to the prince.
"Your Highness, Concubine Zhao's matter has been dealt with."
Luo Qinghan was playing chess with Xiao Xixi. Hearing this, he didn't even raise his head and said calmly, "Don't let these things out. If someone asks about it later, just say that Lady Zhao died of an acute illness."
"Yes."
Seeing that he had no other instructions, Eunuch Chang quietly left.
Xiao Xixi supported her cheek with her left hand, her head tilted, and her body leaning on the edge of the table like a boneless person. She picked up a black piece with her right hand, and without even looking at the chessboard, she just found a random position to put it down.
Luo Qinghan sat upright. He was not in a hurry to make a move. Instead, he held a white piece in his hand and played with it, asking casually.
"Don't you want to know what happened to Lady Zhao?"
Xiao Xixi replied casually: "It doesn't matter."
She had already seen last night that Concubine Zhao was going to be in big trouble, so no matter what happened to Concubine Zhao, she was not surprised at all.
Luo Qinghan: "Last night, Lady Zhao tried to drug you, but you didn't care at all?"
Xiao Xixi said lazily: "I am immune to all poisons. Even if she drugged me, it wouldn't harm me. Why should I bother to care about her?"
"That being said, she is trying to hurt you after all. Don't you want to fight back?"
Xiao Xixi: "I don't want to fight back. I'm too lazy to move."
Luo Qinghan: “…”
Although he expected this answer, when she really said it, he still felt indescribable.
Luo Qinghan: "If someone put a knife to your neck, would you be too lazy to move?"
Xiao Xixi: "Of course I have to move. I am only immune to all poisons, but not invulnerable to swords and guns."
Luo Qinghan seemed to be competing with her and insisted on getting to the bottom of the matter.
So he asked again.
"Suppose that Lady Zhao didn't drug you last night, but stabbed you with a knife, what would you do?"
Xiao Xixi blurted out without thinking: "Lady Zhao doesn't know martial arts. I only need one move to deal with her. I will snatch her knife, knock her out, and then report to the police."
"Report to the police?"
(End of this chapter)
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