"Your Highness, Yu Tai has been subjected to all sorts of torture and abuse. His whole body is covered in wounds, and even his fingernails have been pulled out. De Yi Kang Ren is too cruel. We were husband and wife after all."
Su Ruojin looked at Izumi Masako and asked, "Is it really Tokugi Yasuhito's men who hurt you, Odai-sho?"
Masako Izumi trembled for a moment, then glanced at Nobukazu Izumi, lowered her head, and said softly, "Yes."
At this moment, Izumi Nobuyuki coughed, and Izumi Masako froze again. She knew that her father was urging her to ask the Princess of Da Chu for the antidote.
She had no choice but to speak slowly, "Your Highness, my father has been poisoned. Could you please help him detoxify?"
Tachibana Chiyo suddenly spoke up, "Lord Odai, as far as I know, you returned to the Regent's family after leaving the Imperial Palace. May I ask when and where Tokuyoshi Yasuhito's men found you?"
Upon hearing Tachibana Chiyo's words, Izumi Nobukatsu was startled.
He had planned everything meticulously, but he hadn't anticipated that Masako Izumi had been hiding in the Imperial Palace.
No wonder!
No wonder neither Tokugi Yasuhito nor his men could find the Imperial Palace.
If she is at the Imperial Palace, would Ueno Chinatsu be here too?
Izumi Nobukatsu began to panic.
However, he was able to remain calm, and as long as Ueno Chinatsu did not show up, Izumi Masako would not betray him.
He needs to get the antidote as soon as possible.
As for Chinatsu Ueno...
He glanced at Hayato Sato, who was following behind him.
Hayato Sato nodded slightly and slipped away unnoticed.
"I...I..." Masako Izumi stammered for a moment, "I was found by the Shogun's men after I left the Regent's House."
For Chika's sake, she had no choice but to cooperate.
Chiyo Tachibana frowned slightly. Her people had been keeping a close eye on the Settlement House and hadn't noticed Masako Izumi leaving.
The people they placed at the Sheke family's residence haven't sent back any news about Izumi Masako. What went wrong?
"I can cure the poison, but you must first tell me why you put the Soul-Sealing Silk on your father?" Su Ruojin asked.
"I...I, I didn't mean to." Izumi Masako kept her head down, not daring to look at Su Ruojin.
"Oh, it was an accident. If I remember correctly, I gave the antidote for the Soul-Binding Silk to the Imperial Palace along with it."
Su Ruojin couldn't believe it. This poison wasn't an ordinary thing; who could accidentally poison someone else?
Upon hearing this, Izumi Nobukatsu cursed Izumi Masako inwardly. "That little bitch! She has the antidote but refuses to hand it over. Once he's cured, I'll have this rebellious woman dealt with in secret."
Previously, he had some reservations about Deyi Kangren, but now that he is dead, his daughter has no value in living.
"I...I lost the antidote."
Seeing the Odaido's expression, Su Ruojin said calmly, "Does the Odaido take me for a fool?"
Izumi Nobuyuki felt that if Su Ruojin continued to ask questions like this, something bad would happen. His eyes darted around, and he quickly said, "Princess Consort of Great Chu, this is indeed a family scandal of the Sheguan family. I originally did not want to tell anyone, but now that things have come to this, I have no choice but to speak out."
Actually, after my daughter escaped from the general's mansion and returned to the Sheguan family, she confessed that she had poisoned the crown prince out of jealousy and begged me to take her in.
But she is a member of the Imperial Household Agency and she poisoned the Crown Prince. I should not, and cannot, take her in, based on reason, morality, and justice.
But Yutai is still my daughter, and I can't bear to see her like this. So I'll let her go back to the General's Mansion to apologize to the General first, and then I'll plead with the General to spare her life.
I never expected that she would hate me because of this, and secretly put this drug in my tea when I wasn't looking, hoping to get revenge on me.
At this point, Izumi Nobuyuki paused, let out a heavy sigh, and spoke with a sense of helplessness.
"No matter what, Masako is still my daughter. Even though she has done such a heinous thing, I still want to protect her reputation, which is why I have kept it a secret. I hope Your Majesty and Princess Consort of Great Chu will forgive me."
Su Ruojin glanced at the Imperial Palace Attendant, who was bowing his head and weeping without offering any explanation, then looked at Izumi Nobukazu with a mocking smile, and slowly said, "Lord Regent, do you even believe that yourself?"
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