After vomiting black blood, Xu Wanying gradually regained consciousness. This was clearly not Kunning Palace.
She turned her head and stared blankly at Su Ruojin: "Who are you? Where am I?"
Xu Wanying only remembered that after drinking the medicine that Yuan'er brought her, she felt extremely sleepy. She went to bed and lost consciousness. When she woke up, she saw Su Ruojin.
Su Ruojin, putting away the needles, said, "You almost died. We stole you out of the coffin."
Xiao Yanchu had previously told Su Ruojin that it was his men who stole Xu Wanying from the coffin during the funeral procession.
This task would be extremely difficult for anyone else, but it wasn't a difficult task for the Regent.
What is being sent to the imperial mausoleum now is just an empty coffin.
"I'm dead?" Xu Wanying couldn't believe that she was just really sleepy and wanted to take a nap, how could she have died?
"Yes, Your Majesty, I am wearing this plain dress for you. The whole capital is now decorated with white lanterns."
Su Ruojin put away the needles, took a pill, and walked to Xu Wanying's side: "Take this."
Xu Wanying hesitated to accept it: "What is this?"
"Qingyi Pill," Su Ruojin said, "You were poisoned by Qianmengjue, this is the antidote."
"A Thousand Dreams? What is that?" Xu Wanying looked at Su Ruojin with a puzzled expression.
"The Thousand Dreams' Demise will trap you in an endless dream, causing you to stop breathing and appear as if you are dead. As for when you will wake up again, it depends on your constitution."
People with better physical health tend to wake up later.
Xu Wanying slowly pieced together everything, her face suddenly turning pale: "You mean they gave me the Thousand Dreams Elixir and were going to bury me alive?"
Su Ruojin nodded: "That's one way to put it. Those who consume the Thousand Dream Elixir will have their bodily functions reduced to a minimum, and most will wake up after ten days. However, Your Majesty, you hold a high position and power, and you also have a thousand-year-old ginseng in your mouth, so you will wake up later than others."
Xu Wanying didn't understand what "body function" meant, but she understood what Su Ruojin meant.
Someone wants her dead!
We still want her to suffocate to death in the coffin!
No wonder I kept having all sorts of strange dreams after I fell asleep, and I couldn't wake up no matter how hard I tried.
Xu Wanying snatched the pill from Su Ruojin's hand and swallowed it.
Su Ruojin smiled and said, "Isn't Your Highness afraid it might be poison?"
Xu Wanying gently shook her head, "If you wanted to poison me, why bother rescuing me?"
Su Ruojin raised her eyelids. Thankfully, she wasn't too stupid.
"Who are you, young lady? The royal funeral procession is not so easy to rob, so why did you save me?" Xu Wanying realized the key to the problem.
"I am Su Ruojin. As for why I saved you, it's simply because I didn't want to see an innocent person die in vain."
Upon hearing Su Ruojin's name, Xu Wanying's eyes widened: "So you are the lost eldest daughter of General Su's family, and the female doctor who helped the young prince return to normal."
Even though she was deep within the palace, Xu Wanying had heard people mention Su Ruojin's name.
I never expected to meet you under these circumstances today.
Xu Wanying struggled to get out of bed, knelt down and kowtowed to Su Ruojin: "Wanying thanks Miss Su for saving my life."
Su Ruojin quickly helped her up: "Your Majesty, please get up. Although the poison has been neutralized, you are still very weak and need to rest in bed."
Xu Wanying gave a wry smile: "Miss Su, I am no longer the Empress. If you don't mind, you can call me Wanying."
She inwardly resisted the position of Empress and rarely referred to herself as "this Empress." Now that something like this has happened, she would be even less likely to consider herself Empress.
Su Ruojin also knew that Xu Wanying could not return to the palace: "Wanying, what are your plans next? Do you want to go back to the Prime Minister's residence? I can arrange for you to go back secretly."
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