Chapter 36 Let's Go to Hell Together
Qin Jinzhi is Qin Ye's only descendant and the future sole owner of the Zhenbei Prince's Mansion.
Many people wanted her dead.
If she dies, Qin Ye will have no successor, and the Zhenbei Army will be leaderless after Qin Ye's death.
Whether it was aristocratic families or hostile nations, everyone wanted to see the Zhenbei Army leaderless.
The Emperor and Empress brought Qin Jinzhi into the palace to raise her, also in order to protect her.
Even under the protection of the Emperor and Empress, assassinations were commonplace for Qin Jinzhi since childhood.
Fortunately, Qin Jinzhi was precocious.
I was able to sense the malice around me from a very young age.
He even managed to evade assassination attempts many times on his own.
While seven or eight-year-old children were still playing under the wings of their families, Qin Jinzhi was already able to calmly discuss with the current emperor which family was behind the assassination attempt.
On her eighth birthday, Qin Jinzhi received a secret letter.
There was an address on it, and the letter only contained two sentences.
"Your mother is not dead."
"She's waiting for you here."
That was the only time in Qin Jinzhi's life when she had a longing in her heart.
She was not lacking in love; on the contrary, Qin Jinzhi felt nothing of the saying that "the most ruthless family is the imperial family."
On the contrary, the emperor and empress gave her all the emotions they couldn't project onto their children.
Even though her grandfather was far away on the frontier, he would personally make her a longevity lock every year on her birthday.
The correspondence continued without interruption.
But my parents' love was so beautiful.
People have continued to mythologize the story of this couple.
This allowed her to perfectly embody the two of them in her mind.
Moreover, she was full of questions: Why didn't her mother die?
This confidential letter was delivered by one of my subordinates; it couldn't possibly be fake.
Could it be that Heaven returned her mother to her because of her birthday?
That would be the best birthday gift for her.
So she took Yun Que and Yun Ge to that address.
It was a beautiful courtyard.
There is a peach tree in the middle of the yard.
A woman of unparalleled beauty sat under the peach tree, embroidering a silk handkerchief.
Qin Jinzhi had seen portraits of her parents.
But the woman looks almost exactly the same as she did ten years ago.
Qin Jinzhi recognized him immediately.
That was the gentlest face Qin Jinzhi had ever seen.
It was also the coldest face in the world.
The woman poisoned the pastry and fed it to her herself.
The moment Qin Jinzhi ate it.
All tenderness has been replaced by indifference.
In an instant, Qin Jinzhi collapsed to the ground, coughing up mouthfuls of blood.
Blood was flowing from his eyes, nose, and ears.
Her skin, which was as white as a steamed bun, quickly turned bluish-purple.
The woman just watched her have her outburst with indifference.
The lark sensed something was wrong and immediately appeared, but the Azure Poison was too potent and took effect almost instantly.
She probed Qin Jinzhi's aura, fed Qin Jinzhi the Great Rejuvenation Pill that the Prince of Zhenbei had once given her, and then absorbed most of the poison from Qin Jinzhi's body into her own.
However, the poison of the Azure Sky, the king of all poisons, can take a person's life in an instant.
Even though the lark absorbed most of the toxins into its body, the Azure Poison had already invaded its lungs and internal organs.
Because of her internal energy protecting her, Yun Que was able to expel the poison. However, the Azure Sky Poison was too insidious, and Yun Que's throat was also damaged by the residual poison, preventing her from speaking again.
Yun Jin immediately subdued the woman, "What did you feed the princess!"
The woman remained calm, saying, "She's going to die; you can't save her."
Yun Jin roared, "Hand over the antidote now!"
The woman chuckled and said, "There is no antidote for the Azure Poison."
Yun Jin was consumed by rage, "You poisonous woman! The princess is your daughter!"
The woman's head was knocked to one side, and even in her disheveled state, she still looked pitiful.
When Qin Jinzhi woke up, this was the scene she saw.
She didn't cry or make a fuss. She wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and coldly said, "Feed her that plate of pastries."
Without hesitation, Yun Jin stuffed all the pastries on the plate into the woman's mouth.
The woman struggled and vomited repeatedly, choking. Yun Jin held her mouth shut and forced her to swallow all the pastries.
Qin Jinzhi stared at the woman for a while, then grinned, "I don't know who's behind you, but I'll drag you all down to hell with me."
Her face was covered in blood, but she was smiling.
Such an expression on the face of an eight-year-old child was so horrifying that the woman dreamed of that face frequently for many years afterward.
The evening sunset painted the sky with crimson hues.
The clouds reflected a blood-red hue.
When Cui Ziyu returned to the house, she saw her lover lying under the peach tree where they had pledged their love.
A large patch of blood around his mouth.
"Ayin! Ayin!"
Cui Ziyu shouted and called out to the woman, but the woman did not respond.
"What on earth is going on! Where is everyone?! Someone, come here!"
"Ayin, wake up! Look at me!"
Just then, the door to the room in the center of the courtyard was pushed open.
A childish voice rang out, "So it was you."
...
The image of Ah Yin covered in blood from ten years ago overlapped once again with the scene before me.
Qin Jinzhi's mother's Biluo Poison has taken effect.
The cold was biting, like a wild beast tearing at your heart and lungs.
It's like countless icicles piercing your body.
Cui Ziyu grabbed Qin Jinzhi's leg, her eyes red as she pleaded, "Princess! I will never dare to do it again! Please! Let Ayin go, I'm willing to take the blame for her! I'll agree to whatever you want, please, let Ayin go."
Qin Jinzhi looked down at him with a slight smile, "Don't worry, your little lover won't die, she'll just be in a lot of pain."
This face, almost identical to A-Yin's, looks like a vengeful ghost crawling out of hell to claim lives.
The youthful face from ten years ago overlapped once again with the face of Qin Jinzhi before her.
Qin Jinzhi looked at Cui Ziyu's pained expression and laughed, "Alright, I've given you your reward. Now, it's time for you to get to work."
Cui Ziyu desperately tried to see even the slightest hint of emotion on Qin Jinzhi's face.
Unfortunately, he was disappointed.
"You are a devil."
Qin Jinzhi seemed quite pleased with the title, "Send the lady back, otherwise the guard will feel sorry for her again."
Yun Que nodded, picked up the woman, and carried her back to her room.
Cui Ziyu was about to give chase when she heard Qin Jinzhi say, "Don't worry, you're still useful to me. I won't let her die."
Cui Ziyu seemed to have figured something out, and respectfully knelt before Qin Jinzhi, saying, "Cui Ziyu will always be a useful person to the princess."
Qin Jinzhi nodded in satisfaction. "It's so easy to talk to smart people. They say that wealthy families produce lovers, and I'm lucky enough to have met a couple."
When the lark came out, her white clothes were stained with blood.
Qin Jinzhi raised an eyebrow. "Is a mere guard worth getting your hands dirty?"
Cui Ziyu knew that the guard had been dealt with.
Qin Jinzhi clicked her tongue repeatedly, "Lord Cui, look at how many people have suffered because of you. You seem to be a jinx reincarnated."
After saying that, he strode away.
Choi Tzu-yu looked reluctantly towards the woman's room.
Yun Que, however, impatiently pushed Cui Ziyu away.
On the carriage ride back, Cui Ziyu asked, "What does the princess want me to do?"
"I want to see Cui Ying."
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