Chapter 320 What did you feed her?!
The medicine bowl crashed to the ground with a bang, splashing the dark brown medicine everywhere.
Xiao Xuanyou's eyes were bloodshot. He took a few steps forward, kicked the old woman beside him aside, and held the unconscious Jiang Zhi in his arms.
The people brought by the Empress all knelt down and bowed, trembling and holding their breath.
"What did you feed her?" Xiao Xuanyou's tone was as cold as frost, carrying the imposing force of thunder. "Go and summon the imperial physician!"
No one knows the panic and fear he felt when he came in and saw Jiang Zhi being fed medicine.
It felt like the last time, when she returned from the sacrificial ceremony, Jiang Zhi was also given medicine by her mother's men and lay lifeless on the bed.
The Empress was furious when she saw Xiao Xuanyou's appearance.
Have all the women in the world died out?
We must keep a close eye on a married woman!
If the Emperor finds out about this, he won't even be able to keep his position as Crown Prince!
"I fed her poison," the Empress said coldly. "And what does the Crown Prince intend to do now?"
Xiao Xuanyou couldn't believe it; the anger in his chest almost consumed his mind. "Mother, you promised your son, what are you doing now?"
"Your Highness, what about your manners? Is this how you speak to me?"
Xiao Xuanyou didn't even glance at the Empress.
Jiang Zhi, held in his arms, had a deathly pale face, her stray hairs sticking to her cheeks, and the finger marks on her face were clearly visible. There was still some medicine left on her lips that she hadn't had time to swallow.
He suddenly laughed coldly, "Since the Empress Dowager wants her life, then take her son's life too."
After saying that, he lowered his head and kissed Jiang Zhi's lips hard, sweeping the remaining medicine from the corner of her lips into his mouth.
The Empress was so shocked that she abandoned all etiquette and abruptly stood up from her chair. "Crown Prince, you've gone mad! You knew she drank poison and you still dared to..."
"I told Mother last time that I would never allow it to happen again. It seems Mother has a bad memory."
His voice was indifferent to the point of being cold, and as soon as he finished speaking, he lowered his head to kiss her.
"This is just a contraceptive!" The Empress slumped back down, her once magnificent face now showing only deep frustration. "I am not the kind of person who breaks her word. Don't put on this show of being willing to die for me!"
Even so, Xiao Xuanyou's anger did not subside.
He glanced at the Empress, then carried Jiang Zhi back to the room and gently placed her on the couch.
The imperial physician arrived quickly, took Jiang Zhi's pulse, and said she was fine. It was just that her body was weak, she had been kneeling in the sun for too long, and her mind was unsettled. She just needed to take good care of herself.
The sinister and terrifying aura surrounding Xiao Xuanyou dissipated slightly.
Jiang Zhi also woke up at the right time.
To be honest, she was also frightened just now.
When Xiao Xuanyou held her, even though she couldn't see with her eyes closed, she could deeply feel that his hands around her waist were trembling.
And he really is insane.
Knowing it was poison, he still dared to kiss her in front of the Empress without any regard for the consequences.
"How are you feeling?" Xiao Xuanyou dismissed everyone and sat down on the edge of the couch to ask her.
His face remained cold, but his tone had softened.
"It's nothing." Jiang Zhi tried to move her body, but she couldn't help but hiss as soon as she moved.
Xiao Xuanyou's gaze immediately fell on her knees, and he reached out to lift her clothes.
Jiang Zhi stopped him repeatedly, saying, "No, it's really nothing."
Xiao Xuanyou did not allow her to resist, and when he saw the bright red bloodstains on her plain white trousers, he stopped moving again.
I wanted to push her trouser legs up, but I was afraid of touching her wound and hurting her.
So he got up, grabbed a pair of scissors, and shredded her two thin trouser legs.
But her once delicate and fair knees were now worn beyond recognition, with tiny pebbles embedded in the broken flesh, mixed with blood. One could imagine how painful it must have been to kneel like that.
Xiao Xuanyou's breath hitched slightly, and his eyes immediately turned sinister and dangerous.
“Your Highness, it is only right for me to kneel before the Empress. Besides, I am not seriously injured and will be fine in a couple of days,” Jiang Zhi said, biting her lip. “Don’t let this cause a rift between me and the Empress. We should focus on the important matters.”
The more Jiang Zhi yielded and compromised, the uglier Xiao Xuanyou's expression became, and his aura was so cold it seemed like water was about to drip from him.
"I'll have someone treat your wounds," he suddenly stood up, his back to Jiang Zhi, and said coldly, "I'll be back soon."
After saying that, he went straight out the door.
"Your Highness, don't be impulsive..." she called out, and only after Xiao Xuanyou slammed the door shut did she let out a cold laugh and lower her hand.
Why should she be dragged into their mother-son conflict?
Let Xiao Xuanyou handle it himself.
The Empress was still sitting upright in the courtyard.
His chest heaved, clearly indicating that he was quite angry with Xiao Xuanyou.
"What, you don't even believe me now? You need the imperial physician to examine you before you'll feel at ease?"
Xiao Xuanyou looked at the people kneeling at his feet and said, "Get down from here, all of you."
The people in the courtyard immediately withdrew completely.
The old woman who had just fed Jiang Zhi medicine was also about to leave, but Xiao Xuanyou called her back, "You stay."
He stepped forward, looking down at the elderly woman kneeling before him. "I remember you are called Granny Wang."
"Yes, Your Highness."
"Do you know Aunt Qingxuan?" he asked.
Granny Wang's body trembled. "This old servant knows."
Aunt Qingxuan was the Empress's confidante, but because she was ordered by the Empress to deliver medicine to Princess Qinghe, the Crown Prince ordered her to have one of her legs broken.
If it weren't for the Empress protecting him, he would probably be dead by now.
"Since you know, I suppose you should be mentally prepared today, Granny." A hint of bloodlust appeared in Xiao Xuanyou's eyes.
Granny Wang was so frightened that her face turned deathly pale, and she couldn't utter a single complete sentence.
"Enough, Your Highness! She obeys my orders," the Empress said through gritted teeth, "and besides, Granny Wang held you when you were a child!"
“Oh, really? Then it won’t be easy to do,” Xiao Xuanyou said with a cruel smirk. “I remember that Wang Mama’s son also works in the palace.”
One sentence was enough to turn Granny Wang's face as white as a sheet, and she kept kowtowing, "Your Highness, this old servant dares not do it again, please forgive this old servant's son, this old servant is willing to accept any punishment!"
Xiao Xuanyou did not move.
The Empress couldn't stand it any longer and ordered someone to take Wang Mama away.
"Your Highness, I'm doing this all for your own good." The Empress looked at Xiao Xuanyou and had no choice but to soften her tone.
The last time I attacked Jiang Zhi, it already caused the relationship between the mother and son to plummet.
"Do you know what the doctor I consulted said? She might still be pregnant. She lied to you. If she is pregnant with your child without knowing it, how can you face the Crown Princess?"
Xiao Xuanyou frowned and froze.
Is it possible that Jiang Zhi is pregnant?
"Your mother just wants to eliminate your worries by giving her a contraceptive pill. After that, no matter how much trouble you cause, I will turn a blind eye."
The Empress looked at her son, on whom she had placed great hopes since childhood, and couldn't understand how he had become like this.
"My affairs are none of your concern, Mother Empress," Xiao Xuanyou said, but he did not take the Empress's earnest words to heart. "Didn't I say that if Mother Empress were to touch her again, I would not show any mercy?"
The Empress's eyes suddenly sharpened, and she roared in anger, "What, does the Crown Prince intend to break my legs like Qingxuan did?"
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