Liu Qinghe had been waiting in the inner hall. Upon hearing Yun Chi's words, he immediately came out: "To make the 'Tethering Silk' technique ineffective, we must take blood from His Highness for the medicine. Has His Highness been injured during this time?"
Yun Chi suppressed his anger and shook his head: "No!"
Liu Qinghe said decisively, "Then it's impossible for it to fail. Even if it does fail, it's only a temporary release from the drug's control, like on a full moon night! Or someone might have used an antidote on him, but it absolutely cannot cure the problem!"
He added, "If Your Highness is still worried, you can go directly to the Emperor now and test it again."
"Anyway, even if Miss Ye wants to go to the Emperor to complain, she can't go so quickly. She will definitely need to take some time to think it over before she goes."
Yun Chi glanced at him with disgust and then turned to leave, indicating that she was prepared to follow Liu Qinghe's advice.
Empress Shen called him back again: "I have another good news for you. When Ye Qingxue was at the Jingzhou estate, she was raised by a wet nurse named Granny Xing. They are not mother and daughter, but they are as close as mother and daughter."
Empress Shen spoke calmly, as if instructing her child who was about to embark on a long journey to be careful on the road.
But every word spoken was chillingly deadly.
She said, "The Empress Dowager has already sent people to arrest Granny Xing from the Jingzhou estate, as well as all the people who have been on good terms with Ye Qingxue since childhood."
"When your father ordered Ye Qingxue to be executed, you told her to obediently accept her fate and not to try to struggle, otherwise Granny Xing and the others would not survive."
Upon hearing this, Yun Chi looked up at the sky. The magnificent sunset hung on the horizon, so beautiful it was almost dreamlike. He could finally exhale the pent-up breath in his chest.
—Ye Qingxue, will you regret choosing to depose the crown prince instead of kneeling and begging for mercy before me?
Yun Chi narrowed his eyes, strode out of the warm pavilion, and headed towards the imperial study.
...
Long after Ye Qingxue fled the warm pavilion, she was still filled with rage, and the conversation between Empress Shen and Yun Chi kept echoing in her ears.
no!
We can't just sit here and wait to die!
She has been discovered by Yun Chi, and they will definitely not let her go.
Only by revealing all of Empress Shen and Yun Chi's actions to the Emperor and bringing them down can she have a chance to survive.
Moreover, she wasn't just fighting for survival; she was also seeking revenge.
The death of her father, Yun Zhuo's hatred, and the lives of thousands of innocent people! Empress Shen and Yun Chi should pay with their blood and lives!
She couldn't wait any longer!
I don't want to wait a moment longer!
As the last rays of sunset faded and the sky began to darken, palace lanterns were lit one after another, and a gentle evening breeze cast long, shadowy shadows everywhere.
Ye Qingxue was running forward quickly when she was suddenly bumped into. She instinctively pushed the other person away, only to find that the person who bumped into her was Zhuang Xin.
“Miss, it’s confirmed,” Zhuang Xin said, his forehead covered in sweat. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw her.
"The person who deliberately destroyed the dike this time was one of Prince Ding's men! I have already brought him to the palace gate!"
This news was undoubtedly a godsend for Ye Qingxue. She had been furious when she heard Empress Shen and Yun Chi admit it in the warm pavilion.
Now, amidst her gritted teeth, she exclaimed with excitement, "Great! I'm going to Zichen Palace right now! You wait for my news outside!"
Zhuang Xin frowned, somewhat worried: "Will there be any danger? His Highness ordered me to protect the young lady's safety!"
Ye Qingxue's gaze darkened: "There will be danger, but at this point, we have no choice but to fight to the death."
Moreover, they have been preparing for this day for many days.
Before the rainstorm, Yun Zhuo had obtained a few pills from Xiang Si Zi that could temporarily counteract the poison of "Qian Si Yin" and hid them with a eunuch serving the emperor.
Now, all Ye Qingxue needs to do is send a message to that little eunuch, and the little eunuch will secretly mix the pills into the tea and give it to the emperor to drink.
In the past two days, the emperor has been summoning his ministers to the Zichen Palace to discuss countermeasures regarding the flood.
The palace servants were busy attending to the emperor and couldn't rest, so it was easy to have the young eunuch temporarily deliver tea infused with the medicine pills to the emperor.
Ye Qingxue waited quietly outside the Zichen Palace.
Seeing the young eunuch come out and gesture to her that the emperor had taken the pill, Ye Qingxue finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The discussions in the Zichen Palace had been going on for two or three days, and both the ministers and the emperor were exhausted.
Ye Qingxue finally saw the officials come out to rest during the break, so she asked a eunuch to call Pan Yuanzhou over for her.
When Pan Yuanzhou saw her, he was terrified, feeling as if his blood was rushing to his head—because they had already met secretly before.
Pan Yuanzhou knew that when Ye Qingxue called him over in this place and at this time, it meant that something big was about to happen.
The two quietly found a secluded spot to talk, while a young eunuch kept watch for them from a short distance away.
"Lord Pan, do this... then this, and then I'll do this... then this..."
Pan Yuanzhou nodded: "Okay!"
He was so serious that Ye Qingxue stared at him blankly. Some things, once started, cannot be turned back, and tonight's events were destined to come at the cost of blood or lives!
So, just as Pan Yuanzhou turned to leave, Ye Qingxue called out to him.
Seeing Pan Yuanzhou looking over, Ye Qingxue pursed her lips and said, "Lord Pan, thank you!"
Pan Yuanzhou was slightly taken aback: "Why are you thanking me? As an official of the imperial court, you should not only seek the well-being of the people, but also seek justice for the innocent people who died tragically!"
"Having eaten this meal, it is my duty to go through fire and water, no matter what. It is Miss Ye who has no such responsibility. I should be thanking Miss Ye."
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