Li Yanyan's pupils dilated and her face turned pale. She was so frightened that her whole body stiffened for a moment. She didn't know if Xiao Changzhen had loosened his grip. She broke free from him and the wine glass flew out and hit the ground with not much wine left.
"Spit it out, spit it out!" Li Yanyan rushed over, roughly holding the back of Xiao Changzhen's neck with one hand, and inserted two fingers into his mouth, digging into his throat. She seemed to be possessed by a demon, "Spit it out, spit it out quickly!"
Xiao Changzhen did not resist at all and let her do what she wanted. Under her coercion, he did vomit something, but it was not poison wine.
Hot tears welled up in her eyes. Li Yanyan said, "Xiao Changzhen, spit it out. Spit it out quickly—"
"Call the imperial physician." Emperor Youning ordered in a cold voice.
Li Yanyan, who had tortured Xiao Changzhen so much, finally stopped and hugged him tightly after seeing him coughing up blood. "Xiao Changzhen, I hate you, I hate you—"
"Ka-ka-ka-ka..." Xiao Changzhen coughed for a while, enduring the burning sensation in his throat. He looked at her with a smile, tears in his eyes and infinite sadness. "I know... I know you hate me... Ka-ka-ka... We don't have to torture each other anymore."
"No, I won't allow it!" Li Yanyan hugged him tightly and roared, "Why? Why do you have the final say? You said you want to marry me, so you marry me. You said you don't want to torture me, so you don't torture me? Then what is the value of my half life? Xiao Changzhen, if you dare to die, I will make sure you never die in peace!"
Xiao Changzhen lowered his eyes tiredly with a bitter smile on his lips. She had not changed over the years. She always liked to order him and threaten him. He didn't need her to give in to him. He only hoped that she could talk to him calmly one last time.
Perhaps it was his tolerance and forbearance towards her that made her so unscrupulous that she never thought about his feelings, not even once.
"Yan Yan... you are very good. I have never regretted meeting you, falling in love with you, and marrying you." Xiao Changzhen raised his hand to touch her face, staring at her infatuatedly, "But if there is an afterlife, I don't want to meet you again..."
It was too tiring, too painful, and too bitter. He didn't want to endure this kind of pain and exhaustion again.
I don’t regret meeting you in this life, nor do I want to meet you again in the next life.
Li Yanyan's whole body was stiff, staring at Xiao Changzhen, watching his vague smile turn into relief and liberation, and finally fainting in her arms.
There was a weight in her arms and tears instantly fell. Li Yanyan's throat made a hoarse sound, as if someone was strangling her neck and all the tones were blocked.
"Your Highness, His Highness the Prince of Dai is critically ill." Before Xiao Changzhen left the Zongzheng Temple, the news was delivered to Xiao Huayong by Tian Yuan.
"Why?" Xiao Huayong asked.
"Your Majesty gave poisoned wine to the Princess of Dai, and the King of Dai drank it." Tian Yuan replied.
"Oh?" Xiao Huayong raised his voice and smiled with an ambiguous tone. He stood up and said to Shen Xihe, "I'm going back to the palace."
Shen Xihe nodded. With such a thing happening in the palace, it was reasonable for Xiao Huayong to go back to the palace.
"Is His Royal Highness the Prince of Dai gone just like that?" Biyu sighed softly.
"The King of Dai will not be gone." Shen Xihe turned his head and smiled faintly.
"Didn't you convince the poison wine?" Biyu and Hongyu looked at each other.
Shen Xihe smiled and shook his head. Xiao Huayong's attitude showed that His Majesty did not really give the poisoned wine. His own son would always know something about it. Moreover, His Majesty had lost two princesses and two princes from last year to now.