Zi'an smiled palely, looking at the old lady with a hint of sarcasm, "What can I do? I am the daughter of the prime minister's family, but I have to use this little cleverness to resist my own misfortune, and my misfortune was brought to me by my closest relatives."
Xia Wan'er said coldly: "Don't blame anyone. You have enjoyed wealth and glory in this mansion for sixteen years. If you hadn't refused the marriage, you wouldn't have ended up like this."
Zi'an looked at her coldly, "Really? During these sixteen years of prosperity and wealth, how much humiliation and harm did you and your daughter inflict on me?"
This was the saddest accusation, but no one present was moved. Even her biological father only looked at her with disgust, not to mention the old lady.
Xia Wan'er snorted, "No one has ever abused you. You are the one who is ungrateful. Hasn't your mother treated you well? In this mansion, you have enough to eat and warm clothes to wear. You should be content."
"What a great phrase to say about being content. With a family like this, Xia Zian should just accept his fate!" Zian had something else in mind, but unfortunately no one could hear it.
She reached out to take the poisoned wine from Madam Linglong's hand. The poisoned wine was the color of clear water. In addition to studying Chinese medicine with Professor Yang, she also helped develop venom for the world's number one killer wasp. Therefore, with just one glance, she could tell that the poison in the cup was a poisonous insect. It was very toxic and would seal the throat once it entered the mouth. There was no chance of survival.
The Soul-Snatching Ring has a function that can dissipate the poison, but it can only dissipate most of it, not all of it, so as long as she drinks this glass of wine, she will still be poisoned, but not fatally.
In the palace.
Ever since Prince Liang fell ill, coupled with Zi'an's previous regret over the engagement, he had lost all face and had been staying in the palace without returning home.
After three days of rest, his condition was stable. He had some headaches in the first two days, but after taking the medicine prescribed by the imperial physician, he gradually got better. On the third day, he had almost no headaches, but he still felt a little dizzy when walking.
Seeing that he was in a bad mood, the Queen took him to the Imperial Garden to relax.
He limped through the imperial garden in a terrible mood.
He is a coward, a very coward. Even a woman like Xia Zian looks down on him. You can imagine how cowardly he is.
"Xin'er, don't think too much. This Xia Zian is not worthy of you. Your mother will definitely find you a noble lady who is a hundred times better than this Xia Zian."
"Mother," Prince Liang said with a gloomy look in his eyes, "Please don't bother me anymore. I don't want to marry anyone."
The queen was really angry with Xia Zian. If she had not broken off the engagement, her son would not have become so decadent.
She really regretted not killing her, but pointing her to Murong Jie was also a good thing. It would disgust Murong Jie and punish that little bitch at the same time.
Moreover, that day she rambled on and threw out a lot of theories about acupuncture. Afterwards, she talked to the director of the Imperial Hospital and learned that acupuncture is a very special technique. There are few masters of acupuncture among the people, and even in the Imperial Hospital, there are not many people who can use acupuncture.
As for her theory, the court ruled that it was feasible in principle, but could be fatal if one was not careful.
The queen felt insulted and angry that she hesitated for a moment and wanted to believe Xia Zian.
"You have fallen into depravity because of such a shameless and ungrateful woman. Do you still have any bearing of a prince?" The prince said contemptuously as he walked over from the pebbled road.
King Liang glared at the prince coldly, "What are you doing here? Aren't you tired of seeing me make fun of you?"
The prince snorted, "Brother, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but I wouldn't want a girl like Xia Zian even if she was given to me for free. Why are you still worrying about her? Is it worth it? There are so many noble women in the world. Any one of them is better than her."
There was a faint trace of anger between the brows of King Liang. "When did I ever say that I was worried about her?"
The prince pointed at him mercilessly, "You have been hiding in the palace all this time, aren't you afraid to face it? It's just that someone broke off the engagement, it's not a big deal, she is ungrateful, do you still want to punish yourself for her mistake?"
King Liang stared at him, his eyes gloomy, "I haven't asked you yet, do you have a secret affair with Xia Wan'er? Prime Minister Xia, that old fox, originally wanted to marry Xia Wan'er to me, but he came to me and said that Xia Zi'an had been longing for me for a long time, and she was also my legitimate daughter, so I agreed to change her. Now that I think about it, it was you who did it. You hooked up with Xia Wan'er first and forced Xia Zi'an to marry me. I am so embarrassed, thanks to you."
The prince was exposed by him and was furious. His face turned pale and he said angrily, "What do you mean by personal relationship? This palace and Xia Wan'er are not very familiar with each other. At most, we have met a few times. Do you still believe what Xia Zian said? This woman has played you in the palm of her hand. Instead of taking your anger out on her, you speak for her and make excuses. You have a disabled leg, not a disabled brain. How can you be so cowardly? You are simply a waste!"
"Enough!" The queen was furious, her face was frosty. Why was her life so miserable? As the queen, she was the mother of the country, and she was so honored. She also gave birth to a pair of princes for the emperor. She was the most favored in the harem, and others envied her. But only she knew the hardship she was in.
The two brothers have never gotten along well since childhood and always quarreled when they got together. The queen has some ideas about this matter, but she is unwilling to delve into it further. As the palm of the hand is flesh, the back of the hand is flesh.
Seeing his mother was furious, the prince said angrily, "Mother, please just spoil him. If this continues, he will die of misfortune sooner or later."
After saying that, he walked away coldly.
King Liang was so angry that his scalp went numb and he felt even more dizzy. He reached out to hold onto the ginkgo tree next to him, and his hands and feet began to tremble.
"Xin'er, what's wrong?" The Queen was the first to notice that something was wrong with him. Her expression changed drastically and she shouted anxiously, "Qiao'er, quickly call the imperial physician!"
The prince looked back and saw that King Liang had fallen to the ground, his limbs twitching and beginning to spasm.
He frowned, made a sound of "Pooh", and said in a low voice: "Why don't you just die?"
He watched coldly for a while, and only when he saw the palace maids and eunuchs rushing over to rescue him did he spit and disgustedly ordered the people around him, "Go call the imperial physician!"
When the imperial physician arrived, Prince Liang's condition was already very serious.
The palace maids and eunuchs present did not know how to deal with epilepsy. When Prince Liang had an attack, his limbs spasmed. Although the Queen ordered the eunuchs to put their hands into Prince Liang's mouth to prevent him from biting his tongue, in her panic, she forgot what Zi'an had said that day and ordered people to forcibly straighten Prince Liang's limbs, resulting in fractures. The oral secretions of Prince Liang could not be discharged in time and were swallowed into his respiratory tract, blocking his breathing and causing his neck to be fractured.
When the imperial physician saw that Prince Liang was dying, unable to breathe smoothly, with his lips turning purple and his face black, he was horrified and rushed to rescue him. He was able to save him a breath, but his condition was still very serious.
Prince Liang was transferred back to the Queen's palace, but because his broken neck was not diagnosed, his injury became more serious and affected his breathing.
"Empress, the condition of His Royal Highness Prince Liang is very serious..." The imperial physician moved his mouth a few times but couldn't say the rest.
(End of this chapter)