After Xia Wan'er gave the order, two servants came forward and dragged her away.
Xiaosun was so frightened that her face turned pale. Even the eldest daughter fell into their hands, so she herself could not escape the disaster either.
Although I was mentally prepared, I was still just a half-grown child, how could I not be afraid? I was dragged away trembling all the way, gritting my teeth to endure the waves of fear.
Zi'an watched Xiaosun being dragged away. She felt dizzy and the poison made half of her body almost numb.
She saw fear on Xiaosun's face, but she didn't cry. She just gritted her teeth and held on. She swore that as long as she could survive, she would never treat this girl badly.
The two were thrown into a dark room, and Cuiyu sneered, "Miss, enjoy your last moments before death."
After saying that, he turned around and left with the others.
Xiaosun crawled over and asked, "Miss, what's wrong with you?"
Zi'an knew that he had to buy time, because Xia Wan'er and Madam Linglong would surely come over soon, and she had to use acupuncture to control the spread of the poison before they arrived. Otherwise, even if she could hold on until the Queen's people arrived, she would not be able to treat Prince Liang.
Now she no longer dared to think about what would happen if Prince Liang did not fall ill, because Prince Liang's illness was her last chance to fight back. Otherwise, she could only protect herself, kill the people in the Prime Minister's Mansion and escape.
She would not have chosen this unless it was the last moment, otherwise there would be no need to suffer these days.
She, Xia Zian, is not the kind of person who lives a life of compromise. She either doesn't fight, or she fights to the last moment.
"Hurry, take out the needle bag from my sleeve pocket." Zi'an said to Xiaosun with difficulty.
Xiaosun didn't know why, but he immediately followed her instructions and took out the needle bag from her sleeve pocket.
"Open it!" Zi'an felt that breathing was a little difficult, blood circulation accelerated, and his heart beat much faster than usual.
"Yes, yes!" Xiaosun opened it in a hurry, "And then?"
Zi'an forced himself to sit up and quickly inserted needles into the four major acupuncture points in his body, forcing the venom to his left leg.
In this way, although movement is inconvenient, the damage of venom to the body can be minimized.
She took a deep breath, but the dizziness was still there. This was the effect of the residual poison on her body, and she had to hold on.
"Miss, what happened?" Xiaosun asked in panic when he saw sweat oozing from her forehead and a look of pain on her face.
Zi'an said nothing, pinched the Soul-Snatching Ring, released the stored electrical energy, and then used electric shock to decompose the venom in his left leg.
This cannot be done overnight. It will take at least seven or eight days to completely break down the toxins, and it must be combined with a detoxifying soup to thoroughly detoxify the body.
After doing all this, I heard footsteps outside.
Everything happened as Zi'an expected. Madam Linglong and Xia Wan'er arrived.
They brought two sturdy old women with them. One of them was the one who had supervised Zi'an kneeling in front of the shrine. An had beaten her that day, and she had been holding a grudge against him ever since. When Madam Linglong passed on her successor, she volunteered to come forward.
She had been in the mansion for many years and was valued by the old lady, but she was bullied by a maid who was out of favor and was about to die. She couldn't swallow this.
So, as soon as the door of the dark room was pushed open, the old woman didn't wait for Madam Linglong's instructions, she rushed forward, grabbed Zi'an's hair and dragged him to the door, saying sternly: "Kneel down, Madam is going to scold you."
Xiaosun rushed over and screamed miserably: "Let go of the young lady!"
Xiaosun didn't know where he got the courage from, but he bit the old woman's wrist. He used all his strength to bite the old woman until she bled.
Xiaosun was determined to die. All her long-time forbearance and compromise finally erupted at the last moment. She bit herself so hard that her whole body trembled, and her eyes were sharp. She was not at all like the timid girl of the past.
The old woman screamed in pain, and another old woman came forward and kicked Xiaosun hard, causing blood to flow out of Xiaosun's mouth. However, she refused to let go and her face was grim from biting him.
Zi'an took a deep breath, pulled out the hairpin on his head, rushed over, and without blinking, stabbed the hairpin into the thigh of the old woman who kicked Xiaosun fiercely. The old woman screamed in pain and fell to the ground. Blood was already flowing from the place where the hairpin was stuck.
Madam Linglong looked at Zi'an in surprise. Wasn't she poisoned? How could she still have the strength to fight back
Before she could think any further, Zi'an had quickly dealt with the two old women, stood up shakily, and walked towards her.
Madam Linglong originally wanted to beat Zi'an severely before he died to vent her anger, so she brought her two strongest maids with her. These maids had been in the mansion for a long time and knew the most vicious moves, but she didn't expect that they would be knocked down by Zi'an and Xiaosun before they could even make a move.
She took a step back, staring at Zi'an's gloomy face, and said angrily, "You are about to die, and you still dare to be so arrogant and domineering?"
Zi'an smiled coldly, "Chen Linglong, it's not me who is about to die, but you. Who do you think you can hide the things between you and Chen Er from?"
Madam Linglong's face suddenly turned pale. She looked at Zi'an in horror and was furious. "What nonsense are you talking about?"
Zi'an was just guessing, so he tested her. Now seeing her face change drastically, he knew that his guess was almost right. She said coldly: "Am I talking nonsense? During your widowhood, you were having an affair with Chen Erhu, got pregnant, and yet you did everything you could to marry into the prime minister's mansion."
Zi'an stared at Xia Wan'er, "Do you think Prime Minister Xia is really your father? No, your father is Chen Er, that street thug."
Xia Wan'er didn't believe it at all. "Do you think anyone believes what you said? You'd better save such lies for hell."
"If you don't believe me, just ask your mother." Zi'an snorted. She was so excited that her blood was boiling. She forced herself to suppress her passion and pretended to be calm.
"I'll kill you!" Madam Linglong's eyes were filled with hatred and panic, and she shouted, "Come here, torture me! I'm going to beat this shameless man who doesn't respect his mother or his elders to death!"
Zi'an knew that she had guessed right. No wonder she couldn't see any resemblance to Prime Minister Xia on Xia Wan'er and Xia Lin's faces. It turned out that they were not Prime Minister Xia's children.
Zi'an dragged his inconvenient left leg and moved forward step by step. The hairpin that fixed his bun was already stuck on the old woman's leg. Her hair was disheveled, and the wind from outside the door blew in, making her hair even more messy. She looked like a vengeful female ghost, with a dark and resentful light flashing in her eyes.
Madam Linglong stepped back step by step, shouting, "Someone come, someone come!"
There were only two servants outside the yard. When they heard Madam Linglong's shout, they rushed in hurriedly.
Madam Linglong pointed at Zi'an and ordered sternly: "Come on, drag her away and beat her to death with sticks!"
The two servants glanced at Zi'an and were frightened by the coldness in her eyes and took a step back.
Xia Wan'er said angrily: "What are you still standing there for? Catch her!"
The two servants had no choice but to step forward, trying to grab Zi'an's arms and pull him out, but Zi'an pounced on Madam Linglong, threw her to the ground, and strangled her neck fiercely.
She was no longer physically strong, and the poison was more corrosive than she had originally thought. She had no choice but to protect herself in this way. Otherwise, even if the Queen's men came, she would not be able to crawl into the palace.
(End of this chapter)