Sun Fanger opened her eyes, which were lifeless. She licked her dry lips with her tongue and said hoarsely, "Rouyao... is gone?"
"She ran away, what do you think?" Zi'an sat on the edge of the bed, lifted the quilt and looked at her wound.
Sun Fang'er didn't say anything, but just stared at the door blankly. There was no expression on her face, but her eyes were full of excitement.
There was nothing abnormal about the wound. Zi'an took out the acupuncture needle and found that the poison had been cleared. The person woke up, which meant that she had returned from the gates of hell.
"It was you who saved me?" Sun Fang'er moved her eyes back and looked at Zi'an.
"I guess so." Zi'an was not modest at all.
"I won't thank you much." said Sun Fang'er.
Zi'an looked at her, "Why did the noble concubine want to kill you?" She didn't care whether she was grateful or not. He saved her just to find out things she didn't know.
Sun Fang'er remained silent and did not answer.
Zi'an knew it was not easy to pry her mouth open. At least, Sun Fang'er wouldn't tell her.
She walked out. Rouyao was still in the yard. Zi'an said to Rouyao, "Rouyao, do me a favor. Go in and ask her if the mother Gu is Prince Nan Huai."
"What is it?" Rouyao wiped her tears and was a little reluctant to go in, but when she saw Zi'an's serious expression, she knew it was a serious matter.
"If you ask her like this, she should answer you." Zi'an said.
Rouyao nodded, "Okay, I'll go ask."
She went in, and after an incense stick of time, she came out and said to Zi'an, "She said the mother Gu is Prince Nan Huai."
Zian was annoyed, "She cheated on Hu Huanxi?"
Then, I felt that there was nothing to be angry about. Who wouldn’t be tempted by conspiracy at this time
Rouyao shook her head. "No, she herself also thought that the mother Gu was the Noble Concubine, but until the Noble Concubine attacked her, she knew that the Noble Concubine had given the mother Gu wine to Prince Nan Huai to drink. Moreover, she suspected that Prince Nan Huai should be poisoned now. The Noble Concubine might have given him poisoned wine before he left."
"What?" Zi'an was shocked. "Did Prince Nan Huai take effect from the poison? Why did the noble concubine do this?"
"This is her guess, because she was the one who gave the Royal Concubine the poison, and she was the only one who knew how to detoxify. If the Royal Concubine wanted to kill her, she could have done it earlier, but she didn't do it until Prince Nan Huai left the capital. So she guessed that it was the Royal Concubine who poisoned Prince Nan Huai."
Zi'an didn't quite understand what he heard, and couldn't help but rush in, "Sun Fang'er, I saved you, and you return a favor to me, and we'll be even now."
Sun Fanger looked at her and thought for a moment. "Okay, I'll tell you whatever you want to know. I won't owe you any favors for saving my life."
Zi'an didn't say any nonsense and asked directly: "You asked Hu Huanxi to tell me that Prince Nan Huai asked you for the five-day poisonous insect to poison the noble concubine. You deliberately led us to say that the noble concubine was the mother Gu, right? Also, why did the noble concubine want to kill you? What do you know?"
Sun Fanger was also a straightforward person. Since she had promised to tell everything, she said, "I did ask Hu Huanxi to tell you that Prince Nan Huai wanted to kill the Noble Concubine and asked me for the five-day poisonous insect, but the Noble Concubine saw through him and was not fooled or poisoned. As for the Noble Concubine wanting to kill me, it was because I was the key to removing the poison. Without my blood, the poison could not be removed. She could not let Prince Nan Huai remove the poison, and she was even more unwilling to let Prince Nan Huai know that he was the mother of the poison."
"It doesn't make sense. She wanted to kill you and had plenty of opportunities. Why did she choose to do it at this time?" Zi'an asked.
"I guess this is because she poisoned King Nan Huai. All her poisons were given by me. If I am killed, no one can detoxify her poison to King Nan Huai. As for why she didn't kill me before, it was because I was still useful to her, but now she doesn't need me because she thinks she can control everything. Most importantly, she doesn't use people she doubts. She is suspicious of me and thinks that I am King Nan Huai's man. I have no need to exist anymore."
"She poisoned Prince Nan Huai. What was the poison? When would it take effect and kill him?"
"As long as she doesn't give me the antidote, I will die of the poison in a month. If the mother Gu dies, the child Gu will also die. Therefore, her ultimate purpose of killing King Nan Huai is to kill Murong Jie. Of course, if my guess is correct, she used a slow-acting poison. It will not kill King Nan Huai immediately, but she wants to control her through poisoning. If I don't die, she won't be able to achieve her goal of controlling King Nan Huai."
Zi'an was puzzled. "If you die, the life-same Gu cannot be cured. If something happens to the seventh child, the mother Gu, Prince Nan Huai, will also die. Why did she do this?"
Sun Fanger said coldly: "If her power is amazing enough, she can achieve her goal by controlling any prince. She is different from Liangpin. Liangpin is for her son, but she is only for herself. Any prince who ascends the throne, as long as she supports him, her power will still be there. She is the regent behind the scenes, she is the Grand Empress Dowager."
Zi'an didn't expect that the noble concubine would be so ambitious. She probably wanted to emulate her ancestors.
"One last question, what's the connection between vinegar and your poison?" Zi'an asked.
Sun Fang'er was a little surprised, "Why do you ask that?"
"Don't worry about it. Just answer the question. What is the connection between vinegar and your poison?"
Sun Fang'er was silent this time, "Who told you this?"
"you do not need to know."
Sun Fang'er shook her head, "If you don't tell me, I refuse to answer."
Seeing her firm attitude, Zi'an could only say, "Aunt Ah She who is beside the Empress Dowager said so."
Sun Fang'er's face turned pale. "So, when he was poisoned by my Gu, he was so heartless to me because the Empress Dowager had already cured him of the poison. Xia Zian, I have been smart all my life and thought that I could control everything under the Gu poison. But in the eyes of the Empress Dowager, these are just children's play."
"So, vinegar can cure poison?" Zi'an asked.
Sun Fanger shook her head. "No, vinegar can't cure the poison, but it can inhibit the growth of the poisonous worms and make them stop obeying my commands. And the poisonous worms won't settle in people who drink vinegar regularly, because they are afraid of the taste of vinegar."
So that's how it is. No wonder Old Seven always forced her to drink vinegar. It's true that there's always a way out. Glutinous rice can cure psyllids, but vinegar can be used to control such a horrific thing as the poisonous insect.
Zi'an laughed sarcastically, "The noble concubine poisoned you and thought you would die, but I didn't expect you to survive."
Sun Fanger said quietly: "They both think they know everything about me, but there are things about me that they don't know."
"You are still in danger. She will send people to kill you." Zi'an said.
Sun Fanger looked at her and said, "Don't worry, I won't ask for your protection."
Zi'an shook his head, "That's not what I meant. In fact, I can't even protect myself right now."
Sun Fang'er was slightly startled, "You?"
"Were those assassins sent by Prince Nan Huai? Five of them died, and the remaining two pointed out that I was the messenger, and the emperor believed it."
Sun Fang'er shook her head. "Seven people died. It's impossible for five to die. Unless my poison powder takes the antidote beforehand, they will all die."
Before she passed out, she saw seven people fall down, and it was impossible for any of them to be alive.
(End of this chapter)