“Is the necklace poisonous?”
The Empress Dowager’s face paled immediately and her fingers trembled. She had touched it personally. Did it mean that she had been poisoned?
She was not in the mood to ask if Princess Caifeng was intentionally trying to harm Mo Xuetong. It took her a while to calm herself down. She yelled at Crown Prince Xieyue, “Crown Prince, what do you mean? Someone has already touched it. Are they all poisoned?”
“How many times did you open it, Your Majesty?” Crown Prince Xieyue looked at the seal on it and asked with a frown.
“Once, when it was brought here, I had a look at it and then threw it in the warehouse.” The Empress Dowager’s face was livid.
“Then it doesn’t matter. The person who opens it the second time will be poisoned.” Crown Prince Xieyue also breathed a sigh of relief. If the Empress Dowager was poisoned, it would be extremely bad to him. Fortunately, it was only opened once now. He looked sideways at Qin Yufeng. This time, if it weren’t for Qin Yufeng, it would be really troublesome.
If something happened to the Empress Dowager or Consort Xuan, he would definitely fall out with the Qin Kingdom.
The cold sweat on the Empress Dowager’s forehead slowly dissipated when she heard the Crown Prince’s words. Her body became limp and she almost fell. The palace maid standing behind her quickly supported her. King Ning’s tense body relaxed as well. If anything happened to the Empress Dowager, he would be done for. He glanced at Princess Caifeng darkly, and felt that this woman was really hateful.
“Princess Caifeng, did you really have no idea about it or were you just pretending?” Feng Yuran did not intend to spare her. He walked up to Princess Caifeng and asked with a faint smile. He narrowed his eyes and released a little dangerous aura. “You were in such a hurry to get Tong’er to put on the necklace earlier. I don’t think you knew nothing about it!”
The last word was dragged on, with obvious displeasure in it.
“Your Highness King Xuan, what are you saying? I really don’t understand.” Princess Caifeng laughed dryly. She was a little nervous and felt that this handsome prince was extremely dangerous now. She felt as if she had been targeted by a poisonous snake when he stared at her.
It was killing intent, clearly killing intent. His originally incomparably pretty eyes landed on her, as if she was being stared at by a viper. A chilliness seeped out from her heart.
“Your Highness, don’t you understand? It’s such a pity. I thought that you felt uncomfortable to see Tong’er and wanted to kill her. That was why you and Miss Hu were so anxious to force Tong’er to put on the necklace. Fortunately, it wasn’t opened. If it was opened and something happens to Tong’er, I’ll take your lives for it!”
Feng Yuran seemed to be joking, but his cold voice made Princess Caifeng and Hu Qianyue realize what an arrogant person he was. The coldness between his eyebrows was like ice, and they could feel it as he spoke. Princess Caifeng and Hu Qianyue felt as if they had fallen into a cold ice cellar.
To make the princess who was supposed to marry into the country atone by life. How dare he! However, he said it so arrogantly. The two girls looked around at the people in the hall and found that no one said that he was presumptuous. It seemed that they were used to his behavior. According to what he said, if something really happened to Consort Xuan just now, the two of them would have no way to live.
Immediately, both of them broke out in a cold sweat and almost trembled in the face of Feng Yuran’s imposing manner. What he had said was extremely ridiculous, but with his evil and bloodthirsty expression, the two of them believed it. Princess Caifeng even looked at Xieyue with grat.i.tude. She only felt that Xieyue showed up at the right time. If this really happened…
She didn’t even dare to imagine what would happen next!
“Eighth brother, alright, don’t scare the princess. Consort Xuan is fine. Her Highness won’t know about such a secret. It’s just a little girl’s joke.” Feng Yuxuan came over to smooth things over. There was a lively look on his face that he didn’t notice and his clenched hands relaxed.
“King Xuan, I’m really sorry. Caifeng really didn’t know that the sacrificial offerings in the temple can’t be moved. She thought they were extremely precious. It’s all my fault. I didn’t know that the Empress sent this necklace here. Fortunately, everyone’s fine now,” Xieyue said and apologized to Feng Yuran.
Then he turned to the Empress Dowager and said sincerely, “Your Majesty, this necklace is extremely ominous. Could I take it back and exchange it with a new gift?”
No one dared to accept a necklace with unknown poison. Everyone could tell that the gift had nothing to do with Xieyue. When they thought about the situation in the Southern Barbarian Lands, they understood that it must have been deliberately sent by his stepmother in order to frame Xieyue. Originally, it had nothing to do with the Qin Kingdom. But when they thought of the person who was almost poisoned, they had no good impression of the Empress of the Southern Barbarian Lands. They only felt that this person was vicious and dared to plot against the Qin Kingdom to achieve the purpose of framing Crown Prince Xieyue. It was really hateful.
“Of course. Crown Prince, just take it away.” The Empress Dowager was annoyed by Consort Yu’s incident some time ago and was scared out of her wits just now. At this time, she only felt sore all over and had no strength. She just wanted to go back to her bedroom and let the imperial physician see if there was anything wrong with her body. It was best for Xieyue to take the necklace back.
The Southern Barbarian Lands was the most bizarre place. Who knew whether it would cause people to be poisoned if it was just placed there!
“Many thanks, Your Majesty!” Crown Prince Xieyue thanked her respectfully. Ignoring the pale-faced Princess Caifeng and Hu Qianyue, he turned to Mo Xuetong. However, when he saw Mo Xuetong’s face, his eyes widened and he froze immediately. Her beautiful face was as beautiful as a spring flower but carried with a hint of coldness. She was definitely the one he had been missing these past few days.
She wasn’t dead! she wasn’t dead! She really didn’t die!
The wild joy almost made Crown Prince Xieyue unable to control himself. He clenched his fists so tightly that they were almost convulsing. The pain in his palms reminded him that he was not dreaming. The gloominess on his face faded away and he took a step forward. He could not help but want to pull Mo Xuetong’s hand.
He had thought that she had pa.s.sed away and that it was because of Consort Yan. He had gotten someone to find out about that matter. It was said that Consort Yan framed her for having an affair with a servant. He remembered that she was pretty. How could a servant match her? It was obvious that Consort Yan was the one who framed her!
So when he knew that Hu Qianyue had set up a trap, he played along. She was dead, and even though he could not take revenge for her, he would not let Consort Yan off the hook. He would drag her down from the position of Consort Yan and torture her to death. He would make her wish she was dead!
However, who would have thought that someone who was said to be dead would suddenly appear in front of him? It was a huge surprise that made the Crown Prince, who had always been able to control his emotions, lose control of himself. He stepped forward and tried to hold Mo Xuetong’s hand.
A hand reached out and grabbed his hand. “Your Highness, do you think it’s not convenient to take this box? I have a good idea. You can think about it!”
Feng Yuran held Xieyue’s hand unhappily as he was full of jealousy. He rolled his eyes at Xieyue. He had known that Xieyue had different feelings for Mo Xuetong. That was why he had intentionally tried to confuse him and mentioned the Third Young Miss Mo. He had pushed the incident that had happened to Mo Xueqiong to Mo Xuetong.
Anyway, Xieyue could not see Mo Xuetong under normal circ.u.mstances, so he pretended not to know what Xieyue was thinking.
Mo Xuetong did not expect that Crown Prince Xieyue in front of her was the one she had saved. She looked a little surprised when she thought of the ring he had given her. Fortunately, even though she did not expect to encounter Xieyue here, she knew that he was no ordinary person. She returned to normal after a moment of surprise.
Unexpectedly, Crown Prince Xieyue was the one who was really at a loss!
Mo Xuetong was stunned when she saw him reaching out to grab her. Then, she grew angry and backed away silently. She was about to speak when she saw that Feng Yuran had reached out to block Xieyue’s hand. She heaved a sigh of relief. There were not many people in the hall who were kind. It would be bad if others discovered that there was something wrong between her and Xieyue.
Xieyue also came to his senses at this time and knew that it would bring her trouble. He suppressed his doubts, turned to Feng Yuran, and asked with a smile, “King Xuan, what’s your good idea?”
“I have to ask you if there’s any poison outside the box.” Feng Yuran pretended to want to know more about the situation as he looked around the box. “You’d better take another box to put it away so that the poison inside will not leak out.”
“That’s good. Then I’ll have to trouble you, Your Highness!” Crown Prince Xieyue nodded.
Feng Yuran waved his hand and asked a eunuch to find a jade box. The jade was fine so that it was hard for the poison to leak out. It was indeed the best choice. Xieyue took the box and put it on the table. Then he carefully pushed the jewelry box into the jade box with a cup beside him and then closed it again.
As Princess Caifeng saw how careful they were, a cold sweat broke out on her forehead. She had been putting her hand on the jewelry box just now. Was she really alright? Had the poison left behind by the High Priest been leaking after so many years? That would be terrible!
She looked at Feng Yuran’s vicious and sharp eyes that looked as if they were tangible, making him look devilish and cold. Then, when she saw her elder brother who was holding his anger, she could not help but shiver with fear. Her face paled and she was no longer as carefree as before. She wanted to leave this suffocating hall wholeheartedly. She stood up and bade her farewell to the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager was frightened and her legs were weak. She was not in the mood to talk with them, so she waved her hand for them to do what they wanted.
All the people took their leave together.
Feng Yuran did not say anything else to the crowd. He held Mo Xuetong’s hand and strode forward. He was really worried and wanted to take Mo Xuetong to the Imperial Inst.i.tute of Medicine to have a look. When the jewelry box was sent to him, Mo Xuetong had once said that the things in the Southern Barbarian Lands were very strange and he was not allowed to open them. Furthermore, he was not curious about the accessories and sent it straight to the palace.
He did not expect that there were so many twists and turns in it. Fortunately, he did not open it at that time. Otherwise, if something happened to the Empress Dowager, others would blame him. A hint of coldness flashed in his eyes. Now that Feng Yuxuan had sent the box to Mo Xuetong, did he really know nothing about it? Why didn’t he give the box to Ling Rui’er? At that time, he had been trying to please Ling Rui’er, hoping to get the full support of Ding General Manor.
It seemed that Feng Yuxuan had already been in touch with the Empress and the Third Prince of the Southern Barbarian Lands. Feng Yuran had been investigating the matters of the Empress, but he had ignored the things around him.
“Your Highness King Xuan!” Behind him came the clear voice of Xieyue.
“Your Highness, what else can I do for you? Is it because of Princess Caifeng? It really has nothing to do with me?” Feng Yuran turned around in an exaggerated manner and said with a cold smile. There was a hint of coldness in his eyes. It was not done yet!
Princess Caifeng shrunk her neck when she heard that. She had completely lost her momentum. She had seen how bloodthirsty Feng Yuran was, and then heard how he arrogantly and rudely talked about her life and death. Princess Caifeng had truly given up. If this man wanted to kill her, he would not even care about the Southern Barbarian Lands behind her. She had been completely mesmerized by his devilish beauty earlier and had totally forgotten an ancient saying in the Southern Barbarian Lands—the most beautiful thing was usually the most vicious!
