Traveling to the ancient harem

Chapter 728: Seeking Help at Cining Palace

Ningyuxuan.

It can be said that this was the first time that Xu Rou knelt down to the queen willingly.

It was also the first time that she sincerely thanked the Queen.

Based on what she just did, she was plotting to murder the heir to the throne...

If the punishment was lighter, such as being beaten with a stick or sent to the cold palace...

If you're taken to the Ministry of Punishment, you might even die a miserable death.

Xu Rou felt that not eating breakfast and being forced to kneel was like no punishment at all, okay?

But she didn't notice.

Huang Ye raised her head and glanced at Qiu Die who was kneeling behind her.

Qiu Die saw Huang Ye's eyes and nodded slightly.

On the fourth day after this incident, which was the 19th day of the twelfth lunar month, Xu Rou fell ill.

Yingxiangxuan.

After having breakfast that day, Xu Rou went to the Cining Palace for lunch.

Now Xu Rou has a habit of going to the Empress Dowager's Cining Palace to drink tea after breakfast every day.

The Queen Mother had already finished her pound of tea.

Before she had finished drinking the tea, she asked Nanny Liu to ask the emperor for more tea.

Considering that she had been relatively well-behaved during that period, the Emperor did not make things difficult for Nanny Liu.

He asked Xiao Yinzi to deliver two kilograms of tea to the Cining Palace.

So Xu Rou had even more reason to go to the Cining Palace to drink tea.

These days, Xu Rou had her lunch at the Cining Palace.

It would be boring for the Queen Mother to eat alone, so she didn't say anything about Xu Rou eating for free.

Until after lunch, Xu Rou always felt a little uncomfortable.

She said goodbye to the empress dowager and returned to her Yingxiangxuan.

After returning to Yingxiangxuan, Xu Rou went to bed early and didn't even get up to eat dinner.

In the middle of the night, she suddenly felt cold, very, very cold.

Although it is winter now, it is not so cold.

Xu Rou woke up Qiu Die, who was on night duty, and asked her to cover herself with all the spare quilts in the room.

Even so, she was still shivering from the cold.

When Xu Rou felt that she was about to turn into an ice lump from the inside out.

Her body began to heat up again.

And it was very, very hot.

She was so hot that she threw off all the quilts and even took off her coat, leaving only her underwear.

Even so, she was still flushed with heat and sweating profusely.

After two hours of alternating hot and cold, Xu Rou finally recovered.

Although exhausted from the torture.

But deep in her heart, she had a vague feeling that something bad was going to happen.

Why did she have these symptoms for no apparent reason?

And she was extremely familiar with this symptom.

Wasn't the poison that she had asked the people from Wuyou Pavilion to give to Huang Zihong caused exactly these symptoms?

"Qiu Die, do you remember what it looked like when we poisoned the second young master of the Huang Mansion?"

Xu Rou wanted to confirm the doubts in her heart with Qiu Die.

Of course Qiu Die knew what Xu Rou was referring to.

"My Lady, according to the people from Wuyou Pavilion, the poison attacks at midnight every night, alternating between hot and cold for two hours..."

Xu Rou suddenly sat up from the bed.

She was not wrong. Could it be that someone really had poisoned her?

Yes, the queen came from the Valley of Poison Doctors. What kind of poison has she not seen?

She was now 100% certain that it was the Queen who had taken action against her.

It turned out that the Queen had always known about her poisoning Huang Zihong.

And she has never forgotten it.

She was taking revenge on me by taking advantage of what I had done in the Cining Palace a few days ago.

She is treating others in their own way.

Thinking of this, Xu Rou felt extremely panicked.

She knew better than anyone how powerful this poison was.

At that time, the masked man told her that there was no antidote for this poison.

"Qiu Die...what should I do? What should I do? I'm going to die..."

Xu Rou was so frightened that she was incoherent.

"There is no antidote for this poison... This poison... is the most effective in draining life's vitality, and will cause people to die in agony."

Qiu Die also looked extremely scared.

"My lady, didn't those people say that this kind of poison is only available in Wuyou Pavilion? Maybe you are just sick..."

Xu Rou raised her hand and slapped Qiu Die.

"What do you know, you lowly slave? It's the Queen, it's the Queen who is avenging me. I'm going to die... I'm going to be tortured to death..."

She burst into tears out of fear.

"My lady, why don't we wait till tomorrow night and see if it gets better..."

Qiu Die endured the pain on her face and gave Xu Rou some advice.

Xu Rou had no other choice now.

Even if she ran to the queen to question her now, the queen would definitely not admit it.

She can only wait until tomorrow night to confirm whether she was poisoned.

The next night.

As expected, at midnight, Xu Rou started to have another attack.

It was at this time that Xu Rou finally understood that this was the Queen's revenge on her.

The Queen never forgot for a single day that she had poisoned Huang Zihong.

"Qiu Die, help me get to the Cining Palace..."

Xu Rou will definitely not sit idly by and wait for death.

She had to go to the Cining Palace to beg her aunt while she was still able to move.

Only if her aunt takes action will she have a chance of survival.

Also, she never wanted to experience that feeling of being on the verge of death again.

Cining Palace.

The Queen Mother looked at Xu Rou, who was pale and supported by Qiu Die, and couldn't believe it.

Is this person who looks like she can't even stand steadily really her stubborn and competitive niece?

"Aunt, Aunt, please save Rou'er... Rou'er can't survive..."

Seeing the Queen Mother, Xu Rou fell to her knees.

"Get up...what's wrong with you...how come you become like this after just one day of not seeing you?"

The Queen Mother was also a little flustered.

She signaled Jiuer to help Qiu Die and help Xu Rou up.

Shi Yaoyao, who was sitting here, was also shocked by Xu Rou's haggard appearance.

"Tell me...what on earth is going on?"

The Queen Mother calmed herself down.

She waited until Xu Rou sat down before asking.

"aunt…"

Xu Rou burst into tears and was choked with sobs, unable to speak.

"You say..."

The Queen Mother ordered Qiu Die.

Qiu Die got Xu Rou's nod of agreement.

Only then did she tell him everything, exactly what Xu Rou had done to the second son of the Huang family.

"How old were you back then to have the intention to take someone's life..."

The Queen Mother felt that Xu Rou had completely overturned her three views.

She used to just think her niece was stupid.

I didn't expect that she was not just stupid.

And at such a young age, she was already so vicious.

After listening to Qiu Die's narration, Shi Yaoyao also felt a chill down her spine.

That poison is so strong, if the queen also gave her a portion...

Thinking of this, Shi Yaoyao felt her breathing become a little rapid.

"Aunt, the only ones who can save me now are the Queen and her master. Please help me... otherwise I will really die..."

Xu Rou looked at the Queen Mother and cried.