Seeing Ruo Qiu on the verge of dying, Lin Zaozao felt her throat tighten and her breathing become difficult.
She quickly reached out and lifted Ruo Qiu out of the coffin, sitting him up halfway and beginning to transfer the pain and illness from his body to her own.
Even after the transfer, Ruo Qiu's condition showed no signs of improvement. Seeing his face growing paler and paler, Lin Zaozao's body was filled with a gloomy, sharp aura.
That gloomy aura made the banquet instantly become silent as the grave. At this time, people's intentionally suppressed breathing could be heard very clearly.
"Fan Tian, come quickly and see Ruo Qiu, his condition is wrong!"
Hearing Lin Zaozao’s anxious voice, Ji Fantian and Xiao Taohua quickly walked over to Lin Zaozao’s side.
When Ji Fantian’s hand left Ruo Qiu’s wrist, he looked at Lin Zaozao anxiously and said,
"Zaozao, do you still have any of the life-saving pills I originally made for you from white jade ginseng and lingzhi?"
"Yes, I gave one to Uncle Zhang, and I still have three left."
Thinking of the life-extending effect of the pills made from white jade ginseng and lingzhi, Lin Zaozao quickly took one out of the pouch at her waist and stuffed it into Ruo Qiu's mouth.
However, Ruo Qiu, who was barely breathing, simply could not swallow the life-saving pill.
At this time, Lin Zaozao didn't care what others were thinking. She propped Ruo Qiu up halfway and directly mouth-fed him the pill.
After one pill went down, Ruo Qiu's breathing stabilized slightly.
Or rather, she could finally clearly feel Ruo Qiu's breath.
But before Lin Zaozao could breathe a sigh of relief, seeing her mouth-feed medicine to Ruo Qiu, the corners of Ye Zhao and Ye Mu's mouths, who were controlled by Wushuang and Wudi, twitched frantically.
Seeing their smug expressions, it was as if their scheme had succeeded. Ignoring the speechless expressions of the people at the banquet, they laughed loudly.
"Hahaha... Princess Mingzhu, no wonder our mother said you are a genuine fool.
No matter how many people help you, with just a little planning she can easily get rid of you.
Indeed, all that talk of an auspicious sign descending from heaven, that bullshit Princess Mingzhu, you as the empress of Han Country, you are just a brainless waste. For a worthless man, you actually dare to mouth-feed him medicine.
Mingzhu, have you forgotten where the poison on Qi Fantian and Ruo Qiu came from? Someone warned you clearly that my mother is a master poisoner, yet you still dared to feed medicine so recklessly to a dying man!
Stupid, you really are stupid to death!
A fool like you still wants to conquer Canglan and Fengshuo? It's simply a pipe dream.
High Priest Hanye, National Master, if that fool Mingzhu dies, your plans for many years will be ruined. You will die along with her!
Hahaha..."
Hearing Ye Zhao's ridicule, Lin Zaozao had no time to bother with her, only carefully watching Ruo Qiu's complexion for fear that she would inadvertently let death take Ruo Qiu away.
Seeing Ruo Qiu's breath become more and more steady, Lin Zaozao couldn't help breathing a sigh of relief.
As long as he kept breathing, with the system's help she would definitely be able to save Ruo Qiu.
Lin Zaozao picked Ruo Qiu up horizontally, held him tightly in her arms, then turned her head to look at Ye Zhao and Ye Mu, saying coldly:
"Besides the Female Emperor of Canglan Country, who else? Who else took part in harming Ruo Qiu like this?"
"Princess Mingzhu, right now, never mind who came up with the idea. Do you think you still have a chance to live on and avenge Ruo Qiu?
We painted deadly poison, much more potent than ‘Incurable’, on Ruo Qiu's lips. Even if you can resolve ‘Incurable Poison’, you can’t resolve the poison on Ruo Qiu’s lips.
In less than a minute, you and Ruo Qiu will undoubtedly die from the deadly poison. Yesterday, Han Country opened its own gates by itself. As long as you die, Canglan and Fengshuo will send troops to annihilate Han Country!
We will kill all the people of your Han country, and we will torture you, this scourge, thousands of times!!”
Listening to Ye Mu’s hate-filled voice, Lin Zaozao first handed Ruo Qiu to Ji Fantian's arms, then drew out a dagger from Wushuang’s waist and emotionlessly stabbed it into Ye Mu's chest.
Watching Ye Mu collapse to the ground, spewing blood ceaselessly, Lin Zaozao only looked on coldly.
"Fools, just two pieces abandoned by whoever played you. What are you still gloating about! Did you really think that even if you succeeded in killing me, you'd have a chance to live on and leave Han Country alive?
What bullshit Shuang Shu of Canglan, I see you two as the Twin Pigs of Canglan. Even pigs have more brains than you. Look how pleased with yourselves you are on this suicide mission.
Damn your ancestors, did I dig up your ancestors’ graves, or eat your family's rice, or did I forcefully defile your mother's male favorite?
Motherf*ckers, was it necessary for all of you to be after my life as soon as I returned home? And so blatantly at that?"
Looking at the ceaselessly convulsing Ye Mu, and the fresh blood flowing to her feet, Lin Zaozao's eyes were stimulated by that touch of red and grew increasingly gloomy.
Feeling her emotions growing more and more out of control, Lin Zaozao closed her eyes briefly, trying to temper her uncontrolled emotions.
But when she opened her eyes again, they were blood red.
In that blood red light, Han Ye and the others clearly saw a flash of gold in Lin Zaozao's eyes.
At this time, Lin Zaozao slightly hooked up the corners of her mouth, her brows and eyes tilted up gently.
The next second, her originally cute doll-like face hardened into a ghostly visage like something that had crawled out of hell.
Her appearance made Han Ye's throat catch.
Zaozao, this is...
But before Han Ye could fully react in shock, Lin Zaozao placed the knife she held onto her tongue and gently licked it.
Her manner was both alluring and frightening.
The corners of Lin Zaozao's mouth turned up in a smile as she turned to face Ye Zhao.
Ye Zhao was currently holding her sister Ye Mu who had collapsed in a pool of blood.
When Ye Zhao and Lin Zaozao's eyes met, she subconsciously let go of Ye Mu and quickly retreated a step back!
"Bad guys who dared to harm Ruo Qiu must die!"
Lin Zaozao's blood red eyes smiled slightly at the trembling Ye Zhao from head to toe. She placed the knife against Ye Zhao's neck, directly opening up a bloody cut.
Before Lin Zaozao could apply more force, Xiao Liuli ran swiftly to Lin Zaozao’s side, desperately hugging her arm and pleading:
"Sis, don't kill her yet, she still has uses!"
"Trash is trash. Killed is killed."
Seeing the fresh blood on Ye Zhao's neck, the killing intent in Lin Zaozao's eyes grew thicker. The smell of blood...
This smell, so familiar...
"Sis, my third brother and father are still in Canglan, their lives are still controlled by my mother empress.
If you kill Ye Zhao and Ye Mu now, when my mother empress gets angry, she might vent her anger on my third brother.
Sis, I beg you, for the sake of my third brother, spare them for now. My third brother Ye Yi is your husband, you can't abandon him."
"Ye Yi!"
Lin Zaozao murmured softly.
"Yes, Ye Yi, my third brother, your husband. Sis, look at Ruo Qiu first, he's on his last legs."
Hearing Xiao Liuli's babbling words by her ear, seeing him with nothing but horror on his face as he shielded Ye Zhao, Lin Zaozao came back to herself.
Her blood red eyes froze for a moment before slowly returning to black.
Seeing this scene, Han Ye finally breathed a long sigh of relief.
Luckily, nothing bad happened.
He truly didn’t wish for Little Pearl who had just returned to Han Country to involuntarily recall some things due to some sudden occurrence.
The seals placed on Little Pearl absolutely could not be loosened now.
Having somewhat regained her senses, Lin Zaozao moved the dagger placed against Ye Zhao's neck aside.
"Xiao Liuli, for your third brother's face, give me one more reason not to kill her!"
"Sis, Ye Zhao and Ye Mu are most favored by my mother empress. I want to exchange their lives for that of my third brother and my father's family of thousands.
Even if I can't exchange them back, they still have other uses. In short, their value alive is far greater than the value of venting hatred by killing them with one stab."
Xiao Liuli coldly looked at the horrified Ye Zhao, her voice unprecedentedly firm.
"Fine, I'll listen to you this once and let those two live for now. When they're of no more use, we'll kill them."
Lin Zaozao casually threw away his knife, lazily glancing at Ye Zhao who kept gasping for air, and the pale Ye Mu who had collapsed on the ground with a knife in her chest.
"Dashan, don't let this Ye Mu die yet. Find a doctor to keep her alive with medicine. I still have use for their lives."
"Yes, young master."
Dashan waved his hand behind him, and some guards came to take Ye Mu and Ye Zhao away.
"Wait!"
Xiao Taohua suddenly spoke up to stop them.
"Xiao Taohua, what's wrong?" Lin Zaozao asked puzzledly.
"Zaozao, I want to feed them something!"
"Go ahead! As long as they don't die, you can feed them whatever you want. Even if you want to feed them shit, I won't stop you."
Lin Zaozao's emotionless words made Xiao Taohua's body stiffen involuntarily.
But when he turned his head back and saw a clear mischievous look in Lin Zaozao's eyes, he couldn't help but lower his head and chuckle lightly.
Having obtained Lin Zaozao’s reply, the corners of Xiao Taohua’s mouth turned up. Although his eyes were curved amiably, anyone could tell at a glance that he had a roguish air about him.
Xiao Taohua slowly walked over to Ye Zhao and Ye Mu, directly prying open their mouths, and feeding each of them a pill.
"Cough cough... You despicable bastard from the Cave of Ten Thousand Poisons, what have you given us to eat?!"
Ye Zhao kept scratching her throat, retching, while glaring fiercely at Xiao Taohua.
Her gaze towards Xiao Taohua was full of disgust and contempt. How could someone from the Cave of Ten Thousand Poisons give them anything good!
Truly foolish!
