Revenge of the First Daughter - Chapter 275

Chapter 275 Prompt Antidote
The black-clothed man was kicked by the Imperial Guards and couldn’t help but kneel down. However, he pursed his lips and didn’t say a word.

The black-clothed men looked around the room for a moment. When they saw County Lord Hui Ning’s figure, their expressions carried a faint joy. They immediately knelt down and clicked their heads. “County Lord, help, help!”

“Xu’er, what’s going on?” The Jin Emperor’s gaze shifted to the black-clothed men. He then turned to look at county princess Huining with a trace of doubt in his eyes.

Seeing this, Zhou Jingxu immediately took a step forward and bowed respectfully to the Jin Emperor. Then, he said, “Reporting to Father Emperor, Father Emperor, do you still remember that someone tried to assassinate the child on the day of the hail a few days ago?”

The Jin Emperor nodded, his eyes shining brightly. With just Zhou Jingxu’s words, he knew what had happened.

Zhou Jingxu continued, “That day, I went to look for the Yun Family’s fourth young miss. Who knew that these people would actually assassinate us? If not for the fact that the fourth young miss noticed us in time, we would have made arrangements. I’m afraid there would have been hail that day. Without the help of the Imperial Guards, I’m afraid I wouldn’t be able to see Father Emperor by now.”

When Zhou Jingxu said those words, his gaze was appropriately sour and his expression was sad. “After the incident that day, I specially brought these people back and personally interrogated them. I didn’t expect that the murderer was really found out from these people.”

“Who is the murderer?” The Jin Emperor’s gaze carried a faint harsh expression as he looked at County Lord Huining, who was still staring blankly at the sky.

Sure enough, Zhou Jingxu looked at county princess Hui Ning nervously before saying, “Yes … it’s county princess Hui Ning.”

“What?” Although the Jin Emperor had already guessed this matter, hearing it with his own ears, he was still somewhat surprised. He slammed the table fiercely and said with a grim expression, “Hui Ning, are you going to kill the Ninth Prince?”

County Lord Hui Ning sat on a chair and stared blankly at the beam of the room. Seeing that the Jin Emperor was angry, he couldn’t help but shrink his body. He opened his mouth and cried, but he didn’t say anything.

When Yun Xiao saw this scene, the corner of her mouth curved into a faint arc.

Zhou Jingxu was clever. If it was only said that Huining’s people had assassinated her, this matter would probably be exposed very easily.

Unexpectedly, what Zhou Jingxu said was that the Jin Emperor favoured Zhou Jingxu more when the assassin wanted to assassinate him. In addition, Zhou Jingxu was also a prince, and the county princess of Hui Ning was someone tied to Zhou Jingyan.

In this way, the Jin Emperor had no choice but to think that this matter would be related to the seizure of the first wife.

As long as it was related to the competition for the first wife, the Jin Emperor would definitely not let this matter go smoothly.

Zhou Jingyan suddenly shifted his gaze to Yun Xiao’s direction. When he saw the invisible smile in Yun Xiao’s eyes, a trace of indignation appeared in his deep black eyes.

He glanced sideways at County Lord Hui Ning, who was standing beside him. Although County Lord Hui Ning was an unworthy person, no matter what, he was tied to him at this moment. If he did not plead for mercy, it would probably chill the hearts of many people.

Zhou Jingyan’s eyes were as bright as torches. He looked at Yun Xiao as if he had warned him, and then coughed twice as hard as he could before saying, “Father Emperor, you can’t convict county princess Hui Ning based on just what ninth brother said. County princess Hui Ning is just a woman in the rear mansion. How could you think of the assassination?”

Zhou Jingxu looked at Zhou Jingyan carelessly, and then said with a puzzled expression, “According to Third Brother’s meaning, you must suspect that there is someone behind County Lord Hui Ning ordering the County Lord?”

County princess Hui Ning’s status was noble and she was the only daughter of the Eldest Princess. Therefore, many people were extremely courteous to her. Not many people were able to persuade county princess Hui Ning.

However, the only person in the royal family who was close to county princess Hui Ning and could command county princess Hui Ning was Jing Yan of the Three Palaces next week.

Zhou Jingyan tightly clenched his hands under his wide sleeves. His expression was especially embarrassing. He looked at Zhou Jingxu with a harsh gaze, but his soft, waxy, clear eyes were filled with unconcealable disgust.

He had seen such a gaze not only in Zhou Jingxu’s eyes, but also in Yun Xiao’s.

The eyes of these two people were strangely similar. What exactly was the reason for that?

However, after a moment of distraction, Zhou Jingyan came back to his senses and said with an embarrassed expression, “Father Emperor, please take a good look. Your son has absolutely no intention of doing so!”

The Jin Emperor’s expression shifted back and forth among the people in the lower echelons, and his gaze flashed with a trace of light. “Hui Ning, what else do you have to say?”

County Lord Hui Ning stared blankly at the Jin Emperor. His gaze once again shifted to Yun Xiao, who was not far away. He held the handkerchief in his hand and waved it at Yun Xiao a few times. He did not conceal his anger and jealousy. “I want her dead! I want her dead!”

“So you really sent these people?” The Jin Emperor secretly felt a headache in his heart. He only felt that this matter was extremely troublesome.

However, county princess Hui Ning kept saying, “I want her dead.”

This time, the Jin Emperor was also unwilling to ask any further. He only coldly snorted and looked at the black-clothed men. Whether these people wanted to assassinate Yun Xiao or Zhou Jingxu, if they were together that day, they would be killed if they were to lose a single cent.

Adding on Zhou Jingxu’s insistence that the assassin was going to kill him, this matter had to be thought about, “Someone, pull all these assassins down and decapitate them to show them to the public!”

When the black-clothed man heard this, he immediately knelt down again and said anxiously, “County princess, save me, County princess!”

However, county princess Huining smiled coldly at those people and immediately said, “You guys deserve to die as well!”

The black-clothed man kept struggling. However, the black-clothed man who was already tied down couldn’t compare to the Imperial Guards.

In just a short moment, these black-clothed men had already been pulled out of the Imperial Study by the Imperial Guards.

And today’s farce must have an end.

The Jin Emperor sized up everyone in the room, his gaze filled with displeasure. In the end, he said loudly, “Today’s matter was done by County Lord Hui Ning alone. According to the law …”

Before he could finish speaking, Zhou Jingyan coughed violently again. His expression was extremely embarrassed. The sound of the cough was so loud that it seemed as if he was about to cough out his heart and lungs.

The imperial physician who was serving at the side immediately gave Zhou Jingyan a good breath. However, seeing that he couldn’t stop coughing, he took out the silver needle and injected it into Zhou Jingyan before slowly recovering.

The Jin Emperor looked sideways and saw Zhou Jingyan gasping for air. “How’s the Third Prince?”

“Reporting to Your Majesty, the Third Prince’s poisonous flames have attacked your heart. Your life is slight. You need to find the antidote as soon as possible. Otherwise, the Third Prince’s life will really not be saved.” The imperial physician withdrew the needle from Zhou Jingyan’s body, but the words he said were filled with intense apprehension.

Sure enough, when the Jin Emperor heard this, his expression was as gloomy as a cold winter night. “Hurry up and find the antidote!”

As the Jin Emperor spoke, he walked towards Zhou Jingyan. His gaze towards Zhou Jingyan carried a faint worry, “Yan’er, how are you?”

Zhou Jingyan coughed again and gasped for breath before saying, “Father Emperor, this son is blessed. I can’t serve Father Emperor anymore. However, before I die, this son still asks Father Emperor for something.”

“What is it?” The Jin Emperor looked at Zhou Jingyan worriedly, but he did not agree first. After all, as an emperor, nothing could go wrong.

After observing the Jin Emperor’s reaction, Zhou Jingyan could not see a trace of mockery in the depths of his eyes. However, in the blink of an eye, he said, “Father Emperor, Hui Ning is the county princess. There is no reason to harm Yun Clan’s fourth young miss. Your son does not believe that she will assassinate Yun Clan’s fourth young miss. She is just a girl and aunt’s only daughter. Please, father Emperor, be merciful and leave Hui Ning alive.”

The Jin Emperor’s expression was peculiar. That’s right, he didn’t look at the monk and the Buddha’s face. Back then, the Changping Eldest Princess had indeed contributed a lot.

The Jin Emperor frowned and finally made up his mind, “Alright, for the sake of Changping and you, I will spare Huining’s life today. However, the punishment still needs to be punished. Let Huining go to Renan Temple to cultivate her temperament.”

Although Renan Temple was a temple, it was filled with nuns. The people inside usually ate and chanted Buddhism. However, Renan Temple was a few dozen kilometers away from the capital. Its location was remote, and the days were even more bitter.

But going to the temple was better than getting killed.

Therefore, Zhou Jingyan knew how to advance and retreat, so he immediately said respectfully, “In this case, many thanks, Royal Father.”

“Someone, send county princess Hui Ning to Renan Temple!”

With the words of the Jin Emperor, the people in the Imperial Palace acted extremely quickly. After less than half an hour, County Lord Hui Ning was sent out of the Imperial Palace. Before leaving, County Lord Hui Ning and Eldest Princess Changping were not allowed to reunite.

Not to mention these words for the time being.

After county princess Hui Ning was taken away, there was a trace of peace in the Imperial Study. However, Zhou Jingyan’s expression was indeed extremely ugly.

Yun Xiao’s face was filled with mockery as she was happy with Zhou Jingyan. This time, it was not poisonous in the morning, not in the evening. However, when the Jin Emperor was about to send out the county princess of Huining, it was poisonous. Anyone with good eyesight could tell that Zhou Jingyan had interrupted the Jin Emperor deliberately to plead for mercy for the county princess of Huining.

The current status of county princess Huining was useless to Zhou Jingyan. What was the reason why Zhou Jingyan pleaded for county princess Huining like this?

Yun Xiao suddenly remembered that a few days ago, the property under County Lord Huining’s name was so popular that many people were extremely envious of it.

The Eldest Princess will definitely be sad if something happens to County Lord Hui Ning. The Eldest Princess is old and her health will definitely not be good. At that time, those properties under County Lord Hui Ning’s name will definitely need to be taken care of by someone.

Since Zhou Jingyan had contributed so much to county princess Hui Ning, Eldest Princess Changping would definitely be grateful to Zhou Jingyan. At that time, the property under county princess Hui Ning’s name would definitely become Zhou Jingyan’s.

This play was really wonderful!

The corner of Yun Xiao’s mouth curled into a trace of sarcasm.

Everyone was watching around Zhou Jingyan, so no one noticed how Yun Xiao was doing.

The corner of Yun Xiao’s mouth slowly curved into a faint arc, but her mouth was counting, “3.2. 1 …”

Just as Yun Xiao finished counting the last number in her heart, the door of the Imperial Study was pushed open.

Eunuch Wei’s fat body was standing right outside the door.

Yun Xiao turned her head to look, her expression carrying a hint of light and helplessness.

He didn’t expect that he would be so accurate.

Eunuch Wei’s fat body walked into the room in surprise. Before he could bow, he said respectfully, “Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the antidote that can cure the poison your Highness the Third Prince has suffered is here …”