Jiang Dichen came in from outside and saw Shen Ruolan torturing the servants. His originally cold face suddenly turned dark like the darkness before a storm. He approached Shen Ruolan and asked her sternly, "Why did you attack Xue'er?"

Shen Ruolan shook her head and said, "I didn't."

Up to now, Shen Ruolan only knew that her medicine was lost, but she had no idea what others did with it.

Seeing that she refused to admit it, Jiang Dichen pointed at the dying nanny on the ground and asked, "You didn't, then how does she explain it?"

Shen Ruolan glanced at Nanny Xie and told Jiang Dichen the truth: "Your Majesty, Nanny Xie stole my things and she refused to admit it. I had no choice but to..."

Jiang Dichen approached Shen Ruolan, stretched out his hand to pinch her chin, and asked her coldly: "My good concubine, what did she steal from you that made you make such a fuss?"

"She stole my..." Shen Ruolan stopped talking here, looked at Jiang Dichen and said, "Your Majesty, please tell me what you want to say."

Shen Ruolan knew that she had committed a taboo. People were not allowed to make medicine privately in the palace, but she did it, and it was poison. Now even if she had a hundred mouths, she couldn't explain it. She could only wait to see how Jiang Dichen would deal with her next.

Seeing her like this, Jiang Dichen pinched Shen Ruolan's chin tightly and sneered at her: "Why, you can't say it? Then I will help you."

After he finished speaking, he ordered his subordinates, "Come here, search for me."

"Yes, Your Highness." After Yan Mo finished speaking, he led his companions to search Shen Ruolan's room.

Shen Ruolan didn't have much stuff to begin with, and some of the medicine was still left to be packed, so Yan Mo and the others found everything without much effort.

Yan Mo came over with a bundle in his arms and the medicine powder on the table, and reported to Jiang Dichen: "Master, Concubine Lan does have medicine and this in her room..."

Before Yan Mo could finish his words, he fainted instantly. The medicine powder in his hand was spilled all over the floor, and several of his closest companions were also poisoned and fainted.

When Jiang Dichen saw this, he was instantly furious. He never thought that this seemingly weak woman could be so vicious. He dragged her into the yard and slapped Shen Ruolan in the face.

Shen Ruolan's chin was already painful from being pinched by him, and now she was slapped in the face, causing her to scream in pain.

Jiang Dichen squatted down, stretched out his hand to pinch her neck, and said to her with a gloomy face: "Lan Wanxi, I think I have treated you well, but why are you so cruel? Xue'er is nothing more than a little willful, why do you want to kill her?"

Jiang Dichen tightly grasped Shen Ruolan's neck, making it difficult for her to breathe. She shook her head desperately at him and said incoherently, "I didn't hurt, Princess."

Jiang Dichen heard her still quibbling, he pinched her hand a little harder, and asked Shen Ruolan with murderous eyes: "Tell me, where is the antidote?"

At this time, Shen Ruolan had been strangled to the point of being unable to breathe, and her face became paler and paler. Seeing that Emperor Jiang wanted to kill her, she suddenly felt sad. In this life, she could not escape the curse of scumbags and would die in their hands. Tears slid down her eyes. She looked at Jiang Dichen with difficulty and said, "My lord, if you take me to see the princess, there may be a glimmer of hope. Otherwise, please feel free to do as you please."

After she finished speaking, she stopped struggling, closed her eyes quietly, and waited for death to come.

Jiang Dichen looked at the woman who was waiting to die in tears, which made him feel a little flustered. Just as Shen Ruolan's body began to fall, he quickly let go of her hand, threw her aside, and said to her coldly: "It would be too easy for you to die before my sister gets better."

Shen Ruolan, who was on the verge of death, was suddenly released. She greedily breathed in big gulps of oxygen, fearing that she would die if she took one less breath.

When Shen Ruolan thought of this, she couldn't help but laugh at herself in her heart. It turned out that she was also afraid of death. But, what was there in this world worth her staying for?

After a few breaths, Shen Ruolan recovered. She looked up at the arrogant and furious man in front of her and opened her mouth, not knowing what to say for a moment.

He Yue and Wan Dong, who had just woken up, who were not far away, were both scared and crying. They wanted to go forward to help her, but were afraid of angering Jiang Dichen, so they could only watch from a distance.

Jiang Dichen saw that the woman had recovered. He ordered her coldly, "Hand over the antidote quickly."

Shen Ruolan shook her head at Jiang Dichen and said weakly, "There is no antidote for this medicine. Please allow me to go back to the house to get something and go to see the princess with you."

Jiang Dichen looked unhappy when he heard that there was no antidote for this poison, but he still urged her, "Hurry up."

"Yes," Shen Ruolan said, and she got up from the ground. Maybe it was because she almost lost her life just now, which made her feel scared and weak. She finally stood up, but fell to the ground again in an instant.

"Young Master" Wan Dong couldn't bear it any longer and ran towards her quickly.

Wan Dong came to Shen Ruolan, cried and supported her, saying: "My lady, I will support you."

Shen Ruolan forced a smile at Wan Dong and said, "Thank you."

After saying this, she struggled to get up from the ground again.

It's just that Wan Dong was weak, and because of the poisoning she had just been exposed to, she had no energy left. She struggled to support Shen Ruolan, but before she could take two steps, the master and servant fell to the ground in front of Jiang Dichen with a plop.

Jiang Dichen looked at the woman who fell at his feet. He subconsciously bent down and reached out to help her. However, the moment his hand touched Shen Ruolan, she seemed to be touched by some ferocious beast. She quickly hugged her body and rolled to the side, leaving his hand stiffly suspended in mid-air.

Seeing this, Jiang Dichen immediately turned his face black and said to her, "You don't know what's good for you."

After he finished speaking, he paused and continued to warn in a cold voice: "My patience is limited. If Xue'er doesn't wake up today, I will never let her off easily."

After hearing Jiang Dichen's warning, Shen Ruolan looked at Wan Dong and said, "Dong'er, go get me the paper bundle."

"Yes, young lady." After Wan Dong finished speaking, he quickly ran into the house, took out the bundle and said, "Young lady, the bundle is here."

Shen Ruolan took the bundle and opened it. When she saw the colorful paper-made things inside, she couldn't help but shed tears again. After this incident, her plan to go to Fuze Temple was definitely ruined. Her escape plan also came to nothing. She took out the silver needle and the medicine powder she had prepared earlier and said to Wandong, "Dong'er, go to the kitchen and help me light a fire."

This time, she didn't know whether she could come back alive. She wanted to burn all the paper-made things she made for her children in her two lives while she still had a breath, hoping that they could find a good mother who could protect them in their next life.

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