Marry my elder sister? Fine! I'll give you the letter of annulment and marry someone else.

Inside the box, a black, thumb-sized pill was placed neatly.

Song Zhi's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. This wasn't some elixir of immortality, it was probably a death elixir.

But the virtuous king acted very dramatic, "This kind of precious pill is priceless, and it will surely make your wish come true."

The emperor did not accept it immediately, but showed a meaningful expression.

As if he had anticipated this, the virtuous king remained calm. He respectfully took out the pill, broke it in half, and said, "I know that with all the recent events, it's difficult for your Majesty to trust me wholeheartedly. To allay your Majesty's doubts, I will boldly share this first precious pill with you."

The Emperor remained silent, and the virtuous prince continued, "Before that, my brother, please have the imperial physician come and examine you."

There is no emperor who does not want to live forever and unify the country for thousands of years, let alone an old emperor.

Although the emperor knew in his heart that this might be a trap set by the wise king, he still couldn't help but be tempted.

Finally, he waved his hand and called all the imperial doctors.

The two halves of the pill were passed around among a group of people for inspection. The imperial physicians kept discussing and summarizing the results, and also used various methods to test for poison.

From Song Zhi's perspective, he could just see the wise king giving a fearless smile.

She frowned, it seemed that the pill should be fine.

As expected, after a while, the head of the Imperial Hospital respectfully replied, "Your Majesty, we have carefully examined the two halves of the pill. There is nothing abnormal about them. They also contain several tonic herbs. Even if they don't have the effect of prolonging life, they can still regulate the body."

The emperor's eyes lit up, and the virtuous prince quickly stepped forward and said, "Royal brother, we can each take half, and then decide whether to continue taking it after you feel the changes in your body."

"well."

The emperor said two good words in a row, and the two of them took the pills and swallowed them at the same time.

After waiting for a while, he dismissed the imperial physician when he saw that there was nothing wrong with his body.

When only the virtuous prince was left in the room, the emperor said, "Where is this Taoist Wu now? I want to summon him to the palace."

"In my brother's fiefdom. I will write a letter and ask him to come to the capital to see the emperor."

"Okay, if this elixir of immortality is useful, I will definitely reward you handsomely."

The virtuous king bowed and said, "Sharing the emperor's worries is my duty. Why should I be rewarded?"

"Okay, you go down first."

"Yes."

The wise king left with satisfaction. After he was far away, Song Zhi came out from behind the screen.

After coming out, she kept staring at the emperor's mouth, not knowing what to say.

This wise king was obviously a weasel paying a New Year's visit to a chicken with no good intentions. However, the emperor swallowed the pill easily as if he had lost his mind.

Sin ah.

Song Zhi shook his head and sighed, and when he walked to the emperor, he saw him holding half a pill in his hand and looking at it carefully.

"It's actually non-toxic. What on earth does he want to do?"

Song Zhi was surprised. "Didn't you eat it? Did you spit it out?"

The emperor glared at her unhappily, "I'm not stupid. How could I possibly eat something of unknown origin? Didn't you ask me to play along with him?"

Song Zhi was embarrassed and coughed awkwardly, "The emperor is indeed wise."

But how could the wise king do useless work? He went to great lengths to present this medicine to the emperor, not because he really wanted to nourish the dog emperor's body.

She suddenly remembered an example that Doctor Jiang had once told her. There are many things in this world that counteract each other. Two originally non-toxic things can become highly toxic when combined.

If there is nothing wrong with this pill, then there must be something else that is wrong.

Song Zhi expressed this idea and said seriously, "Your Majesty, why don't you find another trusted imperial physician to take a look?"

The emperor obviously realized the seriousness of the problem, and quickly asked the imperial physician to check all the things that could be touched by the food, clothing, and daily life as Song Zhi said.

After checking, the problem was indeed found.

Looking at the chessboard in front of him, the emperor's face was extremely gloomy.

The imperial physician said, "Your Majesty, there is a very small amount of medicinal residue on this chess piece. In fact, if it were this amount, it would not be enough to trigger the poison to take effect. But the problem is that you have used this chess piece for many years, and the medicinal residue has already penetrated into your body."

At this point, the imperial physician was a little scared. "Take at most ten of these pills, and you will bleed from all seven orifices and die."

The emperor slammed his hands on the table, "Great! He has been plotting against me since so long ago! I will make sure he dies without a burial place!"

He looked at Song Zhi, and there was a hint of softness in his eyes.

"Thanks to you today, I will do what I promised you. However, I can escape the death penalty, but I can't escape the punishment of life. Wait until the third brother suffers some physical pain and learns a lesson before coming out."

Song Zhi couldn't help but curse in his heart. This damn emperor had made everything very clear. He even lost his own son and still wanted to teach him a lesson.

She gave a perfunctory thank you.

The emperor waved to the young eunuch at the door and said, "You, come here."

The young eunuch knelt before the emperor timidly. The emperor said expressionlessly, "Open your mouth."

When the young eunuch opened his mouth, confused, the emperor threw half of the pill into his mouth and said, "Swallow it."

The young eunuch showed a look of panic and was about to beg for mercy, but the emperor glanced away.

The young eunuch was so frightened that he accidentally swallowed the pill.

The emperor sat back in his chair wearily and instructed Eunuch Li beside him, "Take him away and lock him up. Use the medicine to see how he reacts."

"Yes."

Eunuch Li quickly ordered the young eunuch to be taken away. The young eunuch was almost terrified and cried out in pain, "Your Majesty, please spare my life. I don't want to die. Please spare my life."

The emperor was unmoved and only thought the sound was noisy.

Eunuch Li carefully noticed that the emperor's expression had changed, and quickly ordered someone to cover the young eunuch's mouth.

The little eunuch was taken away sobbing.

Song Zhi knew that the dog emperor was inhumane, but he didn't expect that he would care so little about other people's lives.

"emperor……"

"If you want to plead for mercy, then there's no need to ask. I won't care about his reaction or how he plays to the wise king. After all, he's a woman, so he only has a woman's kindness."

Without even raising his eyelids, the emperor picked up the mountain of memorials on the board and began to review them.

After thinking for a moment, he added, "Send a box of silver to his family as compensation. Tell him to be obedient for the sake of his family and tell them everything he feels."

Song Zhi felt upset that a life could be decided so easily.

She wanted to say something, but she knew very well that the dog emperor's decision was not something she could influence, and if she was not careful, it might cause dissatisfaction and anger.

She took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty, if there is nothing else, I will take my leave."

"Go."

Coming out of the imperial study, Song Zhi felt a little heavy. It was she who suggested acting. She felt as if she didn't kill Bo Ren, but Bo Ren died because of her.

She couldn't just sit back and watch the little eunuch's life or death.