After being poisoned, I have been very weak and have been staying in the palace to recuperate these days. It is really unfair!"

Emperor Taihe directly questioned: "I remember that the last time you entered the palace, you were accompanied by a guard. Where is that person now? Why didn't you bring him with you this time?"

Yang Xiu's heart started to panic, and he instantly broke out in a cold sweat.

He had already guessed that Emperor Taihe would ask about Lin Xiao, but when he was actually questioned, he couldn't help but feel confused.

"Your Majesty," Yang Xiu said carefully, speaking the words he had prepared long ago, "Lin Xiao is indeed my personal bodyguard, and I have always trusted him very much, so I always keep him by my side.

It was only after I woke up this morning that I learned that Lin Xiao had disappeared. No one in the palace knew his whereabouts, let alone when he left the palace.

"I don't know why he suddenly disappeared or where he went. I was not strict in my discipline, please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

"Lax discipline? Ha!" Emperor Taihe sneered disdainfully, "Is that all you want to say to me?"

Yang Xiu smiled helplessly, "Your Majesty, every word I say is true. There is absolutely no falsehood. Please understand clearly, Your Majesty!"

At the end of his speech, his face suddenly changed and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

Emperor Taihe's face darkened as he looked at his pale and frail appearance with an icy gaze. Finally, he snorted unhappily, "Since you're not feeling well, go back and rest. Think carefully about where you went wrong!"

"Wei Chen obeys!"

Yang Xiu bowed weakly, then slowly stood up and walked out with difficulty.

Emperor Taihe immediately ordered Wang Zhi, "Go and interrogate those people yourself. I want to know what exactly is going on! Especially Yang Shu. She should know a lot. Ask her carefully."

Wang Zhi saw his displeasure and quickly accepted the order respectfully.

On the other side, Yang Shu was not feeling well at this time.

Although she changed into clean clothes and washed her body, she still could not forget the embarrassment of losing control of her bladder in public.

In particular, there were four deep claw marks on her face. The imperial physician said that the wounds were too deep and would definitely leave scars.

Yang Shu looked in the mirror once, and then she seemed to have lost her soul. She sat there blankly, as if only a broken shell remained.

In fact, her mind was full of that terrible memory.

She seemed to be trapped in that nightmare, constantly revolving in it, and Lin Xiao's words kept replaying in her ears -

"Hurry up and find a way to kill them. Don't leave any alive."

These words were like a sharp knife, constantly stabbing Yang Shu.

Torturing her to the point of driving her crazy.

Finally, Yang Shu couldn't stand it any longer and screamed: "Ah——"

Soon a palace servant came over and asked, "Is the county lady feeling unwell?"

Yang Shu raised her pale little face, looked at the palace maid with a gloomy gaze, and suddenly said, "Tell His Majesty that Lin Xiao and Wang Kui colluded. First, they secretly poisoned me and forced me to seek help from the Divine Doctor Yao. Then they secretly poisoned the people around the Divine Doctor Yao and framed me! Afterwards, they also wanted to kill me and my guards to silence me. Please, Your Majesty, take charge of this matter for me!"

The palace maid's face changed, she knelt down and saluted, then quickly turned around to report the news.

After Yang Shu and her guards were brought back by the Black Kirin Guards, Yang Shu was sent to the palace.

She was still the Princess of Anning County and the legitimate daughter of King Zhou, so Emperor Taihe did not put her in prison. He just placed her under house arrest in a remote palace and specially arranged for palace servants to guard her.

After the imperial physician treated Yang Shu's injuries and examined her body, she has been under house arrest here ever since.

And I have been in a daze until now.

After escaping from that terrible nightmare, Yang Shu bluntly told Lin Xiao and Wang Kui that they wanted to kill her.

She had actually guessed long ago that the other party was following Yang Xiu's orders, and the person who really wanted to kill her was actually Yang Xiu!

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