Marrying a concubine and swallowing her dowry? The mistress turns around and marries a high-ranking

Chapter 387

They had never seen this kind of poison before!

I don't know them at all!

"Your Majesty, the poison is acting up, and you are experiencing internal pain. We will first prescribe a pain reliever, and then we will slowly work on clearing the poison..."

The imperial physicians dared not say that they actually did not know how to cure this poison. Otherwise, given the emperor's already bad mood, if he opened his mouth and had them all executed, they would have nowhere to turn for help.

Princess Pingkang interrupted with a cold laugh, "Don't waste your energy. The Emperor and the others were poisoned with my unique poison. Only I have the antidote. If they don't get the antidote, they can only wait for their internal organs to slowly rot away!"

Princess Pingkang was really going all out.

She knew that her power was waning, but she still clung to a sliver of hope—that she was the one who poisoned the emperor and his relatives.

The only person with the antidote to the unique poison that the old woman Xingju possessed was her. In other words, the lives of the emperor and others were still entirely in her hands.

With that, she should have some leverage in negotiations, right?

Mo Chonggui chuckled: "Does the Grand Princess think that if you don't take the initiative to provide the antidote, we're completely helpless? ...You're quite confident in your integrity. Then I invite you to be a guest at the Eastern Depot. If you can still stick to this argument, then the Eastern Depot can close down and disband."

Princess Pingkang's face turned pale instantly.

She knew that the Eastern Depot was filled with countless cruel and terrifying tortures. She had heard that the captured envoy from Western Qi had remained silent for several days in the Ministry of Justice, but after only one day in the Eastern Depot, his mouth was pried open.

She was the Grand Princess, the most noble member of the imperial family, yet the Eastern Depot wanted to use those cruel tortures on her?

Princess Pingkang was both shocked and furious. She said, "How dare you! The late Emperor left a will before his death, ordering that I be protected for life! No one is allowed to touch a single hair on my head!"

The emperor looked at Mo Chonggui with some difficulty.

"Minister Mo, this..."

He himself wished he could tear Princess Pingkang to pieces, but before the late emperor passed away, he did leave an edict entrusting him with the care of Princess Pingkang.

Princess Pingkang saved the late emperor's life and made a great contribution. In addition, the late emperor had deep feelings for her and specially instructed that no matter what serious crime she committed in the future, her merits and demerits could offset each other, and at least she should be spared a safe and sound life.

According to the late emperor's decree, Princess Pingkang should not be tortured.

Princess Pingkang became smug again when she saw that the emperor indeed dared not do anything to her.

The late emperor's will is something even the current emperor dares not disobey!

Who dares to touch her!

Princess Pingkang felt that she could now negotiate: "Your Majesty, I don't want anything else, I just want you to issue an edict to let Song Yong return from the south, and to keep my title of Princess Pingkang and my Princess Pingkang residence."

She felt she still had the self-awareness to know that she had committed the heinous crime of treason, and it was impossible for her to continue receiving the same honors and treatment as before.

But she holds the lives of the emperor and a host of royal relatives in her hands. Aren't their lives worth more than her status as a Grand Princess and a Grand Princess's mansion?

The Grand Princess could still enjoy her fiefdom and receive a salary every year, and with the addition of her magnificent and luxurious Grand Princess Mansion, even if the emperor did not give her any other rewards or privileges, she and Song Yong would be able to live a life of luxury.