Shocking! Five men are in love with the same woman!

Lingyan enjoyed watching the people groan in pain on the ground, howling and screaming.

It indicates a very wonderful mood.

At this moment, Yang Huan also stepped into the hall.

However, the crowd was either too exhausted or simply unaware of his arrival.

Their entire attention was occupied by the pain in their bodies, leaving them no time to pay attention to anything else.

And so, everyone endured the agony for a full half hour.

It was an indescribable torment, as if every second was a brush with life and death.

Of course, Lingyan did not poison the Marquis of Chengde, his wife, and their children who were only three or four years old.

On the one hand, we are afraid that they will not be able to bear the pain and will die.

On the other hand, the Marquis of Chengde and his wife were, after all, Xiao Muyao's maternal grandparents and the Empress's biological parents.

She didn't want to be too heartless, so she preserved their dignity.

And those little kids who are only three or four years old, they're so young and haven't done anything wrong yet.

How could she be so heartless as to prey on such a young child?

For the next half hour, the children stared blankly at everyone, completely bewildered.

The Marquis of Chengde and his wife kept begging for mercy, asking Lingyan and Xiao Muyao to give them the antidote.

But the two remained unmoved, simply watching quietly with cold and resolute eyes.

Finally, after the excruciating torment subsided, everyone seemed to come back to life.

I felt like I had just escaped death.

He was soaking wet and looked utterly disheveled, completely losing his composure.

Of course, they were in so much pain that they didn't care about their image anymore.

Ling Yan then looked at the survivors with a smile and said, "How was it? Did you like this feeling?"

Upon hearing this, no one had the strength to reply.

He just lay on the ground, panting heavily.

Marquis Chengde was filled with resentment, his eyes glaring at Lingyan like knives as he said, "They're just a few lowly women, and you treat us like this? But the others are innocent!"

Lingyan sneered upon hearing this: "Innocent? I don't think anyone in this mansion is innocent except for Yang Huan and a few children. Besides, do you really think I poisoned you for the sake of my female employees? Not to mention that I've already vented my anger, it wouldn't be worth going to such lengths just to vent their anger. So, do Grandfather and Grandmother know the reason?"

Everyone looked completely bewildered upon hearing this, having no idea why.

Lingyan sneered repeatedly upon seeing this.

He then mocked, "You guys really are brainless. Sending you away was definitely the right thing to do."

what?

Send away?

Everyone was shocked!

His face was full of confusion and astonishment.

Lingyan ignored what they thought and said to herself, "As Ayao's maternal family, you share the same fate. If you were smart and intelligent, it would be fine, but you are not smart and think you are. You are stupid and do not know how to make trouble for others. If something happens to you, it will only affect Ayao."

"Besides, do you really think that Ayao can rest easy now that he is the crown prince? Don't forget how many crown princes in history have been able to successfully ascend the throne? Very few. And there are those princes who are secretly eyeing the throne, and they are thinking of finding something to do with Ayao so that they can bring him down."

At this point, her gaze swept over everyone and she said, "But you people are just eager to give others leverage. You are their bargaining chips to attack A Yao, but instead of keeping to your own standards, you act arrogantly and cause trouble for A Yao. So what right do you have to stay in the capital?"

At this moment, a younger man whispered, "But we didn't do anything! Why are we being sent away?"

Lingyan glanced at him, making him lower his head in fright, before continuing, "You haven't had a chance to do anything yet, have you? After all, Ayao has only been the crown prince for a short time. But your true nature has been suppressed too much over the years. You will only become more outrageous now or in the future."

Upon hearing this, everyone was clearly at a loss for words, because what she said was true.

They are indeed already thinking about how to make things better...

Lingyan looked at them and continued to mock and look down on them, saying, "Furthermore, with your brains, you are very likely to be used by those princes to harm Ayao, and you are too stupid to know that. Since that's the case, it's even less likely that you will be allowed to stay in the capital."

After hearing this, everyone finally understood.

It turned out to be the case.

Even so, why poison them?

Lingyan then explained the answer to them.

“I plan to send you to Qingzhou, where spring is warm and flowers bloom. You can stay there for the rest of your lives. Of course, your maternal grandfather’s generation, your uncle’s generation, and your cousin Yang’s generation, apart from your mother and Yang Huan, none of you are good people. In order to prevent you from becoming local tyrants in Qingzhou and oppressing the people, I have poisoned you all.”

"You have all experienced the effects of this poison just now. It won't kill you, but it will make you wish you were dead. If you behave yourselves and obey, the antidote will be given once a month, and it won't have any other effects. As long as you don't do anything reckless and die of old age, you'll be fine."

Before they could even feel happy or relieved, they felt it was no big deal.

Lingyan's next words completely extinguished their last shred of hope, leaving them only with overwhelming fear and despair.

"But if you want to die there and keep running around, then there's no need to give you the antidote. If you don't take the antidote on time, not only will you be tortured to the point of wishing you were dead, but if you don't take the antidote for more than three months, that is, three times, you will bleed from all seven orifices and die. Not only that, but after you die, you will turn into a pool of blood and not even leave any bones behind."

Her tone was calm and cold, her voice echoing in the hall, piercing everyone's hearts like ice.

Upon hearing this, everyone turned ashen-faced, and a wave of fear quickly spread through them.

Their eyes widened, their pupils filled with disbelief and deep fear.

His body trembled violently, as if being shaken dry, and cold sweat poured down uncontrollably, instantly soaking his clothes.

Their eyes were filled with despair and regret, as if their souls had been ripped out at that moment, leaving them completely lost and disoriented.

Lingyan, not content with that, continued with a grin, "So? Do you like this poison? I painstakingly developed it; it took me a lot of effort! Don't even think about finding anyone else to cure it, because there's simply no one in the world who can cure this poison!"

Upon hearing Ling Yan's words, everyone felt as if they had fallen into an ice cave, filled with extreme fear.

Looking at her smiling face, they seemed to see a devil from hell.

Some people were trembling violently, their teeth were chattering, and they were making incoherent sobs, as if they had lost the ability to speak.

Some people stared wide-eyed, their eyes bloodshot, the fear in their eyes almost overflowing.

He murmured, "Devil, you are the devil..."

Some people collapsed to the ground in despair, burying their heads in their hands, sobbing uncontrollably, muttering incoherently, "It's over, everything is over..."

The Marquis of Chengde and his wife were also completely pale, as if all their vitality had been drained from their faces.

They stared wide-eyed at Xiao Muyao in disbelief, as if he were a complete stranger.

Marquis Chengde was heartbroken and looked at Xiao Muyao, questioning, "You...you just watch her torment us like this? We are your maternal grandparents!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Muyao remained unusually calm.

He glanced at the Marquis of Chengde and replied calmly, "Yes, but that's also what I meant."

Upon hearing this, the Marquis of Chengde felt a pang of pain in his heart, as if he had been struck a heavy blow.

He then asked, "And what about your mother? Don't you care about her? She's our daughter!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Muyao remained calm and replied, "The Empress Dowager has also agreed."

The Empress naturally agreed.

After all, no one was more important to her than her son.

Since they've affected their son, they should naturally be dealt with.

Besides, it's just sending them out of the capital, not taking their lives, and they can enjoy a life of wealth and luxury, so of course she would support it.