She was buried alive at the start, but she's determined to smash her ex-husband's head in

"You dare stare at me? Don't you want your eyes anymore?"

Helian Chen's striking and deep features possess a dangerous beauty, even when he is angry, he exudes a fatal allure. The mysterious purple color further creates a distance between him and others, as if he has transformed into human form in a mist.

Lin Qingwei's mind raced, and she boldly grabbed Helian Chen's hand in front of everyone. Helian Chen was stunned, and his face immediately darkened. He wanted to shake off Lin Qingwei's hand and release poisonous insects to kill this clueless person.

But Lin Qingwei was faster than him. She pulled his arm forcefully and whispered something in his ear.

Helian Chen's eyes lit up, and he suddenly looked at Lin Qingwei with great excitement. After Lin Qingwei nodded to him, he suppressed his joy and quickly squatted down to press several acupoints on Pei Zhaoan.

"What are you doing!" Chunqi was afraid that he would hurt Pei Zhaoan, so he had already assumed an attack posture. Xia An was even faster and had already placed his sword against Helian Chen's neck.

Lin Qingwei couldn't speak, but shook her head at the two of them to indicate that Helian Chen could be trusted. Only then did Xia An put the sword away with some doubt.

Helian Chen was unusually not angry; in fact, he was quite excited and kept glancing at Lin Qingwei.

"If you want to save him, carry him inside. Come with me."

Lin Qingwei nodded, but Chunqi blocked her way and said, "No, this person has ill intentions. What if he tries to harm you or the adults?"

Helian Chen heard everything and, somewhat impatiently, crossed his arms and said, "My patience is limited. If you say another word, I won't save him. Anyway, I'm the only one in the world who knows what the antidote is."

"Trust me," Lin Qingwei said softly, grasping Chunqi's hand. "Trust me."

The commotion had clearly attracted attention. If someone with ulterior motives discovered that Pei Zhao'an was poisoned and unconscious, they might take advantage of the situation! Xia An gritted her teeth, helped Pei Zhao'an up, and pretended that he was drunk and unsteady on his feet, supporting him as they followed behind Helian Chen.

Upon arriving at the side hall prepared for the guests to rest, Xia An and Chun Qi had just placed the person on the bed when Helian Chen began to urge them to leave.

"You, go to the Imperial Hospital and find a medicinal herb; you, go and catch a poisonous snake."

Xia An said, "I can handle this myself; she can stay here."

Pei Zhao'an had repeatedly warned that Lin Qingwei must not be left alone, and Chunqi must protect her closely. Moreover, this young prince from the Southern Frontier seemed strange and dangerous.

"The Imperial Hospital is in the east, while the poisonous snake I need is in the west. Traveling quickly within the palace is forbidden, and by the time you return, he will be long dead."

Lin Qingwei said, "You should go quickly. I'll be here with the Grand Secretary. Nothing will happen. The sooner you get what the Prince wants, the sooner the Grand Secretary will be safe."

Chunqi and Xia'an exchanged a glance, nodded, and quickly left the side hall.

As soon as Lin Qingwei turned around, Helian Chen removed her mask and said with a smile, "It really is you."

"I never expected to see you here."

Helian Chen opened his arms and walked towards Lin Qingwei, a wicked smile on his face: "Come on, let me hug you, to celebrate that we can both..."

Before he could finish speaking, Pei Zhaoan, who had just woken up in bed, pointed his sword at his brow.

His lips turned bluish-purple, and the wounds from the insect bites showed spiderweb-like purple lines that continued to spread outwards, now reaching his chin.

His face was completely drained of color, he could barely stand, and his hand holding the sword was trembling.

Lin Qingwei was completely protected behind him. She looked down at his hand holding hers and was stunned for a moment, her heart filled with mixed feelings.

Compared to the two of them, Helian Chen was completely nonchalant, even whistling and nodding with his arms crossed: "This one is not bad, and he's quite good-looking too."

"What does Your Highness mean by this?" Pei Zhao'an forced himself to speak, feeling as if his blood was mixed with silver needles, causing excruciating pain.

Helian Chen winked at Lin Qingwei: "Quickly knock him out, those two troublemakers will be here again soon."

Pei Zhaoan was poisoned and his mind was not quite clear. After he fainted, he didn't know what had happened and turned to look at Lin Qingwei with some confusion.

"You should sleep for a while. When you wake up, everything will be fine." Lin Qingwei blew a breath at Pei Zhaoan, spreading the sleeping incense from her hand onto Pei Zhaoan's face.

He was still holding Lin Qingwei's hand tightly before he collapsed.

Lin Qingwei laid him flat on the bed and used a lot of strength to break free of her hands. Before she could stand up properly, Helian Chen grabbed her and pulled her into his arms.

Do you miss me?

"Let me think about it. Let go of me first, my head hurts a little..."

Helian Chen held her shoulders and leaned closer to look, and found that Lin Qingwei's face was indeed pale, as if she had been seriously injured.

"What's wrong? Did my little bug bite you? Why do you look so pale?"

He immediately helped Lin Qingwei sit down. Lin Qingwei raised her healing hand and said, "I killed Xu Hanzhang, but I suffered a minor injury and haven't recovered yet."

Helian Chen removed her gloves and saw the blood seeping through the bandages. His features scrunched up, and he gave Lin Qingwei a thumbs up.

"You are this."

"Don't talk about me yet, let's help him detoxify."

"Oh well."

Helian Chen took out a pill from his body and put it into Pei Zhaoan's mouth. Then he tore open Pei Zhaoan's clothes and used a delicate little dagger to gently cut a gash on the wound on his neck.

Dark red blood flowed out from the wound.

"Take his clothes off."

"Huh? Why?" Lin Qingwei waved her hands repeatedly.

Helian Chen said, "I'll give him acupuncture to force out the poisonous blood. If you find that troublesome, there's an even simpler way."

"any solution?"

"You help him suck out the poisonous blood," Helian Chen said deliberately in an ambiguous tone.

Then, without saying a word, Lin Qingwei reached out to undo Pei Zhaoan's belt, turned her head to the side, and quickly stripped Pei Zhaoan's shirt off.

Her ears turned bright red and felt very hot, especially where her fingertips touched Pei Zhao'an's skin, it felt like fire.

Helian Chen quickly finished inserting the needles, then slapped Pei Zhaoan on the back with all his might. A mouthful of poisonous blood spurted from Pei Zhaoan's mouth, and the bluish-purple spiderweb-like marks that had spread across his face gradually faded.

"Alright." Helian Chen clapped his hands, casually pushed Pei Zhaoan aside, and looked at Lin Qingwei with great interest. "Now it's time to tell you about yourself, little mute."

Lin Qingwei glanced at the swaying Pei Zhaoan and said, "Why don't we put his clothes back on..."

"I'm blocking your view of him, right? Okay, I understand! I'll move a little to the side."

Whether Helian Chen couldn't understand human speech or not, he deliberately placed Pei Zhaoan on the ground very properly and even made a gesture to Lin Qingwei inviting her to look.