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

"It's not serious!"

The doctor immediately explained, "It's not a deadly poison! It will only cause His Highness the Crown Prince to fall into a deep sleep and nightmares, leading to lethargy and emotional distress that prevents him from speaking."

"That's all?!" Duke Mu was completely dumbfounded.

This happened in the Duke's mansion. It was his negligence that led to the Crown Prince's poisoning. So what if it really was Prince Duan's doing? His Majesty will still hold them responsible, won't he?

The doctor slapped his mouth, immediately changed his tone, and comforted him, "Isn't that what I'm here for? After the medicine is brewed, His Highness the Crown Prince will take it, and he'll be fine after vomiting out the poisonous blood!"

"Will everything really be alright?"

While they were arguing about the Crown Prince's condition, no one noticed when Pei Zhaoan walked up to Lin Qingwei and pried Zhao Hongjia's hand off Lin Qingwei's.

Lin Qingwei was startled, and when she saw that it was Pei Zhaoan, she felt a chill run down her spine as she recalled her deal with Pei Zhaoan.

She was able to possess the identity of Miss Lin because she promised Pei Zhao'an that she would obtain the Duan Prince's account book in Ningzhou from Lin Zhengwen.

This ledger probably records the details of Prince Duan's exploitation of the people. If Lin Zhengwen were to report it to Emperor Xuande, this matter would be impossible to hide. On the one hand, Lin Zhengwen wanted to take credit for this, and on the other hand, he was afraid of the power of Prince Duan and the Consort's maternal family, which is why he has been slow to act.

Pei Zhao'an might be on Prince Duan's side...

"So afraid of me?" His voice was extremely low, as cold as a snake crawling out of its lair. His breath tickled Lin Qingwei's earlobe, sending shivers down her spine as if she had been electrocuted.

Lin Qingwei had nowhere to retreat, and was afraid that making too big a move would attract attention, so she could only slightly turn her head to avoid Pei Zhaoan's approach, but her hand was still being held by Pei Zhaoan.

His body temperature was very low; when my palm touched his, it felt like I was holding a piece of ice.

"No."

"No? Then why are you hiding?" Pei Zhaoan was not happy, staring at her as if he wanted to devour her. "Don't use the excuse of men and women not touching each other to fob me off. What, you can stand shoulder to shoulder with the Crown Prince and hold hands with the Prince, but you won't even get close to me? Are you afraid of me too?"

Pei Zhaoan pulled her forcefully towards him, and Lin Qingwei stumbled forward, almost falling into his arms. A bloody smell that seemed impossible to wash away entered her nostrils.

She suddenly remembered the scene when she first met Pei Zhaoan.

At that time, she was still Yun Ciwan from Qingxi Town. She would carry the lunch her mother had prepared and walk from her home in the east to the school in the west to deliver the lunch to her father.

But she witnessed Pei Zhao'an being assassinated on the street. The string of jade beads on his wrist was broken, and the jade beads were scattered all over the ground. Even though she was standing far away and hiding behind a stall, three jade beads somehow rolled over to her.

The bright green beads were still stained with bright red blood and dirt.

She originally didn't want to cause trouble and planned to sneak away, but when she looked up, she saw Pei Zhaoan with blood all over his arm, still lying on the ground searching for the jade beads one by one, and she couldn't bring herself to do it.

So he picked up the three jade beads, wiped them clean with his sleeve, and returned them to him.

At that time, she was not afraid of Pei Zhaoan. She thought he was just an unlucky person who had been targeted and even gave her three valuable jade beads as a thank you gift.

Later, because of the fact that Xu Hanzhang's examination was taken by someone else, she had to go to the capital to seek help from Pei Zhaoan, only to find out why he was being hunted down one day.

How many people's blood is on the hands of a notorious yet incredibly powerful Grand Secretary?

She was genuinely scared at that time, but for Xu Hanzhang's sake, she had no choice but to bite the bullet and beg Pei Zhaoan.

And now? Is she afraid? Actually, she's alright. Thinking of Pei Zhao'an's fate in her previous life, she just feels a little sad.

Seeing that Lin Qingwei made no move, only frowning slightly, Pei Zhaoan seemed to realize something and pushed her away again, moving three steps away from Lin Qingwei with a dark face.

???

Besides feeling sorry for them, there are now many things they just can't understand...

"They're here! They're here! The medicine is ready!"

The Duchess personally carried the medicine and walked straight to Zhao Hongjia's bedside without stopping. Lin Qingwei wanted to help Zhao Hongjia up, but before she could even extend her hand, Qi Yanzhi had already sat down and helped Zhao Hongjia up.

Fortunately, nothing went wrong during the medication administration process, and Zhao Hongjia looked much better after taking the medicine.

Duke Mu held his wife's hand, his eyes full of apology and heartache, but now he had no choice but to trouble his wife to take good care of the guests in the front yard and keep the news of the Crown Prince's poisoning a secret.

Zhao Hongjia on the bed gradually relaxed his brows. In his dream, he seemed to have met his younger sister, who was as well-behaved and sensible as before, and would follow behind him calling him brother.

He opened his eyes groggily and found himself surrounded by people. For some reason, the first person Zhao Hongjia saw was Lin Qingwei, whose silhouette seemed to overlap with someone in his dream.

"Sister Hua Rong, you're back." He was afraid he hadn't woken up from his dream, so he reached out to grab the person in front of him.

Lin Qingwei was somewhat moved, but she knew that she could not act abnormally at this moment when everyone was watching. Then she saw that Zhao Hongjia's hand, which was halfway outstretched, was tightly pulled back by Qi Yanzhi.

Qi Yan put his arm around Zhao Hongjia's shoulder, letting him lean against him, and held Zhao Hongjia's hand tightly with the other, creating an indescribably strange scene.

"You weren't poisoned too, were you?" Shen Yushu couldn't stand it anymore.

He walked up to Zhao Hongjia and roughly shook him awake: "Didn't you find your sister a long time ago?"

Zhao Hongjia's head throbbed even more, and he felt dizzy and nauseous. Then he tasted a strong metallic taste of blood in his mouth, and feeling disgusted, he pushed Shen Yushu away and vomited.

Fortunately, the doctor was quick-witted and saw that Zhao Hongjia had woken up. He had already prepared a spittoon to catch the spittoon, which prevented a mess.

Duke Mu and Prince Yong immediately stepped forward and asked with concern, "How are you feeling, Your Highness? Is there anything wrong?"

"Uncle, teacher, I'm alright..."

Zhao Hongjia's memory was that after drinking the wine offered by Prince Duan, he was somewhat drunk and was taken to the tea room to rest, and after that he remembered nothing.

"I only drank a little too much, why are they looking at me like I've just survived a disaster? Especially this doctor."

"It's good that you're alright." Prince Yong breathed a sigh of relief. "Yu Shu was almost scared to death."

"Huh? Me?" Shen Yushu pointed to herself.

She wasn't scared to death! Is it really that exaggerated? She just walked a little faster than before, spoke a little more seriously, and her hands were shaking a little. Is that considered being scared to death?

Zhao Hongjia looked at her and said, "I'm really fine. I won't drink so much and make you worry in the future."

After saying that, he patted Qi Yanzhi's hand. Qi Yanzhi silently pulled it out, and then unexpectedly got up. Zhao Hongjia lost his support and fell directly onto the couch, looking at him in disbelief.

"You just happen to be like this, how cruel of you is that?"

What about all these years of relationship? Shouldn't you start caring about him a little more?