C74

It was a silver needle, about five inches long. The sharp tip of the needle flashed with a cold light. Behind the slightly trembling cold light was a face filled with hesitation and fear.

Stabbing, or not stabbing?

Her delicate hands kept trembling and her expression kept changing. Stabbing or not stabbing, she might not be able to continue living. If she just stabbed, there might still be a chance for her to survive. If she didn't stab, she would definitely die miserably, implicating her family.

In the middle of the red swaddling was a small and weak baby. Its snow-white face was weak and overly pale, making this baby even more pitiful. His skin was almost translucent, an unhealthy color, and his long eyelashes cast a shadow over his tightly closed eyelids.

On the bright red swaddling, embroidered with golden dragon patterns, was a sandalwood crib. Inside the room, a medicinal fragrance wafted in the air.

Closing her eyes, she was going to stab down eventually. The life of her family was in her hands.

"Your Highness, please don't blame this servant for being heartless. Even if you stay, it will only be a suffering. Mo Ru will follow Lady Shuhui!"

The infant was actually the only prince of the Southern Champion Kingdom, and was also the child that Ji Tian Ning had spent great effort to save.

The sleeping child frowned slightly, as if he had sensed danger.

"Wow …"

The child suddenly started crying. The maid's hand trembled and the needle fell onto the ground. She picked it up quickly and put her hand over the child's mouth. The child's crying would startle the others.

The needle in his hand no longer hesitated as it pierced towards the child's head.

A red figure flashed by and grabbed the maid's hand with one big hand while the other gently lifted the child up. With a slight wave of her arm, the maid's body flew into the air and heavily slammed into the wall.

He lowered his head and carefully looked at his child. There was no longer any trace of coldness in his eyes, but was instead filled with gentleness.

"Wa, wa …"

The child's small hands held onto it and began to cry. He seemed to feel the warmth of it as he grabbed onto the reverse scale's sleeves and began to squirm his head against its chest.

Seeing that the child was unharmed, the reverse fire scale couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. If it came later, the child would have been killed.

Some people had long since seen the emperor run into the prince's chambers in a flash. The maids and eunuchs hurriedly entered to serve him, but when they saw a maid lying on the ground, they couldn't help but panic, not knowing what had happened.

"Who is on duty today to serve the prince?"

He did not turn his head back as he gently hugged his own child. This was his only son, the first prince of the Southern Champion Kingdom.

"To report to Your Majesty, the people on duty today are Bi Rui and Peaches."

"I once ordered that no one is allowed to leave this place day and night. Where are the people who are on duty now?"

An older maid reported in panic, "Reporting to Your Majesty, we've already gone to search. It's all this servant's fault, please grant us punishment."

"You all deserve to die. If I didn't arrive in time, my prince would have been killed by this lowly bitch." "Who is this lowly slave?"

When he looked back, his eyes were filled with killing intent. No matter who it was that dared to harm his only son, he would not let them go. Even if it was her, or the power behind her, he would not let her go.

The maid lay quietly on the ground, her silver needle shining with a cold light as it fell.

Someone hurried forward to pull the maid, and the maid's face was exposed. Her dark green face was bleeding from all seven orifices, and she glared unwillingly. The servant girl was so frightened that she let go and sat down on the ground.

"Humph!"

An icy breath shot out from her nostrils. She had truly forgiven him for committing suicide like this. However, as a result, the clues were also cut off.

"Men, bring the lowly slave who's on duty here today!"

Two eunuchs ran in from outside the door and knelt on the ground in a fluster. "Reporting to Your Majesty, Bi Rui and Ling Hong are already dead. They died due to the poison."

No one knows when, but Fifth De was standing next to the reverse scale, bowing slightly and saying in a low voice, "Reporting to Your Majesty, Bi Rui and Mouthy found them in the passage beside us, they were obviously poisoned and dragged there. This palace maid who committed suicide by taking poison is the little palace maid, Qing Lei, who was serving in the Rain Listening Pavilion. "

His eyes narrowed into a dangerous arc, he actually thought of the Rain Pavilion? Was it for the kitten, or was it trying to stir up the water in the harem?

"Wait, how could Ji Tian Ning know that someone is trying to harm my prince?" She would not have done this. She would not have sent people to assassinate my prince. If she had such thoughts, she wouldn't have saved my child. However, did she really have the ability to predict good fortune? "Perhaps, she really is a barbarian witch, with some unknown sorcery?"

Huo Ni Lin didn't believe that Ji Tian Ning would send someone to murder his prince. That would be of no benefit to Ji Tian Ning. The reason why there were people who would listen to the maids in the Rain Pavilion doing this was just to confuse the crowd and divert their attention.

"Wu De, send reliable people to wait for the prince's sleeping quarters day and night. Without my decree, no one is allowed to enter or leave. "Investigate this lowly slave thoroughly and don't let any clues go."

"Your servant obeys the decree."

Wu De immediately ordered for people to keep a close watch on the Palace and look for suspicious people. Fortunately, at this moment, Ji Tian Ning had received a letter from a certain eunuch to repay her kindness and left in a timely manner. Otherwise, he would have definitely provoked the suspicion of the reverse scale of fire.

His eyes were filled with a frigid temperature as he gazed through the window towards the location of "her". He clenched his fist tightly in his sleeve, "You have already touched my reverse scale, my bottom line. Flying Heaven's death has caused my tolerance for you to reach the limit, and my prince cannot afford to lose. Don't think that I can't touch you, it's just that the time is not up yet. "You shouldn't have done this. You shouldn't have plotted against our only prince."

A thick killing intent rose in his eyes. The cold killing intent caused the surrounding air to freeze up.

"Wow, wow …"

As if stimulated by the thick killing intent, the child began to cry loudly. Someone came forward to pick up the child and gently coaxed him.

When their gazes landed on the child, the killing intent in their eyes disappeared, and the surrounding people immediately let out a sigh of relief.

"Wu De, detain those suspicious people as well as those responsible for serving the prince. interrogate them properly. Without my order, no one is allowed to come close to those people."

"Your Majesty, please be at ease. This servant has already sent down the orders, the servants and protectors have all been arranged."

Wude had some doubts, His Majesty had obviously entered the hot spring bathroom to have a deep relationship with that noble concubine. Why, in the blink of an eye, he had hurried all the way to the Spring Festival Glow Palace. Earlier, he'd seen that maid harm the prince, and how did the Emperor know that someone was trying to harm the prince?

His gaze was filled with deep thought. That noble concubine was truly difficult for people to see through. It was simple on the surface, innocent, happy, angry, sad, and always shining on the face.

But what sort of method had she used to make His Majesty act this way?

At this moment, no one in the Spring Festival Glow Palace noticed Ji Tian Ning. This was because Ji Tian Ning was dressed in palace attire today, and she did not wear any accessories representing the ranks of imperial concubines. She felt that the jewelry was too heavy and she didn't want to dress herself like a peacock. Her palace attire was also plain and light, so it wasn't very eye-catching amongst the palace maids.

The young eunuch from before was caught by Ji Tian Ning when he went to the Rain Pavilion to look for Ji Tian Ning for treatment. He then noticed her and whispered a few words to her before leaving in a hurry.

Ji Tian Ning looked around. The surrounding people's faces were filled with panic as they hurried to leave. She hurriedly turned around and left the Spring Festival Glow Palace.

The eunuch's words made her understand that the prince was indeed in danger, and her words were true.

If that was the case, then the White Horse Emperor would not have the time and the mood to look for her again. He would be furious and would be looking for the mastermind behind the plot to harm the prince. At this time, it was best for her to avoid getting caught in the crossfire.

He hurriedly returned to the Rain Pavilion and stared at the distant red wall and the beautiful scenery behind it. What kind of evil was hidden behind it? Even the prince's mother, as well as the emperor's concubine, would inevitably be killed. The first prince of the Southern Champion Kingdom, and also the only prince, would also be killed.

Her heart was as cold as ice. She had no woman, and if she died here, the harem would not be affected at all.

Once, she thought that she was different from the others. She had modern medical skills and didn't care too much about ancient ones. Until she saw that the tuberculosis flying high in the sky was being controlled well, not by the phthisis that she remembered from ancient times could not be cured, but by control.

At that time, she was only slightly surprised and did not put it to heart too much.

"But, no matter how good my medical skills are, it's impossible for me to compete with the schemes of the harem. I can save her, but I can't save her. She's dead, after all. Perhaps, one day, I will also quietly and painfully leave this place like her. Perhaps, I will only be able to leave this place when I die! "

Standing in front of the Rain Listening Pavilion, the scenery here was beautiful. The surroundings were rippling with blue waves, and the fragrance of the lotus flowers was drifting in the wind. The beautiful flowers were unable to relax Ji Tian Ning's heart. He already knew that the harem was scheming and fighting with each other, but seeing it with his own eyes, there was a huge difference between a true feeling and reading a book or watching a TV show.

He had seen with his own eyes that of the two people he had spent so much effort to save, one had already died in pain and the other had been secretly harmed. He did not know what was going on yet.

"Why haven't you come back yet? Haven't you heard what happened to your child?"

Ji Tian Ning was extremely worried. After all, she was still a child. She was as delicate as his mother. Because she was born prematurely, her body was extremely weak due to flying high in the sky. Even if it was a child like that, there were still people who wouldn't let him go.

"Who could it be? Could it be the Queen? "

The peerlessly beautiful face appeared in front of him. Behind the peerlessly beautiful face, was there a venomous heart of a snake or a scorpion? It was as if he could not see through the hearts of the women in the imperial palace.

"You only glanced back at Ego for the love of a man. Is it worth it for you?"

At this moment, Ji Tian Ning was once again determined to leave this place, this palace that ate people without spitting out their bones, to walk the path that he wanted to walk.