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Yun Ruxi was very beautiful, it was a type of beauty that was difficult to describe. She was able to combine all of her seemingly contradictory actions of being charming, graceful, and noble.

Such a woman was more like a poppy, addicting men and making them unable to extricate themselves. Perhaps, this was the case with the Emperor, who was still unconscious on the table.

Yun Ruxi's face was filled with melancholy, but she allowed the emperor to lie on the table, as if she had no intention of sending him to the bed.

If he didn't understand, he wouldn't be able to tell whether the relationship between them was intimate or distant.

She quietly looked at Yun Ruxi. Last time in the dark room, she was lucky that she wasn't killed by those senior servants under Yun Ruxi's command. But now, the result was very hard for her to predict.

Yun Ruxi raised her slender white jade fingers to lightly wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, then stared fixedly at Ruo Ruo, "Qin Zhiruo, what do you have to say?"

"Nope."

"Are you admitting that you harmed the emperor?"

"No, I didn't harm your majesty."

"If you didn't poison His Majesty, then who did? "Tell me, who else has been in this house before?" Ru Xi moved a step forward, and the finger with a long fingernail carelessly fell on Ruo Ruo's thin lower jaw. With a slight force, Ruo Ruo couldn't help but raise her head to look at her. "Tell me, what are you doing here?"

Ruo Ruo bit her lips. She didn't know how to reply, because what she said was correct. Yun Ruoxi did not approve of it, but if she did, then she really did not do anything that would harm the Emperor.

In a dilemma, a eunuch reported from outside the door. "Imperial Physician Zhang arrived, Imperial Physician Li arrived, Wu …"

"Enter." Only now did Yun Ruxi return to her original appearance, and then she unhurriedly led the eunuch in and said, "Invite His Majesty to the inner room."

"Yes." The emperor, who had been lying on the table for a long time, was finally carried away. Looking at his lifeless, lifeless body, she couldn't believe that this was the emperor who had brought her into this small courtyard.

The imperial physicians entered one after another. Yun Ruxi already had no time to interrogate her. She followed the imperial physicians into the inner rooms, looking extremely concerned about the life and death of the emperor.

Roughly a quarter of an hour later, an imperial physician came out from the inner rooms and examined the cup of tea the emperor had drunk before saying, "To reply esteemed empress, the emperor has really been poisoned by the Red Crane Head's poison, I'm afraid …"

"What?" What did you say? "

"Please forgive us for being powerless. For this poison, this subject is truly helpless against it. May the Empress make her plans as soon as possible."

With a few steps, Yun Ruoxi rushed out of the inner chamber and walked in front of Zhiruo again. She raised her hand and slapped her. "Qin Zhiruo, the emperor treats you well. Tell me, why are you so vicious? Did the red-crowned crane kill the emperor?"

Although her face was burning in pain, Ruo Ruo only had a light smile on her face. She only had a clear conscience, and that was great.

"Men, escort Qin Zhiruo to the clan's manor and await his release." Yun Ruxi's face was cold as she mercilessly passed down her imperial decree. Now that the emperor was gone, she was the greatest before the crown prince had ascended to the throne.

Ruo Ruo helplessly allowed the two mama to carry her and leave.

She did not struggle, and did not try to defend herself, because it was useless even if she tried. Yun Ruxi would not give her any leeway.

Although it had only been half an hour or so since she met the emperor, she could feel his special affection for her.

Inside the cage, it was the one she had casually picked up from the table when she was about to dodge. It was really laughable, as if the Emperor had given it to her to save her from the impending doom.

Could it be that the Emperor already knew about the poison in the tea?

Impossible, if he knew, he could not have drunk it with such a smile.

The order to avoid death was really given to her by the Emperor.

In a state of confusion, she was quickly dragged into the clan mansion.

She was the only person left in the cold cell. When she looked up, her shadow was cast everywhere, on the floor or on the walls.

She thought that she was about to be sentenced to death, but no, it was just that after suffering alone for three days, her prison cell had been deserted for the past three days, and no one came to disturb her.

Yun Ruoxi did not come, nor did Xi Men Ruoxue. She seemed to have been secretly born in this small corner of the clan's people's residence, as if she had been forgotten by others.

Every day there was only one meal, the nest of corn flour, which in modern times had become a luxury item that was hard to buy.

As she ate, she tasted the sweetness of corn flour and gulped it down. She wasn't a person that couldn't afford to suffer, but what she feared the most was loneliness.

She was still waiting, holding her knees against the wall. She didn't know if there was hope or if there was a future, but the thick chain on the door told her that it would be very difficult to leave this place.

She didn't know if it was dark or daytime outside, but there was always a candle burning in the darkness inside the cell.

The door to the cell rang. Zhiruo subconsciously raised her head. It was time to send her away.

When she thought of her nest, she felt hungry. Although it was not comparable to the delicacies that were being fried and fragrant, it was still delicious to her who was starving.

A plate was pushed in through a small corner door, and her two nest heads were right in front of her eyes. She curled up for a bit, then stood up to take it. No matter what, she had to take good care of herself, she had to get out alive, and she still had her mother waiting here for her to take care of, didn't she?

Her clean hand landed on a nest, but just as she was about to pick it up, the man grabbed her wrist. Qin Zhiqing's voice was then sent over, "Zhiruo, I'll take you away, okay?"

His familiar voice made her eyes fill with tears. She really wanted to cry. She thought that no one in this world cared about her life anymore.

"Ruo Ruo, don't cry. Your mother is already outside the city. As long as we meet up with her at her place, we can leave this city."

Her fingertips were filled with warmth. It warmed her heart that was incomparably frivolous. She only wanted to depend on him …

She looked up at Qin Zhiqing, and now, it seemed that only by leaving would she be able to avoid trouble. She had already shouldered the crime of imprisoning the Medicine Emperor for a lifetime, even if it wasn't death, she had already thought of that possibility long ago. But now, when Qin Zhiqing said that he would take her away, she unconsciously resisted in her heart, "Second Brother, if I leave like this, won't I become a guilty fugitive?"