I became the tyrant's only belief.

Chapter 295 Even debt collectors aren't this persistent
Zhou Yuande was about to call for the imperial physician when Feng Jingfei quickly took out a small porcelain bottle from his purse, poured out an antidote, and stuffed it into Xiao Jingfan's mouth.

Xiao Jingfan swallowed the antidote and then calmly said, "Medicine given to the emperor must first be registered with the Imperial Hospital."

Feng Jing frowned in distress: "But you had already been poisoned by then."

Xiao Jingfan: "..."

Everyone: "..."

So why would you put such a vicious poison on your body?

Does being a miracle doctor give you the right to do whatever you want?

[Tsk tsk, Brother Feng is probably the first person to poison a tyrant and not be executed by him.]

Chu Liuzheng crossed Shen Zhiyi's name off his enemy's notebook, feeling extremely pleased.

[It's truly a blessing to have no enemies—]

"Uh!"

The sharp hairpin gleamed coldly as it sliced ​​across the snow-white neck, leaving a trail of red blood.

Chu Liuzheng staggered to his feet, raised his hand to cover his neck, and blood dripped down between his fingers, blooming into bright red flowers on his blue clothes.

Shen Zhiyi, clutching a pomegranate hairpin, collapsed at her feet, her eyes wide open, blood trickling from the corner of her lips, three plum blossom darts embedded in her back, their sharp edges faintly tinged with blue.

The hall was silent, and everyone stared in shock.

No one expected that Shen Zhiyi would suddenly attack Chu Liuzheng. If Hehua hadn't reached out and pulled Chu Liuzheng back in time, the pomegranate hairpin would have already been stuck in Chu Liuzheng's neck.

Xiao Shiyi flashed out, pulled out three plum blossom darts, put them away, smeared them with poison, and could use them again next time.

"Drag him away." Xiao Jingfan ordered in a deep voice, striding over and pulling the stunned Chu Liuzheng in front of Feng Jing. "Stop the bleeding and bandage him."

His movement seemed to awaken the others in the hall, who hurriedly sprang into action.

Xie Jieyu patted her chest in relief, thankful that Shen Zhiyi wasn't targeting her, otherwise she would have been the one who got hurt.

Zhou Yuande directed people to carry Shen Zhiyi's body away.

Feng Jing pressed Chu Liuzheng down into a chair, removed her hand, and bent down to quickly treat her wound.

"Hiss—" Chu Liuzheng gasped in pain, tears welling up in his eyes.

"Be gentle." Xiao Jingfan frowned and glared at Feng Jing.

Feng Jing: "..."

It will naturally hurt when you apply medicine to a wound, otherwise why don't you do it yourself?
It's impossible for me to come by myself.

Xiao Jingfan stared at the wound on the snow-white neck that was gradually being covered by medicinal powder. His eyes were dark and his hands behind his back clenched and unclenched repeatedly, trembling slightly.

Chu Liuzheng tilted his head back slightly to make it easier for Feng Jing to apply the medicine.

She didn't know what kind of medicine Feng Jing had given her, but the pain was so bad that she could only try to distract herself with random thoughts.

[I didn't expect the big boss to care about his employees' feelings. I was injured while doing something for him, so it should count as a work-related injury, right?]

[Will the big boss reward me with something? I really don't want face powder, perfume, rouge, or cosmetics anymore. I don't want silk either, and decorative items take up space and aren't practical. Gold or silver would be the most practical, or jewelry would be fine too. I'm not picky.]

Xiao Jingfan was speechless. What kind of time is this to still only think about money?
Consort Xie walked over and said sweetly, "Your Majesty, your concubine—"

"Zhou Yuande, escort Xie Jieyu back." Xiao Jingfan didn't even turn his head.

Xie Jieyu: "..."

Zhou Yuande stepped forward with a smile: "Your Majesty, please." "This concubine takes her leave." Xie Jieyu pouted, curtsied, and left angrily.

She must complain to the Empress Dowager!
In Changchun Palace, Gao Yongfu strode into the study and bowed, reporting, "Your Majesty, I have just received news that Consort Shen has passed away."

Empress Zhong was startled and put down the chess manual, asking, "Wasn't she cured? How could she have suddenly passed away?"

Gao Yongfu waved for the servants inside to leave, and whispered, "Consort Shen's poisoning of Consort Shu and Princess Huirong has been exposed. She also deceived the emperor and was given poisoned wine by His Majesty. The others who knew about it were also killed."

"Your Majesty has certainly lost your temper this time." Empress Zhong slowly picked up the jade chess piece. "Consort Shen has done many things in secret, and this time she has only herself to blame. If Your Majesty has no other instructions, then proceed with the funeral according to the rules."

"Yes." Gao Yongfu picked up the teacup and handed it to her. "This servant has also heard about something else."

Empress Zhong put the jade chess pieces back into the chess box, reached out to take the teacup, and lifted her eyelids to look at him.

Gao Yongfu said, "It is said that Consort Shen did not die from poisoned wine, but was killed by secret guards."

Empress Zhong paused in her action of removing the teacup lid, her delicate brows furrowing: "Why would the secret guards make a move?"

"This servant has only heard rumors, and the information cannot be taken seriously," Gao Yongfu said in a low voice. "It is said that Consort Shen suddenly attacked Chu Liuzheng and used a hairpin to slash Chu Liuzheng's neck, which prompted the secret guards to take action and shoot her dead with a dart."

"It's her again." Empress Zhong frowned, her voice rising slightly at the end.

Gao Yongfu said, "It is said that she found out that Consort Shen was the one who poisoned her. Consort Shen was about to die, so it is understandable that she would kill her in a fit of rage."

Empress Zhong's eyes flickered slightly. She slowly took a sip of tea and asked, "How badly is she injured?"

"It's just a superficial wound," Gao Yongfu said. "With the imperial physician and that Doctor Feng there, there wasn't much blood loss."

Empress Zhong smiled and said, "You're quite lucky."

Gao Yongfu waited a while, and seeing that she seemed to have no other instructions, he was about to take his leave when he suddenly heard Empress Zhong ask, "How are the princess and Consort Shu?"

"Dr. Feng said he could develop an antidote within ten days," Gao Yongfu said. "With Dr. Qin's acupuncture to suppress the poison, and proper recuperation after the detoxification, there will be no major problems."

"It's good that you're alright. Pick some tonics from the storeroom and send them over." Empress Zhong put down her teacup and looked up at him. "Go and invite Consort Chun to come and have dinner with me."

"Yes, sir." Gao Yongfu accepted the order and left.

Empress Zhong picked up the chess manual again, but suddenly lost interest in playing chess.

She had the chessboard removed, leaned against the cushions, gently stroking her swollen belly, and stared intently at the new buds sprouting from the branches outside the window, her gaze unfocused, as if her mind had wandered off somewhere.

On the other side, the injured Chu Liuzheng took sick leave again.

Xia Qiaoru carefully applied medicine to her neck, gently blowing on it while worrying, "It's such a long wound, and it's not in a good place. What if it leaves a scar?"

"No." Chu Liuzheng tilted his head. "Dr. Feng said that with him around, as long as I apply the medicine on time, even if I make a few more cuts, it won't leave scars."

Xia Qiaoru was speechless. Was this what the doctor said?

“Every time you get hurt, I’m on tenterhooks.” She took out the gauze and wrapped it around Chu Liuzheng’s neck. “The first few times were fine, the situation was beyond our control, but this time you knew you had offended someone badly and didn’t take any precautions. If Hehua hadn’t pulled you back, I don’t even want to think about what would have happened.”

[Wasn't it because I was too happy to have defeated my enemy that I became careless? How could I have imagined that seemingly gentle and harmless man-eating flower would be so insane, even dragging someone down with it in its death?]

"I really know I was wrong. I promise I'll stay far away from those ill-intentioned people from now on, okay?" Chu Liuzheng felt like his ears were about to fall off from being nagged.

Xia Qiaoru pinched her cheek: "Knowing isn't enough, you have to remember to do it. If anything really happens to you, I'll kill the person who harmed you and then commit suicide. I'll keep talking about you in the underworld."

Chu Liuzheng: "..."

Even debt collectors aren't as persistent as you.

She pulled the hand away from her face and pouted, "Come on, with your brother Zhijie around, would you really be willing to die like this?"

"I'm willing to give it up." Xia Qiaoru's eyes were firm, and her tone was resolute, as if she could run and bang her head against a wall at any moment.