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Chapter 177 Poisoned

Qin Su looked at the tyrant, not in a hurry to speak, but the ominous feeling in her heart grew stronger.

At this moment, Empress Xiao already seemed like a vicious villain in her eyes.

"What? Don't want to?"

The woman scoffed, "Looks like she's not that important to you."

From the moment the two began to speak, the surrounding guards fell silent, and even the groans of the wounded on the ground quietly disappeared.

"I say it again, let her go."

When Chu Jiang spoke again, his voice was much hoarse.

Empress Xiao's smile vanished, and her familiar disgust resurfaced in her eyes: "What right do you have to bargain with me?"

Almost the instant she spoke, Qin Su felt a sharp pain in her arm. She frowned, but stubbornly endured the pain without crying out.

When she realized that the girl hadn't made a sound as she had hoped, Empress Xiao's gaze paused for a moment before finally landing on Qin Su: "You're quite tolerant."

Qin Su lowered her eyes, avoiding the other person's gaze, and remained silent. She even ignored the tyrant's gaze when he finally looked over.

"Do you know what she just said? She said she's not familiar with the Crown Prince, hahaha~"

The woman laughed, a laugh that should have been stunningly beautiful, yet carried a chilling undertone: "She doesn't know the Crown Prince. Come, tell her what your relationship is with him."

Qin Su inwardly cried out in alarm, finally raising her eyes to look at the tyrant, only to meet a pair of exceptionally deep eyes. He gazed at her, his eyes seeming to hold many unspoken words.

"Ling..."

“I will tell her my own story. You don’t need to worry about it. Just give her back to me.”

Chu Jiang's words interrupted Qin Su.

Qin Su glanced around and noticed that all the palace servants and guards around her had lowered their heads, seemingly unsurprised.

She understood after a little thought. Although the relationship between the Seventh Prince and the Crown Prince was complicated, how could someone in the Empress's palace not know at all?
This can be seen from the fact that after all that commotion, there was only this group of guards, and no new ones were added.

As Qin Su pondered, a woman's slightly shrill voice rang in his ears again: "Stop! Don't come any closer! A monster like you isn't allowed near me!"

Before Qin Su could even look up, she felt another sharp pain in her arm as the woman's long nails almost dug into her flesh.

It hurts.

If it were anyone else, she wouldn't have pushed them away; she would have slapped them already.

But this woman was the Empress, the mother of a tyrant…

Qin Su closed her eyes briefly, then opened them again, her eyes filled with tears as she looked at the man.

Even my own mother wouldn't tolerate it, why would I tolerate yours?
Since the mother-son relationship is already so bad, they probably don't mind me adding fuel to the fire.

"Your Highness, please don't come any closer."

The girl gave a gentle yet strong smile: "Her Majesty the Empress only summoned me here to inquire about His Highness's affairs; she did not intend to make things difficult for me."

A look of heartache and self-reproach flashed in Chu Jiang's eyes. His tone was somewhat fierce, but not directed at her: "Do you think I'm a fool?"

Qin Su smiled again: "Your Highness is so smart, how could you be a fool? Why don't you go back first? After Her Majesty the Empress finishes her reprimand, she will naturally let me leave."

When Emperor Wen entered with his palace attendants, he happened to hear Qin Su say these words, and his tense and worried heart inexplicably relaxed.

Upon closer inspection, the girl, who had been "kidnapped," did not cry or complain. Instead, she generously comforted her son and advised him to maintain a dignified relationship with him. Qin Su's admiration for her grew even stronger.

"What's going on here?!"

A stern rebuke came from not far away, followed by the sound of palace servants kneeling down and shouting "Long live the Emperor!"

It seems this farce should be over now. The emperor has arrived, so what can the empress do...? "What are you doing? Guards, protect the emperor!"

The woman's voice, which had been relatively normal just moments before, suddenly rose in pitch, as if she had seen something terrifying.

Qin Su looked up in surprise and met the man's obviously abnormal state: his eyes were bloodshot, his breathing was rapid, and the numbers next to him were soaring at an extremely fast rate.

How could this happen so suddenly?
To her even greater shock, the man raised a knife!

Seeing that the Seventh Prince was not in a good condition, the guards surrounded the Empress and tried to separate the mother and son.

Qin Su, the "tool," was naturally dragged into the background as well.

This time, the man was noticeably more ruthless. If he had shown any mercy before, he became increasingly brutal this time, even mobilizing the emperor's guards.

The more blood he drew, the stronger the drug's effect became; one could almost feel the man gradually losing his mind and turning into a beast.

"I told you so! I told you a long time ago!"

Hearing the Empress's trembling, resentful voice, Qin Su moved her arm and said, "Please let me go, Your Highness. If this continues, His Highness will get hurt."

As they spoke, another person fell under the tyrant's blade.

"What can you do? Do you want to die too?"

Along with the Empress's venomous voice, the system's electronic voice also rang out:

[Host, a stimulating drug has been detected in the surrounding area. It has a significant effect on the Tyrant; he is likely poisoned.]

Qin Su found herself not too surprised, because the other person's current appearance was remarkably similar to their reaction after being poisoned last time.

"Check where the poison was placed, and if possible, compare it with the last one."

"Give me another dose of tranquilizer. I can't let him hurt the Empress."

Although the tyrant was ill, she didn't think he would be able to accept the consequences of "murdering his mother" once he regained his senses.

As if to echo her words, another guard was killed, and the Empress was left with only a few unarmed palace servants!
"Get out! I'm giving her back to you, now get out!"

Before Qin Su could react, she was violently shoved away by someone.

Gasps of alarm rose from the surrounding crowd; even she thought she was about to die.

But to her surprise, the man in front of her avoided her and continued walking forward.

Several more palace servants fell to the ground beneath her feet, leaving only two people protecting the Empress. She was now in a sorry state, no longer the aloof and superior woman she once was.

Qin Su's heart skipped a beat; her guess had come true: he wanted to kill the Empress!

"Chu Jiang, stop!"

Emperor Wen's shocked and heartbroken voice rang out, but there was nothing he could do to stop it.

Looking at the dark red figure before him, Chu Jiang had only one thought in his mind: Kill her, kill her...

It was as if she was the source of all his suffering, and that killing her would end everything.

So he raised the butcher's knife towards the trembling, terrified woman...

"Stop! You can't hurt her!"

A clear and firm female voice sounded from behind, and a pair of soft arms embraced his body. A familiar fragrance wafted into his nostrils, bringing a moment of clarity to the man who had lost his mind.

What is he doing?
Qin Su roared at the stunned guard, "What are you standing there for? Can't you see he's been poisoned?!"

One sentence, like a stone thrown into a still pond, caused a huge wave to surge, even the emperor, who couldn't bear to watch any longer, widened his eyes in astonishment:

Was he poisoned?