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Sure enough, Xie Xuanjin's already gloomy handsome face became even more fierce and terrifying.

The emperor's imposing presence, mixed with anger, immediately put the hearts of Princess Yu, Xie Rou'an, and Cui Xinlan on edge.

Su Ling's eyes, however, could not hide her excitement.

She knew the emperor was furious!

We must add fuel to the fire of the emperor's wrath!

It would be best to force out the emperor's murderous intent!

Her gaze fell on Song Qingning's protruding belly. On the way to the capital, she had seen the emperor offering porridge and praying for the unborn prince.

He cares about this offspring.

But if this offspring belongs to someone else...

Su Ling didn't care whose child it was; as long as she could arouse the emperor's suspicion, that was enough.

Su Ling's smile was both ferocious and malicious.

"Cui Xinlan, she's carrying... ah..."

Su Ling was focused on the destructive power of those words, but before she could finish speaking, she felt a sharp pain in her chest and lower abdomen, and was kicked away.

And the person who kicked her...

Su Ling endured the excruciating pain and looked up at the two people standing not far away...

Xie Yunli's face was gloomy, and Xie Xuanjin's eyes were sharp. The same killing intent emanating from the two of them made Su Ling's heart tremble.

Something flashed through her mind quickly, but she couldn't grasp it in time.

"Your Majesty, Song Qingning and Xie Yunli have betrayed you!" Su Ling said urgently again.

"Betrayal?" Xie Xuanjin asked.

Su Ling nodded hurriedly, "Yes, Your Majesty, you must believe me, they must have something to hide..."

Before she could even utter the word "private affair," the emperor's imposing aura made it hard for her to breathe.

"How could I not know what kind of person my wife is, or what kind of person my brothers are? But you, with your despicable behavior, framed the prince and my empress..."

He addressed Song Qingning as "Empress," his gaze and tone resolute.

What followed was an even more intense killing intent...

The things that had just flashed through Su Ling's mind resurfaced, this time becoming clearer.

Killing intent...

She suddenly realized that from beginning to end, even earlier in the front hall, the emperor's anger and murderous intent were not directed at Xie Yunli and Song Qingning, but rather...

For her!

Su Ling's eyes flickered slightly, and panic gathered in them.

"Wanliang..." the emperor commanded.

Wan Liang immediately stepped forward.

A sharp "clang" was heard in the air, almost piercing Su Ling's eardrums.

She looked up in alarm and saw Xie Xuanjin draw the sword from the guard's hand, the sharp blade slashing down at her.

"what……"

An almost instinctive scream pierced the sky.

Then came a cry: "You can't kill me! If you kill me, Xie Rou'an won't survive either!"

The sharp blade stopped at Su Ling's neck, breaking through her skin and causing blood to seep out. If it had gone any further, the previous sword strike would have surely severed her head.

Fortunately, it eventually stopped.

The words "Xie Rouan won't survive either" caused everyone present to change their expressions drastically.

"What do you mean?"

Song Qingning was the first to ask a question.

Everyone was looking at Su Ling.

Su Ling was still in shock from what had just happened. The wound on her neck stung, and the cold touch of the sharp sword seeped into her heart through her skin. Fear and lingering fear surged up at the same time.

At this moment, she was ice-cold all over, and her whole body was trembling.

She shuddered, and the sharp blade embedded itself into the skin of her neck once more.

Song Qingning's voice gradually brought her back to her senses.

Su Ling thought of her trump card and was glad that she had shouted that sentence in her moment of desperation.

She originally intended to use this trump card to retrieve the jade bracelet, but now it seems to have taken on another purpose.

Su Ling's gaze swept over everyone present: Princess Consort Yu, Xie Yunli, Song Qingning, Xie Xuanjin, and even Cui Xinlan looked tense.

Everyone's eyes were filled with concern for Xie Rouan.

This concern stirred up jealousy in her heart.

Xie Rouan... how could she be worthy of her?!

Su Ling was feeling stifled by jealousy when, just then, she felt another sharp pain in her neck, accompanied by the man's impatient urging.

"Answer! What do you mean if you die, Rou'an won't live either!"

Xie Xuanjin tightened his grip on the sword, and the sharp blade embedded itself into the skin of her neck once more.

Su Ling tried to calm herself, glancing at the bloodstains on Xie Rou'an's sleeve. "If I die, no one will give her the antidote, and she, Xie Rou'an, will die with me!"

The implication was that she had poisoned Xie Rou'an.

But when was the poison administered?

Following her gaze, everyone saw the blood on Xie Rou'an's sleeve. Princess Yu rushed forward, took Xie Rou'an's hand, and lifted the sleeve, exposing her wrist to the air.

"what……"

Princess Yu was so frightened that her body went limp and she screamed.

Not only her, but several people present also saw Xie Rouan's wrist.

Just now, when Song Qingning looked at her wrist, there were only small marks from the silver needles, but now the area around the wounds has turned a dark purple.

That's a sign of poisoning!

"What did you do?" Princess Consort Yu angrily questioned Su Ling.

Su Ling's face lit up with a smug look. She didn't answer, but stared at Xie Rou'an. "Xie Rou'an, tell me, what did I do?"

Having shed her pretense, Su Ling no longer feigned grievance and innocence in front of Xie Rouan.

The malice in their eyes was unbridled.

Xie Rouan recalled that in the front hall just now, because of the stinging pain in her wrist, she couldn't hold the painting firmly in her hand.

At the time, all her thoughts were on the painting and what happened afterward, and she didn't think carefully about why she felt that sharp pain.

When Fourth Sister-in-law saw the injury on her wrist, she guessed that it was related to Su Ling.

She thought Su Ling only wanted to knock the painting out of her hand, but she didn't expect that she had also poisoned it.

Xie Yunli clenched his fist, then snatched the sword from Xie Xuanjin's hand and was about to stab Su Ling.

He wished he could kill this vicious woman.

But the sword tip stopped just as it touched Su Ling's heart.

Su Ling lowered her eyes, looking at the sword that she dared not plunge into her heart, her smile growing even more smug. "Go ahead and stab me, don't you dare?"

Xie Yunli's hand holding the sword trembled.

"I wouldn't dare! You definitely wouldn't dare. I told you, if I die, Xie Rou'an won't survive either. Killing me is the same as killing your own sister. How could you bear to do that?!"

Su Ling knew best about the relationship between Xie Yunli and Xie Rouan, the siblings.

She was jealous that Xie Rouan had such a brother.

But right now, their concern for Xie Rouan is her bargaining chip.

She needs to hold onto this bargaining chip!

"The antidote!" Xie Yunli gritted his teeth, his usually gentle face now grim and terrifying.

"Antidote?" Su Ling raised an eyebrow, glancing at her disheveled state of being bound hand and foot. "How am I supposed to get the antidote like this?! Aren't you going to untie me? You have to untie me! Besides, I want... Consort Song to personally untie these unsightly ropes for me."

She specifically named Song Qingning.

Those present frowned.

"No!" How could Xie Rouan let her fourth sister-in-law get close to her?

This Su Ling is too despicable. What if she hurts Fourth Sister-in-law? "Su Ling, don't push your luck!"

"Are you pushing your luck?" Su Ling ignored Xie Rouan and looked at Song Qingning instead.

He asked in a threatening tone:

"So, are you going to solve it, or not?"