"Who, who are you?" Su Ling blurted out in terror.

She quickly glanced around, but there was no one beside her.

But the voice remained vividly in her ears, "You've taken over my body, yet you ask who I am!"

He took over her body...

Su Ling shuddered and immediately understood what was happening.

"It's you! You're not dead!"

Su Ling's face was filled with disbelief, and she seemed to have forgotten to beg for mercy.

She believed that the original body had died the moment she took over it.

This body belonged to her, but she never expected to hear her voice again.

She didn't die!

The sudden turn of events instilled in her an even greater sense of fear than before.

The sound continued in my ears:

"I'm not dead! You've taken over my body, you killed my master, murdered my mother, and now you want to use my medical skills to harm others! You're a viper!"

"Get out, get out of my body..."

The voice in my ear was filled with gritted teeth, as if carrying endless resentment.

Along with that sound, Su Ling felt an invisible force pushing her outward, as if it really wanted to expel her soul from this body. If she were really expelled, where would she go?

In the original world, she originally intended to push the original wife downstairs, but in the struggle, the woman grabbed her and took her out with her.

Her body fell from the high building and was completely mangled.

She can't go back!

If I leave this body, I'll probably become a wandering ghost.

"No, I don't want to be a wandering ghost!" Su Ling shook her head subconsciously.

Water continued to drip from her head onto her forehead, and her expression grew increasingly frantic.

"This is mine, my body. I am Su Ling. Now that you're dead, this body is mine!"

Su Ling growled at the voice beside her ear; the voice echoed in the torture chamber.

The jailer listening nearby thought she was crazy.

But Song Qingning discerned something amiss from the two opposing voices.

Song Qingning didn't say much, and continued to listen to the "two voices" arguing. As the water dripped down, time passed by second by second.

Su Ling's frantic and fearful eyes gradually turned into excitement, and in the end, she almost cried tears of joy.

Song Qingning was all too familiar with that reaction.

She once woke up to find herself perfectly healthy on her way back to the capital, and that was how she was back then!

Meanwhile, the other woman in the torture chamber was relieved to have regained control of her own body.

"Looks like you won!"

Song Qingning spoke.

On the rack, the woman heard the sound and looked at Song Qingning.

"Mother, Your Majesty..." the woman's voice trembled.

Both the timbre and the breath control were exactly the same as before, but listening to them, one could clearly sense that it was not the same person.

Song Qingning gave the jailer a wink.

The jailer immediately removed the bucket and released the woman.

The woman, now free, was limp and exhausted, as if she had just survived a great battle. It took her a while to recover, and she knelt down in Song Qingning's direction, supporting herself.

"Your Majesty's kindness is beyond my ability to repay!"

"Huh?" Song Qingning raised an eyebrow in surprise.

"Yes, yes!" The woman nodded, her gaze earnest.

Thinking about what I've been through lately, hatred welled up in my eyes.

"My name is Su Ling. I learned medicine from my master in the mountains when I was young. But when I fell asleep that day, I never expected that I would never wake up again."

"It's like I'm locked in a pitch-black room. I can see everything outside, but I can't control my body."

"I watched my master die a horrible death, I watched my mother die a horrible death, I watched her deliberately get close to Princess Rou'an, I watched her poison the Princess Consort of Yu. I saw it all, but I could do nothing!"

The woman clenched her fists, as if she felt an indescribable sense of powerlessness.

The woman took a deep breath and continued, "Until just now, I finally found a sliver of an opening..."

She found an opening and seized the opportunity.

At that moment, she had only one thought in her mind: to expel that person from her body and take back her own body.

But what caused that gap...?

The woman glanced at the bucket that had already been put down.

She knew that Song Qingning was using the water torture to force out the antidote, but she inadvertently helped her.

After the woman finished speaking, she kowtowed heavily to Song Qingning.

But then Song Qingning's soft laughter came from above:

"Are you sure I'll believe what you're telling me?"

The woman paused slightly, then raised her head. "I'm not sure, and I don't expect Your Majesty to believe me!"

"I know that if this gets out, no one will believe it. To outsiders, she is me, and I am her. I am the one who poisoned Princess Yu, and I am also the one who poisoned Princess Rou'an!"

"And the framing of the princess, the framing of the empress—every single one of it was me!"

"If Your Majesty wants to kill me, I will have no complaints, and I will not be afraid."

"Our bodies and hair are given to us by our parents, and even if we die, we are ultimately taking our bodies back."

"This humble woman still wants to thank Your Highness. If it weren't for the opportunity Your Highness created, even if I were to die, this body would still be occupied by her, and I would never be able to take it back!"

The woman's expression was calm, as if she were truly unafraid.

After saying that, she quickly took off the jade bracelet from her wrist and respectfully presented it with both hands. "Prince Li went so far as to disguise his identity to get close to such a despicable person in order to obtain this jade bracelet. I suppose this jade bracelet is very important to Your Highness."

"This jade bracelet was given to me by my master. I have worn it since I was a child. I do not know what use this jade bracelet is. Since Your Majesty needs it, I am offering it to Your Majesty."

"Give me?"

Song Qingning raised an eyebrow, intrigued. "You want to use the jade bracelet to exchange for your life?"

"no."

The woman shook her head, her voice urgent and sincere, "This humble woman only wishes to thank Your Majesty for helping me..."

After saying that, she thought of something else, "The prescription she just mentioned to the Empress is correct, but some dosages need to be noted."

"Your Majesty, may I borrow your pen and ink?"

The woman looked at Song Qingning.

Song Qingning glanced at her and nodded.

The woman immediately got up and walked straight forward. She placed the jade bracelet on the table, then took the paper and pen and deliberately found a stone bench far away from Song Qingning.

He leaned on a stone bench and quickly wrote down the dosage of the medicine on a piece of paper.

After finishing writing, she returned the paper and pen to the desk and went back to where she had been kneeling.

She was measured in her actions and deliberately kept her distance from Song Qingning. Song Qingning noticed this and his interest intensified.

"You can't hurt me! Neither can she!"

Song Qingning raised an eyebrow.

She knew that this woman was deliberately avoiding her because she understood that she didn't trust her.

Song Qingning lowered her eyes and held the prescription and jade bracelet in her hands.

When Song Qingning looked at the woman again, a sharp glint appeared in her eyes, as if she wanted to see right through the person in front of her.

After a long pause, Song Qingning spoke:

"I appreciate your gratitude! As for your life or death..."

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