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"Very good, you asked for it!" Xiao Qing's eyes darkened as she prepared to stab the silver needle in her hand.

The door was pushed open with force. "Qing Qing, stop!"

Xiao Qing Ran frowned as she looked back. Su Qian Jie came in from outside looking flustered and nervous.

"Why are you here?" Xiao Qingran's eyes flashed as she stood up, intentionally putting Lan Ying behind her. She said in a cold voice: "Go back, this is not a place you should be."

"I should have said it already, in case there are any spies in the palace, for your own safety, no one is allowed to leave their residence without permission." She retracted the silver needle in her hand without batting an eyelid. "Go back to your room."

Su Qian Jie took two steps forward as his gaze landed on Lan Ying behind her. "Qingyi, what did you do to my mother?"

"You should ask her what she did to Qianhan." Xiao Qing Ran had always been decisive in her actions. Now that she had been seen by him, there was no need for him to hide it anymore. "Do you know about how she joined forces with Su Qian Xing to poison Qian Han?"

Su Qian Jie's worried gaze suddenly stopped when he heard this. His expression turned ugly and his body seemed to be startled. He turned his gaze to Xiao Qing Ran and opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

Xiao Qingyi slightly knitted her brows. She had thought that he would be extremely bewildered, but she hadn't expected this person to have such a reaction upon hearing such news. Could it be …

"You already knew?!"

Su Qianxing's hands could not help but tighten as he lowered his head with half closed eyes, "Qingyi, my apologies... I am always in debt towards second brother. I did know it, but … "

When he first found out about this, he tried to persuade his mother with common sense to find the antidote, but he was unable to do either of those things. Back then, when he saw his second brother ill, he was truly frightened, and all he knew was that the poisons were strong, but he didn't expect them to be poisoned to such an extent …

"I won't pursue this matter with you. Since you've already seen how he is infected, you should know that I must have this antidote. You should be clear about what your second brother has done to you all these years. If you're still thinking about his good intentions, don't stop me today."

"Xiao Qing Ran, you slut …" Just as Lan Ying recovered her breath, she began to curse, "You dare to torture me? I'll kill you! I will definitely kill you! Su Qian Jie, what are you still standing there for? Are you just going to watch your mufei get humiliated by this slut? Kill her for me! Kill her! "

It was not the first time that Su Qianjie had been scolded. He was already used to it and did not take Lan Ying's last sentence seriously. She's the empress, how can you …

"So what if she's the empress? The victor is the king and the loser is the thief. She said so herself. I can be merciful to her now, but how come he wasn't merciful to my mother, the Su family, and the mufei of Qian Han? Why didn't she think of it when she killed so many people? "

"I don't want to reason with you right now, and I'm too lazy to talk about the grudge from twenty years ago and let you choose who's right and who's wrong." As Xiao Qingran spoke, she turned around again. The silver needle in her hand glimmered with a cold light: "Last time, where was the antidote?!"

"I won't tell you. I want to see Su Qianhan die. I want to see him die!"

"Very well, then you can't blame me." Killing intent quickly flashed in Xiao Qing Ran's eyes as the silver needle in her hand pierced towards her temple.

However, before she could complete this action, Xiao Qing's wrist was pinched.

Lan Ying's terrified expression was reflected in Su Qian Jie's eyes. He clenched his hands and narrowed his eyes, looking somewhat pained. "Qing Qing, do you really have to do this? This place is not a place where you can move around. You are... Are you going to kill my mother in front of me? "

Xiao Qingran lowered his eyes and calmly replied: "Other than dad, the only one I need protection from is Qianhan. If I have to choose between friends and lovers, I can only apologize."

Su Qian Jie's breathing became heavy. "If... If I can help you find the cure, would you let my mother go? "

"If you could have found it, you wouldn't have to wait until now."

Because of this, she guessed that he must have looked for the antidote before, but after searching for such a long time, he still couldn't find anything. This meant that the only way to get the antidote was to rely on this woman.

"I will... I will definitely help you get it! " Su Qianjie seemed to be trying to prove something as she turned to Lan Ying. "Muhou, I know the antidote is with you, but you …"

"Foolish! You all don't want to think of it! Even if I say it ten thousand times, I will still give an answer! " Lan Ying looked at Su Qian Jie with a reddened face and grinded her teeth. "You unfilial son, I already knew you were an idiot, but I didn't expect you to be so unfilial and speak up for others in this situation!"

"I didn't. Imperial Mother, I just wanted to …"

Before he could even say the word 'save you', he was ruthlessly slapped by Lan Ying, "Scram! I don't have a son like you. No matter how you try to deal with me, I won't say it. My business will be here soon. I'll kill all of you when the time comes!"

Su Qianjie was slapped and blood started to flow from the corner of his mouth. He looked at her with a hurt expression as if his heart was being torn apart. "Imperial Mother …"

Xiao Qingran clearly didn't have the heart to continue watching this bloody scene. She directly pulled Lan Ying's hair to the side. Just as she was about to viciously attack, Su Qian Jie suddenly rushed forward and blocked in front of Lan Ying.

"Qingqing, I know you hate my mother because of Second Brother, so I'm begging you. Believe me, no matter what method you use, I will definitely find the antidote. Even if I don't do it for Second Brother, I will still do my best."

Su Qian Jie's eyes were filled with indescribable pain. This was the first time Xiao Qing Qing saw such an expression on his face.

"If you don't believe that the punishment will be carried out, then come at me." He laughed bitterly, "I am her biological son after all. I really can't just watch her helplessly … "No matter what you want to do, I won't retaliate. I'll just return it to second brother."

Xiao Qing Qing narrowed her eyes. Just as she was about to speak, Riko ran in hastily from outside.

"Miss." Her gaze landed on Lan Ying and her daughter. She was surprised for a moment before adjusting her expression and reporting, "Young lady, Lord Han has already found the items he woke up with. According to the prince's orders, they have been sent to His Majesty."

"How is the situation in the palace?"

"Miss has guessed it right. There are indeed people who are taking advantage of this time to have private interactions with the outside and exchange information. All the people have been captured, so it's up to Miss to decide what to do next."

"Yes, I'll go right now." Xiao Qing Ran nodded and was about to head out when she suddenly thought of something. She stopped and turned around to look at Su Qian Jie, "I will believe you for now. I hope that you won't disappoint me and that you are worthy of what he thinks of you."

"Alright, I understand."

"Since that item has already been delivered to the emperor, I believe you should give up on it." Xiao Qing Ran's words were directed at Lan Ying. She knew that this woman should be very clear about what she meant by 'thing'.

As expected, Lan Ying's body stiffened and she collapsed to the ground.

Xiao Qing Ran's eyes turned cold as she said in a low voice, "You don't need to hold onto that last bit of hope. I can tell you right now, Qianhan definitely won't lose, because Su Qianxing isn't qualified."

After she finished speaking, she turned around and left with Riko.

Su Qian Jie clenched her hands tightly as she watched her figure completely disappear from sight. Only then did she relax her temper and let out a deep sigh of relief. However, before he could speak, Lan Ying stood up and gave him another slap without any hesitation.

Su Qianjie's face was slapped once again, causing him to be stunned for a moment as he looked at the woman in front of him with a complicated expression.

Lan Ying stood swaying against the table. It was unknown when her acupoints had been removed and all the needles on her body had been pulled out. Her eyes were bloodshot as she gritted her teeth, "Su Qian Jie, you useless thing, how can you be so filial to me? I have raised you for so many years! "

Su Qian Jie stared at her as he wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with two fingers. He closed his eyes and said in a deep voice, "Muhou, hand over the antidote. He won't win. I am very clear on second brother's capabilities."

"How dare you!" Lan Ying glared at Su Qian Jie like an enraged lioness. "How dare you curse Xing'er like that! Su Qian Jie, you better know that this is your biological brother and not Su Qian Han!"

"Yeah, yeah, he's my real brother, but …" Su Qian Jie half closed his eyes. His eyes were filled with bitterness. "But after all these years, I can't feel that he has any feelings for me. Not only him, but you as well …"

"Mufei, I wanted to ask you a long time ago. "Do you hate me that much?"

He wasn't an idiot. All these years, he had been thinking about how to get closer to her and Third Brother, but since young, he had always been begging for something in return. Even if they had a little bit of closeness to him.

Only second brother. Only second brother was good to him, but now they wanted to harm second brother, the only one who was good to him.

When he saw the poison in his second brother's body, he was truly shocked. He already knew that they had poisoned his second brother, but he did not know that the poison was so potent. And his second brother had been enduring that pain for more than twenty years.

He really did not understand. Was the throne really that important to them? Is it more important than kinship?