The strange disease no longer spreads, and some patients have been cured.
The news immediately spread throughout the capital.
Xiao Beiming was shocked and immediately ordered the Jingzhao Mansion to find the recovered patients. After the imperial doctor's treatment, the poison on their bodies had indeed been cured.
This incident completely disrupted Xiao Beiming's plan.
He turned his attention to Shangguan Yue who was standing aside.
"Your Majesty, Ning'er has been staying at home these days. With so many maids and grandmothers watching her, it is impossible for her to have any contact with the outside world."
Xiao Beiming's brows furrowed. He had indeed sent his confidants to watch Shangguan Wan Ning. There was no chance that she would pass on the antidote to the poison.
So……
Xiao Beiming's eyes narrowed, and a person flashed in his mind.
"Here comes someone."
"Your Majesty."
"Go and bring Sun Jinyao to me."
"yes."
"I won't bother you anymore, Your Majesty."
Before the guard could walk out of the door, Sun Jinyao walked in with a flute in his hand.
His eyes swept over Shangguan Yue's body and he smiled contemptuously.
"Your Majesty, if you want to see me, you don't have to go to all the trouble. I'll come by myself."
"Did you do it?" Xiao Beiming asked straight to the point.
"it's me."
Sun Jinyao admitted it very calmly.
"Your Majesty, please don't forget that I got this poison from Lu Xiangzi. Master Ning'er and I are from the same sect. If she can study it, of course I can too."
"At first, you came up with this idea for me, and now you come to ruin my plan. Tell me, what do you really want?"
As long as Sun Jinyao thinks about the scene of Lu Xiangzi committing suicide to prevent him from being embarrassed, his heart will feel a dull pain.
He had long regretted that he took refuge in Xiao Beiming in order to get Shangguan Wan Ning. In the end, he got nothing and lost his uncle who loved him so much.
"I want to take Ning'er away." Sun Jinyao's face darkened and he said firmly.
"She will be my princess soon. You want to take her away? Why do you do that?"
"Your Majesty, we have a tacit understanding, so I don't need to say more. If the patient can recover, then the rumor of you taking a walk will be self-defeating, and it's hard to say which way the people will lean. I don't think you will do it for someone.
Women, let’s give up the Spring and Autumn hegemony that we have worked so hard for so many years.”
Xiao Beiming's face was ashen, and his eyes were filled with murderous intent.
"Do you think I wouldn't be able to continue without you developing the poison for me?"
"Your Majesty, you can use other poisons. But, Your Majesty, do you have any capable people under your command who can come up with poisons that no one in the world can detoxify? If someone finds out, what will be the consequences? I don't have to do it."
Let me tell you."
Sun Jinyao smiled coldly and looked into Xiao Beiming's eyes.
"I just want to be Ning'er. How can a mere woman compare to thousands of miles of country? Which is more important, the prince will decide for himself."
Xiao Beiming took a deep breath, looked at Sun Jinyao, and clenched his hands tightly into fists behind his back.
What he hates most in his life is being threatened.
"Okay, I agreed. However, those people you have cured..."
"These few people shouldn't be a big problem for the prince." Sun Jinyao played with the flute in his hand, turned to look at Shangguan Yue, and said, "After the lights are turned on tonight, please Prime Minister, please send Ning'er outside the city.
I will wait there at the Moon-watching Pavilion at Shilipo."
"Your Majesty, I will take Ning'er away and fly away. We are not interested in you continuing to seize your kingdom. I congratulate you in advance. May your kingdom be forever."
After saying that, Sun Jinyao laughed and walked out of the hall.
Xiao Beiming had never experienced such a cowardly attitude, and his face turned pale.
"My lord, what do you mean?"
Shangguan Yue did not want Shangguan Wan Ning to follow Sun Jinyao.
"Hmph, he said he wanted to take Ning'er away, is Ning'er willing to follow? As far as I know, Ning'er is very filial to her mother, right?"
Shangguan Yue couldn't help but shuddered when he heard this, and his expression suddenly changed.
"You don't need to be so nervous. I know that you have been married to her for many years, and there is no affection but family affection. I will not give you face. I will not hurt your wife and children unless it is absolutely necessary. But... Sun Jinyao can no longer
Keep."
"clear."
In the evening, Shangguan Yue returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion. He came to Shangguan Wan Ning's room and saw his daughter leaning on the window sill and reading quietly.
Ever since Shangguan Wan Ning discovered his cooperative relationship with Xiao Beiming, the father and daughter basically no longer have any communication.
"master."
When Putao saw Shangguan Yue coming in, he hurriedly bowed and saluted.
Shangguan Yue waved his hand and dismissed the maids in the room.
Shangguan Wan Ning was completely indifferent, sitting in her original position and continuing to read.
"I asked the butler to prepare a carriage for you, and you immediately go to Wangyue Pavilion ten miles away from the city, where Sun Jinyao is waiting for you."
Shangguan Wan Ning was startled, and finally raised her head to look at her father.
"Brother Yao? He..." Shangguan Wan Ning realized something was wrong.
She is now the lamb to be slaughtered on Xiao Beiming's chopping block, and it is impossible for her father to send her to Sun Jinyao.
"What do you want to do?"
Shangguan Yue was a little annoyed. Sometimes girls being too smart may not be a good thing.
Helpless, he had no choice but to tell the whole story.
"Sun Jinyao used this to threaten King Ming to take you away, so..."
"Hmph, can I still leave?" Shangguan Wan Ning didn't dare to hope.
She understood Sun Jinyao's feelings for her, but how could Sun Jinyao alone pull her out of this sea of fire.
"I won't go." Shangguan Wan Ning turned the book to the next page casually.
"You have to go."
Shangguan Yue's attitude was very resolute, so resolute that Shangguan Wan Ning felt chilled.
Sure enough, Shangguan Yue took out a dagger from his sleeve and placed it in front of Shangguan Wan Ning.
"You should know that some things should not be cracked; some people should not be alive."
Shangguan Wan Ning stared at the dagger blankly for a long time.
She put down the book in her hand and slowly stood up.
"Are you still my father? You actually..." Shangguan Wan Ning completely understood what Shangguan Yue meant.
He wanted her to kill Sun Jinyao to silence her.
"I will not be your tool to kill people. Master has been kind to me, and brother Yao is the only bloodline of the Sun family. What's more, he has deep love for me. Even if I die myself, I will never hurt him."
Shangguan Wanning's attitude had long been expected by Shangguan Yue.
"Then...you want your mother to be buried with you?"
Shangguan Wan Ning's spine felt chilly.
"you……"
"Now that things have come to this, what King Ming wants to do must be done." Shangguan Yue picked up the dagger and handed it to Shangguan Wan Ning.
"In the past, dad protected you very well, teaching you to be knowledgeable and considerate; now, dad teaches you other rules of survival. In this world, always put yourself first. No matter how nice others are to you,
, even if your life is threatened, you must put yourself first."