Chapter 019 Antidote
When the box was opened, Princess Qingyang was found curled up inside, unconscious.
Su Qingqing stuffed some sundries and clothes from the tent into the box, covered herself with it, and then closed the box.
Just as I finished, I heard a slight noise outside.
She suddenly clenched her fists and looked towards the source of the sound vigilantly, with murderous intent suddenly rising in her eyes. Then she saw the door of the tent being opened, and Rong Que flashed in like a ghost in the night.
As soon as she relaxed her tension, Su Qingqing sneered, "Your Highness the Crown Prince is really bold. He still dares to come to my tent at this time. Aren't you afraid that Master Xiang will find out, and then all your efforts will be in vain?"
Rong Que glanced at the box at Su Qingqing's feet. "In order to become my Crown Princess, Princess Rongyang even gave up her reputation! This is so touching, how can I not come here in person!"
What Su Qingqing doesn't want is more than just the reputation of being a legitimate princess of the royal family!
And there is the dignity of the emperor!
We were all humiliated by her today.
But she had no choice.
Time was running out, and if she had any other ideas, she wouldn't have just gone with the flow.
What's more, if she doesn't accept the challenge this time, what awaits her next time may be even more despicable and disgusting than this time.
At that time, she might be more passive.
Su Qingqing ignored Rong Que's provocative ridicule, and said calmly, "Your Highness, you ventured here late at night just to say this? I heard it, you can leave now."
Rong Que looked at her and said, "Let me ask you again, why did you go to such great lengths and spare no expense to get married?"
Su Qingqing sneered, took a step forward to approach Rong Que, suddenly raised her hand and gently patted his cold face, and said in a coquettish voice: "Because this princess likes your face!"
Rong Que raised his hand and knocked her hand away, "Do I believe it?"
Su Qingqing smiled and said, "Since you don't believe it, why bother asking? If you want to know the truth, you will know it when I go to Dayan Dynasty, right?"
"You had better……"
Su Qingqing interrupted Rong Que directly, "Threatening me? Ha! Now, you don't have the capital to threaten me. Whether I go to the Great Yan Kingdom is no longer up to you. Lord Xiang likes me very much..."
After a pause, Su Qingqing considered her words.
"Disreputable, stupid, and at the mercy of others."
"You know yourself very well!"
Su Qingqing rolled her eyes, "Can I understand that you are pestering me now?"
"I'm pestering you? Su Qingqing, aren't you too..."
Su Qingqing interrupted Rong Que again without any hesitation, "Why don't you get out of here? What do you want to do by staying here? Why? You didn't drink the medicine in the tea just now, do you want to drink another cup now?"
Having seen Su Qingqing's charm, Su Qingqing's heroic demeanor, and Su Qingqing's superb martial arts skills, Rong Que now once again experienced the shamelessness of this woman.
When Rong Que left angrily, Su Qingqing sneered and said to herself: Fight with me, you are still wetting the bed when I am killing people!
In the long night, many people are sleepless.
The next morning, we packed up and returned to Beijing.
Princess Qingyang's maidservant couldn't find her master anywhere and finally had to go to the emperor in fear.
"Your Majesty, Princess Qingyang is missing."
After a sleepless night, the emperor's eyes were dark and bloodshot, which added a rare sense of hostility to his weathered face.
Su Qingqing came over holding up her skirt, looked at the emperor pitifully, and then said to the maid, "Your master returned to the palace yesterday, saying that she was in a bad mood and didn't want to stay here."
After casually giving the maid an explanation, Su Qingqing looked at the emperor eagerly and said, "Father, can I take your carriage back?"
Su Heng stood behind Su Qingqing, his expression even uglier than the emperor's.
The emperor looked at the two siblings, and his heart was aching like a needle . After a long while, he sighed and finally said, "Come up."
Knowing how deep the feelings of the original owner's relatives were for the original owner, Su Qingqing did her best to appease the emperor and Su Heng.
The marriage was decided long ago.
The people from the Great Yan Kingdom came this time only to select a crown princess. Since the person has been chosen, Xiang Zheng proposed to the emperor that they would set off in three days.
Su Qingqing snatched Princess Qingyang's marriage. According to Concubine Rou's plan, she could use this to inflict misery on the Emperor and then strike a severe blow to the Queen's faction.
But now, she is really miserable.
Princess Qingyang is missing!
After returning from the hunting ground, the entire palace fell into a depressing atmosphere as people prepared a dowry for Su Qingqing and sent her to marry.
Only Concubine Rou's bedroom was filled with anxiety and grief.
The Duke of Zhenguo sent people to search the hunting grounds and along the way repeatedly, but they did not find Princess Qingyang, but they did get a piece of news.
On the day of hunting, Shen Ye from the Shen family bribed the guards of the hunting ground and sneaked into the hunting ground.
The Duke of Zhenguo didn't know why he went to the hunting ground, but it was a fact that Princess Qingyang was missing.
Without saying a word, the Duke of Zhenguo immediately ordered the arrest of Shen Ye.
The contest between the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion and the Shen family will not be mentioned for now. Time flies and in the blink of an eye it is the day when Su Qingqing leaves Zhao State.
When the queen first heard the news, she was so shocked that she fainted.
But now, watching Su Qingqing leaving, she managed to hold on and not cry.
Su Qingqing tearfully bowed to the Emperor and Empress, and said to the Emperor, "I haven't seen Sister Qingyang for three days. Concubine Rou has been worried these days. Since I am leaving, I also want to end all the grievances between me and Concubine Rou. Can I meet Concubine Rou?"
An official from the Imperial Observatory stood to one side and whispered, "The auspicious time is approaching."
Su Qingqing only said, "I prepared some gifts for Concubine Rou, and I was going to give them here, but she was not feeling well and didn't come today. I wanted to deliver them in person and then leave."
The emperor closed his eyes, held back his tears, and waved to Su Qingqing, "Go ahead."
Su Heng followed and said, "I'll go with my sister."
Su Qingqing smiled and took his hand, "Okay."
Concubine Rou's bedroom.
Leaving Su Heng waiting for her outside, Su Qingqing ordered people to place the boxes and cages prepared in advance there, and dismissed all the palace servants in the hall.
Concubine Rou looked at the box in doubt, then looked at Su Qingqing, "What does the princess want to do?"
Su Qingqing's eyebrows moved slightly, "Of course, before leaving, I will give the queen a valuable gift."
After she finished speaking, Su Qingqing hooked her index finger on the edge of the lid of the box, and with just a little force, she opened the lid.
Princess Qingyang was tied up and stuffed into a box, with a rag stuffed in her mouth.
Concubine Rou was stunned for a moment, then burst into tears and rushed over.
Su Qingqing, however, stood aside to stop her, grabbed Concubine Rou's neck and pushed her against the edge of the round table.
“Don’t think I don’t know what you did!
The reason I let you succeed is because I want to go to the Great Yan Kingdom. Otherwise, do you think you can frame me with your tricks?"
Concubine Rou had her neck clamped by her, and she felt suffocated and struggled frantically.
Su Qingqing leaned forward and whispered in Concubine Rou's ear: "Qingyang has the poison I fed her in her stomach. The poison takes effect once a month. If there is no antidote, it will be like hundreds of insects gnawing at her bones, and the pain will be fatal."
Concubine Rou's struggle froze immediately.
Su Qingqing loosened her hand and threw a medicine bottle to Concubine Rou with a smile.
"Take one pill a month, and I guarantee she won't die in a year. But if..."
Su Qingqing dragged out the words and patted Concubine Rou on the cheek, "If anything happens to my brother and my mother, you will be the one collecting their bodies!"
After saying that, she turned and left.
However, she took a step forward and suddenly stopped. "Oh, by the way, your third prince also needs this antidote. How to divide it depends on who you, as his mother, like more."
