Don't be tempted, sir

Chapter 124 Taking Poison

The saint looked up and was naturally satisfied. This is what happens when there is love in one's heart. Both of them are bound and sacrificed for each other. A monarch of a country should not have such a deep love affair!

He raised his hand and signaled to the official beside him: "Go, invite the master here."

Alianyi, love turns to hate! This is the purpose.

The Saint walked over and handed over a pill, "The antidote, I gave it to Alianyi. It's poison! The same as what Envoy Song gave."

Shen Yining raised his hand to take it: "But if I die, can he live in exchange?"

"No, I don't want you to die, and I also want Envoy Song to live, but the antidote is unknown now. Princess, why don't you take a gamble, take a gamble with your own life, maybe when you are almost dead, you can easily get the antidote.

Shen Yining looked down at the poison in her hand. She asked everyone she could, but to no avail! Yao Jiu said the poison had reached her heart and only the Saint could cure it. The Saint handed her the key and said the poison was given by Alianyi and she should ask him for the antidote. Alianyi said he didn't know how to cure it. She had been wandering around for half a month and was still in the same place. If she really couldn't do it, then...

Xiao Shi ran to invite him. A Lianyi looked up from the desk where he was reviewing memorials, walked around the imperial desk and quickly came to the Holy Maiden Hall. He walked forward and pulled Shen Yining behind him. He knew that his sister was in danger.

The Saint looked at his anxious expression and smiled faintly as she sat down at the table. She raised her head slowly and gestured to Shen Yining: "Princess, please repeat what you just said. Let's see where the antidote is."

Shen Yining broke free from the hand that was holding him and walked forward, repeating every word clearly.

The saint turned to look at Allenyi and said, "Did you hear me clearly, Allenyi? Where is the antidote? Give it to the princess quickly. The princess is willing to do anything for the antidote!"

Alianyi clenched his hands tightly in his torn sleeves, with a faint and barely perceptible sadness on his face: "There is no antidote..."

"There is no antidote, Princess." The saint turned her head and looked at Shen Yining with interest.

Shen Yining held the poison tightly. The answer was that there was no antidote. He murmured in disappointment, "There is no antidote... Is there really no antidote?"

"No, there is no antidote! Don't think about him anymore, Shen Yining!"

Shen Yining raised his eyes, his heart felt even colder than the wind he had been feeling in the past few days. He stepped back and limped out of the hall without looking back.

Alian looked at her back as she stood on tiptoe, then walked forward to pick her up and took her back to the bedroom. Shen Yining did not struggle but did not look at him again. Although she was picked up like the first time she was moved, her heart now felt cold and no longer throbbing. Disappointment was like a dark abyss, swallowing up the last bit of hope in her heart.

Alianyi put her on the couch, stood up and looked at her distraught and melancholy appearance, and warned her without tone: "Don't go looking for the Holy Lord again, just wait for your wedding in the palace!" He waved his sleeves and turned to go out, and the maid followed him out with her eyes lowered.

Shen Yining raised her hand and looked at the pill in her hand, then she put it in her mouth and swallowed it with tears, then she stood up and walked out of the bedroom, and the maids followed to serve her.

"Stop following me....."

The maid was not following him. Shen Yining walked to Feiyu Pavilion alone, already sweating profusely. His vision was becoming increasingly blurred. He leaned against the door and went in, then closed it again. Now the cage door was always open. The maid still cleaned it spotlessly every day as usual. The bed in the cage was still tidy and placed as usual. He propped himself up and walked to the bed, then Shen Yining breathed a sigh of relief and lay down.

The night sky above his head was so dark, and the surroundings were so quiet that one could hear a pin drop. The pain from the poison attack could not hide the grief in his heart. He stayed here alone for many days and months, with tears and cold sweat sliding down his cheeks...

"Xiao Yuan, I can't bear to leave you like this... I knew you were lonely here, but now that I feel the same way as you, I know it's more than just loneliness..."

She curled up in pain as if her chest was torn apart, sobbing uncontrollably due to grief, and blood flowed out from the corners of her lips. She had to endure it, because only if she was as seriously ill as Xiao Yuan, could she get the medicine to cure the poison in her heart.

The pain that had been raging all night had eased, and Shen Yining sat up, sweating and wiping the blood, and walked out of the pavilion with her hand covering her chest. She returned to the bedroom before the sun rose. In the morning, the maids helped her to get up, but they saw her with her back to the bed.

The lady asked quietly, "Princess, the master will come over to have breakfast with you in a while, so you have to get up now."

"I want to take a bath..." The voice on the bed was weak. The maid went back to prepare. Shen Yining stood up and limped to the bathtub. He turned his back to the maid who was preparing water. When the water was full, he told the maid to go out. He undressed alone. His clothes were stained with blood. A lot of blood had dripped from him last night.

After bathing and putting on makeup, she came out with a carefree look, and covered her pale lips with lip balm. Alianyi looked at Shen Yining, who was wearing very little makeup, and she looked bright and beautiful, not as innocent and romantic as she was when she was young.

"Why are you suddenly dressed up..."

"I have nothing to do, so I suddenly thought of this."

"Oh? She looks more like a woman than a girl. She's pretty good looking."

"Um……."

The two chatted until breakfast came, and ate in silence without saying anything. After breakfast, the maid brought in medicine and placed it in front of Shen Yining. A Lianyi said softly: "It's cold in Qiang country. You should take medicine every day to treat the cold in your legs. You haven't taken it in the past few days. Is that why you are in pain and lame?"

"It's too bitter. I don't like it."

"Why are you still acting like a fool like when you were a kid? Take your medicine properly so that the pain won't come." Alianyi placed the candied fruit in front of her.

Shen Yining lowered his eyes and looked at him, then he picked up the candied fruit and drank it all up. "Okay, my lord, go get busy."

Things in Loulan were indeed busy. Seeing her finish drinking Alianyi, she gave a few more instructions before leaving. Shen Yining looked at his back indifferently. Last night, he looked into her eyes and said word by word that there was no antidote. Then let's try it and see if there is an antidote!

He stood up and left the bedroom in thin clothes. The ladies did not follow him as usual. He went wherever the wind was strong. He was shivering with cold but still walked in the wind. When I come back from Loulan, I must give him the antidote! Even if I die, it doesn't matter...

The wind was freezing cold and it looked like snow was about to fall. After having been exposed to the wind for the whole afternoon, Shen Yining came back as if nothing had happened and had dinner with Alianyi.

Seeing that it was getting dark, the tearing pain in his chest increased little by little. He clenched his sleeves tightly and his hands were shaking when holding the chopsticks. He quickly adjusted himself and finished his dinner as if nothing had happened. He sent Alianyi out to the front of the hall and watched him walk away. Then he could not help but close the door. He sat down against the door weakly, raised his hand to clench his mouth and blood flowed out from between his fingers.

I was gasping for breath, it hurt more than last night!

The lady knocked on the door and asked, "Princess, do you want to take a bath and change your clothes?"

"Tomorrow morning, you all go to the outer courtyard to guard as usual, and don't disturb my sweet dreams."

"Yes." After the ladies were told not to keep an eye on them, they followed the order and went to the outermost garden, no longer approaching the bedroom.

Shen Yining opened the door and hurried to Feiyu Pavilion. He couldn't dirty this place as it was not yet time for others to know.

The moon is full tonight, and the Milky Way is full of stars. I haven't had any energy in the past few days. The poison control doesn't work late at night, but tonight my heart hurts so much that I can't sleep. Song Xiaoyuan woke up late at night, feeling uneasy, and went out of the camp to look towards the direction of the Qiang Palace, but what happened...Yining.