After that drop of concentrated venom slid into the toilet bowl, the light in Xiao En's eyes gradually brightened. His hands clasped together and made another gesture, gradually calming the chaotic flow of zhenqi in his body. In the Overwatch Council, he had always been tortured and poisoned. The bald former head of the Seventh Bureau understood his physical condition very well, so he had a good sense of propriety in his actions. He had always allowed Xiao En to wander around the edges.
After leaving the capital, Fan Xian's methods were even more tyrannical, directly injecting poison into his veins. This caused Xiao En's bodily functions to be greatly damaged. But just like what Fei Jie had said to Fan Xian when he was young, the key to using poison was still in the word "go". It did not necessarily mean that the stronger the poison, the better the effect.
After all, Fan Xian lacked the experience of dealing with a special case like Xiao En. He didn't seem to realize that after twenty years of torture, Xiao En's body had already contained hundreds of different kinds of poisons. These poisons had formed a certain balance in his body, preventing him from dying, and preventing him from finding a way to expel the poison with zhenqi.
But this time, what Fan Xian had used was like a mountain-splitting axe, chopping into the intricate knots. Although the knots brought Xiao En great pain when they broke, it also gave this powerful figure, who had immersed himself in the art of poison for decades, a chance to undo them.
Xiao En's lips curled up slightly. His dry lips, set off by his snow-like hair, looked very frightening.
Suddenly, the cold light in his eyes faded, and his whole body slumped. He immediately seemed much older, but his body still exuded the smell of an old man.
The carriages slowly came to a stop and began to look for a suitable place to set up camp by the lake. The Black Knights in the distance swept past the diplomatic mission like a cold wind, sweeping forward and then returning to their ranks. Wang Qinian took out a key from outside and opened the well-sealed iron gate. He walked in with a respectful expression, helped Xiao En eat some food and water, and carefully helped him tidy up his face with a wet towel. Finally, he asked, "Do you want to comb your hair today?"
Xiao En shook his head. A cold light flashed in his eyes, but it weakened. In a slightly hoarse voice, he asked, "When will Master Fan be coming today?"
He was asking about Fan Xian's daily injections of poison. Wang Qinian smiled slightly and replied, "We are not far from the border. What Sir Fan junior means is that Sir Xiao can be spared from daily suffering."
Xiao En's face did not show the slightest hint of joy. He simply closed his eyes and asked, "I hear that Master Fan will be in charge of the Kingdom of Qing's palace treasury next year?"
Wang Qinian thought it was Fan Xian who had told him, so he didn't mind. He smiled and said, "Yes, that's the richest place in the world."
"Are they richer than the Ye Family?" Xiao En's lips curled into a contemptuous smile.
Wang Qinian was startled and immediately thought of this unfamiliar name. He smiled and said, "The Ye Clan has long since dispersed."
"What?" Xiao En seemed to have thought of something. There was a look of shock in his eyes, but he quickly hid it. Seeing that he didn't have anything else to say, Wang Qinian secretly let out a sigh of relief. He took out the toilet bowl from under the chair and got off the carriage.
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Wang Qinian covered his nose and carried the toilet bowl to the camp on the other side of the carriages. When he reached the centermost tent, he put the toilet bowl down and grumbled, "Such an old man, and yet he still poops so much all day long."
"After being locked up for 20 years, his body can still recover so quickly. I'm beginning to wonder if this old man is even human." Fan Xian smiled and turned around. He walked to Wang Qinian's side and opened the lid of the toilet bowl. He frowned slightly and said, "It stinks."
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"This move really stinks."
In the magnificent Li Palace in Xinyang, the white curtains swayed in the gentle spring breeze. In the early spring weather, the Li Palace was unexpectedly cold. The palace was filled with winter plum blossoms, very similar to the Guangxin Palace in the imperial palace of the capital. Behind the white curtains, a gentle and timid woman reclined on a low couch smiled sweetly as she looked at her trusted aide, who was currently placing a chess piece.
This trusted aide's surname was Huang Yi. His name was ordinary, but he was a very scheming person. Hearing the Eldest Princess's words, he calmly smiled and said, "In front of the Eldest Princess, even the world's top players can only play lousy chess pieces."
"Not necessarily." Eldest Princess Li Yunrui's delicate and pretty face floated before her eyes, and she laughed for no reason. "That child is a clever person. Don't think that the reason he is so successful is entirely because Fan Jian is close to my brother the Emperor. I still don't understand. Why does Chen Pingping like my good son-in-law so much?"
Huang Yi shook his head and reached out to pat his thigh. "There's no way to explain it. If I insist on an explanation, I can only guess that His Majesty likes Fan Xian."
"My brother the Emperor likes that girl Chen 'er. It's possible that he loves her because of her. Furthermore, Fan Xian is both a scholar and a martial artist. He has won face for my brother the Emperor." The Eldest Princess smiled weakly. "It's a pity that he thinks he's clever, but in the end, he still made a lousy move. The rear of the diplomatic mission circled around those small vassal states. On the surface, it seemed much safer, but in reality, the vast grasslands and vast lakes were the best places to escape."
"According to reports, the Black Knights are there."
"I also know that." The Eldest Princess smiled. "So it's up to Xiao En whether or not he can escape."
"Why would Xiao En want to escape?" Huang Yi frowned in thought. "According to the agreement between the Eldest Princess and Shang Shanhu, as long as Xiao En can return home and make a comeback, the court, master and disciple will join forces. There is a forty percent chance that they can overthrow the royal family of Northern Qi."
"Xiao En is not easy to control … just like Chen Pingping." The Eldest Princess smiled. "If he returns to the north, he will be completely under the control of the royal family of Northern Qi. Perhaps he will be imprisoned for another twenty years, until he dies of old age. He will not be of any help to our plan with Shang Shanhu … I gave up my own reputation and that poor official Yan Bingyun in exchange for Xiao En's freedom. Only then will Shang Shanhu fulfill his promise … I will not allow anyone to ruin this."
"What if Shang Shanhu goes back on his word? He is, after all, a great general of Northern Qi. "
"Would Xiao En be willing to throw his life away for Northern Qi? And if I make a move, even if Shang Shanhu doesn't rebel, the idiots of the Zhan family will force him to. "
Huang Yi smiled. "The Eldest Princess's plans are flawless. No one can match up to you."
"Don't flatter me." The Eldest Princess covered her mouth and smiled shyly. "I am far inferior to my brother the Emperor."
She suddenly sighed. Her gaze pierced through the layers of white gauze, and no one knew where it landed. Her incomparably beautiful face looked a little dazed. Her eyebrows were like a painting, and her expression was like that of a fairy. To the side, Huang Yi couldn't help but stare.
"The matter of the paper last time had a great impact on the Princess's reputation." After a long time, Huang Yi finally broke away from that beautiful image. In a low voice, he said, "It's a pity that we haven't been able to find out. But according to the news from the Ye family of the capital's garrison, the matter of the assassins in Guangxin Palace should have something to do with the Overwatch Council."
The Eldest Princess continued to stare blankly at the sky, as if she hadn't heard what he said. After a while, she opened her soft lips and said, "Don't worry about these small matters. What we need to do now is to completely pull Shang Shanhu onto our boat."
After a moment of silence, Huang Yi suddenly revealed a glimmer of anger. "In my eyes, this is not a small matter. The Princess plans day and night for the court. Last year's Niulan Street incident, the ignorant people and evil officials only thought that the Eldest Princess wanted to kill Master Fan and take back the palace treasury. How could they know that the Princess wanted to find an opportunity for the Emperor to send troops north? The court gained a great deal of territory from this matter, but who would remember that this matter had anything to do with you? "
The Eldest Princess Li Yunrui's brows gradually showed annoyance. She waved her hand and said, "No need to say more."
Huang Yi looked at the Eldest Princess's beautiful face and said with determination, "Let's talk about the matter of Yan Bingyun. Originally, the Princess only planned it in secret. Unexpectedly, it was exposed by those lowly people. Now the people of Qing Kingdom all think that the Princess is in cahoots with foreign countries. Do those stupid people not understand that, given the Princess's status, even if she was in cahoots with foreign countries, what benefit would there be? People always only see the surface of things. They don't know how much benefit the Princess's secret arrangements will bring to the court. "
The Eldest Princess looked at him coldly. After a moment, she suddenly said, "When Yuan Hongdao arrives, let me know."
Huang Yi wanted to say something, but stopped.
After a moment, the Eldest Princess giggled. In a soft voice, she said, "The world laughs at me for being too crazy. I laugh at the world for not seeing through it. As long as the Emperor is well, and the Kingdom of Qing is well, I don't care about those things."
Huang Yi's heart trembled. He vaguely felt something, but he trembled and didn't dare say anything.
"Chen Pingping should have his own plans." The Eldest Princess smiled. "I believe that cute child Fan Xian also has his own plans. Actually, everyone's goals for the outside world are similar. It's just that there are some differences internally. If Xiao En doesn't escape this time, then when he arrives in Shangjing, have our people contact the diplomatic mission and have Fan Xian cooperate with us."
Huang Yi was shocked. How could he join hands with the enemy?
As if guessing what he was thinking, the Eldest Princess was extremely weak. She said with hidden mockery, "There are some things that you shouldn't think about. Are you saying these things today to move me?" A trace of ridicule flashed through her beautiful eyes. "In this life, what I hate most is being moved by common people like you."
"I wouldn't dare." Huang Yi was sweating profusely. He raised his head to look at the Eldest Princess. "Then should we temporarily stop Yan Xiaoyi's plan regarding Sir Fan junior?"
"Why should we stop it?" The Eldest Princess looked at him with a smile. That chill made Huang Yi lower his head. "I like Fan Xian very much. This son-in-law of mine has not disappointed me, so I don't want him to be too far away from me. Dead or alive, he should be a very beautiful little boy."
The most indescribably beautiful woman in the Kingdom of Qing slowly raised her face. Her beautiful features were incomparably resolute. Who said that women couldn't shine on the world stage? Since there had been one before, she could definitely become the second.
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