In the residence of Great Elder Shi Qing, more than ten court officials sat in a circle with an ugly look on their faces.
Most of them had heard about the assassination today. After all, many people noticed the empress rushing to the clinic angrily and knew what had happened after asking around.
However, no one expected that the empress would actually bring Ren Baqian to the north alone.
Not to mention anything else, just the empress's actions this time around were hard to accept.
You chose him as your husband, but no one agreed. You said you would push him to the Earth Wheel level, and everyone accepted it.
Afterwards, it was proven that Ren Baqian was indeed capable. At least, he had increased the output of Mount Damo's iron ore several times.
This changed everyone's view of Ren Baqian.
However, now that Ren Baqian was poisoned by the assassination and the empress brought him to the north alone, everyone couldn't accept this.
Even though there was no such saying in Dayao, everyone had the same thought.
If anything happened to the empress, the whole of Dayao would be in chaos. Furthermore, Great Xia was sharpening its knives.
The empress was the strongest martial artist in Dayao.
At this moment, everyone felt that this matter was too thorny.
"Sirs, what should we do now? No matter what, we can't let Her Majesty go to Great Xia alone, "Tu Wan looked at everyone and asked.
"Let the winged cavalry pick her up," Qin Chuan, the Minister of War, said with a frown.
"If the winged cavalry enters Great Xia's territory, Great Xia will not sit idly by. By then, Her Majesty will be in even more danger," someone said.
"It's also very dangerous now," Qin Chuan immediately said.
Although everyone was arguing endlessly, after four hours, the 1,500 winged cavalry that camped outside Lan City broke camp and headed north.
Earlier, a carrier pigeon had already been sent to Hong Wu.
However, everyone felt that the possibility of Hong Wu stopping the empress was very small. That kirin crossed mountains and ridges, and no one knew where the empress would enter Dayao from.
…
The empress sat sideways on the kirin's back. No matter how the kirin ran or jumped, the empress's body seemed to be glued to its back.
Ren Baqian was placed on the empress's lap.
It had to be said that the empress really didn't know how to take care of people. Placing Ren Baqian's chest on her lap was already the best she could think of, but in fact, Ren Baqian was about to vomit stomach acid.
If not for the fact that he was still unconscious, he might have struggled and said, "You should just stab me."
Even though Ren Baqian was unconscious, it was only because he was unaware of the outside world. He realized that he was in the middle of the lake in the [Visualization of Water]. The surface of the lake wasn't as calm as it used to be. Instead, huge waves surged up to the sky.
He wanted to dive down, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't. Every time he wanted to dive down, he felt as if he was blocked by something, and then he was swept away by the waves.
He didn't know how long he had been like this. Just as he was about to lose consciousness, he suddenly woke up from his coma.
The first thing he felt was that something was poking at his chest, making him want to vomit, but he couldn't.
At the same time, he didn't have any strength left in his body. Even turning his head was difficult.
At this moment, he was being placed on something and was moving forward. The ground, weeds, and rocks beneath him were all swept backward quickly. The wind was also blowing against his face.
When he let out a groan, the cold expression on the empress's face changed. She lifted him up and placed him on the kirin's back, sitting beside her.
At this moment, Ren Baqian finally woke up a little. From the fragrance he smelled just now, he realized who was beside him.
"Your Majesty." Ren Baqian felt that his throat was very dry. He opened his mouth weakly, but his voice was muffled by the wind.
"You're awake." The empress said something that didn't make much sense.
"The people who tried to assassinate you are all dead," the empress continued.
"Your Majesty, where are you going?" At this moment, Ren Baqian could finally move his neck a little. However, he didn't look forward like a normal person. Instead, he looked at the empress who was beside him.
The first thing he saw was a pair of clear and bright eyes and eyebrows that were filled with heroic spirit.
"Great Xia," the empress replied with only two words. In fact, she didn't know what to say either. She wasn't a woman who cared about others.
"Going to Great Xia?" Ren Baqian's mind was still a little muddled. Even if he wasn't sober, he knew that the empress was going to Great Xia. This was something that shouldn't have happened.
The empress was the empress of Dayao, but she actually wanted to go to Great Xia?
Also, what was going on with him now? Why did he have to expend so much effort just to move his fingers?
"Your Majesty, what happened?" Ren Baqian asked weakly.
"You have been poisoned. I will bring you to get the antidote." The empress's voice became colder.
"…" Ren Baqian was dumbfounded. Was he poisoned? The empress was bringing him to Great Xia to get the antidote? Was Dayao helpless? Was this poison very difficult to deal with?
"What will happen if I don't take the antidote?" Ren Baqian asked.
"You won't be able to move or speak, but you will be conscious."
"How long will it take?"
"You must take the antidote within half a month. Otherwise, the antidote will be useless."
Ren Baqian panicked after hearing this. He wanted to scold someone, but he didn't know who to scold. According to the empress, this sounded like sclerosis, which was the same as Hawking's. Furthermore, the onset of the disease was more rapid and it would become like that in a short period of time.
If it really became like that, he might as well die.
"Don't worry, there is an antidote." The empress comforted him for the first time.
If the antidote was easy to get, why would he need the empress to bring him there personally? What was the status of the empress? How could she easily enter the borders of Great Xia?
Ren Baqian used his small brain to think. This matter wasn't that simple.
"Your Majesty, how long have I been unconscious?" Ren Baqian panicked for a long time before he remembered to ask about the time. He was poisoned and not sclerosis. Since it was a poison, it should be able to be cured. It might not work here, but it might work on Earth.
Of course, this was just him thinking positively.
After all, it wasn't that easy to cure a poison from another world. Furthermore, the time was too short, only half a month.
However, he could only think positively.
"Twenty hours," the empress said.
The empress had been on the road with Ren Baqian for one day and one night.
Ren Baqian calculated the time. The last time he came back was between 11 pm and 1 pm. There were still a few hours left until two and a half days.
"Your Majesty, I will go back to Earth. There might be a way," Ren Baqian said.
The empress looked at him and asked, "How confident are you?"
"I don't know." Ren Baqian shook his head and replied bitterly.
"There are only fifteen days left. Now, there are only fourteen days left. It will take ten days to travel from Lan City to the Nine Pavilions. Even though this kirin is fast, it will still take seven and a half days. You have to go back twice. Each time, it will take at most two and a half days. Otherwise, it will be too late, "the empress said seriously.
Even though the kirin was twice as fast as a fast horse, a fast horse could change horses at full speed. However, this kirin needed to rest. Therefore, it was only left with slightly more than two days.
If Ren Baqian went back twice for two and a half days each time, he would still have two and a half days to negotiate with the Nine Pavilions or snatch it from them if he failed. If anything went wrong, Ren Baqian would suffer a fate worse than death.
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