"Life and death are fateful. My condolences, Miss Chu."
Shen Yi's eyes fell on the lifeless body.
He saw that the veil was soaked in sticky blood and stuck to the pale face.
He thought to himself that he should feel refreshed and neat when he left.
He gently pulled off the veil, hoping to give her the last bit of dignity.
But when the veil was completely lifted, Shen Yi was surprised by the appearance of the person in front of him.
He whispered in disbelief: "Aunt Chu!"
The next moment, Shen Yi shifted his attention to 'Mrs. Chu'.
Since the person who died just now was Chu Ning, then this woman with a veiled face and a sad expression was naturally Mu Nanxi, whom they had been looking for for more than half a month!
In the memory, Mu Nanxi was playing with herbs in the wing of the palace, and the figure of the girl who had been working hard day and night in the past few days overlapped.
Shen Yi looked at Mu Nanxi's tearful eyes. He took a deep breath and his hands trembled slightly.
He opened his mouth, but it seemed like something was stuck in his throat and nothing could come out.
After a while, Shen Yi tentatively asked softly: "Is it you? Mu Nanxi?" His voice was choked with sobs, and he didn't notice it.
Qi Zhiheng, who was standing not far away, turned his head when he heard the sound, and his eyes fell on the thin back.
No wonder he felt this figure was so familiar.
Meng Zhixian, who was in front of Qi Zhiheng, saw his wandering mind and immediately raised his voice: "Your Majesty! What should we do now! So many people are still waiting for Your Majesty to make the decision! Please give Your Majesty an idea!"
Qi Zhiheng's face darkened, and he glanced at Magistrate Meng with a stern look on his face.
Meng Zhixian's heart trembled, and he felt a chill on his neck. He quickly lowered his head and closed his mouth, not daring to say anything more.
"You have time to shout with me, why don't you go and mobilize all the soldiers in the city here to prevent the people from unrest." Qi Zhiheng's tone was cold and slightly angry.
"Yes!" Magistrate Meng received the order and immediately backed away.
The painful groans or the noise of the people running in panic in the camp rose and fell behind Mu Nanxi.
But there was no wave in her eyes, and she didn't have the slightest thought to treat those who were insignificant to her.
Shen Yi looked at her with mixed feelings in his heart.
He understood that Mu Nanxi was currently immersed in the grief of her mother's death and had no time to care about the pain of others.
But he couldn't ignore it.
He stood up and returned to Qi Zhiheng's side. After looking around for no one, he whispered: "Your Majesty, I just checked the decoction used. It tastes half sweet, but I checked the dregs and there is nothing wrong with it."
"Is there a cure now?"
"I don't know what was added, so I can only give it a try by taking the detoxifying medicinal decoction."
"Stabilize the patient's condition first."
Shen Yi nodded slightly and walked away quickly.
After his eyes cleared, Qi Zhiheng's eyes fell back on Mu Nanxi's back.
He walked towards Mu Nanxi slowly and stood behind her.
"The soup medicine has been tampered with. Are you dejected here because you want to let go of your mother's murderer?" Qi Zhiheng looked down with a calm expression, and his words were filled with indifference and indifference that had nothing to do with him.
Such indifferent words entered Mu Nanxi's ears, and they were like a knife, cutting every inch of her coldly and mercilessly.
Her heart was trembling, and she subconsciously clenched her hand, holding Chu Ning's hand tightly, as if it was her only support.
Seeing that she ignored her, Qi Zhiheng snorted with disdain, as if full of contempt for her silence.
"Forget it, if you stay in the palace obediently, your mother will not die. In the final analysis, you are the one who killed your mother."
"Your mother was lonely all her life, and she gave everything for you. But now, she could have enjoyed the glory and wealth, but because of your willfulness, she couldn't even get a whole body when she died."
Qi Zhiheng's words were like an invisible knife, cruelly cutting her heart.
Mu Nanxi closed her eyes in pain, tears welling up in her eyes.
"Shut up!" She used all her strength and was hysterical.
The voice was filled with endless pain and anger, as if all the repression was being released.
Mu Nanxi turned around, her scarlet eyes full of anger and murderous intent.
This was the first time that Qi Zhiheng saw such strong murderous intent in the eyes of this little girl who knelt beside his legs and begged for mercy.
Those eyes, like a Rakshasa from the underworld, make people shudder.
Even though he went into battle and killed the enemy, with countless blood on his hands, he had to admit that the murderous look in this little woman's eyes made him feel palpitations more than any enemy on the battlefield.
He didn't know what Mu Nanxi had experienced, or the past that filled her eyes with such strong murderous intent.
He only knew that at this moment, he saw through the sorrow and sadness hidden in Mu Nanxi's eyes.
A strong impulse emerged in his heart. He wanted to protect her and make her eyes no longer so painful...
Mu Nanxi's eyes were fixed on the man in front of her.
"I'm going to kill you!" The voice was almost squeezed out from Mu Nanxi's teeth, full of extreme anger and hostility.
She wanted to kill Qi Zhiheng and then put an end to her as the culprit.
"It's not me you want to kill." Qi Zhiheng's voice was deep and hoarse, as if coming from the depths of the earth.
"What you want to kill is Mu Qing who abandoned your mother and forced you to marry her, Mu Liu who bullied your mother and daughter, the official who knew you were innocent but still wanted to involve you, and who manipulated the medicine. The chief culprit, you want to kill those evil people who help others commit evil, not me."
Every word he said was like a sharp knife, piercing deeply into Mu Nanxi's heart.
The anger that was originally burning became weak in an instant, as if it was blocked by ice.
God gave her a chance to be reborn, not to let her sink, not to let her spend the rest of her life in confusion.
Mu Nanxi took a deep breath, trying to calm the fluctuations in her heart.
Just now, she had the urge to commit suicide and wanted to escape.
Wouldn’t that allow the evildoers to get their way?
Qi Zhiheng watched Mu Nanxi's transformation with his own eyes. An imperceptible smile flashed across his face, and it disappeared quickly.
Qi Zhiheng fluttered his sleeves and left, and a low voice came faintly: "If my beloved concubine does not intend to kill this king, she should first go and see what is wrong with the soup and who has tampered with the soup."
Mu Nanxi did not respond. She only raised her hand to tug on her sleeves and gently wiped away the blood on Chu Ning's cheek.
She stood there steadily, and stretched out her hand to straighten the broken hair on Chu Ning's forehead.
"Mom, I will make them pay back double what we have endured."
"I will live well with my mother's share."
Mu Nanxi raised her hand and lightly scratched her face to wipe away her tears.
She turned around and went straight to the open space not far away where medicinal materials and decoctions were stored...
