In order to ensure that nothing unexpected happened on the way to Langya, Bai Heng quickly headed to Yanzhou and notified Zhu Yuancun and others to go to Xuzhou to escort him.
Zhu Siying met him early. When she heard that Zhu Sijia was in coma, she cried so much that she almost fainted. She decided to go to Xuzhou with Zhu Yuancun regardless.
Zhu Yuancun was shocked when he learned the news that Zhu Sijia was poisoned. He grabbed Bai Heng along the way and asked about the reason.
Bai Heng arrived with him carefully, and then said worriedly: "Your Majesty's current situation is not optimistic. Lord Marquis... be prepared."
"What preparations?" Zhu Yuancun's eyes were so red that he said, "Master Bai, please don't say such unlucky words. My sister is different from ordinary people, and with His Majesty's personal care, she will definitely be fine."
His words could only comfort him, and he even felt guilty after saying them, making him restless along the way.
Bai Heng and others only thought that he was worried about Zhu Sijia.
Only he knows, and all signs seem to point to the people closest to him.
According to what Bai Heng said, the one who took the lead in attacking Shengjia was the surrendered general Ji Yang.
Due to the shortage of manpower willing to participate in the assassination, Ji Yang also spread rumors about Yan Xiu in the countryside, causing some Qi people to be afraid of Yan Xiu and avoid him like a snake or a scorpion.
The more radical ones even directly participated in the assassination operation. From the time the Qin people entered the Qi Dynasty, they sent news to Ji Yang everywhere.
The group of Qi people who also congratulated Scarlett for falling from her horse were one of the "righteous men" of the old Qi State under Ji Yang's instigation.
Ji Yang was Jiang Yuan's cousin. He had only been in charge of training soldiers before and had no direct access to the most secret information within Da Qin.
How did Ji Yang learn about Yan Xiu's whereabouts?
After thinking about it, Zhu Yuancun was horrified. He seemed to have accidentally revealed this to Jiang Yuan when he was drunk. Sun Tianchan complained about him at that time, but he thought it was a trivial matter and not worth mentioning.
Jiang Yuan made an oath of love with him. How could the future Madam Wuxinghou of Great Qin betray him?
Then in February, Jiang Yuan asked him to leave the palace early in the name of worshiping his ancestors - all of them, not to mention the coincidence, but Jiang Yuan was probably not exempt from the blame.
Seeing that his expression was not good, Bai Heng reminded him kindly:
"Don't worry, Lord Marquis, Yanxuelou has many ways to lure out other masterminds from those stupid people. By then, everyone who hurt the empress will be caught in one fell swoop. If you want to take revenge, you can kill the enemy with your own hands."
His words hurt people's hearts even more. Zhu Yuancun's face turned pale: "Thank you, Lord Bai."
I hope this matter has nothing to do with Jiang Yuan.
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In less than a day, Zhu Yuancun and others managed to meet up with Yan Xiu's chariot and horse team halfway through the starry night.
Wishing Sijia's condition should not be delayed, Zhao Changming used the most luxurious carriage in Xuzhou to present it to Yan Xiu.
In the spacious carriage, Zhu Yuancun and Zhu Siying both knelt in front of Zhu Sijia's couch.
Zhu Siying's eyes were swollen from crying for the past two days. When she saw Zhu Sijia lying lifeless on the couch, she felt even sadder, but she didn't dare to cry out for fear of disturbing Zhu Sijia.
Zhu Sijia was still vomiting blood these days. She was unconscious for a few days, and Yan Xiu kept her eyes open for a few days.
When Zhu Siying and Zhu Siying saw him, they were both shocked by his extremely tired and vicissitudes of life.
It was not until today that, after much persuasion from his ministers, Yan Xiu boarded another carriage to take a rest.
At this moment, Zhu Sijia's brother and sister were the only two people in Zhu Sijia's carriage.
The carriage jolted slightly, and Zhu Sijia seemed to sense it, frowning, and another trace of red blood left at the corner of her mouth.
Zhu Siying quickly wiped it off with a handkerchief, and the silent tears flowed faster. In just half an hour, Zhu Sijia vomited blood three times.
What kind of poison is it that is so ferocious?
Zhu Yuancun couldn't bear to look at her at all. He turned his back to Zhu Sijia and cried, feeling annoyed and blaming himself. It would be great if he came to Xuzhou to take care of her, and my sister wouldn't have to suffer like this.
Now that things have come to this, he can only make a wish silently in his heart, willing to give half his life in exchange for wishing Scarlett to survive this disaster safely.
Zhu Yuancun and Zhu Siying had just met not long ago. The two brothers and sister didn't even exchange a few words of confidence before they learned that Zhu Sijia was in trouble and came in a hurry.
When they got off Zhu Sijia's carriage, Zhu Siying called Zhu Yuancun aside alone and had a heart-to-heart talk with him on the way to Langya.
The two first talked about Zhu Sijia's condition, and then talked about what Zhu Yuancun had encountered since his expedition.
Zhu Siying asked him bluntly: "I have heard along the way that you and the former third princess of Qi Kingdom have a private life-long contract. Is this true?"
Zhu Yuancun was slightly startled, and then replied: "It's not that far. But I do have a good relationship with her, and she also agreed to marry me and be the wife of the Hou family."
Zhu Siying sighed: "I am very relieved that my brother can meet a close friend. But she is the princess of Qi State, and the royal family of Qi State died on the way to deliver prisoners. Does she really have no complaints about you and Da Qin?"
"If I were her, facing a sea of blood and hatred, not to mention marrying the enemy who destroyed the country, I would feel extremely disgusted even if you joked with me. You are now in an important position and have been highly valued by His Majesty. The future Madam of the Marquis is not a rich man. , We should not look down upon a lady. If you really want to marry her, have you ever thought about how you will get along with His Majesty and your sister in the future?"
"If she has the integrity, she will definitely burn her boat and burn her boat to avenge this great revenge, or she will choose to die for her country."
When she asked this question, Zhu Yuancun was at a loss.
Whether Jiang Yuan loves him or not, he can say with absolute certainty that she does.
If you didn't love him, how could you have kindly informed him in the first place? If you don't love him, how can you be intimate with him and get along with him like an ordinary couple?
She even told herself with longing that when she went to Xijing in the future, she would be filial to the Yu family, give birth to at least three children for him, and treat his mother and sisters as her own relatives.
Zhu Yuancun was extremely complicated. He clamped the horse's belly and prepared to go to the front of the queue to escort him. As he walked, he turned back and answered Zhu Siying:
"Throughout the ages, there have been many women who married enemies of the enemy and lived well after their country was destroyed and their family was destroyed. When it comes to integrity, you should first care about the man who stands in the world, rather than embarrassing a weak woman."
Zhu Siying said angrily: "Based on the suffering my sister has suffered in Qi, if she really wants to be my sister-in-law in the future, I won't recognize her! Qi people are not good people!"
Zhu Yuancun was helpless. He knew that Zhu Siying was angry and did not want to fight with her.
Two days later, we arrived at Langya Qi Palace.
Yan Xiuguang summoned Langya's famous doctor to Qi Palace to detoxify Zhu Sijia, but waves of people walked out of the palace, all looking like they were sighing.
He even persuaded Yan Xiu to prepare a coffin and send Zhu Sijia back to Xijing for burial, but Yan Xiu ordered his men to drag him down and chop him down.
I don’t know how many miracle doctors walked out of the palace, but the answer they received was still helpless.
Zhu Siying knelt on the ground, crying and begging them:
"I know that you have lived in Qi for generations, and you have a lot of resentment towards us Qin people in your hearts, and you are unwilling to really help my sister. But I beg you, my sister is an innocent person, she is just one of the thousands of women in the world. First, the disputes between family and country cannot be implicated in her. You also have a wife and daughter, can you save her?"
