[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-a-foodie-transmigrated-into-the-palace":3,"chapter-a-foodie-transmigrated-into-the-palace-a-foodie-transmigrated-into-the-palace-chapter-1202":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","A Foodie Transmigrated into the Palace",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},411033,676,"Chapter 1202: He’s So Strong, He Must Still Be Alive!","a-foodie-transmigrated-into-the-palace-chapter-1202",1202,"\u003Cp>Zi Su spat out a long mouthful of fresh blood and could no longer get up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Ruqing watched with her own eyes as Zi Su fell right in front of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her chest felt as if someone was pounding it heavily with a sledgehammer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her heart ached, aching so much she couldn’t even straighten her waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah!\" She cried out desperately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zi Su!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fool!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get up, get up!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice was shrill, her cries leaving her throat hoarse, crying so much she was dizzy and her vision blurred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, Zi Su opened her eyes, slightly lifting her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mis... Mistress!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zi... Zi Su! Ugh...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I... I can no longer... serve you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zi Su... is leaving!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Ruqing cried till her liver and intestines were ruptured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No way!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Emperor, please save her!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please save her...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zi Su shook her head desperately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mistress, you must go quickly!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Quickly... go! Ugh...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zi Su spat out two more mouthfuls of blood, her voice growing weaker, and soon she was only inhaling and not exhaling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Junyao looked back at her with a pained expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knowing she was beyond saving, he forcefully pushed Xia Ruqing outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hurry, run! Our people are all outside!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you escape, you’ll be saved!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as he finished speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Ruqing fell heavily out of the cave entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t care to rub her sore knees and desperately climbed up, looking into the cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Emperor, come out quickly!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll catch you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Emperor, hurry up!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before she could finish speaking, a few boulders fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two hit Zhao Junyao, while a few missed and landed at the cave entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sealing the only small opening shut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Ruqing was completely stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No! No way!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This can’t be happening!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Someone! Anyone!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who can save the Emperor?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Quickly, someone save the Emperor!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Ruqing cried out loudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But alas...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gunpowder had been placed here early, and the nearby gunpowder was still exploding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surrounding Hidden Guards were either dead or injured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite her shouting for a long time, no one responded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking around, she finally realized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no one left, only corpses everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the few alive were missing limbs and couldn’t move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Ruqing was completely bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gunpowder?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How could there be gunpowder with such power in this era?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not to mention the Great Chu Dynasty, none of the surrounding nations had it either!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could it have come from across the sea?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Isn’t the gunpowder of this era invented by the Great Chu Dynasty?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Ruqing looked around in despair at the pitch darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t comprehend anything that had happened tonight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What on earth is going on?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not to say the Emperor couldn’t imagine it, even I couldn’t!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How could there be gunpowder!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another loud bang struck, and flames rose to the sky not far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground shook, and Xia Ruqing fell to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked at the cave entrance behind, already blocked by rubble, thinking of Zhao Junyao still inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She immediately crawled up and rushed over, calling through the crevices of the stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Emperor!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Emperor, wait, I’ll come save you right away!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Emperor!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Emperor, you must hold on!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Ruqing cried with heart-wrenching sobs, desperately digging with her hands at the sharp stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the stones had exploded, their edges were sharp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her hands quickly became blood-soaked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Emperor!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t scare me, don’t be silent, say something!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhao Junyao, you bastard!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You cannot die!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re the Emperor, you cannot die! If someone must die, it should be me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhao Junyao!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you hear me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one knew how much time had passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Ruqing’s hands had lost sensation, her voice was hoarse, and she was nearly exhausted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On top of losing too much blood, her body collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, another thunderous sound resonated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cave collapsed with a roar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She cried out one last heart-wrenching scream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then a pain struck her heart, her body convulsed, and she spat out a mouthful of blood, slipping into unconsciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Ruqing awoke three days later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon waking, she found herself lying in a strange but ancient and elegant room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bed curtain of deep purple soft smokey gauze was embroidered with clusters of blooming purple lilacs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rosewood canopy bed was intricately carved with exquisite and complex patterns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside the bed was a beauty couch made from sandalwood. The small tea table was of huali wood, with a jade incense burner set atop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fresh and serene incense rose gently through the perforated holes, filling the room with a lingering fragrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside the incense burner was a freshly blooming jade dewdrop lily, adding a touch of vitality to the elegantly understated room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room was luxurious yet did not lose its refinement, grand yet gracefully restrained!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The decorations were quite tasteful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Xia Ruqing felt an inexplicable panic because she didn’t recognize the place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She slowly lifted her head, trying to get up and see where she was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, upon hearing movement, several maids rushed in from outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Miss, you’re finally awake!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Quickly, go inform the master!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The maids’ faces were full of joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some stayed to attend to her, while others hurried out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Ruyi was even more puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Miss? The master?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What on earth? Could I have time-traveled again? Impossible!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh heavens, with this one soul, how many times do you want me to travel?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hurriedly and instinctively reached to touch her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ouch!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her hand throbbed with piercing pain, prompting her to let it fall back down immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Miss, don’t move!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your hands are injured. The master has summoned the best doctor in the city to bandage them for you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Ruqing: \"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The master?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who is this master?! Utterly confused!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is it Zhao Junyao? It shouldn’t be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Ruqing remembered Zhao Junyao still being in the collapsed cave; even if he wasn’t crushed to death, he might have already...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her nose tingled, and she burst into tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Emperor!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her heart ached and convulsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was the Emperor, how could he die?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he died, what would happen to the kingdom?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Ruqing’s head suddenly throbbed intensely, her heart felt like ten thousand knives were twisting inside, causing her so much pain she couldn’t straighten up or breathe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ugh...\" The back of her throat was filled with a metallic taste; she spat another mouthful of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few maids screamed involuntarily in fright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Miss!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Miss, what’s wrong with you?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Quick, call the doctor?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Ruqing messily wiped the blood from her lips with her sleeve, her expression blank as she collapsed onto the bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Ha... call a doctor?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’What’s the point?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’If you’re dead, what reason do I have to live!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During her stupor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A maid called out from outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The master is here!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room instantly quieted down, only the sound of footsteps approaching could be heard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Ruqing was curious, unable to resist turning her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tear-filled eyes made it hard to see clearly, but she saw a man’s silhouette emerging from behind the bead curtain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wore purple-gold black boots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Ruqing’s heart leapt with joy; Zhao Junyao favored this color. Is it him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking further up, the outer robe was dark, trimmed with gold, and embroidered with complex cloud patterns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her heart leapt again; it was also a color he often wore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It must be him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s so formidable; he must still be alive!\u003C\u002Fp>",1226,"2026-05-30T07:41:42.075Z","2026-06-01T04:30:40.316Z",1,"novelbin.me","cbc46be18c2482a2da034bdf3b02e6774ba5000b45952efeefcd6c158ca2cd54","a-foodie-transmigrated-into-the-palace-chapter-1203","a-foodie-transmigrated-into-the-palace-chapter-1201",1204,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fa-foodie-transmigrated-into-the-palace-cover.jpg"]