Chapter 109

Finally,

one afternoon, just after Ying Zheng had finished taking his medicinal soup, he heard news brought by a small eunuch.

"Lady Liu has passed away."

When Ying Zheng heard this news, his pupils widened slightly.

This Lady Liu was the small palace maid who had been taking the elixirs back then.

It had only been a short dozen days, and she had gone from being a healthy person to being weak and sickly until death.

Immediately, Ying Zheng only felt a chill filling his whole body.

The medicinal soup he was holding in his hand trembled slightly at this moment.

"Your Majesty."

Zhang Han immediately took the medicinal soup from Ying Zheng’s hand.

"Your Majesty, this elixir is absolutely a deadly poison."

Zhang Han also came back to his senses from the shock just now.

He had originally thought that although this elixir could not strengthen the body or grant immortality,

it would absolutely not take a person’s life.

But when that palace maid’s body began to weaken, he had sensed something was wrong.

For these past few days, Zhang Han had had a guess in his heart, but he dared not verify it.

Now that this palace maid had died, it completely confirmed the guess in his heart.

"．〃Your Majesty, who prepared this elixir? Your subject must kill him."

A trace of killing intent began to appear in Zhang Han’s eyes.

The amount of these elixirs that Ying Zheng had consumed was no less than that of the palace maid.

It was just that the interval of Ying Zheng’s consumption was much longer than that of the palace maid.

Perhaps this was the reason why Ying Zheng had not died.

Thinking of this, Zhang Han felt a lingering fear.

If His Majesty continued to take it, I am afraid that before long, His Majesty’s body would be completely beyond medical help.

At that time, the entire Great Qin would probably fall into great chaos.

Ying Zheng pinched the previous elixir from the side and placed it before his eyes, examining it carefully.

"Your Majesty, this kind of elixir cannot be taken anymore."

Zhang Han said hurriedly.

"No, I must take it."

"I must take this kind of elixir every day, just like before."

"I want to see how many people participated in this matter."

Ying Zheng’s voice was very calm.

But in this calmness, one could actually feel a rich murderous aura.

Zhang Han soon understood Ying Zheng’s meaning.

"Is His Majesty planning to lure the snake out of its hole?"

Ying Zheng pinched the elixir in his hand, and immediately the elixir turned into ashes in Ying Zheng’s palm.

"Have someone prepare a fake version of this elixir."

"As for that palace maid, deal with her."

Ying Zheng did not answer Zhang Han’s words; his eyes were flashing with terrifying killing intent.

At this moment, he was like an old lion that had been completely angered.

Although he carried an aura of twilight, that was only because the kingly aura was hidden within his body.

When he completely revealed the sharp kingly aura on his body,

it would be the time for this lion to reveal its sharp claws and teeth.

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Late at night,

During this period, Ge Nie had been investigating intelligence outside.

"Are you saying that Li Si participated in the matter five years ago?"

Ying Zheng listened silently to the report given to him by Ge Nie.

Ge Nie nodded.

Through his multi-faceted investigation, Li Si had indeed participated in the matter five years ago.

And Li Si seemed to have held an important role five years ago.

"Li Si killed the scouts sent out by the Annan Army back then, which led to the scouts not being able to pass back the news of the Annan Army."

Ge Nie said in a calm tone.

When he first learned the news, he wished he could just kill Li Si with one strike.

But thinking of His Majesty’s plan, he fiercely suppressed the killing intent in his heart.

Ying Zheng sat up from the bed after listening to Ge Nie’s report.

A terrifying momentum emanated from his body.

Ying Zheng’s eyes revealed a terrifying killing intent at this moment.

"What did you say?"

"The Annan Army sent scouts back to pass the news back then?"

Ying Zheng said this sentence very slowly.

He had always regretted why he had not received the news of the Annan Army’s return earlier.

Why had he not learned of it earlier and sent troops to support them? '753'

If he could have learned of the situation on the Annan Army’s side earlier, the Annan Army would not have been completely wiped out.

"That’s right, back then Li Si killed all the scouts sent out by the Annan Army."

The entire room was filled with thick killing intent.

Whether it was Ying Zheng or Ge Nie, the killing intent on both of them kept rising.

"Li Si does not have the ability to complete such a big plan."

"Behind him, there must be someone supporting him."

"Investigate for me; stay put for now, and find the person behind him for me."

At this moment, Ying Zheng’s eyes looked incomparably deep.

It was as if it were a galaxy that could never see the end.

"Pass this news to Ghost, so that Ghost does not take action against Li Si."

Ying Zheng then thought of the cooperation he had reached with Ghost before.

Then he said to Ge Nie.

After Ge Nie nodded, he withdrew from Ying Zheng’s palace.

When only Ying Zheng was left in the palace, Ying Zheng’s whole body went limp.

His body lay heavily on the dragon couch, his eyes filled with sorrow.

This was all his fault.

If he had not trusted Li Si so much back then, if he had investigated a little more back then,

perhaps that child would not have died so unjustly.

He did not know if that child was still blaming him now.

Sorrow overwhelmed Ying Zheng.

Fortunately, he was the only one in the entire palace, and no one saw the fragility of the most noble Emperor in the world at this moment.

On the pitch-black street, except for the guarding army, there was no one.

Ying Mo moved swiftly across the rooftops, approaching Li Si’s mansion.