Chapter 581

Jinni coldly stared at him: "Stop talking nonsense."

Since the last attempt to dispel the poison failed, if you had killed A Duo, you would already be dead—how could you still be jumping around alive now?

If you truly want complete freedom and ease, then please allow me to genuinely dispel the poison for you.

Zongzheng Wuhen trembled with anger all over: "You actually... deceived... me!"

This prince shouldn't have trusted you MiaoJiang people, or the MiaoJiang people brought by Li Qingluo!

Haven't I done enough for you these days?

Attending to you before and after, caring and protecting.

Whatever place you want to go, I have arranged it all. What else have I failed you in?

In the end, you two and she are just as wolf-hearted and dog-lunged, all wanting my life, Zongzheng Wuhen!

Good, good, really good!

Is all of this, from beginning to end, perhaps another scheme plotted by that poisonous woman Li Qingluo?

Is it all for today that you have driven me to this state?

Still want to dispel the poison?

Go dream on!

If we die, let's die together!

Zongzheng Wuhen's exhausted face was full of a ferocious expression.

No need to pretend anymore.

Anyway, he has already been abandoned and backstabbed by everyone; anyway, today he might never leave this mountain!

Jinni shook her head.

Your Highness, why be so obstinate?

If you want to die in anguish, there's indeed no need to undo this poison technique.

But pushing everything onto others—is that not unfair to your own actions?

I heard that back in DaLiang, you first schemed to frame Luo'er, not only wanting others to replace her identity and status, but also changing her face.

Make her your pawn, stripping her of everything she struggled to obtain.

Later, Luo'er took revenge—isn't that just what you deserved?

And what kind of good person are you, anyway?

I also heard that you once wanted to use the poison concocted by Zuliyah to turn all the people of Jinling into bloodthirsty monsters. If it weren't for that poor Hudie who killed herself to end it all, Jinling would already be a hell on earth.

Luo'er and they also come from a foreign land, and they have shamans like me around them—why have they never thought of harming the people of DaChu?

Moreover, Luo'er opened DaChu's first women's tavern; although you men won't admit it, it truly counts as a blessing for DaChu's women.

They merely designed this tyrant, simply luring people out of the city, without involving innocent civilians.

And what about you?

This is the difference between you and them. Who is human, who is ghost—who can the world really tell?

Sparing your life back then was already the mercy of Prince Su and Luo'er, and moreover it was their giving you a chance to start anew as a person.

They really did dig a pit for you this time, but if it weren't for your own malicious thoughts of using the crown prince to eliminate them, and if you had simply stayed put, how would you have fallen into this trap yourself?

It was you who harmed yourself.

Don't blame others!

Zongzheng Wuhen shouted angrily: "Enough! Shut up!"

Stop spouting those cold remarks here.

Ah—

Suddenly, he let out a miserable scream.

Immediately after, he lifted his head, eyes red, and glared fiercely at A Duo on the stone.

A Duo clutched his chest, letting out one miserable cry after another.

Zongzheng Wuhen also nearly fainted from the pain.

Soon, his whole body went limp and began to spasm.

What on earth... is happening... with her!

Jinni also came over, full of concern, and tightly gripped his hand.

Your Highness Sixth Prince, do you really think the conjoined poison is just an ordinary poison?

Otherwise, that foolish child wouldn't have rushed ahead of me to bear this suffering for me.

So, dispelling the poison certainly isn't as simple as you drinking a potion.

Now the mother-child poison still resides in both of your bodies, and A Duo has just formally begun the dispelling ritual.

Once started, it cannot be stopped.

Now the midday sun is at its most venomous; if it succeeds, she will from then on be free.

If it fails, she will have no choice but to follow you, Your Highness, to death.

Zongzheng Wuhen sneered: "Then, while you're dispelling my poison, Li Qingluo could come and kill me?"

Jinni: "If you don't dispel the poison, can't she still kill you?"

Zongzheng Wuhen felt the cone on his buttocks, only then realizing that Li Qingluo's arrow just now had been deliberately aimed off-target!

She could have simply shot straight through him with one arrow.

Given her archery skill, it wasn't impossible.

Zongzheng Wuhen despairingly closed his eyes.

He also finally confirmed that, back in the Princess Residence of Qinyu in DaLiang, the masked assassin who attacked the princess residence was none other than Li Qingluo.

In this life of mine, my bad luck started from the moment I met her at the Spring Banquet Pavilion!

If I had known earlier, I should have killed her at the Spring Banquet Pavilion right away!

Blood suddenly welled up from the corner of his mouth.

It also hurt so much I could barely bear it.

"Enough!"

"Hurry, tell me exactly what to do—hurry up and act."

"I also don't want to have any further dealings with you."

"If you pull any tricks this time... well, don't blame me—I'll really drag her down to hell."

He glared at Jin Ning fiercely, several times.

Then he had the guards carry him over.

The guards hurriedly carried Zongzheng Wuheng to beside the large stone.

Jin Ning had the guards place Zongzheng Wuheng beside A Duo.

However, Zongzheng Wuheng still had an arrow in his buttocks, so he could only lie prone on the stone.

A Duo was in so much pain she had already lost consciousness.

Zongzheng Wuheng turned his side face toward her, his gaze becoming somewhat complex.

The guards remained nervous, and Zongzheng Wuheng whispered: "A bunch of useless things! What are you afraid of?"

"That Li Qingluo must know I'm detoxifying A Duo, so she won't show up to interfere now."

However, this also gave Zongzheng Wuheng one last chance to escape.

He had just been even more worried that if he refused, Li Qingluo would appear immediately.

So, in the end, he still compromised.

That's fine; from now on I have one less layer of pain and threat.

Otherwise, I'd really be a dead man no matter what!

Only by seizing this opportunity might I truly escape with my life.

After a while, Zongzheng Wuheng felt his whole body burning hot.

The stone beneath him seemed to be on fire, roasting his flesh until it felt almost cooked.

Then he raised his hand, lifted his sleeve, but the skin touching the stone showed no abnormality.

What a strange thing!

Now not only does his heart throb with pain, his head feels like it's splitting, and his abdomen is wracked with waves of cramping pain.

It's like... like the pain said to be felt by a woman in childbirth!

However, after a long while, Jin Ning merely took a lock of his hair.

"Your Highness, you may leave now."

Zongzheng Wuheng was very surprised: "That fast? Is it already done?"

"I, I don't need to keep lying down with her anymore?"

Jin Ning: "After A Duo detoxifies, the poison in Your Highness will naturally die inside Your Highness. You should hurry and flee."

"Otherwise, there really won't be any chance left."

Having said that, Jin Ning no longer looked at him.

She then directly burned the hair of Zongzheng Wuheng and A Duo to ash, placed it in a bowl of water, and gave it to A Duo to drink.

"Drink up, and you'll be fine right away."

A Duo tightly closed her eyes, her whole body trembling.

Zongzheng Wuheng was no different from her.

All his strength seemed to have been drained; let alone escaping, even getting up was difficult.

Beside them, the guards anxiously urged in a low voice: "Your Highness, we need to hurry."

"Besides, it'd be best to put the Emperor down. Let's hurry and flee!"

The sounds from behind grew closer and closer.

Obviously, someone is coming up this mountain.

Zongzheng Wuheng gritted his teeth: "Go!"

However, he still refused to agree to set down the Chu Emperor.

That was his last trump card in hand.

No matter how much the guards suffered, they could only continue to endure.

One continued to bear the Chu Emperor, while another helped Zongzheng Wuheng onto someone else's back.

Just as they rose to their feet, A Duo let out another piercing, miserable scream.

Zongzheng Wuheng lowered his head, and suddenly a thought flashed through his mind.

"If we kidnap A Duo again... what's the point of fleeing?"

"The Emperor and them perhaps aren't that concerned."

"But this A Duo and her master are surely the people Li Qingluo cares about most!"

With that thought, Zongzheng Wuheng immediately lowered his head and whispered a few words to the guards.

The three guards exchanged a glance; the one carrying the Chu Emperor swiftly dumped him under a tree, then together with the remaining guard drew their swords.

Jin Ning was attending to A Duo, who was drenched in sweat.

Hearing the sound of swords being drawn, she turned her head to look at Zongzheng Wuheng.

Her gaze turned cold.

Indeed, Luo'er was right.

Zong Zheng Wu Heng: "What did she say?"

Jin Yi: "Your ruthlessness has always been within her expectations."

After speaking, Jin Yi stood up and reached for her waist.

Zong Zheng Wu Heng immediately shouted: "Stop her from releasing the poisonous insects!"

The two guards drew their swords and rushed forward together.

Jin Yi snorted coldly and quickly stepped back.

As her hand was about to quickly take down the bamboo tube and shake out the poisonous insects inside, she saw the two guards suddenly sheathe their swords, turn, and help up A Duo, who was lying on the stone.

Zong Zheng Wu Heng laughed loudly: "I know you're a witch; how could I not be on guard against you?"

"You'd better not move. Otherwise, even if she lifts the curse, your throat will still be cut!"

"If we die from poison, having her as a backup wouldn't be so regrettable."

Zong Zheng Wu Heng could say this confidently because he could clearly feel that the pain on his body was growing lighter and lighter.

It seems this detoxification really works!

Otherwise, he wouldn't have just had a sudden brainwave, having the guards feign an assassination attempt on Jin Yi while actually aiming to capture this A Duo.

"Anyway, her detoxification ritual is already complete."

"Killing her would be no harm to my life, right?"

Jin Yi saw the sword aimed at A Duo's neck and indeed dared not act rashly.

She gritted her teeth and shouted angrily: "Shameless!"

"I clearly gave you a chance to leave, yet you're still unsatisfied."

"Moreover, are you so confident that if A Duo dies, you'll have no worries about your life?"

"Zong Zheng Wu Heng, A Duo hasn't truly expelled the poisonous insects yet!"

Zong Zheng Wu Heng shrugged: "It doesn't matter. Anyway, she's already drunk your bowl of water; expelling the poisonous insects is just a matter of time."

"One father emperor isn't enough; add an A Duo, can Li Qingluo still kill me?"

"Today, this prince must leave alive!"

As he spoke, he tapped the enemy guard's shoulder: "Take her with us, we're leaving!"