Deep Palace Pet Peach Blossom Flawless

Chapter 633: Ice Crystal Dew

The white cloud swirled and danced, landing on the Seventh Prince's outstretched arm. With slightly trembling hands, the Seventh Prince placed the letter into the mailbox on the white cloud's claws. The next moment, the Seventh Prince waved his arm, and the white cloud suddenly soared high and flew away. "Baiyun! Hurry up, faster! My mother's life is in your hands!"

The white cloud let out a long roar, and in the blink of an eye it flew into the deep twilight night sky.

When the Seventh Prince rushed back to the bedroom, Lan Qingwu regained consciousness briefly and immediately rushed to the bed, "Mother..."

Lan Qingwu opened her eyes with great effort. She knew that she was on the verge of life and death. She only regretted that she could not see Emperor Shenwu for the last time. She wanted to tell him that she would always be by his side. She didn't want... to leave him as lonely and desperate as in his dream.

"Mother, what do you want to say?"

The Seventh Prince didn't dare to touch Lan Qingwu and could only get as close to Lan Qingwu's lips as possible.

Lan Qingwu said weakly: "Tell your father to come back, the Queen Mother wants to see him!"

The Seventh Prince nodded frantically, "Okay...Okay...Mother, what's wrong with you?"

Lan Qingwu fell into a deep coma again. Nie Wushuang rushed forward to check on him. His face was solemn and his voice was trembling. "Seventh Prince, hurry! This red line is still slowly rising! At this rate, I'm afraid the Queen won't last more than ten days!"

The Seventh Prince said nothing and disappeared into the bedroom like a whirlwind again.

The seventh princess hurried forward to stand guard over her mother.

The Seventh Prince rushed to the eagle shed, and the eunuch in charge of the eagle shed stepped forward and said, "Seventh Prince, the border war is over, and His Majesty has ordered these war eagles to be banned!"

To use these flying eagles in peacetime, a special warrant is required.

The Seventh Prince, with a slightly gloomy expression, took out the token in his hand and the hand order left by the Emperor Shenwu: "During this special period, this prince will use all the war eagles here!"

The eunuch suddenly looked up at the Seventh Prince. "All the war eagles! Even when the border war was at its most intense, these nearly one hundred war eagles were only used in batches!"

The Seventh Prince acted extremely quickly. He ordered the palace servants to write nearly a hundred pieces of letter paper, and each letter tube on the eagle's claws conveyed a message.

"Please return quickly, Father!"

"The Queen Mother has been poisoned. Please return home quickly, Father!"

"My Queen Mother urgently needs the Ice and Snow Pill to detoxify me. Please, Father, return home quickly!"

"Please return quickly, Father!"

"Return quickly!"

"The Queen Mother wants to see the Emperor, please return quickly!"

In the night deep in the palace, the entire sky seemed like a huge black curtain, swallowing up everyone.

In the deep dusk, one war eagle after another circled and flew up to the dark sky. Eagle cries rang out one after another. The flying eagles were like a huge vortex, and in a flash they flew out of the palace.

The Seventh Prince looked up from the ground, not seeing any more war eagles. He then lowered his head and said, "Pass on this Prince's order. The entire Imperial City is under martial law! Close all gates! The Imperial Palace is under martial law! Have all Black Feather Guards stationed around Fengqi Palace. Anyone who makes any movement will be killed without mercy!"

After giving the order, the Seventh Prince walked towards the side hall of Fengqi Palace with murderous intent, where the eldest princess was imprisoned.

The Seventh Prince rushed into the side hall with a murderous look on his face. The eldest princess was frightened when she saw the Seventh Prince. Before she could say anything, the Seventh Prince had already drawn the long sword from his waist and stabbed the eldest princess!

The eldest princess screamed and turned her body to the side. Although she dodged, she was still stabbed in the left shoulder and was immediately covered in blood.

Empress Dowager Li rushed over upon hearing the news. Seeing this scene, she panicked and rushed over to hug the eldest princess in her arms: "What are you doing? Xiaoqi, she is your sister. No matter what, you can't harm your siblings!"

The Seventh Prince watched as Queen Mother Li shielded the eldest princess behind her. He snorted angrily, "She's not my sister! She's the murderer of my mother! Just wait and see!"

The seventh prince left in anger, completely ignoring the Queen Mother Li's shouts behind him.

Empress Dowager Li was on pins and needles. She knew she couldn't leave Princess Mingzhu's side. Otherwise, with Xiao Qi's stubborn temper, he would kill her in anger, and then it would be too late. No matter what, she had to save Princess Mingzhu's life.

Li Zhong was extremely anxious. He found Nie Wushuang and said with a cold expression, "Doctor Nie, do you have any good methods to prevent the spread of the poison? When His Majesty left, he entrusted the affairs of the palace to me and the safety of the Empress to you. You are in the open, while we are in the dark. If anything happens to the Empress, do you know how many lives will be lost?"

"Your Majesty, even the cut on the Empress's hand nearly cost me my life, not to mention that she's now poisoned. Use whatever skills you have. I'll find you any herbs you need!"

Nie Wushuang also had a sullen expression: "Eunuch Li, do you think I didn't try my best? We are old acquaintances. When the Empress was faking her pregnancy, we met each other every day. We are very familiar with each other..."

"stop!"

Li Zhong's face darkened. "Can you please not talk about that time? Think carefully about what you need."

That incident was simply Li Zhong's dark history, and he would get upset every time he thought about it.

Nie Wushuang said seriously, "I remember the water lotus I've been carefully nurturing. Its stamens drip out crystal dew every day. I've been collecting it for several years and now have over ten bottles. Send someone to look after the water lotus. I won't be able to take care of it for a while. Also, I want you to go to my room in the Imperial Hospital and bring me all the jade bottles of crystal dew!"

Li Zhong asked in confusion, "Is this the water lotus that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince brought out from the depths of Qiling Mountain? After all this time, he's only collected this much Ice Crystal Spirit Dew?"

Nie Wushuang looked at Li Zhong speechlessly. "What do you think Ice Crystal Spirit Dew is? There's a large patch of Jiuzhi flowers deep in Qiling Mountain, and isn't there only a certain amount of dew from them every year? Besides, there's only this one Water Lotus flower. I want to try this Water Lotus Ice Crystal Spirit Dew. It's cold in nature, and the Empress has been poisoned by a cold, so she doesn't normally need it. But now, the poison may be suppressed by this Ice Crystal Spirit Dew!"

Li Zhong immediately became serious and said, "We'll go right away!"

The Seventh Prince waited in the palace for the belated arrival of the Grand Consort. Without a single unnecessary word, he said directly, "Capture the Grand Consort and detain him elsewhere!"

The smile that had just appeared on the Grand Prince Consort's face froze in an instant. A guard rushed over and grabbed the Grand Prince Consort. The Grand Prince Consort was shocked and asked, "Seventh Prince, why is this happening?"

"Why?"

The Seventh Prince gnashed his teeth and said, "Princess Mingzhu plotted against my mother. She was wearing a ring with a poisonous mechanism and a tiny needle inside. When everyone was most worried and least prepared because of her long-missing disappearance, she assassinated my mother! And you still ask me why? Prince Consort, you and your wife are one, don't tell me you didn't know!"

The prince consort's head felt as if it had been hit hard by a hammer. He felt dizzy and his hands and feet were weak. He couldn't believe it and said, "What! Mingzhu..."

The Seventh Prince shouted angrily, "Take her away! If anything happens to my mother, your family will be buried with her! Princess Mingzhu will be buried with her!"

The Grand Prince Consort felt as if he had been doused in ice water, his entire body freezing cold. "Wait! Seventh Prince, I truly don't know anything about this. Let me go see the Grand Princess! Or lock us up together!"

The Seventh Prince waved his hand with a cold expression, "Lock them together! I've already surrounded your mansion. Reunite with Princess Mingzhu! Of course, if you get any useful information from her, have the Black Feather Guards at the door come find me!"

The seventh prince turned and left, and the eldest son-in-law was taken away staggeringly by the Xuanyu Guards.

The Seventh Prince finished his duties and hurried back to Fengqi Palace. Outside the bedroom door, the Second Prince was kneeling on the ground, surrounded by busy palace servants who came and went, and could only glance at him helplessly as they passed by. Prince Ding, standing by, would occasionally glance at him with a look of heartache.

Upon hearing the news, Concubine Jiang rushed over. She didn't know how to persuade her son, so she could only kneel on the ground with the Second Prince. Thinking of Lan Qingwu, who seemed to be dying in the bedroom, Concubine Jiang burst into tears.

The Seventh Prince saw this as soon as he came in. He quickly walked over and pulled the Second Prince up: "Second Brother..."

The Second Prince's face was pale, and his lips trembled as he spoke, "Xiao Qi, I don't know how to deal with this. It was me... who harmed Mother. It was me who used Mother's antidote. Damn it—it should have been me!"

Concubine Jiang couldn't help crying out loud. Yes! What should she do? If the Empress couldn't get over this hardship, how would they and their son cope in the future?

The Seventh Prince's eyes were red. "No! No! Second Brother, you're not wrong. The one who's truly wrong is the evil-minded, vicious, and foolish Eldest Sister! It's just... fate playing tricks on us! Your life was saved by Mother, you can't treat it so lightly! Go back with Mother Jiang! Take good care of yourself, so that Mother won't have saved you in vain!"

The Second Prince's tears fell: "Just let me guard it! Otherwise, I won't be able to rest in peace no matter what!"

Li Zhong walked in with a dozen bottles of precious Ice Crystal Spirit Dew, bowing. Just as he was about to salute, he heard Nie Wushuang shouting from inside the dormitory, "Oh no! That red line is getting faster!"

The Seventh Prince was slightly startled and hurried into the bedroom. The Second Prince, Prince Ding, and Concubine Jiang took a few steps forward nervously and fearfully, and stood at the door in fear.

Li Zhong looked solemn and slipped into the dormitory.

Nie Wushuang was putting a pill into Lan Qingwu's mouth, "This is His Royal Highness Prince Ding's disinfection pill! This is the last one!"

Li Zhong quickly took out a small bundle and said, "Doctor Nie, these are all the Ice Crystal Spirit Dew Jade Bottles!"

Nie Wushuang didn't delay any longer and took a bottle and opened it. "Seventh Prince, please help me get the Queen to take this!"

The Seventh Prince immediately knelt beside the bed and cooperated with Nie Wushuang, allowing the ice crystal dew to enter Lan Qingwu's mouth drop by drop.

The ice crystal spirit dew entered the body, and the spirit dew with coldness instantly reacted in Lan Qingwu's body. Lan Qingwu's face immediately turned jade-white and cold, as if covered with a layer of frost. Lan Qingwu's eyelashes and hair were covered with frost. The next moment, the bed under Lan Qingwu flashed with jade-colored light, and the warm jade eliminated the excess frost, leaving only jade-white and cold on Lan Qingwu's face.

Nie Wushuang breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at the red line that extended to the middle of his forearm. The end of the red line was frozen by frost and seemed to be motionless at this moment.

"This warm jade has counteracted the damaging frost without affecting the effects of the Ice Crystal Spirit Dew within the body. The red lines on Her Majesty's arm have finally stopped! However, the red lines haven't truly stopped, but have simply become much slower. I will now observe how long the effects of the Ice Crystal Spirit Dew last. I hope these dozen bottles will last until Your Majesty returns!"

The Seventh Prince's eyes were red, as if he was comforting everyone: "It will definitely happen! Father will definitely make it in time!"

Prince Ding's voice came from the bedroom door: "Seventh Prince, your uncle Kang and the fifth prince are here!"

The Seventh Prince stepped out of the curtain. He looked up and saw Prince Kang, his face haggard but determined, looking at him. He then presented the jade bottle in his hand: "Seventh Prince, this is my disinfectant pill! Your uncle Kang is a worthless playboy. No one would waste any poison on me. This was left to me by your royal grandfather! Now, take it to the Empress!"

The Fifth Prince also stepped forward and presented the mahogany box in his hand to the Seventh Prince. "This was given to me by my father. Take it! My mother has taken care of us for so long, she doesn't deserve this disaster! If it's useful to you, you can use it!"

The Seventh Prince's tears fell drop by drop. From the moment his mother collapsed, he was terrified. He was afraid that his father and the Crown Prince had told him to look after his mother and protect her. He was terrified that when they returned, they would only see his mother's cold corpse. How could he face his father and the Crown Prince again?

The Seventh Prince wiped his tears hastily and bowed solemnly: "Seventh Prince thanks Uncle Kang! Thank you, Fifth Brother!"

Over there, the Grand Prince Consort had already met Princess Mingzhu, who was trembling with pain. Empress Dowager Li had ordered the external medicine powder from the Cining Palace, but the imperial physician could not be summoned. Why would the Seventh Prince leave the imperial physician to the eldest princess? Empress Dowager Li couldn't even get the herbs for anti-inflammatory and hemostatic effects. Princess Mingzhu couldn't drink the medicine, so she could only take the external medicine and endure the pain.

The eldest son-in-law's head was still buzzing, and he didn't notice the eldest princess's pale face or Empress Dowager Li beside him. He only had eyes for the eldest princess, and wanted to question the eldest princess, whether it was true that she poisoned the queen! Why did she want to harm their Jiang family like this! The eldest son-in-law rushed into the room and grabbed the eldest princess who was gritting her teeth on the bed, "Mingzhu! Did you do it? What on earth did you do! Do you have to destroy our Jiang family before you are satisfied?"

The eldest princess was stunned for a moment, and finally came to her senses, "Prince Consort..."

"Tell me! How did you get the ring? We were both captured by the Third Prince's men and imprisoned separately until we were rescued just now. What happened in between?"

The eldest princess's eyes flashed, and she cried, "What do you mean? At that time, the imperial city was in chaos, and the third prince led his troops to attack the eldest princess's residence and threatened me with you. You know all this, right? You and I were both captured and taken to the outskirts of the imperial city and imprisoned by them. What could have happened in between?"

The eldest prince consort stared at the eldest princess with suspicion: "Mingzhu, you are lying!"

Princess Mingzhu rolled her eyes and fell to the ground. Empress Dowager Li screamed, "Mingzhu! Prince Consort, Mingzhu is injured. Can't you wait and ask her later?"

The prince consort let go of his hand with a dark face, "Mingzhu, if you insist on doing this, I will leave! We don't have to see each other again!"

The prince consort walked out the door, and Princess Mingzhu woke up with a sob: "Prince consort...it hurts! I..."

The Grand Consort looked at the Grand Princess coldly: "I can accept whatever you do, but if it involves the lives of our Jiang family, I can only commit suicide to apologize!"

The eldest princess was stunned for a moment, and suddenly tears welled up in her eyes. "Yes! I admit what I did! Prince Consort, do you still remember our child? Who implicated him and caused him to lose his life? My An'er! He was still so young! Every night, I couldn't sleep all night long, thinking that if my An'er was still alive and still by my side as a mother, what a happy thing that would be!"

"But he's dead! My An'er is dead! He was implicated by the Queen and died! He died so tragically, he hadn't even learned to call her mother! How can I let it go? How can I endure the Queen's happiness in front of me day after day! I just can't accept it, I just resent it! What's more, there's my mother! The Queen also indirectly killed my mother! How can I let her go!"

The eldest son-in-law listened to all this in a daze. After a moment, he found his voice again: "It seems that God wants to destroy my Jiang family!"

The prince consort's straight back bent down, and he walked out of the room in a daze: "I have nothing more to say to you! I can't stay in the same room with you! I'm leaving!"

Princess Mingzhu was shocked: "Prince Consort...Prince Consort..."

She lay on the jade pillow and cried bitterly: "Prince Consort, why do you treat me like this too?"

Empress Dowager Li seemed to have just realized what was happening. "Mingzhu, what were you talking about? Why did you say that your mother was indirectly killed by the Empress?"

Princess Mingzhu was no longer in the mood to speak. She cried, "Grandmother, I'm in so much pain! Can we not mention the Queen Mother anymore?"

Empress Dowager Li said distressedly, "Okay! Okay! Okay! Let's not talk about it! Just take good care of your injuries first!"