I insist

Chapter 499: Poisoning

Princess Jing stayed in the palace with her child. When evening finally arrived and she was about to rest, she heard Liuli's laughter.

And it was a seductive tone; you could tell what was going on as soon as you heard it, and her face immediately turned red.

But she was puzzled. She hadn't heard the Emperor arrive. She carried the child to the window and saw the people who served the Emperor.

Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief. Princess Jing had thought she had discovered something incredible.

"This palace is really no place for a human to stay. If you're not careful, you can easily find out things you shouldn't know," Princess Jing thought to herself.

Princess Jing left the window and went to the bedside, where she held her child tightly and fell asleep peacefully.

Although there were still some sounds, thankfully they weren't particularly loud and didn't disturb her sleep.

The next morning, Princess Jing got up early and started breastfeeding the baby, doing this and that, without stopping for a moment and without letting go of her child.

Upon seeing this, Liuli's face turned extremely ugly: "How could you do such a thing? How could you allow the Princess to do these things? Should we drag you away and give you twenty lashes?"

"You've finally learned your lesson? Don't you know how to serve the Princess?"

Upon hearing this, the people quickly snatched the things from Princess Jing's hands, and then they diligently prepared the food for the servants, not daring to let Princess Jing touch it at all.

Liuli smiled and said, "Your Highness, you still have to take care of the children. As for this little thing, you should leave it to them. You don't need to do it yourself."

"Thank you, Consort Jieyu, I understand," Princess Jing said politely.

"The Imperial Study sent over some pastries. I tried a little, and they were indeed quite good, unlike anything I'd had before, so I had them made another batch."

Here, have a taste. I've already asked, and it's fine for you. Try it!

Liuli had the palace maid place the snacks on the table, then pushed them in front of her, saying with a smile.

Princess Jing glanced down at the pastries on the table, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Thank you, Consort Jieyu, but I don't want to eat them for now."

"Is it that the snacks don't suit your taste? If so, just tell me what you'd like to eat, and I'll have someone prepare it."

Liuli looked at Princess Jing with a smile on her face and said, word by word.

Princess Jing really didn't want to talk to Liuli anymore, but seeing her like this, she knew that if Liuli didn't eat, she definitely wouldn't leave.

Finally, having no other choice, Princess Jing could only smile and say, "It's nothing, I just haven't tried this before. I'll have a little."

Liuli smiled and nodded: "Okay, you can try it."

Princess Jing had no choice but to break off a tiny bit of the pastry and put it in her mouth. After a while, she said, "This tastes pretty good."

Seeing that Princess Jing had eaten the food, Liuli smiled slightly and said, "Since you like it, just leave it here. I'll be going now."

If anything happens, remember to call me.

Seeing that Liuli had finally left, Princess Jing breathed a sigh of relief. She carried the child back to bed and held him tightly.

After an unknown amount of time, blood began to seep from her mouth, making her look extremely terrifying.

Perhaps realizing that something was wrong with her, Princess Jing quickly released the child, rolled onto the ground, and then continued to vomit blood.

Princess Jing looked up at the pastries on the table and suddenly thought of Liuli. She felt a chill run through her body, and her desire to ask for help vanished.

Liuli was in her palace, and she knew very well about Princess Jing vomiting blood, but she wasn't nervous at all.

"Your Highness, are you sure Song Miqiu will come? She probably won't. Princess Jing has no relation to her. Would she take such a risk?"

"You really don't understand Song Miqiu. She'll definitely come, even if we lay a trap here. That's just the kind of person she is."

I don't know if she's just too confident, but I hate her like that, so I have to get rid of her.

The thought of Song Miqiu made Liuli want to kill her, to make her live in her shadow for the rest of her life, so that she could make up for the wounds she had suffered.

"Your Highness, if Song Miqiu comes, things will be alright; in that case, Princess Jing might be saved. But if she doesn't come, and something happens to Princess Jing..."

"Your Majesty, you will surely be punished by the Emperor, and then things will not be easy to resolve," the palace maid said with some worry.

Liuli wasn't worried at all. She said softly, "Don't worry, everything will be fine. Song Miqiu will definitely come. Princess Jing will be alright. Today I'm going to make Song Miqiu..."

She's not coming back. Keep a close eye on her and don't let her escape.

Upon hearing Liuli's words, the palace maid wanted to say something, but in the end, she said nothing, unsure of what to say.

On that very day, news arrived that Prince Jing was fighting with the rebels, and at that moment, Princess Jing and her child encountered trouble in the palace.

After receiving this news, Song Miqiu planned to enter the palace.

“I will go to the palace with you.” Yu Huailin was worried about Song Miqiu going to the palace alone, so he said directly.

Without even thinking, Song Miqiu refused, saying, "No, it's more dangerous with you here, and I might not even get hurt. Don't worry, I'll be careful."

Yu Huailin gave Song Miqiu a deep look, and finally reluctantly agreed.

"Okay, then you must be careful and not act rashly. Don't confront Liuli head-on; leave it to me," Yu Huailin earnestly instructed.

Song Miqiu frowned slightly: "Do you think this matter is related to Liuli?"

"Liuli took the initiative to ask the Emperor to send Princess Jing to her palace, and then something happened. She's not stupid, so maybe this was all directed at you."

Your priority now is to save Princess Jing. Don't worry about anything else for now. If anything really happens, hold on and wait for me to come and save you.

You waited for me at your house all night before, and I'll do the same this time. If you don't come back, I'll come looking for you.

Yu Huailin looked at Song Miqiu very seriously and said softly.

Song Miqiu nodded: "Okay, then it's settled. I'll be going now."

After saying this, Song Miqiu left her courtyard without looking back and quietly appeared in the palace.

She knew very well about Princess Jing's affairs. As soon as she stood at the door, she heard the heart-wrenching cries of a child coming from inside.

Song Miqiu pushed the door open and entered, only to find Princess Jing lying on the ground, covered in blood, with blood at the corners of her mouth.

She looked at the child beside her, picked the child up, and gently comforted him before checking on Princess Jing's condition.

"Poisoned? What about the child?"

Song Miqiu was surprised that Princess Jing had been poisoned, so she quickly checked the child as well.