"Untouchable? What do you mean?" I looked at her in shock.
Rui Xueji's face changed slightly, she probably didn't expect me to ask so clearly, but seeing my eagerness for knowledge in my eyes, she still told me: "My dear beauty, I'm afraid I won't be able to serve the king anymore from now on!
"
I took a hard step back, and the color drained from my face.
If a woman who is getting married cannot be touched, what will be waiting for her?
Death?
No, it will only be more terrifying than death.
According to the rules, as long as a woman has a relationship with the emperor, she must stay with him for the rest of her life. Even if she falls out of favor, she can only sit in the cold palace and wait to die. Sometimes she even cannot die.
If the poison in Xia Yan's body is not removed in time, I'm afraid his fate will be no different from that of a concubine who fell out of favor in the harem.
"Your Majesty, Pang Yi wants to see you!" Xiao Junzi came to me tremblingly and reminded me.
"Tell him to come in!"
Pang Yi came in and knelt down in a hurry. I motioned for him to get up quickly: "How is it?"
Pang Yi said excitedly: "I've caught it, does the king want to interrogate him personally?"
I clenched my fist and said, "Bring it up!"
Pang Yi looked up at me, and his eyes drifted towards Rui Xueji inadvertently. I quickly realized that Rui Xueji was still here, so I turned to Rui Xueji and said coldly and distantly: "Prince Rui, it's getting late..."
Before I could finish speaking, Rui Xueji nodded knowingly: "I'm tired of being alone!!"
I waved to Xiao Junzi: "Send King Rui to the hotel!"
"yes!"
The imperial doctor used gold needles to stop Xia Yan's toxin. He was still fine for the time being. He was just lying on the bed and couldn't move. I asked the imperial doctor to leave for now.
The remaining four assassins were brought up tied up with a ball of soft cloth stuffed in their mouths to prevent them from committing suicide.
Four people knelt at my feet firmly and unyieldingly. Everyone's eyes were very indifferent. It seemed that these were not ordinary killers, but dead soldiers.
I signaled Pang Yi to take the soft cloth from the mouth of one of the assassins. Pang Yi understood and came over. The moment he took it away, he immediately touched the opponent's acupuncture point, unable to do anything except speak.
"Who sent you here? Tell the truth, I won't make things difficult for you!"
"Bah, anyone like you who kills your brother will be punished by everyone!" The assassin glared at me with righteous indignation.
Pang Yi was horrified and quickly punched the opponent's temple. The assassin had no power to fight back and leaned to one side.
"You bastard, how dare you slander the king!"
I waved my hand to indicate to Pang Yi that there was no need to get excited.
A general whose fame and fortune have withered away can sit on the throne of God and King. Whose hands will be clean?
These people are all dead soldiers. If you ask me polite questions like this, you won't be able to get anything out of them.
"Your Majesty, why don't you hand it over to Pei Yuan of Dali Temple? Pei Shaoqing is very good at extracting confessions!" Pang Yi suggested.
I nodded: "That's fine. Send it over and tell Pei Yuan that I must know who sent these people tomorrow morning!"
"yes!"
After everyone retreated, I hurriedly opened the door and walked to Xia Yan's bedside. Before I could get close, I heard Xia Yan's cold voice: "Don't come near me!"
I froze on the spot, my heart pounding, even though Xia Yan was usually very mean to me, but now I no longer have the mind to care about it, I just want him to recover as soon as possible.
"Xia Yan, what should I do? Tell me!"
"Go to Yan Xiaoqing, he is the only one who can save me!"
