"You're really a vicious and evil person. Fortunately, the emperor didn't take a liking to a 'woman' like you." Xue Lian couldn't help but speak up for her master.

  "Get out! You wretched servant! How dare you lecture me!" Jia Lianyin pointed at Xue Leng, her teeth clenched in anger.

  Ben Gong's words shocked Yan Xi and Xue Lian, who looked at each other in surprise before turning their eyes back to Jia Li Xian, who was looking at them with a smug expression.

  "What are you looking at? Look again and I'll dig out your dog eyes." said Jia Lianyin.

  "This palace." Hum. She dares to use this title, doesn't she want to live? Xue Lian said to Yan Xi Jun: "Master, won't she be ill again?"

  "It's very likely." Yan Xijun stared at Jia Lixian for a while, then sighed and said: "Those who do evil can still live, but those who bring evil upon themselves cannot survive."

  "Hahaha……hahahahaha……" After hearing Yan Xijun's sigh, Jia Lixian suddenly burst out laughing maniacally. Her powdered face turned bright red from laughing wildly. It wasn't until after a while that she finally stopped laughing. She looked at Yan Xijun with a serious expression and beckoned him over with her finger: "Yan Xijun, come here. I have something to say to you."

  Yan Xikun looked at her with suspicion and confusion.

  Xue Lian felt that Jia Shi was too terrifying, sometimes crazy and sometimes clear-headed. For the safety of her master, she shook her head at Yan Xijun and advised: "Master, don't go over there, she's too dangerous."

  "What's wrong, Yan Xikun? Are you afraid to come over?" Jia Lixian, who had regained her composure and clarity of mind, gazed at Yan Xikun with a provocative look.

  "What's there to dare or not dare?" Yan Xijun glanced at Xue Lian, then walked towards Jia Lixiang with an fearless gaze.

  Xue Lian's intuition told her that something was off. She always felt like something wasn't right. So when she saw the master walking forward, she blocked his way in front of Yan Xijun and worriedly said: "Master, you can't go forward, it's dangerous."

  "Don't worry, she can't do anything at the moment either." Yan Xijun comforted Xue Lian with a smile and walked directly past her to Jia Lifen.

  "Is there anything else?" Yan Xijun looked straight at Jia Lixian and said emotionlessly.

  Jia Lixian smiled slyly and beckoned her over, saying "Come a bit closer."

  Yan Xiu Jun did not suspect anything else, so he took two steps forward and leaned against the wooden window frame, impatiently saying: "Hurry up, what's going on."

  Xue Lian had been observing Jia Li's movements and expressions from behind. When she saw her smile strangely, with her right hand tightly grasping something hidden in her sleeve, she suddenly felt that something was wrong. She hastily rushed forward and said: "Master, danger!"

  But her movements were still a beat too slow. By the time she pounced beside her master, what she had never wanted to happen still happened.

  Jia Lian saw Yan Xikun standing face to face with her at this moment. She quickly stretched out her left hand and pulled her over, then raised her right hand and stabbed fiercely towards her heart.

  "Yan Xijun, go die for me."

  Staring at Jiali Xian who had suddenly turned into a demon-like state, she frantically raised the dagger in her hand and stabbed herself. Yan Xijun reflexively wanted to dodge to the side, but unfortunately, her left hand was tightly grasping his clothes, making it impossible for him to retreat. All he could do was watch with wide eyes as the icy blue dagger pierced into his body.

  A gush of hot blood spurted out in an instant, followed by a gentle flow from the wound inflicted by the dagger, staining the clothes and dripping onto the ground.

  Yan Xijun clutched her chest in agony, hunching over with a slight bow. Her exquisite face was scrunched up in pain. Her eyes were filled with resentment but couldn't glare at the murderer.

  "Haha...". Jia Lixian sheathed her dagger, gazing at the countless blood flowing out. The thrill in her heart rose. With a resentful tone, she spat out: "Yan Xijun, your time is up."

  "I've finally avenged myself. You had me confined to the Cold Palace, so now I'll have you die." Jia Lian's wife said heartlessly.

  Xue Lian no longer cared about Jia Li's vicious words. She reached out to catch her master's soft and limp body, which was about to fall. She anxiously asked: "Master, are you okay?"

  "Xue Lian...... I......" Yan Xi Jun weakly said only these few words before spitting out a big mouthful of blood. Then, his eyes slightly closed, and he softly fell into Xue Lian's arms.

  "Master, don't scare me!" Xue Lian cried out in a trembling voice. Looking at her master who was on the verge of death, staring at the dagger that had pierced his heart, fresh blood still flowing non-stop, she was so frightened that she didn't know how to react for a moment.

  "A gentle voice came over, 'You'd better think of a way to keep the queen from falling asleep.' It calmed Snow down and she looked up to see a woman in plain clothes standing beside her. She looked familiar but Snow couldn't quite place who she was."

  "I am Jiang Fu." The woman seemed to have seen through Xue Lian's thoughts and reported her identity.

  Oh. She was the concubine who had been imprisoned in the Cold Palace with Jia Ruyi. Thinking of this, Xue Lian glared at her with vigilance and anger.

  Jiang Fu forced a bitter smile. She explained: "Xue Lian, I have no ill intentions towards the princess. You don't need to be so guarded against me."

  She spoke so well, without malice. Why then did she conspire with Jia Lian to poison the child in her mistress's womb? Xue Lian didn't believe Jiang Yu's words at all and was still on guard against her.

  Jiang Fu knew that Xue Lian didn't believe her words. Last time, she was framed by someone. Unfortunately, no one would believe her humble words.

  She forced a smile and looked at Yan Xizhen's pale face, seeing her breathing getting weaker and weaker. She couldn't help but persuade: "Xue Lian, you don't have to believe me, let's just hurry up and save your master."

  "What can be done?" Xuelian woke up and muttered to herself, holding her master in her arms. This sudden unexpected event left her at a loss for what to do.

  "Don't let your master fall asleep." Jiang Fu crouched down and reached out to grasp the dagger.

  Xue Lian glared at her angrily. "What do you want?"

  "Believe me, I won't hurt the princess," Jiang Fu said, her slender fingers gripping the dagger tightly as she gritted her teeth, then quickly pulled it out.

  The dagger was pulled out. The blood flowed even more fiercely. Yan Xijun opened her eyes in pain, staring straight at Jiang Fu.

  "Sorry, Princess." Jiang Fu apologized with a smile. Then he took out a small bottle from his bosom and sprinkled the 'medicine' powder into her wound.

  Xue Lian stared blankly at her series of actions with a dumbfounded expression.

  "This is a hemostatic medicine." Jiang Fu explained, looking at the wound that was still bleeding after applying the medicine. She hastily said to Xue Lian: "The hemostatic medicine I have here is not of good quality. Let's hurry and get the empress sent out of the Cold Palace and back to the Imperial Palace to find a royal doctor for treatment."

  "It's useless. She is definitely going to die today." A cold voice came from inside the house.

  Xue Lian and Jiang Fu turned back to see Jia Li Fen leaning on the window, watching them. Xue Lian glared at her with hatred, then helped Yan Xi Jun up and hastily rushed towards the entrance of the Cold Palace.

  Jiang Fu had just taken a step forward when she suddenly heard a cold and sarcastic remark coming from somewhere.