Su Ziji fell silent for a moment. Hearing the shouts and the clatter of armored soldiers outside, he knew time was pressing. Thinking of his own mission, Zeng Nianzhen bowed to Ye Buhui. "Princess Consort, please come with me."
Ye Buhui stood where she was and looked deeply at Su Ziji before preparing to leave. But Su Ziji smiled just then. "Bu Hui, it's all right. Take this."
As he spoke, he extended his hand toward Ye Buhui. A round, lustrous pill lay in his palm. At a mere whiff of its fragrance, one seemed to grow several degrees lighter.
"This is..."
"Medicine to steady An's pregnancy. Just take it." Su Ziji's heart weighed heavily. This was the pill he had just taken from the pill furnace.
Unfortunately, it had come too quickly. There had been no time to verify whether it worked.
Ye Buhui stared at the pill, her expression briefly blank. She accepted it, examined it closely between her fingers, then looked deeply at Su Ziji before swallowing it in one gulp.
At that moment, the uproar outside grew louder.
"My lord, the people outside have entered the residence. They've already forced their way here. What should we..."
Zeng Nianzhen reminded him, his gaze toward the outside turning somewhat strange. Tonight's situation looked perilous. He still remembered what had happened at the Crown Prince's Residence that day. The only reason he could restrain his killing intent now was because he had to consider Prince Dai and the Princess Consort.
Thinking of the task he bore, and knowing he could not launch into a massacre, Zeng Nianzhen forcibly suppressed the anger and hatred in his heart and remained calm.
Since Su Ziji had long anticipated this day, he was not particularly enraged. He turned to Ye Buhui. "Don't go