Dressed as the villain's stepmother

Xiao Xiyan's child seems to be the biggest bargaining chip in the hands of the Queen Mother.

Because that child has a father with royal blood - the eldest prince. If the Queen Mother really wants to get rid of His Majesty, that child is her best candidate to take charge of politics behind the curtain.

Jiang Lianzhu gathered her mind and continued to diagnose the abbot's pulse and apply acupuncture. However, this process did not go smoothly.

"Female donor, is it difficult to cure the abbot's poison?"

Zhike noticed Jiang Lianzhu's frown and asked with concern.

"Well, actually, the poison in the abbot's body is very overbearing. Logically speaking, people who are poisoned by this poison should not live for long. You just said that the Queen Mother gave the abbot this poison a few years ago."

"Are you sure you didn't get the time wrong?"

Jiang Lianzhu found it incredible.

Because of the poison in the abbot's body, if it were placed on an ordinary person, the poisoned person would probably die long ago. But now the abbot is still alive and breathing. In Jiang Lianzhu's view, this is a miracle.

"To be honest with the female benefactor, in fact, the abbot is a monk with a background of martial arts. His martial arts has no rivals in the entire temple. The reason why he has been able to support himself until now after being poisoned is all It’s because the abbot master has been using his martial arts to suppress the spread of poison.”

Zhike saw Jiang Lianzhu's confusion and quickly explained.

"You said that the abbot is the person with the highest martial arts in the royal temple. I have seen your martial arts. Is it possible that the abbot is even more powerful than your martial arts?"

Jiang Lianzhu had seen Zhike's skills, and it was no exaggeration to say that he was very powerful.

Because when she hid that day, she didn't notice Zhike approaching at all. Based on this alone, she was far ahead of many people.

"Female donor, monks don't lie. My martial arts were taught by the abbot master step by step. Therefore, the abbot master's martial arts are indeed better than mine!"

Zhike's words were modest, not as rude as when Jiang Lianzhu saw him before, and the way he looked at the abbot was also very special.

"Zhike, you seem to be very close to the abbot. In this temple, I have seen the person who has the same look as you when mentioning the abbot, it is the little master Jie Chi."

Jiang Lianzhu found common ground in Jie Chi and Zhi Ke.

Moreover, if you think about it carefully, it seems that Zhike can always appear in time to stop her from testing the little master Jie Chi. Not only that, when the little master Jie Chi is in danger, it is Zhike who appears and takes him out from the hands of those bad guys. .

"Female donor, your guess is correct."

"Actually, Jie Chi is the last child adopted by the abbot master, and I am the first child brought back to the royal temple by the abbot master. We were both raised by the abbot master. Without the abbot master, I would probably be alive. Not as much as now.”

Zhike mentioned the abbot with respect and affection between his brows.

Jiang Lianzhu now also understood that the deeply poisoned abbot lying in front of her had done many good deeds.

She thought of the group of ruthless people she saw in that remote courtyard yesterday, and then looked at Zhike, who was concerned about the abbot.

"Zhike, I don't understand. You were raised by the abbot master. He helped people in need and saved the lives of so many homeless orphans. Since you have inherited his mantle, how can you bear to let the temple change?" Is it a mess?"

If these words had been spoken in the past, Jiang Lianzhu would definitely not have said them.

But now that she understands the connection between Zhike and the abbot, she feels that Zhike's every move is so counterintuitive.

If it was true that Zhike respected the abbot, then how could he bear to see the royal temple being abused?

"Female donor, why don't I want to clean up the filth in this royal temple?"

Zhike put the abbot's hand on the quilt, and his words were filled with bitterness.

"After the abbot master was poisoned, although he suppressed the poison due to his strong martial arts skills, his life was saved."

"The abbot master gave orders to your majesty. The royal family asked the master to guard the Queen Mother. In order to avoid any changes in the royal temple, the abbot master chose to hide the fact that he was poisoned. However, the poisoned master had to contend with the toxins in his body. He had already been consumed. With so much energy, he no longer has time to take care of every aspect of the royal temple.”

"In order to live up to His Majesty's instructions, the abbot master entrusted me with the management of the temple. The female benefactor also knows that my talents cannot be compared with the abbot's."

"In recent years, the Prime Minister's Office has become more and more powerful in the imperial court. All the officials are following the Prime Minister's lead. Master's poisoning has caused the Queen Mother's restrictions in this royal temple to continue to weaken."

"I am a mediocre person, and maintaining balance has taken all my energy."

Zhike's eyes were full of guilt when he mentioned what he had done.

The abbot master raised him, but when the abbot master needed him, he could not guard the royal temple for the abbot master.

"What about the group of people in the remote courtyard? If you can barely control the Queen Mother, how did they get in?"

Jiang Lianzhu did not completely believe the words of Zhike in front of her.

Because there are too many unreasonable things here.

"Half a month ago, the poison on the abbot's body could no longer be suppressed. I knew that the poison was caused by the Queen Mother. I didn't want to see the abbot master being tortured by the poison like this. So, I went to the Queen Mother to get the antidote, and that This group of people is the result of the compromise between me and the Queen Mother, and they were brought in by Prime Minister Qianjin."

Sure enough, it was Xiao Xiyan.

It seemed that what Liu Qingqing had investigated before was correct.

"Wait a minute, since the Queen Mother has given you the antidote, why is the abbot still lying here now?"

The abbot who took the antidote should not be in this situation.

"I injected the abbot, and his heart veins were severely damaged."

"The Queen Mother did not give me all the antidote. She said that she would only give the abbot all the antidote after the people brought by Xiao Xiyan left safely!"

"However, the abbot has not waited for the antidote from the Queen Mother, and he is already dying. We have watched the temple be ruined by the Queen Mother's people. We cannot allow the abbot to be poisoned by the Queen Mother like the temple!"

For the person who raised him, how could Zhike be indifferent to the life and death of the abbot?

"The Queen Mother must not let the Queen Mother know that the Abbot is critically ill. As long as the Abbot is alive, the Queen Mother will not dare to take a chance. Madam Liao, please save the Abbot Master for the sake of us, the Royal Temple, and the stability of this country." , only when he is alive can the Queen Mother restrain herself."

At this moment, Zhike was helpless and full of sorrow.

"I'm sorry, I can only save the abbot's life temporarily, he won't live for long...".