Reborn to marry the regent and seize the throne as queen

No one knows better than Gu Yanbai how confident he is.

He delayed returning to the palace because, firstly, he had killed Yan Chong and then he didn't know how to face Yan Xiuchen.

Second...he was afraid that Yan Xiuchen would try to keep him and persuade him to give up developing the antidote.

Although there is an antidote he gave, it can only suppress the condition temporarily. Once the antidote is lost, the poison will take effect immediately.

All this was caused by him, he owed him so he was reluctant to let him suffer for it.

"No matter how confident I am, I must make this antidote."

Upon hearing this, Yan Xiuchen's face suddenly darkened, "No one of us owes anyone anything. There is no need for you to take this risk."

"No one owes anyone anything?" Gu Yanbai murmured, looking at Yan Xiuchen with a wry smile.

"Is there really no one who owes anyone anything between us?"

"You said it so frankly, it makes me feel even more guilty and remorseful."

As he spoke, Gu Yanbai sighed heavily, and his thoughts were pulled back to the past.

"When the Xifeng Palace was in trouble, you hid me in the Zhongfei Palace. In order to prevent the Imperial Guards from taking me away, you exposed your martial arts skills."

"In order to protect the people of the Gu and Lu families, you did not hesitate to bear the infamy of confiscating their property."

"Also, if you hadn't left me in Fuye and I was captured by the Fuye people, I might have died at the hands of Yan Su."

"In order to protect me, you disobeyed Yan Chong and swallowed poison."

"During those years, my life in Fuye was as difficult as your life in the capital."

"But as time goes by, it's me who wants to kill you and seek revenge on you. I've hurt you many times and almost killed you."

"Even the poison in your body was given by me."

"Is this what you call no one owes anyone anything?"

"I owe you all this..."

"Besides, there is still a 30% chance that I won't die."

Gu Yanbai muttered to himself, picked up the wine jug on the table, half leaned on the couch, and poured wine into his mouth.

Yan Xiuchen looked at Gu Yanbai in a daze.

He always thought that the secrets hidden in his heart would never be known by him.

"You know everything?" Yan Xiuchen murmured in a low voice.

Before Gu Yanbai could say anything, Yan Xiuchen's thoughts were pulled back. He raised his eyes and raised his voice.

"I promised Gu Qing that I would not let anything happen to you."

Gu Yanbai was startled suddenly, and couldn't help but think of something. He said thoughtfully, "I also promised her..."

"But……"

Upon hearing this, Yan Xiuchen stood up without waiting for Gu Yanbai to finish speaking, "It's okay. The antidote you left for me is enough for a year or so."

"There is no need to find a permanent solution."

"If you want to go back to Sang Country, it won't prevent you from sending the antidote to me then."

Having said that, Yan Xiuchen walked out of the door. As soon as he left, Jiu Ye came in with four bodyguards.

Gu Yanbai looked at them in a daze. When he realized something, it was already too late.

"Hey...what are you doing? Let me go..."

"Yan Xiuchen, can you try something new? Tie up... Yan Xiuchen..."

……

"Ah... open your mouth, open wider..." Wanyue was holding the lamp, and Xu He looked at the person standing beside the table with a frown.

Zhuang Qing sat on the chair and looked at Xu He eagerly.

"How is it? Can it be cured? Can she still speak?" Seeing Zhuang Qing's anxious eyes, Jiang Qingwu walked towards Xu He.

Xu He seemed to be thinking about something seriously, it was a rare moment when he looked serious.

"This... this girl's throat is badly damaged. It looks like she was burned by fire when she was a child. But how come her throat is..."

Upon hearing the voice, Zhuang Qing hurriedly stood up, walked towards Xu He, and started to gesture.

Xu He looked at Zhuang Qing in confusion, then turned and looked at Jiang Qingwu.

"What did she say?"

"She said that when she was a child, she encountered bandits on the way to do business with her parents. They forced her to swallow charcoal and she has never recovered since then."

Jiang Qingwu explained, moving closer to Xu He, "Is the wine good last time? I'll have someone prepare it for you again, as long as you help me heal her throat."

Xu He's eyes lit up when he heard that, then he rolled his eyes and said, "You just like to fool me. Last time you said I could drink as much wine as I wanted, but in the end, you guys were busy and the servants didn't give me any."

"How about this, if you can cure Zhuang Qing's throat, I will issue a decree to ensure that they dare not deny it to you."

Xu He smiled and nodded repeatedly, "Okay, okay, okay, you said so, I'll try, and you can't blame me if it doesn't work."

"Okay! By the way, there is one more thing I want to ask you." Jiang Qingwu said, pulling Xu He's wrist and pulling him to the couch in the distance.

Xu He was a little impatient and sat on the couch. "What do you want to ask? Ask quickly. I still have to go get medicine for that girl."

Jiang Qingwu looked at Xu He hesitantly and was silent for a long time before speaking.

"I want to ask you about Gu Yanbai's matter... If the antidote for the Heart-Eating Bone is suppressed with a short-term antidote, will there be any problems?"

"I mean, eat for a lifetime."

Xu He was stunned for a moment, then leaned forward and looked at Jiang Qingwu in astonishment, "Why are you asking the same question as that brat?"

"Gu Yanbai? He asked you that too? How did you answer?"

"Answer truthfully. There has never been a precedent for this, so how would I know if there is a problem?"

"But for now, your Majesty has been taking it for so long and there are no side effects, nor does it need to be strengthened. It seems to be okay."

"But no one knows if eating it for ten or twenty years will cause problems for a lifetime."

As he spoke, Xu He suddenly seemed to remember something and lowered his voice, "There is a bigger problem."

"The storage time of this medicine is at most half a year, which means that we can only develop an antidote for half a year at a time."

"This means that it's impossible for that kid to make a lifetime antidote in one go."

"But if this brat suddenly gets sick, or is chopped into pieces, then... your Majesty will be buried with him."

Jiang Qingwu's heart tightened slightly, and he sighed softly, "Did you tell Gu Yanbai the same thing?"

"Yeah, didn't I tell you? Tell the truth."

"It seems that he must have decided to make the antidote." Jiang Qingwu murmured in a low voice, suddenly remembered something, and looked up at Xu He.

“If this antidote is developed, is it possible that Gu Yanbai will be fine?”

"With me here, of course everything will be fine." Xu He assured, patting his chest.

But just as Jiang Qingwu was relieved, Xu He continued, "Do you know why this brat stole me from Fuye and brought me here from Sang Country?"

"That's because, in this whole world, apart from me, Xu He, I have a 30% chance of keeping this brat alive. Anyone else will die."