Emperor Shen's charming wife

He made a feint, then turned and fled.

"Where are you going!" Ning Xuejiao shouted and chased after him.

The man in black panicked and ran headfirst into the woods on the side of the road.

Ning Xue also followed in, and the two started a fierce chase in the forest.

……

Inside Fengyi Palace, Shen Yu felt a splitting headache. He struggled to get up, but found that he was so weak that he couldn't even move a finger.

"Damn it! What kind of poison is this?" Shen Yu cursed in his heart. He had never seen such a powerful poison before. It could make a battle-hardened regent like him lose all his ability to move in just a few breaths.

He tried hard to gather his inner strength and force out the poison, but he found that the inner energy in his body disappeared without a trace, like a drop in the ocean.

"Ning Yao..." Shen Yu turned his head with difficulty and looked at Ning Yao who was lying beside him, his eyes full of self-blame and worry.

He didn't know whether Ning Yao was an enemy or a friend, but he knew that if it wasn't for saving him, Ning Yao would never have become what she is now.

Thinking of this, Shen Yu felt an unprecedented panic in his heart. He would rather be the one poisoned than see Ning Yao suffer any harm.

He stretched out his hand with great effort, trying to touch Ning Yao's cheek, but found that he could not lift his hand at all.

"Ning Yao, wake up, look at me..." Shen Yu's voice was hoarse and weak, but with a barely perceptible tremor.

However, Ning Yao did not react at all. She lay there quietly, her face as pale as paper, her breathing weak, as if she would disappear at any time.

Shen Yu's heart seemed to be grabbed tightly by someone. He had never felt so helpless and desperate.

"Someone come! Call the imperial physician!" Shen Yu roared with his last bit of strength.

However, all he got in response was an empty room and the night wind whistling outside the window.

……

After an unknown amount of time, Shen Yu's consciousness gradually became blurred. Just as he was about to pass out, he seemed to see a familiar figure appear at the door.

"Li Defu..." Shen Yu used up his last bit of strength and uttered a name.

"Your Highness!" The person who came was Shen Yu's trusted eunuch, Li Defu. When he heard Shen Yu's voice, he hurried forward and said, "Your Highness, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me!"

Shen Yu wanted to speak, but found that he could no longer make a sound. He could only use his last bit of strength to raise his trembling hand and point at Ning Yao on the bed.

"Save...save her..."

The man in black was stunned for a moment by this sudden change, and then he cursed: "Bitch, do you want to live?!" He never thought that this seemingly weak girl would dare to use her body to block this fatal blow.

Shen Yu was stunned by the sudden impact, his ears were buzzing, stars were flashing in front of his eyes, and he was a little overwhelmed for a while.

"Your Majesty! How are you, Your Majesty?!"

"Hurry up and protect the emperor!"

The panicked shouts of the guards came to his ears, but Shen Yu seemed not to hear them at all. He just sat on the ground blankly, staring at the scene in front of him, his eyes full of disbelief.

As the smoke cleared, everything in front of him gradually became clearer. The originally magnificent palace was now in ruins, with broken walls and rubble everywhere, flames shooting up into the sky, and the air was filled with a pungent smell of smoke. Ning Xue, on the other hand, lay silently at his feet, with a shocking pool of blood beneath her.

That black spherical object turned out to be a powerful fire bomb!

"Ning Xue!" Shen Yu roared, and threw himself desperately to Ning Xue, holding her in his arms. He checked her breath with trembling hands, but felt only coldness.

"No! No——!" Shen Yu's eyes were red and he roared to the sky, his voice filled with grief and despair.

He hugged Ning Xue's cold body tightly, as if he wanted to rub her into his bones and blood, but no matter how hard he tried, he could no longer make her feel the slightest warmth. Why? Why did you do this? You clearly know that I don't care about you, why did you do this for me?

Shen Yu's heart seemed to be tightly grasped by an invisible hand, and it hurt so much that he could hardly breathe. He had never thought that the girl who always followed him and gave silently like a shadow would actually sacrifice her life for him.

He suddenly remembered that Ning Xue once said that her greatest wish in this life was to be able to stay with him forever, and she would be satisfied even if she could only watch him from afar.

But what about him? How did he treat her? He was cold and dismissive towards her, and even when she needed him the most, he was full of suspicion and distrust towards her.

"Ning Xue, I'm sorry... I'm sorry..." Shen Yu murmured to himself, tears sliding down his cheeks and dripping onto Ning Xue's pale face. He swore that he must catch the murderer and avenge Ning Xue!

At this moment, Ning Yao, who had been hiding in the dark, suddenly appeared. She looked at the tragedy in front of her and a cold smile appeared on her lips. Everything was developing in the direction she had planned...

"Bitch, are you trying to kill yourself?!" The man in black was stunned for a moment by this sudden change, and then started cursing. However, before he could finish his words, Ning Xue's attack was already in front of him.

Ning Xue's figure was as fast as lightning, and her moves were fierce, with each move going straight to the black-clothed man's vital points. Her petite body seemed to contain infinite power, and each move was filled with fierce murderous intent, forcing the black-clothed man to retreat again and again.

"I underestimated you!" the man in black roared, and the long sword in his hand flashed a cold light and went straight to Ning Xue's face.

Ning Xue did not dodge or evade. She twisted her slender waist and avoided the fatal blow by a hair's breadth. At the same time, she slapped the man in black on the chest with her backhand. The man in black groaned and was knocked back several steps. He covered his chest with his hands, his eyes full of disbelief, "You..."

"You talk too much nonsense!" Ning Xue interrupted him coldly, and with a flash of her body, she attacked again.

The two men fought back and forth in the forest, swords flashing, palm winds whistling, and for a moment it was difficult to tell who would win.

……

In Fengyi Palace, Li Defu was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. He ordered people to invite the imperial physician while trying to wake up Shen Yu, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty, wake up!"

However, Shen Yu did not react at all. His face was as pale as paper, and his lips were an abnormal purple color, obviously he was severely poisoned.

Li Defu was extremely anxious, but he also knew that panicking was useless at the moment. He forced himself to calm down and carefully checked Shen Yu's condition.

"What kind of poison was the prince poisoned with?" Li Defu turned around and asked the trembling eunuch beside him.

"Reply... reply to the eunuch, I... I don't know!" The eunuch was so scared that his face turned pale. "I just followed Madam Ning's instructions and brought the bowl of ginseng soup to the prince..."