"Your Majesty, you mustn't," Yun Feiyue said immediately.
Just then, a young eunuch outside announced that Old Master Tan had arrived.
Due to the emergence of the Dark Night Pavilion, although Old Master Tan was no longer the most powerful alchemist in the Western Song Kingdom, he was still in the service of the royal family.
The Emperor of the Western Song even granted Old Master Tan the privilege to visit him at any time.
So upon hearing that Old Master Tan was coming, the Emperor's anger subsided a bit, and he allowed him to enter.
"I pay my respects to Your Majesty. May Your Majesty live forever," Old Master Tan said, kneeling and bowing.
Feng Yuqin stood beside them, looking on indifferently, showing no emotion.
"Quickly, offer a seat to Old Master Tan," the Emperor of the Western Song ordered at once.
After Old Master Tan took his seat, he looked at Feng Yuqin and asked, "Are you Feng Yuqin?"
"I am," Feng Yuqin replied calmly.
"Is it true that your alchemist level has reached the fourth rank?" Old Master Tan didn't believe it, seeing how young she was.
"That's right," Feng Yuqin answered.
"Then join us. It would be an honor for you to serve the royal family for a lifetime," Old Master Tan said in a condescending tone.
He took this attitude because he simply didn't believe Feng Yuqin had such strength.
He thought it must be the Dark Night Pavilion covering for her.
He could believe that she had transformed from a good - for - nothing to an alchemist, but he couldn't believe she had reached the fourth rank.
"Hehe, just now His Majesty wanted to behead me. If you had come a bit later, I might have already been dragged out and executed. So I can't see how this palace, where one's head might fall at any moment, can be related to honor," Feng Yuqin said sarcastically.
Such blatant disdain for the palace and comparing it to a cage.
Everyone present thought Feng Yuqin was just asking for trouble, like plucking hair from a tiger.
"How dare you!" the Emperor of the Western Song roared. "Drag her out. Subject her to all eighteen forms of torture and then tear her limb from limb."
"Well, it wouldn't be bad to have the entire royal palace of the Western Song Kingdom accompany me to the grave. It would be worth dying," Feng Yuqin said unhurriedly and calmly.
"What do you mean by that?" Old Master Tan asked instinctively.
"I mean, if I die, you'll all die," Feng Yuqin said, spreading her hands and blinking innocently.
"How arrogant! Do you think you're worthy?" the Emperor of the Western Song said coldly.
"Did you poison us?" Yun Feiyue immediately realized what was going on, thinking of what had happened in the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Feng Yuqin raised her eyebrows. "It seems you're not that stupid, Your Highness the useless Crown Prince."
"Absurd! Do you really think this palace is your home, and you can do whatever you want?" the Emperor of the Western Song waved impatiently at Eunuch Wang. "Drag her out. I don't want to see her again."
"Whether you're poisoned or not, isn't there an alchemist here? Just let him check," Feng Yuqin said with a faint smile, as if the person who had just ordered her to be torn limb from limb had nothing to do with her.
"Impossible. If the palace could be easily poisoned, would it still be a palace?" the Emperor of the Western Song didn't believe Feng Yuqin had poisoned them at all.
"Old Master Tan, please check for me," Yun Feiyue said, stretching out his hand to Old Master Tan who was standing not far away.
Hearing this, Old Master Tan stepped forward to examine the Crown Prince.
Within a few breaths, his face changed slightly.
Then he examined himself and looked even more grim.
"Quick, check for me," the Emperor of the Western Song knew something was wrong just by looking at Old Master Tan's face.
"Throughout history, Qin'er is the first one to dare to poison the palace like this," Mo Xuanye said in the space, a faint smile curving his lips as he watched the anxious expressions of the Emperor of the Western Song and the others.
At the same time, he was very proud. His little princess was so outstanding.
In this huge palace, most people who angered the Emperor would have no chance of survival.
But his little princess had managed to poison them instead.
He couldn't help but admire this move. It was brilliant.
She was just as good at planning ahead as he was.
What should he do? He was itching to go out and hold his little princess in his arms right now.
"I've never seen anyone so bold as to poison someone on their own territory," the Dragon Roar Sword thought that Feng Yuqin had been extremely kind to him back then.
Although ordinary poisons were ineffective against him, with his mistress's talent in alchemy, it wouldn't be difficult for her to develop some poisons specifically targeting him.
So he must remember never to offend his mistress from now on.
After Old Master Tan finished examining the Emperor of the Western Song, his eyes were filled with a hint of fear when he looked at Feng Yuqin.
Because he thought Feng Yuqin was too daring to poison the palace directly.
Moreover, as an alchemist himself, he had no clue about Feng Yuqin's poison.
This meant that Feng Yuqin's alchemical strength was much stronger than his.
"Old Master Tan, what's going on? Why do you look so grim?" the Emperor of the Western Song asked anxiously.
There was a look of defeat in Old Master Tan's eyes. "Your Majesty, we've all been poisoned, but... there's no antidote."
When the Emperor of the Western Song and Yun Feiyue heard this, their moods changed completely.
The existence of the poison was confirmed, but there was no antidote.
Yun Feiyue immediately rushed in front of Feng Yuqin and asked, "What on earth do you want? You're so bold to poison the palace."
Feng Yuqin glanced at him indifferently. "I didn't poison you directly. I just set the stage. If you hadn't intended to harm me, the poison wouldn't have taken effect."
"Feng Yuqin, hand over the pill. I'll let you go," the Emperor of the Western Song was afraid of death. He no longer cared about anything else. All he wanted was for Feng Yuqin to hand over the antidote.
"It's too late..." Feng Yuqin leaned back leisurely and pointed to the table beside her. "Serve some snacks and tea. I've been in the palace for so long, and there's not even a snack or a cup of tea on the table."
"Please, Miss, don't eat. Please hand over the antidote first," Old Master Tan couldn't believe she still had the mood to eat.
Feng Yuqin sneered. "I was summoned to the palace before I even had a chance to eat. Now I'm hungry. What? Am I not allowed to eat?"
Seeing that she wouldn't hand over the antidote until she ate, the Emperor of the Western Song said to Eunuch Wang beside him with a gloomy face, "Have someone bring some food."
"Yes, Your Majesty," Eunuch Wang knew that Feng Yuqin was like an ancestor now and had to be treated well.
So it wasn't long before he prepared all kinds of food for Feng Yuqin.
Feng Yuqin was really hungry.
When she saw Eunuch Wang and his men preparing so much food for her, she didn't hold back and started to feast.
Although these people were still poisoned, they felt hungry seeing Feng Yuqin eating so deliciously.
However, their remaining rationality told them that the most important thing was to get the antidote.
Since ascending the throne, the Emperor of the Western Song had always been the one being watched while eating. This was the first time he had seen someone else eating.
His mood at this moment was indescribable.
"Miss Feng, you've finished eating. Can you give us the antidote now?" Old Master Tan asked as soon as he saw Feng Yuqin had eaten and drunk her fill.
Feng Yuqin put down the teacup in her hand, glanced at Old Master Tan indifferently, and asked slowly, "Did I ever promise you that I'd give you the antidote after I finished eating?"
"Feng Yuqin, don't push your luck," the Emperor of the Western Song was furious when he saw she had no intention of giving the antidote. "Although you've poisoned us, the army of the Western Song Kingdom is outside the palace. As soon as you leave the palace, they'll chop you into mincemeat."
"Aiya, I'm so scared," Feng Yuqin said, pretending to be frightened, but there was no trace of fear in her tone.
"Master, you've almost driven the royal family crazy," Xiao Ying and Xiao Jin said, laughing loudly in the space.