Just then, the butler came over and saw the roof densely covered with something.
He frowned slightly and, almost without hesitation, immediately scattered a handful of powder.
When the poisonous insects touched the powder, they scattered in a hurry, leaving a path.
"Master, go inside quickly. I'll stay here to buy you some time and make sure no one sneaks up on us from outside."
Zhao Jin didn't hesitate. He leaped into the house and left a word behind.
"Take care of yourself."
Fortunately, the butler had made sufficient preparations this time. Otherwise, it would have been really difficult to deal with such a situation.
He scattered the powder as if it were free and always held his ground firmly.
As soon as Zhao Jin landed, he ran into Concubine Ning. Their eyes met. They were like familiar strangers and recognized each other at a glance.
However, Zhao Jin still remembered what his subordinate had reported at the beginning. He drew his sword and without any hesitation, pressed it against Concubine Ning's neck.
"It's because of you and your brother that our Zhao family's young lady has ended up in such a situation. Today, I'll kill you first and settle the score for all the suffering my sister has endured."
The woman who usually screamed at the slightest thing now looked extremely calm.
She calmly pushed away the blade from her neck.
"Can Master Zhao really bring himself to do this? Or are you really a heartless man? But from what I know about you, you'll never raise this blade."
Zhao Jin was a bit angry. All his defenses in his heart collapsed because of the woman's simple words.
"You! After all these years, you're still so outspoken. If it weren't for my sister, you wouldn't have lived to this day."
"Yet I've lived to this day, and Qing'er is willing to protect me. What? Is the great Master Zhao jealous?"
"Humph, I won't lower myself for someone like you."
"Hehe, if talking to me is considered lowering yourself, then there's no one of higher status in the entire Western Region."
The two kept bickering. The maid beside them couldn't stand it anymore. She couldn't help but speak up to stop her mistress from talking again.
"Mistress, I think it's better to let Master Zhao go and see the princess. She seems to be getting worse recently."
As soon as this matter was mentioned, both of them became serious.
The words on Concubine Ning's lips changed: "Qing'er has suffered a lot in the palace these days. Many maids have been disrespectful to her, and her health has deteriorated greatly."
A look of pain flashed across Zhao Jin's eyes. This younger sister of his had been smart and cute since childhood and was the apple of everyone's eye. When had she ever suffered such grievances?
He originally thought that the descriptions of Concubine Ning and the maid were already direct enough. He didn't expect that when he actually saw her, he realized how euphemistic they had been.
The person lying on the bed had sunken eye sockets, dull eyes, and was so thin that only a skeleton remained. He really couldn't associate her with his high - and - mighty younger sister.
He took several deep breaths and finally forced himself to accept the reality. He picked up the person on the bed and held her in his arms.
"Qing'er, can you hear your elder brother?"
The person in his arms was still like a rag doll and didn't respond no matter what. He had no choice but to try to force out the poisonous insects in his younger sister's body first.
"Are you sure you can do it? This thing was planted by that bitch Qiao Meng. No one in the Imperial Hospital can solve it."
"Of course they're different from me. Don't worry. This time, I'll take you all away. You can't continue to suffer here."
After saying that, he carefully inserted the acupuncture needles, completely unaware that the words he had just said had stirred up a thousand waves in the woman's heart.
She just stared at the man blankly.
On the other side, Qiao Meng certainly felt something was wrong. Her face fell.
"Your Highness, the person we've been waiting for has come. Just as I expected, those insects couldn't stop the people from the Zhao family at all."
Hearing this, Concubine Rui couldn't sit still anymore. Most of her drowsiness disappeared immediately.
"What? You couldn't stop them? Miss Qiao, have you forgotten how confidently you spoke to me at the beginning?"
"I did promise to stop everyone before, but I didn't promise to stop the people from the Zhao family. Under the whole sky, only the head of the Zhao family can solve my poisonous insects."
Concubine Rui couldn't help but widen her eyes and it took her a while to digest what she had just heard.
"Are you saying that those insects couldn't stop Zhao Jin? He's already entered the palace and rescued the princess?"
Qiao Meng used her body to raise the poisonous insects. For safety's sake, the mother insect had entered her body last time. Now the insect was struggling, and she, as the host, didn't feel well either. Her face was getting uglier and uglier.
Her tone of speech became impatient.
"I did promise at first, but now the situation is urgent. Besides, Zhao Jin is as skilled as me in the art of poisonous insects. With the great power of the Zhao family, it's impossible to stop them. Forget it. Let's go quickly. If we're late, the person will really be taken away."
Since things had come to this, no matter how many complaints Concubine Rui had, it was useless. Her face looked as ugly as if she had eaten a fly.
"Fine, hurry up. We mustn't let the princess be taken away like this. Otherwise, the prime minister and the others won't listen to us anymore."
Qiao Meng certainly understood such a simple truth.
Just as the two of them were about to reach the gate of Kunning Palace, many dark shadows suddenly jumped down from the eaves. Cold sweat broke out on Qiao Meng's forehead. She seemed to have fallen into a trap.
However, she still protected Concubine Rui behind her.
"Are you the death warriors of the Zhao family?"
"Since you know, stop talking nonsense. Show us all your skills. We'd like to see how a dying man struggles."
As he spoke, the leader took out his long sword. Judging from the sharpness of the sword, Qiao Meng knew that these people must have come from the battlefield and must not be underestimated.
She maintained her last bit of calmness.
"Humph, Zhao Jin sent so many of you to stop me. He really thinks highly of me, a weak woman."
As she said that, she started fighting with the death warriors and secretly instructed Concubine Rui to leave.
However, Zhao Jin's arrangements were always foolproof, and the people he chose were never wrong.
Just as Concubine Rui was backing away, a killing intent suddenly appeared behind her. She narrowly dodged with her small figure, but a hole was cut in her sleeve, making her look a bit embarrassed.
For the first time in her life, she felt scared.
If she were still in the palace of the Great Liang, she could use the late emperor to suppress the Shi family. But now this was in the Western Region, and the people opposite were from the Zhao family.