The eldest prince consort was choking with coughs and struggled to sit up.

  Even Haitang, who was talented and brave, couldn’t help but jump from shock at this sight.

  “It’s bad, the eldest prince consort has zombified!” Haitang shielded the crown prince consort behind her while wielding her sword.

  “Crown, Crown Prince Consort.” The eldest prince consort called out while coughing.

  Haitang gaped at the young crown prince consort, watching as she continued to feed medicinal solution to each of the three children.

  Soon, the three children woke up one after the other and lay timidly against Shu Quan with their faces full of fear.

  “Don’t be afraid.” Shu Quan hugged the three children to comfort them before hastily getting up to bow to Qiao Mu.

  “No need to bow.” Qiao Mu raised her hand to forego formalities.

  Haitang prattled on the side, “Crown Prince Consort, it turns out that the bottle you gave the eldest prince consort that day was, was a bottle of fake poison!”


  “What do you mean fake. It was an authentic and highly poisonous solution.”


  Qiao Mu swept a look at this dorky fella.

  That day Haitang had clearly been present to witness her giving a bottle of poison to Shu Quan.

  At that time, this lass had even asked her seriously why she was helping Shu Quan.

  The young crown prince consort had even thought that this dorky lass had completely understood her intention, yet who knew…


  “Th-This maidservant had thought that y-you did not want the eldest prince consort and her children to suffer from the pain of imprisonment, th-that was why you promised to help them out from the start and g-gave them a bottle of poison for a quick death.”


  Haitang explained sincerely, “A-And then later, when you learned that the eldest prince had actually also conspired to rebel, you got more infuriated the more you thought about it, so you immediately wanted to dig up the eldest prince consort’s grave to take it out on her corpse.”


  Haitang scratched her head.

  Qiao Mu was simply at a loss for words.?

  “I did not imagine that the crown prince consort had truly saved them,” Haitang remarked dorkily.?

  “Alright, turn around.”?

  Haitang obediently turned around with the back of her head facing Qiao Mu. “Master, call for this subordinate when you are leaving!”


  Qiao Mu: …


  The eldest prince consort pulled her three children up and hung her head while shedding tears. “Thank you for the crown prince consort’s aid.”