Su Tianyou displayed a faint expression of contemplation and said, "Isn’t Cousin Cui Wei’s health always sowhat poor? If that’s the case, Aunt might use this as an excuse to send him to the deep mountains to find a particular dicinal herb. If he can find it, then agree to their request. If not..."
Although Cui Wei’s health was frail, it was only slightly weaker than the average person and not to the point of requiring dicinal treatnt. Empress Su knew that Su Tianyou was just making an excuse.
Since it was an excuse, it didn’t matter what dicinal herb it was; one could just casually ntion a hard-to-find herb, and wouldn’t that be sufficient?
Empress Su was very satisfied with this idea. She wasn’t worried about Mingwei refusing because this was about finding dicine for Cui Wei. If he refused, it would just reveal that he wasn’t that deeply in love with Cui Wei.
Without delay, Empress Su summoned both Cui Wei and Mingwei to her presence the next day. Besides these two, the Emperor, who was presiding over justice, was naturally there too.
What she needed now was to have more witnesses, so when Mingwei failed to present the herb, she wouldn’t fear these two young people going back on their word.
As expected, upon hearing about searching for dicine for Cui Wei, Mingwei imdiately agreed to Empress Su’s demand and even announced publicly that he would definitely find the herb within three days.
However, he had never heard of the herb ntioned by Empress Su, let alone tried to find it.
Even Cui Wei hadn’t heard of this herb, and after leaving the Empress’s palace, Cui Wei thought it over, ultimately deciding to ask her Eldest Imperial Brother for help.
Actually, even if Cui Wei hadn’t sought him, Zhao Hongqian was already planning to lend his assistance.
Firstly, Cui Wei was his most cherished sister, and being able to let her live happily with the man she loves was his wish as a brother.
Secondly, after observing these past few days, Zhao Hongqian had co to understand Mingwei quite well. He believed that Mingwei was sincere in his feelings toward Cui Wei.
Since both parties shared mutual affection, why shouldn’t he lend a helping hand?
Even though he agreed to help Cui Wei, Zhao Hongqian was still sowhat at a loss. Firstly, where could one even find that herb?
After consulting with the Imperial Physician of the Imperial Pharmacy, Zhao Hongqian finally set his sights on Qingxi Mountain, a hundred miles outside the city.
The Qingxi Mountain wasn’t steep nor towering, but it stretched for thousands of miles, with few visitors in the deep mountains. Perhaps the herb desired by the Empress was hidden within.
Zhao Hongqian excitedly shared this news with the utterly clueless Mingwei, and the two imdiately raced on horseback towards Qingxi Mountain outside the city.
Little did they know, there was no such herb in Qingxi Mountain; what awaited them was extre danger.
Although the terrain of Qingxi Mountain wasn’t perilous, it was dense with shrubs, and many unknown ravines lay hidden within the mountain; when it beca tough for them to proceed on horseback, they abandoned their horses and continued on foot.
Fortunately, their physical strength was decent, but their luck was not as favorable.
They hadn’t found the herb specified by Empress Su when they first encountered two black bears.
Who says black bears don’t eat dead people? Zhao Hongqian had clearly feigned death, yet still, his leg was stomped heavily by a bear.
The two fought shoulder to shoulder, killed one bear, and scared off the other, barely escaping with their lives.
But troubles never co singly; just as the two thought they were safe, out of nowhere descended ten skilled, strong black-clad n.
These black-clad n were evidently prepared, launching into a frenzy of killing without saying a word.
Having just fought fiercely against the bears, Mingwei and Zhao Hongqian were utterly incapable of resisting the slaughter of these black-clad n; moreover, Zhao Hongqian had secretly sneaked out of the palace to help Mingwei and hadn’t brought any helpers.
The situation was almost one-sided, with ten strong, skilled black-clad n against two severely injured, weak individuals.
When the black-clad n left, Mingwei and Zhao Hongqian had been chopped into mince, indistinguishable from their original appearances.
In the face of death, Mingwei’s eyes were wide open, filled with guilt toward his mother and reluctance to leave Cui Wei, but devoid of any hatred toward the black-clad n.
Yet Zhao Hongqian’s eyes were full of disbelief.
He had secretly co to Qingxi Mountain to help Mingwei seek dicine, and no one else knew. So it was clear these black-clad n were targeting Mingwei.
The attempt on Mingwei’s life during his quest for dicine, the mastermind behind it was now evident.
Mother, it turns out you are such a ruthless person...
However, once you know that it wasn’t just Mingwei who was killed, but also your most beloved son, what kind of feelings will you have...
Zhao Hongqian’s lips curled slightly, a half-smile, half-sneer, as a tear slowly traced down his cheek...
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