Spoilers for The Red Mansion, Daiyu’s mentality is broken

Chapter 374 Please, don’t die!

In the study room of Prince Zhongshun, Prince Zhongshun, Dama Jindao, sat on the throne. Opposite him, Bai Ziye sat awkwardly on the corner of a short table.

Prince Zhongshun glanced at Bai Ziye and asked: "Bai Ziye, I want to ask you, is what you said in the court today true? Is there anything to hide?"

Hearing this question, Bai Ziye quickly raised his hand and said: "Back to your lord, everything I said is true, and there is absolutely no falsehood. If there is anything to hide, I will let him be struck with five thunders from the sky, and he will not die a good death!"

After hearing this, Prince Zhongshun's face darkened.

He said patiently: "Bai Ziye, think about it carefully, did Magistrate Jia use the lives of your whole family to coerce and induce you to say this? In fact, the heads of the Cao and Song families never said this at all. These words?"

"Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence? The two principals were assassinated by sudden assassins without being interrogated? Could it be that Magistrate Jia was killing people to silence them?"

Bai Ziye's face suddenly showed a look of astonishment.

Although he is dim-sighted, indecisive, and timid and afraid of death, it does not mean that he is a fool.

If he were a fool, he would never be able to take the position of the head of the family.

Now he is starting to come around. Prince Zhongshun is obviously trying to induce him to retract his confession.

This made Bai Ziye take a deep breath.

He originally thought that Prince Zhongshun was the younger brother of the current Holy Emperor, and naturally he was of the same mind as the current Holy Emperor.

If he took the initiative to bring himself into the palace, he would be able to protect himself safely.

However, I never expected that I would be caught in a trap.

Prince Zhongshun turned out to be the mastermind behind it, and was even the organizer.

Now that I am in his hands, is there anything I can do?

The more Bai Ziye thought about it, the more frightened he became, and for a moment he was speechless.

Seeing Bai Ziye's scared look, Prince Zhongshun became more and more satisfied.

He couldn't help but smile and said: "Bai Ziye, you are a smart man. You naturally know what the consequences will be if you say the wrong thing or do the wrong thing."

"You can hide for a while, how can you hide for the rest of your life?"

"If you don't know how to advance or retreat, all you can do is talk nonsense to please that Jia family kid. Do you think that Jia family kid can save your whole family afterwards? Just think about it carefully?"

Hearing this, Bai Ziye couldn't help but look desperate.

There was a wolf in front of him, a tiger behind him, and death on both sides, which actually aroused the bachelor temperament in Bai Ziye's character.

Is there anything in the hands of aristocratic families that is not bloody?When Bai Ziye was young, he was also a ruthless person, but he became more timid as he got older.

He couldn't help but said: "Why don't I understand what the prince said? It's just that if I tell the truth, my whole family will die. If I don't tell the truth, my whole family will die."

"Both the left and right will die. If that's the case, what else does the old man have to fear? The old man would rather choose to die later, so that the left and right can live a few more days."

"For me, if I can live one more day, I will earn it. I wonder what the prince thinks?"

Hearing these words, Prince Zhongshun was surprised and couldn't help but look at Bai Ziye.

He didn't expect that the head of a house in a run-down house in the countryside would actually have such a bachelor side.

He couldn't help but said: "Bai Ziye, as long as you tell the truth, I can keep you safe! I keep my word and will never break my promise."

"As long as you tell the truth, the child of the Jia family will not be able to pass this test. How can he have the ability to retaliate against you later? You are a smart person, can't you not even see this?"

Bai Ziye thought for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, I..."

As soon as he said this, Bai Ziye's face suddenly changed. He held his stomach with both hands, his whole body was unsteady in pain, and he fell to the ground with a thud.His whole body curled up into a ball, and his orifices began to bleed. He raised his hand with difficulty, pointed at Prince Zhongshun and asked tremblingly: "You, you, good, vicious..."

Before he could finish his words, his arms dropped weakly.

Prince Zhongshun was also stunned by the scene before him. He couldn't help being shocked and angry.

He was busy shouting: "Quick, someone is coming! Call the imperial doctor!"

However, as Bai Ziye was curled up on the ground, more and more blood flowed from his seven orifices, and his body began to twitch.

After a while, the twitching stopped, and his body gradually became stiff. He looked completely dead.

At this moment, Prince Zhongshun was already furious.

At this moment, he suddenly realized that he was afraid that he had fallen into the trick of the Jia family boy!

What's even more hateful is that today, in the court, he is patting his chest and promising that he will take the person to his palace to protect him, so that nothing will happen!
However, not even a day passed, and he died in his own house. How could he explain this?

Prince Zhongshun knelt down, put his finger on Bai Ziye's nose and tried it. There was no breath left.

Prince Zhongshun was so angry that he couldn't help grabbing Bai Ziye's shoulders, shaking him hard: "Don't die! I order you not to die!"

……

In the Ninglu Hall of Ningguo Mansion, Jia Huan was lying on a wicker chair, with Yuanyang squeezing his shoulders behind him, and Caiyun and Xiao Jixiang beating his legs on the left and right.

Qingwen deftly peeled off the skins of the grapes one by one and kept putting them into Jia Huan's mouth.

Xiangling held up a small rattan basket and kept catching the grape pods that Jia Huan spat out.

Xiao Hong was the only one sitting around doing nothing, and was incompatible with these five girls who were always trying to please Jia Huan.

However, Xiaohong also felt that the third master treated herself differently from the five of them, so he would not feel depressed because of it.

Jia Huan was calculating in his mind, Bai Ziye should die now, right?
I wonder what Prince Zhongshun will look like at this moment?
Probably in a rage of incompetence?

Yes, this is a trap designed by Jia Huan long ago.

Of course, it was not for the purpose of targeting Prince Zhongshun.

At that time, he only wanted to target the mastermind behind the scenes.

Who knew that Prince Zhongshun would be so brave and courageous as to jump into the pit on his own?

The way Jia Huan can almost control Bai Ziye's life and death is actually very simple.

It was just to charm Bai Ziye in his sleep first, and then give him a poison coated with wax skin.

This wax skin melts when exposed to heat. In order to accurately control the time, Jia Huan also added something to the wax skin.

Well, there are actually many additives to prevent it from melting too quickly.

Have you ever seen that a certain brand of ice cream from later generations can stay firm for several hours at room temperature in summer?

It won't melt even if you bake it over fire for a while, so if you want to delay the melting time of the wax skin, there are actually many ways.

And counting the time, the coating of the poison that Bai Ziye was eating should have melted away now.

Then now is the time for Bai Ziye to die!
The poison Jia Huan used was Hedinghong, the main component of which was arsenic, which almost sealed his throat at the sight of blood.

The time from onset of poisoning to death is extremely short, and there is basically no cure.

(End of this chapter)