Xu He didn't understand how to keep secrets, and without common interests with the Eastern Palace, it was impossible for the Crown Prince to let her leave the palace unscathed.
Fingers tapping on his wrist, his brows slightly furrowed, eyes filled with worry, as if pondering something.
After who knows how long, a black pill was handed to Xu He.
"Swallow it."
Just like his cold expression, his voice at this moment also exuded chilliness.
No trace of warmth.
Truly no mercy left.
Xu He understood medicine and had an especially keen sense of smell.
In a pill that was odorless to ordinary people, she discerned one particular ingredient.
This medicine would cause unbearable pain throughout the body.
Some, unable to endure the torture, would choose to end their own lives.
When the Crown Prince had asked an Imperial Physician with whom he was on good terms to teach her medicine, he had once mentioned this drug to her.
