He looked utterly wretched, terrifyingly so.
In the courtyard, Li Yong, Liu Rong, and the others were horrified, all dropping to one knee.
The Changping Marquis didn't even try to stand on ceremony as his father-in-law and immediately knelt as well.
In the blink of an eye, Cui Lingyao was the only one left standing in the courtyard.
She, too, began to panic, stammering as she looked at the man, "What's wrong with you?"
'What does being drugged with seductive powder have to do with being stupid?'
Who could have guessed that the wine bestowed by the old Emperor in the middle of court would be a problem?
She took two steps forward, wanting to ask if he had any sense left. She also wanted to tell him she was pregnant, that she couldn't sleep with him to cure the poison, and ask if there was another way...
But she had just lifted her foot when the man, his clothes in disarray and his eyes savage, appeared before her in a flash.
