After returning home, Sang Jiang immediately lay down on the bed and collapsed.

She lay on the couch, sucking on the grapes beside her while squinting her phoenix eyes and carefully thinking about the events of the past two days.

She clearly just wanted to be a carefree person, so why force her into palace intrigue?

"Pfft." Sang Jiang seemed to remember something and spat out the grape seeds in her mouth, suddenly sitting up on the couch.

Sang Ruo was startled by her action and frowned as she looked at Sang Jiang.

"Sang Ruo, how many people in your palace can you trust?"

Sang Ruo was taken aback, then thought about it seriously. She had always been a person who did not compete with the world, so the only people she could trust were the Wanqing and Wanting sisters. However, Sang Nian should be someone who could be mobilized by certain people.

Thinking it over, she said directly, "My brother should have some manpower."

Sang Jiang nodded. She knew a little about Sang Nian. Sang Nian was born in the same year as Sang Jiang. Two years ago, he went to the front line to fight with Long Jingyu. He was considered a vanguard, and Long Jingyu thought highly of him.

Seeing that she nodded, Sang Ruo immediately called Wan Qing to pass on a message to Sang Nian.

After spending so much time together, she completely trusts Sang Jiang. She and Sang Jiang are the same kind of people; they clearly distinguish between friend and foe, and will unconditionally protect anyone who is a friend.

Sang Jiang nodded, said a few words to her, and then lay back down to eat grapes.

For the next few days, she did nothing but eat and sleep. When she was bored, she would research and develop some beauty products and skincare products.

Sang Ruo also had a rare moment of leisure, spending her days embroidering, writing, and reading medical books.

She used that piece of brocade to make a new dress for both Sang Jiang and herself, and it was being sewn up right now.

Looking at their calm demeanor, Wanqing couldn't help but feel anxious for them. Other people who were under house arrest were as anxious as ants on a hot pot, but these two were just as calm as the other.

Consort Qi and the Empress were both in high spirits after hearing that Sang Ruo and Sang Jiang had been confined to their quarters to investigate the Empress Dowager's poisoning.

Consort Qi looked at Xiao Xiao and said in a low voice, "Don't go out these next few days, so as not to arouse suspicion."

Xiao Xiao nodded: "This servant understands."

"Hmm." Consort Qi took a sip of tea and closed her eyes, but the curve of her lips betrayed her good mood.

This was truly the best news she had heard in a long time. Once Sang Ruo was overthrown, she would try to get the Emperor to lift her confinement. The more she thought about it, the happier she became.

She slowly opened her eyes: "Go and prepare for me. I need to bathe and change."

"Yes." Xiaoxiao nodded and went to do it.

Consort Qi walked to the bronze mirror and looked at herself with disdain. She hadn't taken a bath for three or four days because the Emperor wasn't coming and she couldn't go out. She felt suffocated by the constant attention from the Sang Ruo and Sang Jiang sisters, which led her to give up on herself.

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Chengshun Hall.

Long Jingchen squinted at the shadows.

Dark Shadow lowered his eyes: "Today, the Imperial Concubine and Miss Sang are still doing their own embroidery and sleeping."

Long Jingchen raised an eyebrow. "She's quite composed. If this were the Empress, she probably would have been unable to sit still by now."

Thinking this, she looked at Yang Qi and asked, "Haven't you figured it out yet?"

Yang Qi walked up to him and said in a low voice, "I just asked Xiao Xian, and this matter is indeed unrelated to the Empress. However, a few days ago, Consort Qi's maid Xiao Xiao went to see the Empress and said that her legs were trembling when she came out."

Long Jingchen nodded: "Yes, then let's check with Consort Qi."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Yang Qigang replied, but before he could leave, he heard footsteps.

"A palace maid serving the Emperor and Consort Sang reported that the person who poisoned the body has been caught."