"Just wait here." Ning Heyu said.

The maid held up the food box and replied, "It's my aunt."

Ning Heyu took the food box from the palace maid and sat in the flower hall to eat pastries.

Wen Qin didn't understand what Ning Heyu was doing, so she sent someone to keep an eye on her.

Ning Heyu had no idea where to start and could only leave in shame.

Unexpectedly, she had just taken two steps when she suddenly fell down, spitting blood from her mouth. The palace maid who came with her shouted, "Ning Shuyi has been poisoned, hurry up and save her."

The palace maid shouted too quickly and Wen Qin had no time to stop her. Concubine Yi walked out of the bedroom, her steps were messy and her expression was panicked.

The person lying on the ground was once her most beloved cousin. A trace of blood flowed from the corner of Ning Heyu's mouth. She stretched out her hands and slowly crawled, her eyes fixed on her, shouting, "Cousin... help... help me."

Her hands were covered in blood, but Concubine Yi finally softened her heart and squatted down to hug her.

"Someone, come quickly."

The palace maids in Chunxi Palace all gathered around, and no one noticed that a palace maid quietly slipped into Concubine Yi's bedroom and then quietly slipped out.

Ning Heyu smiled, it was the smile of a winner.

However, she soon stopped laughing. She found that fine lines like spider webs kept appearing on her body. The poison was flowing throughout her body. This was the poison left in her body by the Black Widow.

There is something wrong with that box of pastries, and Concubine Rou is a bad person.

"Cousin...bedroom...medical books."

Medical books, she doesn't have any medical books on her hands.

There were no medical books in Chunxi Palace, only the account books she made for the queen.

"Wen Qin, stop the palace maid who just left."

Wen Qin shouted, "Stop, everyone in front, stop quickly."

The palace maid was not stupid. The louder Wen Qin shouted, the faster she ran.

Concubine Yi took out a longbow from under the eaves. She drew the bow like a full moon and aimed a feather arrow at the palace maid's back. The moment the arrow was shot, Concubine Yi deliberately deviated half an inch.

"Dang." The arrow pierced into the wooden pillar, and the tail of the arrow trembled slightly.

The palace maid was so frightened that she crawled on the ground. Wen Qin went forward and pulled open her clothes, and found an account book from her clothes.

Before Wen Qin could put away the account books and before Concubine Yi could put down her bow and arrow, the emperor stepped into the gate of Chunxi Palace.

Behind the emperor was the smiling Concubine Rou. She had painted the emperor's favorite flower ornaments today, wore a purple gauze dress, and had her hair combed into a moon-shaped bun. She snuggled up to the emperor and looked like a delicate pear blossom.

The emperor glanced at the arrow still trembling on the pillar, his face grim.

Concubine Rou patted her chest and said, "Your Majesty, we came at an untimely time. Concubine Yi killed someone in broad daylight."

Last time he caught the Queen punishing Xia Chan, and today he caught Concubine Yi drawing the bow. These women in the harem all look weak and fragile, but they are all demons in private.

"Your Majesty, I present my report to you. I did not commit murder in broad daylight, but rather this maid from Jingyang Palace stole a treasure from my palace. I reprimanded her repeatedly, but she ignored my warnings. I even played an empty string to warn her, but she maliciously escaped."

"My archery skills, while not as sharp as a hundred steps, are certainly accurate. Concubine Rou has falsely accused me of murder, a charge I cannot accept."

The emperor looked back at the arrow on the pillar. It was indeed shot off target by Concubine Yi on purpose. Otherwise, the palace maid would not be alive standing here.

"Hey, why is Ning Shuyi here, and she's bleeding so much."

"I'm going to ask you, Concubine Rou, why did Ning Shuyi's old poison get activated after eating the cakes you gave her?"

"Concubine Yi, what nonsense are you talking about? I have no grudge against Ning Shuyi, so why would I stimulate the old poison in her body?"

Concubine Rou immediately spoke up to defend herself.

Concubine Yi glanced at Wen Qin, and Wen Qin immediately took the bow and arrow from Concubine Yi's hand, turned around and hung it back in its original place.

"You just said that Concubine Yi had killed someone, and now you can't stand what Concubine Yi said to you. I don't want to get involved in the hatred between you two. Go find the Queen to mediate."

The emperor took Xun He away, and Xun He shouted, "Your Majesty, lift the sedan chair."

Concubine Rou had just come to Chunxi Palace with the emperor in a sedan chair, and now the emperor was leaving in the sedan chair.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please wait for me."

Concubine Rou wanted to chase her out, but Concubine Yi stopped her, "You poisoned Ning Shuyi, and you still want to get away with it? Come with me to see the Queen."

Concubine Yi took the lead, followed reluctantly by Concubine Rou, and Ning Shuyi was carried over on a bamboo couch by the palace maids.

The queen had just finished her nap and was sitting alone on a large carved chair, watching the palace maids feeding the cats under the eaves.

This amber white cat was a tribute from Persia. Persia sent a total of five cats, four of which died on the way due to illness or injury. Only this one was delivered to the harem safely.

The queen gave the white cat a resounding name, calling it the Royal Cat.

In terms of bloodline, appearance, and intelligence, the Queen's cat is much more precious than Zhenfei's cat. However, when the Queen gets along with this cat, she is not as happy as Zhenfei was with the cat.

The queen once mistakenly thought that Zhenfei's happiness was given by the cat, but when she owned a cat herself, she realized that Zhenfei's happiness was given by herself.

The royal cat did not bring happiness to the queen, but instead added to her sorrow. It turned out that raising a cat was so troublesome. There was cat hair everywhere, and she had to prepare three meals a day for it and play with it.

After the queen raised a cat, she did not think of herself as the cat's owner. She thought the cat was her owner. After she realized this, she watched the palace maids playing with the cat from across the threshold and refused to let the cat get close to her.

The palace maid was holding a feather duster in her hand, and the white cat was chasing the feather duster.

After a while, a group of people came in from outside. The two leading them were Concubine Yirou and Concubine Er. The palace maid hurriedly picked up the cat and left.

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