Prince Ming's Mansion.

After learning from the King that the eldest princess would be married at the end of March, Eiko Yokoyama made a plan and quickly told Chiyo Yokoyama the news.

Last month, Yokoyama Chiyo and Keiya Nishi also left the Minister's Mansion and stopped serving as Song Xiyan's guards. The reason they gave was that they had found a cousin to rely on. However, the cousin's family was not in the city, but in a village outside the city, so they were going to live in the village outside the city.

Song Xiyan casually asked Hengshan which village her aunt lived in. Hengshan said she forgot to ask, and her aunt only said that she was going to take them home, without saying the name of the village.

"If you don't want to talk about it, that's fine. You three are so skilled in martial arts, it's really a waste of your time to keep you by my side as guards. This is your pay for the past few months. If you ever need my help in the future, you can come to me, and I will help you again." Song Xiyan's words sounded nice, but Hengshan didn't care whether she was sincere or not.

Miss Song herself was living at her maternal grandparents' house. Although the Minister's family treated her well, it was not as comfortable as being at home. She had to be careful in her words and actions and dared not act recklessly.

Moreover, although Song Xiyan is as beautiful as an angel and has talent, she has been suppressed by the noble ladies of the capital since she came here, and it is not easy for her to stand out.

So far, she hasn't had a chance to stand out. The Minister's wife has taken her to several flower-viewing banquets and poetry gatherings held by other households, but they haven't given her a chance to shine.

The young noblemen of the capital city were quite fond of Song Xiyan's beauty, but those sons of high status and wealth had no choice in their own marriages, which were all arranged by their parents long ago.

Song Xiyan didn't think much of those officials or dukes of lower status, and she couldn't forget the young man in white. Even after she learned that he was the future husband of the current princess, she still couldn't stop thinking about him.

In short, no matter what Song Xiyan was thinking all day, Yokoyama Chiyo could see clearly that this girl was just a love-struck fool and was destined to amount to nothing, so she looked down on her.

She no longer needed Song Xiyan's help. The former couldn't help with anything Yokoyama wanted to do, so she took the money and left. Then she and Gui Guxi lived in the villa that the King of Ming had given to Yokoyama Eiko.

Whenever Yokoyama Eiko had news, she would personally come to the villa to see them. It took about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea to get from the villa to the Ming Prince's residence. Yokoyama Eiko was skilled in martial arts and fast, and could get there twice as fast as an ordinary person.

"A princess's wedding?" Yokoyama Chiyo paced back and forth, her mind racing. She had been planning for so long; it was time to make her move.

"Did he give the Emperor the medicine I asked you to give to Ming Wang?" Yokoyama Chiyo plotted to poison the Emperor first, so that Ming Wang could immediately ascend the throne and Eiko could become Empress.

Once Ming Wang has secured his throne, she will find a way to drug him and control him. Then, the entire Jin Dynasty will be in her hands.

Yokoyama Eiko stammered, "The prince was afraid and dared not drug the emperor. Later, I whispered in his ear, and he also wanted to sit on the dragon throne as soon as possible, so he gave the drug to the Consort and told her that it was just a drug to make people lose their minds, not poison. After that, the prince and I did not know whether the Consort actually drugged the emperor or not."

"They're all useless, they don't even have this much skill, they're so soft-hearted, how can they be emperors with this kind of mentality?" Yokoyama Chiyo glared at her younger sister with disappointment.

So, did the Imperial Concubine actually succeed in drugging the Emperor?

The medicine was administered, but the emperor did not drink it. The emperor had long realized that the imperial concubine was no longer the same as before. Although the former imperial concubine was also shrewd and single-mindedly wanted to fight for the throne for her son.

But at least she was still rational back then. Ever since she learned that Prince Cheng was not qualified to compete for the throne, the Consort went mad. She became more obsessed with the throne and more determined to get it, and she became crazy and less rational.

They were so stupid as to recognize King Ming as their son and want him to ascend the throne. Even if King Ming had the ability, it wouldn't be his turn to sit on the dragon throne for the time being.

Emperor: I am not dead yet.

For a long time, the Imperial Concubine had not visited the Emperor. That day, she suddenly personally prepared a tonic soup and delivered it to the Hall of Diligent Governance. The Emperor was already dissatisfied with the Imperial Concubine, so he naturally wouldn't eat what she sent.

Quite by chance, Zhu Lin was also in the Hall of Diligent Governance that day, discussing the matter of marrying the princess with the emperor. Zhu Lin's hearing and sense of smell were extraordinary. When the chief eunuch opened the lid, Zhu Lin could faintly smell an odor in just a short while.

“There’s something wrong with this soup. It’s probably been laced with medicine. Although the medicine is very faint, almost nonexistent, it’s definitely there. Your Majesty should have the imperial physician examine it; perhaps they’ll find something else,” Zhu Lin immediately reminded the emperor.

Although the emperor always pretended to dislike Zhu Lin, he trusted him and knew his abilities, so he immediately ordered the imperial physician to be summoned.

After the imperial physician examined it, he indeed found that the tonic soup sent by the imperial concubine had been laced with medicine. The amount was probably very small, so it was hard to detect. If it weren't for Zhu Lin's sensitive nose, probably no one would have suspected anything, since even the eunuchs couldn't detect anything unusual when they used silver needles to test for poison.

"How dare the Imperial Concubine take my life! Is the Zheng family tired of living?" The Emperor was furious and almost ordered the extermination of the Imperial Concubine's entire family.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. In my opinion, this matter is not so simple. There must be accomplices behind the Consort. Perhaps the poisoning was instigated by someone behind her. We must nip it in the bud to prevent future troubles." Zhu Lin had already discovered a few days ago that Prince Ming and the Consort were plotting a rebellion.

The fact that the Imperial Concubine and Prince Ming drugged the Emperor is probably unknown even to Imperial Censor Zheng, and the Imperial Concubine was also unaware that Prince Ming was having an affair with a female Japanese pirate.

The Yokoyama mother and her two daughters are highly skilled in martial arts and extremely cunning, so capturing them won't be easy. Moreover, there are probably more than three Japanese pirates infiltrating the capital at present.

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