Song Xibai pursed her lips, looked up and said to the Crown Prince.

"Your Highness, I'll go check on the kitchen."

The crown prince was worried: "I will go with you."

"No need, Your Highness. You have a lot to do. The kitchen is just a few steps away. I'll be fine."

Song Xibai politely declined his offer, then called Dingxiang over, and they went to the kitchen together.

The kitchen in this courtyard is located in the east wing of the second section. The east wing has two rooms; the one on the south side is used for cooking, and the one on the north side is used half as a storeroom and also as a place for servants to eat.

In more refined households, this area where servants frequently come and go is usually located in the outer courtyard. But there are usually no women on this estate, so everyone is used to eating here. After Song Xibai arrived, she didn't want to trouble people with such trivial matters, so she just ate casually.

The two entered the dining hall first, and sure enough, they saw several people lying haphazardly around a long table. Some were foaming at the mouth, while others were clutching their stomachs and groaning.

Dingxiang quickly ran over, squatted down, and took the pulses of these people.

"It's poisoning, but I can't tell what kind of poison it is."

Dingxiang turned around and said.

At this moment, Song Xibai had already walked to the table.

She looked at the three large bowls on the table, containing one meat dish and two vegetable dishes, all home-style cooking, and a large pot of tea beside them.

She leaned closer and sniffed, but didn't smell anything strange.

Where is the person who cooked?

One of the helpers, still conscious, forced himself to endure the discomfort and pointed towards the kitchen.

"They're in the kitchen, but they're also..."

"They were poisoned too?"

Song Xibai frowned and almost ran to the kitchen.

There are two stoves against the outer wall in the kitchen, and a large worktable is placed near the door where ingredients are prepared.

On this table, two old women were lying face down.

Song Xibai walked over, turned their faces over, and found that they had already fainted.

She grabbed each of their hands, examined them closely, and then smelled them. Her brows furrowed suddenly.

"clove!"

Song Xibai shouted.

Dingxiang ran over and was startled to see the two unconscious people.

"Was she drugged or what? Is there a traitor on this estate?"

Like the Crown Prince, she's a conspiracy theorist.

Song Xibai shook her head: "How much of the emetic you bought yesterday is left? Bring it all over, pour it all into that big pot, boil it into a medicinal soup, and force it down their throats."

Dingxiang nodded, then asked, "Anything else?"

"No need, their poisoning isn't serious and hasn't lasted long. Just induce vomiting."

Dingxiang turned and ran away.

Song Xibai took out her needle case from her waist, opened it, and began carefully selecting needles.

Just then, Eunuch Feng walked in from outside and saw Song Xibai holding a long silver needle up to the sunlight. For some reason, he subconsciously trembled.

"Your Highness, what are you doing? You could have just called us. Why would we trouble you?"

Eunuch Feng hurriedly stepped forward.

Song Xibai was indeed quite weak at the moment. She had been teaching Dingxiang acupuncture all morning and hadn't even had lunch yet.

Therefore, she did not insist, handed the silver needles to Eunuch Feng, and pulled up a stool to sit down.

"In that case, I'll have to trouble you, Father-in-law. Take this needle and insert it into the area on their shoulders and backs."

Song Xibai pointed to the back shoulder of one of them.

Fearing for breath, Eunuch Feng walked over, holding the needle, he hesitated for a long time, and didn't dare to make a move.

Song Xibai urged, "What are you hesitating for? Saving lives is the most important thing!"

Eunuch Feng was in a dilemma, but when he thought of his master's instructions, he gritted his teeth and, through his clothes, inserted the needle directly.

Then, he did the same to another person.

The two old women stirred, their eyelids slowly opening. They struggled to lift their heads, looking around in confusion.

"She's awake! She's awake!"

Grandpa Feng was very excited.

At this moment, the two old women opened their mouths. Eunuch Feng thought they were going to speak, but unexpectedly, the next moment, the two women suddenly opened their mouths wide and vomited with a "whoosh".

Song Xibai was far away and thankfully wasn't splashed; but although Eunuch Feng was standing behind the two, he was inevitably affected, and his perfectly good shoes were instantly ruined.

He wanted to cry but had no tears, yet he still had to put on a smiling face and look at Song Xibai.

"Your Highness, this...this..."

"It's alright, they'll be fine once they vomit it out." Song Xibai waved her hand. "They've been poisoned for a long time, so they can't wait for the cloves to boil the antidote. We can only induce vomiting by pricking acupoints."

Upon hearing the word "poisoning," Eunuch Feng's expression changed.

"You mean someone poisoned it? Who was it? How dare they?! I'll have the guards surround this courtyard right away!"

Eunuch Feng was about to jump out when Song Xibai stopped him.

"No need to trouble yourself. It shouldn't be poisoning; it was an accident."

Eunuch Feng looked puzzled.

Before Song Xibai could explain, the two old women had finished vomiting, were weak all over, and looked terrified. They wanted to kneel down and pay their respects.

"You guys rest well, it's okay, you'll feel better once you throw up. Drink more mung bean soup when you get back."

Song Xibai's voice was gentle and reassuring, which calmed the two old women down.

"Thank you for your graciousness."

Song Xibai gave a few more instructions and asked Eunuch Feng to call others to clean up.

Although more than a dozen people arrived, the guards and eunuchs were all unharmed. Eunuch Feng didn't even bother to change his shoes and hurriedly went to call for more people.

On the other side, Dingxiang brought all the medicinal herbs over, and after selecting them, she began to brew the medicine.

Because of the time constraints, the medicine couldn't be boiled for too long. After the water boiled, it was simmered over low heat for a little over 15 minutes before Song Xibai had it served to the people next door.

So, a group of guards each took a bowl and went to the next room, one by one, to administer the medicine.

At this point, two of them were already showing signs of falling into a coma.

Grandpa Feng stared intently at the people with his eyes wide open, waiting for someone to faint so he could give them acupuncture.

After handing the matter over to Eunuch Feng, Song Xibai returned to the main room.

Not long after, Wei Hong's voice rang out from outside the door.

"Master? Master!"

Wei Hong rushed in with a panicked and worried expression. Seeing that Song Xibai was safe and sound, she patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief.

"I thought something had happened to you! The guards at the door didn't explain clearly, they scared me to death."

Song Xibai looked up at her and saw that Wei Hong was holding more than a dozen flowers. The pink flowers looked just like peach blossoms, but the leaves were clearly not peach leaves.

Song Xibai's eyelids twitched suddenly.

"Where did you pick this flower? Throw it away!"

Wei Hong was so frightened that she threw the flowers she was holding onto the ground.

"Is there something wrong with these flowers? Aren't they peach blossoms?"

Song Xibai walked over quickly, squatted down, and examined him closely.

"This flower, although it has the word 'peach' in its name, is not a peach blossom."