Bai Ruxue grew angrier the more she thought about it, and her hatred for Qiao Xi deepened!

In a moment of impulse, she took the powder she had separated from the bottle into the kitchen and instructed the servants to make tea for Bai Zhanwang. When they weren't looking, she sprinkled the powder into the teapot.

Unaware of what was happening, the maid brought Bai Zhanwang a cup of freshly brewed tea and handed it to him, saying, "Master, here is your tea."

Bai Zhanwang nodded slightly and took the teacup. As he raised the teacup, Qiao Xi snatched it from his hand. "Grandpa, I'm thirsty."

This action instantly interrupted Bai Ruxue's plan. She was trying to stop Bai Zhanwang from drinking the tea, but Qiao Xi snatched it away!

Seeing this, Bai Xuelin couldn't help but scold her, "You little brat, you're getting more and more disrespectful."

Bai Zhanwang laughed nonchalantly and said, "Hehe, our Xi'er is really thirsty."

In the entire manor, Qiao Xi was the only one who dared to snatch things from Bai Zhanwang, and the key was that the old man wasn't angry at all and let her do as she pleased.

Seeing Qiao Xi raise her teacup to drink, Bai Ruxue had no intention of stopping her. Rather than framing her, making her drink the tea would be more satisfying for her!

But just as the teacup touched her lips, Qiao Xi suddenly put it down. Her gaze shifted to Bai Ruxue, who stood expectantly to the side, and she asked, "Cousin Xiaoxue, are you thirsty too?"

Bai Ruxue suddenly shuddered and shook her head nervously, saying, "No, I'm not thirsty."

Qiao Xi asked, feigning curiosity, "Then why are you staring at the teacup in my hand like that?"

"It's nothing." Bai Ruxue shook her head vigorously.

Qiao Xi slowly walked towards her with the teacup in hand, generously handing it to her and saying, "Look how busy you've been, you must be thirsty. You should drink this first."

Bai Ruxue refused without hesitation, "No need."

"Drink up, we're family, no need to be polite." Qiao Xi insisted on handing her the teacup.

Bai Ruxue instinctively backed away, repeatedly refusing, "Really, it's not necessary."

"Drink it," Qiao Xi urged her repeatedly.

Bai Ruxue's heart was pounding with fear and tension. She pushed Qiao Xi's hand away and shouted, "What are you doing?!"

Before the words were finished, the sound of the cup breaking on the ground was heard.

Suddenly, the whole room fell silent.

After calming down, Bai Ruxue immediately jumped out to accuse Qiao Xi, "Cousin, this is Grandpa's favorite cup, how could you do this?"

Qiao Xi's lips curled into a cold smile as she agreed, "Yes, if you hadn't pushed me, the cup wouldn't have broken."

It sounds like Qiao Xi is in the wrong no matter what she says, and it was indeed she who forced Bai Ruxue to drink the tea.

Bai Ruxue burst into tears of grievance. "Cousin, you can't just bully me like this because Grandpa and Dad dote on you."

Qiao Xi glanced at the teapot on the table, and the next second, her cold gaze fell on Bai Ruxue. She took two steps closer to her and said to her in a low voice, "If you drink all the tea in the pot today, I won't hold it against you."

Bai Ruxue was forced to take a few steps back. After regaining her senses, she quickly turned to Bai Zhanwang and Bai Xuelin for help, "Grandpa, Dad, look at her..."

No one here had ever seen Qiao Xi so aggressive. Bai Xuelin, out of consideration for Bai Ruxue, who was practically his daughter, spoke up for her, saying, "Xiao Xi, if she doesn't want to drink, don't force her."

Seeing Qiao Xi's unusual behavior, Bai Jinghuan boldly guessed, "Could something have been added to this tea?"

As he spoke, he immediately picked up the teapot on the table, opened the lid, and smelled it. Then, he frowned and said, "The smell seems a little different."

Bai Hongyi walked over with a solemn expression, smelled it, and then looked at Bai Zhanwang and Bai Xuelin, saying with certainty, "It's not right."

Bai Jinghuan, fuming, walked up to Bai Ruxue with the teapot in hand and said to her in a commanding tone, "Drink it."

Bai Ruxue panicked immediately. She unconsciously looked at her mother, after all, this was something they had planned together.

But Han Qian just wanted to distance herself from this matter. She didn't want Bai Ruxue to betray her, so she desperately tried to signal to her with her eyes!

Even though they are mother and daughter, under these circumstances, Han Qian had no choice but to sacrifice her.

Bai Ruxue looked at Han Qian with resentment, but there was nothing she could do but protect herself at this moment!

After gathering her emotions, she burst into tears, looking pitiful, and said, "Second brother, you knew there was something wrong with the tea, yet you still made me drink it. What do you take me for?"

"You didn't drug me?" Bai Jinghuan asked, his face full of disbelief.

"It wasn't me!" Bai Ruxue denied it outright.

Suddenly, she had a bright idea and turned her attention to Qiao Xi, "Cousin, did you know there was something poisoned in the teapot, so you deliberately made me drink it?"

Without giving Qiao Xi a chance to defend herself, she immediately accused her, "Cousin, did you drug me and frame me?"

Qiao Xi didn't bother to explain. She simply took out her phone and played a video she had just recorded in front of her.

Halfway through, Qiao Xi deliberately asked her, "Is it me, or you?"

The video clearly captured Bai Ruxue's entire process of drugging the drug.

Bai Ruxue never expected to be filmed, but her will to survive made her deny it again, "It wasn't me!"

"The video is so clear, how dare you deny it!" Bai Jinghuan was so angry that he felt an urge to kill her!

Bai Ruxue shook her head desperately in denial. It was unclear where she got the courage, but she insisted, "Someone must have tampered with it."

As for who did this, she has already made it quite clear.

Whether the video has been tampered with or not is obvious to everyone; it's a done deal with no room for negotiation. However, seeing her commendable courage, Qiao Xi decided to cooperate with her.

Qiao Xi's gaze suddenly turned to Aunt Feng, and she asked, "Aunt Feng, were you in the kitchen just now?"

Startled by the question, Aunt Feng stammered, "I..."

She now has something on Qiao Xi's hands, so even if she's asked to lie, let alone tell the truth, she'll have to cooperate.

Even without today's incident, Qiao Xi would never need anyone to give false testimony if she wanted to teach Bai Ruxue a lesson.

Qiao Xi then asked, "Have you seen your cousin Xiaoxue?"

In order to stay in the manor, Aunt Feng had no choice but to "sacrifice her own family for the greater good." She stammered, "I... when I came out, Miss Xiaoxue just went in."

"You're talking nonsense!" Bai Ruxue glared fiercely at Aunt Feng. "You've all teamed up to frame me!"