"Xi'er greets Fourth Imperial Brother, Fourth Imperial Sister-in-law, and Brother Jingzhan." She gave a slight bow.

When Yue Xi calls Yue Xiyuan "Brother Jingzhan," she is gentle and cute, but when she calls him "Brother Jingzhan," she is shy and has the air of a domestic woman. It seems there's something going on. Su Jingzhan's little peach blossom has arrived!

Yan An seemed to see through everything, and with a slight upturn of the corners of her mouth, she looked at Su Jingzhan with ill intent.

"Junior sister, don't look at me like that, I'm scared." Su Jingzhan looked at Yan An smiling at him, and suddenly felt a chill down his spine. He was terrified that Yan An was plotting against him, and even more afraid that Yue Xiyuan would punish him.

"Yuexi, this is the Empress Dowager's birthday. Is this the jade pendant you gave to the Empress Dowager and your brother?" Yue Xiyuan handed the jade pendant, wrapped in plastic gloves, to Yuexi.

Although the jade pendant did not contain the toxins of ambergris, smelling it too much would still be harmful. Yan An took out a plastic glove from his spatial storage and wrapped the jade pendant to prevent its odor from leaking out.

"Just touch it, don't take it apart," Yan An reminded her.

"Fourth brother, this is a birthday gift from Xi'er to Mother. Is there a problem?" She knew a little about the fact that the Emperor was unwell and unable to attend court in the morning. Now that Yue Xiyuan had summoned her, it must be related to this jade pendant. After all, she was a woman from the deep palace, how could she be such a careless person?

Yuexi had been terrified of her fourth brother since she was little. At this moment, she clasped her hands together, looking very nervous, and her face was flushed.

"Yue Xiyuan, put away your icy expression and don't scare her." Yan An gently stroked Yue Xi. "You don't need to be afraid of him. If he's mean to you, I'll be mean to him back."

Interestingly, Yuexi and Yan'an were born in the same year, with Yuexi being a few months older than Yan'an.

Looking at her fourth sister-in-law, Yuexi felt that she was like a fairy, shining brightly and exceptionally tall and majestic. How dare the fourth sister-in-law be fierce to the fourth brother? When she was a child, she didn't even dare to say a word to him. If she cried, the fourth brother would scold her. If she didn't do well in her studies, the fourth brother would hit her. Although it was a light hit, it still hurt a lot. She didn't dare to complain to her mother. If she did, the fourth brother would give her more homework.

"Fourth Imperial Sister-in-law, is this jade pendant related to the Emperor's illness?" Yuexi asked tentatively. She didn't want to get a definite answer from her Fourth Imperial Sister-in-law, and her fingers tightened even more.

"This jade pendant was soaked in the Devouring God Grass. After neutralizing the poison that the Emperor inhaled, it accelerated the spread of the poison, which is why the Emperor is now unconscious. Xi'er, you need to tell us where you got this jade pendant?"

"My brother's serious illness is indeed because of this jade pendant." Yuexi stood there stunned, her face as pale as paper, her hands and feet turned cold, and her body trembled uncontrollably. Fortunately, Yan An supported her.

"I was the one who caused my brother to fall into a coma! I...I...I didn't mean it! I didn't know...Mother! Yes, Mother! How is Mother? Has Mother been poisoned?" Yuexi gripped Yan An's sleeve tightly, her emotions extremely unstable.

"Aunt is fine. The jade pendant you gave her will only accelerate the spread of the poison, not cause poisoning. Aunt is not poisoned, so she is fine. However, this jade pendant has been soaked in Devouring God Grass. Aunt has been wearing it for a few days and has already become drowsy. Wearing it for a long time will not be good for her health."

Yan An had already put it very tactfully. In the harem, intelligence alone is far from enough. Blind kindness will only harm oneself and those around them. They wanted Yue Xi to understand this principle.

"Did Yue Zhixiao give you this jade pendant?" Yue Xiyuan, who hadn't spoken before, asked.

"Xiyuan, stop scaring her." Su Jingzhan looked at the pitiful, trembling Yuexi and felt a pang of pity. It was hard for anyone to accept that the two people who were best to him had been hurt.

Su Jingzhan walked towards Yuexi, gently stroked her hair, took out a handkerchief from his sleeve, and wiped away the tears from the corners of Yuexi's eyes.

“It’s not that I’m trying to scare her, but someone wants to use her to get rid of two of her closest relatives, and she’s completely unaware of it.”

"Fourth brother, the jade pendant was given to me by the third brother. He said he had searched for it for a long time and it was a pair of dragons and phoenixes. It was perfect to give to Mother and brother on Mother's birthday, and it also had a calming effect. I was thinking that Mother hadn't been sleeping well lately, and brother was also very stressed managing state affairs day and night. When the third brother saw my hesitation, he said that his relationship with Mother and brother was tense, and he was afraid that if he gave it to Mother and brother that day, they wouldn't wear it, which would be a waste of this precious jade pendant. I thought that made sense, but I was also afraid that the third brother might have done something, so before going to Jinhua Temple, I asked Brother Jingzhan to take a look. Brother Jingzhan said there was no problem, so I was relieved and went to Jinhua Temple to ask the abbot to consecrate it." Yuexi said while sobbing softly, looking extremely pitiful.

Su Jingzhan gently stroked Yuexi's head, "It's all Brother Jingzhan's fault. Brother Jingzhan didn't notice the Devouring God Grass on the jade pendant. It's not Xi'er's fault."

"Xiyuan, this is my fault. Xi'er clearly showed it to me, but I didn't find the Soul-Devouring Grass inside. It was my carelessness and negligence. I will go to Tianshan to find the Tianshan Snow Lotus right away." Su Jingzhan was also very remorseful, feeling ashamed of his master's earnest teachings.

"No! No! It's my fault. If I hadn't accepted that jade pendant, none of this would have happened. Fourth Brother, you can't let Brother Jingzhan go to Tianshan. Last time you went, you almost didn't come back. Waaah..."

Yan An stopped Su Jingzhan, who was about to leave, and said, "Alright, senior brother, don't make things worse. The Tianshan Snow Lotus only blooms once every thousand years, and it finished blooming a few years ago. What are you going to look for in Tianshan? Do you think you can find it as quickly as my master and An Ye? Even without this jade pendant, the emperor would still fall into a coma after entering and leaving the Imperial Study multiple times."

Yan An walked to the desk and, among a pile of memorials, took out several rare medical books from his spatial storage when no one was looking and handed them to Su Jingzhan. "Senior brother, take a look at these medical books first. The enemy we are facing is no ordinary person."

"Okay, I understand." Su Jingzhan also felt very guilty. If he hadn't failed to smell the Soul-Eating Grass, the Dragon's Saliva Incense might have been discovered long ago, and the Emperor wouldn't have fallen into a coma, which would have implicated Xi'er.

"But...but...my brother is unconscious because of me, Fourth Brother, may I go and see him?"

"Come with me to see your brother later. This time it's not your fault, so don't blame yourself." Yue Xiyuan frowned. He still disliked people crying and making a fuss, as always.

When Yuexi saw that Yuexi Yuan was frowning, she immediately stopped crying, but she was still sobbing because she had been crying for a long time.

Yan An was speechless; it really was a suppression ingrained in his bones...

"Fourth brother, why are they treating me like this? I am also their family, their half-brother!"

Although Yuexi had been raised by the Empress Dowager since childhood, her true parentage was never hidden. The Empress Dowager didn't want Yuexi to hate them; she simply felt Yuexi should have the right to know and choose. Yuexi tried several times to serve Consort Chen, but was always turned away. Eventually, Yuexi stopped going, and Consort Chen never saw or summoned her again. Consort Chen disliked her, and her third brother treated her coldly and indifferently. She was just a newborn then, completely ignorant of the world; why were they treating her like this? This time, she thought they had changed their minds, but unexpectedly…