Sure enough, before the Lantern Festival was over, the second daughter of the Yan family broke out in rashes all over her body.

Initially, it was just thought to be rubella. Although Zou paid attention to it, she was not too worried.

This problem will get better soon.

But after taking the medicine, not only did it not get better, the rash turned into blisters.

It was bad enough on the body, but the hands and face were particularly bad; in just two or three days, they started to fester.

Madam Zou was greatly alarmed and immediately summoned the imperial physician. Upon examination, the physician declared it was not rubella but poisoning.

"Second Madam, this is poison! I suppose your daughter applied it to her face and body? If she had been treated on the first day of poisoning, things wouldn't be like this now..." The imperial physician kept shaking his head.

Zou's legs went weak, and she leaned on her maid for support: "Now... what's happening now?"

"Your daughter's life is in danger. Even if she survives, her appearance will be..." The imperial physician shook his head again.

Madam Zou grabbed the imperial physician's hand tightly: "Imperial Physician Sun, you are a master! You..."

"Second Madam, I dare not speak recklessly. How can this poison be so easily cured? Look at your daughter, all the abscesses on her body are about to burst. If they don't burst, it's fine, but once they all burst, there will be scars." Physician Sun was also helpless.

"Then can we not break it?" the wet nurse asked anxiously.

"If it doesn't break, her skin and flesh will rot all over her body, and then she really won't be able to save her life," said Physician Sun.

Ms. Zou's body went limp, and she sat down on the ground: "My God..."

"Imperial Physician, please...please save our Second Miss..." The wet nurse was also trembling all over.

The imperial physician nodded: "First, we need to know what this poison is. What has the young lady been using recently? I suppose it's something like perfume or powder?"

The maidservant immediately remembered, tearfully pulling out a box of face powder and handing it to the imperial physician with trembling hands: "This...this is the face powder that the second young lady bought a few days ago. It's from Ruyi Pavilion in the city. They say...they say it can beautify and whiten the skin. If you use it for three months, you'll...you'll..."

She was too embarrassed to continue, but the shopkeeper's exact words were that after three months, it would make her skin smooth and she would love it so much that she couldn't put it down.

However, once you start using it, you have to apply it to both your face and body.

I developed a rash after using it only twice...

"Ruyi Pavilion?" Physician Sun paused. "The things from Ruyi Pavilion shouldn't be wrong, right?"

"How could something not happen? Something did happen!" Zou said angrily.

"Second Madam, Ruyi Pavilion is a century-old shop in the capital. It's inevitable that the ladies in the palace will buy things from them," said Physician Sun.

At this point, Madam Zou had no time to worry about anything else. She immediately ordered her men to arrest the manager of Ruyi Pavilion. Physician Sun didn't care about that; he was just worried that this was going to cause a scene.

He simply instructed the female physician on how to treat Yan Jinxiu, to puncture all the pustules, and then apply medicine.

Then administer the medication orally.

It has been said since ancient times that the people cannot fight against the officials.

Even with powerful backers, Ruyi Pavilion is still a businessman at heart.

Therefore, the second master of the Yan family was, after all, the Vice Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices. Although it was an official position in charge of sacrifices, it was still an official position.

Ruyi Pavilion was smashed to pieces by the servants of the Yan family.

The shopkeeper was also beaten half to death and sent to the Jingzhao Yin (prefect of the capital).

Still not satisfied, Madam Zou smashed all the remaining stock in Ruyi Pavilion.

The news of the smashing incident spread like wildfire throughout the city. The fact that someone had nearly died from using Ruyi Pavilion's products, or at least been disfigured, meant that Ruyi Pavilion would likely never have any business again.

After all, only the families of high-ranking officials and nobles could afford to buy these properties.

If they all refuse to buy, what kind of business can there be?

Even more furious than Lady Zou was Princess Rongning!

Although Ruyi Pavilion has a history of a hundred years, she took over Ruyi Pavilion ten years ago.

He is the boss behind Ruyi Pavilion, but he never talks about it to outsiders because he is afraid it will sound bad.

This is one of her most profitable businesses.

Now that everything had been taken down by Madam Zou, she was so angry that she rushed to the second branch of the family and slapped Madam Zou across the face: "Are you crazy? You dare to touch Ruyi Pavilion?"

Stunned by the beating, Madam Zou looked at Rong Ning and asked, "What does the Princess mean? My son is in such a state, and I can't even avenge her?"

"Revenge? Why did Ruyi Pavilion harm your daughter? You idiot! You were framed! Instead of looking for reasons within yourself, you went out and did such a stupid thing!" Rong Ning pointed at her nose and scolded.

Ms. Zou was both angry and furious, her face turning bright red.

It was Zhang Mama, who was standing in front of her, who suddenly realized what was happening, and then exclaimed in surprise: "Second Madam..."

"Speak!" Rong Ning shouted.

Terrified, Zhang's mother knelt down and spilled the beans, telling the whole story of how Zou had sent someone to find the actress A Luo.

Rong Ning's face turned ashen: "Don't you understand? You've been tricked by that actress! You're such an idiot!"

As she spoke, she decided she no longer wanted to pay attention to Ms. Zou and turned to leave.

Ms. Zou stood there, lost in thought...

"What an audacious actor!" Zou gritted her teeth.

But she wasn't a complete fool, and she understood that an actor wouldn't do such a thing. So it must have been that actor who instigated the Seventh Prince…

It was the Seventh Prince who made the move.

"Second Madam, let's focus on the young lady's health first," said Zhang Mama.

Mrs. Zou sat down dejectedly again: "It's ruined. This child is ruined."

“Second Madam! Why bring this up now? You still have Fifth and Sixth Misses!” said Zhang Mama.

Zou's eyes lit up. Yes, she had two illegitimate daughters.

Although she never liked them, those two were quite good-looking.

They are both still young, one is six years old and the other is eight years old.

At this age... there is indeed much to be done.

In the Crown Prince's residence, it was difficult for Yan Nangui not to know the news; this time, he didn't need his own people to deliver the message.

This caused such a big commotion that everyone knew about it first thing the next morning.

Ye Liangdi sneered, "Your family really knows how to cause trouble, you even smashed up Ruyi Pavilion."

“This… I only know that my second aunt caused such a trouble, but why? I don’t know for the moment. Please enlighten me, Lady Ye,” Yan Nangui said.

"You don't know?" Ye Liangdi glanced at her and snorted: "Your dear cousin bought incense powder from Ruyi Pavilion, and after using it, her whole body became covered in sores. She said she would be disfigured in the future. Ugh... how disgusting. Then your aunt couldn't stand it and had people smash up Ruyi Pavilion."

"Huh? My second cousin? She can't use face powder at all. She even got sick once when she was little because she was allergic to face powder?" Yan Nangui said with a puzzled look.

Everyone was taken aback for a moment.

The Crown Princess said, "I suppose it's because the selection is imminent and you're anxious. You said that the perfume powder is quite effective."

"Isn't that right? They say that the powder has a skin-beautifying effect, and that once you touch it, you won't want to put it down. Oh my, how shameless! It's one thing for married women to use it, but how can an unmarried girl dare to use such a thing?" Ye Liangdi frowned and said disgustedly.