To be honest, she really wanted to poison Chu Younan. She had been having a very frustrating time in the palace these days.

She thought she was good-looking and not as pretentious as those women from the Central Plains, but just like them, she couldn't even see Chu Younan.

Is Chu Younan stupid? He has so many beautiful flowers in the harem, but he doesn't get tired of going to Kunning Palace every day? It would be better to poison him to death and get freedom! But poisoning is a troublesome thing. She rarely sees Chu Younan, and she doesn't cook soup, porridge or snacks like the women in the Central Plains.

But today she has to do it even if she doesn't know how! Let the maid next to her do it, and when it's done, she can say it's her own doing.

Because she had never sent it before, she didn't know that Chu Younan gave all the food sent by the concubines to Tang Jiang.

Tang Jiang has gained a lot of weight recently and is almost as fat as a sugar ball.

"The cooking skills of the ladies in each palace are really good! Today's water chestnut cake is really delicious..."

Before he could even utter the word "taste", Tang Jiang spat out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground.

The poison of the sugar duck is overbearing, but it is too obvious. Today's snacks were sent by Bei Fei, so Bei Danzhu cannot escape the blame.

Bei Danzhu obviously didn't expect that the poison would take effect so quickly, and Chu Younan hadn't eaten it yet.

The news that Concubine Bei had poisoned the emperor spread quickly throughout the palace. Bei Danzhu was arrested, and a previously unresolved case was brought to light.

Before, Su Bei didn't know who had drugged him, and he actually ran to Chu Younan's carriage. No matter how you investigate, you can't find out the truth, but after Bei Danzhu's fall, the people who had previously refused to admit it spoke up.

The driver said that before Chu Younan arrived, he picked up a silver ingot on the road and left for a while.

The gardener of Kunning Palace said that he saw a figure who was extremely agile.

According to the clues, the person was found to be a palace maid beside Bei Danzhu, but the palace maid refused to admit it.

Bei Danzhu saw that the poisoning failed and Chu Younan was not dead, so of course she couldn't admit it.

"It was Ah Chu who made it! She made today's snacks! I don't know how to make this kind of Central Plains snacks at all!" Bei Danzhu argued.

That is true.

Everyone in her palace knew that she seldom ate food from the Central Plains and usually asked people to cook northern meals for her.

There was insufficient evidence and Ah Chu had no way to defend himself, so he had to take the blame for her.

"Even if it was Ah Chu who did it, it was very likely that Concubine Bei asked her to do it!" Su Bei's eyes were filled with anger.

You can compete for favor if you want, but poisoning someone is not a good idea!

Chu Younan also thought so. "Since we have already torn our relationship with the Northland, there is no need to be afraid of this princess of the Northland."

"That's true, but what should we do with her?" Su Bei scratched his head.

Before the two of them could come to a conclusion, Gardenia came running in and said that A Ru, who had been captured earlier from Bei Fei, had brought a message and said he wanted to confess!

A Ru is the palace maid who refuses to speak, and no one knows what happened.

Chu Younan summoned her.

It seems that A Ru has suffered a lot. Normally, she should have confessed before she wanted to. I didn't expect that after holding on for more than two months, she suddenly wants to confess now.

"Your Majesty, please judge for yourself! The poison today was definitely not caused by Achu!" As soon as Aru came in, he kowtowed and his forehead was broken.

Chu Younan said in a deep voice, "What do you know? Tell me!"

Ah Ru kept kowtowing, "Your Majesty, please understand! Ah Chu is naturally timid. Her eyes will roll around when she tells a lie. It's impossible for her to poison you!"

Chu Younan remained calm. Su Bei looked at her and said, "Is this what you said you wanted to confess?"

Ah Ru hesitated for a moment and leaned on the ground. "Your Majesty, please understand. This time I came here to confess the incident when Your Majesty was drugged last time..."

Bei Danzhu always liked to tinker with poisons, and of course, she also had some medicine that could make people fall asleep with just the smell of it. Last time, she ordered Ah Ru to go to Kunning Palace, light a piece of incense for Su Bei, and then take her to the palace gate while Su Bei was asleep, so that she could get rid of Su Bei without anyone noticing.

"She had already made an agreement with the night incense seller, asking her to help deal with a disobedient servant, and then she would be given 100 taels of silver. But that night, the servant finally managed to get the queen out of the palace, but before she even reached the palace gate, the queen suddenly walked towards a carriage by herself..."

Perhaps the effect of the incense had not yet fully taken effect. Su Bei saw Chu Younan's carriage in a daze and thought they were going out for a trip together, so he staggered towards the carriage.

A Ru was afraid of being discovered, so he threw the silver given by Bei Danzhu on the ground. So when the coachman went to pick up the silver, Su Bei got on the coach and was not discovered at all.

"That silver belongs to the palace. I was afraid that I couldn't take it out, so I used a knife to cut a few times on the official seal. If you don't believe me, you can find it!" A Ru said anxiously.

There was no need to look at it, as the driver had handed over the silver ingot before, and Chu Younan also noticed the scratches on it.

But A Ru was too cruel. When she was being beaten, she kept thinking that she must not say anything, because if she did, she would be finished.

I guess it wasn't him, but her.

At this moment, all she could think about was Ah Chu and the care Ah Chu had given her since she entered the palace.

When A Ru first entered the palace, she was a maid of the lowest rank. She was bullied to the point that she couldn't even get food to eat. A Chu was not much better off, but he shared his few meals with A Ru.

The two are not biological sisters, but they are better than biological sisters.

After the selection, a large number of palace maids were promoted in the palace. A Ru was smart and was chosen to be with Bei Danzhu. She also bribed the head palace maid with all the money she had saved over the years and bought an opportunity for A Chu.

The two of them were assigned to Bei Danzhu together, and were renamed Achu and Aru. They once fantasized that one day, if Bei Fei became favored, they would also be able to hold their heads high.

But he didn't feel proud at all. In order to help Bei Danzhu gain favor, Ah Ru took the initiative to do this for Bei Danzhu...

In fact, she was not willing to do it, but Bei Danzhu threatened her with Ah Chu, saying that if she didn't do it, he would gouge out Ah Chu's eyes and ears and feed him to wild dogs...

At this point, the truth is revealed.

After Concubine Jin, Concubine Bei was also deposed and imprisoned in the cold palace.

As for Achu and Aru, although they had no choice, they had done something bad in the end, so they were both punished to the laundry department and became laundry maids for the rest of their lives.

The two are still together, which can be regarded as the preservation of their sisterhood.

The conspiracy in the north was finally shattered, and the country of Wu temporarily enjoyed peace.

The distant Qianjun Mountain is more peaceful.

It is early winter, but Ruan Tianyao lives in a valley and the climate is still warm.

There were not many people serving her, only Madam Chi. But they came with enough money, so they had no worries about food, drink and other expenses.

There was tea and food, but Ruan Tianyao found it difficult to swallow.

It's funny to say that she is over 40 years old and already a grandmother, but she misses someone day and night and can't sleep or eat.

"Chi Rong, what do you think Nan'er will do to Chi Yu?" This was the question Ruan Tianyao asked the most throughout the day.

Chi Rong was also worried, but seeing Ruan Tianyao like this, she really didn't dare to say the worst. "If His Majesty is angry with you, he will definitely execute Chi Yu. But now, although he asked you to rest here, he still prepared enough silver for you, so he shouldn't be that angry. Don't worry, at most he will scold him, and he won't let him suffer."

But Ruan Tianyao didn't believe it. This was a heinous crime, and she would be beheaded. Her Chi Yu might have been beheaded. Although Chi Rong had been comforting Ruan Tianyao, she was actually very worried. When she saw Chi Yu appearing in front of her with a haggard look, she thought that Chi Yu had been tortured!