When Ning Xihua entered Hanzhang Palace, the first person she saw was Concubine Sun Guifei, who was in the main seat.

Although this woman is over thirty, she still looks no more than twenty years old.

Although she was not the kind of woman who could conquer a country, she had charming features, affectionate eyes, and the unique charm of a mature woman. Even the fourth princess standing behind her was made to look like a silly child, not even a fraction of her charm.

With such a beauty, it is no wonder that the emperor's favor continued to grow, and even the relatively unknown Sun family rose in status in the court.

Concubine Sun was born in a common family. Her father was only a doctor in the Ministry of Justice at that time. The Sun family was not a noble family and had no foundation in the court. It was only because of her father's success in the imperial examination that they were able to escape poverty and become an official family.

After entering the palace, Concubine Sun Gui was greatly favored. She gave birth to the third prince in one fell swoop and was granted the title of consort. Even the Empress Dowager at the time was wary of her.

Since then, Sun's father has been promoted to a high position and is now the Minister of Justice. Many members of the Sun family have also become officials, and the Sun family has been promoted since then.

Ning Xihua saluted Concubine Sun Guifei in a very proper manner, but when she lowered her head, the corners of her mouth curled up in a mocking manner.

She did not forget the expression on Concubine Sun's face when she heard about her original body's death. It was as if a teacup had been broken, and it had nothing to do with the pain.

"It's over, so it's over. Xu'er has already become the crown prince. It's just that she doesn't have this blessing."

The funny thing is that it was her original self, who she called unlucky, who sent Su Xu to the position of crown prince.

Sun's family came from a poor family, but became a new noble in the court because of the emperor's favor. Most of the noble families were proud of their ancestors' great achievements, and although they did not exclude this family that relied on women to make a fortune, they did not accept it either.

Most of the people who came and went in the Sun family were those who curry favor with the powerful. Even though Sun's father was the Minister of Justice, he still could not enter the inner cabinet. The entire Sun family could not bring any help to Su Xu.

It was the original body who begged for an engagement with Su Xu and made Prince Ning take his side, giving Su Xu the most powerful bargaining chip, Prince Ning's Mansion, in the fight for the crown prince.

Now Ning Xihua is no longer as attentive to Su Xu as she used to be, so Concubine Sun Gui summoned her into the palace to test her?

As soon as Ning Xihua leaned over, Concubine Su immediately signaled the palace maid to help her up and let her sit down without any formalities.

"We haven't seen each other for many years. How come Xihua is still estranged from me? Get up quickly."

Ning Xihua smiled sweetly, "Etiquette cannot be abandoned. When I was a child, it was the Queen who loved me. Now of course it can't be the same as before."

Ning Xihua was talking about etiquette, but his meaning was deeper.

Concubine Sun Guifei smiled more and more charmingly, as if she didn't understand anything and continued to chat with her about family matters in a friendly manner.

"You have grown up to be so pretty in the blink of an eye. Before, you even kept nagging me to marry Xu'er."

Ning Xihua was still well-behaved, "Children speak without restraint. Your Majesty's appearance has not changed, and she looks even younger."

"You have such a sweet mouth. By the way, Xu'er will come over to greet you later. It's been a while since you last saw each other."

Ning Xihua smiled and said, "I met her before at the Fourth Princess's flower viewing banquet. The Third Prince was a hero who saved the beauty."

Since these scandals involved the royal family, no one dared to gossip with Concubine Sun and make her unhappy, so Concubine Sun didn't know that Su Xu stood up for Lin Mengli at the banquet.

She knew that Su Xu had been having a hot affair with the daughter of a civil servant recently, and she thought Ning Xihua was just saying this out of jealousy.

"My third brother just can't stand you taking advantage of your power to bully others." The fourth princess couldn't stand Ning Xihua complaining to her mother, so she interrupted.

"Yue'er!" Concubine Sun Gui stopped him.

The fourth princess looked unwilling, but she still curled her lips and said nothing more.

"You know Yue'er's temper, so don't be angry with her." Concubine Sun Gui had an apologetic smile on her face, making it difficult to blame her.

Ning Xihua shook her head, "Your Majesty, you are overthinking. The princess is just being true to her nature."

Concubine Sun Gui grabbed her hand and said with a look of relief, "Good child."

"Look at me, I was so happy chatting that I forgot to order tea. The maids in the palace don't have much foresight."

She turned around and said to the Fourth Princess, "Why are you still standing there? Go get your sister Xihua a cup of tea. You're being so disrespectful every day."

Ning Xihua looked terrified and quickly waved his hand, saying no.

Concubine Sun Gui held her and said, "This tea is the newly offered Mingqian Longjing. There is not much in the palace. You are in for a treat. This maid is the same. If I don't tell you not to serve tea, it makes me, the Hanzhang Palace, seem stingy."

Ning Xihua lowered her eyes. These words showed both favor and authority.

Without Sun Guifei's order, the maids in her palace didn't even dare to serve tea, which showed that Sun Guifei was not an easy-going and easy-to-serve person.

The fourth princess looked aggrieved. She came here to trouble Ning Xihua, not to be laughed at by Ning Xihua. As a princess, how could she serve tea and water to Ning Xihua?

Concubine Sun glanced at her. The Fourth Princess had no choice but to secretly pinch her sleeves, turned around reluctantly, took the teacup from the palace maid, and passed it to Ning Xihua.

Ning Xihua was a little surprised. First, she felt that Concubine Sun Gui had lowered herself so much for Su Xu that she asked the Fourth Princess to serve her tea as an apology. Second, she felt that the Fourth Princess had been too obedient today.

She took the tea, somewhat hesitantly.

This tea was brought to me personally by the Fourth Princess, so I really had to drink it. If I refused to drink it, I would be stomping on the faces of the mother and daughter.

Everyone knew that Concubine Sun Gui had summoned her to the palace today, so she would not be stupid enough to do anything in her palace. So Ning Xihua thanked the Fourth Princess, picked up the tea and drank it with confidence.

Just after she finished drinking, she looked up and saw the triumphant smile on the fourth princess's face.

No! Just because Concubine Sun Gui wouldn't be that stupid doesn't mean the Fourth Princess wouldn't be!

She said why the Fourth Princess was so obedient today, and she thought it was because of Concubine Sun Guifei's face, but she didn't expect that she was waiting here!

Directly drugging your own mother in her own palace, it was so simple and crude, Su Yue, you really have something wrong in your brain!

Ning Xihua didn't expect the fourth princess to play by her own rules, and ended up falling into trouble.

After greeting Su Yue eight hundred times in her heart, she calmed down and felt that the medicine given to her by the Fourth Princess would at most harm her body and would not be fatal.

Although Su Yue was stupid, he would never dare to poison her in Hanzhang Palace.

She looked at the Fourth Princess's vicious and complacent smile, and estimated that this medicine would most likely embarrass her in the palace but would not cause any serious harm to her body. This way, it would not involve Hanzhang Palace, so she dared to take action.

It has to be said that Ning Xihua guessed the Fourth Princess's thoughts thoroughly. Although the Fourth Princess hated her, she did not hate her to the point of killing her, and she would not take action in Hanzhang Palace to implicate Concubine Sun.

But the Fourth Princess really couldn't stand Ning Xihua. Coupled with the incident at the last flower viewing banquet and Lin Mengli's instigation, new grudges and old grudges, she decided to teach Ning Xihua a lesson.

She ordered her servant to fetch some soft scented powder from a brothel, and hid some in the secret pocket of her sleeve before arriving at Hanzhang Palace.

She was still a little hesitant at first, but seeing that Concubine Sun was determined to bring Ning Xihua and her third brother together and was even willing to let her serve tea as a gift and apologize, she no longer hesitated and took the opportunity to turn around and serve tea to sprinkle the powder into the teacup.

After taking this soft fragrant powder for a quarter of an hour, people will feel hot and unconscious, just like being drunk, and it also has some aphrodisiac effects. But after the effect of the drug wears off, there is no trace to be found, and it is not harmful to the human body.

The effect of the soft fragrance powder was short-lived. When it took effect, Ning Xihua would certainly be embarrassed in front of her mother and the entire palace. By then, her reputation would be completely ruined, and she would no longer have the face to marry into the royal family.

Even if she found something wrong, by the time the imperial physician arrived, the soft fragrance powder would have been nowhere to be found.

But what the Fourth Princess didn't expect was that Ning Xihua covered her head and cried dizzy just after drinking the tea, even though the medicine hadn't taken effect yet!

Concubine Sun Gui leaned over to support her, and asked in fear what happened. She didn't want Princess Yue Xi to get into trouble in her palace.

Ning Xihua looked uncomfortable, holding her forehead, and even her voice was a little weak: "I just felt dizzy suddenly, maybe it was because of the cold spring wind."

Concubine Sun Gui said with concern: "Why don't you ask the imperial physician to come and see you? You can't take these minor illnesses lightly. You are still young, so you have to take care of your health."

Ning Xihua tilted her head slightly and glanced at the Fourth Princess. She sneered in her heart when she saw that the Fourth Princess became obviously nervous when she heard Concubine Sun Guifei said to invite the imperial physician.