Chapter 425 Tao Meiyu wanted to poison him
Little Mianmian's face was full of smiles; she was almost so happy she wanted to spin around in circles.
Just then, Aunt Zhou and Nan Fengling returned home.
The whole family was overjoyed to hear this good news.
Aunt Zhou originally only bought meat, but later she sent someone to buy fish and some other nourishing foods.
Du Wanchun smiled and said, "Mother, there's no need to buy so much, we have enough at home."
Aunt Zhou shook her head and said, "That won't do. What's at home is at home. You have to eat the best of everything."
As she spoke, she took Du Wanchun's hand and said, "When you gave birth to Yi'er and the others, our family didn't have this much money. This time, I must take good care of your health."
In fact, Du Wanchun's health had always been quite good, but it was only because Aunt Zhou herself felt that she had mistreated Du Wanchun in the past.
Today was originally meant to celebrate Zhou Ruiyuan's birthday, but now Du Wanchun is suddenly pregnant, making it a double celebration.
Upon learning of this, Zhou Quan and Tao Yaofang turned around and went home before even entering the house, bringing back the silver bells they had prepared and presenting them to Du Wanchun.
Du Wanchun liked it very much and put the little silver bell directly into her bosom.
Meanwhile, celebrations for the fake crown prince began inside the palace.
The emperor held a grand banquet, and the court officials brought their female relatives to the palace.
Also present were Zhou Feng and Han Yan'er's family.
Zhou Feng and Han Yan'er were stunned when they saw Tao Meiyu standing next to the fake prince.
Han Yan'er whispered, "Isn't this the youngest daughter of the Tao family?"
When the Tao family brought their two daughters to the Zhou family, Han Yan'er had seen them from afar a few times.
Zhou Feng had also met him, and nodded solemnly, saying, "That's right."
Han Yan'er laughed and said, "This Lord Yuan went to great lengths to get three fakes, but unexpectedly one of them turned out to be someone we know."
Tao Meiyu also saw Han Yan'er and Zhou Feng. She was shocked and almost dropped the pastries she was holding.
She quickly asked the maid beside her, "Are those two surnamed Zhou?"
The palace maid replied, "Your Highness, that is the manager of the Zhou family."
Tao Meiyu frowned immediately, and her hands began to tremble. "Isn't the Zhou family's manager a merchant? How come he's in the palace?"
The palace maid continued, "Your Highness may not know, but His Majesty has long since adopted Manager Zhou as his godson and bestowed upon him the title of Marquis."
Tao Meiyu was terrified.
Zhou Feng has always kept a low profile, so many people in Cheng'an County are unaware that he has been adopted by the emperor and simply believe that he is doing business in the capital.
She quickly lowered her head, secretly turned around, and left.
There were many people here tonight, and Tao Meiyu was in the back seat. She secretly went to the palace where the emperor was hosting a banquet for everyone, preparing to escape.
But after walking a few steps, Tao Meiyu was still unwilling to give up. Looking at the gorgeous clothes she was still wearing, she remained silent for a long time before returning to her palace and taking out a bottle of deadly poison.
She had kept this deadly poison by her side since she entered the palace, just in case, fearing that the Fan family would be exposed. She planned to poison the mother and son to death before they were exposed.
Let's make it so that there's no way to prove it when the dead are alive.
After obtaining the poison, Tao Meiyu found the palace maid who was carrying the dishes.
She secretly dropped a few gold ingots at their feet.
The palace maids nearly tripped and fell while stepping on the gold ingots, and some even bent down to pick them up, causing chaos.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Tao Meinu poured the poison in her hand onto the dishes on Zhou Feng's table.
The dishes carried by the palace maids were arranged in a specific order, one after another, and then placed in order according to the seating positions of the guests.
After Tao Meiyu finished administering the medicine, she secretly left the place.
Soon, the palace maids brought out the dishes one by one.
Zhou Feng and Han Yan'er had no interest in eating the food on the table; they kept their eyes on Tao Meiyu.
Han Yan'er lowered her head and whispered to Zhou Feng, "You can't eat the food on the table."
Zhou Feng replied, "Don't worry, I know."
No matter how cunning Tao Meiyu was, she was just an ordinary woman who had never seen the world, and the two of them had already seen through her little trick of poisoning.
Tao Meiyu waited for the two of them to eat.
Zhou Feng secretly threw the things on the table under the table right in front of her.
Tao Meiyu immediately panicked.
Just then, Eunuch Zhang suddenly stepped forward and said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, this servant obtained a jade statue from the old residence. I heard that dripping blood on it can ensure eternal peace."
Upon hearing this, the emperor became very interested. "Can it guarantee lasting peace? Bring it here, I'll give it a try."
Eunuch Zhang then said, "Your Majesty, today is the Crown Prince's birthday. Why don't we let His Highness and Your Majesty try it together?"
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