As evening approached, the sky gradually darkened.

Candles had already been lit in every building in the palace, illuminating the corridors of the palace.

In the middle of the entire palace is a large attic, which is three stories high.

On the door of the attic hangs a plaque bestowed by the late emperor, with four large characters inscribed on it: The Pillar of the Nation.

And these four words have been hanging above the gate for nearly ten years.

Everyone in the palace knew that King Ye Chu Mobai was particularly fond of this plaque, and even asked the servants to clean the plaque every day.

He did not allow any dirt to be on the plaque, so the families not only scrubbed it clean, but also waxed it every day, so that the plaque, which had been hung for ten years, looked like new.

Qian Ruoyu brought Cuihua to the outside of the attic and saw the plaque that had been scrubbed clean.

This plaque was not only bestowed by the late emperor, but also contained four words written by the late emperor himself.

Qian Ruoyu also came to the palace and only realized the importance of this plaque after hearing the servants talking about it.

I was also thinking in my heart that anyone who could be nostalgic because of such a plaque would obviously not be a bad person.

Moreover, this was the plaque hung up by the previous emperor. Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, Chu Mobai has never put down the plaque.

What does this mean? Perhaps only Chu Mobai and the current Emperor know.

Qian Ruoyu entered the attic. It was already evening dinner time, so a large eight-person table was set up in the attic.

Candles had already been lit around the eight-immortals table, illuminating the entire attic.

After seeing Qian Ruoyu enter, several maids and servants bowed their heads towards her.

"Meet the princess!"

After all, she is already an officially-appointed princess, so no matter how brave these maids and servants are, they dare not make any mistakes at this moment.

At this time, Butler Wang came in with two servants and was preparing to tidy up the tables and chairs around the Eight Immortals Table.

Suddenly he saw Qian Ruoyu, and immediately stood still, while lowering his head and speaking to Qian Ruoyu.

"Meet the princess!"

Qian Ruoyu turned around and saw Butler Wang who was bowing his head, so Qian Ruoyu spoke calmly.

"Butler Wang, when can we have dinner?"

Steward Wang immediately said, "Your Highness, when dinner starts, all the dishes will be served after the prince takes his seat."

"The chefs have already prepared eighteen dishes, six desserts, two soups, and several kinds of fruits. Once the prince arrives at the attic, we will serve the dishes directly. Please wait for a while, Princess!"

Qian Ruoyu's mouth corners slightly raised, and at this time she hurried to the side of Butler Wang.

Because Qian Ruoyu could already feel her stomach rumbling. After all, she had only eaten a little watermelon in the afternoon and had not eaten anything else.

Seeing Qian Ruoyu approaching, Butler Wang quickly took a half step back, but was grabbed by Qian Ruoyu's shoulder.

"Hey, don't back off, what are you afraid of? I just want to ask where the food prepared by your cook is now?"

Butler Wang naturally didn't know what Qian Ruoyu was thinking, so he said.

"All the dishes and pastries are in the private room next to the attic. Madam, what can I do for you?"

Qian Ruoyu smiled and shook her head, then went into the private room next to the attic alone.

This is a wing room next to the large attic. Although it is large, it has six square tables on it, and each table has different items on it.

There was one table for the dishes, one table for the fruits, and another table for the soups. Everything was arranged neatly without any disorder.

Looking at such a large table of food, Qian Ruoyu went straight to the table of dishes. She was so hungry that her stomach was growling, so she decided to start eating first.

Although she knew that it was a bit impolite to do so, Qian Ruoyu no longer cared about that.

Qian Ruoyu picked up a pair of chopsticks from the side, picked up the pig's trotter on the table and started biting it.

At this time, Qian Ruoyu naturally didn't care about her other image, and even prepared to take a pig's trotter out and bring it to Cuihua outside.

Cuihua didn't dare to follow Qian Ruoyu in. After all, Qian Ruoyu was Qian Ruoyu and Cuihua was Cuihua.

And just after Yao took two bites of the pig's trotters, Qian Ruoyu immediately began to feel something was wrong!

“No… not good!”

A strong intuition suddenly surged into his heart, and Qian Ruoyu suddenly felt as if his brain had been hit by something.

Then Qian Ruoyu took out the pig's trotter again and took a look at it.

At this moment, a feeling of dizziness came over me again!

Qian Ruoyu quickly took out the silver needle she carried with her and inserted it into the pig's trotter.

It was just a blink of an eye, but the silver needle in Qian Ruoyu's hand turned blue!

"Oh no, this dish is poisonous!"

Qian Ruoyu was shocked.

The fact that the silver needle could change color so quickly obviously meant that the poison in the dish was not simple.

Qian Ruoyu had already begun to feel the effect of the medicine and was in danger of fainting at any time!

Qian Ruoyu went straight into his laboratory and lay down on the operating table.

In the laboratory, Qian Ruoyu performed an operation on herself. She cleaned her mouth as quickly as possible and began to wash her stomach while she was awake.

"vomit……"

A strong feeling of nausea instantly hit Qian Ruoyu, and as she opened her mouth, she spat out the few bites of pig's trotter meat she had just eaten.

But the pig's trotters have turned black!

Seeing such a strong and poisonous smile, even Qian Ruoyu couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart!

But now Qian Ruoyu had no time to think about anything else. After vomiting the pig's trotter, he found the antidote in the cabinet and swallowed it without hesitation!

Qian Ruoyu, who was sitting on the ground leaning against the cabinet, only felt that he was dying at this time, but after taking the antidote, he instantly began to feel as if his body was purified.

Qian Ruoyu blinked several times, and every time she blinked, she felt that the world in front of her eyes became clearer.

After just a short while, Qian Ruoyu felt that the discomfort had completely disappeared, and then he reluctantly stood up from the cabinet.

But the feeling of being poisoned just now really made Qian Ruoyu panic!

If it weren't for Qian Ruoyu's own identity, he would have been poisoned and would most likely have died beside the table.

He was being assassinated, and there was no progress on the target of the assassination. Qian Ruoyu was afraid that he would be the scapegoat!

But on second thought, Qian Ruoyu murmured to himself.

"Who poisoned her... and who was the target of the poisoning... could it be him!?"

This place is the Night King’s Mansion, and the dishes are prepared for the Night King. It is obvious that the person the other party wants to poison is Chu Mobai!