Although Bai Mengying applied medicine to her face in time, she had scratched it too hard before, and even with the best medicine, it would probably leave a scar.
Unless you ask Su Muxi to prepare a scar removal ointment.
But Su Muxi would absolutely not help her.
unless…
She could make Su Muxi have no choice but to help her!
So what if she became the Princess of Yong'an?!
We still have to listen to our Empress Auntie!
As for the slap Su Muxi gave her in public, she will ask her aunt, the Empress, to help her get it back!
But she forgot that what the royal family values most is not family ties, but interests.
After reading the letter sent by Bai Mengying, Empress Bai Qian casually lit a candle and looked at the ashes on the ground with a calm expression.
Although Wang Mama hadn't read the contents of the letter, she could guess the gist of it.
In her opinion, among all the children of the Bai family, Bai Mengying's personality was most like the Empress's, but perhaps because she had been used to everything going smoothly since childhood, Bai Mengying was more naive than the Empress.
Bai Mengying's public undressing has completely disgraced the Bai family. Even though everyone knows that Bai Mengying was framed, she has still lost all face.
The news of Bai Mengying's affair with Zheng Yi also spread, causing the royal family to lose face.
Therefore, Wang Mama believed that the Empress would no longer care about Bai Mengying this time and would definitely abandon her.
Unexpectedly, Bai Qian said calmly, "Pass on a message that I am not feeling well and ask Princess Yong'an to come and take a look at me tomorrow."
Granny Wang was surprised, "Your Highness is going to help the Princess?"
"It's just a matter of a word, there's no question of whether I'll help or not. Besides, I can take this opportunity to test Su Muxi. If she really knows something, I'll have to get rid of her as soon as possible."
Bai Qian was prepared to abandon her niece, Bai Mengying. However, her request for scar removal ointment from Su Muxi was not for Bai Mengying's sake, but rather to take the opportunity to test Su Muxi's character.
Recently, the Empress Dowager has suddenly taken action and begun investigating the diets of the concubines in the various palaces.
Perhaps because she felt guilty, Bai Qian had a bad feeling that the Empress Dowager might know about her poisoning of the concubines in the palace.
There was no one in the Empress Dowager's palace who knew medicine or poisons. After thinking it over, she felt that the Empress Dowager's unusual behavior was probably related to Su Muxi.
She had never taken Su Muxi seriously before, but now she had to look at Su Muxi with more respect.
Concealing her beauty for over a decade, she rose from an abandoned woman to the highly regarded Princess Yong'an. Few could match her forbearance alone.
It seems she really underestimated Su Muxi before!
However, the next morning, the people sent to the Yong'an Prince's Mansion said that Su Muxi was ill.
Bai Qian sneered: "Ha! Sick? You're probably faking it! You really have a lot of nerve!"
Wang Mama advised, "Your Majesty, perhaps Su Muxi is really sick. Qiao Zixi hates Su Muxi to the core. Yesterday, when they met at Huguo Temple, she may have done something to Su Muxi."
Bai Qian thought about it and felt that Su Muxi probably wouldn't have the courage to refuse her; perhaps she really was sick.
"Send someone to inquire whether Su Muxi is really sick. For some reason, I have a bad feeling."
Meanwhile, Ye Zeyu, who was at the Tiger Riding Camp, received a personal letter from Qiao Xiuyuan.
After reading Qiao Xiuyuan's letter word by word, Ye Zeyu felt for the first time that Qiao Xiuyuan was an extremely terrifying person.
That Shi Qiang was actually one of Qiao Xiuyuan's men.
Therefore, Shi Qiang saved Ji Cheng not because of any brotherly affection, but simply because he was following orders.
Qiao Xiuyuan wanted him to learn about the Bai family's private army through Ji Cheng.
Qiao Xiuyuan also knew about Ye Zerui's cultivation of poisonous orchids to poison the concubines in the palace, which is why he deliberately spread the news to lure Xi'er to check the orchids.
Qiao Xiuyuan also knew that Bai Mengying had killed Prince Jing and that Prince Jing's cousin would be entering the capital the next day.
So what exactly is it that Qiao Xiuyuan doesn't know?
"Master, what's wrong? What did that old fox Qiao Xiuyuan write in his letter?"
Seeing that Ye Zeyu's expression was off, Xiao Ce couldn't help but ask him with concern.
Ye Ziyu didn't hide anything and handed the letter directly to Xiao Ce, letting Xiao Ce read it himself.
Unlike Ye Zeyu, Xiao Ce was not calm. After reading the contents of the letter, he exclaimed in shock: "That old fox Qiao Xiuyuan actually knows everything! He's clearly using us as pawns! Cooperating with such a person is like asking a tiger for its skin! Master, please think twice!"
A cold glint appeared in Ye Zeyu's eyes.
Qiao Xiuyuan wrote this letter with the intention of working with him from the inside to take the opportunity to bring down the Bai family.
But just as Xiao Ce said, Qiao Xiuyuan only used them as pawns.
Even the fact that Qiao Xiuyuan sent him to the Tiger Riding Camp was something Qiao Xiuyuan had planned in advance.
Because eliminating the Bai family's private army at Black Ox Mountain always requires manpower, and the Tiger-Riding Battalion is the first choice.
"Trying to get something from a tiger? Who's the tiger is still uncertain!"
After Ye Ziyu finished speaking in a cold voice, he stood up and ordered Xiao Ce in a deep voice, "Give the order to go out and prepare the entire army to set off in one hour!"
"…yes!"
…
Meanwhile, Su Muxi was not idle either, but was studying aconite with Ge Mao.
Following Ye Zeyu's advice, Su Muxi acted willfully, lying that she was sick and did not go to the palace to examine the Empress's pulse.
As it turns out, this reason is still quite useful given her current status.
"Su girl, I heard that your mother passed away not long after you were born?"
Su Muxi didn't think much of Ge Mao's sudden question, assuming it was just casual conversation between the two, so she nodded and said, "Yes, I was raised by my father."
Then Ge Mao asked, "Have you ever seen a portrait of your mother? You don't look like your father, but you do look like your mother?"
Upon hearing this, Su Muxi stopped what she was doing, looked up at Ge Mao, and said, "Old Ge, please speak frankly."
Ge Mao awkwardly touched his nose. "Actually, it's nothing. I just suddenly thought of someone and thought you looked somewhat similar to that person."
Who is it?
"General Lin's wife, Lady Yun."
Mentioning Yun Shi, Ge Mao narrowed his eyes, as if lost in memories. After a long while, he slowly spoke: "Actually, I have never met Yun Shi, I have only seen her portrait."
As he spoke, he looked at Su Muxi with his old eyes and said, "Your appearance is very similar to that of the portrait of Lady Yun."
"At first, I didn't think much of it. I just thought that the world is full of wonders, and it's normal for two people to look alike."
"But this morning I met the Zhong family's daughter and learned that your mother actually has single eyelids."
"I once read a medical book that stated that if both parents have single eyelids, their child will also have single eyelids."
After saying that, he glanced at Su Muxi's distinct double eyelids and said in a deep voice, "Su girl, perhaps you are not a child of the Su family."
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