This duck soup was to be placed on Wang Jieyu's dining table.
Ye Qianqian remembered it clearly.
There was one lifetime.
The Empress wanted to recruit Consort Wang into her abortion squad.
Wang Jieyu declined, citing feeling unwell.
This angered the Empress.
They assumed that Consort Wang and Consort Jin were on the same side.
However, Wang Jieyu does not belong to any particular camp.
She's just used to being free and independent.
I don't want to be tied down.
I don't want to be taken advantage of.
I don't want to take the blame.
Just be a quiet foodie.
The Empress then instructed Consort Qi to find a way to get rid of Consort Wang.
Consort Qi had the traitor Bingwen disguise star anise as wild herbs and use it to stew duck soup!
Then Wang Jieyu died from poisoning.
Ye Qianqian thought for a moment.
This is an opportunity to win over Wang Jieyu and make her a good friend of my mother.
In this harem, there is one more person who truly cares for you.
This adds an extra layer of security.
But how can I help Wang Jieyu?
Everyone was taken aback when they heard this thought.
[Aunt Xu's spies are probably all over the palace. I wonder if she's found out that Bingwen plans to poison Consort Wang tonight by using wild herbs to impersonate star anise.]
Xu Qingzhi was taken aback.
Bingwen?!
She hasn't yet found out who Bingwen is working for.
There were far too many maids and eunuchs in the palace.
She secretly instructed her trusted confidants to investigate who was behind them, whether it was her own master or the master of another palace.
Consort Wang remained obedient and well-behaved throughout the imperial harem.
They neither compete nor fight, nor take sides with any camp.
Because they focus on eating and drinking.
They've been raised to be plump and healthy.
The Empress Dowager never disliked her; on the contrary, she thought that this kind of concubine who was focused on eating and drinking was simple-minded and did not make people wary of her.
Now that something bad is about to happen in the Six Palaces.
Xu Qingzhi naturally had to deal with it.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I have matters to attend to, so I shall take my leave now."
"Yes, handle this matter thoroughly," the Empress Dowager instructed.
"yes."
...
Taurens Palace.
Small kitchen.
A duck soup was simmering on the stove.
Bingwen looked around and saw no one.
He then took out a cloth bag from his sleeve.
Open.
Inside is a herb called *Illicium lanceolatum*, which is similar in shape to an octagon.
Just as she was about to put the herb into the soup pot.
My wrist was grabbed.
It was Zhao Haizhi, the head eunuch serving Xu Qingzhi.
Bingwen was instantly terrified.
Hua Feng Palace.
Bingwen was forced to kneel before Xu Qingzhi by two eunuchs.
"Consort Xu, Bingwen has arrived."
"This is the herb I got from her."
Xu Qingzhi glanced at it.
sneer.
"Is Bingwen trying to poison the duck soup?"
Bingwen's body trembled.
She knew Xu Qingzhi's methods.
At this moment.
I'm just trying to figure out if I can fool them.
"Consort Xu, this, this is star anise."
"Is that so? As a servant of the small kitchen, you can't even tell the difference between wild herbs and star anise. Your eyes are useless now, just gouge them out."
Gouging out eyes is far more painful than killing someone outright!
Bingwen immediately kowtowed forcefully.
"Your Highness, have mercy!"
"As a servant, instead of thinking about how to serve your master properly, you use such dirty means to plot against him. I have already been very merciful to you by gouging out your eyes."
"It wasn't me, Your Majesty, it wasn't this servant who wanted to do it. This servant was just being instructed by someone else."
Zhao Haizhi walked over.
"Your Majesty, Consort Wang requests an audience."
"Let her in, so she can see who wants to harm her."
After Wang Jieyu walked in.
"May Your Highness, Consort Xu, be well."
"Look, this is the lackey who wants to harm you."
Wang Jieyu glanced at Bingwen.
I glanced at the wild grass again.
Ask Bingwen.
"Was it Consort Qi who instructed you?"
"Yes, it is Consort Qi."
Consort Wang initially refused to join the Empress's faction.
The former empress had always wanted to harm her.
However, Wang Jieyu was always on guard.
The former empress was also busy focusing her attention on the princes at the time.
Therefore, he did not make a move against Wang Jieyu.
Now, Consort Qi has actually done just that.
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