In full view of everyone, Lu Yanluo picked up the wine glass on the table and drank it all, then lifted the cover of the glass and signaled to Qin.

Qin was secretly delighted and smiled with an ambiguous meaning. She turned around with satisfaction and sat back down beside Concubine Xian.

Lu Yanluo seemed to be casually adjusting her dress, and no one noticed that a wet handkerchief was stuffed into her sleeve by Lu Yanluo.

Since she knew that Qin had ulterior motives, how could Lu Yanluo fall into her trap? She didn't drink a drop of the wine, but secretly poured it all onto her handkerchief.

But Qin didn't know this and thought her plan had succeeded. She looked at Lu Yanluo from time to time with ill intentions in her eyes.

The banquet that followed was conducted in an orderly manner, and Concubine Xian was very satisfied when she looked at the girls of marriageable age.

During the process, she specially asked someone to call Liang Wang Chu Han and showed him several girls that she liked.

Lu Yanluo saw everything and couldn't help sneering in her heart. Concubine Xian had made a good plan. The girls she chose were all daughters of important officials in the court. If one or two of them married their daughters to Chu Han, they would become Chu Han's most powerful supporters in the future in his fight for the throne.

If that's the case, how can she make Concubine Xian's wish come true?

Lu Yanluo tilted her head to look at Qin, slowly smiled, and before Qin could figure out the situation, she fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran hurriedly caught the person and shouted loudly: "Someone come! Our princess has fainted!"

Following Xiao Ran's earth-shattering roar, everyone present gathered around, and Concubine Xian's plan to meet the noble lady was shelved.

Nowadays, the power of the Night King in the capital cannot be underestimated, and everyone knows that Chu Han is in tit-for-tat with him. If something goes wrong with Lu Yanluo at this banquet, Concubine Xian will not be able to explain it even if she has a hundred mouths, so no one is more anxious than her now.

"What are you still standing there for! Take my card and summon the imperial physician immediately to carry the princess to the side hall!"

Xiao Ran helped Lu Yanluo up with great effort, and everyone worked together to move her to the side hall. Qin followed Concubine Xian and watched, secretly happy in her heart. She was waiting for Lu Yanluo to make a fool of herself.

After just a cup of tea, Qin could no longer laugh.

The imperial physician was hurriedly invited into the side hall, while the rest of the crowd were waiting outside, and everyone seemed a little indifferent.

Unexpectedly, not long after the imperial physician entered, Xiao Ran came out anxiously carrying a basin of blood, followed by the second basin, the third basin...

At this moment, everyone present was shocked, and the look they showed towards Concubine Xian and Chu Han changed.

Everyone began to suspect that Concubine Xian had started to take action against Prince Ye's Mansion.

Qin was stunned for a moment, and a very bad premonition gradually arose.

She clearly gave Lu Yanluo a laxative, so how could there be blood!

But she still held a glimmer of hope, because the laxative was given by Concubine Hui, and if anything went wrong, Concubine Hui would be responsible.

"Your Majesty has arrived, and the Imperial Concubine has arrived!"

Qin Xuelin led the still somewhat weak emperor into the palace gate.

The emperor took a breath before speaking: "Princess Ye fainted in the palace. What did the imperial physician say?"

In the side hall, the imperial physician walked quickly to the emperor and reported, "Your Majesty, based on the examination just now, I can confirm that Princess Ye fainted due to poisoning."

As soon as the imperial physician said this, everyone present was shocked. Poisoned?

At the lotus viewing banquet hosted by Concubine Xian herself, Princess Ye fell to the ground due to poisoning. What does this mean!

Sure enough, the emperor, who had been calm just now, suddenly changed his expression. He became angry and started coughing continuously.

Seeing this, Qin Xuelin quickly asked someone to bring tea and served the emperor some water, which only then did the emperor feel a little better.

The emperor looked at Consort Xian beside him, his eyes slightly meaningful: "Can you explain to me? Why did Lu Yanluo get poisoned at the banquet you hosted?"

Upon hearing this, Concubine Xian immediately knelt on the ground and said in defense, "I don't know the reason behind this either. Your Majesty, please understand that I have absolutely no intention to murder Princess Ye. I am not stupid, so how could I not understand the reason behind this? I organized the Lotus Appreciation Banquet myself. If anything happens to the Princess, I will never be able to clear myself even if I jump into the Yellow River. I just hope that she is safe!"

Concubine Xian is not stupid. Now is the critical moment for Chu Han to compete for the throne. If news of her assassinating King Ye's family comes out at this time, someone in the court will definitely use this matter to talk about it.

So she can't take the blame for anything.

Qin Xuelin, who was standing beside the emperor, spoke at the right time: "Your Majesty, what Sister Xianfei said makes sense. To put it bluntly, even if Sister Xianfei really wanted to harm the princess, she would not be stupid enough to do it at the lotus viewing banquet she hosted. There may be other hidden reasons behind this matter."

The emperor was persuaded and asked, "Then according to your opinion, how should this matter be handled?"

Qin Xuelin pondered for a moment and replied, "In my opinion, it is better to search him. The wine at the Lotus Appreciation Banquet was prepared in advance by Concubine Xian. The person who poisoned him must have poisoned him at the banquet. I am afraid that the poison has not been disposed of yet."

"That's right!" Concubine Xian was very grateful to Qin Xuelin for speaking for her at this moment, and quickly agreed: "Concubine Hui is right. Your Majesty, after the incident, everyone was detained in the palace and no one went out. If we search them now, we will definitely find the person who poisoned them."

Concubine Xian agreed with the body search because she suspected that this was a self-torture trick directed and acted by Lu Yanluo in order to put the blame on her.

The emperor looked around and nodded, "Okay, then I'll do as you two said and search you."

When Qin heard the word "body search", her head buzzed and her heartbeat quickened suddenly. The bottle of laxative in her sleeve was like a hot potato, burning her.

But there was no way to avoid what was coming. The eunuchs searched everyone one by one and finally found Qin.

Qin's eyes were full of resistance, but she could do nothing in public and could only watch the eunuch take the medicine bottle out of her sleeve.

When they saw the medicine bottle, everyone's face changed on the spot. The emperor frowned and signaled the eunuch to hand the medicine bottle to the imperial physician for identification.

"Your Majesty..." Qin stammered, unable to speak.

After carefully examining it, the imperial physician confirmed: "The powder in this bottle is exactly the poison that Princess Ye was poisoned with. This poison is called dogwood, and it is colorless and tasteless. Fortunately, the princess only got a little bit of it, so she won't die."

The emperor was immediately enraged, panting heavily and pointing his finger at Qin: "Bitch! Come, take her down for me!"

"No! Your Majesty, I didn't poison you! I didn't poison you!" Qin knelt on the ground in panic and tried to defend herself. Then, as if she had thought of something, she raised her hand and pointed at Qin Xuelin.

"It's her! Your Majesty, this poison was given to me by Concubine Hui. She said it was just an ordinary laxative. She deceived me!"