The maid led Su Hong and her daughter to the lotus pond, where they saw Jiang Meiyu sitting on a chair in the pavilion. It was already halfway through autumn and the weather was cool. Jiang Meiyu was holding a bunch of grapes in her hand, tasting them one by one.
Jiang Shanshan looked up and saw that Jiang Meiyu was particularly dazzling today. Her golden dress made her look like the most distinguished person. Jiang Shanshan unconsciously pinched the corner of her clothes, feeling envious and jealous. She had originally been nervous and uneasy coming to the East Palace today, but after seeing Jiang Meiyu, she was instantly filled with jealousy and wanted to kill Jiang Meiyu immediately.
She thought to herself: "Jiang Meiyu, don't blame me. Blame yourself for being too beautiful and suppressing me in every way." Jiang Shanshan thought that as long as she got rid of Jiang Meiyu, the Jiang family would be her most prestigious family in the future.
The more Jiang Shanshan thought about it, the more excited she became. A sinister smile appeared on her face. She decided to make Jiang Meiyu disappear from this world and never appear in front of her again.
Su Hong and Jiang Shanshan walked into the pavilion. When they saw Jiang Meiyu, they immediately knelt down and greeted her: "Greetings to the Crown Princess."
Jiang Meiyu said slowly, "Oh, mother, please don't be so polite and get up!" Then she turned to look at Su Hong and asked, "What brings you here today, mother?"
Su Hong looked at Jiang Meiyu's noble appearance, then looked at her own daughter, and said, "Your Majesty, your sister is not young anymore. Now that you are favored by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, why don't you ask the Emperor to grant your sister a marriage?"
Jiang Meiyu sneered inwardly upon hearing this: "I don't know why this mother and daughter are so shameless." So she feigned helplessness and replied: "Mother, it's not that I don't want to help, but I'm powerless. My sister got into a scandal a while ago, and now people are still stirring up trouble. I'm afraid no prince would be willing to help!"
After hearing this, Jiang Shanshan showed a hint of dissatisfaction on her face and said angrily: "Sister, what do you mean? If you don't want to help, just say it. Why bring up what happened to me before?"
"How dare you..." Before Jiang Meiyu could say anything, Su Hong slapped her. "How could you be so disrespectful to your sister? What did your mother teach you?" Jiang Shanshan touched her face, a look of disbelief on her face: "Mother, you actually hit me..."
She opened her eyes wide, tears welling up in her eyes, and looked at her mother with a face full of grievance, as if she could not accept this fact.
"Hurry up and apologize to your sister," Su Hong said quickly.
Jiang Shanshan's lips trembled and her voice was tearful: "Mom..." She clenched her fists tightly and her body trembled slightly.
Jiang Meiyu looked at the mother and daughter acting indifferently and waved her hand: "No need."
Her expression was cold, and her eyes revealed disdain and disgust, as if she was already accustomed to all this.
After Jiang Shanshan realized what was happening, she stepped forward and bowed slightly: "Sister, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it."
She lowered her head, her tone sincere, but there was a glint of cunning in her eyes.
"Sister, let me help you go see the fish. The fish in the lotus pond are so beautiful!" Jiang Shanshan said gently.
Jiang Meiyu smiled slightly and replied, "No need. I've been watching her every day and I'm tired of it." She knew very well that this so-called sister had never had good intentions and would not take the bait easily.
Seeing that her plan had failed, Jiang Shanshan gritted her teeth secretly, but quickly put on a smile again: "Sister, are you tired? How about I take you back to the bedroom?"
Jiang Meiyu watched Jiang Shanshan's performance with a cold sneer in her heart. She knew that she must have some conspiracy, but she decided to go along with her and see what she was really up to. So she replied calmly, "I am indeed tired. Let's go!"
The two walked side by side, Jiang Meiyu secretly observing Jiang Shanshan's expression and movements, alert to possible dangers. While Jiang Shanshan walked, she thought about how to implement her plan.
Ziyan held Jiang Meiyu's hand tightly, not letting go for a moment, which made it impossible for Jiang Shanshan to find an opportunity to attack. She was extremely anxious, as if there was a fire burning in her heart, like an ant on a hot pot, restless and anxious.
Su Hong, who was standing by, noticed her daughter's abnormality. She took her hand with concern and asked in a low voice, "Shanshan, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"
Jiang Shanshan was stunned by the question and quickly shook her head to deny it: "Ah, no, mother, I'm just worried that my sister will be too tired to walk with such a big belly..." She didn't dare let Su Hong know about her conspiracy with Tang Chaoyan. Although Su Hong had always been dissatisfied with Jiang Meiyu and even secretly harmed her, Su Hong knew that Jiang Meiyu's current status was noble and no longer comparable to the past. She must not hurt her again, otherwise once the matter was exposed, the whole family would probably face a catastrophe.
Finally, they arrived at Jiang Meiyu's bedroom. The maids were busy in an orderly manner. After entering the inner hall, before Jiang Meiyu could speak, Jiang Shanshan said, "Sister, your bedroom is both spacious and beautiful. I envy you so much."
Jiang Shanshan was touching around as she spoke, and she placed something on the flowerpot beside the bed.
Jiang Meiyu sneered in her heart, but remained calm on the surface. She warmly invited Jiang Shanshan to sit down.
The two chatted for a while, and Jiang Meiyu left the inner hall on the pretext of having to deal with something.
As soon as Jiang Meiyu left, Jiang Shanshan couldn't wait to walk to the bed, reached into the flowerpot and took out what was inside.
It turned out that it was a small bottle containing poison.
Jiang Shanshan laughed triumphantly: "Humph, let's see how you die this time!"
At this moment, Xiao Ba's voice rang in Jiang Meiyu's mind: "Yuyu, she wants to harm you. There is poisonous powder in the flowerpot. If you breathe it in, you will be poisoned."
Jiang Meiyu was shocked, but quickly calmed down.
"Thank you, Xiaoba, I understand." Jiang Meiyu secretly felt lucky to have Xiaoba as her helper, while quickly taking out a detoxification pill and swallowing it.
Then, she returned to the inner hall as if nothing had happened and continued chatting with Jiang Shanshan.
When Jiang Shanshan saw Jiang Meiyu coming back, she immediately put away her smile and pretended to be well-behaved.
Jiang Meiyu looked at her hypocritical appearance and felt disgusted, but she still talked to her with a smile and secretly observed her every move.
She walked slowly to the bed, sat down lazily, and then ordered: "I'm tired and need to rest for a while. You all go down!" After that, she closed her eyes and leaned back on the bed.
When Su Hong heard Jiang Meiyu say that she was tired, she quickly said, "Your Majesty, we will go back and come to see you another day." She knew that Jiang Meiyu needed to rest and didn't want to disturb her.
"Well, leave now," Jiang Meiyu replied weakly. She lay down as she spoke, her eyes seemingly unable to open, looking very tired.
Seeing this, Ziyan hurried forward, gently lifted Jiang Meiyu's body, and laid her comfortably on the bed. Then, Ziyan carefully tucked the corners of Jiang Meiyu's quilt to ensure she wouldn't catch a cold. Then, Ziyan lowered the curtains, turned around, and left, gently closing the door. The entire room fell silent, with only the faint sound of Jiang Meiyu's breathing.
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