"Let me take care of it."
Since it was the Emperor's order, the Empress could not insist, so she handed the ginseng soup in her hand to Cang Xixue.
After the emperor woke up, the crown prince knelt down in front of the emperor's bed.
"Your subject greets Your Majesty."
The Emperor nodded, not even glancing at Feng Xilan, and said directly.
"Get up."
The crown prince stood up from the ground and stood guard to the side.
After receiving the ginseng soup, Cang Xixue took out a silver hairpin from her hair and inserted it into the soup.
The Empress looked puzzled when she saw it.
"If you're going to serve the Emperor ginseng soup, why did you take out the hairpin? What's the reason for that?"
Cang Xixue's gaze did not leave the ginseng soup in front of her, but she did not forget to answer Shen Biyun's question.
"His Majesty's meal must be handled with utmost care and precision."
The Empress was surprised that Cang Xixue would be so cautious.
A moment later, under everyone's watchful eyes, the part of the silver hairpin that had been submerged in the ginseng soup turned black.
Cang Xixue frowned, took out the silver hairpin, and presented it to the Emperor.
"Your Majesty, look!"
When the emperor saw the silver hairpin change color, he suddenly sat up from his dragon bed, looking completely incredulous.
"What! What on earth is going on? Who is trying to assassinate me?!"
The atmosphere in the room immediately became tense; everyone held their breath and dared not breathe loudly.
The Empress was also very surprised. Why would a perfectly good bowl of ginseng soup be poisoned?
Empress Shen Biyun also looked panicked, and Feng Xilan beside her felt that there was danger all around.
Just then, Shen Biyun suddenly pointed at two people.
"Guards! Arrest those two!"
The palace maid who had just delivered the ginseng soup and Chen Quan both knelt before the Emperor.
"Your Majesty, it's not me! I've been wronged; this matter has nothing to do with me!"
As soon as Chen Quan finished speaking, the little palace maid next to him trembled like a leaf and stammered for mercy.
"Your Majesty, spare me! Your Majesty, spare me! This servant truly knew nothing about it!"
The empress's face was gloomy, and her hands began to tremble slightly beneath her wide sleeves.
Even so, the Empress still tried her best to calm herself down and did not show it on her face.
"How dare you! If it wasn't you, was it me?"
Upon hearing this, all eyes turned to the Empress's face.
Although no one said anything, the expressions on their faces clearly told a story.
That means the Empress's actions were simply a case of trying to cover something up.
In the backyard of this imperial palace, there are countless instances of thieves crying 'I'm the thief!'
However, no one expected that the one who would accuse the villain first would be the current Empress.
The person the Empress wants to deal with is actually the current Emperor!
Feng Guche stared at the Empress with a gloomy expression, his cold gaze sending chills down her spine.
The Empress swallowed hard, a hint of despair flashing in her eyes, and her voice became weak and feeble.
"Your Majesty, could it be... that Your Majesty also suspects me?"
Seeing Feng Guche's gaze, Feng Xilan felt a sense of foreboding.
In a moment of urgency, Feng Xilan instinctively stepped forward and shielded the Empress behind him.
Cang Xixue lowered her head, a barely perceptible sneer flashing in her eyes, before she looked away.
At this moment, Feng Guche was no longer calm.
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