Regent, your poisonous concubine is going to defy the heavens

After Su Shengsheng arrived at the Regent's Palace, she went straight to the pharmacy in her own yard.

She thought a lot along the way. It was true that there was an epidemic in the south, but someone took advantage of the epidemic to poison the refugees, and that poison could not be detected by taking their pulses.

So she kept thinking about the epidemic and never imagined that someone had poisoned her.

After getting confirmation, Su Shengsheng immediately went to find Mo Chenyuan, but when she ran to Wanxiangtang, she did not see Mo Chenyuan.

Then he asked the butler, "Has the prince returned today?"

The housekeeper immediately shook his head and said, "The prince has not returned since last night."

Su Shengsheng really didn’t know where to find Mo Chenyuan, and wondered if he had gone to the palace again?

Then he said to the housekeeper, "Send someone to the palace to find the prince and tell him that I have something urgent to discuss with him."

"Yes." The housekeeper immediately hurried to arrange for people to go to the palace.

The Third Prince's Mansion.

Su Qingqing was lying on the chaise longue and drinking tea leisurely, while her maid Huaying was reporting on the situation of tracking Su Qingqing in the past few days.

"The princess has been staying with the refugees outside the city these days, and the people we planted in the Second Prince's mansion have been exposed. Miss, the master is still in prison, I'm afraid we can't touch the Regent Princess for the time being."

Su Qingqing put down the teacup in her hand. Ever since she entered the Third Prince's mansion, the Third Prince has been staying with her every day. Now the Third Prince dotes on her in every way. As long as she asks the Third Prince for help, he will definitely release her father.

But she did not intend to do so, thinking back to the day when she knelt in the palace, soaked all over by the rain, but she had never seen her good father, nor had she ever heard of her father going to beg the emperor.

It was then that she realized that her father treated her and Su Shengsheng the same, except that she was more useful.

Her father only cared about her. Her mother was harmed by Su Shengsheng, but he never sought justice for her. She always wanted to be the third emperor's wife, but her father changed her position to a concubine with just a few words.

"Humph." Su Shengsheng sneered, "It's better not to save that kind of father. Isn't he the prime minister? How could the emperor really kill him? Let him stay in jail for a while. When he has nowhere else to go, I will save him. This way, he will know that besides his mother, it is his daughter who cares about him the most in this world."

Huaying bowed slightly, "What about the Regent Princess..."

Su Qingqing got up from the couch, her soft hair hanging down. The room was warm. Su Qingqing was only wearing a gauze skirt, revealing her beautiful figure. Her shoulders were accidentally exposed, but Su Qingqing was unaware of it. She asked lazily, "Has Gu Zhixiao also been outside the city these days?"

"Yes." Huaying nodded.

"That's easy." Su Qingqing immediately came up with an idea, "It would be a shame if Gu Zhixiao didn't use the head he delivered to us."

"What the girl means is..."

"Gu Zhixiao likes to get in front of Su Shengsheng so much, so let's use her to make Su Shengsheng let down her guard."

"The girl wants to use poison?"

Su Qingqing shook her head, her pink lips curled up slightly, "No, she is too smart. I want Gu Zhixiao to kill Su Shengsheng directly."

Huaying frowned, "Why would the Third Princess help us kill the Regent Princess?"

Su Qingqing stood up and slowly walked towards Huaying. "I know you are good at making poisons, so you will definitely find a way." Then she thought for a moment and said, "It would be best if there is no trace of your poison in Gu Zhixiao's body."

"But the slave's poison won't last long."

"Just a moment."

Huaying looked at the vicious expression on Su Qingqing's face. It turned out that women have the most vicious hearts. Then she nodded and said, "Yes."

Mo Chenyuan returned to the mansion not long after the housekeeper left. Su Shengsheng was too anxious to ask where he had been, and quickly asked, "Your Majesty, those refugees are not suffering from a simple epidemic, but are they poisoned?"

Mo Chenyuan nodded, "I just found out about this, too."

Su Shengsheng was not surprised. She knew what Mo Chenyuan was doing, so she asked, "What's the situation in the south now?"

"The general has already gone there with the imperial edict. This morning, I also asked Ling Su to go to the south with the antidote."

"As for who poisoned them, I have already asked the refugees. The first person to be poisoned was a child. He was poisoned on the way to the capital. It is said that someone gave the child a piece of cake."

"After the child ate, he started to vomit and have diarrhea. Those people thought it was because the child ate too quickly, which was why he became like that. But they didn't expect that later on, more and more people started to feel sick."

"Where is the child now?" Su Shengsheng asked anxiously.

"Because the disease broke out suddenly, there was no time for treatment."

Su Shengsheng frowned slightly. The person who gave the biscuits to the child was the one who poisoned the child. "Has anyone seen the person who gave the biscuits to the child?"

Mo Chenyuan shook his head. "No one has seen it. I only heard the children describe it. It was dressed in white and had a copper mask on its face."

"Then what should we do? If that person still stays in the capital, he might cause trouble."

Mo Chenyuan smoothed Su Shengsheng's eyebrows and said, "I have already sent people to step up patrols. If there is any abnormality, he will not be able to escape."

When Su Shengsheng heard that Mo Chenyuan had already made arrangements, she relaxed.

Thinking that Mo Chenyuan came back just as the housekeeper left, he asked, "Where did the prince go?"

"Uh..." In fact, Mo Chenyuan had just returned from Zuihonglou, and the news he received was told to him by Liu Chenyan.

Zuihonglou was one of the secret places he built. On the surface, it was managed by the madam, but in reality, it was Liu Chenyan who was in charge of Zuihonglou.

Su Shengsheng looked at Mo Chenyuan's hesitant look and asked, "Did the prince go to some shameful place?"

Mo Chenyuan sneered, but he didn't want to lie to Su Shengsheng, so he said, "I just went to see Liu Chenyan."

Su Shengsheng's eyes widened. "Okay, I'm busy all over, but the prince still has time to go to Zuihonglou to see the courtesan?"

Mo Chenyuan hurriedly explained the matter, and Su Shengsheng finally couldn't hold back her laughter and burst into laughter, "I was just pretending to be angry, but I didn't expect the prince to take it seriously."

Mo Chenyuan approached Su Shengsheng, lowered his head slightly and asked, "Did the princess already know that Zui Hong Lou belongs to me?"

Su Shengsheng covered her mouth and said, "Wasn't there a banquet for the courtesans that day? The prince was on the third floor. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that he was no ordinary person. Plus, Miss Liu was performing a sword dance, so it was obvious that she was skilled."

Mo Chenyuan looked at Su Shengsheng, "I forgot to ask, what were you doing disguised as a dancer that day?"

Su Shengsheng suppressed a laugh and said, "Your Majesty, do you really want to know?"

Mo Chenyuan raised his eyebrows, "This king is very curious."

"Then what I said?"

Mo Chenyuan nodded slightly.

Su Shengsheng stood on tiptoe and put her ear close to Mo Chenyuan's ear, "I want to see why the regent, who is rumored to have a hidden illness, wants to keep Miss Liu for three days."

Mo Chenyuan held Su Shengsheng's waist with one hand, and Su Shengsheng was forced to be level with Mo Chenyuan. He looked at Su Shengsheng with deep eyes, "My king was just a trick. Besides, didn't the princess already try to see if I have any hidden illness?"

"Miss Liu, do you know that the prince has no hidden illness?"

"She is just my subordinate. Why should I explain to her?"

When Su Shengsheng heard Mo Chenyuan say this, the awkwardness in her heart eased a lot. The look on her face when she looked at Liu Chenyan that day clearly showed that she had different feelings for Mo Chenyuan.