I kicked out my vicious husband and married his great-uncle

Accidents happen suddenly.

Fortunately, Cui Shuyan reacted quickly. She immediately pulled out the hairpin on her head and stabbed an acupuncture point on Princess Yun's arm that would aggravate the pain.

Princess Yun felt pain and loosened her hand. She turned to look at Cui Shuyan, her face full of resentment.

He stretched out his hand and grabbed Cui Shuyan.

At this time, Shi Liu arrived and tied Princess Yun's arms behind her back.

After finally subduing Princess Yun, the Queen covered her chest with her hands, still in shock: "What happened to Princess Yun?"

Princess Heshuo stood up and came before Princess Yun.

She glanced at Cui Shuyan cautiously and asked, "Shuyan, are you okay?"

Cui Shuyan shook her head and handed the powder she had just collected to Princess Heshuo: "When the dancer was dancing just now, some powder fell. Find an imperial physician who is good at this to see what it is."

Princess Heshuo nodded immediately and handed the things to the palace maid.

But at this moment, Princess Yun rolled her eyes and fainted.

Princess Heshuo walked up to the queen and whispered what Cui Shuyan had just told her.

After hearing this, the Queen immediately had Princess Yun taken to the side hall next door.

As for those who are dancing, they will also be temporarily controlled and will be questioned later.

"Empress, are you okay?" It was Concubine Xian who spoke.

The Queen looked calm and responded, "Thank you for your concern, Noble Concubine. I am fine."

"That's good." As she spoke, Concubine Xian's eyes silently swept across the red pinch marks on the Queen's neck.

It’s a pity that he failed to strangle the queen to death.

After this unexpected incident, everyone attending the banquet was a little confused.

The Queen, Cui Shuyan, Princess Heshuo, and Princess Yun all went to the side hall.

The imperial physician has arrived and is taking Princess Yun's pulse.

At this moment, Princess Yun woke up.

Seeing so many people gathered around, she was very surprised: "What, what happened?"

The queen reached out her hand to support her and said, "It's all right. Lie down first and let the imperial physician check your pulse."

The Queen's words were spoken softly, giving Princess Yun great comfort.

Soon, the imperial physician removed his hand from Princess Yun's wrist and said, "From the pulse alone, I can't tell anything."

This judgment is the same as that of Cui Shuyan and Princess Heshuo.

Judging from her pulse, Princess Yun is completely normal.

But, she just did something extremely abnormal, as if she had gone crazy.

There is nothing wrong with the pulse, but there is something wrong with the medicine powder.

Of course, it’s not just the powder that’s problematic.

The imperial physician bowed and said boldly, "Empress, may I borrow your sachet?"

"Of course." As she said that, the queen took off the sachet from her waist and handed it over.

Afterwards, the imperial physician walked a little further away, took out the powder that Princess Heshuo had given him to examine, and asked a little palace maid guarding the door to smell it.

At first, the little palace maid looked normal, but after a moment, she went crazy, pounced on the imperial physician and grabbed his neck.

Fortunately, there were two medicine boys standing nearby and pulled the palace maid away.

This scene was undoubtedly a reappearance of the previous scene.

The queen's face suddenly darkened: "What's going on?"

The imperial physician coughed a few times, handed the powder to the medicine boy, and trotted to the queen and reported: "Queen, this powder is called Mizhi, and it is made from the juice of the mandrake flower. Anyone who smells even a little bit of it will lose their mind. And in the sachet worn by the queen, there is a kind of petal called wolftail daylily, which emits a faint special fragrance. This fragrance is not smelled by ordinary people, but for those who are poisoned by the Mizhi powder, it is a fatal attraction."

At first glance, this plot was aimed at the Queen.

However, Cui Shuyan understood in her heart.

This was also directed at her.

If she had not been vigilant enough, the person who would have been poisoned by the mind-boggling powder would have been her, Cui Shuyan.

There is affection between the Queen and Princess Yun, but there is no affection between them.

If she had strangled the Queen at the banquet today, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Therefore, this strategy killed two birds with one stone, targeting both her and the queen at the same time.

Apart from Concubine Xian, Cui Shuyan couldn't think of anyone else.

However, with Concubine Xian's intelligence, no matter how much they investigated the matter, they would not be able to trace it back to her.

Sure enough, not long after, the queen's female official came back to report: "Your Majesty, all the dancers have been interrogated, and they all claimed that they didn't know why the powder fell off their clothes. We don't know if there is a problem with the clothing department. I will continue to investigate."

The queen nodded and said, "Go and check it out. Make sure to get to the bottom of it."

To put it bluntly, she was in charge of the New Year's Eve palace banquet.

Whatever happened at the banquet was related to her.

Especially, since something happened against her at the banquet she was in charge of, it is even more impossible not to investigate.

At this time, Princess Yun finally understood something.

She was terrified and knelt down in front of the queen: "Sister-in-law, I, I..."

She had a lot to say, but she couldn't. She was filled with fear, which made her feel like she was on edge.

Although she was a princess and held a high position, if she offended the queen, it would be like a subject offending the king, a crime of great disrespect.

If the Queen pursues the matter, she will not be able to escape.

The Queen reached out and patted her shoulder. "You were poisoned by the powder, it was not your intention. How can I blame you? However, if you want to thank someone, thank the princess. If she hadn't intervened in time, it's hard to say what would have happened to you and me now."

After saying that, the Queen looked at Cui Shuyan and asked, "Princess Xie, why did you follow behind Princess Yun? Did you discover anything at that time?"

"To answer the Queen, I am a doctor. I saw powder falling from the dancer's body when she was dancing, so I became cautious. Also, I sat close to Princess Yun, and I didn't hear her getting up to serve you tea at first, so I felt it was inappropriate to see her suddenly getting up. Just in case, I followed her."

"Fortunately, you are alert, otherwise who knows what kind of mistake would have happened today." The queen sighed.

If Cui Shuyan had not acted in time, neither she nor Princess Yun would have been able to escape unscathed today.

At that time, Princess Yun pinched her with great force, making her feel suffocated instantly.

If anything happened to her as the queen, Princess Yun would not suffer any good consequences.

In an instant, Princess Yun also realized the seriousness of the matter, and immediately bowed to Cui Shuyan, full of gratitude: "Thank you, Princess. Today's matter is all thanks to you."

"Princess Yun, you are too polite."

In fact, Princess Yun’s Chinese medicine was mostly an unprovoked disaster.

Because what happened today was aimed at her, it affected Princess Yun as well.

But these are purely speculations without evidence and cannot be said at this time.

At this time, the palace banquet was about to end.

Cui Shuyan and Princess Yun stood up and said goodbye.

On the way out, Princess Yun said many words of gratitude to Cui Shuyan.

It was not until she saw Xie Xingyuan and others waiting ahead that Princess Yun said goodbye and left. She still held Cui Shuyan's hand and kept saying that she would visit her another day to thank her again.

After meeting up with Xie Xingyuan, the two of them walked towards the palace gate together.

But when passing a small garden, I heard the sound of beating and faint crying coming from inside...