Traveling through the Poisonous Concubine

"I went out in a hurry today and did not bring so much silver with me. But it doesn't matter. I will send someone to deliver it to the Cining Palace and hand it over to you later. Don't worry, you will not be short of a single cent." Concubine Shu gritted her teeth and squeezed out these words from between her teeth. She looked as if she wanted to eat the person in front of her alive.

"That's great. Thank you for troubling your Highness. Oh, by the way, the snacks that your Highness has carefully prepared are really delicious. Yuelan, quickly wrap these snacks up carefully and bring them back to the palace later so that your mother can taste them." The person who spoke had a smile on his face and seemed nonchalant, but his words revealed an unquestionable majesty.

Hearing this, Concubine Shu's face turned pale as paper in an instant. She hurriedly stretched out her hands to tightly protect the few remaining snacks, and stammered to explain: "Regent Prince, calm down. These... these snacks have been left for a long time and have become a little cold. The Empress Dowager has always had a bad stomach, and I'm afraid she can't tolerate such cold food. Why don't you let me have someone make some warm ones and send them over later?"

However, the person opposite snorted coldly, stared at Concubine Shu with a sharp gaze, and said sternly: "Hmph! If you don't want others to know, then don't do it yourself. Concubine Shu, those little tricks and tricks of yours are so childish in my eyes. You even dare to show them off in front of me. If it weren't for your pregnancy, I would have exposed your sinister and vicious behavior in front of His Majesty and the Queen Mother today. Just look at your arrogant attitude when asking for help, and this seemingly exquisite but actually mysterious snack, do you really think that my reputation as a 'miracle doctor' is just a false reputation?"

At this time, Concubine Shu was already frightened to the point of losing her color and trembling all over. She fell to her knees with a plop, kowtowed and begged for mercy, "Princess Regent, please spare me. This is all a misunderstanding. I will never do it again. I hope that Princess will spare me this time for the sake of the Emperor."

"It's not impossible. Add another 100,000 silver coins and the matter will be settled." Yun Yuxi turned and left, but her voice clearly floated into Concubine Shu's ears.

When the palace maid saw Yun Yuxi leaving, she hurriedly helped Concubine Shu up from the ground. Unexpectedly, Concubine Shu slapped her in the face.

The palace maid covered her swollen face, feeling so aggrieved that she didn't even dare to cry. Who made her see Concubine Shu in such an embarrassing state?

"Yun Yuxi, you bitch, you humiliated me like this today, sooner or later I will pay you back a thousand times, I will let you be proud for a few days, and after I give birth smoothly, I will deal with you, the bitch"

"Your Majesty, this is bad! We have to leave quickly, it seems like someone is coming this way!" The palace maid lowered her voice with a nervous look and reminded carefully.

Upon hearing this, Concubine Shu frowned, quickly glanced around, and then whispered, "What are you panicking about! Clean up this place first, especially those snacks, no traces can be left! It's really strange, that bitch ate so many snacks, but she acted like nothing happened, did she find out something strange?"

At this moment, Yue Lan looked at her master, the Princess, with a worried look on her face, and couldn't help but say, "Princess, you clearly knew that the dessert was problematic, so how dare you eat it so boldly? If the prince knew about this, he would be so distressed!"

Yun Yuxi smiled slightly, patted Yuelan's hand gently, and comforted her: "Don't worry, this little thing is nothing. If I don't eat these snacks, how can I get the generous silver? Besides, I have taken the antidote in advance, and I will be fine. I am a doctor, and I know these poisons very well, don't worry."

Yue Lan was relieved after hearing this, but she was still afraid when she thought of the incident that almost put the princess in danger. She said worriedly, "This Concubine Shu is too cruel. When we enter the palace again in the future, we must be more careful and never take risks like this again."

"I get it. She wants to kill me and harm me, but we'll have to see if she has the ability to do so. Hehe, now that we have 200,000 taels of silver in hand, it seems like we should come to the palace a few more times. Maybe we can get something good every time," Yun Yuxi said with a smile.

Yue Lan was so depressed that she looked at Yun Yuxi speechlessly.

"Princess, you're back. The Queen Mother has ordered the kitchen to make chicken soup for you. It has been simmering on a low fire for several hours, just waiting for you to come back and drink it," said Aunt Xiuhe enthusiastically.

"Thank you, aunt. I will go to see mother now. I hope you can send this carefully prepared chicken soup to mother. I would like to taste it with her!" Yun Yuxi said with a smile on her face and in a very polite tone.

"Your Highness Princess is so filial, it is a blessing for the Queen Mother. I will go and help her now. The Queen Mother is in the bedroom now, you can go ahead. However, you are pregnant, so you must be careful when walking." Aunt Xiuhe bowed slightly, her eyes full of concern. She naturally saw that Yun Yuxi was pregnant, so she was more caring in her words.

Yun Yuxi walked towards the Queen Mother's bedroom with lotus steps. Soon, she arrived at the door. She pushed the door open and shouted happily, "Mother, I'm back! Yuelan, go get some water. I want to wash my hands with mother, and then enjoy this delicious chicken soup together. This is the loving chicken soup that mother specially prepared for me. I feel so happy just thinking about it. Even the prince doesn't have this blessing!"

Upon hearing the voice, the Queen Mother quickly stood up to greet him, with a loving smile on her face. She reached out and held Yun Yuxi's hand and said, "My dear child, come here and let me see him. He just came to the palace not long ago and went to the Emperor's place. I guess you missed him on the way. But it doesn't matter. I have to prepare well for dinner tonight. Maybe the Emperor will come over later, so let's drink some chicken soup to fill our stomachs first."

Yun Yuxi nodded obediently, sat down next to the empress dowager, and then told her everything about how she had just met Concubine Shu in the imperial garden.

The Queen Mother's face darkened and she said, "She is a restless woman. If she wasn't pregnant, I would not have forgiven her for what happened today."

Aunt Xiuhe brought chicken soup. Yun Yuxi drank the delicious chicken soup and felt warm in her heart. She never thought that the champion of the previous palace fight would be such a good mother-in-law.

It was gradually getting dark. Yan Wuque had not returned, and Emperor Suwen had not come either. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law couldn't help feeling a little lonely as they ate their dinner.

"Oh no. Oh no, there is an assassin, the second prince has been assassinated again." The hurried voice of the eunuch outside broke the harmonious and intimate conversation between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.