Peach Blossom.

Tao Ye looked at the full glass of wine in Chen Xi's hand and was stunned: "I... I never drink..."

Chen Xi still smiled amiably: "Wine is like water, how can you not drink it? This is the fruit wine brewed by Prince Wang himself, it is fragrant and sweet, you will know after you take a sip."

"Since... since it is Young Master Wang's gift, how can I be qualified to enjoy it?" Tao Ye smiled awkwardly.

Before she came to the garden, she already knew that today's wine was a gift from Prince Wang, so she thought it was a godsend opportunity to poison and frame someone else. How could she have expected that Chen Xi would suddenly give her the wine?

Chen Xi continued to actively persuade people to drink: "Everyone can enjoy good wine. Miss, please give me a favor and drink this cup!"

As he spoke, Chen Xi had already raised the wine glass to Tao Ye's lips.

Tao Ye was shocked. Did Chen Xi still want to feed her?

She was thinking about a lot of things. Chen Xi had already said this. If she didn't drink it, she would be giving him no face. But once she drank it...

Death, for her, might just mean seeing the Ghost King again, which was not scary.

It's a pity that her current relationship with her husband is so poor that he has already agreed to eat the meal she sent. That was the way she had fought so hard to get back to her original era.

She doesn't want to waste this opportunity!

The wine glass kept getting closer to Tao Ye's lips. Unconsciously, Tao Ye's head kept moving backwards. Suddenly, she fell backwards to the ground, sprawled out.

Wang Jing, who had been drinking for a long time, suddenly said, "The girl doesn't want to drink, why should the Grand Marshal force her?"

Wang Jing just spoke without looking over here.

Chen Xi had no choice but to put away the wine glass and sighed.

Tao Ye didn't care about the pain from the fall, and hurriedly stood up and saluted to Chen Xi: "My lord, please forgive me!"

"No problem!" Chen Xi looked at Tao Ye with a kind look, "There used to be a singing girl in my house who was not only good at singing, but also good at drinking!"

After saying this, Chen Xi winked at his attendant.

But after a moment, the servant brought a woman to Tao Ye.

Tao Ye was surprised to see that the person Chen Xi asked the servant to bring was actually Xiaowan, who had lived with him in the princess's mansion for many days!

Xiao Wan's eyes were as surprised as Tao Ye's: "Sister Tao Ye, you... you are still alive?"

Chen Xi still had a smile on his face and raised the wine glass in front of Xiao Wan: "Your sister Tao Ye is not good at drinking, how about you drink for her?"

Xiaowan looked confused. She took the wine glass tremblingly and raised it slowly.

Xiaowan is just an ordinary person of this era. If she drinks the poisoned wine, she will surely die. How can Taoye just sit back and watch?

Without thinking too much, Tao Ye reached out and knocked the wine glass out of Xiaowan's hand.

The wine glass fell to the ground, and the spilled wine foamed on the ground.

Wang Jing saw the white foam on the ground and finally glanced at the peach leaves.

Chen Xi shook his head with a half-smile, and also looked at Tao Ye: "Tell me, who ordered you to do this?"

Tao Ye knew that the matter had been exposed and that she could not escape, so she might as well not implicate others, and therefore took all the blame: "No one instructed me to do this."

Chen Xi raised his head and glanced at the attendants nearby.

Several servants immediately grabbed Xiaowan's arms, drew their swords and placed them at her neck. Xiaowan screamed in fear.

Tao Ye pleaded: "Great Sima, this matter has nothing to do with her!"

"I know it has nothing to do with her, but if you can't tell the truth, then this matter is related to her." Chen Xi said slowly, still smiling calmly.

Tao Ye thought to herself: The prince consort is Chen Xi's younger brother after all, he would not kill him. But Xiaowan is just a servant, and servants' lives are worthless in the eyes of the nobles, so she should protect Xiaowan first!

As a last resort, Tao Ye revealed the truth: "It's the Prince Consort, your biological brother."

Chen Xi asked again: "Why didn't you do it a few days ago, but chose today?"

"Because the prince is visiting today, and the wine you drank was brewed by him. I can get away with it by putting the blame on him."

Chen Xi smiled and nodded: "If I die of poisoning, he can inherit the title; if Prince Wang is wrongly killed, he can be a stable prince consort. Is this his plan?"

"Yes..." When Tao Ye gave this answer, she already understood in her heart that even Chen Xi knew about the princess and the prince...

And Wang Jing, who was sitting next to him, looked as if it had nothing to do with him!

Tao Ye watched silently with contempt. As expected, birds of a feather flock together. A male mistress and a patricidal maniac conspired to set a trap and threatened a weak woman's life to reveal her entire plan ordered by her husband.

"Okay, I understand." Chen Xi still smiled and waved to the servant.

The servants let Xiaowan go.

Tao Ye looked at Chen Xi and thought, "So what if you understand? The prince consort is still the prince consort after all. Even if you know, can you still punish him?"

Chen Xi ordered again: "Remove the screen!"

Tao Ye then noticed that there were four screens not far from the wine table.

The attendants removed the screen, and Tao Ye saw that there were two chairs behind the screen, with a man and a woman sitting on them. The woman was Princess Si Yao.

Behind the chair stood some male and female attendants.

Chen Xi stood up and kowtowed to the ground: "Your humble servant greets the emperor and the princess."

Everyone in the garden knelt on the ground.

Tao Ye was shocked. Didn't "official" refer to the emperor of the time? She actually met the emperor of this era!

The emperor looked very young, no more than thirty years old. Tao Ye later learned that his name was Si Yu.

Tao Ye also hurriedly knelt down with everyone else. Since she knelt last, she inevitably attracted attention. Emperor Si Yu glanced at Tao Ye.

Si Yao pouted, looking righteous, and confided to the emperor sitting next to her: "Brother, look at the kind of consort my father picked for me? He can even do such a thing as murdering his own brother!"

Si Yu did not respond to Si Yao, but ordered his attendants: "Send Chen Ji to see him."

Tao Ye felt a crisis, a crisis for Chen Ji. She was afraid that the princess was the mastermind behind today's drama, and her purpose was to make Chen Ji lose his status as a royal consort!

As expected, as soon as Chen Ji was brought in, before he finished paying homage, the emperor questioned him: "Chen Ji, your maid confessed that she was ordered by you to come here, intending to murder Chen Xi and frame Wang Jing. Do you want me to confront you face to face?"

Chen Ji looked back at Tao Ye, his eyes full of disappointment and helplessness.

Si Yao walked up to Chen Ji, her expression was so proud: "Husband, I have worked hard for the sake of an heir, and I thought you were too picky, but I didn't expect you... Alas..."

Chen Ji smiled faintly: "Princess, please continue pretending!"

Si Yao put one hand on Chen Ji's shoulder and said in a coquettish tone: "I don't want to be cruel, but my husband actually did such a thing to kill his brother. It is unforgivable! I really can't protect him!"

Chen Ji looked back at Tao Ye and sighed, "I never thought that I would stay at home all day to avoid disaster, and the only person I decided to trust... turned out to be your spy..."

After saying this, Chen Ji laughed out loud towards the sky.

When Tao Ye heard these words, she felt that she had no way to defend herself. Just as she was trying to figure out what was going on, she heard the emperor's decree: "The consort Chen Ji will be stripped of his official title and exiled to Changsha. He will be divorced from the princess and will never be allowed to serve in the government again."

Chen Xi suddenly knelt on the ground and begged the emperor: "Your Majesty, please calm down. I know that my brother is immoral and unworthy of the princess. But my father died young, and my brother's faults are all due to my failure to discipline him. I ask for a three-year punishment, but I ask that the emperor allow him to stay in Jiankang and live in my house. I will take good care of him and he will not cause trouble again!"

Emperor Si Yu couldn't help but sigh: "He wants to kill you, and you still dare to keep him around?"

Chen Xi looked compassionate and said, "My late father only had me and my brother. I am doing this to show my filial piety to my late father. I beg the emperor to allow this!"

Tao Ye cursed silently in her heart: What a hypocritical smiling tiger!

"Since you insist so much, I have no choice but to agree. There is no need for punishment..." After Si Yu agreed to Chen Xi's request, he ordered him to return to the palace.

When passing by Chen Ji, Si Yu left another sentence: "With such a brother, you should take care of yourself!"

Chen Ji couldn't help but laugh again.

Not long after, Chen Ji returned to the princess's mansion and packed his luggage.

Tao Ye and Xiao Wan followed him to the courtyard where Chen Ji lived, only to see Mada still guarding outside the door.

Without asking for permission, Tao Ye ran directly into Chen Ji's room, and Ma Da did not stop her.

Tao Ye said as soon as she entered the room: "I am not the princess's spy, you can't misunderstand me like that!"

Xiaowan hesitated for a moment, stood at the door and did not go in.

Chen Ji acted as if he didn't see them and just packed his things.

Tao Ye turned to Chen Ji and forced an explanation: "I have always followed our agreement. I don't know which link leaked the inside story!"

Chen Ji sneered: "Didn't you leak the inside story?"

Tao Ye shook her head anxiously, "No! Your brother knew everything a long time ago! He created whatever opportunities I needed! Can't you see? He and the princess and the prince had all colluded in advance!"

Chen Ji pushed Tao Ye away and continued to pack his luggage.

Tao Ye followed Chen Ji like a tail, talking nonstop: "I think the princess's spies have been here since we went to Jingshui Tower. They have been listening to everything we said, on Ghost Mountain and on the boat! They don't even need to force me to confess the inside story. They are just trying to get the truth out of me for the emperor to hear!"

Chen Ji was silent for a moment, then sneered again: "I would like to ask, when on a boat, where do the spies hide? Under the boat? Who can hide under the boat for an hour?"

Tao Ye was unable to answer, feeling extremely aggrieved in her heart: "So... you think that the only person who leaked the secret is me? I have been working for the princess from the beginning to the end?"

"If not, I would be convicted today, but you are fine? Shouldn't you be considered an accomplice?" Chen Ji's smile was full of disdain.

Tao Ye was finally speechless, and she didn't know why she was not punished.

Although it was meaningless for her to make Chen Ji believe her, she hated being wronged. She hated being classified into the camp of the cheating princess and the male mistress prince!

Chen Ji threw the packed bag to Ma Da and stepped out of the door.

Standing at the door, Xiaowan murmured, "Prince Consort... Sister Taoye betrayed you because of me... It's all my fault..."

Chen Ji ignored Xiaowan and did not stop. Before Xiaowan finished speaking, he had already walked out.

Tao Ye's heart was burning with fire. She turned around and chased out of the room, blocking Chen Ji and saying, "Prince Consort, you can't misunderstand me like this!"

Chen Ji ignored it, walked around Tao Ye and continued on his way.

Tao Ye's tears flowed down, and she yelled, "Do you know that I used to be a muddle-headed person? I have never worked so hard for you as I did this time! Why don't you believe me?"

Chen Ji continued walking, with Ma Da following him.

Tao Ye chased after him again, shouting, "Chen Ji!"

Chen Ji finally stopped.

Tao Ye grabbed Chen Ji's arm and asked, "What do I need to do to make you trust me?"

"Unless you die." Chen Ji's eyes were extremely cold, just as ruthless as when she first met him.

Tao Ye was so excited that she pulled out the sword from Mada's waist and slashed it towards his neck.

Chen Ji rushed to grab the sword, but the tip of the sword had already cut a small wound on the left side of Tao Ye's neck, and green blood flowed out.

Chen Ji and Mada were both stunned.

Xiao Wan also chased after him at this moment and couldn't help but screamed: "Sister Taoye, your blood..."