There was constant laughter in the house.

Lu Jingning looked at the old lady who was grinning from ear to ear, then turned his head to look at Shangguan, and saw that his mother's face was also full of smiles.

I just don’t know if my mother can still laugh if she knows someone is plotting against her.

Perhaps noticing Lu Jingning's strangeness, Shangguan turned her head, wiped the corners of her lips with a handkerchief, and asked softly, "What's wrong?"

Lu Jingning lowered his voice and said, "There are some things my daughter doesn't know if they are true or not. You will know after a while."

Shangguan paused for a moment. She took a deep breath, held Lu Jingning's hand tightly, and said in a deep voice, "Aning, do whatever you want. You will always be your mother's only choice, even if it means falling out with everyone!"

After a calculation, Shangguan has completely come to his senses.

If anyone dares to touch Aning, she will turn against them.

Even if the other person is a close relative!

With Shangguan's words as support, Lu Jingning felt a warmth flowing through his heart.

"Why is it so hot?"

I don't know who muttered this.

Then someone else echoed: "I feel hot too, my whole body is hot."

"Maybe it's hot tonight..."

The person who was speaking glanced at the swaying branches outside, stopped talking in time, and looked around.

Even the old lady felt very hot and asked the maid to bring a fan.

Even so, a wave of heat still hit them, and the younger generation didn't know what was going on, so they kept drinking tea and fanning their cheeks with their hands.

People who have been married will feel something is wrong instantly.

"Mom, what's wrong with me?" A little girl of seven or eight years old looked up and asked her mother, her little face flushed, and she didn't forget to pull her collar.

The woman quickly held the little girl's hand and said to the old lady, "My sister may be feeling unwell. Old lady, I will take her downstairs right away."

The old lady waved.

Murong's eyelids jumped and she quickly looked at Concubine Wan. Concubine Wan also had an innocent look on her face. She had also drunk tea and her whole body was very hot. She bit her lips tightly to prevent herself from moaning.

It's an aphrodisiac!

But how could the aphrodisiac be in everyone’s tea? Shouldn’t it be in Lu Jingning’s tea alone?

Concubine Wan sensed something was wrong and looked at Lu Jingning.

Suddenly, I met a pair of dark and sharp eyes.

At this moment, Concubine Wan suddenly realized that Lu Jingning must have tampered with the tea!

"Go and get the imperial physician!" Shangguan ordered loudly.

"We can't call the imperial physician!" Murong hurriedly spoke up to stop them. She explained, "It's not worth bothering the imperial physician this late. Maybe the room is just too stuffy."

Shangguan suppressed her anger and did not refute Murong, just waiting for a while.

Finally, the old lady couldn't bear it anymore and said, "Go get a doctor."

"Mother." Murong was anxious.

"Why did my aunt stop my grandmother from calling a doctor? The symptoms of so many people are obviously not caused by the room being too stuffy. Look at these maids, they are all fine. In my opinion, it seems like they have eaten something wrong. We should call a doctor as soon as possible." Lu Jingning reminded.

The old lady felt really uncomfortable and immediately asked her maid to call a doctor.

Murong was extremely anxious and racked her brains to find a way to end the situation as quickly as possible.

The doctor came soon.

After diagnosing the old lady, I determined that it was because of drinking the Hehuan Powder.

"What?" The old lady couldn't believe her ears.

"This Hehuan Powder comes from a foreign land. I had the honor of seeing it once. It is colorless and odorless, and is worth a fortune. If you get a little bit of it on you, you will..." The doctor was hesitant to speak, his ears flushed red.

The old lady naturally understood what the doctor said and trembled with anger.

"Who is so bold as to drug people in front of us? Come here!" Shangguan stood up and called the guards: "From now on, no one can leave the main hall. We must find this vile thing."

"Yes!"

Rows of guards guarded the gate.

Murong's heart sank.

Concubine Wan's face was pale, and she clenched her fingertips tightly and dared not speak.

"Mother, I feel uncomfortable." Lu Jingning murmured softly, her cheeks flushed, and she bit her lips tightly and pulled Shangguan's arm.

Shangguan held the person in her arms with a distressed look and said to the doctor, "Quick, let the princess have a look."

The doctor looked helpless and said, "Crown Princess, this Hehuan Powder is too strong. I really don't have the ability to use it. Maybe Liulizhai has an antidote."

"Liulizhai?" Shangguan didn't care about anything else and quickly sent someone to find the antidote. Murong wanted to stop her, but was scolded by Shangguan: "A Ning is worth a lot of money, but someone plotted against her. Do you want her to just hold on?"

Seeing that Shangguan was rarely angry, Murong was unable to utter a word of objection and could only watch the guards go to Liulizhai.

Except for Shangguan who escaped the disaster because she could not drink tea while taking medicine, only Murong was unharmed, while all the other masters were hit.

The old lady was sweating all over, her eyes were blurry, and she bit her lips tightly to prevent herself from making any sound.

The younger ones were already crying and shouting how uncomfortable they felt. Even Murong’s two sons were affected.

Murong felt extremely distressed. She tried to coax them for a long time but it was of no use. They just kept complaining about how uncomfortable they felt.

The room was in chaos.

While waiting, the doctor had already found out that the Hehuan Powder was put into the tea.

Murong's eyelids twitched violently. She had someone prepare this tea, and this tea was even prepared by Shangguan Yunzheng.

After all the commotion today, maybe...it won’t end well.

Soon the guards came and handed three antidote pills to Shangguan. Before Shangguan could say anything, the old lady stumbled over, snatched the antidote from her hands, picked one up and quickly put it into her mouth.

After taking the antidote, the old lady quickly felt better and her complexion gradually returned to normal. She turned around and handed the antidote to Murong: "Hurry and give it to the two brothers!"

"Mother!" Shangguan exclaimed.

She could understand that the old lady took one pill herself, but there were only three antidotes and the old lady didn't even look at Lu Jingning.

He wanted to give the antidote directly to Murong's two sons.

The old lady realized it belatedly and turned her head to look at Shangguan, saying embarrassedly: "My brother is still young, he can't get hurt. Please ask the guards to go to Liulizhai to get some more."

Shangguan didn't have time to get entangled with the old lady, and spread her hands towards Murong: "Give me the antidote!"

Murong was naturally unwilling to give it, especially as her two sons were looking at her with tears in their eyes. So, she gritted her teeth and stuffed the antidote into her two sons' mouths.

"Open your mouth!" Shangguan was horrified and pointed at one of them.

The two of them stretched their necks and swallowed it very quickly.

Shangguan quickly ordered the guards to go and get it again.

"Replying to the Crown Princess, the people at Liulizhai said that there are only three antidotes." said the guard.

Shangguan was in despair. Looking at her daughter slumped in the chair and shivering, she wanted to slap herself in the face for failing to protect the antidote.

"Aning!" Shangguan hugged Lu Jingning, tears streaming down her face.

Lu Jingning blinked in Shangguan's arms. Shangguan was stunned and hadn't reacted yet. Lu Jingning kept shouting that he was in pain.

"Crown Princess, I will take the princess downstairs to take a cold bath. It may have a miraculous effect." Xue Yuan reminded.

"Yes, take a cold shower and it will pass if you bear with it." The old lady urged hurriedly.

Shangguan closed her eyes. She had always thought that she was the favored daughter of the Shangguan family, loved by her father and brothers, and married to the crown prince. She lived a carefree life.

But now, it's all a joke!

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