Lin Yuejiao's heart suddenly tightened. Without bothering to ask the system what was going on, she quickly knocked over the bowl in Xu Xiyue's hand.

"Clang-"

The soup bowl broke to the ground, and both Xu Xiyue and his servant were stunned.

Luoluo thought she had done something wrong and caused the young master to smash the bowl. She immediately knelt down and said, "Young master..."

Xu Xiyue stared blankly at the broken soup bowl and called out "fairy", but he didn't understand why the fairy spilled the soup!

Lin Yuejiao's heart was still beating wildly. The system made her very nervous. Just when she was about to ask the system the reason, she heard a cat's meow.

"Meow~"

A white cat jumped onto the window and then into the house, and the bell around its neck made a tinkling sound.

It suddenly licked the soup on the ground a few times, and Lin Yuejiao was too late to chase it away.

In the blink of an eye, Miaomiao screamed and fell to the ground motionless.

Lin Yuejiao was shocked, and the expressions of Xu Xiyue and his servant also changed suddenly.

Green ivy was so frightened that her voice was trembling, "My young master... it... it's dead? The soup... the soup is poisonous?"

Xu Xiyue was terrified and his face turned pale with fear.

Just a little bit, just a little bit.

If she drank that soup, she would be the one who died.

"System, is there poison in the soup?" Lin Yuejiao asked in shock. In fact, she could tell without asking.

Unexpectedly, she would encounter the palace fighting scenes seen in TV dramas.

[The system detected that there was a deadly poison in that bowl of soup. If Xu Xiyue had drunk it just now, there would definitely be two deaths. Fortunately, the host stopped it quickly.]

As soon as Xu Xiyue became pregnant, someone tried to harm her. This harem is so cruel that she would be harmed without leaving any bones. Even if she had nine lives, she would not have enough to be harmed.

Lin Yuejiao looked stern, pursed her lips and said, "Xiyue, you have to be more cautious in the future. All food must be inspected before it can be eaten. Especially now that you are pregnant, you must be more cautious. Don't forget that Concubine Luo almost had a miscarriage a few days ago."

Perhaps she was really frightened, Xu Xiyue's body trembled slightly, "Thank you fairy for saving Xiyue's life. If it weren't for the fairy, Xiyue would probably be dead."

When Luluo heard this, she kowtowed repeatedly to thank the fairy for saving her master.

"Xiyue, tell Luluo to get up and tell her to report to the emperor. We must find out who murdered you, otherwise there is no guarantee that the murderer will not attack you again."

Xu Xiyue knew what was going on without Lin Yuejiao's reminder. Now that she was pregnant, she had to find out who had harmed her for the sake of the child.

After instructing Luoluo to report to the emperor, Xu Xiyue called people into the house to clean up the cat's body and broken bowls.

Lin Yuejiao hurriedly said, "Xiyue, preserve the scene first and clean it up after the emperor has seen it. Only when he sees someone harming you with his own eyes will the emperor be furious and investigate thoroughly."

Xu Xiyue understood what she meant and immediately stopped the maid, "No need, you go down first."

The palace maid was stunned for a moment, probably frightened by the dead cat, and looked unhappy. She said yes, looked at the dead cat hesitantly, as if she wanted to say something.

Lin Yuejiao felt strange and wanted to ask Xu Xiyue to ask the palace maid if she had anything to say, but then she heard a commotion outside.

"Madam Hui, the young lady is resting, you cannot go in."

"Get out of here. I want to find Xiao Ling'er."

The latter coughed a few times in his aggressive voice, and then someone broke into the room.

The woman in the lead was simple, elegant and dignified. She had a pretty face but her complexion was not very good, and she looked a bit like a sickly beauty, weak and frail.

"System, who is she?" Lin Yuejiao looked at the other party curiously. She had never seen this concubine before when she went to Fengyi Palace with Xu Xiyue to pay respects.

[Huipin Ye Qinglan, daughter of Taifu Ye Daozhi, is in poor health, and the Queen allows her not to go to Fengyi Palace to pay respects. She has always lived in seclusion and is aloof. She doesn't like to socialize with others. Her popularity in the harem is the same as that of Concubine Shen, but she is not as annoying as Concubine Shen.]

After the system finished speaking, Huipin was already calling Xiaoling'er and rushing towards Mao'er.

Xu Xiyue quickly stood up to salute Huipin, but Huipin ignored her, picked up the cat on the ground, and called anxiously:

"Xiao Ling'er, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me, Xiao Ling'er..."

"Your Majesty, Xiao Ling'er seems... seems to be dead!" The personal maid Mo Hua had an unsightly look on her face.

Everyone in the palace knew that Xiao Ling'er was the Empress's treasure. Now that she had died in Tinglanxuan, the Empress would probably not forgive Concubine Xu.

Seeing how much Huipin cared about Mao'er, Lin Yuejiao realized that something bad was going to happen.

He immediately reminded Xu Xiyue that no matter how Huipin blamed her, she must avoid conflict with Huipin and wait for the emperor to come and deal with the matter.

Unable to respond to the fairy, Xu Xiyue nodded silently.

She was thinking about how to respond if Huipin criticized her, and Huipin suddenly asked in a stern voice:

"Mrs. Xu, why did you poison my little Ling'er?"

Huipin looked frail, but when she scolded people she was very powerful and her words were sharp.

Xu Xiyue grabbed the handkerchief and said, "My lady, I didn't poison it, it was..."

"You killed my little bell, I want you to pay for it! Capture her."

Without listening to Xu Xiyue's explanation, Huipin gave an order and Xu Xiyue's arms were grabbed by two palace maids.

"Little Master!"

The maid of Tinglanxuan was anxious to tell Concubine Hui that Xu Xiyue was pregnant, but she didn't have the chance to say it as she was kicked out by the people around Concubine Hui.

Your Majesty wants to teach Concubine Xu a lesson, so how can she allow others to interfere?

Because Xu Xiyue had just become pregnant, the news had not yet spread throughout the harem. Huipin also lived a secluded life and was always one step behind others in the news, so no one knew about Xu Xiyue's pregnancy.

Today, if the cat had not run out, Concubine Hui would not have left her Lanxi Palace.

When she was looking for the cat in the garden, a palace servant said that she saw the cat running into Tinglan Pavilion, so she came to look for it.

But unexpectedly, her little Ling'er died.

Huipin was holding the cat with sadness in her eyes. She looked like a sick beauty to begin with, and now she looked so sad that it made people feel pity for her.

Lin Yuejiao felt distressed when she saw this, and Xu Xiyue hurriedly explained, "Your Majesty, I really didn't poison Xiao Ling'er."

Xu Xiyue was anxious but did not dare to struggle for fear of hurting the fetus in her belly.

Lin Yuejiao was also worried that something might happen to Xu Xiyue and the child, but she couldn't do anything, otherwise these people would think Xu Xiyue was some monster.

She asked anxiously, "System, has the emperor arrived?"

Now only the emperor can stop Huipin from hurting Xu Xiyue.

[It's almost time. Host, please delay a little bit. When the emperor comes, Xu Xiyue will be safe. ]

"How can I delay? I can't do anything."

Lin Yuejiao was speechless, and suddenly thought of something, "Oh, right, can you find out who poisoned the soup? As long as you find out who poisoned it, you can divert Huipin's anger."

[…Host, Tongzi is not a crime-solving system. You have to find the murderer by yourselves.]

"..."

It turns out that Tongzi is not omnipotent!

Lin Yuejiao was a little disappointed. Seeing Huipin ordering someone to slap Xu Xiyue, she had no choice but to take action.

Mo Hua's palm stopped in front of Xu Xiyue and he couldn't hit her any further.

The little palace maid looked terrified. What was going on? Why couldn’t she move?

"Mo Hua, why don't you do anything?" Seeing Mo Hua raising her hand but not moving, Huipin was displeased.

"My lady, I don't know what's going on. I can't move... I can't move!"

Mo Hua was panicked and the others looked at her strangely, wondering if Mo Hua had gone crazy. No one was holding her hand, so how could she not move?

Mo Hua actually felt as if his hand was being pinched, which made him feel uneasy.

No one could see that Lin Yuejiao was standing next to Mo Hua, holding her wrist tightly.

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