I'm a humble concubine. My acting skills are off the charts. You can check my performance.

Zhao Fangwei had never thought that Zhao Fangyu, who was always gentle, weak and frail, would dare to be so arrogant to her!

In front of Zhao Fangwei, Zhao Fangyu took her tea bowl, and in front of Zhao Fangwei's horrified eyes, he took out a paper package from his arms, slowly opened it, revealing an unknown white powder inside the package.

The paper bag shook, and all the powder poured into the teacup. Zhao Fangyu reached in and stirred it. When the powder and tea were completely mixed and no longer visible, he turned around and smiled slowly at Zhao Fangwei: "Sister, do you dare to drink it?"

Zhao Fangwei was so frightened that she dared not move. She looked at Zhao Fangyu in front of her as if she was looking at a ghost.

The next second, the blood-stained red lips gently pursed, revealing a hint of kindness: "Arsenic, not much, it won't kill people."

"If you drink, second sister, I will take the blame for your mistake in the garden today. I will persuade mother to find you a new marriage and marry you off with wealth some other day."

"If you don't dare, I will come and drink. If something happens to me in your yard, since you have such a criminal record, the eldest lady will just go with the flow and deal with you. I don't know whether you live or die."

"Even if I knew, I would only add insult to injury. After all, I am not a good person. I would not do something like cutting off my own flesh to feed an eagle like the Buddha did."

Zhao Fangwei stared at Zhao Fangyu in a daze. She didn't expect that she would dare to express her plan and threat in such a... simple and crude way.

There were only two options before her: either sacrifice half her life to make amends to Zhao Fangjin, or be framed by Zhao Fangyu and abandoned by the entire Zhao family...

Neither of these two paths is easy to take. God knows how much arsenic there is. It is possible that Zhao Fangyu wanted to poison her from the beginning and make it appear that she committed suicide out of fear of crime. Then she would have the leverage over the eldest lady in her hands! What kind of good marriage can't be found?

Perhaps because she had experienced too many shocks today, Zhao Fangwei's thoughts fell into confusion for a moment.

Zhao Fangwei was still in a daze, but Zhao Fangyu laughed foolishly and said with great joy: "Since Second Sister can't choose, I will do it for you."

As he said this, he raised the cup in his hand and drank it all in one gulp. Zhao Fangwei was unable to stop him!

The teacup was thrown hard against the wall by Zhao Fangyu and broke into pieces. Chun Shao quickly grabbed someone from nearby to call the court doctor, and then rushed in to protect Zhao Fangyu.

A gust of wind blew, and the lantern on the table began to shake.

When he looked back, a trace of bright red blood was already flowing from Zhao Fangyu's lips.

"Second sister... do you like this gift?"

The moonlight was bleak and scattered all over the ground. Zhao Fangyu's lips were red and blood was gushing out of her mouth. She couldn't even cover her mouth!

Zhao Fangwei had never imagined such a scenario!

She was trying to snatch Zhao Fangjin's marriage, so why was it Zhao Fangyu who came out to fight for her!

But now Zhao Fangyu was about to die in her yard. Zhao Fangwei sat on the stone bench in a daze, trying her best to figure out how good Zhao Fangjin was to Zhao Fangyu to raise such a loyal dog.

"Second sister, you don't have to choose. If you agree to marry far away tomorrow, I will catch a cold. If you insist on competing with eldest sister for her, I will... poison my own sister."

Zhao Fangwei looked like a puppet, watching Chunshao help Zhao Fangyu leave.

The Rose Courtyard was empty all night, and Zhao Fangwei sat on the stone bench all night.

She knew why she couldn't compare to Zhao Fangyu. She was not as good at choosing allies as Zhao Fangyu, nor was she as ruthless as her.

After this incident, Zhao Fangwei's years of disguise were ruined. Zhao Fangyu stepped on her, and his weight in the eldest lady's heart became even heavier.

Now there are only two options left for her, either to enter the palace or to marry far away. The First Lady and Zhao Fangyu will not let her stay in the capital and become a threat to Zhao Fangjin.

Before dawn the next day, Zhao Fangwei knelt in front of the door of the eldest lady's bedroom and knelt there until the afternoon, when the lady finally saw her.

As soon as she entered the room, Zhao Fangwei kowtowed and said, "Before, I was ignorant and didn't understand my mother's painstaking efforts. After thinking about it, I still want to accept the marriage of the young master of the Zhang family in Sichuan."

The eldest lady picked up the teacup and blew on it gently. Mother Cui lowered her head and massaged her shoulders behind her. There was a strong soothing fragrance in the room. It seemed that the eldest lady had been enduring it for a long time.

"The Zhang family's matter is not going to work out. You delayed it for so long that the young master of the Zhang family asked out the sixth young lady of the Duke of Li's mansion. Now the two families have even exchanged engagement letters."

Zhao Fangwei's back was stiff, and she said in an instant: "It's my fault. I failed my mother's efforts. Marriage is a big deal for a daughter. It's up to her parents and the matchmaker. As long as my mother makes the decision, everything is fine."

"The daughter bows to thank her mother."

Zhao Fangwei came out of Qingping Courtyard reverently and looked up at the sky. She had never felt the sunlight was so dazzling.

Sure enough, she still hated people and things that were like the sun, such as Zhao Fangjin, who could not tolerate any sand in his eyes, and Zhao Fangyu, who was willing to do anything for Zhao Fangjin.

·

Chess Academy

The two little girls who didn't come to pay their respects were lying on the step-by-step beds in the chess yard. Zhao Fangjin held Zhao Fangyu's arm and listened to her story bit by bit about how she scared Zhao Fangwei last night.

"Did you really poison me with arsenic?"

Zhao Fangyu said: "How is that possible? I'm not stupid."

"Before I came to see you, I asked Xiangyao to go to the kitchen to get some fish soup and chicken blood."

"Wash the fish bubble clean, use a needle to make a hole, find a goose feather or reed tube, pour the chicken blood in, and then seal it with fish glue."

"When the time is right, put two in your mouth and bite them gently and they will burst."

When Zhao Fangjin thought about how Zhao Fangwei witnessed him poisoning himself with her own eyes, he must be shocked.

He couldn't help but admire Zhao Fangyu's clever little brain for a moment, and then asked: "What if she drank it?"

She knew that given Zhao Fangyu's thoughtful character, he would certainly not just gamble on this moment, and preparing for both scenarios was the minimum requirement.

Zhao Fangyu smiled prettily: "Didn't I tell you that if she dares to drink, I will ask my mother for mercy."

"She dared to drink arsenic today. God knows what she will do in the future. Naturally, she should marry as far away as possible. There is no need for me to persuade her. I just want to say that mother would like to marry her to the border."

"As for the generous gifts you mentioned, I am just a daughter. I have no say in the dowry."

Zhao Fangjin thought about it and realized that Zhao Fangyu had already blocked all of Zhao Fangwei's escape routes.

Zhao Fangwei wanted to play the victim to win Zhao Fangyu's sympathy and recognition, and then add fuel to the fire of her and Fanglan. By then, her mother's attention would definitely be diverted, and Fangyun could cause a lot of stupid things by himself...

If management is not done properly, she might really succeed.

Zhao Fangjin was amazed. She had actually thought of such a comprehensive plan in front of the chess academy?

Zhao Fangyu nuzzled into Zhao Fangjin's arms and said embarrassedly, "Who told her to bully anyone else, why did she bully you?"

When the eldest lady came, she heard Zhao Fangyu saying these sticky words.