Xiao Ningyao glanced at her pitiful appearance, closed her eyes in disgust, and ignored her.

He turned around and looked behind Xiao Chengnian excitedly, but when he saw that only He Ming was there, the light in his eyes dimmed.

Xiao Chengnian noticed her disappointment and raised his eyebrows, "I haven't seen you for a few months, and you're not happy to see me?"

Xiao Ningyao shook her head and smiled, "Happy! Of course I'm happy, but..."

Xiao Chengnian knew her feelings for Su Yanzhou and smiled, "Grandmother's birthday is coming soon. I will come back first and leave Yanzhou to handle the affairs. I will return to the capital soon."

Xiao Ningyao smiled and nodded.

Seeing Xiao Ningyao's happy face, Liang Xinrou's eyes flashed with sarcasm. When she retracted her gaze and swept it to He Ming, her pupils suddenly shrank.

"Brother Crown Prince, you've returned just in time. It's lunchtime now. Let's eat together today."

Xiao Chengnian smiled dotingly at Xiao Ningyao, "Okay."

Then he turned to look at Liang Xinrou, "..."

Xiao Ningyao didn't want to dine with Liang Xinrou. She couldn't eat when she saw her like that. She didn't want her to hang around in front of the prince, so she pulled Xiao Chengnian and was about to leave.

Liang Xinrou bowed and said softly, "Rou Jia respectfully sends His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Princess off."

He Ming also bowed to the two of them.

Xiao Chengnian nodded slightly.

Xiao Ningyao said, "Let's go, Prince Brother. I miss the cooking skills of the chef in your palace so much! Although not as good as Yue'er, he is still the best in the palace!..."

Liang Xinrou watched the two of them leave talking and laughing, a sharp gleam in her eyes that disappeared in a flash.

When she turned her head again, her face was gentle and graceful, with soft light flowing in her eyes. The white gauze dress made her look even more pure and lovely.

He Ming looked at her thin and weak figure and couldn't help but frowning in pain.

Liang Xinrou pursed her lips and smiled, "The journey to Yuzhou is long, and He Zhonglang must have been exhausted from the journey. It's getting late, and He Zhonglang should leave..."

"Rou'er."

Hearing the words "He Zhonglang", He Ming frowned and interrupted her, "Why are you suddenly so distant from me?"

Liang Xinrou lowered her eyes and said nothing.

He Ming took a step closer to her.

"He Zhonglang, please respect yourself." Liang Xinrou lowered her eyes and took a step back, her gentle voice filled with suppressed tears.

"Rou'er." He Ming couldn't help but feel anxious. "Did I do something wrong?"

Liang Xinrou raised her head, tears welling up in her eyes. She bit her lower lip lightly, without saying a word, just staring at him.

He Ming was puzzled and followed her gaze to the sachet around his waist.

"He Zhonglang has someone he loves, so he shouldn't be so close to me."

He Ming finally understood and immediately took off the sachet, hastily explaining, "Rou'er, you misunderstood. This isn't a love sachet. It's a medicine sachet, used to identify poisons for self-defense."

Liang Xinrou's eyes were slightly red, and her eyebrows were slightly furrowed. "Medicine capsule?"

He Ming nodded, and as if afraid that she would not believe him, he opened the sachet and showed it to her.

Liang Xinrou took a skeptical look at it. It was indeed full of medicinal herbs, but these herbs seemed familiar...

"This is a medicine bag made by Princess Minghua for Su Hanlin and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. We all have it. It's for self-defense, not what you think."

"You are the only one in my heart. I don't want anyone else except you. You have to believe me."

He Ming looked at the fair and fragile person in front of him, his eyes full of pity.

Liang Xinrou had known these words of his for a long time and had heard them many times. Although she did not like He Ming, He Ming's status and position were also good. Seeing him being so infatuated with her greatly satisfied her vanity.

So she has always maintained a close relationship with him.

I just caught a glimpse of the sachet on He Ming's body and thought he had changed his mind during the few months he was away.

Hearing him say that this medicine sachet was made by Su Yuejian, Liang Xinrou's eyes trembled, and she asked doubtfully, "Did Princess Minghua prepare the contents of this sachet herself? Does she know medicine?"

He Ming nodded.

Liang Xinrou's face was shocked, and a strange feeling flashed through her heart.

She remembered that she had asked the Imperial Hospital to look at the sachet that Xiao Heng had dropped before, and the herbs in it were almost exactly the same as those in this medicine sachet.

She remembered what the imperial physician had said, that the medicinal ingredients in this medicine bag had an exquisite formula, and the person who could formulate this prescription must have very high medical and poison skills.

Liang Xinrou tightened her grip on the handkerchief. She knows medicine! She actually knows medicine!

Seeing Liang Xinrou's face suddenly turn pale, He Ming asked worriedly, "Rou'er, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"

Liang Xinrou blinked, suppressed the shock in her heart, turned her eyes, and spoke softly.

"Rou'er is fine. She just had a fright a while ago and hasn't had a good rest."

He Ming had also heard about her fright. He heard that the Regent had thrown a charred corpse at the door of her bedroom. He didn't know the specific reason, but she was so frightened that she fell ill for several days.

In addition, he also heard about the incident in which Liang Xinrou was beaten by Qin Yuyan, and he felt even more pity for her.

"You are too kind-hearted, so they bully you blindly."

The corners of Liang Xinrou's mouth curled up slightly, and her red eyes made her look pitiful.

"Brother He Ming, Rou'er wants to ask for your help with something. I wonder if Brother He Ming is willing..."

The woman's gentle voice made people feel tingling in their hearts, and looking at her lovely appearance, how could He Ming not agree.

He would never forget the first time he saw her. She was wearing a white dress, dancing gracefully in the imperial garden. The sunlight shone on her, and she looked holy and flawless, like a fairy.

From that day on, the woman's gentle and graceful figure was deeply imprinted in his heart, and he knew that she would be the love of his life.

Looking at Liang Xinrou's graceful figure walking away, He Ming couldn't help but smile.

Then he thought of Liang Xinrou's request to him just now, and he couldn't help but frowned, looking at the medicine bag in his hand with a serious look.

Princess Minghua?

At this time, Su Yuejian had just finished lunch with Old Madam Su, and returned to Wutongju after she took a nap.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, Yin Xin hurried over and whispered, "Princess, Su'er is dead."

Su Yuejian narrowed her eyes, "What's going on?"

"The guard who was on guard just now came to report that he went in to give her some water at noon. Upon entering, he found that she was dead. She had bitten her tongue to commit suicide."

"Biting her tongue?" Su Yuejian frowned. "She had a cloth stuffed in her mouth, how could she still..."

Speaking of this, Yin Xin also frowned, "Well...Wu Wei said that she used her teeth to grind the linen strips and ate them..."

Su Yuejian's eyes widened. Ate? Ate the cloth? To commit suicide?

"Where is the body? Take me to see it."

In the woodshed, a corpse lay quietly on the cold ground. Su'er's eyes were wide open, her look empty and resolute, and there was still shocking blood at the corner of her mouth.

Su Yuejian frowned.

Although Su'er had admitted to poisoning her yesterday, Su Yuejian always felt that she knew something else and wanted to continue interrogating her today. However, she died before she even started to poison her.

Su Yuejian lowered her eyes and said in a cold voice, "Bury it."

The guards took orders, lifted the body and walked out.

A breeze blew quietly by, and in that instant, Su Yuejian's eyes suddenly condensed, "Wait!"

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