Concubine Yun grabbed her wrist tightly, and her originally pink and white skin turned blue and purple in an instant.

She trembled and said, "The tea was poisoned. Lin Yiwan deliberately tried to murder me!"

Cui'er suddenly raised her eyes, filled with anger. "Madam, didn't my Concubine Yun just ask you to pour her tea? Why did you poison her?"

Concubine De also spoke up immediately, "Madam Hou, please quickly take out the antidote. If anything happens to Concubine Yun, not only will you be unable to bear the consequences, but even the Emperor will be unable to explain to the Kingdom of Li!"

Cui Er quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "Madam, I shouldn't have been rude to you just now. As long as you are willing to give me the antidote, even if it means death, I am willing to do it. Please!"

She knocked her head so fast and hard that in just a moment, the skin on her forehead was broken and bleeding.

The noble ladies around were all frightened. They all took a step back and looked at Lin Yiwan with vigilance.

She stood there calmly, spreading her hands with an indifferent expression: "Sorry, I don't have the antidote at all!"

Concubine De was stunned. She asked in shock, "So, Concubine Yun can only wait for death?"

Lin Yiwan raised her eyebrows: "Maybe, probably?"

De Fei was immediately furious. She shouted angrily, "You lawless Lin Yiwan! How dare you poison and murder a concubine of the dynasty? Come, arrest her and give her fifty lashes!"

Following her command, several strong old maids stepped forward quickly.

Lin Yiwan slowly took out the gold medal given to her by the emperor from her sleeve and said, "Who dares to touch me?"

Defei's eyes were blazing with anger. She hadn't expected Lin Yiwan to be so arrogant, and she hadn't expected the emperor to reward her with a gold medal.

She gnashed her teeth and roared, "Just because you have a gold medal, you think you're so great? Even the emperor can't tolerate you harming the princess like this!"

Cui'er quickly knelt at her feet and begged, "My Lady Defei, please help my mistress. She has always been weak, and now she's been poisoned. I'm afraid her life is in danger!"

De Fei subconsciously comforted her: "Don't worry, I will definitely take care of her. I will never allow this sinful woman to wantonly kill people like this!"

She quickly ordered the old nanny beside her: "Go and report to the emperor that Concubine Yun was poisoned by the Marquis' wife and is now in critical condition. Then invite the Saint and Li Guomin to come and support Concubine Yun!"

"Yes!" The old lady responded hastily, then turned around and left quickly.

Immediately afterwards, Concubine De's cold eyes swept over all the noble ladies one by one. She walked slowly and said, "You all saw clearly just now. Concubine Yun vomited blood because she drank Lin Yiwan's tea, which was poisoned, right?"

The ladies looked at each other, hesitated for a moment, and then replied with a single word: "Yes!"

Lin Yiwan remained calm and composed. Sang Qiutang was not invited to this banquet, so it was obvious that she had to fight alone.

However, she was not afraid!

She narrowed her eyes and said, "I didn't deny that Concubine Yun was poisoned by my tea and vomited blood!"

De Fei immediately asked, "So you admit that you did poison me?"

Lin Yiwan raised her chin but remained silent.

Defei was so angry that she wanted to scratch her. It was simply outrageous. A sinner dared to play tricks on her.

This time, while Concubine Yun is poisoned, I will take this bitch's life!

Let her be arrogant!

Defei made up her mind, and her eyes became more ferocious and sinister.

Soon Emperor Sheng'an was invited, followed by the Saint and Prime Minister Min of Li State.

Emperor Sheng An was the first to ask, "What's going on?"

Cui Er crawled to her knees and cried, "Your Majesty, please save the Empress! She drank the tea that the Marquis's wife poured and she became poisoned and vomited blood!"

Emperor Sheng An's expression suddenly changed, and he hurriedly urged: "Doctor Lin, please come forward and take a look!"

Cui Er subconsciously stood in front of them. She said angrily, "Your Majesty, we can't let him go. He is the Marquis's grandfather, so he is definitely helping her clear the charges!"

Emperor Sheng An shouted without hesitation, "How dare you, a maidservant, call the shots in my palace? Back off!"

Cui'er was so frightened that her whole body was shaking violently, but she held Yun Fei's hand tightly and did not let go.

Emperor Sheng An said coldly: "Drag her aside!"

Two maids stepped forward quickly and pulled Cui'er away.

Doctor Lin quickly stepped forward to check Concubine Yun's pulse. After a moment, his expression suddenly became solemn and ugly.

The Saint asked first: "Doctor Lin, how is Yun'er?"

Imperial Physician Lin replied respectfully, "Reporting to the Saint, Concubine Yun has indeed been poisoned. She is now breathing very weakly and is near death!"

The saint's whole body was shaking violently. If Min Ao beside her had not reached out to support her in time, she would have almost fallen to the ground.

She asked in surprise: "How could this happen? Is there no way to save her?"

Doctor Lin shook his head in embarrassment: "I am incompetent, please forgive me, Saint!"

Concubine De was extremely excited at this moment. She wanted to take this opportunity to crush Lin Yiwan to death.

She quickly knelt on the ground and sobbed, "Your Majesty, it's my fault. When Concubine Yun asked the Marquis to pour tea, I should have stopped her. I never thought that she would poison Concubine Yun out of resentment!"

Emperor Sheng An frowned and glared at her: "Did you see her poisoning her with your own eyes?"

Concubine De shook her head: "I didn't see it, but all the noble ladies can testify that Concubine Yun did vomit blood after drinking Lin Yiwan's tea!"

Emperor Sheng An winked at Doctor Lin and said, "Go check the tea bowl!"

Doctor Lin nodded and took the tea bowl in his hand without hesitation.

Seeing his actions, Concubine De couldn't help but feel worried. Could it be that Doctor Lin would show favoritism?

If he really dared to do this, she would definitely find a few more imperial doctors to test the tea bowl for poison.

This time, she was determined to prove that Lin Yiwan had poisoned Concubine Yun.

Just as her thoughts were in turmoil, she finally heard the voice of Doctor Lin: "Your Majesty, there is indeed a deadly poison in the tea bowl!"

Concubine De widened her eyes in shock. Doctor Lin was actually going to sacrifice his own family for the sake of justice?

Come to think of it, now that the matter is so serious, it would be impossible for him to save Lin Yiwan even if he wanted to.

Sure enough, people are selfish!

The coldness in her eyes disappeared in an instant, and was replaced by a face full of sorrow.

She said in a trembling voice, "Madam Hou, how could you be so cruel? Concubine Yun is a princess sent by the Kingdom of Li to marry. Even if you have a personal grudge against her, you should still consider the people of the two countries. Besides, the Saint and Prime Minister Min of the Kingdom of Li are here too. How are you going to ask the Emperor to explain this to them?"

She thought that after she said this, the Saint would definitely force the Emperor to punish Lin Yiwan immediately.

Who would have thought that she would actually say in a deep voice: "I believe that the Marquis's wife is not someone who would disregard the overall situation. This matter still needs to be investigated before a conclusion can be made!"

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