After crossing, I was forced to hold on to my thighs and build a kingdom

A string of five hawthorns, red and plump, with a layer of sugar coating on the outside of the hawthorns, as crystal clear as crystal, sparkling with charming luster under the refraction of light.

The hawthorn on the top is particularly large, with a small piece missing from the corner, revealing the pale yellow flesh inside.

Everyone turned their gazes to Su Yingzhen in Chen Yuehua's arms. The little girl glanced at the hawthorn with a missing corner and smiled sweetly, "That bite was from Ying'er. It was delicious."

Chen Yuehua was still unwilling to give in and continued to coax her: "Ying'er, besides that hawthorn, what else did you eat from Second Aunt?"

In response to her questioning, except for Jinchu, Mother Wang and a few maids in the room who knew the truth, everyone else held their breath and waited for the girl's answer.

Su Yingzhen tilted her head, clearly feeling the tense atmosphere in the room. The little girl shrank into her mother's arms and looked around cautiously.

When she met Jinchu's soothing smile, she smiled back at Second Aunt and whispered, "Nursery says that polite children always let their elders eat first. That string of candied hawthorns and rock haws was specially made by nurses for Second Aunt. Before we came, nurses also told Ying'er to give Second Aunt the candied hawthorns first, and then Ying'er could eat."

Everyone's eyes fixed on each other. Jin Chu and Princess Du exchanged a glance, their hearts heavy. Princess Du then turned to Su Yingzhen and said with a smile, "Sister Zhen, since your wet nurse instructed you to give the candied hawthorns to Second Aunt first, why did you eat it yourself before Second Aunt had eaten it yet?"

As she spoke, she gestured to the court physician to take down the hawthorn candied haws and the half bunch of candied haws made from apple berries that had fallen on the ground.

Su Yingzhen saw the doctor take away two strings of candied haws and hurriedly stopped him: "Grandpa, that string of hawthorn candied haws is for Second Aunt, Second Aunt hasn't tasted it yet! Also,"

The little girl lowered her voice and said with a hint of guilt, "Also, I haven't finished my string of candied haws with ringo fruit yet..."

But he really is a child at heart. Even though he is in such a bad condition, he still doesn't forget to finish the candied haws. Everyone feels both distressed and amused.

"Don't worry, Sister Zhen, those two strings of candied haws are already dirty. Eating them will give you a stomachache. Let's ask the court doctor to clean them up. Grandma will give you more candied haws another day when you're better, okay?"

Hearing her grandmother say that eating it would cause stomach upset, Su Yingzhen showed a lingering fear. She subconsciously waved her hand and said, "Then Ying'er won't eat it. Ying'er is afraid of stomach upset."

Princess Du patted her head and praised her: "Sister Zhen is a good child. When you are well again, come to Hanzhang Courtyard one day and Grandmother will give you a better candied haws than this."

"Thank you, grandma." The little girl raised her face and smiled sweetly at Princess Du.

Seeing the little girl relax, Princess Du casually brought up the previous topic again: "Sister Zhen, you haven't told Grandmother yet, why did you eat the string of candied hawthorns that Second Aunt left for her? Did Second Aunt coax you into eating it? Or did you want to eat it on your own?"

"The child doesn't know." Chen Yuehua hurriedly tried to stop her. Princess Du just glanced at her lightly and said nothing, but she blocked all the unfinished words in her throat.

"Second Aunt didn't let Ying'er eat it. Ying'er ate it herself. Second Aunt was worried that the little sister in her belly wouldn't like it, so Ying'er wanted to try it first. If it tasted good, she would let Second Aunt eat it."

To show her sincerity and willingness to eat, the little girl gestured with her hands, "Ying'er only ate a little bit, to help the younger sisters in Second Aunt's belly taste it."

"Since Ying'er said it was delicious after eating it, why hasn't your second aunt eaten the string of candied hawthorns yet?" asked the mother behind her in a low voice.

Everyone's eyes turned to Jin Chu again.

Just as Yuying was about to speak, Su Yingzhen's voice rang out again: "Second Aunt was about to eat, but that sister came in with something, so Second Aunt put down the candied haws and went to look at something else first!"

Jinchu waved the letter on the table towards everyone, "Sister Zhen is talking about this letter. If Yuying hadn't brought this letter, I would have been planning to eat that string of candied hawthorns."

She glanced at everyone in the room, and finally set her eyes on Chen Yuehua. She said meaningfully, "In the end, before I was done with my work, Sister Zhen collapsed from the poison."

As the two of them spoke, Chen Yuehua's face turned cold again. Thinking of the last possibility, she murmured, "Impossible, I must be overthinking it."

"Mom, what are you talking about?" Su Yingzhen turned and looked at her mother curiously.

"Ah, nothing, nothing. Mom just wants to know how Ying'er is doing now?" Chen Yuehua abruptly changed the subject.

But her worry was normal. After asking around just now, she actually forgot to ask the court doctor about the little girl's health.

The court physician just happened to come in and, upon hearing Chen Yuehua's concern, politely said, "Don't worry, Madam. Although the young lady had a close call, she is now safe and sound. However, Aconitum is poisonous after all. Although the young lady didn't consume much, the vomiting caused damage to her spleen and stomach. It would be best for her to rest for a few days."

The court physician turned to Jin Chu again, his words filled with praise: "This time, thanks to the Crown Prince's wife's prompt decision and appropriate response, and the timely use of honey water to induce emetics, the young lady quickly vomited out the poison in her stomach, thus avoiding an irreversible disaster. It is truly a blessing from heaven."

"Someone has actually extended their evil hand to my dignified Dingbei Palace. They are truly audacious and arrogant! I will not rest until this matter is thoroughly investigated! I want to see who has such sinister intentions, trying to sow discord between my two sons and destroy the peace of my palace!"

King Dingbei strode into the room, covered in dust.

"Why is the prince back?" Princess Du asked in surprise.

"Father."

"Father."

"grandfather."

Jin Chu, Chen Yuehua and Su Yingzhen all called out.

King Dingbei waved his hand and explained to everyone, "There was nothing going on in the army these past two days, so I came back to see you. I never thought I would encounter something like this."

His eyes were stern as he turned to the court physician and ordered, "Doctor Zhang, please continue with the topic you were discussing. I, the prince, would also like to hear it."

The court physician nodded respectfully and pointed at the two strings of candied haws. "I've just examined them carefully. The one made from the apple berries is normal, and the four hawthorn haws at the bottom are also fine. The only problem is that the first hawthorn is covered in aconite, the extremely toxic aconite."

"The young lady only tasted a small piece, and she reacted like this. If she had eaten the whole thing, it would have been disastrous!"

As soon as the words fell, everyone's eyes turned to Jin Chu. While they were secretly rejoicing, they couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

In the end, they are too gentlemanly, always thinking that no one would use a child to do such a dangerous thing, but they ignore the fact that evil people have no bottom line.

At this point, who couldn't see that the villain was using Su Yingzhen to poison Jin Chu?

If it weren't for the coincidence that Jin Chu didn't eat the hawthorn, and if it weren't for the coincidence that Su Yingzhen just tasted it and didn't eat too much of it, they would have had a lucky ending.

Otherwise, no matter who has the problem, the Dingbei Palace will be in turmoil.

Jin Chu couldn't help but take a breath and pressed his abdomen again.

This is to kill her and three others, what a vicious mind!