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

Because he came in a hurry, Su Chenghe's face was slightly flushed and there was a thin layer of sweat on his forehead.

He glanced at wet nurse Zhang lying on the ground and asked with a puzzled look on his face, "Father, Mother, I wonder what crime Zhang has committed?"

Before Prince Dingbei and Princess Du could say anything, Chen Yuehua rushed over, hugged Su Chenghe's thighs, and said in a tearful voice, "Master, you didn't see how our Ying'er got poisoned after eating the candied haws just now. Fortunately, she didn't eat much, otherwise my poor Ying'er would have..."

At the end of her speech, she began to sob, then turned and pointed at Zhang and said bitterly, "She made that candied haws herself, so she must have poisoned it. I thought she took good care of Ying'er and never treated her unfairly with her monthly allowance or rewards, yet she is so vicious that she wants to harm our Anhe Courtyard."

"Mrs. Chen, what nonsense are you talking about? Mrs. Zhang loves Zhenjie'er just as much as you do as a mother. How could she bear to hurt Zhenjie'er?"

Su Chenghe kicked Chen, who was hugging him and crying, away with a strong kick. There was an expression of anger and disgust on his face, as if his wife was the culprit who had wrongly accused his daughter's wet nurse.

This reaction is very intriguing!

Chen Yuehua was stunned at first, but when she realized what was happening, she revealed an expression of disbelief. She pointed at Zhang and angrily questioned Su Chenghe, "I'm your first wife and Ying'er's mother. How dare you disbelieve me and instead believe the innocence of a wet nurse?"

Everyone's eyes were shifting between Zhang and Su Chenghe.

As a father and husband, when his daughter was poisoned, shouldn't his first reaction be to find the person who poisoned her and avenge his child?

Why did the master not say a word about the child being poisoned, nor listen to his wife's accusations, but just came up to defend an insignificant wet nurse in the mansion?

Jin Chu's eyes fell on Su Chenghe, but his gaze fell directly on Zhang who was kneeling on the ground at this time. Although Su Chenghe tried his best to hide his thoughts, Jin Chu still caught the fleeting trace of heartache when he looked at Zhang.

If there was nothing wrong between these two people, even the ghost messenger from the underworld would probably sneer three times if he heard it.

Zhang was keenly aware of everyone's suspicion, especially the outspoken anger of First Madam Chen Yuehua. She felt something was amiss and kowtowed again, pleading, "Your Excellency ordered me to make those candied haws. That's why you spoke up to defend me. Madam, please don't misunderstand me. If the Prince and Princess don't believe me, I'm willing to eat those candied haws!"

This is the third time, you are really confident!

Do you really think you have it all figured out and everyone else is a fool? Jin Chu looked at Zhang lying on the ground with an expressionless face, sneering in his heart.

Princess Du seemed to have had enough of Zhang's sinister and self-righteous behavior, so she waved her hand towards Su Chenghe, "Go sit over there. Zhen Jie'er is the eldest daughter in the mansion. Even if you, as her father, don't care, your father and I can't let her go so easily."

Su Chenghe glanced at King Dingbei who was sitting on the seat, and saw that he was just staring at him coldly. He touched his nose helplessly, walked to a nearby chair and sat down.

After he sat down, Princess Du pointed to the two incomplete strings of candied haws on the table and said, "Zhang, let me ask you again, did you make these candied haws yourself? Did you not ask anyone else to do it?"

Zhang glanced at the candied haws on the table, a hint of pride flashing in her eyes, and then she nodded respectfully in affirmation: "Reporting to the princess, since these candied haws were requested by the eldest lady and were personally ordered by the master, I dared not ask anyone else to do it. I completed it all by myself from beginning to end."

You are really stubborn. Since you claim to be smart and want to take all the credit, don't blame me for being ruthless.

Princess Du felt relieved and said to Zhang, "It would be a bit unreasonable to ask you to eat both of these skewers. Since you made them all yourself, I think eating one or a few won't make much difference!"

Zhang thought Princess Du was really kind and only asked her to eat one pill as a proof, so she quickly smiled gratefully and nodded repeatedly.

Princess Du smiled back and said gently, "Since you want to prove your innocence, then choose the one that can best prove it!"

Without waiting for Zhang's reply, she turned to Madam Zhao behind her and ordered, "Go get that hawthorn that Zhenjie'er didn't finish eating, and have this Zhang eat it. Sharing a hawthorn with Zhenjie'er will surely prove her innocence!"

Princess Du's gentle voice was like a devil's voice, which instantly made Zhang's face turn pale and her body tremble uncontrollably.

When she came in, she looked carefully and found that the first hawthorn on the table had disappeared. Only then did she dare to ask for a taste to prove her innocence.

If the hawthorn that the eldest girl ate was still there, how could she dare to try it?

Zhang's obvious panic was seen by everyone.

The anger in King Dingbei's eyes could no longer be concealed, and Jin Chu's hands subconsciously clenched under his sleeves.

She looked deeply at Zhang lying on the ground. She was annoyed but also quite puzzled. Logically, she and her wet nurse, who lived in the next room, had nothing to do with each other. Why would she be so cruel to her?

Mother Zhao answered respectfully and turned to leave, but Su Chenghe, who was sitting next to her, stopped her hurriedly, "Wait a minute!"

Princess Du looked at Su Chenghe with a half-smile, while Prince Dingbei looked at his eldest son with a serious expression. He was uneducated, had big eyes and a vain heart.

I couldn't help but have a headache. What kind of tricks was this evil creature going to do next?

Su Chenghe glanced at his stepmother with a cold expression, and then looked at his father with a sharp look in his eyes. His heart couldn't help but shrink, but when he saw Zhang trembling on the ground and thought of the child in her belly, he gritted his teeth and tried to persuade her.

"Father, Mother, it's the same thing as a bunch of candied haws. It doesn't matter which one you eat. If Mother really loves Zhang, why not just take one off the table and give it to her?"

He turned his gaze to Mother Zhao and said with a smile, "Why should Mother Zhao go so far as to get that rotten hawthorn?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang visibly relaxed.

"Su Chenghe! What are you thinking?"

Chen Yuehua rushed over, her eyes filled with tears as she pointed at Zhang in disbelief. "It's the same hawthorn, and my Ying'er can eat it, so why can't she, a mere wet nurse? Could a mere servant like her be superior to the eldest daughter of the Dingbei Palace?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Zhang and Ying'er have always been close. I just don't want to wrongly accuse Zhang and make Ying'er sad!"

"You're kidding a ghost!"

Chen Yuehua yelled, her eyebrows raised in anger. "She's just a wet nurse. How can she be closer to me than my biological mother? Now my Ying'er has eaten the candied haws she made herself and has become poisoned. You don't feel sorry for your only daughter, but you're still trying to protect her, a wet nurse. Is there something unspeakable going on between you two?"

The last question was so powerful that Su Chenghe jumped up and swung his fist hard at Chen Yuehua's face.

A crisp "pop" sound echoed throughout the room, accompanied by the young man's angry scolding: "You bitch! If you keep talking nonsense, I'll divorce you!"

Chen Yuehua covered her cheeks and looked at the ferocious-looking man in front of her in astonishment.

After a while, she screamed "Ah!" and then raised her fist at Su Chenghe, shouting, "Su Chenghe, you bastard! You actually attacked your first wife for a lowly wet nurse!"

"You bitch, you're so brave, you actually dared to hit me!"

Su Chenghe dodged Chen Yuehua's punches in shock and anger, but he was indeed weak, and Chen Yuehua was so angry that she waved her hands around recklessly, so he couldn't dodge for a while and took several punches from her.

"You've even abandoned your wife and daughter for a lowly slave. Why should I respect you?"

Chen Yuehua beat and scolded him, with her hair disheveled, and refused to give in.

"You shrew, you fool, I'm going to divorce you, you bitch!"

"Divorce me if you want to. You're such a traitor and a sickly woman who doesn't care about your wife and daughter. I don't want you anymore!"

The couple cursed and punched each other, making a mess, which stunned everyone for a moment.

"Separate the two of them quickly!"

It was not until Princess Du's voice was heard that the two servants hurried forward and pulled the couple apart.