My eunuch An is a yandere

Time flies, and it is the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet in the blink of an eye.

Xiao Yuaner is in charge of this birthday banquet. Although the whole process has a fixed template, some small adjustments are still required to make it stand out.

Bai Ningwei directly provided her with a wonderful little show.

Birthday Song of One Hundred Boys from the Royal School

When dozens of little kids, dressed in the same uniform, looking like fairies from heaven, plopped down on the stage and sang a birthday song in their sweet, baby voices, and finally introduced Magu, played by a girl from the Feng family, Empress Dowager Feng was so delighted that she uttered several praises.

Each of the little carrot-heads who stepped down from the stage received a gold ingot shaped like a writing brush. The ingot was small, with a hole on the top that could be threaded through a string and hung around the neck as a pendant.

This was a gift from the emperor, and it was probably not uncommon for the emperor's close ministers to receive it. But apart from the princes and princesses, how many people could receive this honor at this age?

The parents in the audience couldn't help laughing, and they were giving thumbs up to their children in their hearts, thinking that the monthly tuition of 20 taels of silver was worth it.

The kindergarten child's singing became a hit, and Bai Ningwei's position as deputy principal also rose. The noble ladies who had previously been complaining about her lack of virtue and the monkey being king now surrounded her with flattering looks, hoping to secure a spot for their own children.

Bai Ningwei declined all of them. What a joke! The Imperial Kindergarten was founded by the Emperor, and even then, there were some people who thought that being a mere companion to the little prince was unnecessary.

Now I know that Bai Ningwei actually plays it this way. It’s impossible to fight for her anymore.

After the birthday banquet, it was time for the autumn hunt. Bai Ningwei specially requested a piece of land for the young students, fenced it with ribbons, and arranged a two-day and one-night camping trip.

Just like a game, there were separate areas for fetching water, collecting firewood, and raising livestock. They even arranged three donkeys and made a donkey cart for Little Radish Head to play with.

Bai Ningwei had no idea what the other people in the autumn hunt were scheming against each other. She was holding Xiao Qi and watching the other young people sticking their butts out to collect firewood and fetch water, having a lot of fun.

As soon as the primary school camp ended, she headed back to the palace. Xiao Duo, considering Xiao Qi's frail body and that two days out would be enough to change her mood, agreed to her request to go back early.

Bai Ningwei's arrangement made others confused. It was obviously a good opportunity to consolidate her favor, but she used the excuse of being busy with school work to go back.

Bai Ningwei naturally would not explain. In the previous life, during the autumn hunt, something happened to the eldest prince on the last day. He fell off his horse in the woods and bit his tongue. Since then, he has been unable to speak clearly.

The emperor was furious and punished a number of people. It is unknown what happened to the eldest prince.

She just took the opportunity to leave the place of trouble.

I hope that the emperor can prevent the tragedy from happening in time this time.

What Bai Ningwei didn't know was that on the day she returned to the palace, Concubine Xian disguised herself and secretly left her palace at night.

An Jiu was the deputy chief steward of the Imperial Household Department, so naturally, he was always there, wherever the emperor was. When he received this seemingly insignificant news, he waved his hand and sent away the eunuch who had brought the message, acting as if he didn't care.

On the second night, when it was late at night and everyone was asleep, a shrill scream was heard from the second prince's tent.

The eunuchs and guards who were accompanying him hurried in to check and found the second prince lying in a pool of blood, spitting out large mouthfuls of black blood.

Xiao Duo's heart skipped a beat when he received the news.

He was on guard against everything, but he never expected that it would happen again. This time, it was the Second Prince who suffered the consequences, and he was sleeping soundly in the big tent.

When he arrived, the imperial physician was already kneeling on the ground with a gloomy face, apologizing.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me for my incompetence. The Second Prince has been poisoned by a snake and is beyond help."

Xiao Duo looked at his son, who was spitting blood, and was so nervous that he didn't know if he could still hold him. The bed was stained red with blood. He knew that the man would not survive the loss.

Seeing the emperor's eyes filled with tears and veins bulging on his forehead, the imperial physician knew that if he didn't say something, he would most likely be buried with the second prince.

Then he banged his head on the ground and said tremblingly.

"Your Majesty, the snake venom that bit the Second Prince was extremely dangerous. Although I found the wound, made an incision to drain the poison, and applied flea-repellent, there has been no relief. Moreover, snake bites usually do not cause the Second Prince to vomit blood and continue to vomit. I suspect that the snake that bit the Second Prince was not an ordinary venomous snake."

This is very meaningful.

Even if there are some poisonous snakes in the hunting grounds in the north, as long as they are treated in time, there will always be some relief, and more time for treatment.

However, not only was the imperial physician's efforts to no avail, but the Second Prince's behavior was also very different from that of other people who had been poisoned by snakes.

Xiao Duo understood the imperial physician's implication and asked in a deep voice, gritting his teeth.

"What kind of snake do you think bit you?"

The imperial physician wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and spoke in a trembling voice after a long pause.

"I suspect this was probably caused by a viper bite."

"Viper? What kind of snake is this?"

Xiao Duo was both shocked and angry. He was considered knowledgeable and well-read, but he had never heard of the name Viper.

"Yes, it's a kind of snake that only lives in the south."

"How could there be a viper in the tent?"

Xiao Duo was furious. Every autumn, a vanguard would come to clear the mountains and sprinkle powder to repel snakes and insects on the campsites.

Even mice couldn't sneak into the camp, so how could a poisonous snake that only lives in the south sneak into a prince's tent and bite someone?

This was clearly man-made, not an accident.

Xiao Duo pointed at the Second Prince's personal eunuch and asked sternly.

"Tell me! Where's the snake? How could it have gotten in? And what are you servants doing? How could no one have noticed it?"

Everyone knelt on the ground, and no one could answer this question.

Only one guard was holding a dead snake tremblingly and kneeling down with shaking legs.

Xiao Duo took one look and saw that this was indeed a look he had never seen before. But before he could question the Second Prince, he died beside him.

In an instant, the Second Prince's tent was filled with crying.

The next day, except for the second prince's tent which was kept to facilitate the investigation of the case by the three courts, the autumn hunt ended almost overnight and the camp was moved back to the palace.

Bai Ningwei received the news early in the morning that the emperor had returned to the palace and that the second prince had passed away.

This news was too frightening. Bai Ningwei immediately ordered that the doors of Lingqi Palace be closed and no one was allowed to go out without reason.

As soon as Xiao Duo returned to the palace, he summoned group of people.

He was very confused. The tragedy of his previous life was happening again in this one.

However, the victim in the previous life was the eldest prince, and in this life, the victim was the second prince.

It was hard for Xiao Duo not to suspect that all this was done by Concubine Xian.

After all, Wang Xiuyi was involved in the eldest prince’s experience in the previous life.

But why did Concubine Xian choose to strike at this autumn hunt so accurately? It was as if she knew something was going to happen to the eldest prince and wanted to strike first.

Could it be that the virtuous concubine was also reborn? If so, then it would explain why I got it.

Moreover, although Concubine Xian's uncle, Marquis Zhenbei, earned his military merits by defeating the Huns in the north, he vaguely remembered that Qi Yan had an adopted son who was a young cavalry general in the south.

Having doubts in his mind, Xiao Duo immediately asked Wang Xi to investigate what Concubine Xian had been doing recently.