My elder sister is so noble, this time it's my turn to strike back

Qiu Ning rummaged through her purse and quickly found a black pill, which she held in her hand.

Facing Li Desheng's eager eyes, he said, "The doctor who sells medicine said that he just made this antidote and the efficacy is not yet known. So for now, there is only this one antidote. It will last for three to five days. I will go out of the palace to buy more when the time comes..."

"Okay, I promise you, I'll promise you anything, Auntie, I'm dying, just give me the medicine."

Li Desheng covered his stomach and begged Qiu Ning.

Qiu Ning winked at Yueya, who then stepped forward, pulled out a piece of paper from behind her, and spread it on the table.

"Come on, put your fingerprints on it!"

Li Desheng could read a few words. He glanced at the contents on the paper and saw that the general meaning was that the embroidery room was ordered not to make embroidery work privately and sell it in the future. Every stitch and thread in the embroidery must be checked every day, and the excess materials must be recycled.

For Li Desheng, this was just a trivial matter.

Without hesitation for a second, he pressed his fingerprint directly, took the antidote from Qiu Ning's hand, and swallowed it in one gulp.

After a few breaths, the abdominal pain felt less severe and I felt relieved.

"Auntie, so this is what you want to talk about. Why didn't you say it earlier? Why did you take such a long detour and cause our family so much trouble..."

Qiu Ning had no intention of offending anyone severely, so today he only gave a light punishment and a warning, and finally warned:

"I don't care what agreement you and Qiuyao have reached, but from now on, if I find out that you use your power to harm innocent women in the Crime Bureau again, hehe..."

Seeing the bloodthirsty sneer on Qiu Ning's lips, Li Desheng felt his heart tremble and hurriedly explained:

"It's unfair, Auntie. It was clearly your elder sister who deliberately tricked me into doing this. She also said that if I didn't do it, she would kill me once she had established a foothold in Prince Yong's Mansion."

Li Desheng was also a man who took advantage of the situation. He tried to shift the blame onto Qiu Yao and divert Qiu Ning's anger.

Qiu Ning knew Qiu Yao too well, and she believed that Qiu Yao might have really said this, but!

"Eunuch Li, don't you know that my eldest sister used Xianghe to get close to you and curry your favor, all for the sake of leaving the palace this day?"

Li Desheng didn't say anything.

Seeing his expression turn grim, Qiu Ning added, "Believe it or not, once my eldest sister has completely established herself in the palace and gained power, the first person she'll want to kill will be you."

Li Desheng suddenly looked up and looked at Qiu Ning with fear.

"Because in her eyes, your existence symbolizes the shame and humiliation she once endured. You should know that my eldest sister was once a famous talented woman in the capital. Even the children of aristocratic families found it difficult to hear her play the zither, let alone you."

Li Desheng's old eyes flashed with resentment and anger, and he gritted his teeth and said, "But she was the one who took the initiative to please our family. She also offered Xiang He to us herself. We also followed her request and inquired for her information."

At this moment, Li Desheng felt a surge of anger at being deceived.

Seeing that the fire was almost lit, Qiu Ning said no more and walked out of the yard with the paper.

Before leaving, he did not forget to give a righteous warning: "If I were you, I would never think of finding another backer in this palace, nor would I continue to play along with Qiu Yao's tricks, so as to obtain evidence and seize the initiative. Eunuch Li, you can do whatever you want."

Li Desheng: "..."

Aunt, are you really warning our family?

Also, Backer, is she talking about herself?

Li Desheng fell into deep thought with a series of questions in his mind.

……

Here, after Qiu Yao was brought into Prince Yong's mansion, she was quickly placed in a remote courtyard. It was quite far from Prince Yong's compound, and it took about half an hour to walk there.

I looked at the remote and dilapidated courtyard before me. The walls were mottled, the furniture had long since peeled, and perhaps it had been uninhabited for a long time. The cracks between the bluestone tiles in the courtyard were filled with weeds. The stone bench in the pavilion was also missing a corner and was covered with dust.

Qiuyao was dumbfounded. She suspected that she had come to the wrong place and asked Taohong, who was leading the way:

"How dare you! I'm the prince's new favorite, and you're just giving me this kind of courtyard?"

It's so shabby, is this a place for people to live? The firewood shed in the prime minister's mansion is better than this.

Qiuyao still couldn't believe that the prince would treat her like this. He had praised her last night when they were doing that.

Taohong, who was leading the way, was also an elder in the mansion. She was assigned this job by the housekeeper Zhou Bo, who also wanted to make some money.

But Qiuyao and Xianghe hadn't shown any expression since they entered the door, and her face was cold and she looked indifferent.

Qiuyao felt like she was punching cotton.

Xiang He, who was standing by, also became anxious. She hurriedly took out a few pieces of silver from her sleeve and stuffed them into Tao Hong's hand, saying, "Don't blame me, young lady. My young lady is new here and doesn't know the rules of the palace yet. Take this silver first, as a thank you for leading the way. However, I want to ask you, which courtyard does the prince live in? What are his hobbies?"

Qiuyao, who was standing by, didn't care about being angry and pricked up her ears to listen carefully.

Taohong weighed the silver in her hand and thought it was stingy, but she still replied, "The prince lives in Yilan Garden to the east, but most of the time he rests in the rooms of the concubines and harems, and rarely stays here."

Xiang He nodded thoughtfully and continued to ask, "Does the young lady know what the prince likes, or which lady in the palace is more favored?"

Taohong did not answer immediately, but stretched out her hand towards Xianghe again and rubbed two fingers together, her intention was very obvious.

What I mean is, the little money you have is only enough to buy this piece of information.

Xiang He was embarrassed for a moment, but she endured the pain and took out a few pieces of silver from her sleeve and handed them to the other party.

Tao Hong weighed it again and continued, "Speaking of the prince's hobbies, besides playing the piano, it's composing poetry and painting. Besides the princess, the most favored person in the mansion should be Concubine Su. She is the only one who gave birth to a little prince. There are also several other concubines who gave birth to two little princesses each.

The rest are ordinary concubines, each with their own strengths. Now, with Aunt Qiu, besides the Princess, Concubine Su, and two good concubines, there are currently 23 ordinary concubines and 35 lowly concubines. The Princess and Concubine Su jointly manage the backyard. The courtyard you are in is under the jurisdiction of the Princess.

After hearing Taohong's words, Qiuyao and Xianghe were completely shocked!

This is fucking ridiculous. There are 23 ordinary concubines, 35 lowly concubines, two good concubines, a concubine and a princess, so there are a total of 62 people in Prince Yong's backyard.

Sixty-two people!

Even if Prince Yong took turns to sleep with the emperor every night, it would take an average of two months for him to have a turn.

This……

Qiuyao was devastated for a moment and was unwilling to believe the facts before her.

Before she could react, another bolt from the blue hit her.