The Rebirth of Li Fei: The Strongest Palace Fighting System

"Okay, that's no problem. Xiaotao, what is Yu Ying'er making safflower soup for?"

Xiaotao slowly closed her eyes, as if thinking about something.

"My Lord, do you know what I just saw?

I saw Yu Ying'er making that horrible safflower soup! Her expression was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, fierce and vicious.

While stirring the pot of red stuff, she kept mumbling something bad like 'It's all Zhen Huan's fault, it's all your fault, I'm going to let you taste how powerful I am'.

Yu Ying'er looked like she was completely out of control, with fire in her eyes, as if she wanted to burn someone.

My lady, it seems to me that Yu Ying'er is definitely planning to secretly poison Zhen Huan."

I gasped.

This Yu Ying'er is so bold!

I then asked:

"Xiao Tao, let me ask you again, if Yu Ying'er succeeds in poisoning the emperor, what will he do if he finds out?"

Xiaotao closed her eyes and thought again.

"I just speculated about the future and saw that the emperor noticed that Sister Zhen Huan suddenly had a severe stomachache and her face turned pale. The emperor was furious on the spot and flew into a rage.

Then the emperor immediately called the imperial physician, and after a check, the imperial physician found that Sister Zhen Huan was poisoned by safflower soup!

When the emperor heard this, his face turned darker than the bottom of a pot. He immediately ordered a thorough investigation of the matter and made sure to find the murderer who poisoned him.

As a result, that stupid Yu Ying'er was too careless in doing things and was discovered immediately.

Oh, my lady, you don't know what happened at that time. The emperor was furious and ordered Yu Ying'er to be beaten to death! Then, the emperor said that as Yu Ying'er's master, you couldn't escape the blame, so he demoted you to the lowest rank of concubine.

My dear, I know it was not easy for you to climb up step by step, so we still need to think of a way!"

Xiaotao looked at me with concern.

But it seems that Yu Ying'er can't be kept. I think there are three possible outcomes:

First, if I didn't stop this, Yu Ying'er would be beaten to death, and I would be implicated as well.

Secondly, I prevented this incident from happening, so the emperor would not punish Yu Ying'er and me. However, given Yu Ying'er's personality, there is no guarantee that she will do something uncontrollable in the future.

Third, if the emperor knew that Yu Ying'er had attempted murder and I stepped forward to stop her, then I would be cleared of any involvement, but Yu Ying'er's life would still be in danger.

Whether it is two or three depends on Yu Ying'er's own luck.

"Don't cry, Xiaotao. I won't leave you. I will definitely protect myself and you."

After saying that, I took Xiaotao out to turn the tide.

......

I led Xiaotao to the small kitchen, but Yu Ying'er was no longer there.

"My lady, Yu Ying'er must be heading towards Zhen Huan's room. Let's chase her!"

After that, we hurried to Zhen Huan.

Fortunately, I saw Yu Ying'er at the door of Zhen Huan's room, just about to go in.

Xiao Tao sped up at this time, ran behind Yu Ying'er, and pushed Yu Ying'er.

"Ouch!"

Yu Ying'er fell to the ground all of a sudden, and the bowl in her hand flew out, breaking into pieces with a "crack". The safflower soup spilled all over the floor, and the air was filled with a pungent smell of medicine.

At this time, because she made such a loud noise, all the palace maids around saw her.

I knew that Yu Ying'er could not be saved.

Because Yu Ying'er couldn't see Xiaotao, she thought she had tripped.

Yu Ying'er fell to the ground, grimacing in pain, still clutching a few pieces of broken bowl in her hands, mumbling:

"Oh my, why is the ground so slippery? Seriously..."

She looked up and found me standing not far away, staring at her sharply. She turned pale with fright.

I walked forward quickly, with a questioning tone in my voice:

"Yu Ying'er, it's so late, what are you doing here? What are you holding in your hand?"

When Yu Ying'er saw that I had caught her, she panicked and quickly made up a lie:

"Ah, my lady, I... I was going to give Wan Changzai her medicine that she usually takes, and I accidentally broke the bowl..."

I narrowed my eyes slightly, looked her up and down, then bent down, picked up a piece of spilled debris, pretended to smell it, and frowned:

"Why is this smell so pungent? What's in your bowl?"

Seeing this, Yu Ying'er became even more panicked, her eyes flickering:

"Nothing... nothing, just an ordinary medicine..."

"Ordinary decoction? When will you deliver Sister Wan's medicine? What exactly is in this bowl? What are you thinking?"

Then, I randomly called a palace maid and asked her to call the imperial physician to come and see what medicine was in the bowl.

When Yu Ying'er heard they were going to call the imperial physician, her face paled. She knew that once the imperial physician arrived, her lies would be completely exposed. She wanted to stop them, but it was too late.

......

In Zhen Huan's residence in Tangquan Palace, candles were brightly lit, shadows of people were everywhere, and the atmosphere was tense and solemn.

The Emperor sat at the head of the table, his gaze piercing as he surveyed everyone present. Zhen Huan, the Imperial Physician, Su Peisheng, Cui Jinxi, and the trembling Yu Ying'er all quietly awaited his decision.

The emperor looked at Yu Ying'er with a sharp gaze, his voice low and majestic:

"Yu Ying'er, you actually dared to give red flowers to Wan Changzai! You're so brave! If An Changzai hadn't discovered it in time, it would have caused a disaster!"

Yu Ying'er knelt on the ground, her body shaking like a sieve, her voice as thin as a mosquito's:

"Your Majesty, I...I didn't. I just...just wanted to nourish Concubine Wan. I have no intention of harming her."

The emperor's rage intensified upon hearing this:

"Replenish your body? Safflower is a taboo for women, it will cause lifelong infertility, how could you not know that? You clearly want to harm Concubine Wan! I ask you, why are you doing this?"

"Your Majesty, I am wronged! Please have mercy on me and spare my life!"

"Your Majesty, I have one more thing to say."

I think the timing is right and there are some things that should be said now.

"You said."

"I once prayed for His Majesty in the Plum Garden on New Year's Eve, hoping that His Majesty would be healthy and prosperous. I never expected that a maid in my palace would do such a heinous thing, almost accidentally injuring Sister Wan and causing His Majesty unnecessary trouble. I apologize to His Majesty."

After saying that, I knelt down and kowtowed to the emperor.

"oh...?"

It seems that the emperor is still a little confused:

"Did you meet anyone that night?"

"I did meet someone else that night. One was Sister Wan. We said hello there, and then Sister Wan went back. The other was a man I met that night. Thinking that men and women shouldn't touch each other, I lied and said I was a palace maid from Yimei Garden and walked away..."