Quick Transmigration: The Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Character's Revenge

"Your Highness, rest assured. As Physician Sheng said, this poison is not a highly toxic one, and taking a small amount will not cause any harm."

In reality, Qi Ning herself administered the poison. How could she not know what kind of poison it was? The poison would not have any effect on her; it was merely a ruse.

"Then you mustn't take poison!"

Feng Ke clenched his fists and glared angrily at Qi Ning.

Seeing this, Imperial Physician Sheng said, "Your Highness, please rest assured, this poison is indeed not a deadly one. Taking a small amount will not have a significant impact. I will prescribe an antidote for Miss Ning'er later."

Qi Ning smiled and said, "Your Highness, did you hear that? Imperial Physician Sheng said there's nothing wrong. You should quickly send someone to invite His Majesty and the Empress over."

Even Ji Qing, who was standing to the side, was moved by Qi Ning. He hadn't expected this new palace maid to be so loyal to their Second Prince, even willing to take poison for him. No wonder the Prince trusted her more and more.

“Your Highness, Ning’er is right. Only in this way can His Majesty take this matter more seriously. Now that Ning’er has taken the poison, please do not let Ning’er’s good intentions go to waste.”

Feng Ke stood with his hands behind his back, remained silent for a moment, and then instructed Ji Qing: "Go and invite the Emperor and Empress over quickly."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Ji Qing responded and hurriedly ran out.

Coincidentally, the Emperor was discussing matters with the Empress in her palace that day.

When Ji Qing rushed in with a look of anxiety on his face, both of them were a little puzzled.

Ji Qing knelt down with a thud: "This servant greets Your Majesty and Your Majesty the Empress!"

"Isn't this Jiqing, Ke'er's attendant?" The Empress looked at him. "Why did you rush in like this? Has something happened to Ke'er?"

Ji Qing cried and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Empress, someone has poisoned our Second Prince's food! We beg Your Majesty and Your Majesty the Empress to do justice for our Prince!"

"What? Ke'er has been poisoned?" The Empress slammed her hand on the table and stood up.

"No, the Second Prince was fortunate not to have drunk the poisoned soup and was not poisoned."

When the emperor heard the news, his face turned cold, but he remained relatively calm, especially after hearing Ji Qing say that Feng Ke had not been poisoned.

He remained calm and said to the Empress, "Your Majesty, please don't lose your composure. Ke'er hasn't been poisoned, so why are you in such a hurry?"

Then he asked Ji Qing, "Tell me, what exactly is going on?"

"Your Majesty, just as the Second Prince was about to have his meal, he disliked the soup and gave it to the palace maid Ning'er. However, after Ning'er drank the soup, she felt unwell. The Second Prince felt something was wrong and ordered me to invite Imperial Physician Sheng to take a look. There, he discovered residual poison in the soup."

"Fortunately, the poison was not a highly toxic one, but a slow-acting one, and the Second Prince happened not to drink the soup. It's just that Ning'er is now poisoned."

The Empress gripped her handkerchief tightly and said angrily, "Your Majesty, listen to this! If Ning'er hadn't shielded Ke'er from the disaster, Ke'er would have almost drunk that bowl of poison. And you actually told me not to worry? Why were you so anxious when the Consort was poisoned? Isn't Ke'er your own son?"

The Empress was not truly distressed that Feng Ke had almost been poisoned, after all, Feng Ke was not her biological son.

But Feng Ke is now her son in name only, and the Empress cannot ignore this. She still needs Feng Ke to be her support, so of course she has to make decisions for him.

Seeing the emperor's completely different, indifferent attitude, the empress became even more furious.

The emperor was somewhat in the wrong: "When did I say I didn't value Ke'er? I just wanted to find out the situation first."

"Heh, when Consort Gui and her son were poisoned, why did His Majesty lose his composure and order Consort Shu's execution without even understanding the situation?" the Empress said sarcastically.

She used this incident to stab the emperor, completely forgetting that she was the one who caused Consort Shu's death.

The emperor's face stiffened when the matter of Consort Shu was mentioned.

"Alright, that's enough. Let's go check on Ke'er first."

When the Emperor and Empress arrived at Xiyuan Palace, Qi Ning was already lying on the couch looking like she had been poisoned, and Imperial Physician Sheng was taking her pulse.

When Feng Ke saw the two of them enter, he bowed and greeted them: "Father, Mother."

"Ke'er, are you alright?"

The Empress stepped forward to help Feng Ke.

Feng Ke shook his head, his expression still shaken: "Your Majesty, I am fine, but my maid Ning'er has been poisoned."

The emperor glanced at Qi Ning, who lay pale on the sickbed, and asked Imperial Physician Sheng, "What's wrong?"

Imperial Physician Sheng took the porcelain bowl that had contained the soup and said, "Your Majesty, Ning'er drank this soup. The poison in her body is exactly the same as the poison found at the bottom of this bowl."

"Fortunately, it's not something highly poisonous, but if the Second Prince continues to consume it in this way, it could endanger his life."

"Your Majesty, listen to what Physician Sheng is saying! It's a good thing Ke'er didn't drink that soup, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable!"

The emperor glanced at the empress but ignored her words.

He remembered that the Imperial Physician Sheng in front of him used to take the pulse of Consort Shu.

For some reason, the emperor suddenly became suspicious and wanted to confirm it.

He instructed the eunuch beside him, "Go and fetch another imperial physician to examine you carefully."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The eunuch accepted the order and left, but soon after, he summoned Physician Wu.

Physician Wu examined the porcelain bowl and took Qi Ning's pulse, arriving at the same conclusion as Physician Sheng. Only then did the emperor fully believe it.

"Your Majesty, do you believe me now?"

The Empress said sarcastically, "Your Majesty is so calm and rational. You should stand up for Ke'er and be just as careful when you're looking for the person behind the poisoning."

Although the Empress was not a good person, she was right about what she said.

Feng Ke stood aside, his gaze towards the emperor also carrying a hint of sarcasm.

He had heard that when the imperial concubine was poisoned, His Majesty was thrown into a state of great confusion.

But now the emperor is so calm and rational, and he even has time to be suspicious.

A wave of sorrow washed over Feng Ke, and he felt sorry for his mother.

The emperor glanced at the empress impatiently: "I asked to find out the truth so that I could stand up for Ke'er."

"Your Majesty, please forgive my bluntness, but in the harem, there are only a few who would harm Ke'er. It must be the mothers of the other princes who are wary of Ke'er now that he has become the legitimate son, and that's why they have targeted him."

The Empress practically stated that the person who poisoned the body was likely the mother of the First Prince, the Third Prince, and the Fourth Prince, especially Consort Chen, who was the prime suspect.

The emperor ignored the empress's words. Having learned from the experience of Consort Shu, he was determined to investigate thoroughly before making a conclusion this time.

"Guards, investigate this matter thoroughly. You must find out who poisoned the Second Prince. Once the mastermind is found, I will punish them severely."

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