After the system set its sights on the dragon throne, the princess started courting death every day.

Ignoring the pain, the eunuch who had been kicked to the ground got up and knelt down tremblingly: "This servant dares not. Palace rules stipulate that all food brought into the palace from outside must be tasted by this servant to ensure that it is safe and sound before it can enter the palace."

Xiang An narrowed her eyes: "Are you saying that the pastries I made by hand are poisoned? Or are you saying that I poisoned the pastries and wanted to personally poison Father Emperor?"

"This servant wouldn't dare! Princess, spare my life!" The eunuch was terrified, cold sweat pouring down his face. "Palace rules dictate that this servant dares not disobey."

"You keep talking about palace rules. If you knew the truth, people would think you're a law-abiding citizen. But if you didn't, they'd think a eunuch was using the palace rules to bully me!"

"This servant dares not, Princess, spare my life!" The eunuch kowtowed repeatedly until his forehead was red.

Xiang An ignored him and raised his voice, "Who's in charge of the palace gates?"

No one answered. All the guards and eunuchs at the palace gate had already knelt down the moment she moved her foot.

Xiang An didn't mind this at all. She picked up the food box and was about to go into the palace when the eunuch rushed over and knelt down in front of her with a thud: "Princess, please allow this servant to taste it."

"How dare you!" Xiang An's face was gloomy as she looked down at him, exuding the majesty of a princess.

The eunuch lowered his head, trembling all over, yet remained stubbornly still.

After a brief standoff, Xiang An opened the food box, picked up a piece of pastry and ate it himself, saying as he ate, "See? I ate it myself, it's not poisoned! Make way."

The eunuch remained kneeling without moving.

Xiang An was furious. He threw the half-eaten pastry back into the food box, and the whole food box fell to the ground with a dull thud. It wasn't the ground that was hit, but everyone's hearts.

She kicked the food box next to the eunuch's legs and shouted, "Eat! If anyone dies from eating this today, I will take full responsibility!"

The eunuch crawled over on his hands and feet, deftly picked up a pastry from the food box, and quickly tasted it.

Xiang An stood to the side, his face cold, but inwardly slightly frustrated: "As expected, the investigation is very thorough."

To be fair, she hesitated more than a dozen times last night while making pastries about whether or not to add the drug.

Half an hour later, the eunuch was unharmed. He quickly packed the pastries and handed the food box to Xiang An, but she refused to take it, crossing her arms and coldly saying, "I don't want it."

Considering that she might not be able to get the pastries in the first time, she didn't tamper with them at all, and the pastries were perfectly safe.

The eunuch knelt down, sweating profusely.

Xiang An looked him up and down for a moment, then asked, "What's your name?"

“Your servant…you servant…Chengde.”

"Very well, I will remember you." I will never come to the palace gates again with you guarding them.

In other time-travel novels, the eunuchs' favorite thing to do is to turn a blind eye and not dare to disobey their superiors. But she encountered a eunuch whose eyes were as big as an ox's.

Comparing people to each other is really infuriating.

"Xiao Ru." Xiang An's gaze lingered on Chengde's flushed forehead. This sudden action was so different from the original owner's usual carefree personality. After a moment's thought, she said, "Send some of the best ointment to Chengde. A person who is loyal to the Emperor should be rewarded!"

Chengde's heart sank. He reacted quickly, pressing his forehead to the ground and shouting, "Thank you for the princess's gift." Whether it was poison or medicine, he could not refuse the princess's reward.

He glanced at An and saw him crawling on the ground, looking humble and lowly, his bent back trembling slightly. The other eunuchs and guards at the palace gate also looked at him with sympathy.

After thinking for a moment, she patiently added, "I applied some high-quality ointment to your forehead and knees. These minor injuries will heal quickly and won't interfere with your shift."

The trembling Chengde burst into tears instantly, his voice shaking with excitement: "This servant thanks the princess for her reward!"

The ancestral graves are emitting auspicious smoke!

Not far away, Fu Qingbai, dressed in a tight black outfit and with his hair tied up in a high ponytail with a jade crown, sat on horseback, gazing at the palace gate: "Who's that?"

Ding Yinan, also riding a horse behind him, said, "Judging from her attire, she seems to be a princess."

Fu Qingbai: "..."

That's a superfluous question.

There are very few people in the entire Yuan Kingdom who dare to be so arrogant and violent at the gates of the palace.

Fu Qingbai pondered for a moment and said, "Go and find out who it is."

Ding Yinan looked surprised: "General, you've taken a liking to her?"

However, this unknown princess's bold and daring behavior, compared to the gentle and graceful daughters surrounding the general, made her stand out from the crowd.

Fu Qingbai's eyes turned cold: "I am not familiar with her."

Ding Yinan looked embarrassed.

Fu Qingbai gripped the reins with his long, slender hand, his index finger unconsciously stroking the rough texture of the reins, and said softly, "The reasons for liking someone may be varied, but if you really like someone, it would be too casual and frivolous to use the word 'look' to encompass your joy for your beloved."

Ding Yinan stammered, "If that's not the case, then why did you send your subordinates to investigate her?"

“She’s too strange.” Fu Qingbai gazed at the receding figure at the palace gate. “She didn’t hold back when she kicked Chengde. Her words and the way she looked at people matched that kick perfectly.”

Ding Yinan: "What is that?"

Fu Qingbai: "Why give me a tonic after I kicked you?"

Ding Yinan guessed, "Perhaps she wants to settle things peacefully? But it's strange, no matter how much compensation is made afterward for causing trouble at the palace gate, His Majesty will not let her off easily."

"Go check."

"Yes."

When Xiang An entered the palace and saw the emperor, her first act was to accuse Chengde, which was also a way of indirectly revealing to the emperor that she had caused trouble in front of everyone at the palace gate, and giving him a reason for her inexplicable temper tantrum.

At the very least, the emperor mustn't notice anything amiss; the poisoning plan can't be allowed to die before it even begins.

"The older she gets, the more mischievous she becomes." The emperor put down his teacup and tapped her forehead helplessly. "The princess is becoming more and more imposing."

"With Father Emperor backing me up, I fear nothing!" Xiang An said firmly. "Besides, the entire Yuan Kingdom belongs to the Xiang family. What's wrong with showing off a little power in my own home?"

The Emperor said, “You can show off your power, but you need to know your limits. The people of the world are watching you closely and taking you as their role model.”

Xiang An turned her head away, refusing to listen, and said, "With Father and all my brothers setting an example, why are they targeting a weak woman like me?"

It was just a thoughtless remark, but the emperor's expression instantly darkened.

Xiang An was startled and knelt down in fear and trepidation: "Your subject misspoke."

"It's none of your business." The emperor reached out to help her up, sighing helplessly, "I was just thinking about the eunuchs that Xin'er executed in the mansion a few days ago."

Xin'er, whose full name is Xiang Xin, is the eldest prince of the Yuan Kingdom and the elder brother of Xiang An. It is rumored that his personality is very similar to that of the deceased Empress Liu.

However, Xiang An didn't know if they were really similar. Empress Liu died from massive bleeding right after she was born, and she had never even seen her. How could she know if they looked alike?

She stood up quietly, following the emperor's gesture, and looked at him with a puzzled expression.

The emperor, exasperated, gritted his teeth and said, “If a servant in the manor does something wrong and dies, that’s fine. But Xin’er threw the naked body out at the manor gate and left it exposed for three days. Every day, she ordered the guards and maids in the manor to beat and insult the corpse in court. The civil and military officials said that her personality was similar to her mother’s. I didn’t know how to refute her.”