Reborn as the Regent's Beloved

How could Xiao Fengyi not know Xiao Fengmingjing's thoughts?

Want to play a duet with her? No chance.

To avoid playing with him, the woman, holding her zither, stepped on her right foot with her left, stumbled, and deliberately fell onto the chair, saying, "Your Highness, I'm feeling a little unwell."

She sat firmly in the chair, refusing to play the duet, and didn't let Feng Mingyu hug her.

Feng Mingjing withdrew his hand, feigning concern, "What's wrong?"

"I didn't eat breakfast this morning, and I feel a little dizzy. Your Highness, could you please get me some food?"

Xiao Fengyi told her two maids, Xuanhua and Zihua, to come back later so that things would be easier if such a thing happened. Coincidentally, Feng Mingjing didn't bring any attendants with him either.

Seeing that the woman's pale face didn't seem to be lying, Feng Mingjing reluctantly went out. "Shall I go and get you some food?"

After the man in white left, Xiao Fengyi did not immediately stop pretending to be sick, because she knew that there was still someone watching her.

When Green Book overheard that Xiao Fengyi hadn't eaten, he saw an opportunity to drug the young lady.

She took out the sleeping potion she had prepared beforehand, sprinkled it evenly on the peach blossom pastry, shook it a few times, and then walked into the hall of Chunya Courtyard, saying warmly, "Miss, what a coincidence, what are you doing here?"

Xiao Fengyi smiled charmingly and replied, "I didn't eat breakfast this morning and I feel dizzy, so I'll rest here for a while."

"Young Miss, how can you not eat anything? I have some peach blossom pastries here, how about I have you have some to tide you over, and then I'll have the kitchen cook you a bowl of noodles later?"

As they were talking, Green Book had already placed the peach blossom pastry in front of the young lady, as if afraid she wouldn't eat it.

The woman had already secretly used silver needles to seal the Tianshu acupoint on her abdomen. Once this acupoint was sealed, even if she ate a poisonous snack, the toxins would be directly expelled without harming other parts of her body.

Xiao Fengyi already knew that the peach blossom pastry was poisoned.

The snacks delivered by Green Book were exactly what Xiao Fengyi wanted. She took one and asked, "Green Book, are you only passing by Chun Ya Courtyard because you're getting them for Qing Yin, right?"

"Ah...yes." The maid was uneasy, clearly feeling guilty for lying.

There is a direct corridor from the banquet hall to the kitchen, so there is no need to take a detour.

Green Book brought the snacks to Chunya Courtyard specifically to poison her. Seeing that Xiao Fengyi was holding the snacks but not eating them, she said anxiously, "Miss, aren't you hungry? Eat them quickly, they were just taken out of the steamer."

"I thought the pastry flowers looked nice, so I wanted to observe them first."

Xiao Fengyi looked up, her shimmering eyes sweeping over the maid who harbored ulterior motives.

Green Book swallowed hard. "These are desserts that Madam had the kitchen design specially for the Drunken Begonia Banquet. They're delicious. Would you like to try some, Miss?"

Xiao Fengyi glanced out the window; Feng Mingjing hadn't arrived yet, so she deliberately stalled for time. "Green Book, have you tried it?"

"This servant does not."

She raised an eyebrow and asked, "Then how do you know it tastes good?"

"This servant..." Green Book was choked by Xiao Fengyi and blurted out, "Miss, this servant forgot, just now in the small kitchen, I shared a piece with the old woman and tasted it, it was not bad."

"Oh, then I'll eat it." Zi Hua arrived, and Xiao Fengyi withdrew her gaze, finally taking a bite of the peach blossom pastry. Lü Shu breathed a sigh of relief.

After quickly chewing the snack, she pretended to faint.

Upon hearing Feng Mingjing's footsteps, Green Book quickly retreated as well.

"Fengyi, I got you some peach blossom pastries."

When Feng Mingjing entered, Zi Hua followed behind him.

Xiao Fengyi had already instructed Zihua to wait in the kitchen. As soon as she saw Feng Mingjing, she was to follow the man under the pretext of looking for the young lady.

She was afraid that Feng Mingjing would take advantage of her vulnerability.

After entering the room, following the pre-planned scenario, she bypassed the Seventh Prince, climbed to the chair, and howled, "Young Miss, what's wrong with you?"

Xiao Fengyi rubbed her forehead. "Zihua, I'm so sleepy. I wonder if I ate something bad."

Zi Hua glanced at the man's shoes behind her and cried out, "Young Miss, what did you eat?"

When the time came, the woman fainted and did not answer the maid's question.

Zi Hua took the peach blossom pastry from Xiao Fengyi's hand, turned to look at Feng Mingjing, and asked, "Seventh Prince, who gave the young lady these peach blossom pastries?"

Feng Mingjing glanced at the peach blossom pastry in his hand, then at the unconscious Xiao Fengyi, and had a premonition that the duet could not be completed.

Feeling his plan had been ruined, he angrily smashed the plate in his hand on the ground, shattering the porcelain and the peach blossom pastry into several pieces.

Seeing Feng Mingjing's terrifyingly angry expression, Zi Hua instinctively hugged her young mistress, thinking to herself, "This Seventh Prince is usually so elegant and refined, but he's so terrifying when he gets angry."

He was also shouting at the air, "Who poisoned Miss Xiao?"

No one answered him. Green Book, having finished poisoning the plants, had already left Chun Ya Courtyard to inform Xiao Qingyin.

Receiving no response, Feng Mingjing walked to the chair, grabbed the sleeping woman's clothes, and said, "Get up! We still have a duet to play!"

"Seventh Prince, the young lady has been poisoned. We should call the royal physician first. Please don't shake her." Zi Hua pleaded with him, but the man wouldn't listen.

Unfortunately, no matter how much he shook her, Xiao Fengyi did not wake up.

Given this situation, with the banquet about to begin, Feng Mingjing had no choice but to give up.

As he was leaving, he kicked the round stool by the door and said to Zi Hua with his back to her, "Go and fetch the family physician for your young lady."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Zi Hua breathed a sigh of relief after confirming through the overturned round stool that Feng Mingjing had crossed the stone bridge, passed through the hall, and arrived at the banquet hall.

"Miss, the Seventh Prince has left."

Xiao Fengyi heard Zi Hua speaking in her ear and poked the other's waist with her fingers hidden inside her clothes.

This was the code they agreed upon.

The code indicated that Zi Hua could leave Chun Ya Courtyard with Xiao Fengyi.

"Your Highness, this Miss Xiao is quite interesting; she actually set up such a scheme."

All of her subtle interactions with her maid were witnessed by Kazeyuki, who was standing at the highest point of the Chunya Courtyard.

Under the clear blue sky, Feng Xingye crossed his arms and pondered, "No wonder she didn't ask me for help; it turns out she already had her own plans. Yue Qi, come with me to the banquet hall to see if Feng Mingjing and Xiao Qingyin will fall for her trap."

"Yes, Your Highness."

When the two of them leaped down from the highest point of Chunya Courtyard, they startled Xiao Fengyi and Zihua.

Zi Hua pointed to the sky and asked curiously, "Miss, did you feel someone fly by like a bird?"

Xiao Fengyi, seemingly unsurprised, picked up the dancer's clothes and said jokingly, "Zihua, forget about those strange people. Let's quickly disguise ourselves and go to the banquet hall to watch the fun."

They decided to disguise themselves as dancers and enter the banquet hall.

After changing into light green clothes, Zi Hua handed Xiao Fengyi a pair of mandarin duck swords and a handkerchief.

"Miss, I didn't steal the Second Miss's handkerchief. I found it at the kitchen door."