Phoenix Cries Across the World: The Cold-Hearted Princess is Too Alluring

Even so, Chu Yingge was still willing to call the person in front of her "brother" and was still willing to acknowledge Chu Yinnan's place in her heart.

Now that things have come to this, if Chu Yinnan were to continue pretending to be stupid, then he would truly look down on Chu Yingge's intelligence.

“It hasn’t been long. I just found out last night. Before that, I was just suspicious,” Chu Yinnan said after thinking for a moment.

This morning, in order to confirm his suspicions, he went out and bought Chu Yingge's favorite food, but he saw disgust on the face of the person in front of him.

This Chu dialect song is not the same as that Chu dialect song.

Chu Yingge sighed silently. She hadn't originally intended to hide this from the person in front of her, but she truly regarded Chu Yinnan as her own brother and herself as the real Ninth Miss of the Prime Minister's Mansion—Chu Yingge.

"She was killed by Chu Yanran, which is why my soul ended up in her body. The body is still hers, but the person is no longer hers. This is what you call 'reincarnation.'" Chu Yingge thought for a long time before explaining this fact to Chu Yinnan in simple terms.

I considered countless possibilities, but this was the one I never thought of.

Chu Yinnan tried to hide it, but his hands inside his sleeves kept trembling. Last night, he heard the murmur of the person in front of him and was certain of it, but he never expected that the truth would be so cruel.

After all that effort, he still couldn't protect her.

"Okay, I understand." Chu Yinnan stood up, her eyes vacant, as if she had lost her soul, and struggled to walk away from the backyard.

Watching Chu Yinnan's lonely figure, Chu Yingge wanted to comfort her, but at this moment, all words were pale and powerless.

Chu Yanran killed the original owner of the body, and she took over the original owner's body. In essence, she and Chu Yanran are no different.

She and Chu Yanran together took away Chu Yinnan's sister, his only sister.

His head was slightly lowered, making it impossible to see his expression.

She leaned back in the rocking chair, her eyes half-closed, as if she were about to fall asleep. Only she herself could know the struggle and turmoil within her heart.

Chu Yanran never missed an opportunity to cause trouble for Chu Yingge. When she heard from Green Bamboo that Chu Yinnan had left the backyard, she led her people towards the backyard without saying a word.

They marched in a grand procession, seemingly determined not to let Chu Yingge off easily.

Yesterday's opportunity was so good, yet Chu Yingge still managed to escape. But it doesn't matter; today, she is truly ready.

The servants behind her were all top-notch imperial guards borrowed from Chu Moran, so even if Chu Yingge's martial arts were superb, it would be of no use.

Upon arriving in the backyard and seeing Chu Yingge leisurely reclining in a rocking chair, Chu Yanran felt a surge of anger. She strode over and slapped Chu Yingge hard across the face.

Normally, Chu Yanran would never have had such an opportunity, but today, Chu Yingge was preoccupied with Chu Yinnan's affairs and didn't react in time, thus enduring Chu Yanran's slap!

She was a little dazed from being hit, but the burning pain on her face quickly brought Chu Yingge back to her senses.

The temperature around her dropped instantly, and her eyes were filled with overwhelming murderous intent. No one had ever dared to slap her in public before!

"Do you want to die?" As soon as she finished speaking, Chu Yingge was about to attack Chu Yanran, but just as she was about to make a move, a group of servants surrounded her and isolated Chu Yanran in a safe area.

Chu Yingge sneered. As expected, they came prepared; the people they found were all experts.

"Chu Yanran, you've really had enough of living!"

"So what? What can you do to me?" Chu Yanran said with a charming smile.

She grew angrier the more she thought about what happened last night, and she couldn't let Chu Yingge get away with it, which led to the scene that unfolded now.

She wouldn't openly kill her, after all, she was destined to become empress, and of course she couldn't give others grounds for criticism.

But if Chu Yingge dies or disappears on her own, then she can't blame anyone else, can she?

Chu Yanran did indeed play her cards well, but her opponent was Chu Yingge, so in the end, things would definitely not go as she wished.

With her hand discreetly placed on her waist, Chu Yingge looked at the people in front of her with a sinister glint in her eyes. Although she was not a person with internal strength, she could tell that the people surrounding her were all experts. If they attacked together, she really wouldn't gain any advantage.

Looking at Chu Yanran, she clearly had a look of enjoying the show and seemed completely unconcerned.

Was it not that these people's purpose was to embarrass her? Or perhaps Chu Yanran wasn't there to cause trouble, but rather had other motives?

After carefully surveying her surroundings, Chu Yingge's eyes suddenly turned exceptionally sharp.

She had an unusual fragrance about her; it was very faint, yet quite strange.

That was the scent of datura, and she knew this plant better than anyone else.

The entire datura plant is poisonous, with the fruit, especially the seeds, being the most toxic, followed by the young leaves. The dried leaves are less toxic than the fresh leaves.

Datura poisoning typically manifests symptoms half an hour after ingestion, progressing to drowsiness, convulsions, cyanosis, and ultimately coma and death.

These are all essential pieces of knowledge that one must acquire before becoming a top assassin.

Only Chu Yanran had approached her just now, which means that the poison was secretly administered when she was slapped?

It seems that after fighting with herself for so long, Chu Yanran's IQ has finally improved a lot, and she knows how to kill people using professional methods.

If Chu Yanran had killed someone else, she certainly wouldn't have said anything, and might even have marveled at Chu Yanran's killing skills.

But Chu Yanran wants her life, so that's a different story.

"Chu Yanran, you shouldn't have made any moves on me."

"If you're so capable, why don't you try to take advantage of me too!" Chu Yanran said in a deliberately provocative manner.

If Chu Yingge hadn't known what Chu Yanran was planning, she would have acted without hesitation. However, now that she knew what Chu Yanran was up to, she naturally wouldn't fall into Chu Yanran's trap so easily.

Because the main component of datura is alkaloids, and the toxic effects of alkaloids are mainly to first excite and then inhibit the central nervous system, block the acetylcholine response, stimulate brain cells to produce strong agitation, stimulate the spinal nerve reflex system, and cause convulsions and spasms.

In short, the angrier and more emotional she becomes, the faster the toxins of the datura spread, ultimately hastening her death.

Chu Yingge let out a long breath, slowly calming her emotions, and the fierceness in her eyes quickly subsided.

"I know you're trying to make me angry, but I'm in a good mood today and I'm not going to argue with you. So, you can go back to where you came from!"