The sickly son died young? After the marriage exchange, I will bring prosperity to his entire clan f

"What does it have to do with me? You're right under my nose every day, you know everything I do. I don't even know what medicinal herbs are, who would I poison?"

Chun Tao remained silent, but she still doubted what Du Mingxian was saying. "You can eat this pastry if you want, or not if you don't. Anyway, you're the one who'll suffer."

Du Mingxian took a deep breath, "I...I can't walk there, can you deliver it to me?"

Chun Tao smiled slightly, took two steps forward, picked up the pastries, and presented them to Du Mingxian. "Eat up."

The moment Du Mingxian touched the pastries, she grabbed Chun Tao's hand tightly and pulled her into the space. This was the first time she had brought an outsider into the space, apart from Ling Silang.

As an ancient person, I have never experienced anything like this before. I was just in a room, and now I have arrived in a strange place.

"Where is this place?" Chun Tao asked warily.

Du Mingxian felt terribly unwell, dizzy and lightheaded. "Hand over the antidote, and I'll take you back. If you don't, you'll never see the man you love again in this lifetime."

"You are a monster."

"I am a fairy, the home of monsters, how could it be like this?"

Chun Tao retorted firmly, "Forget about it, I will not give you the antidote."

"Okay, whatever you want."

Du Mingxian could still use her consciousness in the space. She looked weak and slowly walked towards Chun Tao, saying, "Take me back to my room, I feel unwell."

"Why?"

"Based on our time together, I know you're not a bad person at heart."

Chun Tao was unwilling to help, but given the opportunity to get closer to Du Mingxian, she was willing: "Okay, I'll help you."

As Chun Tao approached, Du Mingxian shot her with a tranquilizer dart, and Chun Tao collapsed to the ground.

Du Mingxian immediately stepped forward, barely managed to search her body, and then tied her up tightly.

A person skilled in using poisons often carries a lot of poison on their person; poison can even be found in their hair.

After doing all that, Du Mingxian couldn't hold on any longer and fainted. She had originally wanted to drink some spiritual water.

She didn't know how long she slept, but when she woke up, she still felt very uncomfortable, and even her whole body ached slightly, as if the pain was coming from her bones.

She dragged herself over and drank two mouthfuls of spiritual water, which relieved her discomfort somewhat.

The spiritual water can forcibly strengthen the body, but it's unknown whether it can cure her kind of poison.

Feeling a bit better, she returned to her room. It was already dark. She took a closer look and realized that Lian'er was still guarding outside.

"Lian'er, go and rest. You don't need to guard here."

"Yes."

After Lian'er left, Du Mingxian quietly left as well, heading straight for the Crown Prince's residence.

Ling Silang was in a good mood because the matter was resolved. He had been working hard lately and went to bed early every night. In the middle of the night, he felt someone approaching. When he opened his eyes, he saw Du Mingxian.

He was startled, but he didn't say a word against Du Mingxian. He only asked softly, "Did something happen? Why are you here now?"

"It's nothing serious. You'll see once you come into the space with me."

The two entered the space, and Ling Silang was shocked to see Chun Tao tied up. "What happened?"

“I gave her the picture, and she tried to kill me right away. She lit poison incense in my room first, and I don’t know what kind of poison it was.”

Ling Silang became nervous upon hearing that he had been poisoned. "Let me check your pulse."

Du Mingxian stood obediently to the side, waiting for Ling Silang to finish taking her pulse before asking, "Is something wrong?"

"It's nothing serious. The poison in your body has been neutralized, even the detox we take every month."

"Oh, that's wonderful." Spiritual water is indeed spiritual water.

Thinking of this, she remembered the Crown Prince. "You said that if I give this water to the Crown Prince, he will recover and be able to sit on the throne, which would be a good thing for the people of the world."

"That's right, the Crown Prince has the people on his mind."

"Then let me think about how to cure the Crown Prince's illness."

"Find a doctor, boil some Coptis chinensis with spiritual water, and no one will suspect anything."

"That's a great idea! You're amazing!"

Ling Silang was amused by her appearance. "Chuntao, what do you plan to do?"

“Now that I’m inside the space, and she’s discovered my biggest secret, I can’t possibly leave alive. But there’s no need for outsiders in the space. I want to try to extract some useful information from her. If I can, she’s no use to me. If I can’t, she’s even less of a reason to live.”

Ling Silang cautioned, "She is skilled in using poison. If someone like that becomes even more ruthless, she herself could become a poisoner, so you must be careful."

“Okay, I know.” Du Mingxian was quite happy. “Now that we know it’s the Second Prince, the most important thing now is to take revenge. After we’ve avenged him, we can go back.”

Ling Silang didn't tell Du Mingxian that there would be a lot of trouble ahead for them. Seeing her smiling face, he didn't want to spoil the mood.

After leaving Ling Silang's place, Du Mingxian secretly went to find the Crown Prince, thinking that he had already gone to sleep, but to her surprise, the Crown Prince was not asleep.

She kindly reminded him, "Your Highness is not feeling well, so you should rest properly. Only by resting can you replenish your energy. If you continue to stay up late every day and not sleep well, you will probably feel even worse."

The prince did not answer her question directly, but asked, "Why are you here? Is the drawing finished?"

"Alright." Du Mingxian handed another picture to the Crown Prince. "That picture has probably already been sent out."

"Yes, I will send someone to keep an eye on things. Just take care of yourself."

Du Mingxian gave him a strange look. "Your Highness, you are not in good health. I know a famous doctor. He cured my husband when he was unwell. I wonder if Your Highness would like to give him a try?"

"I have sought out renowned doctors all over the world, but none of them could cure my illness. Do you think someone you know can cure it?"

"Your Highness must not underestimate anyone, especially women."

The Crown Prince stared at Du Mingxian for a long time and nodded. "Alright, then I'll do as you say. Bring that doctor over here so I can take a look."

"I'll go back and discuss it with him."

She left things here to the Crown Prince and went to investigate Old Madam Xu's matter. Such an important matter should be able to be found out, but... she couldn't find a suitable person in the capital.

Anyone who could know the Crown Prince must be related to the royal family. She had inquired about and investigated the royal family and the Crown Prince's maternal grandparents' family in detail, but found nothing.

Half a month has passed since Chuntao was sent into the space. Every day she goes in to ask Chuntao, but there is no result at all.

She wouldn't give Chun Tao anything to eat, only a bowl of water each day. Even so, she stubbornly endured it, still hoping to escape.

During the past two weeks, Ling Silang returned to the court to serve, but because of his performance at the Emperor's birthday celebration, he lost his position in the Ministry of Rites, and no envoy wanted such a reception official.

Ling Silang was eventually assigned to the Ministry of War.