Rebirth on the wedding night, being doted on by the scumbag elder brother

"And this..." The guard handed Su Huan an oil paper bag.

"What is this?" Su Huan opened the oil paper bag and his eyes narrowed when he saw the white powder inside. "Send it to the Imperial Hospital immediately to find out if it is related to the poisoning of Concubine Xian!"

Not long after, the imperial physician confirmed that the powder in the oil paper bag was the poison that caused Concubine Xian to be poisoned.

Su Huan sneered and threw the item in his hand in front of the palace maid. "What else do you have to say?"

The palace maid looked pale and stared at those things blankly. She had never thought that she would end up in such a situation.

These were all gifts from the imperial concubine, but that packet of poison was really not hers!

"Your servant...your servant..." The maid wanted to explain herself but couldn't utter a word.

"Take him away and interrogate him strictly!"

"Yes, sir." The guards stepped forward and dragged the maid away.

Su Huan reported the situation to the emperor, who angrily rebuked him: "How dare you poison me in front of me? You must not let me off easily! Su Huan, tell me the truth immediately after you find it out!"

"I understand."

The news of Empress Xian's poisoning quickly spread throughout the palace and even outside. Naturally, Ye Yunzi also heard about it.

"What?" Ye Yunzi stood up suddenly, her face full of surprise, "Empress Xian was poisoned?"

Empress Xian had just recovered from the poison not long ago, so how could she be poisoned again? If she was poisoned again, the consequences would be disastrous... Was she destined to repeat the tragedy of Empress Xian's death from poisoning in her previous life?

Ye Yunzi ordered the carriage to be prepared and hurried to Ningcaotang. Now the only person who could save Concubine Xian was Tao Qiming.

Arriving at Ningcaotang, Ye Yunzi held the handkerchief tightly in her sleeves, feeling guilty and not knowing how to speak. However, before she could speak, Tao Qiming handed her a white jade bottle.

"This is the antidote. You must take it as soon as possible, otherwise your life will be in danger."

"How do you know..." Ye Yunzi asked in surprise. How did Tao Qiming know about this before she even had the chance to explain her purpose?

Tao Qiming frowned, his expression serious: "I provided the poison."

"What?" Ye Yunzi was shocked and looked at Tao Qiming in disbelief. "Did you poison Concubine Xian?"

Tao Qiming was silent for a moment, with a rare heavy look on his face.

"Before I left that day, Concubine Xian asked me for a poison. I thought she was going to use it to test or research the antidote, so I gave it to her without thinking too much. But I didn't expect..."

I didn’t expect that Empress Xian actually took the poison herself!

Empress Xian had been poisoned before, so she must have been extra wary of those around her. It was impossible for anyone else to poison her this time except herself.

"How is this possible? Why would Empress Xian do this?" Ye Yunzi's mind was in a mess and she couldn't understand it at all.

Empress Xian had just recovered from the poison and knew clearly the danger of being poisoned again, so why did she still take the poison herself?

"Miss Ye, we can't wait any longer. We have to deliver the antidote to Empress Xian as soon as possible!" Tao Qiming said anxiously, bringing Ye Yunzi back to reality while she was lost in thought.

She simply responded, "Okay."

Now, the only person who can enter and exit the palace freely to see Concubine Xian is Baili Yan.

Ye Yunzi hurried to the Seventh Prince's Mansion. Fortunately, Baili Yan was still in the mansion, fully prepared and about to enter the palace.

"Yunzi?"

When Baili Yan saw Ye Yunzi, a barely perceptible emotion flashed across his eyes.

Ye Yunzi was in no mood to go into details, and quickly handed the white jade bottle in her hand to the other party, "Your Highness, this is the antidote for Concubine Xian, and she must take it as soon as possible."

"how do you……"

"Now is not the time to talk about this. Let's talk about it later." Ye Yunzi frowned.

Baili Yan nodded in agreement, "Okay, I will send the antidote to Mother right away. Yunzi, thank you for your help so many times."

……

A palace maid was taken to the prison and severely interrogated. Murdering the imperial concubine was a grave crime, and there must be someone behind it.

"It's unfair! That packet of poison really isn't mine."

"Injustice!"

Although the palace maid kept shouting her innocence, the evidence was conclusive and she could not clear herself of suspicion even if she jumped into the Yellow River.

"Humph! Tell me who told you to do this! If you don't want to suffer, just confess!"

"It's really unfair! I didn't poison anyone, it wasn't me!"

"It seems like you want to have a taste of pain!"

A guard stared at the palace maid coldly, and the palace maid's face had turned ashen.

At this time, another guard approached and whispered something. The guard looked up at the palace maid and finally nodded silently.

A bulging purse was stuffed into his hand. He weighed it and a satisfied look appeared on his face. "I'll give you half an hour, but you can't die."

Everyone else left, leaving only the maid and the guard in the dark and damp prison.

The maid swallowed nervously, her eyes fixed on the guard.

The guard looked at her coldly, "You should know what to do."

The maid's body began to tremble uncontrollably. "Please, Madam, save me. You must save me! I really didn't poison you!"

The guard looked at the maid with indifference.

"If you die, your family can live; but if you don't die and talk nonsense, your future life will be more painful than death."

The palace maid was shaking violently, her face as pale as paper.

After the guards left, the maid stood alone with empty eyes.

Soon, the interrogating guards appeared again.

The maid spoke in a weak voice: "I admit that I was the one who poisoned her."

The atmosphere in Empress Xian's palace was solemn. The palace maids were frightened, worried that they would be implicated in the Empress' poisoning. After all, this was a capital crime.

In the backyard, a palace maid looked nervous and hurried somewhere.

After Empress Xian was poisoned, many hidden facts gradually came to light. If she investigated further, more secrets would be exposed. She had to inform someone immediately.

The maid walked to a place with ease and quickly hid the token under the rockery. Just as she was about to turn around and leave, she heard a stern shout: "Stop!"

Several strong maids stepped forward quickly and subdued the maid. The maid's face suddenly changed and she struggled desperately, but to no avail.

The old lady was shocked: "Qin Tao, it's you?"

Qin Tao has been loyal for many years and is deeply trusted by the Queen. Why...

The old lady's heart was filled with chills: "Qin Tao, how could you betray the queen? When has she ever been mean to you?"

Qin Tao was flustered, but she quickly regained her composure: "Mammy, you misunderstood! I was just passing by, why did you arrest me? I didn't do anything!"

The old nanny remained calm and signaled her men to search, and they soon found the token hidden by Qin Tao.

Qin Tao's heart sank, and she ignored the eyes behind her!

"Mammy, that is just the jade pendant my mother left me. I hid it temporarily because I was afraid it would be damaged during the search by the guards..."

The old nanny's disappointment grew day by day, and she sighed in her heart: The queen is so kind and lenient to the servants on weekdays, why would someone repay kindness with evil?

"Can you explain what this is?" The old nanny took out a letter from her sleeve.