Poisoning

  Nangong Jun lightly shook his head, with his hands behind his back. "There's no major problem, Your Majesty can rest assured that she will wake up soon." The empress nodded and walked to the bedside, sat down, took Qianyu Xian's pale hand and patted it gently, letting out a sigh. "How could you suddenly slip and fall into the water?"

  Everyone looked at me, I looked at you, and no one knew how to respond. Suddenly a soft, gentle female voice came, followed by a woman walking into the room. The woman slightly bent her knees and bowed her waist, "Mingyue pays respects to Her Majesty, and to Your Imperial Majesty."

  The empress dowager glanced at Mingyue, her face as delicate as a peach blossom and as serene as snow on a clear day. "Mingyue, you've also entered the palace? It's really... none of you come to visit me, I'm truly old."

  Zuo Mingyue smiled slightly, and her eyes couldn't help but add a few points of pride. "What are you talking about, Empress Dowager? I also wanted to come and pay my respects to you, it's just that something happened along the way..." As she spoke, Zuo Mingyue's eyes turned towards Qian Yu Xian who was lying on the bed.

  The empress also looked at Qian Yu Xian, stretched out her hand and gently patted Qian Yu Xian's face, nodded slightly in satisfaction, "Not bad, born to be a stunning beauty, even Ming Yue can't compare with Yu Xian."

  The Empress Dowager's words made the normally proud Zuo Mingyue's expression stunned, and after a while, she slowly opened her mouth, forcing herself to endure the discontent in her heart, "What the Empress Dowager said is true, I also think so."

  The Snow Weaving Princess let out a cold hum, with an intentional yet unintentional tone, slowly opening her mouth to say, "You also think so? The Feather Fairy has become like this now and doesn't know who to look for."

  Zuo Mingyue's expression stiffened, restrained by the presence of too many people and the need to maintain Snow Silk Princess's dignity. She gritted her teeth and endured it, forcing a faint smile on her face as she gazed at Snow Silk Princess with smiling eyes, her voice affected:

  "Mingyue didn't quite understand what Xueyun Gongzhu meant. Yuexian jumped down by herself, it has nothing to do with Mingyue."

  Nan Gong Bo saw Xue Fen princess wanting to say something, furrowed his brow and stretched out his hand to pull the restless Xue Fen princess, gently shaking his head.

  The Empress Dowager listened to the conversation between Xuefen Princess and Zuo Mingyue, furrowing her brow. Her tone turned severe, and her eyes became sharp as she looked at Zuo Mingyue, "Mingyue, what do you mean by 'jumped down on your own'? Explain it to me."

  Zuo Mingyue gently shook her head, "Yu Xian wouldn't have fallen into the water if she hadn't been careless. I'm blaming myself for not taking good care of Yu Xian, otherwise this wouldn't have happened."

  The empress nodded in satisfaction, "Mingyue doesn't need to blame herself. Is the medicine ready? Bring it over and let me feed Yuexian myself." Zuo Mingyue clenched her fists, her eyes revealing a hint of resentment, but she knew this was a good opportunity to poison Qianyuexian and couldn't miss it. Thinking this, Zuo Mingyue smiled at the empress, "Empress, why don't I go take a look instead?"

  The empress nodded, "Alright." Having obtained the empress's consent, Zuo Mingyue turned to leave but was stopped by Princess Xuefen. "Wait! It's so late and you're not familiar with the palace roads, I'll take you there myself." Zuo Mingyue furrowed her brow, "Princess Xuefen, does this mean you don't trust me?" Princess Xuefen let out a cold snort, "How could I say that? I'm worried you'll get lost, and... do something you shouldn't."

  Zuo Mingyue furrowed her brow, her eyes rolling around before suddenly striking an idea, a faint smile spreading across her face. "Alright, let's go, Princess Xueyun." Princess Xueyun snorted coldly and led the way out of the room.

  Xuefen Princess and Zuo Mingyue walked on a stone path, the stone path on both sides emitted a faint light, and the two followed this faint light to the place where the medicine was being decocted. Xuefen Princess led the way in, inside there was a small palace maid holding a fan fanning a medicinal pot with steam rising from it. Xuefen Princess walked up and asked, "How is it? How much longer?"

  The little palace maid stood up and respectfully saluted Snow Weave Princess and Left Mingyue, "Slave servant sees Snow Weave Princess Left Miss." After finishing the salute, she replied to Snow Weave Princess's words, "Replying to the princess, it will be ready soon, slave servant is going to get a bowl now." Snow Weave Princess nodded at the steaming medicine pot and followed the palace maid with a curious face to see where the bowls were placed.

  Zuo Mingyue looked at Xuefen Gongzhu with a curious expression, sneered, picked up the cloth that the palace maid had just put down on the ground, held it in her hand, opened the lid of the medicine bottle, and quickly dripped the prepared fragrance into it. Then she swiftly covered the lid, put the cloth back in its original place, and pretended to be curious, running to stand behind Xuefen Gongzhu as if she had been standing there all along.