"Where did the beads in sister's hand come from?" Feng Yunmo asked.

Ever since the trip to Xituo, he no longer called Shen Qingyin "Madam", but called her "Sister Yin" like Xiao Chunran, while he and Mu Beiyan were still addressed as Brother Feng and Brother Mu.

Shen Qingyin raised her hand and looked at the beads in her hand. "These are the gifts from the Queen Mother today."

"Can you take it down and let me see it?" Feng Yunmo looked a little strange.

Shen Qing took off the beads suspiciously and handed them to Feng Yunmo.

Feng Yunmo picked up the beads and smelled them, then frowned again.

"There's something wrong with this string of beads, too," he said.

"What? There's a problem with the beads?" Shen Qingyin was shocked.

The Madam and Mu Beiyan who were present were equally surprised. Madam Mu, who had just sat down, stood up again in an instant, her face pale.

"This string of beads doesn't look unusual, but the smell is a little wrong. The rich fragrance of top-grade agarwood is rare, but the fragrance of this string of beads is mixed with a faint pungent smell. Most people may not be able to smell it if they don't smell it carefully. I have been sensitive to smells since I was a child, so I can tell there is something wrong." Feng Yunmo explained.

Mu Beiyan's face was grim. "Brother Feng, what happened to this string of beads?"

"This string of beads was coated with a slow-acting poison called Huanhua Powder. This poison was originally easy to detect due to its strong smell, so few people would use it. However, the person who poisoned it was very smart. He used the fragrance of thousand-year-old agarwood to suppress the strong smell of the poison itself... If my sister carries the bracelet with her every day, within a month, her breathing will stop and she will pass away quietly..."

"How ridiculous!" Mu Beiyan slammed the table with his palm, and the table cracked into several pieces.

"It's vicious, really vicious! Don't stop me, I must go to the palace to ask for an explanation! What on earth does the royal family want to do?" Madam Mu's patience has reached its limit.

Shen Qingyin's heart moved, and he said to the door, "Yun Wei, bring the things in."

Yun Wei came in and handed the brocade box she had been holding in her hand to Shen Qingyin. Shen Qingyin took it and opened it.

"Brother Feng, take another look at this."

Feng Yunmo stepped forward, carefully examined the Night Pearl, and shook his head, "There is nothing wrong with this Night Pearl."

"In other words, whether it is the Queen or the Queen Mother, they are only targeting me and want only my life." Shen Qingyin analyzed.

The agarwood bracelet was put on her hand by the Queen Mother herself.

The meals were also prepared for her by the Queen.

The direction of the two is very clear and there is no other possibility.

"Why? Why do they want to kill me?"

Thinking of the Queen Mother holding her hand, her eyes full of heartache, and her careful consolation, Shen Qingyin couldn't believe it.

I also couldn't understand why she wanted to kill herself.

She couldn't figure out this question, and neither could Mu Beiyan, Madam Tai, or Feng Yunmo who were present.

As the new bride of the general's mansion, Shen Qingyin had limited access to the palace and rarely interacted with the empress dowager and the queen. How could there be any deep hatred between them that would make them both want to kill Shen Qingyin?

While everyone was silent, a man walked into the room.

"What's there to not understand? It must be because you look so much like our mother... I'm afraid they had something to do with the murder of our mother!"

The person who spoke was Xiao Chunran.

He originally left the mansion accompanied by several guards and went to the post station where the accident happened that year.

As soon as I entered the room, I heard the people at the door say that the lady was ill and that Doctor Feng had been invited to come over, so I hurried over and happened to hear what Shen Qingyin had just said.

Xiao Chunran's words stunned everyone.

If you think about it carefully, this is not impossible.

Regardless of whether Shen Qingyin is Jin Yunyan's daughter or not, she looks very much like Jin Yunyan. This is something that not only Feng Yunmo can be sure of, but also Xiao Chucheng and his son.

If it was really the Queen Mother and the Empress who murdered Jin Yunyan, there is no guarantee that when they see Shen Qingyin again, they will mistakenly think that Shen Qingyin is Jin Yunyan's descendant and may seek revenge on them...

But after thinking about it carefully, Shen Qingyin still felt that something was wrong.

In her previous life, she married Qin Yueze and had been to the palace several times to meet the Queen Mother and the Empress, but they did not do anything to her...

Why didn't they do anything in her previous life, but kept trying to kill her in this life?

This was really puzzling, and she couldn't figure it out for a moment.

"No matter whether it is related to them or not, we still have to find evidence. The Queen Mother and the Queen are not ordinary people. Without solid evidence, His Majesty the Emperor will not believe us." Shen Qingyin continued.

"What should we do now? Are we just going to let it go?" Xiao Chunran couldn't hide the anger on his face.

He had always been extremely suspicious and dissatisfied with the royal family of the Beixin Dynasty. Seeing his sister being murdered again, it was really hard for him to bear.

Not only was Xiao Chunran angry, Madam Mu was also unwilling to give in. "I'd better go to the palace and see His Majesty. I believe His Majesty will not ignore it."

Shen Qingyin hurriedly advised the two, "Grandma, big brother, we are not going to just give up like this, we just need to calm down and plan carefully. In the past, the enemy was in the dark and we were in the light, so we could only respond passively. But now the enemy is in the light, and the initiative is in our hands. This situation is better than before."

Her words were affirmed by Mu Beiyan, who had remained silent the whole time.

"Yinyin is right." Mu Beiyan said, "Both the food and the beads passed through the hands of more than one person. Even if we go to His Majesty now, I'm afraid His Majesty will find it hard to believe. After all, in His Majesty's view, the Queen Mother and the Empress have no grudges against Yinyin, so there is really no reason for him to do such a dirty trick... The result is likely that we won't be able to move the Queen Mother and the Empress at all, but will instead alert them and put them in a passive position again."

Mu Beiyan and Shen Qingyin's words convinced Xiao Chunran, and he let out a long sigh and gave up for the time being.

"Okay, then I'll just bear with it for a while."

The lady also sat down again, "Then I will not go into the palace for now. What should we do next?"

Mu Beiyan and Shen Qingyin exchanged glances, and then turned to look at Feng Yunmo.

"Brother Feng, please stay in the general's mansion for the rest of your life, under the pretext of treating my grandmother's illness. You will be in charge of the food in the mansion."

Feng Yunmo nodded, "Don't worry, leave this matter to me."

Mu Beiyan's face was stern and his eyes were firm. "For the rest, we will just wait and see what other tricks they have."

Shen Qingyin nodded accordingly.

Right now, we can only respond to ever-changing situations by remaining unchanged.

Then he told Yun Wei to take the food out and "save it until tomorrow and throw it away. If anyone asks, just say I didn't eat because I was too sad."

As soon as Yun Wei left, someone at the gate came in and reported, "Madam, Madam, someone is here to pay their respects."

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