The arrogant imperial concubine arrives, the favorite of the regent

Prime Minister Yun and Ye stood aside, unmoved, looking as if they were waiting for Yun Mujiu to present them with a great gift, so that they could regain some face in front of everyone.

But who is Yun Mujiu? How could he let them succeed?

Even if Yun Mujiu didn't want to argue with them and cause the Ye Palace to lose face, she believed that Ye Xiaohan would never let her go.

Yun Mujiu looked at Yun Shirou quietly, his eyes full of smiles.

"Do you know what my current status is?"

Yun Shirou was stunned for a moment, not being able to figure out what Yun Mujiu meant.

"She is the wife of a prince of a country, the princess consort of the god of war of Zhongyue country. In terms of status, how can ministers be compared with royal nobles? In terms of rank, the Night King is second only to him and above everyone else. As the princess of the Night King, do you think I should kneel down to you..."

Yun Mujiu took a few elegant steps, leaned close to Yun Shirou's ear, and whispered, "Are you worthy?"

Although the voice was deliberately lowered so that the common people outside the gate of the Yun Mansion could not hear it, the people standing at the gate of the Yun Mansion, including Prime Minister Yun and his wife, could hear it clearly.

Yun Xiang's face turned pale. Although he disliked his daughter, Yun Mujiu's identity was there. If he insisted on slapping Yun Mujiu's face, he would be slapping the face of King Yama Ye Xiaohan!

This was the first time he looked at Yun Mujiu carefully. In the eighteen years before this, he had never even looked at his daughter straight in the eye.

Ye sensed something was wrong and was afraid that Yun Mujiu would start a scene at the gate of the Yun residence.

She could only smile coquettishly and said, "Oh, what are you doing? How can we stand at the door and chat? Let's go in first. Mu Jiu, mother has specially prepared a large table of delicious food for you, and your brothers and sisters are always thinking about you."

What they care about is not whether you are good or not, but when to get rid of you forever, so that they can enjoy everything in Yun Mansion alone. Ye is a typical smiling tiger, with countless dark and calculating thoughts growing in his heart.

Yun Mujiu nodded and did not continue to take Qiao down. She had just warned the Yun family, and they did not dare to disrespect Yun Mujiu for the time being.

Although she doesn't like to use her status to pressure others, in many cases, identity, power, and ability are important factors in determining the right to speak and status.

Ye Xiaohan once told her, "Just don't lose face for the Ye family." Then she could naturally feel free to use Ye Xiaohan's influence and power to get things done.

However, Ye Xiaohan didn't actually mean that. He simply reminded Yun Mujiu to consider the face of the Ye Mansion when he was outside. But in Yun Mujiu's ears, the meaning became: do everything bravely to achieve the goal of preserving the Ye Mansion.

The group came to the main hall, and Yun Mujiu, the Princess of Ye, sat in the main seat as expected, corresponding to Yun Xiang. Ye, Yun Shirou, and Yun Jingyu sat in the secondary seats.

Originally, there should have been a session for the married daughter to offer tea to the elders, but after what happened just now, Yun Xiang and the others did not dare to ask Yun Mujiu to offer tea.

Yun Jingyu was sitting there obediently, acting as a background. Just now at the entrance of the Yun residence, he had been hiding behind Yun Xiang, so Yun Mujiu didn't notice his presence at all.

In her memory, Yun Jingyu was definitely not this quiet and peaceful person. Yun Jingyu was naughty by nature, and coupled with the doting of Ye and Yun Xiang, even though he was fifteen years old this year, he still had the demeanor of a playboy.

Yun Mujiu couldn't help but look at him curiously.

He was wearing a sapphire blue brocade robe with bird patterns, thin and lazy, with a few pieces of simple jadeite tied around his waist and brightly colored rings on his hands. He looked like a rich young man, but he was arrogant and conceited, with deep contempt and disdain in his narrow eyes.

During the last wedding, Yun Jingyu was studying in the academy and did not come back to attend the wedding. So this was the first time Yun Mujiu met his stepbrother.

She remembered that one cold winter, Yun Jingyu deliberately pushed her into the glacier. Fortunately, a servant passing by found her and rescued her. However, because she was soaked in the icy water for too long, she became extremely ill and almost didn't survive that winter.

Yun Jingyu was very quiet at this time, and he must have been harboring some bad intentions.

Yun Shirou's personal maid Zhishu came in with a tea tray in her hands. She respectfully placed a cup of tea on each person's table.

Finally, Zhishu carefully put down a cup of tea for Yun Mujiu. The slight gleam in his eyes as he lowered his head and walked away could not escape Yun Mujiu's discerning eyes.

Yun Mujiu remained calm, holding the middle of the teacup with his left hand, and lifted the tea lid with his right hand, and a fresh fragrance wafted into his nose.

This is the top-grade Biluochun tea supplied exclusively to the royal family. Every year, a small number of ministers receive this tea as a reward.

The soup is clear and bright, and the leaves are soft and green. However, the tea leaves, which are usually tender green when brewed, have turned brownish yellow, and the refreshing fragrance is accompanied by a very light stale smell.

There is something wrong with this tea!

The doctor's system's alarm also sounded.

"Attention! The tea is poisonous! The tea is poisonous! It contains gut-breaking grass liquid!"

Yun Mujiu was very observant and noticed the problem with the tea before the doctor system started to remind her. It was difficult to tell where the problem was with the naked eye.

The doctor scanned the tea and found out that there was concentrated juice of Gelsemium elegans in the tea. Yun Mujiu remembered that he had read about Gelsemium elegans in Chinese herbal medicine books when he was studying medicine.

Gelsemium elegans, which belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family, is not the name of a family of plants, but a general term for plants.

The whole plant is poisonous, and eating it will cause strong discomfort in the digestive, circulatory and respiratory systems, causing the intestines to turn black and stick together. The stomach will hurt as if it was being cut by a knife, and eventually the intestines will rot and the person will die.

What a cruel heart!

Yun Mujiu looked straight at the tea lid and found the problem. There were traces of light yellow liquid sliding down the inside of the tea lid.

The tea itself is not poisonous. Someone has dried and crushed the powder of Gelsemium elegans and stuck it inside the tea lid. When the tea lid is used to cover the newly brewed tea, the steam will rise and melt the powder of Gelsemium elegans, turning it into poison and mixing it into the tea.

Yun Mujiu's mouth corners slightly raised, with a meaningful smile. No wonder the system didn't remind Zhishu that the tea was poisonous when he entered the room, but only recognized it after he opened the teacup.

As for why the powdered matcha was covered, it was probably because it was difficult to determine the amount. The steam would carry the powder on the inner wall of the tea cover, so the powder would not dissolve so quickly, and the toxicity would not take effect immediately. If Yun Mujiu was poisoned to death in the Yun Mansion, everyone in the Yun Mansion would be to blame.

Yun Mujiu understood everything, but she didn't show it. She stood up and walked towards Yun Shirou, placing her cup of tea in front of her.

"Sister, after I get married, I'll have to trouble you to take care of our parents at home. Therefore, I specially offer you a cup of tea, please don't let me down."

It was said to be serving tea, but in fact it was just putting a cup of tea on the table.

Yun Shirou's face turned pale. Yun Mujiu did not drink the tea as expected!

Did she find out that there was something wrong with the tea? If she did, why did she look so calm and friendly while serving me tea? If she didn't know, she probably just wanted to save the face of Princess Ye and gain a good reputation, right?

Yun Shirou didn't understand for a moment. She hurriedly declined: "Sister, please don't do that. You are too polite. There is a huge gap between our statuses now. I don't dare to drink the tea you offer me. Besides, even if you don't ask me to, I still have the responsibility to take care of my family."

She didn't dare drink it! Her younger brother Yun Jingyu bought this little bit of Gelsemium elegans powder from others at a high price. It was still February and winter, and there was no way to find the scarce fresh Gelsemium elegans outside.