Reborn to be a mistress, she went crazy killing the legitimate daughter

Cao Yuqin stared blankly, while Shen Yiran looked carefully into the room.

The furnishings in the room were simple. There was even a hoe and a winnowing basket leaning against the corner, and a pair of men's boots and socks covered in mud leaning against them.

"Okay, Madam Hou, please enjoy."

Shen Yiran held the warm teacup in his hand and said with a smile, "It's so warm. It's actually colder in the mountains."

Cao Yuqin sighed, then held up the teacup and looked towards the still closed door: "Why is there no movement at all?"

Shen Yiran listened, thought for a moment and said, "I was thinking I was getting colder. It's already so late. We have to hurry back."

Just as Shen Yiran was about to get up, the old lady smiled softly and said, "Drink your tea before you leave."

Hearing this, Cao Yuqin sat down immediately when she was about to stand up, put the cup to her mouth and drank, then stood up again, but because she was too anxious, she knocked over Shen Yiran's cup.

"Ah, sister, are you okay?"

Shen Yiran wiped her skirt with a handkerchief, shook her head and said with a smile: "Go call them."

Cao Yuqin walked over, knocked on the door and said, "It's getting dark. If you have anything to say, let's go back and talk. It will be difficult to walk on the dark mountain road later."

After a while, there was a sound from inside the door: "Okay."

Shen Yiran heard the situation inside the door and the person who spoke seemed to be Bo Jinnian.

But after he answered, he didn't open the door. Cao Yuqin was waiting at the door. Seeing no movement, she could only say to Shen Yiran: "Sister, come and ask?"

Shen Yiran waved Cao Yuqin over: "Maybe they haven't agreed yet, wait a little longer, don't rush them."

Cao Yuqin had no choice but to sit down.

Shen Yiran smiled and said to the old lady: "It's a pity that I didn't get to drink your tea just now."

The old lady immediately lowered her head to pour tea, her eyes fell on the table, and after a moment of hesitation, Shen Yiran smiled and put the knife for cutting tea cakes on her neck: "Madam, did you find that the knife is missing?"

Cao Yuqin was shocked and looked at what was happening in confusion.

"Qin'er, go check her body to see if there is an antidote."

Cao Yuqin was a little flustered and didn't understand what Shen Yiran meant.

"The tea you just drank must have been poisoned. Go and see if there is an antidote."

The old lady pursed her lips and smiled. Cao Yuqin searched up and down but couldn't find anything. She smiled and said, "What's the reason, Madam Hou?"

Shen Yiran's eyes turned cold, and he said to Cao Yuqin: "Tie her up!"

When Shen Yiran saw Cao Yuqin hugging the old lady from behind, he immediately picked up the teacup and poured all the tea in the pot into the old lady's mouth. She couldn't swallow it and the front of her clothes was wet.

"Qin'er, stuff her mouth with a piece of cloth."

Cao Yuqin remembered that her hand had seen the rope when it was moving around, so she stuffed it into her mouth and then took out the rope to tie her up.

"Sister, what's going on?"

Cao Yuqin spoke softly as she leaned against Shen Yiran, her body trembling slightly.

Shen Yiran looked at the closed door coldly and said, "Just now I mentioned the murdered old lady, but as the old lady's personal maid, she didn't react at all."

"I said I wanted to leave, but she was in no hurry to leave even though she knew it was dangerous to stay here."

"Also, the Marquis's answer just now, he should have heard that it was you who asked the question, so he would not just answer with a single word "OK" without opening the door, because he knew you must be very worried."

Cao Yuqin was still a little confused, but Shen Yiran stared at the tied woman with cold eyes and said, "There are people lurking in the room. We have already controlled them, and this woman wants to control us without making a sound."

Cao Yuqin turned to look at the guard outside the door: "But we have guards here!"

"Yeah, so they can wait until it gets dark, send hot tea and hot meals over, and then they can easily capture everyone."

Cao Yuqin was shocked by what she heard. She immediately reacted and stared at the woman: "Sister, you mean that the spies from the Eclipse Kingdom have come to our door!"

Shen Yiran nodded, stood up and walked to the door and shouted to the inside: "The woman outside has been tied up by us and fed with poisoned tea. People inside, why don't you come out?"

Shen Yiran asked Cao Yuqin to go out and stay with the guards, and he waited in the room alone.

Sure enough, the door was wide open, and three men carried the old prince, Prince Xing and Bo Jinnian out.

It was obvious that they had drunk the tea that the woman had brought in and had had an attack.

Shen Yiran looked at Bo Jinnian, and he blinked twice. Seeing this, Shen Yiran felt relieved.

He went over and held up the fake old lady with a knife: "What are you going to do?"

The three spies from the Three Food Kingdom on the other side looked at the woman and narrowed their eyes: "Kill her if you want!"

After hearing this, Shen Yiran raised the knife and inserted it into the woman's abdomen. Blood immediately gushed out. Shen Yiran gritted his teeth and pulled out the knife.

"Although such a small knife can't kill her in one blow, if I poke a few more holes and let her bleed, I think she will die for sure."

When the spies from the Lunar Eclipse Kingdom saw this, they became furious. The guards at the door drew their swords and surrounded the hut, with cold lights flashing. They immediately and nervously controlled the hostages.

"A stalemate is not good for you. My husband, the Marquis, is an imperial envoy who was ordered to investigate your country's affairs. You have already kidnapped him, which can be used as an argument to destroy the friendship between the two countries. Does the Eclipse Nation want a war?"

The three men originally wanted to take the hostages and escape, but seeing how powerful Shen Yiran was and hearing her words, they dared not act rashly.

"We just want to ask the old prince to go back and ask for clarification."

Shen Yiran snorted coldly, his face solemn, and he inserted the knife into the old lady's abdomen again, and blood splattered on her face: "The emperor of our dynasty has agreed to investigate, why don't you go back and wait for news?"

"Let you talk nonsense? We lost our general!"

"How about investigating both together?"

The three people were a little skeptical when they heard this. Shen Yiran drew out his knife again: "I am giving you a way to survive. If you think it is unnecessary, just go ahead!"

The guard at the door shouted and rushed into the room, surrounding the three people.

"Get out of the way! Let us go, and we will let them go!"

The three men refused to let go of the hostages and walked out with them.

The guards retreated inch by inch, pressing very closely.

Bo Jinnian and the leading guard looked at each other, winked at each other knowingly, and the guard in the front row immediately raised his sword and chopped over.

At the same time, Bo Jinnian stepped on the foot of the man who was holding him hostage, moved his neck away from the knife edge, and pulled the man's knife-holding hand to slash at the people on his side.

In the chaos, the guards rushed forward and quickly stabilized the situation.

"You! How can you still move?"

Bo Jinnian reached out and straightened his torn collar, his expression calm, "Because I didn't drink."

Shen Yiran saw that they were all under control, and immediately asked in a stern voice: "Where is the antidote?"

The three men held their heads high and refused to say another word.

Shen Yiran went over with a teapot and filled them all with tea. He sneered and said, "There's more here. Let me fill them one by one. Let's see who will be poisoned first, you or us."

The woman lying on the ground covered her wounds and saw that a group of people had been arrested. She didn't want to die, so she immediately shouted, "The antidote is in my shoe."