The mistress was reborn and broke off the engagement, the regent cried and begged to marry into the

Zhu Changji was filled with mixed emotions: "I eat whatever my mother cooks. It's okay, I'm fine."

"Okay, okay." Mother and sister were very happy. They had been worried for several days and now they finally put their minds at ease.

"Brother, stop standing there and come in," the younger sister greeted him cheerfully. She was nimble and pretty.

Zhu Changji stepped over the brazier and entered the yard, swallowing all the words he wanted to say.

He was a powerless man, just a tiny pawn in the fight for succession.

The days that followed were like walking on thin ice, with life and death hanging in the balance.

He regretted his impulsiveness...

The carriage moved slowly along the long street.

A servant ran to the car and said, "Girl, I finally found you. The master wants you to go back."

"I know." Shangguan Haitong raised her eyes gently. Auntie, please don't let her down...

The carriage went all the way back to the mansion and stopped in front of the door.

Shangguan Haitong got off the car, took off her veil and handed it to the maid after entering the mansion.

The atmosphere was solemn, and the servants bowed their heads. When she walked to the hall, no one dared to come forward to deliver the message.

Shangguan Haitong's eyes darkened, and he bowed and saluted: "Greetings, father and mother."

After dismissing his attendants, Shangguan Kui slammed the table and said, "Rebellious girl, what good deed have you done? Tell me yourself."

Shangguan Haitong glanced at everyone present and said calmly, "My daughter went to the nunnery outside Beijing to pray for mother and Chi'er, and has been away from home for many days. I wonder what father wants me to say? Is it wrong for my daughter to pray for blessings? I don't understand, please tell me clearly, father."

Yang Lanyi was furious: "What a sharp-tongued person you are. Pray for me? You wish I would die, Aunt Fang."

Nanny Fang came out holding a medicine bowl and said, "Miss, this medicine contains a drug that makes you tired."

Shangguan Haitong was slightly surprised: "How could this be? Why are you showing it to me? I'm not a doctor, I don't know medicine."

"The evidence is right in front of you, and you still don't admit it? It was clearly you who put the drug in it..." Yang Lanyi gritted her teeth.

Shangguan Haitong's face turned cold: "Mother, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. I was the one who caused the problem with the medicine? You are my biological mother, what good is there in harming you? It turns out that in your heart, I, your daughter, am so vicious."

Yang Lanyi couldn't argue with him and became even angrier: "Bring her up here and see what else she has to say."

Nanny Fang went out and told two maids to bring up the maid who delivered the medicine.

The little maid came into the room, knelt on the ground, and trembled.

Yang Lanyi pointed at the little maid and said, "Now that the matter has come to an end, you still don't admit it?"

Shangguan Haitong was helpless: "What does my mother want me to recognize? Who is she? I have never seen her."

"You!" Yang Lanyi's chest heaved violently.

Aunt Zhou quickly calmed her down and said, "Don't be angry, sister. Let me ask you something."

Shangguan Haitong sneered with a mocking look in his eyes.

Yang Lanyi finally calmed down and said, "Sister, please ask her carefully."

Aunt Zhou nodded and stepped forward: "The eldest girl said she had never seen her, but she said that you instructed her to tamper with the medicine."

The little maid lowered her head and dared not say anything.

Shangguan Haitong clapped calmly: "I always thought that my father and mother were just a little stupid, but I didn't expect them to be as stupid as pigs."

"Rebellious girl!" Shangguan Kui and Yang Lanyi were furious.

Shangguan Haitong pursed her lips and smiled, "Am I wrong? I went out of the mansion to pray for blessings for a few days, and I don't know what's going on in the mansion. If the medicine has been tampered with, isn't the most suspicious person the concubine who guards the bed every day? When has the medicine not been in her hands?"

Yang Lanyi was furious: "Stop spitting blood at me. My sister would never do that."

"Why not? You are the wife and she is the concubine. The competition for favor has existed since ancient times." Shangguan Haitong said bluntly.

Shangguan Yunshu learned that her elder sister had returned and happily came out to greet her.

I didn't expect to hear such remarks as soon as I arrived in the hall.

She paused.

It is impossible to advance or retreat at the moment.

Shangguan Kui slammed the table and stood up: "How dare you! Whether it's your biological mother or your stepmother, they are all your mothers. You are simply a traitor!"

Aunt Zhou saw Shangguan Yunshu and seemed to want to say something but stopped herself.

She lowered her head with a look of grievance: "Young lady, you are right. No matter what, I am just a concubine."

Yang Lanyi hurriedly stood up to comfort her: "She is outspoken, sister, please don't think too much."

Shangguan Yunshu awkwardly walked into the hall to pay his respects to his elders and stood silently aside.

Taoyao and Feixiang followed with worried looks. Judging from the situation today, I'm afraid it won't end well.

Shangguan Haitong was not afraid at all: "Did I say anything wrong? I was out of the house for such a long time, and it was such a coincidence that my mother found out that the medicine had been tampered with. Have you checked the prescription? Is there a problem with every prescription, or is there only one with this one?"

Yang Lanyi was silent, and then she argued: "I was in a hurry and didn't have time to check it carefully."

Shangguan Haitong stared at Aunt Zhou with a calm look in her eyes: "So you haven't investigated anything clearly, and you come to accuse me. Mother, am I really your biological daughter? When something happened, you didn't suspect outsiders first, but concluded that it was me who did it."

Aunt Zhou explained: "Miss, don't blame your sister. She was also panicked."

Shangguan Haitong lowered her eyes to look at the little maid kneeling on the ground: "Then again, mother does not doubt the person who serves her every day. But she is certain that it is her own daughter who has been away from home for several days and praying in the nunnery. I would like to ask what the truth is. Tell me."

The little maid bowed and said, "I was on duty today. When it was time to take the medicine, Madam hadn't taken it yet. I took the medicine to remind her, but was scolded. When I was about to take the medicine, Auntie stopped me. She said that I urged Madam to take the medicine, and wondered if the medicine had been tampered with."

Shangguan Yunshu looked at Aunt Zhou in disbelief. She bit her lip tightly, wondering if Aunt Zhou was still...

Shangguan Haitong smiled and asked: "The maid was just concerned about mother's health and reminded her to take the medicine, how come there is something wrong with the medicine? Auntie is so sure that the medicine has been tampered with, could it be that you did it? Apart from someone with bad intentions, I can't think of anyone else..."

"Shut up! She can't do that." Yang Lanyi said affirmatively.

Shangguan Kui frowned and looked at Aunt Zhou calmly.

Shangguan Yunshu explained anxiously: "Sister, my aunt wouldn't do that."

Aunt Zhou wiped her tears with a handkerchief: "I don't know what I did to cause such a misunderstanding from the young lady."

Shangguan Haitong smiled and said, "I didn't misunderstand you. I was just talking about the facts. Auntie, why are you making such a fuss?"

Nanny Fang interrupted at this time: "Not only is Auntie sure that this was done by the eldest girl, she also encouraged them to search the yard."

Aunt Zhou slowed down her actions of wiping her tears. She lowered her eyes, her mind racing.

Shangguan Haitong smiled and nodded: "I see, you searched my yard. What did you find? Who found it? A maid? Or a concubine? Take it out for me to see, so I can identify it. Maybe it's really mine."

"Found out..." Yang Lanyi looked at her husband hesitantly.

Shangguan Kui didn't want to take out the letter and question him in front of so many people: "Let's talk about the medicine first."

Aunt Zhou winked.

Madam Zhao knelt down and said, "Master and Madam, I know something about this matter."