Moreover, Su Ci's entire body was checked and there was nothing unusual. The alcohol was not prepared by her, and there was no evidence that it was related to her. She was completely wrongly accused.

The emperor said quietly, "Duke Song, this matter ends here! Go back and educate your daughter well! Don't cause trouble again and again!"

Emperor Mingguang paused, and then said, "From now on, don't bother Su Ci anymore! After all, she is already the future Princess of Qin!"

The word "again" was used very cleverly. In fact, it was implicitly reminding Song Ting that Song Ning before and Song Xi now, what's wrong with the daughter of your Song family? She kept making trouble for Su Ci, which was a warning to Duke Song.

The emperor and his ministers had worked together for nearly twenty years, and upon hearing this, Song Ting understood what Emperor Mingguang had not yet said.

The Duke of Song also knew that he was in the wrong.

In fact, he also saw Song Xi's aggressive look just now, and wanted to step forward to stop him. When he was about to walk over, he was blocked by a minister and said a few more words.

Unexpectedly, the tragedy happened in the blink of an eye.

Song Ting knelt on the ground and replied loudly: "I obey your order!"

At this time, Song Xi was lying on the bed, making unpleasant sounds in pain. It felt like there was a fire burning in her throat, and she felt an unbearable burning pain not only in her mouth and throat, but also in her stomach, which made her feel very painful.

Fortunately, she only drank a small cup, otherwise, this poison would have killed her.

Nangong Qi and Song Yan stood aside, watching coldly as the imperial doctors busied themselves in and out.

They had all heard about the absurd things that Song Xi had done to Su Ci one after another, which completely shattered their worldview and was beyond imagination.

Nangong Qi's eyes were full of sharp light. "The first two times Song Xi made a move, Su Ci must have been completely unprepared, which is why she almost succeeded. The third time, it was probably Song Xi who was making trouble again, but Su Ci retaliated against her instead."

"She should be taught a lesson and learn her lesson. Not everyone can be provoked by her!"

"If it wasn't for your sake, who would care about her life or death, and who would know who she is?"

"In fact, when I was detoxifying Song Xi last time, I found that she was a little strange. She was poisoned by two kinds of poisons at the time, but they were not difficult to cure, and they were not very harmful to the body. They just made her body a little weaker."

"This kind of poison can be easily removed by a doctor with a slightly higher level of skill."

"What's more, as a first-rank duke's mansion, Duke Song's Mansion has imperial physicians coming in and out from time to time. Even if we find any imperial physician, it would be impossible for the poison to stay in her body."

"But the poison stayed in her body for three years. No matter how hard I thought, I couldn't figure out the reason."

"So, I only told your Highness and you about this matter, but who knew that you didn't take it seriously."

"Now, at the banquet in the imperial palace, Song Xi used poisons one after another. This can only mean that she knows poisons, and the poison in her body may have been injected by herself."

"As for the reason, I don't know for the moment."

Nangong Qi spoke out all his thoughts in one breath.

Song Yan listened to all this silently, and his suspicion grew even more.

After thinking for a moment, Song Yan said, "When my mother disappeared, I was only eleven years old, and Song Xi was seven years old. At that time, I was looking for my mother everywhere, and was bullied by Lu Lingzhu. I couldn't even have food to eat. She would punish me with family rules at any time."

"Once, I was sick and almost died. I was dizzy and heard the conversation between Lv Lingzhu and Song Xi. Song Xi told Lv Lingzhu that as long as she could eat well and wear warm clothes, she was willing to recognize Lv Lingzhu as her mother and forget about Lv Pei from then on. She also didn't need to recognize Song Yan as her brother."

"Later, she also went to ask my father to let Lv Lingzhu legitimately become the stepmother of the Duke of Song's mansion."

"From then on, she was afraid of upsetting Lü Lingzhu, so she treated me, her biological brother, extremely badly. Especially in front of Lü Lingzhu, in order to please her, she kept saying bad things to me, calling me a fool, saying that I didn't even have enough to eat and couldn't even take care of myself, so how could I be her brother and so on."

"I was so sad and disappointed that I resolutely left the Duke of Song's mansion. At the age of sixteen, I could not wait to go to His Highness's side and started as a soldier step by step."

"All of this is due to the exclusion and suppression of me by Lü Lingzhu and Zhao Chunmei, as well as the ridicule, curses and indifference of Song Xi towards me. I can't feel any warmth in the Duke of Song's Mansion. If there is anyone in the Duke of Song's Mansion who is worthy of my concern, it is only the old Duke of Song."

"I've never heard you talk about this before!" Nangong Qi asked doubtfully.

"This is not something glorious or nice to hear, how can I publicize it? I haven't even mentioned it to my mother and grandmother, I have never mentioned it to anyone."

"We have been good brothers for so many years, and you didn't tell me such an important thing. What if Song Xizhen succeeds in framing Miss Su Jiu? Aren't you afraid that His Highness will peel off your skin? Have you ever thought about what will happen to your Song Guogong Mansion? Don't you know how much His Highness cherishes Miss Su Jiu?"

"If things get out of hand and His Highness is forced to choose between his brother and the woman he loves, how do you expect him to choose?"

Song Yan was so frightened that he broke out in a sweat and felt cold all over.

At this time, Song Xi covered her mouth and cried with tears and snot, her face was covered in dirt.

Lu Pei and a little maid were taking care of her and wiping off the dirt for her.

Lu Pei was still coaxing her, "Xiao Xi, don't cry anymore. The imperial doctors are trying to find a cure for your poison. Just bear with it for a while!"

Song Xi could hardly make a sound now. It took her a while before she uttered a few syllables from her throat, "It hurts... it hurts... it hurts so much..."

After saying that, she couldn't help but burst into tears.

Suddenly, as if she had gone mad, she snatched the brush that was used to write the prescription from the imperial physician and wrote on a piece of paper in a flamboyant manner, "It was Su Ci, it must be Su Ci who harmed me, she poisoned me, I must not let her go, she is an extremely vicious person!"

Several people looked at the words above.

After reading it, everyone looked at her with disdain. It was too much to wrongly accuse others at this time!

An imperial physician who had originally sympathized with her situation also began to look down on her.

Lu Pei also explained softly: "Su Ci is a good child. She also saved her mother's life. She is very kind to us!"

A young man in charge of decocting the medicine couldn't help but sneered, "You prepared the wine, the wine pot, and the wine glasses yourself. Miss Su Jiu poured the wine in front of so many people, it's impossible for her to do anything wrong. You are just making random accusations and wrongly accusing her!"

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