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“However, I don’t need these.” Meng Fuying lowered her eyes slightly and stopped looking at those things.
The empress looked a little embarrassed and somewhat resentful. However, she smiled again and said gently, “Haha, you are so down-to-earth.”
Even though she was extremely annoyed, she still tried her best to smile and praise her.
“If there’s nothing else, I’ll go pay my respects to the Empress Dowager.” Meng Fuying really didn’t want to see her fake smile. She really didn’t want to waste any more time with her here.
“Child, why are you so anxious? I still have some things to tell you.” The empress held Meng Fuying’s hand again. She also had a smile on her face, but there was a hint of nervousness in her eyes.
Then she turned to Qing Zhu and said, “Just now, I asked someone to look at Fu’er and Ye’er’s birth characters. The two of them are truly a match made in heaven and earth. Take it and let the empress dowager take a look. It will also make the empress dowager happy. Also, tell the empress dowager that I will keep Fu’er here and teach her some things about girls.”
Her words were somewhat reasonable. Although Qing Zhu was a little unwilling, she did not dare disobey the Empress’s orders.
Moreover, if something were to happen to her master here, the empress would be the first suspect. Hence, she wouldn’t dare to do anything to her.
She looked at Meng Fuying and saw Meng Fuying nod slightly at her before leaving with the memorials handed over by the palace maid.
“Come, I have specially ordered someone to make ginseng soup. Try it.” After Qing Zhu left, the empress gestured for a palace maid to pour a bowl of ginseng soup. She personally took it and handed it to Meng Fuying.
Meng Fuying’s eyes sank slightly. This ginseng soup originally carried a bit of medicinal smell, and its color was also a bit yellow. At first glance, there didn’t seem to be anything strange, but with her sharp sense of smell, she was sure that the Empress had added some other medicine into this soup.
Her lips curled into a sneer. It seemed that this was why the empress had asked her to come today.
However, she could not understand why the empress would poison her in her own harem.
Her cold eyes narrowed. Good. She wanted to see what the Empress was up to.
Due to her previous coldness, Meng Fuying only calmly gazed at the bowl of soup and did not directly take it.
“What? You won’t even give me this face?” The empress pretended to be dissatisfied.
Only then did Meng Fuying deliberately hesitate for a moment before taking it. She held it to the corner of her lips and looked as though she had drunk it. Little did the empress know that the soup had been completely sucked away by the sponge hidden in her sleeve.
After the incident of Meng Ruxue poisoning her yesterday, she realized that there were many people who wanted to harm her now. Poisoning was one of the most commonly used methods in ancient times. Hence, just in case, she hid a special sponge in her sleeve.
She hadn’t expected it to come in handy so soon.
“I’m going to pay my respects to the empress dowager now.”
Because she was not sure what medicine the empress had drugged, after Meng Fuying drank the medicine, she stood up and pretended to leave. However, her body swayed slightly. “My head is so dizzy.”
Then she fainted on the table.
That was the only way to find out what the Empress had drugged her with.
“Fu’er, Fu’er, what’s wrong?” The empress pushed her slightly. After pushing her a few times and seeing that there was no movement, she pushed hard a few times. However, Meng Fuying was still lying motionless on the table.
“What happened? Why did she faint?” The empress turned to the only palace maid in the room and asked in a low voice.
“I don’t know. The last time I drugged her, she clearly didn’t faint. She was fine at that time, as if nothing had happened. She only became silly two days later. This time, did she faint because she drugged her too heavily?” The palace maid answered softly. She paused for a moment before continuing, “Why don’t I wake her up first?”
“Then hurry up. If we wait for Qing Zhu to come back, we’ll be in trouble,” the empress growled.
Meng Fuying secretly sneered in his heart. She did not expect that the Empress was the one who caused ‘her’ foolishness. And this time, the Empress actually wanted to poison her silly again.
Because the drug would only take effect two days later, the empress dared to poison her so blatantly.
Hmph, are you trying to make me stupid? Fine, I’ll play with the empress and make sure she never forgets me.
Just as the palace maid was about to strangle her, Meng Fuying suddenly jumped up…
What Meng Fuying did not know was that there was a pair of eyes in the dark, watching her every move. When they saw her sudden movements, a hint of a smile was hidden in those deep eyes. It was still that indulgent look.
Since she wanted to play, he would accompany her. It was the first time he had ever wanted to indulge someone so much as indulge himself.
“Stand guard outside. No one is allowed to enter Phoenix Palace.” His voice was still cold, but now there was a hint of indulgence in it.
Su Feng was stunned. This time, he was completely stunned. He had always believed that he understood His Highness the best. As long as His Highness frowned and waved his hand, he would understand what His Highness meant.
However, at that moment, he could not believe his ears.
When he saw Meng Fuying’s actions in the room, his eyes suddenly widened. He dared to guarantee that this was the first time he was so shocked after following His Highness for so many years.
His Highness wanted him to guard outside at this time and not let anyone in?
He tried to convince himself that His Highness just didn’t want anyone to see Miss Meng lose her composure, but he simply wasn’t convinced by that reason.
If His Highness didn’t want anyone to see Miss Meng lose her composure, he could take her away.
His Royal Highness was clearly allowing Miss Meng to ‘commit murder’, and it was ‘murdering’ the empress!
He never knew that His Highness had such an evil side.
Alright, since it was Master’s order, he naturally had to obey unconditionally.
However, he actually wanted to stay and watch Miss Meng’s shocking actions.
Then again, he believed that His Highness would definitely not let other men see Miss Meng’s abnormal behavior. Hence, His Highness wanted him to stop other people from entering first and also to send him away.
In the room.
Meng Fuying suddenly jumped up, giving the empress and the palace maid a fright. The palace maid who wanted to strangle her earlier was so shocked that she took a few steps back and almost fell to the ground.
“Fu’er, are you alright?” The empress was indeed the empress. She was really smart. After the shock, she quickly calmed down. She smiled again and asked with concern..