Thankfully, these people weren't too stupid. They quickly figured out who Xiaoying might go to for help.
After realizing this, they weren't as anxious as before.
After all, they had full confidence in Feng Yuqin.
Since she had made such an arrangement, she must have had her own plans.
...
Meanwhile,
The Prime Minister's Mansion was bustling.
Feng Yao and Feng Chi had brought back the poison and told the Second Lady about the plan they had come up with on the way.
After learning this, the Second Lady sent someone to call Feng Pingqiu.
When Feng Pingqiu heard that they could scheme against Feng Yuqin, he agreed without hesitation.
It was supposed to be a matter where the four of them hit it off. The Second Lady and Feng Pingqiu kept praising Feng Yao and Feng Chi for their shrewdness and strategies.
Just as they were praising, coincidentally, Feng Qing overheard them.
Feng Qing had been injured by Feng Yuqin before. She had just recovered for a few days and was planning to make up for her previous losses. But before she could regain her mental balance, she heard Feng Pingqiu and the Second Lady speak so highly of Feng Yao. Immediately, she couldn't help but step out and cause a ruckus.
What Feng Qing wanted to do was to expose this matter.
"Feng Qing, if you dare to go out and tell anyone, I'll beat you to death," Feng Pingqiu said coldly, staring at Feng Qing.
Previously, Feng Pingqiu had always treated Feng Qing well.
After all, Feng Qing had a sweet mouth and knew how to make him happy.
But now, Feng Qing always annoyed him, and Feng Pingqiu's patience with her had completely disappeared.
"Dad," Feng Qing looked at Feng Pingqiu in disbelief. "You actually want to beat me to death for them? Am I not your daughter?"
A glint of malice flashed in Feng Pingqiu's eyes. With a hint of cruelty, he said, "A disobedient daughter is not worth having."
For example, Feng Yuqin.
This was what Feng Pingqiu truly thought.
Hearing this, Feng Qing was severely hit.
"Since you don't care about me as your daughter, why should I care about your thoughts?" After saying that, Feng Qing turned around and ran.
She was going to expose this matter.
Why did they all think Feng Yao and Feng Chi were good?
She was also their daughter.
"Come on, stop the Second Miss and put her under house arrest," Feng Pingqiu ordered. Immediately, the guards in the mansion stepped forward.
Feng Qing didn't have the ability to directly fight against so many guards like Feng Yuqin did.
So, she was subdued by the guards after only a few moves and was sent to her courtyard and put under house arrest.
She had just recovered from her illness for a few days and was now confined to the courtyard. This made Feng Qing hate Feng Pingqiu and the Second Lady to the core.
Watching her eldest daughter being taken away, the Second Lady asked worriedly, "Is it really okay for us to treat Qing'er like this? What if she can't think it through?"
Although the Second Lady sometimes felt that Feng Qing was disappointing, seeing her being put under house arrest just a few days after recovering from her injury, she still felt a bit reluctant.
But Feng Yao spoke up, "Mother, Second Sister is in a very strange state now. Father is right to do this. Otherwise, if she ruins our plan, it will be much more difficult to scheme against Feng Yuqin next time."
"Yes, Mother. You don't know. Feng Yuqin is very difficult to deal with. We had two chances to kill her inside before, but we failed," Feng Chi now only hoped that Feng Yuqin would die. "This is a rare opportunity. After all, if Feng Yuqin angers the crowd, she won't be able to stay in the imperial city. These people won't let her have a good life."
"What if she just leaves the imperial city?" the Second Lady frowned and asked. "Wasn't it said before that Feng Yuqin planned to go to the Central Region?"
"Mother, the imperial city is quite far from the Central Region. Even if we can't kill her in the imperial city, as long as she leaves the imperial city, on the way to the Central Region, I will definitely spread more poison and implicate her. She won't be able to reach the Central Region safely while being chased and killed all the way," Feng Yao said confidently.
"Third Sister is right. We will soon go to the Central Region too. This might be the last chance to get rid of Feng Yuqin in the imperial city. After we leave, it will be very difficult to get rid of her," Feng Chi said. "Father, Mother, you can mobilize all your connections this time."
"Will your poison work?" Feng Pingqiu asked.
"Father, our poison will definitely work," Feng Chi said. "We've tested it. Even Mo Xuanling, the Fifth Prince of Dongyuan Kingdom, was poisoned before. Not to mention the ordinary people in the imperial city we're targeting this time."
"Do you have an antidote?" Feng Pingqiu asked.
"There's only a small amount of the antidote. We can keep one for our own people," Feng Chi said.
Hearing that there was an antidote in reserve, Feng Pingqiu said, "According to your plan, I'll arrange for someone to keep you informed of Feng Yuqin's itinerary. When they reach the imperial city, you can have someone poison them."
"Yes, Father," Feng Chi and Feng Yao were very happy to see that Feng Pingqiu approved.
The Second Lady was also happy.
After all, they had been worried that Feng Pingqiu might show mercy to Feng Yuqin because of her increasing strength.
Although Feng Yuqin had fought against the people in the Prime Minister's Mansion last time.
But in the past month, Feng Pingqiu had gone to court as usual, and everything had been steadily improving. If he had softened his heart, they wouldn't have been able to take action.
Now, the Second Lady's first test was successful. Feng Pingqiu really had no father - daughter affection for Feng Yuqin.
With Feng Pingqiu's approval, the Second Lady dared to ask for help boldly. "My lord, I don't have many people I can use. Could you lend me some of your connections to handle this matter? In this way, you can save yourself some trouble. Just leave the labor - intensive work to me."
Feng Pingqiu pondered for a moment and thought that he might not have time to handle this matter recently, so he immediately sent his secret guards to arrange for some people to come to the Second Lady.
As soon as Feng Pingqiu left, Feng Yao said excitedly, "Mother, it's great that Father supports us. When Feng Yuqin dies, Chi'er and I can go to the Central Region with peace of mind."
"Yes, Second Sister acts impulsively. We were worried that after we left, if she provoked Feng Yuqin, it would implicate you," Feng Chi still had some feelings for Feng Qing before.
But regarding this matter of dealing with Feng Yuqin, Feng Chi highly approved. However, Feng Qing's interference at this time had completely worn out his last bit of affection for his second sister.
"Alas! Your second sister has been spoiled by us," the Second Lady sighed. She still placed her hopes on Feng Yao and Feng Chi. "You should take good care of your second sister usually. After all, she is your elder sister born of the same mother. It's different from Feng Yuqin's situation."