"Mother, Second Sister has her own destiny. If she doesn't change herself, there's nothing we can do to help her," Feng Yao had already regarded Feng Qing as an enemy.
She didn't care about their sisterhood at all.
As for Feng Chi, due to some events in the Trial Land, his mindset had also undergone a significant transformation.
"Mother, Third Sister and I are going to the Central Region soon. Even if we wanted to help Second Sister, we wouldn't be able to. So, just as Third Sister said, everything depends on Second Sister herself," Feng Chi began to persuade the Second Lady, not wanting her to focus too much on Feng Qing.
The Second Lady wasn't stupid. As soon as Feng Yao and Feng Chi said this, she understood that they had given up on their elder sister.
A sense of desolation welled up in her heart.
Could these children who wouldn't even help their own sister really be the ones she had raised?
Seeing the change in the Second Lady's expression, Feng Chi quickly said, "Mother, don't think too much. We just feel that Second Sister has always had it too easy. Letting her suffer a bit might be good for her in the future. If she needs our help then, we will surely offer it."
Feng Yao and Feng Chi had always been in sync. Hearing Feng Chi's words and seeing the Second Lady's expression, she immediately understood and comforted her, "Mother, although we're going to the Central Region, we're not restricted from ever coming back. If Second Sister really changes, I'll talk to our master and apply for her to go to the Central Region with us."
"Really?" The Second Lady's face lit up with hope.
After all, they were all her children born after ten months of pregnancy. Of course, she hoped they would all do well. It would also be a matter of pride for her, indicating her success as a mother.
"Of course it's true," Feng Yao thought to herself that she had never planned to do so. But for now, they still needed their mother to help frame Feng Yuqin. The Second Lady had to handle all the details. So, she had to appease her mother for the time being. As for Feng Qing, she didn't care about her at all.
The Second Lady reached out and held Feng Yao and Feng Chi's hands. "You three are all my children. My hope for you is that you love and support each other. When you go to the Central Region, you should also help each other. Mother is waiting for you to come back."
"Don't worry, Mother. Third Sister and I will definitely help each other when we're out," Feng Chi said. "After we deal with Feng Yuqin, we'll leave. We'll write to you often."
The Second Lady nodded in satisfaction. "You're really my good son. Stay in the mansion well. Leave the toxins to me. These people are all your father's men. They're absolutely reliable."
Seeing that the Second Lady was finally going to take action, Feng Yao and Feng Chi were extremely excited. They immediately took out all the toxins from their spatial rings.
"Mother, tell them to be careful when using these toxins. If they get poisoned, we can't do much about it. After all, we don't have many antidotes. We need to keep them for ourselves," Feng Chi said seriously to the Second Lady.
"I understand," the Second Lady carefully took the toxins and then left with the butler.
By the time Feng Yuqin arrived in the imperial city, Xiao Ying had already hidden herself near the city and was waiting for her.
As soon as Feng Yuqin appeared, the people arranged by the Second Lady immediately started their actions.
Wherever Feng Yuqin passed, many people were poisoned.
Soon, a large number of people in the imperial city were poisoned.
Those poisoned had no idea how, when, or what kind of poison they had been poisoned with.
However, since they showed symptoms of poisoning, the first thing they did was to take pills to suppress the onset of the toxins.
Those who could afford the pills to suppress the toxins would have milder symptoms.
Those who couldn't afford them would have more severe symptoms.
This factor led to a miscalculation by the Second Lady and her accomplices.
Since they didn't dare to act too openly, they started spreading rumors after poisoning people.
It was rumored that Feng Yuqin had returned to the city and had obtained powerful toxins in the Trial Land. These toxins were what she had brought back to the imperial city to deal with the people here.
Hearing these rumors, the families of the poisoned people shouted for Feng Yuqin to leave the imperial city.
So, less than an hour after Feng Yuqin entered the Prime Minister's Mansion, all the troublemakers had gathered at the mansion's main gate.
After Meng Xingyu and the others sent Feng Yuqin back to the mansion, they had been hiding in the dark, observing the situation outside the mansion.
Throughout the night, the number of people gathering continued to increase.
This incident soon became a big deal, and even the court officials got wind of it.
So, as soon as the court session ended, people started discussing it.
Feng Pingqiu was even squeezed by his political opponents. "I never thought the Prime Minister's daughter could do such a thing, openly poisoning people."
Feng Pingqiu's expression was beyond description. He was extremely embarrassed.
"The affairs of my family are none of your business," Feng Pingqiu waved his sleeve robe and left with a gloomy face.
Due to Feng Pingqiu's attitude and the fact that he had often offended people in order to please the emperor, many people soon took advantage of this situation to make things worse for him.
This was something Feng Yuqin hadn't expected. Since the original owner had never been interested in the affairs of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Feng Yuqin didn't know much about it either.
So, after the incident broke out, not only the people arranged by the Second Lady slandered Feng Yuqin, but also those who had been offended by Feng Pingqiu secretly made things difficult for her.
With more people involved, the situation became even more chaotic.
Seeing that the situation was getting out of control and Feng Yuqin had refused his help, Dongfang Zhi was worried that something bad might happen. So, he secretly informed Mo Xuanye.
Upon receiving the news, Mo Xuanye rushed to the imperial city as fast as he could.
Meanwhile, Feng Yuqin made some arrangements according to the situation outside.
So, no matter how chaotic it was outside, Feng Yuqin had no intention of leaving the mansion for the time being.
She planned to spend the next three days refining antidote pills and trying to break through to the next level as an alchemist.
Three days passed in a flash. Thanks to Xiao Ying's arrangements, the people from the Dark Night Pavilion, and the Meng family and Elder Zhao, who helped block some of the negative news about Feng Yuqin, there were no major disturbances on Feng Yuqin's side.
Just as she finished refining all the antidote pills and successfully broke through to the sixth - level alchemist, Mo Xuanye quietly sneaked into her courtyard.
"You're back?" Feng Yuqin asked in surprise, seeing Mo Xuanye looking exhausted.
Without saying a word, Mo Xuanye stepped forward and tightly hugged her in his arms.