After Prime Minister Feng and the First Lady were certain that there was nothing wrong with the food, they immediately ordered the servants to bring the previous dishes over.
"We've all had lunch just now, and there were no adverse reactions. The food must be fine," Prime Minister Feng said.
The imperial physician inserted the silver needle into the food that Helan Yanting had eaten. Everyone's eyes were fixed on the silver needle, which visibly turned black!
"This... This is impossible!" Prime Minister Feng and the First Lady were greatly shocked and immediately denied it.
The imperial physician held the discolored silver needle and said hesitantly with a troubled look on his face, "There is indeed poison in the food..."
Feng Yunshu immediately stepped forward to question the First Lady. "Now that the evidence is conclusive, how do you explain this, First Lady?!"
Then, she glanced at Prime Minister Feng beside her. "Father, you're really extremely muddle - headed! You allowed such a thing to happen right under your nose. If something really happened to the prince, the entire Feng family might have to be buried with him!"
Prime Minister Feng naturally knew the stakes involved. He pretended to be calm and turned to look at the imperial physician. "Imperial physician, is the prince in danger of losing his life? Please do your best to remove the poison from the prince!"
"Prime Minister Feng, please rest assured... The poison the prince was poisoned with is not fatal. Fortunately, the dose the prince accidentally ingested was not large, so it won't endanger his life. I'll write out a few prescriptions right away. Prime Minister Feng can order someone to get the medicine. As long as the prince takes the medicine on time, he will recover."
Prime Minister Feng's expression relaxed a bit. He then pretended to be angry and glanced at the servants standing around. "Where is the head steward?! Call the head steward here immediately. Which one of you put the poison in? If I find out the real culprit, I will not spare them!"
After saying that, Prime Minister Feng gave the First Lady a look. The First Lady immediately ordered the people beside her, "Dongqu, Chunlai! What are you standing there for? Hurry up and escort the imperial physician out of the mansion. Thanks to the imperial physician's timely arrival today, otherwise, Prince Helan's life would have been in great danger. Thank you, imperial physician."
The First Lady's maids, Dongqu and Chunlai, immediately stepped forward to escort the imperial physician out. At the door, they quietly stuffed a bulging purse into his hand. The imperial physician was stunned for a moment and then quickly put the silver into his sleeve.
Feng Yunshu watched Prime Minister Feng and the First Lady's posturing from the side and found it quite amusing.
"Father, I don't know what I did wrong since I was a child. After my mother passed away, as the legitimate daughter, I never received your care and love in the mansion. From childhood to adulthood, you didn't even give me a second look."
Feng Yunshu secretly pinched her thigh. The pain instantly made her eyes red. At the same time, she got into character in an instant and carefully brewed her emotions.
"As the saying goes, even a tiger doesn't eat its own cubs. I thought that anyway I was a member of the Feng family. Although you didn't care about me, you would never harm me... But I didn't expect that today when I happily returned to the mansion to visit my family, you and the First Lady would try to poison the prince... This... This is really too much!"
Feng Yunshu complained aggrievedly, and two tears rolled down her face.
After hearing Feng Yunshu's words, Prime Minister Feng's expression gradually became complicated.
"Yunshu, I admit that I didn't care about you enough in the past. But today's incident was definitely not my doing. How could I poison Prince Helan? There must be some strange plot behind this. I will definitely investigate the poison in the food clearly and give you and the prince an explanation!"
Feng Yunshu sobbed softly. Her eyes flitted and landed on the First Lady beside her.
"First Lady, ever since the prince and I entered the mansion, you've been pushing us around and saying those insulting words, especially to the prince. It seems that you're quite dissatisfied with the prince... Could it be that you did this behind father's back?"
Feng Yunshu's words successfully pointed the finger at the First Lady. The First Lady immediately shook her head and denied it. "How could it be? When did I ever say anything dissatisfied? Yunshu, you're really making things out of nothing and wronging me!"
"Really?"
Feng Yunshu scanned the surroundings with her peripheral vision and found that Feng Manshu was nowhere to be seen. She understood immediately.
"Everyone in the mansion knows that you, First Lady, and Manshu have always been on bad terms with me. Now that you see me marry well and live a good life, it's understandable that you're jealous. But I didn't expect that you would do such a bold and vicious thing."
"Feng Yunshu, stop slandering me here. I've said there's no such thing! What evidence do you have to frame me like this?!"
Good, she's taken the bait.
"Evidence?" Feng Yunshu sneered with pursed lips. "Of course, I have."
"Where is Manshu now? Why isn't she here? Could it be that she's gone to destroy the evidence?"
The First Lady felt a tightness in her heart. She wondered why Manshu hadn't come back yet after going to do the job. Could something have gone wrong?
"Manshu said she wasn't feeling well and went back to her room to rest."
"Oh? Really?"
Feng Yunshu gave the First Lady a meaningful look. Just then, a servant rushed in in a hurry. "Prime Minister, First Lady, something bad has happened! There's a fire in the wood - shed!"
The wood - shed?! The First Lady was greatly shocked and immediately panicked. "Why would the wood - shed catch fire for no reason? Hurry up and take people to fetch water!"
A group of people rushed to the wood - shed in a hurry. Feng Yunshu was the last to leave. Before leaving, she looked at Helan Yanting on the bed uneasily. Unexpectedly, he suddenly reached out and grabbed her hand.
"Yunshu, don't worry. I've already made all the arrangements. Go and let out your bitter grudge."
Hearing his voice, Feng Yunshu suddenly felt her nose sour. Although she knew this was a plan they had discussed long ago, she was still nervous and worried. At this moment, she was very touched.
"Prince, I'm going. You take good care of yourself."
From afar, the wood - shed was ablaze.
Feng Manshu was in a sorry state. Her hair and eyebrows were scorched and smoking, and her face was covered in black ash. She was standing far away, looking helpless and panicked.
Seeing the First Lady coming, Feng Manshu burst into tears and rushed forward.
"Dad, Mom! You're here! I almost got burned to death!"
"What on earth is going on? Manshu, why are you here?" Prime Minister Feng frowned when he saw Feng Manshu's sorry state and the almost - burned - down wood - shed. The First Lady's face beside him looked even uglier.
At this time, several servants carried out a charred body from inside. Judging from the general physical features of the body, everyone quickly recognized that this was the head steward of the mansion.
"Prime Minister, First Lady, this... This is the head steward's body!"
However, when the servants lifted the head steward up, a small white porcelain bottle rolled out of his body.
By coincidence, the porcelain bottle landed right in front of Feng Yunshu's feet. She immediately bent down to pick up the medicine bottle, opened it, and took a light sniff. Her face immediately changed.
"This smell is exactly the same as the smell in the prince's food!"
Saying that, Feng Yunshu walked a few steps towards the First Lady and Prime Minister Feng. Holding the white porcelain bottle tightly in her hand, she looked at them coldly.
"First Lady, do you still dare to argue? It must be you who ordered the steward to put this poison into the food to poison the prince. After it was done, you let Feng Manshu come to clean up the mess and burn the head steward and all the evidence, right?"