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"Halt!" Elder Tang roared out, and immediately had his men stop Shen Kouqing, "Royal granddaughter consort, what are you doing?!"

"Your majesty, don't eat that dish. There's poison in the dish!"

The emperor threw the jade bracelet on the table and said angrily: "Royal granddaughter consort, do you know what you are saying?"

No matter which dynasty, the emperor was targeted. Every dish the emperor ate had to be tried out with silver needles. It was easy to tell if there was any poison.

Shen Kouqing also did not know how Song Yuanhui managed to hide it at that time, but she was certain that this dish was poisonous.

Seeing that Shen Kouqing was about to ruin her good fortune, Song Yuanhui hurriedly said. "Royal granddaughter consort, this is the Imperial Palace, not the Emperor's eldest grandson's mansion!"

Shen Kouqing was so anxious that her forehead was sweating. She walked forward with all her might and shouted, "Your Majesty, that dish is really poisonous, please do not eat it. If you do not believe me, you can ask the imperial physician to examine it!"

Shen Kouqing didn't believe that Song Yuanhui could bribe all of the imperial physicians.

The Emperor was just about to reject and end this farce, when he heard Song Yichen say coldly, "Actually, there's no need to go through so much trouble. Whether there's poison or not, we'll know after testing it out."

The Emperor thought for a moment, then agreed.

"Father, this …" Song Yuanhui still had something he wanted to say.

"No worries, just listen to what Chen'er has to say."

Shen Kouqing heaved a sigh of relief.

Song Yichen instructed the people around him. Black Hawk took out a silver needle and passed it to Eunuch Tang.

Eunuch Tang looked at the Emperor, and after getting his approval, he stepped forward to examine him.

He placed the silver needle into the food and took it out after a while.

"Your Majesty, the silver needles have not changed color. There is no poison in this soup."

"Impossible!" Shen Kouqing shook her head, "That's impossible, the soup is poisonous, only the emperor's bowl is poisonous, no one else would have it!"

Shen Kouqing, who was always calm, was also worried. She could not let history repeat itself, and this feeling of knowing the truth but not being able to tell was really too unbearable.

"Don't be impatient." Song Yichen patted Shen Kouqing's shoulders and said to the black hawk, "Go to the kitchen and bring a chicken here."

Not long after, the black hawk returned with a chicken in its arms.

Song Yichen held an absolute power and position in the emperor's heart. Even if all nine princes were to be added together, they would not be as important as Song Yichen, so the emperor just stood there and watched.

Eunuch Tang picked up the chicken and fed it a few mouthfuls of broccoli soup. A trace of schadenfreude hung at the corners of the Crown Princess's eyes. She was ready to speak once the broth was free of poison.

"Eunuch Tang, remember to give this chicken some more wine." Shen Kouqing suddenly said.

"Why is that?"

She raised her eyebrows, looking extremely confident and charming, "When you checked earlier, the silver needle didn't change color. It's not because the soup isn't poisonous, but because the poison is split in half, half in the wine and the other half in the dishes."

Seeing how confident she was and with Song Yichen's support, everyone started to believe in her words. The emperor's face changed, he had drunk that wine just now.

He then heard Shen Kouqing say: "Don't be anxious Emperor, this poison can only be poisoned after consuming it in two halves. Although it is a little troublesome, but it is very safe, it will definitely not be found out, furthermore …"

She purposely paused for a moment, and looked at Song Yuanhui faintly, "There's no cure."

As soon as his voice fell, the crowd burst into an uproar!

What a vicious heart!

If what Shen Kouqing said was true, then the emperor would not be able to escape this calamity.

At this time, Eunuch Tang had just taken a few mouthfuls of wine when the chicken suddenly let out a painful wail, flapping its wings around. A few seconds later, it completely stopped breathing.

Everyone's face turned ashen, no one expected that what Shen Kouqing said was all true.

"This... "This …" The empress was so frightened that she couldn't even speak. The emperor's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot.

"Very good, very good." The Emperor lightly nodded his head. His pale beard continuously trembled, and an ominous glint shone in his eyes.

"How dare you poison under my nose!"

"Bam!" The emperor threw the jade bracelet in his hand, and the scattered beads fell to the ground, "Investigate! Let me inspect!" "Who dares to assassinate me?!"

"Yes sir!" Eunuch Tang was frightened out of his wits and hurriedly ordered.

No one had expected such a thing to happen. Fortunately, Shen Kouqing had stopped him, or else the consequences would have been unimaginable.

But come to think of it, how did Shen Kouqing know that the bowl of soup was poisonous?

Obviously, the Emperor also noticed this and immediately asked Shen Kouqing.

Shen Kouqing smiled faintly.

She had long since thought of how to answer this question. If she couldn't escape unscathed, how could she expose herself so recklessly?

"When I returned to the emperor, I didn't have the ability to transcend the heavens. I was only able to learn the geography of astronomy. I had a dream a while ago, and just happened to have this scene in my dreams. At first, I didn't believe it, but what happened just now was seen by the emperor as well.

"That's all?" The Queen couldn't help but ask again, still in shock.

Of course not.

Shen Kouqing rejected it in her heart. Every time she thought about the way the Empress had died, she felt waves of fear.

Although Song Yuanhui was not the empress's biological son, the empress had treated him fairly well, to the point where he could actually do such a vicious thing.

"Royal granddaughter consort, isn't this explanation too far-fetched? How did you coincidentally discover that there's poison in Royal Father's soup? Could it be... "A thief wants to catch a thief?" Song Yuanhui was furious.

"What a good saying!"

Shen Kouqing could not help but clap her hands as she looked at him with a ridiculing smile: "Ninth Prince's thoughts are also understandable, but I want to ask Ninth Prince, if you say that I am shouting 'catch the thief', then Ninth Prince, for what reason did you stop me from drinking the 'soup' from the emperor?"

"You!" Pointing at Shen Kouqing, she did not say a single word. His face was flushed red, wishing that she could tear Shen Kouqing into pieces.

He was unwilling! He had painstakingly planned for so long just because of Shen Kouqing. How could he take this lying down?

"Alright!" The emperor said, "If Royal granddaughter consort was the one who did it, she didn't have to remind me. In short, it was Royal granddaughter consort who saved me, so there's no need to say anything more about the emblem."

The fists under the table continued to tighten, but Song Yuanhui still maintained a smile on his face, not forgetting to tell the others to find the person who poisoned him earlier.

A palace banquet was stirred up, causing everyone to tremble with fear, only Shen Kouqing was at ease while laughing.

The empress's life had been saved, and there were no longer any major changes in the palace. An indescribable feeling of comfort rose in her heart, and it was also because of this that Shen Kouqing did not see Song Yichen's probing gaze, which carried a hint of ineffability.

This Royal granddaughter consort was slightly different from what he had imagined.