The Daily Life of a Down-on-Hard-Life Medicine Girl Supporting Her Family

Chapter 118 Forcing Her
"The pills are poisonous?"

The Empress knew the reason as soon as she saw the situation. She turned to look at Zhang Mama, who had a strange smile on her face before collapsing to the side.

"Oh no, she committed suicide by poisoning herself!"

"damn it!"

The empress was furious.

"Bad people, bad people, bad people."

Despite being held tightly by the eldest prince, Panpan was not afraid and even struggled to step forward to kick the person lying on the ground.

"Panpan, be good, let's go play somewhere else."

It's a lie to say the eldest prince wasn't afraid; he was just a hair's breadth away from collapsing!
Zhang Mama was a loyal servant who had served him since he was a child, yet one day she actually wanted to kill him!
Xiao Chunyu never expected that on this ordinary day, she was ordered to take Panpan to the palace to see the eldest prince, but she would get involved in a prince's murder case.

The mother and daughter were invited into another hall.

"Her Majesty asks you to rest here for a while; she has matters to attend to."

"Please go ahead, young lady. We'll wait for your instructions."

After the palace maid left, Xiao Chunyu hugged Panpan tightly.

"Panpan, tell Mommy, how did you know those meatballs were inedible?"

"You can't eat it, bad people are giving my brother meatballs."

No matter how Xiao Chunyu asked, Panpan kept repeating the same sentence.

This is clearly my own child, yet it feels so foreign to me.

Panpan is a precocious child, that much is undeniable, but her "intelligence" is frighteningly so!

Today I have accomplished something, but I have also become a stumbling block on other people's path to progress.

Xiao Chunyu held the child tightly in her arms; she had to protect her!
She quietly touched the medicine powder in her arms. It was a gift from Nuannuan, who told her to carry it with her when she went out, as it could save her life in an emergency.

After reading the instructions on how to use it and what the effects would be, Xiao Chunyu thought that Nuannuan was overthinking things. How could she have encountered such a situation?
There's a saying that goes, "You shouldn't have the heart to harm others, but you can't be without the heart to guard against others." After receiving Nuannuan's reminder, she would bring the medicine powder with her every time she went out. She didn't want to use it, but she hoped to have it on hand when she needed it.

They watched helplessly as Zhang Mama collapsed there. If even princes in the palace openly plotted against her, what else wouldn't they dare to do?
Panpan inadvertently exposes their conspiracy, and she will become a thorn in their side.

Protecting Panpan is her most important task right now.

Inside Kunning Palace, the Emperor and Empress looked at the sea of ​​people kneeling on the ground, and the air seemed to freeze.

Soon, Eunuch Fu picked out several trembling servants from the crowd.

"You dare to smash my bowl while eating my food?" The Empress ordered directly, "Guards, drag him away and beat him to death."

"Is Zitong not even going to conduct a trial?"

The Emperor never expected the Empress to be so direct.

"There's no need to review it; it's pointless anyway."

If they dared to commit such a heinous act, how could they leave themselves any way out and let her find out anything? They cut ties long ago.

Moreover, what friends are there in the harem besides enemies?

All I can say is that her son was able to live to this age thanks to the blessings of many bodhisattvas.

"Your Majesty, my son is my life. When I have evidence, I will punish them tenfold or a hundredfold."

The Empress was essentially warning the Emperor that none of the women in his harem were well-behaved!
She hasn't even given birth to a prince yet, and she's already trying to kill the eldest prince. What will happen once a prince is born?

"I will give you an explanation."

The emperor was furious. What did he think his harem was?

If you can poison a prince today, can you take the emperor's life tomorrow?

"Guards, investigate thoroughly! Whoever it is, punish them severely."

Watching the Emperor's departing figure, the Empress felt a deep sense of irony.

There is no kinship in the imperial family. Years ago, she was betrothed to the Crown Prince by the late emperor, and the young couple were deeply in love. Three months later, the Crown Prince took two concubines, and then one after another, they were brought into the Eastern Palace. After becoming emperor, he held a selection of concubines every year, and he couldn't resist the sight of beautiful young ladies.

With three thousand beauties in the imperial harem, her heart went from warm to cold, from cold to icy, and now it's a stagnant pool.

She is now not only the Empress, but also the birth mother of the eldest prince, so she can tolerate everything except that someone wants her son's life!

All this unease was caused by this man.

Because he was the emperor, she didn't even dare to utter a single word of complaint.

If men are unreliable, she won't rely on them.

She held the position of Empress, she had a son, and she remained steadfast in the inner palace.

Whoever takes her son's life, she will take the lives of their entire family!

"Master, Miss Xiao and Yanpan..."

Lin Mama whispered a reminder to the Empress.

"Tell them, anyone who dares to spread rumors about Kunning Palace will suffer a fate worse than death." The Empress rubbed her temples. "If it weren't for Panpan this time, Che'er would have..."

The Empress was filled with dread at the thought.

“Yes, Master, Panpan is the young master’s lucky star. Master, would you like to…”

Lin Mama's idea was to keep Panpan in the palace so that she could stay by the Crown Prince's side at any time.

It was obvious to the naked eye that Panpan woke up the unconscious Crown Prince on her first visit, gave him cakes and hawthorn pills, and the Crown Prince even took the medicine.

After that, every time the eldest prince came, he liked to talk to her and play with her. Every time he came, the eldest prince was visibly more energetic.

Therefore, the Empress and Empress Dowager often invited the mother and daughter to the palace.

"No need. The more precious something is, the less you should keep it by your side." The Empress was such a wise woman. "Also, send people to secretly protect the mother and daughter."

Even the eldest prince dared to lay a hand on them; strangling this mother and daughter would be as easy as crushing two ants.

The more precious something is, the more likely people are to tamper with it.

Panpan's move today has dashed the hopes of countless people, who naturally wish they could kill her as soon as possible.

"Yes."

Granny Lin immediately went to make the arrangements.

"Wait a minute."

"master?"

"Go to the Marquis's residence and tell my father to keep a close eye on those families and find an opportunity to eliminate them one by one."

She didn't use force before because she felt that maintaining this balance was enough.

Now that you dare to choke her, the only one who can't live without me is you.

"Master, it is..."

"None of them are innocent; they will all be dealt with one by one."

Playing along with you is a favor, but if you insist on using your killer moves, it will only be your loss.

"Yes, master."

Xiao Chunyu and Panpan were told that the palace gates were closed and that she should take her daughter out of the palace the next day.

"Her Majesty has given instructions; Miss Xiao, please feel free to ask for anything you need."

"Thank you, young lady."

They didn't need anything; the palace servants had taken everything very seriously, truly treating them like honored guests.

Xiao Chunyu knew that all of this was because of Panpan.

(End of this chapter)