After the milk ball arrived, the father who had no heirs had a string of good luck.

The two legitimate daughters dared not resent their own father, so they could only hate the He family, and even the Marquis of Yong'an was criticized by them.

Prince Rui was never a very good father, and now he's in a bad mood because he's working overtime every day, so they've become his punching bags.

No matter what it is, if you don't do it well, you'll get scolded.

Even Princess Rui has recently been subjected to her father's disdain, who said she couldn't give birth to a son.

Tang Rui silently pricked up her ears; she had almost forgotten about this.

But then again, it makes sense. Several months have passed, how could there be no news about her poisoning He Yaozu?

So it turns out that the Shuntian Prefecture never found the body?

Then here's the problem: this shouldn't be happening!

She poisoned He Yaozu, but she didn't destroy the body. So how come the body can't be found?

Wait a minute, wasn't Mingyue always following her?

Could it be the moon sweeping the tail?

The more Tang Rui thought about it, the more convinced she became that it must be true.

Mingyue is so kind; even when she kills someone, everyone is willing to cooperate with her to destroy the evidence.

It seems I should treat Mingyue better from now on.

Just then, a timid little boy came over carrying his food box. Wasn't this Situ Qian, Situ Tan's half-brother?

He was about six years old when, thanks to Tang Rui's protective instincts, his mother, Consort He, had already been abandoned by Prince Chen.

Situ Qian looked timidly at Situ Tan: "Brother, may I sit with you?"

"Sure!" Situ Tan immediately moved aside and patted the empty seat next to him. "Second brother, come and sit down!"

"Thank you, big brother!" Situ Qian seemed to breathe a sigh of relief as he sat down with the snack box, giving Tang Rui a cute smile: "Cousin Zhaohua, I'm Situ Qian, I'm six years old, and I'm your cousin too."

Tang Rui glanced at him with a forced smile, showing him no respect whatsoever: "Although I am not a legitimate daughter, I was personally appointed a princess by my grandfather, and I am currently the only heir of the Li Prince's Mansion. Brother Qian is not a legitimate son. If I call you cousin, wouldn't you be on equal footing with Brother Tan?"

Situ Qian's face turned pale upon hearing this.

Situ Tan hadn't expected Tang Rui to say such a thing. He looked at Situ Qian with a troubled expression, then tugged at Tang Rui's sleeve and whispered in her ear, "Zhaohua, it can't be that bad, can it? Qian-ge's birth mother made a mistake, but he is innocent."

"I know!" Tang Rui knew that Situ Qian was also a victim, poisoned by his own mother, Consort He, in an attempt to win favor.

But... whenever she thought about how Situ Qian, who was walking in front of her, suddenly dodged when Situ Qiang knocked her away, causing Situ Tan to be knocked unconscious, she couldn't bring herself to like this child.

Situ Qian is thin and small, but at least he's healthy!

If he's willing to take the lead, it's not like he can't handle her, so why drag Situ Tan down with him?

This child is definitely not as harmless as he appears on the surface.

Or perhaps someone around him instigated him, and he trusted that person completely!

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Situ Tan seemed to be very protective of his half-brother, and Tang Rui knew he probably wouldn't listen to her advice, so she could only say helplessly, "Alright, for your sake, I won't bully him."

"Zhaohua is so good!" Situ Tan breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing that Situ Qian only had one meat dish, he took out a plate of his own and placed it in front of him. "What's wrong with your nanny? Why did she only prepare one meat dish for you?"

"Grandma's cooking is excellent, and this tofu and mandarin fish dish is my favorite!" Situ Qian said, placing a piece of fish in Situ Tan's bowl. "Big brother, you should try it too, it's really delicious."

Situ Tan smiled and nodded, but before he could speak, Tang Rui took the fish from his bowl: "Cousin Tan, let me finish my work first, you can try some!"

Situ Qian's expression stiffened for a moment, then he quickly regained his composure: "Anyway, there's so much, I can't finish it all. Would the Princess like a few more pieces?"

"Okay!" Tang Rui didn't stand on ceremony at all. She pulled the plate of fish in front of her, picked up her chopsticks, and started showing off.

Situ An and Gu Nanyu exchanged a suspicious glance, then looked at Tang Rui.

Tang Rui may love good food, but she's not such a rude person!

Why?

Situ Tan also couldn't understand it!

Only Situ Qian, watching Tang Rui happily eating, had a ruthlessness in his eyes that was beyond his years.

Suddenly, Tang Rui froze, the chopsticks in her hand fell to the ground with a clatter, she clutched her stomach, and spat out a mouthful of black blood.

Its small body slumped to the side and fell to the ground.

"Zhaohua!" Gu Nanyu, who was sitting next to her, suddenly changed his expression and quickly caught her: "What's wrong?"

"Zhaohua!" Situ An and Situ Tan were also startled.

Not only them, but all the children in the cafeteria were stunned.

Tang Rui coughed up another mouthful of black blood, laboriously raised her finger to point at the plate of fish, and finally pointed at Situ Qian: "This fish... is poisonous..."

"No! No, how could that be? You're framing me!" Situ Qian panicked. Didn't the old woman say that the poison wouldn't take effect immediately?

Why?

"Gu Nanyu, Gu Nanyu... he... he... Situ Qian... hurt me..." Tang Rui used all her strength to finish saying this, then her head tilted to the side and her consciousness went dark.

"Zhaohua, Zhaohua!" Gu Nanyu shook her a few times and quickly checked her breathing.

However, his breathing was extremely weak!

"Situ Qian, you're dead!" Gu Nanyu gave Situ Qian a dark look, then ran out with Tang Rui in his arms.

"Wait for me, Gu Nanyu!" Situ An quickly chased after him, "I have a waist token; I'll take you into the palace to find the imperial physician!"

The entire cafeteria was silent. All the children stared at Situ Qian in disbelief, unable to believe that this invisible illegitimate son would dare to poison someone in public.

Situ Qian was terrified, tears streaming down his face as he tugged at Situ Tan's sleeve, "Big brother, I really didn't, I don't know what happened, waaaaah..."

Situ Yue, the second eldest daughter of Prince Rui, retorted sarcastically, "Are you sure you don't know? I was sitting right next to you, and I saw it all clearly. It was Zhaohua who tried to shield Tan Tang from the disaster by feeding him that poisoned fish, wasn't she?"

"No, I didn't!" Situ Qian cried even harder. "Brother, believe me! You've been so good to me, why would I want to harm you? Besides, even if I wanted to poison someone, I wouldn't use a poison that takes effect so quickly. Wouldn't that just tell everyone that I'm the one who poisoned them?"

Situ Yue chuckled: "Stop pretending. Brother Tan's health is getting better and better. Third Imperial Uncle wants him to be the heir apparent, so you got anxious and wanted to kill him. Isn't that motive enough? After all, without Brother Tan, the heir apparent of the Chen Prince's Mansion can only be you."

"Nonsense, nonsense, utter rubbish! You're trying to sow discord!" Situ Qian tugged at Situ Tan's sleeve. "Brother, don't you believe me either?"

Situ Tan's mind was in turmoil, and his gaze toward his younger brother gradually became complicated.

His mother always told him that he was the legitimate son and should not get too close to the sons of concubines, because legitimate and illegitimate sons have always been irreconcilable.

But Scholar Zhou instructed him that, as an elder brother, he should care for his younger siblings.

In the end, he chose to listen to Scholar Zhou. He had always been very fond of his younger brother, Situ Qian, and believed that he had done everything an elder brother should do.

But what about Situ Qian?

Would he really poison himself?

It even implicated Zhaohua!

Wait... Zhaohua...

"Zhaohua, Zhaohua..." Situ Tan belatedly remembered Tang Rui's appearance of spitting out black blood and rushed out quickly.