Reincarnated as the daughter of my mortal enemy, all I want is to ascend the throne.

Consort Liu stared wide-eyed at the man, clutching her chest in disbelief, "Sister Liu?"

It's actually Consort Liu! I saw her and exchanged a few words with her yesterday. How did she become like this today?

Liu Cai Ren scanned everyone in the room, "Hahaha...hahaha..."

Holding a rag doll in her arms and shaking it, she said, "My child, my child, don't be afraid, Mother is here."

"Don't cry, Mother is here."

As she spoke, she pressed the rag doll against her cheek, as if it were truly her child.

Li Qingyan called her several times but saw no response. She raised an eyebrow slightly, glanced at her well-manicured long nails, and said nothing more.

Soon after, several more palace maids and nannies were brought in. Li Qingyan recognized one of them as the person in charge of her food, and there were a few others she had seen in the Empress Dowager's palace, who were probably people from Consort Liu's side.

"His Majesty was sent by a concubine to bribe Tao Hua to administer the drug."

"It was all at the behest of the talented woman."

"This servant only knows about this matter but was not involved."

"It was Consort Liu who sent someone to bring over crumbs of pastries that smallpox patients had eaten and sprinkled them into the little princess's food."

"I only gave her an opportunity because I trusted Peach Blossom too much."

Li Qingyan found it all amusing as she watched people criticize Liu Cairen.

Consort Liu's father was the Minister of Rites, and her mother's family were imperial merchants and relatives of the Empress Dowager. They were not lacking in power and money, and were known throughout the palace for treating her subordinates and palace servants very well.

Now they're all fixated on Consort Liu's faults, refusing to let go. Li Qingyan glanced at the concubines in the room and thought, 'Li Yan's harem is truly restless.'

Was it really Liu Cairen who did it?

"Consort Liu," Li Qingyan's soft, sweet voice rang out, "Aren't you going to defend yourself? Harming a royal heir is a capital offense."

Even the Empress Dowager was banished to the imperial mausoleum, let alone a mere concubine.

Liu Cairen ignored her and continued to shake her rag doll.

Seeing her continue to feign madness, Li Qingyan narrowed her eyes. "Still pretending? Consort Liu, don't you even look at your fingernails? What madwoman with such long fingernails could have them intact?"

Li Qingyan snorted coldly. Did they think everyone in the room was an idiot?

Li Yan glanced down at his little brat. 'Pretty smart.' It seems he can handle it himself without Li Yan having to lift a finger.

Yan Xu caught a glimpse of Li Qingyan out of the corner of his eye. The little girl was sitting next to Li Yan. The two of them, one big and one small, looked like two white rabbits snuggling together.

When they both have a fierce look on their faces, they look remarkably alike.

Consort Liu stopped shaking the rag doll, her eyes suddenly brightening. She glanced at the people in the palace, then threw the doll away. She smoothed her hair, and the old woman beside her tried to restrain her.

"stop."

Li Qingyan wanted to see what else Liu Cairen was planning to do.

Several old women took a half step back.

Liu Cairen stood up, smoothing out the wrinkles on her body, maintaining her last shred of dignity.

"Hahaha...you bunch of lackeys, have I ever mistreated you?"

The palace maids and nannies who testified against Consort Liu all lowered their heads. Consort Liu had never mistreated them and would give them extra money during festivals. But they knew better than anyone which was more important, money or life.

Even knowing that there would be no good place to go after betraying one's master, it's still better than losing one's life.

Seeing that they were all silent, Consort Liu raised her head and stiffened her neck, saying, "It was me, it was me who poisoned them."

She bribed outsiders to bring in pastries meant for smallpox patients, and she also bribed Tao Hua to poison Li Qingyan.

She stared at Li Qingyan, gritting her teeth, and said, "Why? Why won't you die? It's all because of you that my child died. It's because of you that I want you to die too."

He looked extremely crazy.

Several rough-looking maids almost couldn't hold her down.

Li Qingyan glanced at the concubines in the room. Their expressions varied: some were surprised, some were afraid, some were gloating, some were calm, and some were holding prayer beads.

These people have different thoughts.

"Father, can I handle this myself?"

Li Qingyan's eyes were icy, just like Li Yan's when she was about to kill someone.

Yan Xu was particularly sensitive to this aura and subconsciously looked at her.

Li Yan raised an eyebrow slightly. "Are you sure?"

He could cover for Li Qingyan no matter what she did, but it would be a loss if she scared him.

Li Qingyan nodded, her voice neither too loud nor too soft, just loud enough for everyone in the hall to hear, "Of course I have to deal with this person myself. I can't let people think I'm young and can be bullied at will."

"It would be terrible if someone secretly killed me while you were away from home, Dad."

What sounds like fearful and timid words can actually be a threat.

Li Qingyan wanted to establish her authority, so Li Yan naturally had to help her.

"Go."

Her two words were resounding and powerful, commanding the respect of everyone in the hall.

Li Qingyan turned around, grabbed Li Yan's dragon robe, and slid down to the ground little by little.

"Press her down."

Li Qingyan slightly raised her eyelids, took out the dagger from Li Yan's waist, and walked step by step toward Liu Cairen.

"What are you going to do?"

Liu Cai Ren finally showed fear when she saw the dagger and tried to back away, but the old women were much stronger than her and she was held in place and unable to move.

Li Qingyan stood in front of her, her gaze level with that of Liu Cairen who was being held down. "You want my life? Don't you even know if you have the ability?"

The dagger was raised high, and in the next instant it pierced Liu Cairen's neck, blood gushing out instantly and splattering onto Li Qingyan's face.

"what……"

Some of the more timid concubines screamed, and some even fainted from fright.

Liu Cairen clutched her neck, blood slowly seeping from between her fingers, her eyes widening until her pupils gradually dilated.

Li Qingyan stood alone in the center of the hall, yet no one dared to speak. The eyes of everyone looking at her were filled with fear.

What three-year-old child in the world would dare to kill someone?

Only Li Yan had a smile on her lips.

'Pa pa pa'

The applause seemed so abrupt.

Li Yan's eyes were full of admiration. "Good, as expected of my child."

He walked over and personally wiped the blood off Li Qingyan's face with a handkerchief. "It's quite dirty. You'll have to wash it off properly when you get back."

Li Qingyan took the handkerchief from his hand with a displeased expression, wiped herself, and then threw it on the ground.

"And this group of people too."

At this moment, Li Qingyan, like the King of Hell calling a roll, pointed at the palace servants kneeling on the ground and said, "Those who harm others, shall be killed."

The word "kill" is so clear, it sends shivers down one's spine.

Yan Xu shook his head, looking at Li Qingyan. "The father and daughter still have such bad tempers."

The remaining people were strangled, and all the palace servants were required to watch as a warning to others.

After taking a shower, Li Qingyan sat on a chair with her hair down, and Yan Xu gently patted the water out of her hair with a handkerchief.

Li Yan sat at his desk reviewing memorials.

Li Qingyan's eyes were filled with rage. "I'm going to tear down Li Yan's study! I'll throw me into the bathtub and wash me ten times!"

"You dog emperor, you damned old Deng... *&%%￥"

Fei Cha sighed and expertly activated the mute button, 'Beep beep beep beep he's sick beep beep beep beep beep his brain is filled with beep beep beep beep...'