The end of the year is approaching, and it is the busiest time for all provinces.

Not to mention the procurement of New Year's goods, the exchanges between each family during the year are so busy that their feet do not touch the ground.

After each scientific expedition, the emperor would hold a banquet to entertain his sons.

However, due to the continuous disasters in successive years, the emperor deliberately held the imperial examination banquet together with the palace banquet at the end of the year, so the end of this year was particularly busy.

After Cheng Yuru came to the capital, she opened another ready-to-wear store, the palace banquet was imminent, and it was a good opportunity to make money.

She is busy with business matters and arranging family contacts at the same time.

The Cheng family, although the foundation in the capital is still shallow, but because Cheng An High School, an official position will be arranged after the year, so there are not many people who give gifts.

On this day, she had just finished her busy work when she saw Mrs. Wang's prayer post.

"Mrs. Wang!" She was lost in thought with the post in her hand.

Since Cheng Lian'er was blasted out last time, I originally thought there would be a fight, but I didn't expect it to be quiet for a few days.

This sudden prayer ......

"Okay, the official level crushes people to death, let alone the third grade!"

As the saying goes, people are terrible.

No matter how big the grievances were before, Cheng An was about to enter the court, and his reputation was particularly important.

She quickly posted to Mrs. Wang, and the next day Mrs. Wang took Cheng Lian'er to the door.

"Ru'er, the longer you get, the more beautiful you get. It's just a pity that my bastard son is not blessed. However, now that I'm here, there are often good men, do you want your aunt to introduce you to one? ”

When Mrs. Wang saw her, she grabbed Cheng Yuru's hand very enthusiastically, her face was full of love, as if she was treating her own daughter.

When it comes to acting, no one loses.

Cheng Yuru looked as shy as a little daughter, and lowered her head, "Mrs. Wang, the marriage is a major event, the order of the parents since ancient times, and the words of the matchmaker." ”

As soon as he opened his mouth, he pushed it back without being soft or hard.

She pretended to be shy on the surface, but in fact she was alluding to Mrs. Wang's dog meddling with rats.

Parents are in charge of marriage matters, and Mrs. Wang naturally has no right to ask.

Madame Wang's face naturally stiffened, but soon her face remained as usual.

Everyone stood and exchanged a few words, and then sat down, Cheng Lian'er has been silent since she came in, like a shadow, when she saw Mrs. Wang's eyes again, she fell to her knees with a thud.

Listening to that sound makes people feel painful.

Cheng Yuru sat there and didn't move, just watched quietly.

Cheng Lian'er raised her head again to meet the smiling eyes, and almost couldn't control her standing up, but when she saw Mrs. Wang's warning look, she lowered her head again.

"Sister, everything was wrong with me before, please forgive me, if you don't forgive me, then I can't afford to kneel."

"Is this a threat?"

Cheng Yuru looked at the person kneeling on the ground like a clown, her expression seemed to be flat, but her clear eyes seemed to be covered with a thin layer of ice.

"Ru'er, you are still young, you have to listen to your aunt, although there were many grievances and grievances in the past, but after all, they are blood relatives, Lian'er now knows that she is wrong, and when she came, she also said that even if you throw people out, you have to kneel at the gate and ask for your forgiveness."

Hearing Mrs. Wang's words, Cheng Yuru sneered in her heart.

Sure enough, those who come are not good, and those who are good do not come.

Mrs. Wang is obviously prepared this time, if she doesn't agree to forgive Cheng Lian'er, I'm afraid she will really kneel outside the gate.

The illegitimate daughter of the Cheng family knelt at the door of Cheng's house, believing that as soon as this incident came out, I am afraid it would definitely set off a storm in the capital.

No matter what the truth is, the message is as fierce as a tiger, if it is used by someone with a heart......

She naturally didn't care, but she couldn't affect Cheng An.

After weighing it repeatedly, Cheng Yuru finally nodded and accepted the apology gift sent by Cheng Lian'er.

Although the two sides know that they have become mortal enemies, they are still a family on the surface.

……

When night fell, Cheng An returned home after a busy day, and when he saw the gifts on the table, he looked puzzled.

"What is this?"

He was just about to touch it, but Cheng Yuru spoke further, "Be careful, it's poisonous!" ”

"What?" Cheng An's face changed, and his deep eyes were instantly cold, "Who is it?" ”

"Guess?"

Cheng Yuru blinked mischievously, "This is a big gift for us, this poison is colorless and tasteless, very rare, and worth a thousand gold, if it weren't for Xi'er......"

If it weren't for Xi'er, I'm afraid they would definitely be hit.

It's a pity that Xi'er only knows that it is poison, but she doesn't know how toxic it is.

"You!" Seeing Cheng Yuru facing the poison and still in the mood to joke, Cheng An felt helpless and guilty.

"Leave this matter to me!"

"Good!"

It is only natural for men to protect women.

Cheng Yuru still raised her innocent smile, smiling as bright as a flower.

As if the poison on those gifts was not directed at him, but at someone else.

Cheng An knew that the reason why she was pretending to be relaxed was because she didn't want to worry about herself, but her heart was even heavier.

He quickly handed over the main matter to the people under him, and Ning Ze also quickly found out the source of the poison.

"It's from the palace!"

The two of them were quite surprised by this answer.

Cheng Yuru knew that this poison was colorless and tasteless, and as long as she came into contact with it, she would infinitely amplify her emotions.

She and Cheng An are both people with secrets hidden in their bodies, and if they are heavy on this poison, it will be impossible to deal with everything calmly.

Cheng An has a deep hatred of blood, and he can hide his hatred in front of everyone.

However, the palace banquet is imminent, and if you show hatred for the emperor at the banquet...... She couldn't imagine what the consequences would be.

"The one in the palace can't hold it back! Originally, it was uncertain, but it seemed that the queen was indeed related to the events of the year, otherwise she would not be so impatient. ”

Yes, according to Ning Ze's investigation, the poison worth thousands of gold was configured by the grandmother in the queen's palace.

"That's not right! The third prince is your savior, you are not a threat to them, but you have a life-saving grace, the queen has always been strategic, how could you do such a stupid thing! ”

Speaking of this, Cheng Yuru laughed meaningfully, "The praying mantis catches cicadas, and the yellow finch is behind, if we really fight with the queen, we will naturally have a seat and reap the benefits of the fisherman." ”

Second Prince!

A name appeared in their minds at the same time.

There are constant battles in the court, and the same is true of the harem.

The queen seems to have a stable position, and there are three princes by her side, and there are mothers and prime ministers as backers in the court, but the second prince occupies a long word, and the imperial concubine is also a holy favor.

Cheng An's eyes became complicated, "It seems that we have unknowingly fallen into the battle for succession." However, I'd rather see who's the pawn. ”

"That's natural, you said what would happen if the queen knew that the poison in her palace was quietly stolen! Ning Ze, this matter will be handed over to you. ”