Daughter Reborn as the Head of the Family

Chapter 202 Leave part of the fruit behind

Pushing open the ajar door, Song Jinyue slowed down and stepped into the house.

When she looked up, she saw the prince sitting in front of the desk just like yesterday, but this time, Cousin Zhi stood quietly behind her.

The prince's eyebrows were furrowed. He held the brush tightly in his hand with a serious expression and pursed his lips tightly, as if the brush in his hand weighed a thousand pounds.

There was a thin layer of sweat on his forehead, but he still didn't let go of the brush in his hand.

Instead, he used all his strength, held the brush tremblingly, and tried his best to write on the rice paper.

The air in the room seemed to be condensed.

Zhang Dingzhi watched closely with bated breath.

The prince worked hard on the rice paper.

Neither of them noticed Song Jinyue walking towards them.

Not wanting to scare the two of them, Song Jinyue turned around and sat aside. She just waited quietly.

"Cousin, do you want to say that someone poisoned you?"

Zhang Dingzhi exclaimed, and Song Jinyue suddenly looked up.

I saw that the prince had put down the brush in his hand and turned his head to look at Zhang Dingzhi, wanting to respond to her.

But after a while, he only moved his eyes as a response.

His body is still stiff now, and now he has to rely on others to get to the ground. He has already tried his best to lift the brush.

Song Jinyue stood up and walked forward.

Only then did Zhang Dingzhi realize that there were others in the room. He felt unhappy and couldn't help but frown. But when he looked up and saw his cousin, he immediately stopped being vigilant.

He stood up and walked towards Song Jinyue.

"Yue'er, come and take a look, my cousin has some words that I don't recognize."

Zhang Dingzhi pulled Song Jinyue and walked towards the book case.

When the prince saw her coming, his eyes were shining and the corners of his lips were raised.

Song Jinyue nodded, and the two of them greeted each other.

Then she followed Cousin Zhi and walked over.

I could see that the rice paper spread out on the table was covered with incomprehensible handwriting.

The word "poison" seems to be just an outline.

Cousin Cai Zhi had guessed just now. From the look on the prince's face, he knew she was right.

Song Jinyue stretched out her hand and dragged her chin, staring closely at the rice paper, carefully making the messy gestures on it, trying her best to piece it together in her mind.

After watching for a full quarter of an hour, Song Jinyue thought about it again.

Then he straightened up, looked at the prince, and asked: "His Royal Highness, did you say that there is a spy around you?"

The prince's eyes lit up.

Song Jinyue continued: "The spy is related to a nobleman in the palace?"

This time, a hint of excitement could clearly be seen in the prince's eyes.

"A noble person with a higher status than the Queen?"

The prince's head moved slightly.

Zhang Dingzhi was stunned after hearing this. She looked at her cousin in shock and wanted to ask, but she still suppressed her doubts and waited quietly.

Song Jinyue paused and looked at Prince He Yuanyi.

There was a bit of testing in his eyes.

After a moment, she asked quietly: "Queen Mother?"

The prince couldn't hide the joy in his eyes, and nodded with all his strength.

Song Jinyue looked at Cousin Zhi, their eyes intertwined.

There was a bit of shock in each other's eyes.

It turned out to be the Queen Mother.

Is the prince her grandson or a descendant of the middle palace? He is both the direct descendant and the eldest son.

The Queen Mother is like this, isn't she afraid of unrest in the court?

Is she not afraid that if things are revealed, it will harm herself?

Song Jinyue had no time to think about this. She looked at the prince, lowered her eyes, and thought again.

The person who can poison and harm the prince must be someone whom the prince usually feels at ease with. This person has to stay with the prince every day.

Apart from the personal chamberlain, I am afraid there will be no one else.

She remembered that His Highness the Crown Prince's personal steward was a chamberlain named You, who was five years older than the Crown Prince and had also grown up with the Crown Prince since childhood.

Manager You is usually taciturn, but he is a person whom the prince trusts very much. He manages the East Palace without making any mistakes, and the queen is also quite assured of him.

"Did Mr. You poison him?"

Song Jinyue asked suspiciously.

A look of joy flashed in the prince's eyes, then a look of extreme disappointment appeared, and then it turned into a look of anger.

Song Jinyue looked at Cousin Zhi and said, "Cousin Zhi, I'm going to the palace."

Zhang Dingzhi originally wanted to follow his cousin into the palace.

But when she turned around and looked at the lonely and pitiful look of the prince, she couldn't bear it. She could only hold her cousin's hand and warned her repeatedly, "Yue'er, be careful in everything and take care of yourself."

"Well, don't worry, Cousin Zhi."

Song Jinyue hurriedly left Zhang's Mansion, took Qiu Yun into the carriage of the Duke's Mansion, and went straight to the palace.

She carries with her the token given to her by the queen's aunt.

When she arrived at the palace gate, Qiu Yun took the token and handed it to the guard for inspection.

Not long after, the master and servant entered the palace.

The vermilion palace wall was wetted by the morning mist, and the traces of the rain curtain hanging from the top seemed to be imprinted on the vermilion palace wall.

There was a chill on the bluestone ground.

Even the wind blowing on the palace road was chilling to the bone.

Song Jinyue couldn't help tightening the collar of her silver-grey fox fur cloak, and tightened the hand stove in her hand.

Her steps quickened, not slowing down because of the coldness.

Qiu Yun quickened her pace and followed closely behind her young lady.

From time to time, you should also observe the situation around you.

When Song Jinyue arrived at the gate of Zhaohua Palace, she saw Sister Xiangxiu walking from the palace road on the other side.

When Xiangxiu saw her, he was slightly startled. When he came to his senses, he quickened his steps and stepped forward.

When they came near, Xiangxiu bowed and said: "Princess Ronghua, my wife took Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Zhang to the Queen Mother's place to pay her respects. She is not in the palace now."

Song Jinyue was slightly stunned, and then said: "Then why is Sister Xiangxiu back?"

"The empress ordered the maid to come back and collect some things." Xiangxiu said as he welcomed Song Jinyue into the palace.

It turns out that today the Queen Mother learned that her grandmother and her aunt had entered the palace, and specially ordered someone to invite her and her aunt to come and talk.

The queen's aunt was worried, so she followed him to the queen mother's palace.

During the chat, the Queen Mother mentioned that the sheepskin crispy fruits provided by Fan Bang in the palace were extremely delicious, and the Queen Mother specially ordered Xiang Xiu to come and get them.

This sheepskin pastry was just offered as an offering, and nobles everywhere received the same portion. However, it is no longer available in the Queen Mother's palace. Perhaps because my aunt is pregnant, I can't smell the fishy smell of the goat's milk.

, so the crisp fruit has never been touched.

Song Jinyue was sitting in the Zhaohua Hall, while Xiangxiu went to the sheepskin cake.

When she found it, Xiangxiu said goodbye to her with a black lacquer food box in her hand.

"Sister Xiangxiu, wait a minute."

Song Jinyue stood up, stepped forward and pulled Xiangxiu to sit down, took the black lacquer food box from her hand, looked at Xiangxiu again, and signaled her to send away the palace maid in the palace first.

Xiangxiu understood the idea, stood up and took the palace maid out of Zhaohua Hall.

Song Jinyue raised her hand and opened the food box.

I saw that the white jade plates inside were stacked like a hill, full of sheepskin crispy fruits.

Song Jinyue took a plate from the table and took out some sheepskin pastries from the food box.

When she stopped, there were only eight sheepskin fruits in the white jade plate in the food box. Song Jinyue nodded with great satisfaction before closing the food box again.

She picked up the food box and handed it to Xiangxiu, and said: "Tell my aunt that I have eaten some of these sheepskin fruits, and now these are the only ones left."

(End of chapter)