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The Princess Consort of Yu's voice trembled slightly.

"Princess Aunt?" Song Qingning stopped drinking and looked over in confusion.

Princess Consort Yu had regained her smile. "Have some snacks first. Drinking alcohol like this will harm your health."

Song Qingning glanced at the wine glass in her hand and suddenly realized what was going on.

"Thank you for the reminder, Princess Consort." Song Qingning put down her wine glass and took some snacks to enjoy.

I ate a lot of snacks and didn't drink any more alcohol.

Princess Yu ultimately couldn't bring herself to do anything to her.

Prince Yu probably had no choice but to comply.

Sure enough, a short while later, the steward of Prince Yu's residence came over and said to Princess Yu, "Your Highness, the Princess is painting over there. Would you and Princess Huai like to go and take a look?"

It's a request for instructions.

Princess Yu, however, sensed a threat in her voice.

She gripped the embroidered handkerchief slightly tighter.

She knew that Prince Yu was watching her. He wanted Song Qingning to drink, hoping to get her drunk so that he could keep her occupied. But what would happen next?

What is his underlying purpose?

Princess Yu couldn't figure it out.

But then I remembered his warning.

Princess Yu looked at Xie Rou'an, who was surrounded by noble ladies and focused on painting. Her tightly clenched hands betrayed her struggle that she was trying hard to hide.

How could Song Qingning not understand?

For a mother, her children are her Achilles' heel.

Prince Yu threatened Rou'an, and Princess Yu struggled for so long, which shows that he already cared about her.

Song Qingning glanced at the wine cup held by the maidservant beside her.

Guess what was added to the drink?

Prince Yu didn't dare to openly let her die in his mansion, so he was just stalling for time.

Is it a sleeping potion? But a sleeping potion is too obvious.

He could stall her without her noticing.

Song Qingning had a guess in her mind.

"I've had quite a few snacks, and I'm a little thirsty." Song Qingning picked up her wine glass.

Prince Yu wanted to use "drunkenness" to stall her, simply because he didn't want her to have the opportunity to ruin Song Qingyan's plans.

She had originally planned to use their scheme to put them at ease.

This wine must be "drunk".

"Qing..." Princess Consort Yu wanted to stop her again, but when she saw Xie Rou'an, she swallowed back the words she was about to say.

She looked away, her heart overflowing with guilt.

Song Qingning had already brought the wine glass to her lips.

The smell of alcohol lingered around my nose, and I was about to drink it.

Suddenly, for some reason, the maid serving wine beside her lost her balance and pounced on her.

Everything happened too fast. The maidservant didn't pounce on Song Qingning, but instead brushed past her hand holding the wine glass.

The wine glass was knocked over, and the wine inside shattered on the ground.

The maid fell down in front of Song Qingning.

This unexpected scene immediately drew the attention of the ladies and noblewomen who were admiring the lanterns.

From the crowd, a man strode in aggressively. Before he even arrived, his angry shouts rang out deafeningly, "How dare you! You can't even serve wine properly, you've spilled a glass! What is your punishment?!"

The person who came was none other than...

It is Xie Yunli.

He was dressed in a moon-white brocade robe, and seemed to have arrived in a hurry, without even wearing a cloak.

Xie Yunli was always gentle and modest, and easygoing with everyone, but the way he scolded the maid at this moment revealed a hint of ruthlessness.

The maid was filled with fear and immediately knelt on the ground, begging for forgiveness.

"Get out of here now!" Xie Yunli shouted sternly.

The maid knocked Song Qingning's wine cup to the ground, causing the wine pot she was holding to fall and shatter as well.

The wine is gone.

Prince Yu was drinking with Xie Xuanjin when he saw this scene from afar, and his face immediately darkened.

Xie Xuanjin saw the sudden surge of anger and fierceness in his eyes.

"This Yunli, I called him earlier, but he didn't come out of his study for a long time. Now that he's here, he's shouting like this, which is unbecoming," Prince Yu said lightly.

As they were speaking, the person stood up and strode over there.

Xie Xuanjin put down the wine he hadn't yet drunk, got up and followed. After passing a certain spot, he gave Wan Liang a wink.

Wan Liang understood and quickly accepted the order.

In the crowd.

Everyone was concerned about Song Qingning.

"Was the Princess Consort of Huai hit by anything?"

Seeing Song Qingning shake her head, they all breathed a sigh of relief and their gazes fell on her skirt, which was splattered with wine. "It's good that you didn't bump into anything. It's just that your clothes got wet. You can change them."

Xie Rouan also rushed over.

Her height was similar to Qingning's. "Fourth Sister-in-law, wear mine, wear mine, I'll take you to change."

Xie Rouan hurriedly reached out to take Song Qingning's hand, but Xie Yunli grabbed her wrist.

"Brother?" Xie Rouan turned around and saw Xie Yunli, startled by the gloom in his eyes.

Coming to her senses, she heard Xie Yunli's rebuke, "How could you give your fourth sister-in-law clothes you've worn?"

"I have new clothes that I've never worn!" Xie Rouan blinked. How could she bear to let her fourth sister-in-law wear her hand-me-downs?

Xie Rouan tried to break free from Xie Yunli's hand, but he held on even tighter.

"That's not appropriate either. Fourth Sister-in-law wearing your clothes is against the rules."

"In an emergency, one must act expediently, who cares about regulations? Bro, when have you ever been so rule-abiding?"

Xie Yunli was the most unruly of them all.

Song Qingning immediately understood.

Xie Yunli must know something; he wants to...

Just as Song Qingning began to speculate, she heard Xie Yunli speak in a cold tone, "Fourth Sister-in-law, you should go back to the Prince of Huai's residence to change your clothes."

Sure enough, he was chasing people away.

He didn't want her to stay here because he was worried about her.

Song Qingning was grateful.

Just as he was about to say something, he saw Prince Yu walking towards him with a fierce air.

"Xie Yunli, how can you be so rude?!" Prince Yu was filled with rage.

Xie Yunli frowned.

Recalling what he had overheard, all he wanted at that moment was for Song Qingning to leave the palace.

He wished he could just go up and take her away.

But he can't.

She is the Princess Consort of Huai; he cannot tarnish her reputation.

Upon suddenly spotting Xie Xuanjin walking towards him, Xie Yunli's eyes narrowed. This was the only option!

Xie Yunli took a deep breath, strode forward, and punched Xie Xuanjin hard in the face.

That punch landed squarely.

Xie Xuanjin did not dodge.

A metallic sweetness spread through his mouth as Xie Xuanjin met Xie Yunli's fleeting panic.

After so many years of brotherhood, how could he not understand what he was doing?

He wanted to stage a scene of brothers fighting amongst themselves, and he played along!

"Want to fight? Let's find a more spacious place to fight!"

Xie Xuanjin grabbed his wrist, and the two flew to an open space not far away.

Everyone knows that Prince Huai, Xie Xuanjin, and the heir of Prince Yu, Xie Yunli, are closer than brothers.

But the two of them fought fiercely, going back and forth.

The crowd was far enough away that no one could hear the conversation between the two as they moved.

"Yunli, thank you for protecting your fourth sister-in-law," Xie Xuanjin said first.

Xie Yunli was clearly taken aback.

Then I heard my fourth brother's voice again, "If you're in trouble, you shouldn't be bearing it all alone, and you shouldn't have pushed me away under the pretext of competing with me for your fourth sister-in-law's position."

"I'm your fourth brother, I'm older than you, it's my job to protect you."

The emotions that had been building up for days suddenly burst forth in Xie Yunli's heart, a mixture of worry and anger, and he blurted out:

"Fourth Brother, he... he had someone put drugs in Fourth Sister-in-law's drink."