Oh no! Seven kids at the start, all yellow and skinny.

Chapter 502 Zhou Ni is Poisoned

"Young Miss." Yunlu happily hugged the silver notes, but couldn't suppress her gossipy nature, "Could Lord Lu be the son of that Madam Liu?"

Yun Yi looked up at Yun Lü in surprise, and then sized her up: "Lü, you also know mystical arts?"

"What can I do? I'm just guessing." Yunlu chuckled. "I didn't think much of them when I saw them before, but when they sat together today, I suddenly realized that they look very similar, especially their mouths. They both have slightly thicker lower lips. And their ears, didn't you notice? The shapes are almost identical. They both have a rounded shape on their earlobes, and they even have a tiny black mole the size of a grain of rice in that area..."

"Ah Lü, it's such a waste of your talents to have you stay by my side as a maid. You should be doing intelligence work." Yun Yi gave a thumbs up.

"Miss, I'll take that as a compliment." Yunlu had been with Yunyi for a long time, so she had become thick-skinned and started joking around.

"I'm just praising you; you're very observant."

"So I guessed right, didn't I? Then why didn't you let them recognize each other right away?"

“Some things are a matter of fate.” Yunyi poked Yunlu’s chubby cheek. “Until the right moment, what was originally a good thing might turn into something not so good.”

"Oh." Yunlu seemed to understand, but she didn't ask any more questions.

The main hall of the Earl's mansion is at the second gate. Going out leads to the outer courtyard, and going in leads to the inner residence.

People from the inner quarters also had to pass through here to go out, so as soon as Yunyi stepped out of the hall, she saw Sun Qingli hurrying out, but she paused slightly when she saw Yunyi.

"Where are you headed, Madam?" Yunyi greeted her with a smile.

"Miss," Sun Qingli regained her composure, smiling and nodding, "I'm going out for a walk."

"My dad...didn't he ground you?"

"No."

"Okay." Yunyi nodded. "Then let's go."

Sun Qingli nodded and walked out with Pearl. As she passed Yunyi, she gave her a cryptic look.

Yunyi would give her an innocent and calm smile.

Sun Qingli felt a tightness in her chest. Ever since she came back, this little bitch had become strange, like... like a venomous snake waiting for its chance to bite her.

She regretted her earlier soft-heartedness; she shouldn't have sold her, she should have killed her.

Although Yunyi couldn't hear what the other person was thinking, she could guess it, but she didn't care. Her primary purpose in returning this time was to avenge the original owner of this body. If it weren't for the sake of the overall situation, Sun Qingli would already be queuing up on the road to the underworld.

Sigh, with so many entanglements, I can't do things as I please.

Thinking about it that way, it's still more convenient to be alone.

After leaving the house, Sun Qingli boarded the carriage and soon arrived at the county magistrate's residence.

Zhou Ni was lying on the bed in pain, and a young man in white was giving her acupuncture, but the pain on her face was still obvious.

"How is it?" Ayu asked with a worried look.

Zhao Sinian shook his head: "The county princess's symptoms are very strange. It can't be seen from her pulse, and even silver needles can't completely relieve the pain..."

"Am I about to die?" Zhou Ni asked weakly.

“Don’t talk nonsense, you’ll live to be a hundred.” Ayou grasped Zhou Ni’s hand, then looked at Zhao Sinian, “Hurry up and think of a way, if the county magistrate doesn’t do well, you won’t survive either.”

“Even if you kill me, there’s nothing I can do, because I can’t diagnose what illness I have.” Zhao Sinian wasn’t afraid or flustered at all. Instead, he calmly shrugged. “If we knew how I got it, maybe there would be a way.”

"Has Sun Qingli arrived yet?" Zhou Ni had a pretty good idea, but she couldn't say so right now.

Just then, a servant outside announced that the Lady of the Marquis of Chengen requested an audience.

Ayou released Zhou Ni's hand: "I'm going to see her."

In the flower hall outside, Sun Qingli waited there somewhat nervously. When she heard footsteps, she hurriedly stood up. However, when she saw that it was the steward, a flash of disdain and disgust crossed her eyes, but it was only fleeting. She still put on a fawning smile: "Steward You, where is the county princess?"

“Madam Liu.” Ayou knew that the other party looked down on her, a servant, but she didn’t care about that at the moment. “My lady wants to ask who else touched that ring before.”

“No one has touched it.” Sun Qingli shook her head in confusion. “I’ve always kept it myself. It was that time that Pearl…” She suddenly turned to look at Pearl, “Who else did you show it to?”

"This servant is innocent." Pearl hurriedly knelt down. "This servant took the purse and didn't even dare to open it before delivering it to the county princess's residence. I don't even know what's inside."

Ayu narrowed his eyes slightly. It was only because he had become human and lost the abilities of the seating system that he could have invaded the other party's mind to find out more. However, the problem definitely lay with the master and servant. He then sneered, "Do you know that someone smeared poison on that ring in an attempt to poison the county princess?"

"Huh?" Sun Qingli's face turned pale instantly. "Impossible, I wouldn't dare."

"This servant wouldn't dare," Pearl said, remaining kneeling and not daring to get up.

"Whether you dare or not..." Ayu glanced at the two of them, "then we'll have no choice but to report it to the authorities."

"Report to the official?"

“Yes, now the county princess is in critical condition due to poisoning, and no one dares to take responsibility. We can only hand her over to the emperor. At that time…” Ayou paused for a moment, “the crime of plotting against the royal family, according to the laws of our Great Zhou Dynasty, is punishable by execution of the entire family at the very least, and extermination of nine generations of relatives at the worst.”

Sun Qingli swayed slightly: "I want to see the county princess."

This time, Ayu did not stop her and took her to the inner courtyard.

"Sun Qingli, you've caused me so much suffering." Zhou Ni's pain had eased considerably, and she was able to speak while leaning against the pillow.

"Princess, I'm innocent!" Sun Qingli refused to admit the crime. "How could I dare to plot against you? Besides, was there any poison on the ring? What kind of poison? We'll find out if I did it when we investigate."

"When I received the ring, I pricked my finger, and then..."

"Your Highness, someone must be framing me," Sun Qingli swore. "I'm counting on Your Highness to stand up for me, how could I possibly harm Your Highness?"

Zhou Ni fell silent. In fact, she didn't think Sun Qingli had any motive to harm her, but who could it be? Suddenly, she looked up and met Ayou's gaze. A name suddenly popped into her mind: Yun Yi.

Pearl, standing outside the door, was in great turmoil. Only she knew that the ring had once been in the young lady's hands, so the young lady must have been the one who tampered with it. However, she could never reveal this secret.