Chương 107: 107. The poison’s target.

Su Qingyi waited quite a while for the teapot filled with poison to be finally taken by a maid in her thirties. The maid looked very uneasy her hand that was holding onto the teapot looked a little trembling. Su Qingyi noticed that the maid's strangeness made her wonder if this maid was forced to take the poison teapot.

The maid walks slowly taking the teapot. This maid's back sweats a lot, she knows that no matter she succeeds or not, her life will be gone when she takes this teapot. As a low-maid until being elevated to the maid which can serve at Empress Dowager tea party, she should feel lucky, but she can help felt bad luck because she's chosen to do this thing.

She knows inside the teapot hold by her can't possibly contain a good thing. This maid likes to hear stories about the in-tricks that used to happen in the Inner Palace back then. Since the current Emperor ascended the throne, no dirty intrigue has contaminated the Palace, but now this is happening again and he is forced to become an accomplice to this dirty intrigue.

The maid remembered the incident a few days ago where she was held captive by a stranger. There she met a young woman sitting behind the curtain. Hearing the young woman's voice, at first the maid didn't recognize her but now when she was standing in the crowd of maids serving at the tea party, this maid recognized the female stranger that forced her to use the teapot on her hand.

Swallowing hard, this maid walked to the table where Empress sat enjoying the tea and snacks available at the table where she was located. The teapot in her hand is the teapot substitute for the teapot that is already on the table where the Empress is. Teapots in the Imperial Family must always be replaced every half hour to prevent the Imperial Family from drinking cold tea.

Su Qingyi was surprised to see the suspicious maid walking towards the table where the Empress was. This young woman did not expect that the Inner Palace, which according to Yu Wang, had become better because it had no dirty intrigue in it anymore since the present Emperor ascended the throne, it turns out that now there is an incident like this happening again. Seeing that the maid was getting closer to the table where Empress was sitting, Su Qingyi walked quickly to the Empress table.

The maid who brought the poison teapot was just about to replace the teapot she was holding with the teapot on Empress's table when she saw a hand holding the top of the poison teapot she was still holding.

"Is this teapot filled with new hot tea?" Su Qingyi asked the maid with a sweet smile making the maid nodded unconsciously.

"Then this Yu Wangfei will take it, this Yu Wangfei wants to use this to congratulate my female cousin who is now an Imperial Concubine."

Without waiting for the reaction from the maids who were still dazzled by the charisma of Su Qingyi's smile, this young woman walked towards the area where the Imperial Concubines were located. Su Qingyi brought the poison teapot to Concubine Ming because Yuteng told her that Concubine Ming had the smell of poison residue on her clothes just like the ones mixed in the poison teapot. Suspecting that it was all a dirty plan made by Su Mingmei, considering that the previous body owner also got into trouble because that female cousin made Su Qingyi intend to send the poison teapot back to her.

"Imperial Concubine Ming, congratulations because cousin now an Imperial Concubine in the Imperial Palace." Su Qingyi smiled innocently towards Su Mingmei whose face turned slightly dark looking at the teapot carried by the young woman who was one of her female cousins from the Su Clan.

Su Mingmei naturally recognized the teapot which her female cousin stupidly brought to her, this female cousin whom she had disliked for a long time because of the young woman's innocence. Ever since the teapot was brought into the area where Empress Dowager was, Su Mingmei had continued to watch the teapot's movements. This elegant and gentle-looking young woman longed to finish off the stupid young woman who brought the poison teapot she had prepared for Empress to her desk.

"Yu Wangfei, shouldn't this teapot be used to replace the teapot at the Empress table?" Su Mingmei smiled softly questioning the poison teapot Su Qingyi had placed on her desk. This woman hoped that Su Qingyi understood her hints to return the teapot to the Empress table.

"Oh, don't worry Imperial Concubine Ming, this Yu Wangfei deliberately brought this teapot filled with new hot tea to congratulate you on your achievement to become Imperial Concubine. The Empress would allow this Yu Wangfei to use this teapot, right, Empress sister in law?" Su Qingyi smiled sweetly to Empress.

"Of course, Yu Wangfei can use it to toast your female cousin. It just a usual teapot filled with new hot tea." Before the Empress can answer, Empress Dowager also sneak glances closely at Concubine Ming before answer it first.

Empress Dowager has been watching and sneaking glances at Su Mingmei ever since the young woman entered and sat in the Imperial Concubine area. The old woman who was accustomed to being involved in the Inner Palace's dirty intrigues felt suspicious when she saw Su Mingmei looking pleased with the arrival of the maids who brought teapots filled with hot new tea to change the old ones.

This middle-aged woman also noticed the joy that radiated from her eyes as the young woman watched the teapot that a maid was carrying towards the Empress table. Before Empress Dowager thought of a reason to remove that suspicious teapot from her first daughter-in-law's table, Su Qingyi had already helped her moved it.

Empress Dowager also noticed the change in Su Mingmei's face when her second daughter-in-law took the new teapot and brought it to her place. Seeing the changes, Empress Dowager believes the new teapot has problems in it. Whispering to Cu Yanmi; her head maid, Empress Dowager told the woman to secretly catch the maid who brought the new teapot. They need to interrogate the maid.