The matter clarified, Yang Wenxiao was reluctant to stay in the side hall any longer. He returned to the Main Hall with Qiao Xiaomai and even comforted her, "The queen has been poisoned, which is why she behaved that way. You mustn't take it to heart."
"Don't worry, as long as I'm here, no one in the Imperial Palace can frame you."
Upon hearing this, Qiao Xiaomai smiled, saying it was nothing.
But inside, she felt as bitter as if she had chewed on coptis, an urge to cry welling up within her.
Dammit, she had always thought the royal family loved her cooking skills and had even basked in self-satisfaction, but reality harshly slapped her in the face.
She had been on the queen's radar even before arriving in Capital City, and as soon as she entered the Imperial Palace, the queen framed her.
What a terrifying Capital City.
Soon enough, Tong Sanlang and Ren Zhong returned.
