9 What a good mother and daughter pair!

"Injustice!" Liu Bai shouted as she was thrown into her courtyard by female servants.

"Young miss!" Her servant girls immediately rushed to her helping her sit up as the crowd watched over them. Unfortunately her father currently wasn't home so he couldn't help them. Concubine Mei, in great distress quickly ran to hug her daughter, she had been accompanying the older women so she had no idea what had transpired.

"Princess! Please explain this! What has my little girl done to offend you!?"

The princess snorted, "What a good mother and daughter pair! Both shameless! Only a lowly concubine but you still dare to talk to me in such a manner!" The spectators began to talk, what could the young miss of the Liu family have done to enrage the princess? She was favoured by the king, they surely wouldn't live.

"Liu Bai has just poisoned Liu Lian, this princess's friend!" Concubine Mei's eyes grew cold, Liu Lian? It was that bitch again! She should've killed her when she had the chance!

"This must be a mistake princess! My daughter must have been framed!" Concubine Mei began to explain but the crowd suddenly grew expectant, wasn't concubine Mei saying that the princess was stupid as she could not see her daughter was framed? Was she really that stupid or just too confident?

Concubine Mei messed up.

With every word concubine Mei spoke, Zhou Lan's anger grew. "Are you suggesting this princess is stupid! Good! Very good! 40 strokes! And if Liu Lian does not wake up then forget keeping your heads!"

And with a flick of her sleeves she began to walk away.

However, Liu Bai couldn't bare to swallow this bitter punishment, she had made sure she gave Liu Lian a slow acting poison! Then why did it end up with her fainting! Liu Lian must've done something with the drink!

"Why are you supporting that bitch! She doesn't deserve to live! I should be the di miss not that wrench!"

Immediately those words left Liu Bai's mouth the crowd erupted, they were appalled, only a shu born but she dared to covert the di miss's position! Liu Lian was indeed pitiful to grow up with such two faced relatives!

Before Liu Bai could open her mouth a loud slap resounded throughout the courtyard and the audience was silenced. The princess was now stood in front Liu Bai with her hand red, and Liu Bai's cheeks glowing. Liu Bai spat out a mouthful blood and Zhou Lan held her wrist that seemed to have dislocated slightly. She quickly left with her guards following behind her. Unfortunately, a woman disciplined by a member of the royal family would never marry for fear of offending royalty.

Liu Bai wasn't cunning enough to survive in a world like this.

The physician checked Liu Lian's pulse and he frowned. He turned to the princess who waited expectantly, "Black Cherry, a really dangerous poison extracted form cherry trees."

Zhou Lan grit her teeth, the Liu Manor had lots of cherry trees, those scheming women could have easily gotten this poison.

"Fortunately for the young miss, it is only a trace amount, she will survive, her body was just momentarily shocked." He said as he began to pack his tools to leave, Zhou Lan sighed in relive. Unknown to her Liu Lain was originally given the rose lilly poison, but when she dipped her thumb in her drink she had mixed the more dangerous poison painted on her nails into her drink. That way she killed two birds with one stone, punishing the mother and daughter pair while beginning to build up her poison immunity. With so many eyes watching Liu bai hand over the drink there is no way she could escape from her plan unscathed.

It looks like this mother and daughter pair weren't that dangerous, they were an easy obstacle, one step to finally regaining control of her own home, her father would be shocked to hear what had happened while he was at court. His most beloved daughter trying to assassinate is first daughter who had been given a title of prestige.

Her father might be stupid but when it came to status he wouldn't look twice at his concubine.