Chapter 1: The Poisonous Wine of the Bridal Chamber Where is this place?

  "Ah!" My mind was a mess, and my body was wracked with wave after wave of cramping pain. I opened my eyes slightly to find myself surrounded by ancient, intricately carved wooden beams and red decorations filling my vision. Next to me were some shattered wine cups, with spilled wine pooling on the floor, bubbling up.

  "Is it poisonous?" I muttered.

  Who wants to harm me? Where is this? Ancient times?

  I...

  Suddenly, I crouched down to listen carefully. The sound of footsteps came from the doorway, getting closer and closer. Then someone called out, "How could Yue'er poison herself?"

  Poison? I narrowed my eyes slightly, chuckled softly, slowly lowered my body, returned to the original posture, and closed my eyes.

  The door was suddenly pushed open.

  "Yu'er, Yu'er." Someone picked me up: "What's going on?! Call for Imperial Physician Xuan, quickly call for Imperial Physician Xuan!"

  How ridiculous! The person who seemed to be in the most hurry, I heard an extremely joyful emotion from his tone, and even a sarcastic tone.

  At this time, only a sobbing sound appeared: "Just now, the lady asked me to go out. Then, I heard a scream from inside the house. So I pushed open the door and entered. Who knew that I would see the lady fainting on the ground, and also found this..."

  The person holding me took over the thing handed over by the slave. Without a moment's pause, he said, "Alas, Yue'er, why are you so silly?"

  It must be a will. The content, of course, is to vilify myself to death. It seems that the woman who was attached to me has been murdered. And this behind-the-scenes black hand...

  Hehe...... Hehe......

  Suddenly a hand covered my wrist. Then the person hugging me acted out his play while covering my mouth and nose with his sleeve.

  Fine, since you wish me dead so much, I'll deliberately not fulfill your wish.

  "Cough, cough..." I twisted and turned a few times, then slowly opened my eyes amidst everyone's shock. I felt the person holding me tremble slightly as well. As I opened my eyes, the first thing I saw was the actor who had covered my mouth and nose. His high nose bridge, thin lips, and sword-like eyebrows slanted into his temples, where a few strands of black hair fell. The contours of his face were flawless and beyond criticism.

  Yeah, he looks okay. Just too much ferocity in his eyes. And that gaze that wants to kill me. I slowly turned my head again. There's another person. Behind the crowd, I still caught a glimpse of that trembling figure. That maid who said... no, who said my body was suicidal. With a casual wave of her hand, she touched what was supposed to be a suicide note. Hmph, a suicide note? Just a glance: To Master, Taito Yui went to great lengths to marry you, even cutting ties with her father. Recently, I heard that Father has been bedridden due to this, his heart filled with anxiety... Taito Yui really had no choice but to end it all like this...

  This plan is full of holes, and not to mention theoretically speaking, I, who was once Ding Tai Yue, would stop at nothing to marry Lord Ying. If I had succeeded, I would have been overjoyed, so how could I possibly kill myself because of a broken father-daughter relationship? Secondly, if I'm not mistaken, didn't Lord Ying enter by pushing the door open just now? How could the maid have seen this scene and then closed the door to rush out again?

  It seems I have to put on an act too.

  Lowering her eyelids and then raising them again, she was already clear-headed. Innocently turning her head, her gaze fell on Mr. Ying who was holding her: "Uh... where is this?"