Sylvia's POV:

Rufus and I were not surprised by the cooks' confession, which also confirmed Joanna's side of story. Noreen's original intent was to frame me.

We were now even more certain that the person behind this incident was Noreen.

I just needed to figure out who on earth Noreen had impersonated so that she could act so unscrupulously in the imperial palace.

"Let's have dinner first. I have something to show you after we eat." Rufus led me to the table.

Maya served a beef stew with stout. I didn't know why I had become particularly sensitive to the smell of alcohol since I got pregnant. As soon as the smell hit my nose, I felt the bile rise up my throat. Rufus was so enraged that he rebuked Maya harshly, as if he wanted to flush her down the drain with the stew.

"Don't blame Maya. It's just my morning sickness." I was unable to stop retching.

in a frosty voice, "Didn't I instruct you repeatedly to not add alcohol in the food cooked for Miss

fell to her knees and begged for mercy in a trembling

to lie down for a bit." I took Rufus upstairs and secretly threw a wink in

like an elder sister to me. Thanks to her help, I was able to quickly adapt to life in

call the doctor. He didn't relax until the

the doctor finally left. After the servants also left the room, I asked Rufus what he wanted to show me. Sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ (F)indNƟvᴇl.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the

a document, which he handed to me. "This is my

through it but didn't find

more carefully,"

pages carefully once more and spotted a familiar name on the last page. "When did Maya start taking charge of Ethan's meals? Besides, she even made shaved ice for

father's diet. She came here when she was little and she has been a maid in my palace forever. However, she cannot interfere in any other affairs in the imperial

there was a heat wave during the past few days and the temperature suddenly rose. Perhaps Maya made some refreshing shaved ice for the king out of kindness to help him feel better." I tried to come up with a plausible explanation for Maya's strange behavior, but in the end, I couldn't

was nearly late autumn. Even though the temperature indeed rose a few degrees, it wasn't really that hot that one would need to eat a large bowl of

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