Rebirth: The flatterer prince I raised couldn't be so clingy

Gu Qingzhi still planned to say something despite the risk of being punished, but just as she opened her mouth, someone in the room spoke before her.

"Your Majesty, Her Majesty, please calm down and don't hurt yourself because of your momentary anger." The concubine beside Emperor Yu stood up and bowed respectfully towards the two people in the upper seats.

Her voice was so gentle that it made people feel like they were bathing in the spring breeze. Even in such a tense situation, the atmosphere was slightly eased by her words.

Empress Zou looked at her strangely, wondering why she chose to jump out at this time. She had just dragged the emperor past the Imperial Hospital on purpose, and they just happened to meet her, but who knew that she would follow her.

Emperor Yu had lost his temper for a while, but now he was regaining consciousness. He pointed at Feng Zhanye and said, "Shu Fei, you have a gentle personality. Don't beg for mercy for this evil creature. If he was half as obedient as the fifth prince, he wouldn't have done such a rebellious thing."

The Concubine Shu knew that she couldn't say anything now, so she avoided the main point and said, "Han'er is still young, and it's the time when brothers have a strong bond. He especially admires his eldest brother and third brother. No matter what happened today, please don't let others know for his sake."

Emperor Yu looked at her and thought of the Fifth Prince. His heart softened a little and his anger was much extinguished.

"I know that with such a scandal in the palace, the Crown Prince and the Fifth Prince will also be ridiculed. Anyone who spreads today's incident will be beaten to death."

"Yes."

"Yes."

All the palace servants responded in unison.

Queen Zou's eyebrows twitched twice, but she could only show her approval when Emperor Yu looked at him.

Shu Fei nodded and continued, "In fact, if you think about it carefully, there are still many doubts about this matter. The Poria Cocos Cake must not have been made by the Third Prince alone from the time it was made to the time it was delivered here. But seeing how devastated he is, I'm afraid he can't explain why. Why not ask someone who knows the situation?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Emperor Yu and Empress Zou raised their heads at the same time.

"Shu Fei, you can't make reckless assumptions just to protect the third prince. If we investigate as you said, many people will know about this matter." Queen Zou spoke first.

Unexpectedly, Shu Fei suddenly laughed after hearing this: "Empress, this matter is not as troublesome as you said. Isn't there someone who knows the whole situation among the people present now?"

The palace servants behind them looked at each other in confusion, and Emperor Yu also looked at her inquiringly, until her scallion-tipped fingers pointed directly at Gu Qingzhi, and then everyone suddenly realized.

Gu Qingzhi raised her head and took a close look at Shu Fei in the room. Every word she said was extremely appropriate, and she delivered the words accurately to her lips.

"Who are you?" Emperor Yu asked.

Gu Qingzhi sorted out his thoughts, knelt on the ground and said calmly: "I am the guard of His Royal Highness the Third Prince, and I am accompanying His Royal Highness the Third Prince into the palace today."

"Tell me, who got the Fuling cake today and where did it come from."

Gu Qingzhi took a deep breath and then spoke slowly, "The Fuling Cake was bought by the servants of the Xiangfu Villa from a vendor on Longqing Street early this morning. It was put into a food box along with various cakes. On the way to the palace with His Highness, I held the food box in my hand the whole time and it never left my sight."

"Before entering the third palace gate, the guard on duty opened the food box and carefully searched all the cakes and plates. After confirming that there was no problem, I carried it all the way to the cold palace and handed it to Concubine Hui's maid."

Gu Qingzhi didn't know which step had gone wrong. Although she had some suspicions, she had no evidence and could only state the facts.

After hearing her words, everyone fell silent. It was very obvious that many people had touched the pastries, but there was only one person who had never touched them from beginning to end, and that was Feng Zhanye.

"Since you are his guard, you will naturally speak for your master. Such testimony is really hard to count."

Gu Qingzhi thought the matter was clear, but Queen Zou suddenly spoke and brought the situation back.

The snow was getting heavier and heavier, and no one cared about the life or death of Feng Zhanye who was kneeling in the snow. Gu Qingzhi felt that her knees were about to become numb from the cold. She raised her head to look at him, and could still vaguely see the solidified blood hanging on his chin.

"Go and call the gate guard who searched the food box back to report."

Emperor Yu gave an order, and the eunuch beside him ran out quickly, and soon brought in the ferocious guard.

"Are you the palace gate guard responsible for searching the food boxes today?" Emperor Yu rubbed his temple, his voice already sounding a little tired.

"It's you." The guard knelt down respectfully.

Emperor Yu changed his posture and leaned back in his chair. "Tell me if you found anything wrong when you searched the food boxes today."

The guard lowered his head and seemed to think carefully, then said, "I saw a pack of Fuling cakes in the corner of the food box. I opened the paper package and found that there seemed to be a layer of white powder on the cake skin. It smelled like nothing. I thought it was icing sugar and didn't pay much attention to it."

This time, the matter was finally settled.

"Go down." He waved to the guard, and when he disappeared at the gate of the cold palace, Emperor Yu smiled.

"Now, do you have anything to argue?"

He looked at Feng Zhan Ye who was almost buried in the snow, without any pity, and his eyes were full of resentment.

"I have been with Concubine Hui for many years, and I have been looking forward to your birth. If I had known this day would come, I would have strangled you to death in your cradle!"

The evidence was conclusive. Shu Fei was watching from the side and could not say a word. She just remained silent, and no one knew what she was thinking.

"From now on, I will just treat you as an irrelevant son. After your mother's funeral, you can leave the palace and never come back."

"The maid Lan Yi poisoned the concubines in the cold palace because she was unwilling to serve them. She is guilty of murdering her master and her entire clan will be executed."

After Emperor Yu finished speaking, he walked out of the cold palace. Lan Yi watched this drama and had long lost hope. She smiled and shouted, "Thank you, my Lord, for your grace!"

Everyone else thought she had gone crazy, and the guards dragged her away with their scabbards, and the others followed suit. Shu Fei turned around and looked solemnly at Feng Zhanye lying on the ground, shook her head helplessly, and left.

The cold palace became quiet again, the snow was falling silently. Gu Qingzhi got up with difficulty and limped to the small figure lying in the snow.

Looking at the pile of snow, her heart was wrenched and she felt deep regret.

She was too conceited, thinking that with her rebirth, she would be able to change everything smoothly. Now she really understood what Feng Zhanye had been going through since he was a child.

She stretched out her hands and tried to dig the snow in front of her. The pure snowflakes on Feng Zhanye's body and the dirty snow water on the ground covered her hands at the same time. Her fingertips were constantly muddy and washed by the melting snow.

Gu Qingzhi stared at the bloody and pale face with dark red eyes, and he finally shed tears until everyone left.

Drops of tears fell on the snow, making holes of different sizes and shapes, making the pure white snow full of holes.

The snow is falling harder.