Huanbi was waiting to die in agony next door, shouting in a shrill voice: "Prince, Prince!"

Unlike in his previous life, he did not watch Meng Jingxian suffer coldly, but secretly hoped that Meng Jingxian would die.

Finally, Wei Lin arrived and it was Concubine Jing who reminded him that Prince Guo's concubine had also been poisoned.

Although Huanbi was not used much, it delayed the treatment.

Before she died, she called out the name of Prince Guo, but she never got to see him.

On the Sixth Prince's side, Ye Lanyi said, "Your Majesty, we must find the murderer as soon as possible. This person was able to poison the Sixth Prince today, and he will dare to assassinate him tomorrow."

The emperor said coldly: "Investigate!"

Su Peisheng took the order and took people out to investigate.

A moment later, Su Peisheng brought two young eunuchs, who dragged Jianqiu into the hall.

Su Peisheng replied, "I took Doctor Wei with me to check the last food that the Sixth Prince and Lady Yu had, and found that there was Crane's Beak Red in the soup. I also checked the palace servants who served the food, and found that only Jianqiu had opened the food box to check when she served the soup. So I brought Jianqiu here."

The emperor asked sternly, "Tell me, who told you to do this?"

Jianqiu had a disdainful expression on his face and knelt down without saying a word.

The emperor patiently asked again: "Who instructed you?"

After a few breaths, Jianqiu raised her head and replied in a playful tone, "No one ordered me to do this. I did it on my own."

The emperor didn't believe it and asked, "Did the queen instruct you?"

Jian Qiu sneered, "The Queen is imprisoned in Jingren Palace and cannot leave. I cannot even see the Queen. How could I possibly be under the Queen's orders?"

After saying this, Jianqiu was about to raise his nails and use the red cinnabar in his nails to end his life.

Ye Lanyi, who was standing nearby, noticed it and quickly shouted, "There is poison in her nails! She wants to commit suicide!"

The young eunuchs stepped forward and immediately restrained Jianqiu from behind, preventing her from touching their hands.

Jianqiu was restrained, and with difficulty raised her head to look at the emperor, and asked unwillingly: "Your Majesty, why don't you trust the Empress? The Empress is your wife. Only the Empress is sincere to you, and the people around you are all false."

The emperor was furious. He ignored Jianqiu's chatter and ordered sternly, "Drag him out and have the Ministry of Punishment torture him severely. We must get the truth out of him."

Jianqiu shouted, "Empress Xi, you will be punished!" and was dragged out of the hall by two young eunuchs.

Jianqiu was dragged out while cursing. With such a loud noise, it was difficult for Meng Jingxian to pretend not to hear it, so she had to cover her mouth and stand up.

The guards saw Meng Jingxian and let her in.

When they entered the banquet hall, Ye Lanyi came out.

Meng Jingxian ordered: "Caiju, go and find out where the prince is."

Jiang Cailu bowed and agreed, then left in a hurry.

Meng Jingxian bowed to Ye Lanyi and said, "Hello, Concubine Ning."

Ye Lanyi looked at Meng Jingxian with an unfriendly gaze, with jealousy and unwillingness in her eyes.

Meng Jingxian stood up after paying her respects, took two steps closer and said, "Your Highness, which one is more important, the prince's life or the life of Concubine Xi."

Ye Lanyi's eyes became even colder, and she approached Meng Jingxian and said, "Do you think I won't dare to touch you just because you have the prince's child?"

Meng Jingxian whispered in Ye Lanyi's ear: "The emperor has doubts, but he will not execute Zhen Huan who looks like the late queen, so who will die?"

After saying that, Meng Jingxian took two steps back, bowed again and said, "I will take my leave first."

Meng Jingxian left, leaving Ye Lanyi standing there in a daze.

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