"Why does the Queen suddenly want to see me?"

I can't figure it out, I really can't figure it out.

Lu Xiaoxiao opened her round almond eyes, lying on the table with a confused look on her face, and sighed: "I am just a small Fengyi, how could I attract the attention of the Queen?"

"Could it be that His Highness said something in front of the Queen?"

Thinking of this, Lu Xiaoxiao took a deep breath and muttered to herself, "It can't be that the Queen thinks that I have bewitched the Crown Prince and wants me to enter the palace and then embarrass me, right?"

If that were true, wouldn't her life be in danger?

Baizhi and Chenlu were standing at the door of the room. They could see their master mumbling from a distance, but they had no idea what she was saying.

Chen Lu had a worried look on her face. She looked at Bai Zhi and leaned over to ask in a low voice, "Bai Zhi, what happened in Mingzhu Courtyard? Why did the master become so strange after returning?"

It would have been fine if he didn't let them get close, but the master was also lying on the table talking to himself.

It's really worrying.

Hearing this, Bai Zhi shook her head: "The master just went to Mingzhu Court to visit the patient, and then met His Highness."

"Your Highness?"

Chen Lu thought for a moment and whispered, "But what did His Highness say to the Master?"

Bai Zhi answered honestly: "His Highness said that he would bring the master to the palace tomorrow."

Morning Dew:!!!

The master is actually going to enter the palace!

Chen Lu suddenly realized what was going on. She looked at her master excitedly and couldn't help but sigh, "No wonder the master is so abnormal. It turns out that he is excited about entering the palace."

Bai Zhi was stunned: "..."

Master is excited?

Why didn't she see it?

"Master, this slave is back."

Chen Wu walked in from outside. When passing by Bai Zhi and Chen Lu, Chen Wu looked at them in surprise, "Why are you just standing here and not going in to serve the master?"

“Yes…” The master asked us to stand here.

Just as Bai Zhi was about to open her mouth to explain, she heard her master speak first: "I asked them to guard there, Chen Wu, you come in first."

"Yes, master."

The morning mist quickly approached its master.

Lu Xiaoxiao barely managed to shake off the messy thoughts in her mind. She raised her head slightly, staring at the morning mist with her bright eyes.

Before Chen Wu came closer, Lu Xiaoxiao couldn't help but ask, "Has the court doctor come? How is Zhang Liangyuan's condition?"

When returning to Jingxiangyuan, Lu Xiaoxiao left Chen Wu in Mingzhuyuan.

Chen Wu: "My Lord, I have invited two palace doctors to come over, and they still say that Zhang Liangyuan has caught a cold, but the cold has not gotten better. As the illness drags on, Zhang Liangyuan's body is getting weaker and weaker, and she has not been able to get up from the bed yet."

There were originally three palace doctors in the Prince's Mansion. The one who initially treated Zhang Liangyuan was another palace doctor named Wu. However, that palace doctor Wu asked for leave and returned home two days ago, saying that it would take some time before he could come back.

Lu Xiaoxiao frowned and couldn't help but sigh, "Zhang Liangyuan's body is too weak, she can't even suppress a small cold."

"Have the two palace doctors explained why Zhang Liangyuan's cold has not gotten better?"

"This……"

Chen Wu hesitated for a moment, "The two palace doctors suspected that Zhang Liangyuan did not take medicine properly to recuperate, which is why her condition became worse and worse."

Lu Xiaoxiao: “…”

The court doctor's suspicion was not unreasonable.

Before leaving Mingzhu Courtyard, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that he wanted to interrogate Yan'er. Now half an hour has passed, and I wonder if His Royal Highness has found out anything.

-

Underground dungeon.

A strong smell of blood permeated the humid air. The screams in the dark cell became louder and louder. No one knew what kind of torture was being carried out inside.

In front of the innermost secret cell, Xie San stood straight like a white pine tree. His sharp eyes were filled with murderous intent as he stared at the maid who was curled up in the cell. It was Yan'er.

Yan'er was terrified, crying like a pear blossom in the rain, and kept shouting that she was wronged, shouting loudly that Lu Fengyi wanted to harm her master, and said that she wanted His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to make the decision for her master...

Xie San listened to her crazy talk silently. Not only did he not sympathize with her, but he even wanted to laugh.

With so many people in the palace not wanting to get involved, why did he choose to target Lu Fengyi?

As secret guards, everyone knows that Lu Fengyi is the apple of their master's eye. Whenever there is a matter involving Lu Fengyi, His Highness will personally handle it.

This maid is really brave, but I don’t know how her master will deal with her.

After shouting for a while, Yan'er's voice gradually became hoarse. She no longer huddled in the corner of the cell, but rushed to the cell door in front of her. A hint of viciousness flashed across her eyes, and she cried, "Brother Guard, I want to see His Highness! I want to see His Highness!"

Xie San sneered: "Do you think you can see His Highness whenever you want?"

Yan'er clenched her fists. She brushed her hair across her forehead, revealing a pair of seductive fox eyes, trying to impress the other party with her pitiful appearance, "Brother Guard, please."

Her appearance could not be described as stunning, but she could be considered a pretty girl from a small family. She just didn't believe that Xie San would be so cruel.

However, her idea failed.

Xie San stared at her expressionlessly: "Even if you kneel down and beg me, it won't work."

Yan'er: "..."

I didn't expect that the guards around His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would be so stubborn!

Since this method doesn't work, she can only think of another way to escape from here!

Yan'er lowered her head, concealed the thoughts in her eyes, and returned to the corner of the cell.

Xie San stared at her every move, but his eyes glanced at another more hidden corner.

His Highness is there.

After a while, Xie Xi came out, followed by the guard Mu Qing.

Xie San stepped forward and called out, "Master."

Yan'er's eyes suddenly brightened, and she quickly raised her head and looked at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who was walking towards her.

"Your Highness! I am innocent. Please help my master!"

Xie San couldn't help but roll his eyes.

Xie Xi stopped in front of the secret cell.

The Crown Prince, who was usually gentle, was now emitting a cold aura. Xie Xi's face darkened slightly, and he looked at Yan'er coldly, and said slowly, "Is there anything you want to tell me?"

Yan'er choked up and said, "Your Highness! I really didn't harm my master! This is all Lu Fengyi's conspiracy!"

The coldness in Xie Xi's eyes grew even more serious. "Yan Ru, the adopted daughter of Prince Su, with Prince Su as your backer, you shouldn't come to my Prince's mansion to be a maid."

"Why don't you tell me what's going on first?"

"Or should I go and ask Prince Su about this matter?"

The Crown Prince's three consecutive questions stunned Yan'er instantly.

Her pupils shrank slightly, and she looked at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in disbelief, her fingers hanging by her sides trembling slightly.

Yan Ru never expected that her identity would be discovered by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince so quickly!

Why?

Why is this?

Her identity was so well hidden, and only the two of them knew that Prince Su adopted her as his daughter.

Apart from this, no one else knew about this, but today, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince found out!

Or did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince already know her identity but kept it secret, just to get more information from her?

If this is true, then His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is hiding it deeper than anyone else.

"Why? You don't dare to say it?"

Xie Xi said in a calm tone.

Yan Ru didn't know how much the Crown Prince could find out about her, but the years she spent with Prince Su were not in vain.

Yan'er quickly calmed down and showed a bewildered and harmless look, as if she didn't know what His Royal Highness had just said. "What are you talking about, Your Highness? I am Yan'er, not Yanru. What about the adopted daughter of Prince Su? Your Highness is talking about this maid?"

"Thank you, San. Give her the Heart-Eating Pill."

Xie Xi didn't want to stay in the dark cell for long. The matter in Jiangnan was still waiting for him to finish, but he didn't have much time to waste here, so he planned to resolve the matter as soon as possible.

"Yes."

Xie San responded and suddenly stepped forward and opened the door of the secret cell.

When Yan Ru saw Xie San coming in, she instantly became alert and had a bad feeling in her heart.

She stepped back subconsciously.

"Brother Guard, what do you want to do?"

Xie San took out a small white porcelain bottle from his sleeve and poured out a round and shiny pill from it.

Xie San said calmly: "I just want you to take a poison pill."

The Heart-Eating Pill was personally refined by the master of the Divine Doctor Valley. It will not endanger one's life after taking it, but will only make the person who takes it live a life worse than death.

It is most suitable for interrogation, as no prisoner can withstand the toxicity of the Heart-Eating Pill.

Yan Ru: ???

Yan Ru's face changed slightly. They were actually planning to poison her!

"you--"

Yan Ru was about to speak when suddenly, she saw Xie San flick his fingertips and something went into her mouth, which she swallowed directly.

"vomit"

I can't vomit anymore.

The toxicity of the Heart-Eating Pill quickly took effect.

Yan Ru's face instantly turned black, blood slowly flowed from her mouth, and the piercing pain quickly spread throughout her body. She couldn't help but roll on the ground in pain. She felt worse than death!

"Ahhh-"

"It hurts! Please! Please give me the antidote!"

"Save me, I don't want to die!"

……

Xie Xi did not speak.

Both Xie San and Guard Mu Qing had blank expressions on their faces.

They remained indifferent as they watched the maidservant suffer in agony in the prison with a painful expression on her face.

After waiting for a full quarter of an hour, Yan Ru was tortured to the point of being on the verge of gasping for breath before she finally gave in.

"I said……"

"I'll tell you everything. Please, please save me!"

Yan Ru continued to crawl towards the prison door.

Xie San had already closed the cell door.

She couldn't climb out.

Xie Xi said calmly: "If you want to live, tell me everything you know."

"If you tell a lie, you should know the consequences."

Listening to the threat from His Royal Highness, Yan Ru swallowed hard to suppress the sweet taste rising up her throat and said slowly, "Your Highness is right. I am indeed the adopted daughter of Prince Su, Yan Ru."

Yan Ru suddenly sneered: "However, I am not the only adopted daughter of Prince Su."

Xie Xi understood what she meant: "Why did you enter the Prince's Mansion?"

Yan Ru: "I have a personal grudge against Zhang Baozhu. I took the opportunity to sneak into the Prince's Mansion and became Zhang Baozhu's maid, just to find a chance to kill her."

Xie Xi heard this without changing his expression, "Does Prince Su know about this?"

Yan Ru said without hesitation: "I don't know."

"He doesn't need to know about my vengeance against Zhang Baozhu."

Xie Xi paused, "Zhang Liangyuan has become like this now, but is it you who did it?"

Yan Ru: "No, it was Cai Er who did it."

She knew that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was always very smart, and she never dared to take it lightly when answering him.

However, it was indeed Cai'er who cured Zhang Liangyuan's illness.

Xie Xi was silent.

After a while, Xie Xi spoke again: "First give her medicine that can only suppress the Heart Devouring Pill, and continue to lock her up in the dark cell."

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince refuses to give her the antidote?

Yan Ru bit her lips tightly, enduring the pain all over her body, but she didn't dare to say anything.

Xie San gave Yan Ru the medicine that could temporarily suppress the toxicity of the Heart-Eating Pill.

When he came out, he closed the cell door again.

Xie Xi had already left with the guard Mu Qing.

Mu Qing followed behind slowly, as if he had guessed his master's thoughts: "Master, do you want to send someone to investigate this matter?"

"I have this plan."

Xie Xi nodded slightly: "What she said may not be true."

"However, it is true that she is the adopted daughter of Prince Su."

"She said that she had a personal grudge against Zhang Liangyuan and sneaked into the Prince's Mansion to kill her. But then, she said that it was another maid named Cai'er who attacked Zhang Liangyuan. Do you believe her?"

"Master, she is lying."

Mu Qing said expressionlessly.

In his opinion, the other party deliberately sneaked into the Prince's Mansion, not necessarily for personal revenge, but perhaps for some other purpose.

However, there is one thing that Mu Qing is a little confused about. Does Prince Su know about this matter?

Mu Qing has always been by the side of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and has met Prince Su before. Prince Su treats His Royal Highness the Crown Prince very well...

Xie Xi: "Mu Qing, let Liu Hua investigate this matter."

"Yes, I will tell Liu Hua right away."

Mu Qing was about to turn around and leave when he suddenly heard his master's order: "Send Wen Chong over again."

"Yes."

Mu Qing used Qing Kung to leave the house directly.

Xie Xi stood there in contemplation for a moment before walking towards the front yard.

I'm afraid I won't be able to rest these days.

Although I have been away from home for a long time, there is still someone cleaning the front yard.

When the servants were cleaning the front yard, the housekeeper would always watch from the side, fearing that some fool would do something he shouldn't do.

When Xie Xi returned to the front yard, the housekeeper was staring at the servants working with a stern face, not allowing them to be lazy.

"His Royal Highness is back."

The butler hurried forward and whispered, "Your Highness, the mighty general is here."

Xie Xi stopped immediately and asked thoughtfully: "Where is it?"

The butler quickly replied, "General Weiwu is waiting in the lobby. I couldn't find your Highness just now, so I sent someone to tell General Weiwu to wait."

After a pause, the butler frowned and continued, "However, Your Highness, I just saw that General Weiwu's face didn't look very good."

"Well, I'll be there soon."

There was no need to guess, Xie Xi knew that the mighty general might have come for Zhang Liangyuan.

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