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Zhang Yulu looked at Lord Tao in front of him and felt that he was dishonest: "Just say whatever you want to say, don't be so mysterious here."

Lord Tao raised his neck and said, "Don't look at the fact that you are a prince now and your mother is the eldest princess. Do you know who you have offended?"

After careful consideration, Zhang Yulu finally thought of someone: "You mean, the prince is now very afraid of Liu Zhongqing."

Lord Tao nodded and said, "The princess is indeed smart. There is a rumor in the world that the eldest princess secretly took her sister's child to raise with her in order to protect her sister's child."

When Liu Zhongqing heard the news, he was also shocked: "What about the current emperor? It's just hearsay."

Zhang Yulu knew very well that in the original setting of her novel, Liu Zhongqing was indeed the child exchanged by the eldest princess. In order to maintain her royal bloodline, the eldest princess wanted to use her own son as an exchange.

Unexpectedly, this is what happened in reality. Zhang Yulu immediately said to Mr. Tao: "It's better not to exaggerate."

Mr. Tao smiled and said, "Then we should ask the midwife of that year."

Zhang Yulu gritted her teeth and said, "Then just call her over, I want to see what she can say."

Qiu Feng fanned the flames: "I want to see if you can help the prince prove his innocence, as if you can do anything in the world."

Liu Zhongqing also felt a little uncomfortable: "Can you please shut up? This is not the time for you to talk."

Just at this moment, Lin Xuefeng appeared.

Lin Xuefeng shook his head and said, "If you want to know the truth of the matter, you might as well listen to the results of my investigation."

Liu Zhongqing didn't want to talk, so he could only sit aside and wait.

Lin Xuefeng told Zhang Yulu: "The nurse is dead. If I am not mistaken, it must be the eldest princess's trick."

After hearing what Lin Xuefeng said, Liu Zhongqing immediately started to speak: "If you say that, you must have evidence."

Zhang Yulu also felt that something was wrong: "You clearly know that the Princess and the Queen Mother don't get along. Of course, your empty talk is unconvincing."

Hearing Zhang Yulu say this, Lin Xuefeng naturally had his own thoughts: "Why don't you believe what I say? Otherwise, how about this, I'll take you to see it, and then you'll know."

Liu Zhongqing wanted to go out and ask, of course. He also wanted to know the truth, so he said, "Then I'll go and have a look for you too."

Qiu Feng hurriedly followed and said, "I'll go and take a look too, to see who wants to let the prince go."

The crowd was escorting Lord Tao and had just arrived at the wet nurse's residence.

Then someone was seen carrying the wet nurse's body out, and Zhang Yulu lifted the white sheet covering the wet nurse.

Seeing the nanny's eyes bulging, Zhang Yulu opened her mouth again and saw that she was biting her upper teeth.

Liu Zhongqing turned around and asked Zhang Yulu: "Did you find any clues?"

Zhang Yulu smiled and said, "I have seen a lot now and found a problem. The nanny was quite cautious in doing things, but it is obvious that she was killed by someone. To be specific, she was strangled to death from behind."

Liu Zhongqing asked Zhang Yulu: "What do you mean?"

Zhang Yulu expressed her inner thoughts: "That's right. Look at the back of the nurse's neck. She was strangled by someone after she died, so the scar looks very shallow. Also, her eyes are bulging, proving that she was frightened."

Lin Xuefeng thought it made sense: "I didn't expect you to know so much now. No wonder you took over the pharmacy business. It seems that I really underestimated you before."

Zhang Yulu ignored Lin Xuefeng and turned to Liu Zhongqing and said, "We were just about to investigate the wet nurse and now she's in trouble. It seems that this matter is probably related to the Queen Mother, and possibly the Emperor."

Zhang Yulu looked at the people around him, and then pressed Lord Tao and said, "Let's go to the palace now to find the emperor and see what the emperor will do about Lord Tao's matter."

When everyone entered the palace, the emperor saw this scene and shook his head: "Master Tao actually caused trouble. Such a person should be sent to prison or exiled, right?"

Zhang Yulu felt that this was unfair, and when she was about to say something, she was stopped by Lin Xuefeng: "Your Majesty, wise, we will all obey your arrangements."

Zhang Yulu didn't understand, but Liu Zhongqing didn't refute.

On the way home, Zhang Yulu asked Liu Zhongqing: "What are you thinking about?"

Zhang Yulu looked at Liu Zhongqing who was silent, and patiently asked him several times: "What's going on? Can you explain it to me clearly? What do you mean by not talking?"

Liu Zhongqing had no choice but to nod and say, "It's obviously targeting me. It seems that the Queen Mother must take action. But I still don't understand why the relationship between the Queen Mother and the Princess is so bad. It seems that I have to ask my mother."

Zhang Yulu felt it was necessary, so the two of them came to the Princess's Mansion.

After hearing the two people's stories, the princess sighed and said, "This matter has to start a long time ago."

The eldest princess explained: "I have never told anyone about this matter. I hope you will keep it a secret. As for me, I'd better try not to let this happen again."

Both Zhang Yulu and Liu Zhongqing looked very nervous.

Zhang Yulu began to ask: "What is going on?"

The eldest princess explained in detail: "The Empress Dowager and my mother gave birth to a brother at the same time, but the child of the Empress Dowager suddenly died after birth, so she sent a palace maid to snatch my mother's child."

When Liu Zhongqing heard this, he was very surprised and said, "It turns out that the current emperor and my mother are children of the same father and mother?"

The princess nodded and said, "Later, my mother was sentenced to death. In order to save my life, she sent me to a fiefdom very early, so I have never returned to the capital for all these years."

Zhang Yulu was surprised: "So, mother must have something to do when she came back this time. Can I help?"

The eldest princess sighed, "The Queen Mother has been suppressing our business lately. I guess there must be some special evidence. But I have a secret decree left by the late emperor, so the Queen Mother dare not do anything to me."

This was the first time Liu Zhongqing had heard of such a thing: "Mother, why are you talking about this now? I've never heard you talk about it before."

The eldest princess sighed, "Now most of the people in the court are the queen mother's people. The power that my mother left here has long since collapsed. But there is one thing that the queen mother has always been afraid of me, so she has never touched me. I guess this time she must have said something to the emperor."