Jiang Fenghua returned to Chenxi Palace and asked Nanny Wang to invite all the ladies.

The first one to arrive was Zhu Zhenzhen, "I pay my respects to the Crown Princess."

Zhu Zhenzhen was also very nervous. She had heard about what happened in Chengguang Palace, but she did not go to watch the fun because she did not want to cause trouble. Trouble is caused by onlookers. If one wants to survive in the harem, it is best not to be curious.

She is worthy of being the daughter of Censor Zhu, she is cautious.

"Please sit down!" Jiang Fenghua said lightly.

Soon after, Song Fengyi and Ye Liangqie came one after another. They bowed and then sat down quietly.

Jiang Fenghua stared at Ye Susu and saw that she was not looking away, while Song Jing seemed a little nervous.

Tang Qianran changed into clean clothes and treated her wounds before being invited over. Her face was covered in bruises and she looked extremely aggrieved. “I pay my respects to the Crown Princess.”

I didn't expect Lu Xuefei to be so capable that she could live directly in the prince's Chengguang Palace as a palace maid. She had pretended to be a palace maid so many times, so why didn't she think of this method?

Tang Qianran is no longer as good as she used to be.

"Sit down too!"

"Yes."

Jiang Fenghua waited until everyone was seated before speaking, "I heard some rumors about His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. I wonder if you ladies have heard about them as well."

Zhu Zhenzhen distanced herself from the matter, "I haven't heard anything about it. I'm feeling a little unwell and have been recuperating in Yuling Palace these past few days."

Ye Susu also said, "I haven't heard about it either. Imperial Doctor Mei told me to take good care of my pregnancy, so I didn't run around. I don't know what happened."

"Song Chunyi, have you also been in Hanzhang Pavilion?" Jiang Fenghua asked her directly, "Have you ever been to Chengguang Hall?"

"I have been there." She couldn't say she hadn't been there, because it was the prince who asked her to go.

"Tell the truth about what you saw in Chengguang Palace. It concerns the Crown Prince's private affairs. It has been widely circulated now, and I have to investigate. I hope Song Fengyi can cooperate with me in the investigation!" Jiang Fenghua's eyes were deep and his voice was cold, which touched people's hearts.

Song Fengyi was so frightened that she immediately knelt on the ground and said, "I didn't see anything, and I didn't discuss the Crown Prince's private affairs. Please investigate clearly, Princess."

"Oh, then tell me, Tang Liangdi, where did you hear about the incident in Chengguang Palace and how did you run to Chengguang Palace and make such a scene? Tell us everything." Jiang Fenghua stared at Tang Qianran.

"I heard it from the palace maids. They were all saying that His Highness had a mistress in his mansion, and then I went to see it. I really didn't say anything nonsense, Crown Princess, please believe me. I didn't know in advance that the Crown Prince let Lu Xuefei into Chengguang Palace, and I had never been to Chengguang Palace before." She only went to Taihua Palace, and the Crown Prince didn't touch her, so she naturally didn't dare to say the rest of the words.

"Someone, call all the palace maids and eunuchs of the East Palace and check them one by one for me. We must find out who is spreading rumors." Jiang Fenghua's voice was cold and intimidating without being angry.

Soon, they found out about the maids in Song Fengyi's palace. "I also heard from Cui'er from the laundry department that many people in the laundry department know that there is a new female official in the Crown Prince's palace. The Crown Prince is very fond of her. Everyone says that she is the Crown Prince's confidante. They also say that the Crown Prince has a new lover and has quickly forgotten the Crown Princess."

Jiang Fenghua understood immediately after hearing this and glanced at Ye Susu. Su Tingwan was taking the blame again.

Su Tingwan was punished by the prince to work in the laundry department, but based on Su Tingwan's current condition, she had no idea that Lu Xuefei was hiding in Chengguang Hall, so it was the people from the East Palace who spread the news.

"Song Fengyi, she is a maid in your palace, right?"

"Yes, it's mine..." Song Jing stammered, "After hearing this, I didn't spread it out."

"Do you know Lu Xuefei, the daughter of Lu Tingwei?" She changed the subject.

Song Jing wanted to shake her head, but the Crown Princess's eyes were too cold, so she nodded, "I know her, but I have never spoken to her, and there is no way I would harm her."

"Did I say that the person you wanted to harm was Lu Xuefei?" Jiang Fenghua sneered, "Just say it directly. The woman you saw in Chengguang Palace was Lu Xuefei, so you were the one who spread the word."

Song Jing was stunned, and denied it directly, "I didn't."

Jiang Fenghua didn't listen to her excuses at all. "You've been to Chengguang Palace, so you saw Lu Xuefei in His Highness's palace and thought His Highness was very special to her. You even knew her. Are you not convinced that Lu Xuefei can serve His Highness personally, so you started to spread rumors about her? Do you want to lead me to make trouble with His Highness, or do you want to lead Tang Liangdi to make trouble?"

Song Jing knelt on the ground in fear, "I have never thought of this. Crown Princess, how could I do this? I have no right to interfere with who your Highness likes. It's really not me."

"Think about it now. After you came back from Chengguang Palace, who did you tell about seeing Lu Xuefei?" Jiang Fenghua said in a cold voice, "Think carefully. Although His Majesty favors you and you have the support of your uncle, the general, you are spreading rumors about the Crown Prince and destroying his reputation. This is a serious matter. At the very least, you will be banished to the cold palace, and at worst, it will affect your Song and Peng clans."

"I told Sister Ye, but Princess Consort, please believe us. It was not Sister Ye and I who spread it. We really don't know what happened." Song Jing said.

"Didn't Ye Liangqie just say that she didn't know what happened?"

Ye Susu blinked her eyes and tried to argue, "Your Highness, I did not know that anyone was spreading rumors about His Highness. I did not say that I did not know that there was a woman in His Highness's palace. Sister Song did tell me that she saw someone she knew in His Highness's palace, but I did not know who she was talking about, and I did not tell anyone."

Song Jing also said, "I haven't told anyone."

After hearing this, Tang Qianran felt that she was beaten unfairly, "So it was you who were behind this."

"Song Fengyi must be holding a grudge against me because of the last time I fell into the water. She deliberately let me know that there was a woman hidden in Your Highness's palace and deliberately lured me away. Song Jing, how could you be so vicious? If His Highness the Crown Prince was present today, would you have gotten your wish and made His Highness hate me? You scheming woman, aren't you satisfied with the favor of His Highness?" Tang Qianran pointed at her nose and scolded.

"Why would I harm you? Your Highness is hiding Lu Xuefei and even likes her. What good will it do me if I harm you?" Song Jing said, "If I want to harm someone, it's Lu Xuefei, not you."

"That's strange. Who was the one who instigated me behind the scenes and made me fall into her trap today?" Tang Qianran could never have thought that it was Ye Susu, because Ye Susu was already pregnant with the prince's child. Her identity would be different after giving birth to the royal heir. At this juncture, Ye Susu had no reason to deal with anyone.

Jiang Fenghua just watched them quarreling. She didn't expect Ye Susu to be so restless. Even in such a situation, she still wanted to stir up trouble.

Just at this moment, Xie Shang suddenly came back.

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