The maid's road to success

Baozhu looked at the incense burner in the room that was no longer emitting smoke, and turned to instruct Narcissus.

"Go and light the calming incense that An Zizhong sent me. I want to take a nap."

Narcissus turned her head to look at the wet nurse's face, and when she saw her nod, she went out to ask the Grand Princess for the purse.

"Grand Princess, the princess wants to sleep for a while. Let me light the calming incense."

The eldest princess held the purse and looked at the doctor to see what they would say.

"The princess has had trouble sleeping for a long time, so using some calming incense will help. Lord An's calming incense is really a good thing. Even if we make our own, it is not as good as the one in here."

Seeing that the doctor said everything was fine, the eldest princess nodded in relief and let Narcissus take the purse away.

Princess Baozhu was lying on the bed with her back to everyone. No one dared to say much. Today's events must have been too much of a blow to her. The princess had always believed that the eldest princess was cruel and tampered with her medicine after weighing the pros and cons, so she had always resented the eldest princess. But who knew that even the fourth prince wanted the child to die.

Now he's adding something to the things that were sent to him in an attempt to murder him?

Princess Baozhu knew very well that these servants dared not do anything to her body. Her parents and brothers at home were all in the hands of the Grand Princess, so no matter how brave they were, they would not dare to really harm her life.

Besides, if you take the kind of medicine that makes people violent, you will just vent your anger on them. No one is really that stupid to make themselves unhappy.

So it was very likely that these things were done by the Fourth Prince. She just refused to believe it, but her mother would not lie to her.

Whatever her mother did to her, she had done it. At most, she would hide it but she would never lie to her and her brother.

So the matter of the child was true, and my fourth cousin was really so cruel that he didn't want the child. It was also possible that there was medicine hidden in the beads. After all, he couldn't even tolerate a child whose parents were suspected, so what about the real handle on me?

At this moment, Princess Baozhu felt her heart was broken and she just wanted to sleep without thinking about anything. Her dreams were still very beautiful.

Outside, in order to let Baozhu have a good rest, the eldest princess took people to the front yard and carefully interrogated all the servants. During the interrogation, the doctors also checked the things that were sent over.

The things that An Zizhong sent were many and varied, and there were also a few things that were not suitable for Baozhu's body, but they were not harmful, they were just not suitable for Baozhu to use now.

The Fourth Prince was very ruthless and directly added things into the lucky bag and bead string he gave to Baozhu, for fear that Baozhu would not be able to touch those things. Four of the things he sent were mixed with medicine, namely the bead string, lucky bag, tea, and medicinal materials.

The more the Grand Princess investigated, the colder she felt. What a cruel person! He hadn't been discovered for all these years.

"Grand Princess, I just took some medicine and have learned something about it. These are not simply drugs that make people violent. Long-term use will make people's spirits and energy remain excited, and they will always be in a very excited state, killing people, and becoming manic. Because they enter the body through the skin, the effect is not great. However, if you use them for a long time, I am afraid that you will lose your mind in a year or two."

The eldest princess was so angry that she threw the drugged thing on the table to the ground. Fourth Prince, you actually want to make Baozhu a lunatic?

"He is afraid that if Baozhu really has an accident, I will be affected, which will damage his interests. He wants Baozhu to slowly become crazy. I will gradually become disgusted and stay away from her, which will have the least impact on her. Baozhu still has an influence on him. He is still worried about the child. But if she goes crazy, no one will believe her even if she says something."

Narcissus and Peony, who were called over for questioning, were kneeling on the ground and their bones felt cold when they heard what they heard.

The Fourth Prince and his companions had met Princess Baozhu many times. Princess Baozhu did not like other women to be too close to the Fourth Prince, so they all served him as their master.

The Fourth Prince also tried to bribe two people to get some information from the Grand Princess's residence, but they didn't have the courage. So the matter was left unresolved. However, the Fourth Prince has always been generous to them, always gentle and respectful to the Grand Princess, and caring for Princess Baozhu carefully.

This is the kind of person he is behind the scenes.

"How is Baozhu now?"

Narcissus bowed her head and answered respectfully.

"I've gone to bed. This is the first time I've slept so soundly in the past few days."

The eldest princess nodded and asked the doctor to study the ingredients of the calming incense.

"Go and see how to make the calming incense. Send it back to me when it's ready. Use it well."

The doctor nodded and went down to study with the incense in his hand. The eldest princess reprimanded the people below and then gave them rewards one by one.

"Narcissus discovered it early today, so nothing has happened yet. You must be more careful in the future. This kind of thing cannot happen again. Keep your mouth shut about what happened today. If you spread the news, you will suffer."

Looking at the people below, he always felt uneasy, so he just left the second manager beside him.

"You take good care of this. If you need anything, go to the princess's mansion to find someone. I'll go back and give you fifty guards to take good care of the princess."

After saying that, she led her people back in a hurry. There had been too many things happening in the past year or so. She was not young anymore, and the backlog of so many things made her very tired.

The eldest princess was sitting in the carriage, suffering from a severe headache. The carriage was shaking and jolting uncomfortably. As soon as she entered the city gate, she felt unbearable and found a wide place to stop and asked the doctor to treat her.

"Rice wine is being sold outside right now. I bought a pot of it. Princess, please have some."

The doctor's diagnosis could only be that the princess was depressed and restless, and had been too busy recently and had not had enough rest, among other reasons, but there was no method that could work immediately.

"Well, bring it here, drink something and then we can walk back. I am not feeling well in the carriage."

The Grand Princess supported the maid beside her, followed by a dozen guards, and let the carriage move slowly behind her. It was not so uncomfortable to move slowly. Suddenly, a purse was thrown in front of the Grand Princess, and the guards around her quickly protected the Grand Princess.

She saw a familiar figure through the crowd and immediately shouted for people to chase after him. However, when the people around heard the guards shouting to protect the Grand Princess, they knelt on the ground and shouted, "Greetings, Grand Princess!"

The guards were unable to move, and when they rushed out of the crowd, they found that the man had disappeared.

The maid below opened her purse and found two pieces of thin paper inside.

"I, Bai Yao, plead guilty. I was given to you by Master Qi. After you ignored me, I was humiliated by the servants. I was very angry. During that time, someone told me that I could get back to you and keep you in my favor. I believed it, but later that person wanted me to kill you. I couldn't bear it. He threatened me that if I didn't do it, he would tell you and the Grand Princess about my assault. I was afraid, but I didn't do it. I knew that I would be in trouble if I did it to you, but he threatened me with poison, so I had no choice. Now I am atonement with the only evidence I have. Please forgive me, Grand Princess."

The eldest princess didn't expect that the woman would dare to appear in front of her. Thinking of her son still lying weak and haggard on the bed, half dead, she hated Bai Yao in her heart.

When Qi Yangchuan sent her here, the eldest princess knew clearly that she didn't like too many seductive women around her son. But Bai Yao was sensible enough, and since her son liked her, she kept her. She didn't expect that she would become a hidden danger and cause such great harm to her son.

Now that I know there was someone behind the scenes controlling everything, I was shaking with anger. Especially when I spread out the so-called evidence, my eyes went dark and I felt dizzy and almost fainted.

"Grand Princess, Grand Princess."

When the Grand Princess was about to faint, the maid rushed forward to support her, and together with the two people beside her, helped the Grand Princess onto the carriage. Although she had not fainted yet, she was unable to move, and was so weak that she could not even sit still.

"Go, call the prince consort."

The maid led the guards to send the eldest princess all the way back to the princess's mansion in fear. They called for a sedan chair and carried her to her room, where she lay on the bed. Someone had already prepared some refreshing medicine for her.

"The princess called me?"

Prince Consort Bai was taking care of his son in the back when he was called over by the Grand Princess.

"Look at this letter. Can you recognize whose handwriting it is?"

Prince Consort Bai took it and looked at it carefully. His hands were shaking with anger. He was too familiar with this.

"This is Yan Ling, the aide to the Fourth Prince. I am sure of that."

The Fourth Prince was supported by the Grand Princess. He was very attentive to the masters in the Grand Princess's Mansion and he personally seduced Princess Baozhu.

Bai Shoude never lacked women and new things. As for Prince Consort Bai, he liked to talk about poetry and books with people the most. Therefore, Yan Ling, who was the best poet around the Fourth Prince, often came to recite poems with Prince Consort Bai, and they drank and admired the moon, so leisurely.

However, the content of the letter was actually what prompted Bai Yao, the woman, to attack Bai Shoude.

For a moment, Prince Consort Bai was so angry that he was about to explode. The eldest princess closed her eyes and thought about what had happened in the past few days. It could be said that Narcissus discovered by coincidence that the beads sent by the Fourth Prince were mixed with drugs. The letter that Bai Yao specially sent and the letter that Yan Ling instructed her were too timely. She had been tracking down Bai Yao for so long without any news, and she didn't expect that she would show up by herself and take the initiative to send the so-called evidence.

Could it be that someone was behind this and was deliberately manipulating it? Was the purpose to alienate him from the Fourth Prince? Was the story about the orb being taken true? There were too many suspicious points on Shoude's side, so he still had to investigate carefully.

However, the matter of Baozhu alone was enough to cause the Grand Princess and the Fourth Prince to fall out, so she didn't need to worry too much.

"Send someone to investigate this Yan Ling. Don't let go of anyone who is close to him or his servants. I want to know who is causing trouble in my princess's mansion."

The Grand Princess's Mansion directly dispatched the captain of the secret guard who had been given by the late emperor to protect the Grand Princess since she was a child to investigate Yan Ling in person.

For three days, the Grand Princess looked at the evidence listed on the table.

"When the Fourth Prince came to the Princess's residence, he did meet Bai Yao. Yan Ling should have received the Fourth Prince's order. However, Bai Yao had already regained favor during that time, and was accompanied by many servants. The Master also summoned her more often, so there was no chance for them to chat. That's why they left letters, and this is the evidence."

"I have also checked the pearl in the purse. It is a South Pearl given by the late emperor when the Fourth Prince was young. The Sixth Prince also has similar pearls, both large and small, but the Sixth Prince's pearls are all here. I sneaked into the storehouse to check. The Fourth Prince's jade pendant with South Pearls is broken. On the day Bai Yao stabbed me, someone saw a woman who looked very similar to her in the Fourth Prince's mansion, but she was beaten to death and thrown into a mass grave with a mat."

The captain of the secret guards sorted out the investigation records and continued.

"My subordinates went to the mass grave and didn't find Bai Yao's body. It seems that she was not dead at that time and escaped back."

The eldest princess grew some white hair in just a few days. Looking at the letters, she felt unbearable heartache.

"Yes, I was wondering why we couldn't find Bai Yao. She fled to seek refuge from the Fourth Prince, but the Fourth Prince didn't even want Baozhu and his child to stay. How could he leave such a handle behind? Bai Yao would definitely die if she went there. If he hadn't been such a ruthless person, Bai Yao wouldn't have revealed all these things to me after escaping to Kyoto."

The eldest princess closed her eyes, raised her head and leaned back in the chair, tears seeping from the corners of her eyes and sliding into her hair.

"It's all my fault. I was deceived by the Fourth Prince and thought he was really grateful to me and supported me all the way. In the end, I hurt Baozhu and Shoude."

The captain of the secret guard did not say anything. The eldest princess has always been very strong-willed. In the past, the late emperor and the grand empress dowager had always advised her to be respectful and virtuous, to support her husband and raise her children, and to be a role model for women in the world.

But the eldest princess refused to accept it. She also wanted to prove that women could make things happen at any time and become the most noble woman in the world.

The Emperor has the Empress Dowager and Duke Cheng'en, and the Sixth Prince was raised by the Grand Empress Dowager. At the beginning, the Fourth Prince took the initiative to find the Grand Princess, called her mother, and asked her to help him fight for the throne. He also promised that in the future the Grand Princess would become the Grand Princess of Protectorate, Baozhu could enter the palace as a concubine, and even Bai Shoude could be granted a title of nobility and a general, and the Grand Princess was given the right to manage the government.

She believed it. The Fourth Prince had been pretending to be very good for so many years. She had always been thinking about the Fourth Prince in everything and even neglected her own children, which gave the Fourth Prince an opportunity to take advantage of her.

He deceived Baozhu into helping him find An Zizhong for cover. After the incident, he decided to deal with the child without any hesitation. He thought that was the worst. Later, the Fourth Prince became more filial and humble in front of Zhiji.

Unexpectedly, it was all a false illusion created to deceive himself. On the one hand, he drugged Baozhu's things, hoping that Baozhu would become a crazy woman quietly. On the other hand, she was just exposed for being unfaithful and lost her child, which hit her hard. No one thought that Baozhu's change was due to the influence of drugs.

On the one hand, he attacked Shoude, luring Bai Yao, who had fallen to the bottom of the valley, and step by step coaxing, luring and threatening her to attack Shoude. He killed Bai Yao directly. Without any evidence, she could only suspect that someone had dealt with Bai Shoude because of her.

All this was because the Fourth Prince felt that he had been too scheming towards his children over the years, so that he did not gain more benefits and status in the fight with the Sixth Prince, the Emperor. He used this to force himself to fight for him completely.

How cruel and vicious. I have done so much to protect him and help him grow up healthily and become a prince. Is it not enough?

Yes, it was not enough. Back then, Duke Cheng'en and the Queen captured the palace at lightning speed and ascended the throne to become the emperor first. The Fourth Prince once expressed why he did not help him fight for it, knowing that the Grand Princess also had military power behind her.

Perhaps he had blamed himself since that time, thinking that he was only concerned about Baozhu and Shoude's safety and did not fight hard for him to seize the supreme position.