By the time Qi Wuyou and Xuan Yelan finally arrived at the dungeon after many twists and turns, everyone had already arrived.

The few of them gathered together and looked at each other in silence. Qi Wuyou's memory of Aunt Qing was that she would allow her sister to play with her, and when she went to find her sister, Aunt Qing would turn a blind eye and pretend not to see anything.

Qi Wuyou glanced at Qi Zi, who seemed absent-minded.

When she was young, besides Qingcui, Aunt Qing was the best to her. Aunt Qing would apply medicine to her after she was punished, and would prepare birthday gifts for her with Qingcui.

Qi Zi didn't think that Aunt Qing was a bad person who aided and abetted the evil.

After a long silence, Qi Zi slammed the table and said, "I'll go see her myself."

Qi Wuyou was worried, so he followed him, and Ye Jiu naturally followed as well.

In the dungeon, the sleeping pills had lost their effect, and the family of four slowly woke up.

Aunt Qing was a person who had seen the world, after all. After taking a look at the surrounding environment and her husband and children who were safe beside her, she calmed down.

Qian Li was not an impatient person, and the children were very well behaved, snuggling in the arms of Aunt Qing and Qian Li. Although they were scared, they did not cry or make a fuss.

Qian Li looked around and touched the soil on the wall, and he knew that this prison was not built long ago.

With a creak, the prison door opened, and Ye Ershisi brought them food in a basket.

He opened the prison door, put the basket inside, and planned to leave on the 24th of the night.

"Wait," Aunt Qing asked, "Who arrested us?"

Ye Ershi looked at her and said, "I don't know."

Aunt Qing asked again, "Why did you capture us?"

Ye Ershisi did not answer, locked the cell door and went out.

Qian Li lifted the cloth covering the basket and saw a few steaming buns.

Qian Li took out two and gave one to the two children, then took two more, took a bite himself, and handed the other to Aunt Qing.

Aunt Qing saw that they had already eaten it and was too late to stop them. Qian Li said, "Don't worry, it's not poisonous."

Seeing that Aunt Qing was still worried, Qian Li comforted her softly, "If they wanted to kill us, they would have killed us long ago. Why waste these buns? Eat them quickly, they are delicious."

Aunt Qing thought about it and agreed. She raised the bun in her hand and took a bite. It was really delicious.

After the family had eaten and drunk their fill, the prison door opened again, and this time it was Qi Zi who came in.

Qi Wuyou sat at the same corner as last time, while Ye Jiu took advantage of the dim light in the dungeon and hid not far from Qi Zi.

"Princess?" Auntie exclaimed, "How could it be you?"

Qi Zi got straight to the point, her tone calm, "I want to know, whose child is in mother's belly?"

Aunt Qing's face changed slightly, and she stammered, "The child in your belly is of course your Majesty's."

Qi Zi asked again, "Did mother have spotting these two days? Is the child gone?"

Aunt Qing lowered her head and said nothing. She knew that the prince consort must be pretending. He had long seen that the queen did not want to keep the child, so he prescribed abortion pills. He told the princess everything.

Qi Zi ignored what Aunt Qing was thinking and asked again, "Who is the adulterer?"

Aunt Qing remained silent.

Qian Li behind him tried his best to cover the child's ears. The royal secret would be ruined if it were spread out because of the child.

Qi Zi smiled bitterly, tears in her eyes, "Okay, I won't ask anymore, let me ask another question."

She looked at Aunt Qing and asked word by word, "Am I my mother's biological child?"

She clearly saw that Aunt Qing shuddered after hearing this, and she felt very disappointed.

Aunt Qing lowered her head and said, "What are you talking about, Princess? The princess and the tenth prince are twins, how can he not be the Queen's biological son?"

Qi Zi sneered, "Aunt Qing, you know that twins are the easiest to fake. If you snatch a newborn girl from the birth, you can make them twins."

Aunt Qing lowered her head, and Qi Zi couldn't see her expression clearly.

Only Aunt Qing herself knew how nervous she was now. It was over, the princess knew everything.

Qi Zi looked at Aunt Qing in silence, and suddenly asked after a while, "Are the buns delicious? I prepared them specially."

Aunt Qing looked up, her face pale.

There was a muffled "bang" sound behind her. She turned around and looked at her husband and children in disbelief. The three people behind her were already unconscious.

Poisoned? But why is she okay?

Qi Zi's cold voice cleared up her confusion, "It's not poison, it's a Gu."

Aunt Qing turned around stiffly, and Qi Zi spoke again word by word, "I'll ask you one last time, who is the adulterer? Who is my biological mother?"

Aunt Qing looked at her unconscious husband and two children, made up her mind, and slowly knelt in front of Qi Zi.

"I don't know who the adulterer is, because whenever the imperial concubine feels lonely, she will look for someone." Aunt Qing said slowly.

Qi Zi was not surprised at all after hearing this. Since her mother wanted to have an affair, she would not choose just one person. She would probably kill one person every time she did.

"As for the princess' biological mother, she was another maidservant of the queen, Yan'er, who has passed away."

Although Qi Zi had already prepared herself, she was still very agitated when she heard Aunt Qing say that her biological mother was dead. Her legs went weak and she almost fell. Fortunately, Ye Jiu, who was hiding in the dark, appeared in time and supported her.

Aunt Qing was not surprised at all when she saw Ye Jiu rushing out. Since they were poisoned by a Gu, it was most likely cast by the Prince Consort who knew medicine.

Aunt Qing continued, "Yan'er has been beautiful since she was young. At that time, His Majesty and the Empress had a good relationship. His Majesty often came to see the Empress, and as a result, His Majesty noticed Yan'er."

"Your Majesty favored Yan'er, and the Queen was very angry, so she scratched Yan'er's face with a hairpin."

At this point, Aunt Qin glanced at Qi Zi and said, "In fact, Princess, you look a lot like Yan'er."

After hearing this, Qi Zi touched her face. No wonder her mother... no, Concubine Yin hated her face the most and liked to slap her face when she was angry. It turned out that when she saw her, she thought of her biological mother.

"Later, Yan'er became pregnant, and the queen also became pregnant. They both gave birth on the same day. That day, Nanny Lan went to Yan'er's place."

"When I came back, I brought you, the princess, back with me, but Yan'er died. The doctor said it was due to a difficult birth."

Qi Zi could no longer stop her tears, "pat, pat," falling down.

So it was true, she really wasn't her mother's child.

There is a trace of all the favoritism. The mother is not favoring boys over girls, but because she is not her biological daughter.

Qi Zi suddenly thought of a question, "If that's the case, why didn't mother kill me? Why didn't she execute Yan'er in the beginning, and let her give birth to the child?"

Aunt Qing pursed her lips and explained the reason, "Because it was Nanny Lan's idea. They had planned to kill the mother and keep the child from the beginning."

"If Yan'er gives birth to a boy, then the chances of winning the throne will be greater. If it's a girl, it can also pave the way for the fourth prince."

After hesitating for a moment, Aunt Qing added, "Yan'er also knows these things."

Qi Zi’s eyes widened. She knew? She knew but still chose to give birth to her and die?

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