They are all concubines, so of course they choose the future emperor.

The maid was sent to the woodshed and severely punished.

At first she begged for mercy, but after two rounds of torture, she could not bear it anymore and answered yes to everything anyone asked.

She didn't even hope to survive, she just wanted to be free as soon as possible.

Not long after, the guards delivered the signed confession to Prince Jing.

Prince Jing took the offering paper and looked at it for a few seconds, flicked his fingers, and turned around to give orders.

"Then send this confession to Lin Shuyan at the Lin Mansion. He will know what to do."

Rong An bent over, took the paper, folded it carefully, and put it into a brocade box, then backed out.

The guards rode at full speed to the Lin residence and delivered the things as quickly as possible.

At the court meeting the next day, as soon as the eunuch shouted "If you have something to report, please stand up; if not, please leave," Lin Shuyan, who was at the end of the officials, suddenly stood up.

"I have something to report!"

He held high a memorial and walked to the center of the hall.

"I want to impeach the Minister of War Yu Shilang for corruption, bribery, abuse of power for personal gain, allowing slaves to commit crimes, and spying on the prince..."

Lin Shuyan listed more than a dozen charges in one breath, shocking all the officials in the court speechless.

The Minister of War stared at Lin Shuyan and shouted.

"Slander! Who told you to frame me?"

Lin Shuyan didn't look away.

"Every word I say is true. There is absolutely no lie. If Your Majesty does not believe me, you can ask the three courts to investigate. All the evidence is in the Shangshu Mansion. Here, I have a confession from a maid in the Shangshu Mansion. She has admitted that she was ordered by the Shangshu to sneak into Prince Jing's mansion and murder Prince Jing."

The emperor was originally sitting lazily on the dragon throne, but when he heard this, he sat up straight.

"To murder Prince Jing?"

"Yes, Prince Jing was almost poisoned yesterday, but luckily escaped."

The emperor looked at the Minister of War with an unfriendly look.

"Come here, take Yu Shilang away and put him in the Dali Temple. Feng Ji, Fan Chonghui, Gao Huan, send someone to search Yu's house immediately!"

The three people the emperor called were the Minister of Punishment, the Minister of Dali Temple, and the Chief Censor.

The fact that three judges held a joint trial shows that the emperor attached great importance to this matter.

As the matter involved the safety of Prince Jing, the officials did not dare to be negligent. After paying their respects and leaving, they immediately took action with their own troops.

The emperor no longer had the heart to continue attending court, so he asked the eunuch to take Lin Shuyan's memorial and waved his hand for all officials to leave.

After retiring from court, he immediately changed into casual clothes and rushed to Prince Jing's mansion to visit.

After seeing that Prince Jing was fine except for his pale face, the emperor felt relieved, but he still summoned several imperial doctors to treat Prince Jing.

The people in the backyard only received the news at this time, and they were all shocked.

Lu Qingshuang rushed to the front yard to tend to the patient, but this still made the emperor unhappy and he gave her a few reprimands.

Such a big thing happened in the mansion, and it happened in the backyard. Princess Lu Qingshuang has an unshirkable responsibility.

She did not make any excuses and immediately knelt down to admit her mistake.

Prince Jing said a few good words for the princess, and the emperor's expression relaxed a little before he stood up.

After the emperor looked at the pulse case and prescription, he gave a few more instructions before returning to the palace.

Lu Qingshuang was terrified and did not call other concubines over, but took care of Prince Jing herself.

Not to mention how worried the other concubines were, in Wutong Courtyard, Jiang Wanyue felt relieved after learning the details of what happened in Luoying Courtyard last night.

She knew very well what the master and servant in Luoyingyuan were planning.

Prince Jing must have known this a long time ago.

After all, Ren Wantang rode in the palace's carriage when she went out, so Prince Jing knew where she had been, who she had met, and what she had bought.

What Jiang Wanyue didn't expect was that Prince Jing would actually use this master and servant to deal with the Minister of War.

This move was very clever, as it caught the Minister of War off guard.

The emperor granted the marriage and Ren Wantang entered the palace. Prince Jing had always behaved well and outsiders thought that Prince Jing had reconciled with the Minister of War. The Minister of War himself must have thought so too. Who would have thought that he would suddenly do such a thing!

Prince Jing must have been planning this for a long time.

The maid's confession was easy to obtain, but other evidence could not be collected in a short period of time.

Maybe he had already been doing it when Prince Jing first entered the Ministry of War and was harassed.

Prince Jing really holds a grudge.

Jiang Wanyue muttered to herself, and her face still showed a worried look like everyone else.

She did not tell these speculations to the people around her. As it was related to Prince Jing's plan, the fewer people who knew about it, the better.

The maids' concerns were real.

There was no news coming back from the front yard, and no one knew how badly Prince Jing was injured. The servants in the palace were all a little panicked.

Once people panic, they will inevitably do something.

Soon, there was a knock on the door of Wutong Courtyard.

Xiuchun went out to take a look and came back to report after a while.

"Master, it's the maidservant beside Aunt Guan, saying that Aunt Guan wants to see you."

Jiang Wanyue's expression remained unchanged, not even her eyes moved, she just said lightly.

"Just say I'm not feeling well and won't see any visitors. It's better to stay still than to move."

Xiuchun stepped out and conveyed Jiang Wanyue's words.

The maid's face didn't look very good, but she didn't say anything and left immediately.

Soon, she returned to Liuyinyuan and repeated Xiuchun's words word for word.

Guan Rou walked back and forth in the room several times, feeling very anxious.

Whenever Guan Rou thought of her contact with that maid, her heart began to beat wildly. Fear, regret, worry, panic and other emotions eroded her heart.

Ever since she learned that the maid had been taken away, Guan Rou has never stopped worrying.

What if that maid revealed what I said to her?

What if the prince knew that I had alienated Ren Wantang and his servant, and had seduced that maid into bed with him?

What if the prince drank the poison in the aphrodisiac wine?

Guan Rou wanted to slap herself.

I should have been more careful and shouldn't have approached that maid myself.

It would be nice to find a scapegoat.

Her mind was in a mess.

After the two maids persuaded her for a long time, Guan Rou finally calmed down a little.

She placed her hands on her belly and gritted her teeth secretly.

This is the only way to get through this crisis.

That night, Guan Rou suddenly said she was sick and asked her maid to go to the front yard to report.

The princess frowned, and seeing that the maid's nervousness and worry did not seem fake, she asked Doctor Zeng to go and take a look.

Who would have thought that not long after, Dr. Zeng came back with unexpected news.