Peach Blossom.

Tao Ye was shocked. She was clearly resting in her room last night. There was no way these people in Fangle Palace didn't know about it. How could so many people lie so blatantly?

She looked back at Si Yu who was dead on the bed, and then at the empress dowager who was burning with anger, and she felt that disaster was coming.

Without time to think, Tao Ye frantically shook the locked door and shouted outside: "It's not me! Let me out! Let me out!"

Queen Mother Meng heard Tao Ye's call, walked to the door, saw the lock on the door, and immediately became more suspicious: "Open the door for me!"

Cai Ling hurriedly took out a key and went forward to open the door.

As soon as the door opened, Tao Ye hurried out and knelt down to plead with the Queen Mother: "Queen Mother, please understand! I was sleeping in my room last night. I was knocked unconscious just now and then locked in here!"

Queen Mother Meng looked at Tao Ye, then turned back to ask Cai Ling: "Who was the one who slept with me last night?"

Cai Ling replied, "Her Majesty, it was originally Zhang Shuyuan who was supposed to sleep with you, but in order to please the emperor, Zhang Shuyuan ordered Taoye to wash your feet, and then... Taoye stayed in the bedroom."

Tao Ye immediately retorted: "You are talking nonsense! When did I ever wash the emperor's feet? I don't even know when the emperor arrived last night!"

Queen Mother Meng pointed at a maid behind Cai Ling and said, "Tell me! Who was the one who slept with me last night?"

The little maidservant was so frightened that she dared not raise her head: "I...I don't know..."

Queen Mother Meng pointed at another palace maid standing next to her and said, "You say!"

The palace maid was also terrified: "I went to bed early last night, I didn't... I didn't see it!"

Queen Mother Meng pointed at a palace maid and asked, "What about you?"

"Sister Cailing was the only one on duty last night, and I heard everything from her..."

Queen Mother Meng sighed helplessly, glanced at the bed in the palace, and gave an order: "Bring Zhang Xiaowan to me!"

So Nanny Zheng brought a few people and rushed into Taoye's room. Without saying a word, they grabbed Xiaowan who was lying on the bed and threw her at the feet of the Queen Mother.

Xiaowan was lying on the ground, her hair disheveled and her clothes very thin. She was trembling all over. When she looked up at the Queen Mother, she was even more frightened: "Queen Mother... Queen Mother, please spare me! I... I don't know anything..."

Queen Mother Meng laughed coldly: "This is really a strange thing! The emperor died suddenly in Fangle Palace for no reason, and the masters and servants of Fangle Palace don't know anything about it!"

Xiaowan and Taoye looked at each other and said nothing.

Empress Dowager Meng glanced at Nanny Zheng, then at the bed in the bedroom.

Nanny Zheng immediately understood what the Queen Mother meant, and stepped forward with several older maids, dragging Xiaowan and Taoye to the bed.

Queen Mother Meng and Concubine Zhou both followed to the side of the bed, while Princess Si Yao just looked outside the door and did not dare to go in.

"In this Fangle Palace, the only two people who could have the chance to kill my son on the bed could be you two!" Queen Mother Meng glanced at Xiaowan and Taoye, her lips moving slightly: "If anyone says it's not you, swear on my son's corpse!"

Tao Ye immediately raised her hand and swore: "I swear to heaven! I have never harmed the emperor. If I have lied, please send me to hell!"

The Queen Mother looked at Xiaowan again.

Xiao Wan's heart was beating fast, and she stammered, "The emperor... the emperor is in a nightmare..."

The Queen Mother kicked Xiao Wan and yelled, "How can such a peaceful place bring about a nightmare?"

“No… It’s not clean… There’s a demon…” Xiao Wan fell to the ground, covering her chest with one hand and pointing at Tao Ye with the other hand: “She is the demon! Her blood is green! Yesterday, when I went to pay a visit to the emperor, she walked around outside in circles. The palace maids in Hanzhang Palace saw it… Not long after, the emperor suddenly ran to me and asked for her as soon as he entered the room… She must have cast some magic on the emperor…”

Tao Ye stared at Xiao Wan and felt like her head was exploding again. Although she had suspected that Xiao Wan and Cai Ling had colluded to frame her when she was locked in the door, it was just a suspicion after all!

She remembered that it was at the Princess's Mansion, on the day when Chen Ji lost his status as a consort, that she hurt herself in a fit of impulse, and green blood flowed out. Chen Ji and Xiao Wan saw it at the time, and Chen Ji lied to Xiao Wan that it was poisoning that caused the blood to be off color... She always thought Xiao Wan was very innocent and could be easily fooled...

At this moment, Xiaowan actually exposed the matter in public just to frame Taoye!

Madam Zheng whispered in the empress dowager's ear: "Yesterday, I also heard the palace maids in Hanzhang Palace talking about Taoye sneaking around Hanzhang Palace. Later, for some reason, the emperor ran like crazy, all the way from Hanzhang Palace to Fangle Palace..."

The Queen Mother nodded.

Tao Ye looked at Xiao Wan. She thought Xiao Wan knew as much as she did. She went to Hanzhang Palace yesterday just because she was worried about Xiao Wan's safety, but Xiao Wan pointed out that it was evidence of "practicing witchcraft".

Tao Ye couldn't express how sad she was. Since coming to this era, she had always regarded Xiao Wan as her best friend!

On the night when she first delivered food to Chen Ji and Chen Ji suspected that the food was poisonous, it was Xiao Wan who rushed in and bravely tried the food, which saved her from disaster... She has never forgotten this incident...

"Xiao Wan..." Tao Ye didn't know what else to say. She could only silently express her disappointment with tears.

Xiaowan didn't dare to look Taoye in the eyes.

To verify the facts, Nanny Zheng took out a dagger and swung it on Tao Ye's arm.

Tao Ye looked at Xiao Wan. It seemed that Nanny Zheng had cut a long gash on her arm.

The wound was bleeding - green!

Green blood flowed down Tao Ye's arm and onto her hand.

"She is a demon! She really is a demon!" The palace maids all shouted and dodged, fearing that they could not escape her.

Tao Ye remembered what Chen Ji had said: "You have a special status, so you are not suitable to enter the palace. There are many jealous women in the palace. If one day you are recognized as a demon, you will surely die."

She also remembered what Caiwei had said when she left in a hurry: "Just stay in your room, don't go into Shuyuan's room!"

She also remembered that before going to bed last night, Xiaowan's terrifying scream came from this bedroom...

At this moment, Tao Ye seemed to understand a lot of things.

The appearance of the "demon" caused a panic, but Queen Mother Meng was very calm. She ordered her attendants: "Catch her for me!"

Upon receiving the order, Matron Zheng and several other brave old maids rushed towards Tao Ye like ferocious beasts.

Tao Ye already knew in her heart that if she was caught, she would definitely be executed!

She stood up in panic, stumbled backward, and bumped into the wooden frame above the bed!

The fear made her lose all her strength. She held onto the wooden frame with her hands. She thought that this time it was all over...

However, an incredible scene happened!

The moment the wooden bed frame came into contact with the green blood in Tao Ye's hand, new buds suddenly sprouted. The new buds grew rapidly and turned into several long branches.

Nanny Zheng and several other old maids bumped into the branches accurately, one branch for each person, without any error!

All the old maids were knocked to the ground, sprawled out and screaming in pain.

Empress Dowager Meng, Concubine Zhou, Zhang Xiaowan and others were all stunned, and Si Yao, who was standing outside the door, also opened his eyes wide!

Tao Ye was actually no less surprised than these people, but she had no time to think, she had to take the opportunity to escape!

Tao Ye started running, and when she reached the palace gate, Si Yao was so scared that he dodged to the side, so Tao Ye ran out successfully.

Queen Mother Meng and others in the house soon followed out and shouted loudly: "Come quickly! Stop that green-blooded monster!"

When the guards stationed and patrolling outside heard the call, they all rushed into Fangle Palace with swords in hand, and headed towards Tao Ye who was fleeing.

Tao Ye retreated quickly and reached out to grab a nearby tree. As she expected, new buds immediately sprouted from the place on the trunk that was stained with green blood, and countless new branches grew out, knocking down all the guards.

Soon after, another group of guards ran in and saw the new branches. They drew their swords and cut off the new branches, but they didn't expect that green blood would flow out from the cut ends!

The green blood rolled and flowed continuously, soon covering the entire floor of Fangle Palace with green, which looked spectacular!

What’s even more amazing is that the green blood on the ground was like glue, sticking all the guards in place and making them unable to move.

But Tao Ye was not stuck. She took this opportunity to rush out of Fangle Palace and escape.

Queen Mother Meng and others stood under the eaves outside the bedroom door, not daring to walk down the two or three steps in front of the door. Looking at the green courtyard, they felt scared all over!

Si Yao suddenly remembered what happened at Situ Mansion - after Tao Ye was splashed with dog blood, her fake mask was exposed, revealing her true face.

"Use dog blood! Dog blood will definitely break the magic!"

When Cai Ling heard Si Yao's words, she remembered the dog that Xiao Wan had just started raising, and hurriedly called a few people to go into the room to pull out the dog, hack it to death on the spot, and splash the dog's blood into the yard.

Sure enough, the rolling green disappeared in an instant, even the newly grown branches disappeared without a trace!

But Tao Ye had already run out of Fangle Palace and her whereabouts were unknown.

Queen Mother Meng hurriedly issued three orders:

The first one is to have the palace servants prepare lots of blood and splash it everywhere;

The second order was to instruct all palace gates not to let Tao Ye leave the palace;

The third order was to order the guards to prepare bows and arrows, and shoot Tao Ye immediately once they found him. Anyone who could hit him would be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver!

Under the reward, there must be a brave man.

Wherever the order was passed, almost all the guards carried bows and arrows and searched the entire palace.

There were also countless palace maids, eunuchs, etc., each holding a basin of dog blood and splashing it everywhere.

Tao Ye was lucky enough to escape from Fangle Palace. Of course, there was only one thought in her mind - escape!

She remembered the location of the palace gate, but after running in that direction for a while, she suddenly realized that the guards at the gate would never allow her to go out.

Then, the only way for her to escape from the palace was to climb over the wall.

The palace wall is very high, and it is certainly not easy for ordinary people to climb over it, but she now has a magic weapon, which is that her blood can make any tree grow taller, tall enough for her to climb out!

She first ran towards the palace wall that was closest to her in her memory. When she was about to get closer, she saw from afar a group of guards with bows and arrows searching every place intensively.

She guessed that the archers were most likely searching for her whereabouts.

So she quickly turned in another direction and ran forward. As she walked, she saw a large group of eunuchs splashing blood everywhere.

Where there is dog-blood, her green blood method will definitely fail!

She changed direction again, and then encountered the guards carrying bows and arrows. She changed direction again, and encountered the palace maids throwing dog blood... She ran to one place after another, and again and again encountered the people who caught her and threw dog blood...

There were more and more places in the palace where scandals had been spread. She had nowhere to escape and could no longer run.

Finally someone saw her and shouted, "The Green Blood Demon is here!"

Tao Ye was so frightened that two and a half of her three souls were gone. She ran away again, but she didn't run far before she met a group of people in front of her who saw her and started shouting too.

Caught between two groups of people, she could no longer run.

She fell to the ground with sore legs and feet, and when she looked up, she saw groups of archers running towards her!

The archers walked briskly, pulling out the chicken feather arrows from their backs...