I just want to die of old age

Chapter 286: Princess Is Not Unruly 19

"It seems that the person behind the scenes is really powerful and can come and go freely in my East Palace."

The corners of the prince's mouth curled up slightly, but the aura around him was frightening, as if frost was condensed.

"What are the characteristics of that nanny? Tell the truth now, or I will drag you away and beat you with a stick."

The palace maid Qiaozhu's eyes flickered, as if she knew some clues, but she seemed to want to say something but stopped herself and kept silent. She looked a little shaken, yet worried.

Su Yuzhu broke her fantasy without hesitation: "Do you really think that the person behind the scenes will let your brother go after arresting him? And now that things have fallen apart, the person hiding in the dark will eliminate you and your family without hesitation."

I'm afraid that in order to eliminate the root of the problem, it has been dealt with in advance.

Fear flashed across the eyes of the palace maid Qiaozhu, mixed with a hint of resentment. She took a deep breath, suppressed her inner uneasiness, hesitated for a long time, and finally told everything.

"That day, the sky was a little dark, and I took advantage of the night to quietly look up at the maid. Although she was wearing a mask, there was a big mole at the end of her right eyebrow. She was also fat, and her height was about the same as this maid."

The palace maid Qiaozhu said the last sentence and looked at Shen Meng. Everyone instantly understood the general characteristics of this nanny.

She continued, "I am the personal maid in charge of clothing. I need to secretly put medicine in my purse every day. I just started doing this recently. Mammy said that this is a slow-acting poison that is hard to detect. It will make the body weak without you noticing and present symptoms of a serious illness."

Shen Luo nodded in agreement and said, "It is indeed difficult to detect. Even if ordinary imperial physicians take the pulse, they will show symptoms of a weakening body."

The prince's eyes were as deep as a whetstone, his fists were slightly clenched, and a trace of hatred flowed out from the bottom of his heart.

When he heard the symptom, he felt strangely familiar.

Then a thought flashed through his mind.

This is how my mother died slowly. She was in good health after giving birth to Yuzhen.

However, her health suddenly deteriorated day by day, and even the imperial physician could not find out what was wrong. In the end, he could only watch helplessly as his mother slowly died in pain.

The father and son still felt it was strange, but they could not find any clues.

A strong hatred rose up in the prince's heart, but he remained calm, suppressing his anger. His eyes turned red, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Bring Nanny Song here."

The characteristics described by this maid are exactly the same as those of Nanny Song in the Eastern Palace, and she used to serve the Queen Mother, so it is possible that she was the one who poisoned the person.

The chief eunuch Li Yu bowed respectfully and then took the eunuchs around him to arrest the man.

Nanny Song used to serve the late queen. After the late queen passed away, she was in great pain and did not want to leave the palace, so she came to the Crown Prince's Eastern Palace to take care of the Crown Prince.

The prince treated the child with special favor out of his mother's kindness, but he didn't expect that he would raise such an ungrateful person.

Moreover, since she has a problem, then whether there is also a problem with her mother's sudden death.

Su Yuzhu's eyes were sharp. She naturally knew Nanny Song. She had been serving the late queen since she entered the palace and was deeply trusted.

The mastermind behind this is really good at using these means. This Nanny Song was the Nanny of the former queen, and she could even be bribed.

Having stayed in the palace for at least ten or twenty years is really not easy.

After a while, Nanny Song, escorted by the eunuchs, came to the courtyard outside the study.

Nanny Song is plump and fair, with a round face and beautiful cheeks, which shows that she has lived a good life over the years.

She had always lived a life of luxury, but was suddenly escorted here by servants, looking very angry and indignant.

"You eunuchs are so bold. Since you attacked me so harshly, I will let the prince punish you severely later."

The prince sat on the chair, looking at Nanny Song with sharp eyes, as if they were knives that were going to cut her face.

When Nanny Song saw the prince's cold face, her heart skipped a beat for some reason, but she still looked as if she had seen a savior.

Nanny Song was afraid and worried that the matter would be exposed, but as long as there was no evidence, the prince would not deal with her casually. After all, she was someone who followed the late queen.

"Your Highness, these eunuchs are so bold, let them let me go."

The prince's eyes, which were always gentle, exuded a hint of indifference, and he said seriously, "I ordered them to go and arrest you."

Nanny Song's heart finally settled down, her beats thumping. She glanced at the palace maid Qiaozhu kneeling beside her.

She was even more flustered, and a trace of guilt flashed across her eyes. She then pretended to be calm and said, "Your Highness, I am Nanny Song. I have been serving you since I was a child. I have been working diligently and never dared to make any mistakes. Moreover, I am someone left behind by the Fairy Queen. You cannot treat me like this."

Nanny Song wanted to use the late Queen to soften the Crown Prince's heart.

If it were any other time, there might be a chance, but now the prince suspects that Nanny Song was involved in the death of the late queen, and he will not have a single bit of mercy in his heart.

"I couldn't believe it at first. It was you who betrayed me and my mother. But now that things have come to this, you still want to quibble."

The prince waved his yellow sleeves angrily, with a sharp look in his eyes. In his hand, he held a stack of letters that he had searched out of Nanny Song's room.

"The maid Qiaozhu has confessed that you were the one who secretly put the drug in my sachet. And this is a chronic poison. Just a little bit will cause a serious disease over time without anyone noticing. The symptoms are just like being sick. And these letters were found in your room. They are all evidence."

These letters were written very clearly, and Nanny Song kept revealing the situation in the Eastern Palace.

Nanny Song's legs went weak and she knelt down instantly. She looked pitiful and begged for mercy in a hurry: "Your Highness, please let me go because I have been serving you all the time."

The prince carefully observed Nanny Song's every move, staring at her with eyes like knives, and asked loudly: "You are dreaming, and you still don't know your fault and want me to let you go. I want to ask you, you have been serving the queen mother before, but her health has been getting worse for no reason. Is it because of you, an old man, who drugged her?"

Nanny Song's old and turbid eyes kept flickering, and she didn't dare to look directly into the prince's eyes.

"It's unfair, Prince, it's unfair, I have never done such a thing."

The crime of murdering the queen is extremely heinous and the entire family should be executed. How could Nanny Song dare to admit it?

The prince laughed in anger. He kicked Nanny Song and she fell to the ground. He said coldly, "It seems she will not give up until she reaches the Yellow River. Come, drag her away and beat her with a stick until she confesses."

The eunuch escorted Nanny Song to a bench, then hit her hard with a wooden stick in both hands.

"Ah..." Nanny Song kept wailing in pain.

"Your Highness is wronged...I have never done anything like this."