Since they are all worn by the Qing Dynasty, you might as well be bold and choose Kangxi!

When they heard this, they looked over, showing concern on their faces, but in their hearts they felt that there were no unexpected things in the palace. Moreover, since it concerned the safety of the prince, the matter must be serious.

Facing everyone's gaze, the Fourteenth Prince lying on the bed subconsciously looked at Concubine Wu. Concubine Wu thought that the Fourteenth Prince was afraid, so she hurried forward to comfort him.

"Don't be afraid, Fourteenth Prince. If anyone wants to harm you, tell your Royal Father and he will definitely take care of it for you."

Kangxi also said:

"Fourteen, tell the Emperor how you fell into the water. If someone really tried to harm you, I will punish him severely."

However, upon hearing this, the Fourteenth Prince's pale face turned even paler, and a trace of panic appeared on his face. Then, realizing something, he quickly lowered his head and whispered:

"…Replying to Your Majesty, it was an accident that I fell into the water today. I was not paying attention when I walked. No one harmed me."

After saying this, as if afraid that Kangxi might not believe him, he raised his head and emphasized it again.

"What my son said is true."

But everyone present was a shrewd person. It was obvious that the Fourteenth Prince was lying, and Kangxi's eyes sank slightly.

Concubine Wu clenched her back teeth for an instant. Sure enough, someone was trying to harm the Fourteenth Prince. Who was it? Who was it?

The Fourteenth Prince was her hope. Anyone who dared to harm her would pay the price. Various means of revenge flashed through her mind, and she leaned forward to hold the Fourteenth Prince's hand.

The Fourteenth Prince subconsciously pulled his hand away, but then he realized that it was his mother and stopped abruptly. However, he heard his mother say:

"Don't be afraid, Fourteenth Prince. You heard what your Royal Father said. As long as you tell him who hurt you, he will not let her go."

The Fourteenth Prince immediately stopped caring about his hands, and raised his head abruptly, saying anxiously:

"Mother, no one, no one harmed me, it's true, my falling into the water was just an accident, please believe me!"

After hearing this, Concubine Wu became even more unconvinced. She knew her own child well. He had loved wielding swords and guns since he was young and had a straightforward personality. He was not good at lying. Someone must have harmed the Fourteenth Prince.

But he didn't dare to say who had murdered the Fourteenth Prince. Suspicions suddenly emerged in his mind, and the first one to come up was the Crown Prince.

If it was the prince, it might be possible due to the emperor's favoritism, but I don't think it's possible. The age difference between Fourteenth and the prince is too big, and they have no conflicts on weekdays. How could the prince suddenly harm Fourteenth? Who could it be?

The other people present were also thinking about it. Kangxi looked solemn. He was an emperor and was born suspicious. He went through everyone from concubines to princes, and in the end he also doubted whether he was the crown prince.

Thinking about the prince, he has changed a lot in the past two years. He is a lot more gloomy than before. But no matter what, he would never murder the Fourteenth Prince, right?

In the crowd, Shi Nanxi fell into deep thought like everyone else, but she was admiring in her heart that it was worth it for her to keep doing nothing after discovering the truth about Shi Rongyue's difficult labor.

She believed that Shi Rongyue, who had received modern education, would grow up quickly once she was fully awake.

Sure enough, Shi Rongyue has become more and more calm and experienced in the past two years, whether she is in the Fourth Prince's mansion or in the palace dealing with Concubine Wu.

Today's incident was planned by her behind the scenes. She took advantage of the young and immature mind of the Fourteenth Prince. It seemed to be very successful. She made the right choice to leave Concubine Wu to her.

In the corner, Shi Rongyue frowned slightly and looked worried, but no one could see anything unusual.

At this time, the Fourteenth Prince saw that no one believed him, and his pale face turned red with anxiety. Kangxi, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said:

"Okay, I believe Fourteen's falling into the water was an accident."

The originally panicked Fourteenth Prince suddenly looked at Kangxi with his eyes widened.

"Father, do you really believe what your son says?"

Kangxi's eyes were gentle:

"As long as Fourteen says it, I will believe it."

"Father, I am telling the truth. I fell into the water by accident. It was my own carelessness."

The Fourteenth Prince immediately breathed a sigh of relief and a smile appeared on his little face.

Kangxi stroked the jade ring and nodded slightly, but just when the Fourteenth Prince was completely relaxed, the topic suddenly changed:

"Then Fourteenth, tell Father Huang why you have been so absent-minded recently that you even go to Yonghe Palace less often?"

The smile on Fourteenth Prince's face froze. He subconsciously looked at Concubine Wu with a hint of panic in his eyes, as if he did not expect the Emperor to ask this question.

When Concubine Wu met the gaze of the Fourteenth Prince, a thought suddenly flashed through her mind, but it was so fleeting that she could no longer remember it in the blink of an eye.

Finally, she suppressed her worry about the Fourteenth Prince and quickly agreed:

"Yes, Fourteenth Prince, Mother was telling Madam Cui today that you have been coming to Yonghe Palace less and less recently, and Mother is very worried."

After hearing this, the Fourteenth Prince lowered his head, avoiding Concubine Wu's sight, and felt conflicted.

Is his mother really worried about him? Then why did she deliberately make him sick to win his favor?

Although he was only four years old two years ago, he had an early memory. He clearly remembered that it was almost Chinese New Year. One day, he woke up and wanted to find his mother, but the wet nurse said that his mother had told him not to see anyone.

He started crying at that time, but his mother came, looked at him and coaxed him. He fell asleep because he was tired of crying, but when he woke up, his brain suddenly became groggy, and his mother asked someone to feed him medicine.

In his daze, he vaguely remembered that the emperor had come, but his head was too heavy and he fell asleep. When he woke up, he realized that he was sick.

At that time, he was confused as to why he suddenly fell ill, and later he heard the wet nurse whispering to the palace maids.

It was said that the Emperor had conferred titles upon the six palaces, and so many ladies were promoted, except for Concubine Wu in Yonghe Palace. It was also said that the Fourteenth Prince was sick, but the Emperor showed no mercy and showed no favor to him, so they, the empress, had completely fallen out of favor.

He was still young at the time, and after hearing it, he immediately forgot about it. Until this year after the Chinese New Year, when he turned six and moved to the Prince's Residence, he felt uncomfortable at first and missed his mother very much, so he went to Yonghe Palace whenever he had time.

One day half a decade ago, he got off school as usual and prepared to visit his mother, but he accidentally heard two palace maids whispering.

"Alas, the Fourteenth Prince is going to Yonghe Palace again. He is truly filial, but it's a pity." A palace maid said this, deliberately lowering her voice for the last sentence.

He was walking in the front and heard it vaguely. He wondered what "what a pity" meant. After thinking about it, he did not make a sound. He waved his hand to let the servants who followed him retreat, and quietly moved forward to eavesdrop.

At this time, another palace maid expressed the same doubt as him.

At the beginning, the palace maid whispered:

"What do you know? The ladies in this palace all look gentle and kind, but they are actually cruel and will even use their own flesh and blood to compete for favors."

"What? Is this true? Are you saying that Concubine Wu used the Fourteenth Prince to compete for favor? No, why haven't I heard of that?"

Fourteenth's clenched hands loosened slightly and he said that his mother was so good to him, how could she use him as a tool to win favor.

"What do you know? This kind of thing is of course done in secret. It's all a secret. How could anyone know about it? Do you still remember the two-year ban on the six palaces?"

"I remember that many ladies were vying for promotion at that time. I still remember that on the day when the news of the six palaces being conferred titles came out, there was also news that the fourteenth prince was ill in Yonghe Palace, and the emperor even went to see him!"

As he spoke, the palace servant behind him suddenly realized something.

"Did you mean that?"

"That time."

The maid at the beginning nodded.

"Otherwise, do you think it was just a coincidence that Fourteenth Prince got sick? Think about it, Fourteenth Prince was fine before that. How come he suddenly got sick inexplicably after the news came out?"

The Fourteenth Prince was suddenly struck by lightning. He suddenly remembered what he had forgotten and realized that what the palace maid said was true.

He... is just a tool for my mother to win favor?

"Fourteenth Prince?"