Shi Nanxi suddenly spoke, and the Fourteenth Prince subconsciously looked at her blankly. Seeing this, she softened her voice and reminded him:

"Fourteenth Prince, you're hurting your mother's hand."

After hearing this, the Fourteenth Prince lowered his head and realized that he had pinched his mother's hand without realizing it. His hand suddenly felt like it was burned, and he quickly let go in shock.

Wupin looked at the pinch marks on her hand, feeling increasingly depressed. She thought that the Fourteenth Prince must have encountered something very serious, but she withdrew her hand and comforted him gently:

"Fourteenth Prince, I'm fine. It doesn't hurt at all. I know you didn't mean it."

The Fourteenth Prince lowered his head, clenched his hands nervously and said nothing. Kangxi looked at this scene, stroking the jade ring faster and faster, his eyes deep. The Fourteenth Prince always liked to wield swords and guns, and had a straightforward and naughty personality. When did he become so taciturn?

There must be something wrong. He glanced at Liang Jiugong, and Liang Jiugong quietly retreated.

"Okay, drink the medicine first." At this time, the medicine was boiled and brought over. Kangxi saw it and spoke in a deep voice. Wupin heard it and hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, yes, drink the medicine first."

As she said this, she turned around naturally, preparing to take the medicine bowl handed to her by the palace servant and feed the medicine to the Fourteenth Prince herself. Unexpectedly, at this moment, the Fourteenth Prince suddenly whispered:

"Father, can you feed me the medicine?"

Kangxi was keenly aware of something strange. Was Fourteen unwilling to let Wupin feed him medicine? So his abnormality was related to Wupin?

He subconsciously looked at Concubine Wu and saw an incredible look on her face.

"Fourteenth Prince, don't you want your mother to feed you medicine?"

The Fourteenth Prince then realized that he had said the wrong thing and his eyes became flustered.

"That's not what I meant. I meant, I meant..."

After all, he was only six years old, and he didn't know how to explain it for a moment.

At this time, Kangxi took the medicine bowl from Wupin and said:

"Okay, I'll feed you the medicine."

Concubine Wu gave up her seat somewhat uneasily. Kangxi sat beside the bed, had someone help the Fourteenth Prince up, and personally fed him medicine.

Fourteenth Prince's emotions calmed down a little and he drank the medicine obediently. The atmosphere fell silent for a while.

The shrewd people present also noticed the clues. They glanced at Concubine Wu intentionally or unintentionally, and made all kinds of guesses in their minds, but they could not figure out the reason.

The Fourteenth Prince is not the Fourth Prince. He is Concubine Wu’s treasure. She should not treat the Fourteenth Prince harshly. So why?

Concubine Wu lowered her head, her eyelids twitching. She didn't know why she felt uneasy, but she didn't know where the uneasiness came from.

He quickly finished the medicine, spoonful by spoonful. Kangxi handed the empty bowl to the servant and put a candied fruit into the Fourteenth Prince's mouth.

Fourteenth Prince chewed the sweet candied fruit and quickly suppressed the bitter taste in his mouth. His face relaxed and he said incoherently:

"Thank you, Father Huang."

Kangxi patted the Fourteenth Prince's hand with satisfaction.

At this time, Liang Jiugong walked in from outside, with a palace maid behind him. It was Yunxiang, the palace maid who had said that the Fourteenth Prince was worried. There was blood at the corner of her mouth, and there was a faint smell of blood on her body. It was obvious that she had been tortured.

"Your Majesty, this maid Yunxiang just revealed that she might know why the Fourteenth Prince has been so worried recently."

Kangxi looked at Yunxiang.

"You just said you didn't know, and now you're revealing it? This is a crime of deceiving the emperor." His eyes were deep and he looked intimidating without even getting angry:

"I will give you one more chance. If you dare to conceal the truth again, the crime of murdering the prince will be enough to kill all nine generations of your clan. Think it over before you answer."

There was blood on the corner of Yunxiang's mouth. She turned pale with fear after hearing this. She immediately kowtowed and begged for mercy:

"Your Majesty, please spare my life, Your Majesty, please spare my life, I say, I say, I was just hesitant before and wasn't sure if it was because of that incident."

She swallowed fearfully:

"In fact, I have never revealed this before. I am born with ears that can hear farther than others. Half a decade ago, when the Fourteenth Prince was going to Yonghe Palace after school, I heard two palace maids chatting lazily when they passed by the rockery. They mentioned that the Fourteenth Prince was going to Yonghe Palace again. They were really filial, but..."

Just as Yunxiang was about to say those three words, "What a pity!", the Fourteenth Prince suddenly reacted and shouted:

"Don't say it, don't say it. I order you not to say it."

He was so anxious that he almost fell off the bed.

Yunxiang was so scared that she shut up immediately. Wupin's heart seemed to jump out of her chest. She was vaguely aware of something and her pupils suddenly shrank. She wanted to say something, but when she raised her head, she met the emperor's gaze and she suddenly felt cold all over.

Kangxi retracted his gaze and looked at the Fourteenth Prince who was lying on the bed and trying his best to stop him. His eyes were deep and his aura was captivating. The Fourteenth Prince was frightened and speechless for a moment. Kangxi looked at Yunxiang again and uttered a word coldly through his thin lips.

"explain."

Yunxiang shuddered and lowered her head, then continued to recount the conversation she heard that day. When she finished, she kowtowed heavily:

"Your Majesty, the conversation that day was about Concubine Wu, the biological mother of the Fourteenth Prince. I dare not speak nonsense and provoke the relationship between the Fourteenth Prince and his mother, so I did not mention it at the beginning. Please forgive me."

The air was dead silent, and everyone subconsciously looked at Concubine Wu.

Concubine Wu looked pale, and although the Fourteenth Prince was only six years old, he was a prince who grew up in the palace and was precocious. He knew that he had caused trouble and harmed his mother, and his little face was paler than when he fell into the water.

"Father Emperor..." He was terrified and wanted to plead for mercy, but Kangxi stared at Concubine Wu, and his voice was extremely cold and grim:

"That time it was you who gave Fourteen medicine that made him sick?"

When Concubine Wu heard Yunxiang retelling the conversation between the two palace maids, two words emerged in her mind: It's over. She knew that she was being plotted against, but she would not accept her fate until the last moment. Her brain was working rapidly, trying to find a solution.

But after hearing what the emperor said, she keenly realized something, her heart skipped a beat, but her face was full of disbelief.

"Your Majesty, I am innocent. How could I deliberately harm the Fourteenth Prince to win his favor?"

After saying this, she knelt down, kowtowed and cried out for justice as if she had suffered a great injustice:

"Those two palace maids obviously said that on purpose for the Fourteenth Prince to hear. They were trying to sow discord between me and the Fourteenth Prince. Their words cannot be trusted. Please investigate thoroughly."

Shi Nanxi watched this scene quietly. She was worthy of being Concubine Wu. She was still so calm at this time. It was a pity that she couldn't escape this time.

In the corner, a hint of satisfaction flashed in Shi Rongyue's eyes. "Old witch, no matter how you argue, you're finished today!"

In fact, after seeing Fourteenth Prince's reaction, Kangxi had already believed it. At this moment, he finally understood Fourteenth Prince's recent abnormality.

But even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. The fourth child was raised by Xiaoyi since he was a child, and was only returned to Wupin halfway through. There was a reason why she treated him coldly and harshly, because the fourteenth child was raised at her knees since birth. This shows that Wupin was a cold-blooded and cruel person at heart.

He felt a chill in his teeth, and instead of saying whether to conduct a thorough investigation, he looked at Concubine Wu and said:

"Do you know why I didn't restore your position as concubine when I conferred titles on the six palaces?"

Concubine Wu has speculated about this question from time to time in the past two years, but no matter what the reason is, the matter started with the Fourth Prince and Shi Rongyue, so she would secretly target and torture Shi Rongyue.

But at this moment, she looked at the emperor and suddenly a guess arose in her mind. Kangxi's expression was cold and ruthless.

"Just as you guessed, I saw through your tricks at the time and was originally planning to restore your position as concubine. But after returning that day, I changed my mind and asked you to remain in your position. This was also a warning to you."

With a buzzing sound, Concubine Wu's brain exploded. She widened her eyes in disbelief. So that's it, so that's it.

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