The person who came was none other than Li Tan! As for why he said this with such confidence, it was due to the arrangement made by Li Chu before he left.

Li Chu asked him to stay and keep an eye on Zhang, fearing that she would do something bad. Sure enough, it happened, and Li Neng caught them. However, he also learned his lesson and did not alert the enemy. Only after they made a move did Li Neng catch them all!

Li Chu raised his eyebrows, thinking that she was indeed Zhang's person. This woman really wouldn't give up! When the prince heard what Li Tan said, he asked, "What do you mean by that?"

Li Neng bowed and said, "My Lord, Mrs. Zhang's family and Mrs. Zhang have been secretly in contact since they learned that my eldest brother and Ruo'er were leaving Chang'an."

As he spoke, he ordered his personal guard, Feiyu, to bring the person up. Feiyu soon escorted a maid in. The maid lowered her head, so her appearance could not be seen clearly. The prince was a little impatient and said in a solemn voice, "Lift your head!"

The maid was frightened and didn't dare to look up. Finally, Feiyu lifted the maid's head. The prince looked at her for a long time but still had no impression of her. However, the princess recognized that this maid was Cai'er who was sent to serve Mrs. Zhang!

The Crown Princess asked, "Are you Cai'er?" The maid trembled and said, "Reply... Reply, Crown Princess, I am Cai'er."

The Crown Princess then spoke again, "I remember that you are responsible for Lady Zhang's daily life." Cai'er replied, "My dear Crown Princess, yes."

Li Neng was very impatient with the maidservant, who only answered one question after another, so he said, "Repeat what you said to me before to the Crown Prince, the Crown Princess, and Prince Guangping!"

Cai'er trembled at Li Neng's harsh voice and said, "Yes, Your Highness. I was assigned to serve Lady Zhang in Wutong Garden after she was confined to her house. Everything was fine at first, but one day, a eunuch and a maid were talking outside Wutong Garden and Lady Zhang overheard them. A few days later, when I was delivering food, Lady Zhang stopped me, gave me some silver and a hairpin, and told me to take it to the Zhang Mansion."

He took a breath and continued, "I didn't dare stay in the Zhang residence any longer, so I left after giving it to her. Later, when I came back and was delivering food again, Mrs. Zhang gave me some more silver, but this time she didn't give me anything else. She told me to go to the Zhang residence again. When the people in the Zhang residence heard it was me, they gave me a letter to take back."

The prince asked, "Do you know what's in the letter?" Cai'er shook her head, "I don't know." The prince continued, "Then how do you know what they're plotting?" Cai'er panicked, "I didn't know at first, but one day when I was delivering a letter to Lady Zhang, I heard her talking to another woman. I took a peek, but I didn't recognize her. I also have the jewelry and silver Lady Zhang gave me." Then she kowtowed repeatedly, "Everything I said is true! Your Highness, please investigate!"

Li Chu asked, "Cai'er, did you see the woman's appearance clearly?" Cai'er nodded at Li Chu and said, "I saw it clearly!" Li Chu heard that and said, "If I let you see it again, can you recognize it?"

Cai Er nodded suddenly: "I can recognize her!" After a pause, Cai Er seemed to have thought of something and said, "Oh, I remember that woman had a teardrop mole on her right cheek."

Li Chu thought that with this clue, it would be easy to find. If he found this person, he could prove that Zhang wanted to harm him and Ruo'er! In this case, the man in black didn't need to come out, and he could destroy that evil woman Zhang.

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