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Gan Li brought a few imperial guards and followed Wu Wan'er to the back garden.

After a while, the imperial guards came over with a ball of paper money ashes.

Gan Li bowed to Si Yan and said, "Your Excellency, I did find someone burning paper in the back garden."

Si Yan glanced at Prince Xin and said, "This proves that what Wu Wan'er said is true. At midnight the day before yesterday, Mudan didn't go to see the Queen, nor did she see anyone from the Queen's family."

If Mudan has never met the Queen, then it means that the poison was not obtained from the Queen.

Prince Xin Qi Mingzhe pulled a long face and asked coldly, "Is it possible that Mudan went to the Queen's place at another time? For example, if she did something like this when everyone was asleep, it would naturally be done secretly and there would be no chance of her being discovered."

Madam Liu, who fainted from crying and then woke up, wiped her tears and said, "Your Highness Prince Xin, this old servant has been with the Empress every day. Since the Empress arranged the people in the Imperial Concubine's Palace after the New Year's Eve banquet, she has not seen them again."

"That doesn't mean the Queen didn't order others to do it." Prince Xin shouted loudly, and everyone's heart trembled when they heard it.

Jin Mei knelt straight and said, "Your Highness Prince Xin, I eat and live with Mudan, and I have never seen her leave at any other time."

She was a maid carefully selected by the Empress. After arriving at the Imperial Concubine's palace, she kept an eye on the surrounding situation.

She also knew Mudan's whereabouts very well.

At this moment, the senior palace maid kneeling in front also spoke: "The day I was on guard, I slept at the palace gate and didn't see anyone going out late at night."

"It was the same on the day I was on night watch," said another palace maid.

"When I was on night watch, I didn't see anyone go out..."

"When I was on night watch the other day, Mudan went out, but Miss Wu Wan'er also said that she went to the back garden to burn paper."

"When I was on guard yesterday, Miss Mudan did not go out."

Suddenly, all five palace maids stood up and testified that it was impossible for Mudan to go out at any other time.

Prince Xin's face turned pale. Mudan was a maid he secretly kept in his mansion. She was smart and loyal to him.

The Prime Minister's uncle took great pains to bribe the Qin family, the Queen's side, and insert someone there.

Now it seems that the other palace maids are still the queen's people, and they all speak in favor of the queen.

Si Yan said calmly, "Your Highness Prince Xin, we have thoroughly investigated Mudan's life trajectory. She has absolutely no contact with the Queen or anyone close to her. This only means that the poison has been hidden in the Imperial Concubine's palace. This is a drama staged and directed by the Imperial Concubine herself."

"Si Yan! What did you say?"

Prince Xin's fingers trembled as he pointed at Si Yan angrily, "How could my mother joke with her own life and frame the Queen? The Imperial Concubine has been poisoned and is almost dead..."

"Your Highness Prince Xin, the Imperial Concubine is fine. It was the Empress who was so furious that she nearly lost her life."

"You!" Prince Xin was furious. Si Yan was going to kill his mother today.

"Sir, Mudan has woken up." Eunuch Gu left the young eunuch Hu Wen to watch here. Seeing Mudan wake up, he couldn't help but remind Si Yan.

Yunya is indeed a world-famous doctor who can bring people back to life with his miraculous hands.

Divine Doctor Yunya raised his eyes to look at Si Yan: "This palace maid is fine, I will go see the queen."

"Let Dr. Yunya go." Si Yan nodded and asked someone to bring Mudan up.

Mudan's eyes turned around, and the moment she saw Prince Xin, tears suddenly started to fall uncontrollably.

She thought she would never see His Royal Highness Prince Xin again, but she didn't expect that she could see Prince Xin again before she died. Even if she died, she would have no regrets.

Mudan seemed to have gained courage, straightened her back and said, "Master Si Yan, it was the Empress who ordered this servant to do this, and the poison was given to this servant by the Empress's people."

Si Yan said calmly: "When did the Queen give you instructions?"

"Before arranging this servant to be in the Imperial Concubine's palace." Mudan replied calmly.

Si Yan's expression was solemn: "When did you get the poison, and from whom?"

"On the second night of the Lunar New Year, at three quarters past midnight, I took it from Madam Gong."

Like Matron Gong and Matron Liu, both were maids who served the Queen personally.

The palace maid who was on guard on the second night of the Lunar New Year immediately retorted: "You are lying. I was on guard that night and didn't see you go out at all."

"Of course you don't know. I climbed over the wall from the backyard." Mudan said, lifting up her trouser legs. "This is where I got scratched by a branch while climbing over the wall."

Everyone looked up and saw that there was indeed a scratch on her calf.

Nanny Gong patted her chest to catch her breath, her lips trembling as she spoke, "You're talking nonsense! My Lord, I didn't even see Mudan that day. I was in Concubine Liu's palace."

At this moment, the emperor's concubine, Noble Lady Liu, stood up and said, "That's right, this Mudan is talking nonsense. On that day at 11:00 p.m., Madam Gong came to my palace at the order of the Empress to fetch the incense for calming the spirit. I asked Madam Gong to stay for a while to talk, and at 12:30 p.m., Madam Gong still hadn't left."

"Thank you, Lady Liu, for testifying for me." Nanny Gong said gratefully.

Mudan was obviously stunned. She thought that Matron Gong would be in the Queen's Palace and no one had seen her go out.

Unexpectedly, this Madam Gong happened to be in Concubine Liu's palace, and Concubine Liu was there to testify for her.

"Perhaps I remembered it wrongly. It wasn't the second day of the Lunar New Year..."

Si Yan interrupted Mudan coldly: "The matter is very clear. The maid Mudan lied and slandered the queen."

Mudan struggled to her feet and said excitedly, "Master Si Yan, I did not slander the Queen. I did not slander the Queen..."

"Behave yourself." A guard grabbed Mudan and kicked her twice.

Si Yan said indifferently: "This means that the poison was found in the Imperial Concubine's Palace. Facts have proved that the Imperial Concubine's Palace is hiding poison."

Suddenly, Si Yan gave an order, "Come here, search for me to see if there are any other poisons hidden in the imperial concubine's palace."

Everyone was surprised. The imperial concubine had been favored in the harem for more than twenty years, and Lord Si Yan dared to search the imperial concubine's palace?

Prince Xin Qi Mingzhe suddenly stood up and said, "Who dares? The Imperial Concubine is of noble status. Without the Emperor's order, who dares to search the Imperial Concubine's palace?"

"Search!" Si Yan said in a deep voice.

"Si Yan! How dare you!" Prince Chen pulled out a sword from one of the imperial guards and pointed it at Si Yan. "How dare you be disrespectful to my mother? I will kill you!"

Si Yan glanced coldly at the imperial guard whose sword was snatched away by Prince Chen: "As a palace guard, you can't even hold a sword properly. Don't you want to do this anymore?"

Upon hearing this, the imperial guard quickly snatched the sword from Prince Chen's hand: "Your Highness, Prince Chen, this is my sword."

King Chen's face turned green. He tried to grab the sword again, but everyone was holding the sword tightly, leaving him no chance.

Si Yan looked at Gan Li: "Commander Gan, didn't you hear it?"

Gan Li was slightly stunned and hesitated before speaking, "Sir, do we need to ask His Majesty for permission to search the Imperial Concubine's Palace?"

"No need." Si Yan said resolutely, "His Majesty has entrusted me with full authority to handle this matter. I will take responsibility for anything that happens."