After marrying the heirless prince, I gave birth to three children

"Miss Xuan?"

Xie Yao stopped and called for help first.

Xuan Yue obviously didn't expect to run into Xie Yao here. He paused, lowered his eyes and saluted, "Xuan Yue greets the Crown Princess."

"Miss Xuan, what's going on?" Xie Yao asked.

"In reply to the Crown Princess, Xuan Yue is here to deliver something to the Fifth Prince on the orders of the Eldest Princess." Xuan Yue answered respectfully.

Xie Yao glanced at Xuan Yue's empty hands and chose not to expose her. Instead, she said, "In that case, go ahead."

Xuan Yue felt relieved and let out an almost undetectable sigh, "Yes, Crown Princess."

Under Xie Yao's gaze, Xuan Yue stepped into the Yanx Palace.

After the two of them crossed each other, Xie Yao stopped and looked back——

"Crown Princess, Miss Xuan..." Zhu Qing obviously felt that something was wrong with Xuan Yue today, but just as she opened her mouth, she was interrupted by Xie Yao, "Let's go."

"Go ask about the interrogation."

Yanxi Palace.

When Concubine Shu learned that Xuan Yue had arrived, she was confused but more happy.

After all, Xuan Yue is her and Xiao Wu's benefactor.

"Why is Miss Xuan here?" Concubine Shu immediately smiled and welcomed her in. "Please take a seat."

"Thank you, Empress Shufei." Xuan Yue first thanked her, then sat down. Meeting Empress Shufei's smiling eyes, Xuan Yue looked around.

Concubine Shu immediately understood what she meant and sent the palace maids away.

Xuan Yue then took out a token from his sleeve and presented it to Concubine Shu with both hands.

Concubine Shu's expression changed slightly. "What is this?"

"This is the token I took from the Fifth Prince's wrist when I rescued him. It looks like the one the Fifth Prince grabbed when that man attacked him." Xuan Yue whispered.

Concubine Shu's expression changed drastically. She took the token, looked at it carefully, and clenched it tightly in her hand. "Then why didn't you say it just now?"

The prince had just asked about this matter in person.

Xuan Yue paused for a moment and said, "To answer your Majesty, I have seen this token before."

Concubine Shu's eyes narrowed slightly, and she stared at Xuan Yue with a burning gaze, her voice cold, "Who?!"

The person who can make Xuan Yue so secretive must be someone with a very complicated identity.

But as a mother, no matter who wants to harm her child...

She will never let it go!

……

The Hall of Nourishing Heart.

When Xie Yao arrived at the Yangxin Palace, Si Nan had already arrived, but both Si Nan and Xiao Ji had very ugly expressions on their faces.

"Your Highness." Xie Yao's heart tightened, and she immediately stepped forward. "But what are the results of the investigation?"

Otherwise Sinan would not be here.

But the expressions of the two people are afraid that this result...

When Xiao Ji saw Xie Yao coming, his frown relaxed slightly and he nodded to Si Nan.

Si Nan said: "In reply to the Crown Princess, those palace servants cooperated with the investigation very well, but..."

"These people said that they attacked His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince because they were instructed by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Xie Yao: “…Nonsense!”

What did she hear?

This... is slander to one's face.

Xiao Ji felt a little relieved, fortunately the Crown Princess still believed in him.

Si Nan immediately nodded in agreement, "What the Crown Princess said is true. These people are slandering you! And they are spreading rumors and defaming Your Highness right in front of your subordinates."

Si Nan got angry just thinking about it.

"But those people swore so confidently that even a piece of my token was lost. As for Concubine Shu..."

Si Nan was a little hesitant. They could explain this matter, but would Concubine Shu believe it?

He did use torture, but those people refused to confess and insisted that it was His Highness's order.

Si Nan didn't retreat.

You can't really kill him, right? Then the stigma on His Highness will be impossible to clear.

These people can be re-examined and investigated, but now that they have spoken, the news will certainly not be concealed.

At this moment, the voice of Li Dajian came from outside, "Your Highness the Crown Prince, the Crown Princess, and the Empress Shufei are here."

Xie Yao and Xiao Ji exchanged a look, their expressions becoming somewhat solemn. Concubine Shu coming at this time...

"please."

Xiao Ji did not hesitate at all. No matter whether Concubine Shu had heard anything or not, he could not avoid her at this time.

The best way is to meet and explain.

Concubine Shu walked in gracefully, dismissed the servants, looked at Xiao Ji and Xie Yao and said, "I'm here for Xiao Wu's matter."

"Aunt, this matter..." Xie Yao had just spoken when Concubine Shu raised her hand to stop her.

Concubine Shu took out a token from her sleeve and threw it on the desk.

"Someone brought this to me. They said it was something that fell into the water with Xiao Wu." Concubine Shu's eyes fell on Xiao Ji. "Does the Crown Prince have anything to say?"

Xiao Ji did not avoid Concubine Shu's gaze.

He picked up the token and looked at it, then said, "Aunt, this token should belong to Si Nan. But after what happened today, Si Nan realized that the token was lost."

"Sinan interrogated the palace maids around Xiaowu, and some have confessed that they were the mastermind behind this incident. But... please understand, aunt, this was definitely not my doing."

Xiao Ji still remembered clearly Shufei's attitude towards him.

But in his memory, he and Concubine Shu seemed to have become much closer all of a sudden. I guess the part he didn't understand was because it involved the Crown Princess.

Xiao Ji spoke frankly.

Concubine Shu looked at Xiao Ji deeply and said, "Of course I believe you."

"This token, those people's confessions... they all appear too deliberately." Concubine Shu replied calmly, "It seems that the person behind this thinks I'm stupid and will be led astray by these obvious clues..."

When the person behind the scenes was mentioned, Concubine Shu became very angry.

This is simply looking down on her!

Xie Yao immediately picked up the teacup that she had not yet drunk from and placed it before Concubine Shu with both hands. "Aunt, please calm down. Getting angry is harmful to your health."

Concubine Shu took the teacup and took a sip before continuing to ask, "Do you have any good ideas about this matter?"

We must not be led by the nose by the people behind the scenes.

Before Xie Yao and Xiao Ji could say anything, Concubine Shu said, "Why not, use their own strategy against them?"

"I want to see who is plotting against me behind the scenes!" After all, a large part of the trust between them is due to their close relationship with the late queen.

Shufei is Xiao Ji's aunt.

But outsiders don't know about this, otherwise such a crude strategy would not have been formulated.

Xie Yao and Xiao Ji looked at each other and nodded to Concubine Shu, "Just as my aunt said..."

boom!

Before Xie Yao could finish her words, she was interrupted by a crisp sound of shattering.

However, Concubine Shu casually threw the teacup in her hand to the ground. Her originally gentle expression suddenly changed her tone, "You say it's not true, then it's not true? There is evidence and witnesses! You must give me an explanation for this matter!"

I got into the role so quickly!

Xie Yao was stunned for a moment, but then she heard Xiao Ji's voice, "Shu Fei, the innocent will be clear on this matter."

"Someone is trying to sow discord between me and Xiaowu. I will thoroughly investigate this matter and give Concubine Shu and Xiaowu an explanation."

"Hmph!" Concubine Shu snorted coldly, "That's better!"

Immediately afterwards, there was another commotion in the Yangxin Palace, which the eunuchs serving outside could hear clearly.

The Concubine Shu seems to be very dissatisfied with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

This news was not kept secret, nor could it be kept secret, and soon spread secretly in the palace.

After causing an unpleasant incident in the Yangxin Palace, Concubine Shu left angrily.

Xiao Ji ordered his servants to go into the hall and clean up the mess on the floor. The young eunuch immediately entered the hall and cleaned it up honestly.

Xie Yao comforted Xiao Ji, "Your Highness, please calm down."

Xiao Ji's face was cold, "She's really going too far!"

Xie Yao immediately agreed, "Your Highness is right. Although Concubine Shu has suffered such a thing, she did go too far to speak to Your Highness in such a way."

"..."

Xie Yao and Xiao Ji did not hide their dissatisfaction with Concubine Shu at all and said a lot of bad things about her.

After returning to the Yanxi Palace, Concubine Shu did not restrain herself and said loudly, "They must give me an explanation for this matter!"

Even the Princess Chang heard about the incident. After Xie Yao and Xiao Ji parted ways, she specially asked someone to invite Xie Yao to Fengming Palace.

"Aunt." Xie Yao called out. The princess waved to her and asked her to sit down. "I heard about what happened in the Yangxin Palace today."

The eldest princess was never one to beat around the bush, so she asked Xie Yao directly.

Xie Yao's expression didn't change much when she heard that, but there was a clear hint of annoyance in her eyes.

Xie Yao hesitated for a moment before saying, "Aunt, since you asked, I won't hide it from you."

"Xiaowu was harmed today. It is true that Xiaowu and Concubine Shu were wronged. No one wants this to happen."

"As a mother myself, I understand Concubine Shu's anger, but even if she's furious, she shouldn't just believe everything she hears. I don't know who ordered those servants to actually say that this was Your Highness's doing."

When Xie Yao said this, she was really a little angry.

The person behind the scenes... deserves to die.

"Of course, that's impossible. You know, His Highness has been so busy lately that he doesn't have time to spend with me and the child. Besides, why would His Highness attack Xiaowu?"

"But Concubine Shu, who has listened to someone's slander, insisted that Your Highness knew the situation clearly and demanded an explanation from Your Highness, otherwise Your Highness would not be able to have an easy life..."

Xie Yao said, looking at the eldest princess with pitiful eyes, "Aunt, you believe in His Highness, right?"

The princess thought of Xiao Ji's character and nodded, "Of course I trust the prince."

Just as Xie Yao said, Xiao Ji had no reason to attack the fifth prince.

The fifth prince is still young and poses no threat to the crown prince.

Moreover, under the prince's interrogation, these people said that the prince was the one who ordered it... their method was a bit too crude.

But the eldest princess also understood that even if Concubine Shu could think of these things, she probably wouldn't be able to be very rational.

It was the fifth prince who got into trouble.

"Aunt, you are the best." Xie Yao was immediately moved when she saw the eldest princess's expression. "It's a pity that not everyone has such a discerning eye like you."

The eldest princess paused slightly, her eyes falling on Xie Yao with a hint of inquiry.

There's something wrong with Xie Yao today...

Xie Yao is not the kind of person who would say such things.

"Aunt." Xie Yao blinked and continued the previous topic, "Can you please talk to Concubine Shu? This matter has nothing to do with His Highness."

The eldest princess nodded and said, "I will mention this matter to her."

"Aunt is so nice." Xie Yao spoke again in a coquettish tone.

At this moment, hurried footsteps were heard outside. Zhu Qing walked in quickly, knelt down and saluted the eldest princess, then walked to Xie Yao's ear and whispered a few words.

"What?!" Xie Yao's expression changed slightly and she was speechless in shock.

The eldest princess also looked over, but did not speak rashly. Instead, Xie Yao took the initiative to say, "Aunt, I just received news."

"The palace servants who served Xiaowu...all committed suicide."

"All?" The eldest princess keenly grasped the most crucial word, and her expression changed instantly.

Xie Yao nodded, "There weren't many palace servants serving Xiao Wu, and they identified five people as the Highness, all of whom committed suicide."

The eldest princess's expression was gloomy, and she sneered, "What a calculation!"

This is going to confirm the prince's guilt!

These people had just identified the prince, and something bad happened to them at his hands. Who wouldn't say they were guilty and kill them after knowing this?

Even if the prince cannot be convicted, what about Concubine Shu?

If Concubine Shu gets to know this news, I’m afraid she’ll explode again!

Someone wants to cause a fight within the royal family, between the Crown Prince and Concubine Shu and Xiaowu.

The eldest princess said, "I'd like to go and see it myself."

Because these people were suspected in the palace, they were all imprisoned in the palace, and the incident also happened in the palace.

When Xie Yao arrived with the eldest princess, Xiao Ji was already there.

"Aunt, Crown Princess." Xiao Ji's face darkened slightly.

The eldest princess nodded and asked, "What's going on?"

Si Nan immediately replied, "In response to the Princess, these people have been detained separately since they were captured. No one except my subordinates has ever been close to them."

"But just one stick of incense ago, these people died almost simultaneously."

What a coincidence.

Imprisoned separately, yet died suddenly almost at the same time...

Xie Yao asked, "Has the autopsy been performed?"

"I have already asked someone to find a coroner. I think he will be here soon." Si Nan answered again.

The arrangement was quite appropriate. The eldest princess nodded and said, "This matter must be investigated quickly. As for Concubine Shu... I will go and tell her."

Xie Yao and Xiao Ji looked at each other with a look of relief on their faces, and said at the same time, "Thank you, aunt."

The princess shook her head and then asked, "Have you sent someone to inform Consort Shu about these people?"