Rebirth and Revenge: The Imperial Master’s Pampering of Me is Addicting Me

Lu Junli's scalp tingled when he was looked at by him, and he reacted quickly by waving his hands repeatedly to get rid of his suspicion.

"Royal brother, please don't wrongly accuse me. Today, besides drinking and eating in the palace, I went to the toilet. When I came back, I ran into my eldest brother and we returned together. People saw us on the road. Father can find out by asking someone."

Lu Tingqi didn't speak as quickly as him, but he nodded calmly with a gentle expression, as if he could tolerate all his brother's unreasonable behavior.

"Fifth brother is absolutely right, Father. Since Third brother said that a palace maid led the way for him, why not send someone to find that palace maid first? Once we find her, we can ask her and everything will be clear."

It’s no wonder that the emperor had actually thought about this question. He immediately frowned and looked at the queen.

The Queen quickly explained in a gentle voice, "Your Majesty, we've sent people throughout the palace to search, but there's still no news. I'm afraid they've already..."

The emperor's pupils suddenly darkened, as if he had guessed something. Just as he was about to speak, he saw Yurong, who was beside the queen, hurried in from outside the hall and knelt down to salute him.

"Your Majesty, I have searched the harem according to the Empress's instructions, and finally, we have found the person. However, when we found him, he had already drowned in the lotus pond near Yuqian Palace.

Do we need a coroner to check and confirm the time of death? Perhaps we can find out exactly when the person died."

The emperor's gaze subconsciously turned to the empress beside him, his eyes narrowed slightly.

Yuqian Palace...that's the queen's bedroom. Could this be the result of factional disputes?

Not to mention him, even everyone present looked up curiously and secretly glanced at the queen above them, with a strange look on their faces.

Even the queen's eyes widened. She had never expected that the fire would eventually burn her head. She immediately began to defend herself in a hurry.

"Your Majesty, I swear on my throne as Queen that I absolutely did not do this. Even if I had a minor dispute with my sister, the Imperial Concubine, I would never do anything that would damage our country's reputation!"

The emperor looked at her without saying whether he believed it or not. He just raised his hand and gave the order.

"Let's put this matter aside for now. Let's first investigate the palace maids who attended the banquet. We must find out what the aphrodisiac is all about. Prince Chi, don't worry. If this was done by the people of Dayan, I will definitely give you an explanation!"

The queen didn't get a response, she pursed her lips in grievance and a little anger grew in her heart.

This really wasn't her doing. She had thought about taking action, but it involved two countries. At most, she could let Prince An fall into a trap, but she never thought of involving the people of Dongyi Country. If she had known, she would not have secretly acquiesced to the actions of those people under the imperial concubine. She didn't expect that in the end, this wave of dirty water would be thrown on her.

She was speechless, but it was not appropriate to respond so she had to remain silent.

Shentu Chi's face remained gloomy, but after hearing the emperor speak like this, he could only force out a smile, raised his hand to express his thanks and bid farewell.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. I cannot interfere in the inner palace of Dayan Kingdom, so I have to trouble Your Majesty. Please seek justice for my sister. It's getting late today, and my sister has been upset. I would like to return to the inn for resettlement and come back tomorrow to ask Your Majesty for the outcome."

The emperor looked at him deeply for a while, then glanced at Princess Liyin, who had her head hung and her body trembling. After a moment of silence, he finally relaxed and raised his hand to agree.

"Well, in that case, the envoys can go back first. Once I find out the reason, I will naturally send someone to find you. Xu Han, please send someone to escort the envoys out of the palace."

Xu Han nodded in understanding, then silently raised his hand and selected a few apprentices from the eunuchs serving below to personally escort the delegation out of the palace.

Naturally, those people quickly obeyed the order and led the Dongyi Kingdom delegation away.

Shentu Chi and Princess Liyin naturally took the lead with gloomy faces and followed them to leave quickly.

Mu Qingli held the wine glass in her hand and turned her head slightly, and saw Lu Zhiyao beside her frowning and staring at the Dongyi Kingdom's delegation. Her eyes flashed and she moved closer and asked with a chuckle.

"Sister Zhiyao, why are you staring at the delegation members? What did you find? Why don't you tell me?"

Lu Zhiyao came back to her senses, glanced sideways and spoke to her in a low voice, with some obvious doubt in her eyes.

"Um...Sister Li, have you noticed that Princess Liyin seems different since she came back? She looked so frail before that she needed help to walk, but now she's striding so fast?"

Sure enough, although Lu Zhiyao is often ignored on weekdays, it may be because of this that her observation ability is more acute than that of ordinary people. She pays so much attention to subtle details, which is also her ability.

Mu Qingli knew it all, and smiled, "Sister Zhiyao, don't worry. There are so many senior officials in the court. Naturally, they should worry about some things. The most important thing is for us to focus on our own happiness."

That makes sense~

Princess Huining thought about it, then smiled, nodded, and stopped talking.

I don’t know if it was because the nobles above looked too gloomy or what, but soon no one in the hall dared to speak.

The dozens of palace servants who were previously in charge of the banquet had already been taken to the Ministry of Punishment for punishment. I don't know if it was to ensure the smooth implementation of the plan, but the people arranged for this palace banquet were either the queen's people or the imperial concubine's people, so she was ruthless when it came to tricking them.

The people from the Ministry of Punishment still had some tricks up their sleeves, and soon a palace maid hurried over to report the news.

"Your Majesty, we have interrogated her thoroughly. The palace maid who administered the drug confessed that it was Aunt Yuxiu from the Yuqing Palace who ordered her to administer the drug, but the drug was intended for... for Miss Mu. We don't know what went wrong that led to Princess Liyin drinking it.

Furthermore, this matter also involves the Seventh Prince. Judging from what the palace servants said, they seem to be trying to destroy Miss Mu's innocence."

They wanted to destroy someone's innocence, used aphrodisiacs, and even involved the absent Seventh Prince. This was already very obvious. It was obvious that the Imperial Concubine's people were deliberately dealing with the Mu family girl, and in the end, they accidentally hurt their own son. This is really...

Many of the quick-witted boys and girls in the hall understood what was happening instantly, and they exchanged glances with each other secretly. Some of those who were less experienced almost laughed out loud.

This is really shooting oneself in the foot~

Shi Guangling watched the excitement coldly, with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes, and a closer look revealed some complex meanings.

Given that person's personality, if he knew about this, he probably wouldn't easily reveal it. After all, he knew how much that person valued his fiancée. Concubine An was really smart all her life but foolish for a moment.