Huanzhu Time Travel: Yan Luo's Unbreakable Love in the Yong Dynasty

Little Swallow glared at the concubine and shouted, "Don't think you can get away with just denying it! This jade pendant may be ordinary, but it was found where the dress disappeared. Is that a coincidence?"

The concubine forced herself to remain calm and retorted, "Your Majesty, people come and go in the palace every day, and things could be lost anywhere. How can you conclude that I was the one who did it based solely on a jade pendant?"

Hongzhou, standing to the side, said impatiently, "That concubine, stop trying to deny it! You've always been dissatisfied with Little Swallow being made a princess, do you dare say you're not a suspect?"

Consort Na turned to Hongzhou, and said aggrievedly, "Prince He, how could you slander me like this? Although I am displeased, I would never do such a despicable thing!"

Dilire Yao gently tugged at Hong Zhou's sleeve and whispered, "Your Highness, please don't be impulsive. Let's hear what the concubine has to say first."

Hongzhou snorted: "I don't think she can explain herself!"

At this moment, Rong Momo chimed in, "Your Majesty, ladies, I have served in the palace for many years and know the implications of this matter. Your Majesty's accusation based solely on a jade pendant is unlikely to convince the public. I believe that someone with ulterior motives deliberately dropped the jade pendant to frame Your Majesty."

Little Swallow sneered, "Granny Rong, you're quite the smooth talker! You say someone framed you, but do you have any evidence?"

Rong Momo was speechless for a moment, and stammered, "This...this is not the case yet, but we can't just wrong Your Highness like this."

Lin Yuhang pondered for a moment before speaking, "Your Majesty, there are many suspicious points in this matter. Although the guards at the palace gate saw that the eunuch in the concubine's palace was in a hurry, they could not be sure that he was related to the disappearance of the ceremonial robes. In my opinion, we should first bring that eunuch here and question him carefully; perhaps we can make some new discoveries."

Little Swallow nodded and said, "Brother is right. Su Peisheng, go and bring that eunuch here immediately."

Su Peisheng accepted the order and left. The concubine grew increasingly uneasy, but she still secretly prayed that the eunuch would keep his mouth shut.

A short while later, Su Peisheng returned with the eunuch. As soon as the eunuch saw the group, he knelt down with a thud, trembling.

Little Swallow said sternly, "Raise your head! I ask you, yesterday evening you hurriedly walked out of the palace, what was the matter?"

The eunuch answered tremblingly, "Your Majesty, this servant...this servant is on Your Majesty's orders to leave the palace to deliver an item to one of Your Majesty's relatives."

Little Swallow pressed on, "What gift should I give?"

The eunuch glanced at the concubine furtively and hesitated before saying, "It's...it's a sachet that Her Majesty embroidered herself."

Consort Na nodded quickly and said, "That's right. I've been missing my relatives outside the palace lately, so I embroidered a sachet and asked him to send it to them."

Little Swallow's suspicions deepened, and she asked again, "Did you go anywhere else on your journey? Did you see any suspicious people?"

The eunuch shook his head and said, "This servant has not been anywhere else, nor has he seen anyone suspicious."

Hongzhou shouted, "You slave, don't lie! If I find out you've uttered even a single lie, I will not let you off easily!"

The eunuch was so frightened that he kowtowed repeatedly, saying, "Your Highness, spare my life! This servant would never dare to lie!"

Lin Yuhang squatted down, carefully examined the eunuch, and slowly said, "You said you were going to deliver a sachet, where is the sachet now?"

The eunuch was taken aback and stammered, "This servant...this servant delivered it to a relative's house."

Lin Yuhang stood up and said to Xiao Yanzi, "Your Majesty, I feel there is something fishy about this matter. The eunuch's words were evasive, and he probably wasn't telling the truth."

Xiao Yanzi said, "I've noticed it too. Su Peisheng, take some men to the relative's house that the eunuch mentioned and find that sachet. I want to see what's going on here."

Su Peisheng replied, "This servant obeys the decree."

Seeing this, the concubine became even more flustered, yet there was nothing she could do.

Everyone waited anxiously for Su Peisheng's return in the concubine's palace, the atmosphere extremely tense. Little Swallow whispered to another concubine, "Your Majesty, what should we do? Am I really unable to attend the ceremony tomorrow?"

Little Swallow comforted her, "Princess, don't worry, no matter what, I will make sure you attend the ceremony smoothly."

Before long, Su Peisheng returned, his expression somewhat strange. He reported to Xiao Yanzi, "Your Majesty, I went to the relative's house that the eunuch mentioned, but that family said they did not receive any sachets."

Little Swallow's eyes narrowed: "Hmph, you were lying after all! That eunuch, what do you have to say for yourself?"

Upon hearing this, the eunuch collapsed to the ground, crying out, "Your Majesty, spare me! It was that concubine who told me to say this; I don't know what happened!"

Upon hearing this, the concubine turned pale, but still stubbornly retorted, "You dog of a servant, how dare you frame me!"

Xiao Yanzi ignored the concubine's sophistry and said to Su Peisheng, "Take that eunuch and Rong Mama away and interrogate them carefully! I want to see how many conspiracies and schemes are behind this."

Su Peisheng accepted the order and led his men to take the eunuch and Rong Mama away.

Hongzhou said to Xiaoyanzi, "Your Majesty, it seems that the disappearance of this dress was most likely the work of that concubine. But why would she go to such lengths to disrupt Xiaoyanzi's grand ceremony?"

Xiao Yanzi pondered, "This matter must be related to her jealousy of me and Xiao Xiao Yanzi. But does she have accomplices? Is there a bigger conspiracy behind this? I need to investigate further."

Lin Yuhang said, "Your Majesty, I am willing to continue to assist you in investigating this matter and will surely bring the truth to light."

Little Swallow nodded and said, "Thank you for your trouble, brother."

Meanwhile, Rong Momo, who was being escorted away, was secretly calculating whether she should reveal some of the concubine's secrets in order to protect herself...

This chapter concludes here. Stay tuned for the next chapter.