After her mind was read, the spoiled brat became the darling of the whole group.

"Your Highness, spare my life!"

"Spare me! I'm just following orders!"

After the servant was captured, he desperately banged his head on the ground, making a loud thud. Before long, his head was bleeding profusely.

The crown prince looked at the servant coldly and asked, "Tell me everything."

The servant fell silent, his eyes darting around in his pupils before finally settling on Xie Xing. His eyes lit up, and he quickly pointed at Xie Xing, saying, "Your Highness, I also listened to Miss Xie's threat."

"Today is the Empress's garden party. Miss Xie the Fifth, harboring resentment towards Miss Xie the Fourth, plans to drug her and ruin her reputation."

The servant spoke fluently and naturally.

Upon hearing this, Luo Cheng'an's expression grew even colder. He kicked the servant to the ground and shouted sternly, "Did you drug Mingzhu?"

"Has the medicine been administered?"

The servant immediately fell silent, not daring to utter a single word.

When Luo Cheng'an saw him like this, his heart skipped a beat.

He immediately lost all interest in interrogation and ran past the servant into Xie Mingzhu's room.

Xie Yuhe also realized what was happening, and his expression changed drastically. He hurriedly said, "Third brother, we can't let the Crown Prince in!"

If Xie Mingzhu has been drugged, who knows what might happen inside.

If the Crown Prince sees Mingzhu in such a disheveled state, no matter what happens, Mingzhu will still marry Luo Cheng'an.

However, once Xie Mingzhu's identity was discovered, the emperor wouldn't have enough heads to chop off the entire Xie family.

Xie Yuze reacted quickly, immediately gathering his energy and performing several flips in the air to arrive in front of Luo Cheng'an. He blocked Luo Cheng'an at the door and said, "Your Highness, please wait. This concerns Mingzhu's innocence, you cannot go in."

Luo Cheng'an was extremely anxious.

His expression grew colder. "Get out of the way! I need to go in and see how Mingzhu is doing."

As he spoke, he tried to shake off Xie Yuze's hand.

Xie Yuze didn't move, and said in a deep voice again, "Your Highness, please calm down. Under the current circumstances, neither of us can go in."

"You two go in and take a look," Xie Yuhe said, turning to Xie Xing and Xie Jiaojiao as soon as he saw them.

The stable boy had been stopped and hadn't entered Xie Mingzhu's room, so Xie Mingzhu should be the only one inside now.

Xie Jiaojiao glanced at Xie Xing, whose expression remained unchanged. Upon hearing this, Xie Xing nodded and said, "My cousin will come in with me."

Xie Xing and Xie Jiaojiao walked to Xie Mingzhu's room.

Luo Cheng'an calmed down at this point. He clenched one hand tightly behind his back, turned to the side with a cold face, and let Xie Xing and Xie Jiaojiao go in.

As soon as the door was opened, intermittent low moans could be heard coming from inside.

No matter what, Xie Jiaojiao was still an unmarried girl, and her face turned red with embarrassment upon hearing this voice.

Apart from Xie Yuhe, the other two people outside the door were martial artists. Martial artists have excellent hearing, and when these low murmurs reached their ears, both of them felt somewhat uncomfortable.

Especially Luo Cheng'an.

His expression changed drastically; he wished he could go in right now.

They've already stopped the person; are there other men inside?

When Xie Xing and Xie Jiaojiao entered the inner room, they saw Xie Mingzhu with beads of sweat on her forehead, wrapped in a quilt and looking uncomfortable.

Because she was completely powerless, she had no way to break free of the restraints, and the discomfort was so intense that she almost wanted to die.

She rolled around on the bed, constantly moaning softly, her fair and delicate skin flushed.

A strange smell permeated the surroundings.

Xie Jiaojiao couldn't help but cover her nose with a handkerchief.

Xie Xing looked at Xie Mingzhu on the bed, his gaze falling on the wound medicine that had fallen to the ground.

Someone must have been in this room, right?

[Xie Mingzhu was tied up like this; she couldn't have done it herself.]

Judging from the way Xie Mingzhu was bound, it was clear that she couldn't have done this herself.

"How is it? What happened?" Luo Cheng'an's cold voice came from outside the door.

Xie Xing snapped out of his daze, looked towards the door, and called out, "Your Highness, please quickly summon a royal physician."

Looking at Xie Mingzhu's current appearance, Xie Jiaojiao couldn't help but say, "I'm afraid he can't be a male imperial physician yet."

If Xie Mingzhu were to meet a man in this state, even if that man were a royal physician, it would damage her reputation.

Xie Xing then added two more sentences following Xie Jiaojiao's words: "Have the maids and servants come in and fetch some cold water to refresh my sister."

Upon hearing this, the three men standing outside all breathed a sigh of relief.

Now that Xie Mingzhu is safe and sound, it's time to settle accounts.

Luo Cheng'an cast a cold glance at the stable boy and the servant.

What was supposed to be a joyous garden party suddenly turned into an accident.

The Crown Prince, accompanied by his palace guards, surrounded the entire banquet, startling all the ladies and young women.

They were all startled and stood up from their seats, looking at the Crown Prince with terrified eyes.

"What is the Crown Prince doing?"

"But what happened?"

Luo Cheng'an's face was cold as he swept his sharp gaze across the banquet table before finally settling on Luo Mingyue.

Luo Mingyue hadn't expected Luo Cheng'an to pull such a stunt.

She felt a little guilty, her grip on the wine glass tightened, but she maintained a strong and calm demeanor.

"I had no idea that a small garden party could lead to so many schemes from you all." Luo Cheng'an sneered. He ordered his guards to grab the half-dead stable boy and servant and throw them in front of the ladies and young women.

"what!"

The bloodstains on the stable boy terrified the ladies and young women, who screamed in horror.

"Cheng'an, what's wrong?" The Empress's expression changed slightly as she glanced at the stable boy and servant on the ground.

Both of them were dressed as servants of the Crown Prince's residence, and they were kneeling on the ground trembling. It was clear at a glance that the situation was very serious.

Luo Cheng'an sneered: "It's quite a coincidence. I was just strolling around when I bumped into Miss Xie, who came to complain to me. She said that she saw Miss Luo's personal maid sneaking into the stables today. She doesn't know what she was plotting with this lowly stable boy, and she wanted to lead him to the back room of the Crown Prince's mansion."

"The back rooms are where the ladies and young ladies rest. I don't need to explain the purpose of leading a man to the back rooms."

As soon as she finished speaking, Luo Mingyue's body trembled involuntarily, and all the color drained from her face.

She couldn't help but glare angrily in the direction of the Xie family's residence.

As a result, apart from Madam Xie, who looked completely bewildered and out of sorts, there was no one else there.

Hearing the Crown Prince's voice, Lady Xie's face was filled with bewilderment.

what?

Didn't they all go to the toilet?

What does this have to do with their family?

Madam Xie glanced around but couldn't see the four Xie siblings, and her bad premonition grew stronger.