"it is good."

Liang Qiuli responded, a hint of melancholy flashing in her eyes, which caught the Crown Prince's eye. Before the Crown Prince could figure it out, Zishuang's voice came from outside.

"Your Highness, the Crown Princess has arrived."

Zishuang didn't want to go in and disturb her mistress and the Crown Prince at this time, but that was the Crown Princess, and she, a mere servant, had no way of stopping her.

"understood."

The crown prince frowned, a hint of impatience flashing in his eyes. What was this person up to now? But he quickly composed himself.

"Your Highness, please go out and take a look. Don't keep the Crown Princess waiting."

Liang Qiuli, weak and lying on the bed, nudged the Crown Prince.

She didn't want to see the Crown Princess at this time; since she was still sick, it was only natural that she wouldn't see her.

"Then you should lie down and rest."

Just as the Crown Prince stood up, the Crown Princess walked in.

Behind him followed Xiao Lizi and Feng Fu, along with several eunuchs and a steward-like eunuch.

"Greetings, Your Highness. It is my negligence that I could not summon the imperial physician when Consort Liang fell ill."

Your Highness, I have investigated thoroughly. It was this eunuch Wang under my command who deliberately suppressed the news about Consort Liang, and it was also his doing that Consort Liang's meals were embezzled.

"I have brought him here; Your Highness and Consort Liang can deal with him as you see fit."

The Crown Princess first bowed to the Crown Prince, then pretended to be gentle and virtuous, shifting all the blame for Liang Qiuli's suffering onto Eunuch Wang, making herself appear fair and selfless.

The Crown Prince knew that the Crown Princess wouldn't let him find fault with her jealousy and harsh treatment of her subordinates so easily.

Basically, every time, she would send someone to take the blame, and then the matter would be minimized or even forgotten.

The Crown Princess is backed by the Prime Minister's Mansion, so the Crown Prince cannot punish her arbitrarily unless she commits a serious offense.

"Yes, the Crown Princess handled it well."

The Crown Prince stared at the Crown Princess for a long time, but her expression remained unchanged, as if what had just happened had nothing to do with her.

"It is my duty to share Your Highness's burdens."

"You lot, push this treacherous servant girl down, give her fifty lashes, and then send her to clean chamber pots."

The Crown Princess spoke humbly to the Crown Prince, but showed no mercy when punishing the servants.

After hearing the Crown Princess's remarks upon entering the room, Liang Qiuli knew that this person was not easy to deal with.

She naturally couldn't let her find a pretext to do anything, so she forced herself to get up and bow to her, but was stopped by the Empress Dowager.

"If Consort Liang is sick, she should rest and rest."

"Thank you for your concern, Your Highness the Crown Princess."

Liang Qiuli responded weakly, not insisting on getting up, but she turned her body slightly to the side so that the Crown Princess could see her appearance.

When the Crown Princess saw Liang Qiuli's face again, her heart skipped a beat. This woman was almost dying, yet she looked even more alluring than before.

Liang Qiuli's face was pale, but with her bright, clear eyes, she exuded a unique charm. Not to mention the Crown Prince, a man, even she, as a woman, couldn't help but take a few more glances.

Like her seductive mother, even in her downfall, she could still captivate people's hearts.

"Now that everything has been taken care of, Your Highness, please go back."

The Crown Prince did not expect that the Crown Princess harbored such deep hatred for Liang Qiuli, as she actually revealed a murderous look in her eyes right in front of him.

There must be some hidden story behind this that he doesn't know about.

"Yes, the concubine is retiring."

The Crown Princess, struck by the Crown Prince's words, quickly composed herself, bowed, and led her entourage out.

"Why don't you leave yet?"

The Crown Prince couldn't help but feel displeased when he saw the eyesores, Xiao Li Zi and Feng Fu.

"Your Highness, there's been progress on the matter you asked me to investigate last time."

After saying that, Xiao Li glanced in Liang Qiuli's direction.

"Oh? Let's talk outside."

The Crown Prince was momentarily stunned, but when he noticed that Xiao Li was looking at Liang Qiuli, he suddenly remembered that he had asked Xiao Li to investigate how Liang Qiuli had gotten to his bed when he was drunk.

Little Li followed closely behind the Crown Prince as they left the palace, and Feng Fu naturally followed as well.

Liang Qiuli watched them leave, a slight smile playing on her lips. In fact, Xiao Li had already found out about this matter, but she had deliberately made him bring it up today.

This was all to make the Crown Prince even more suspicious of why the Crown Princess was targeting her.

Actually, Liang Qiuli didn't know about this at first.

After all, she generally only accepts the original owner's memories, and the original owner's memories only include those after she entered the palace at the age of five. As for the time before that, she knows nothing.

However, with the system around, finding out what you want to know is quite easy.

The original owner's mother had a relationship with the Crown Princess's father, who was also the current Prime Minister.

However, the two were of vastly different social statuses, and since the prime minister was already married with children, the original owner's mother did not want to become a concubine in a wealthy family, so she married an ordinary scholar, who was the original owner's father.

She thought it was all over, but the Prime Minister's wife was a ruthless woman who didn't want to let the original owner's mother off so easily.

From this perspective, the Crown Princess's abilities were largely inherited from her mother.

The prime minister's wife lured the original owner's family to the outskirts of the city, then killed them and burned their bodies to destroy the evidence.

Fortunately, the original owner's mother discovered the abnormality in advance, allowing the original owner to escape. By chance, the palace was selecting palace maids, and the original owner entered the palace, thus completely escaping disaster.

As for why the Crown Princess knew about the original owner and her mother, it was because the original owner's mother had died, but had become the prime minister's ideal woman.

There was always a portrait of the original owner's mother in the Prime Minister's study. Every time the Prime Minister's wife saw it, she was filled with hatred. But the beauty was gone, and no matter what, the living could not defeat a dead person.

Having grown up surrounded by her mother, the Crown Princess naturally harbored deep hatred for the original owner's mother.

So, more than half a year ago, when the original owner was found working in the Crown Prince's East Palace, he immediately recognized the original owner's face.

After communicating with her mother at home, she confirmed the original owner's identity.

……

"Little Li, you speak."

The Crown Prince only kept Xiao Li Zi by his side, and even Feng Fu was sent far away by him.

"Your Highness, Consort Liang has never been near the main hall where the Crown Prince resides in the Eastern Palace."

The only unusual thing that day was that Consort Liang had seen a palace maid from the Crown Princess's palace before, and since she could easily reach the main hall where His Highness resided, it was highly likely that the maid had given her directions.

After all, Leonardo DiCaprio only found out from someone else and didn't ask the two people involved, so he could only offer this speculation.

The Crown Prince should have breathed a sigh of relief after Liang Qiuli hadn't intentionally seduced him that time.

But for some reason, he always felt uneasy. Perhaps if he hadn't deliberately done something, Liang Qiuli and he might never have crossed paths.

Does Liang Qiuli truly like him now, or is she just flattering him?

The crown prince felt a headache coming on just thinking about it, so he decided to stop thinking about it.

Anyway, he is the crown prince, with power and status. No matter what Liang Qiuli's intentions are, the person who can cure his headaches and insomnia is not going to run away.

The Crown Prince's thoughts returned to what Little Li had mentioned.

According to him, Feng Fu deliberately spoke ill of Liang Qiuli that day.

"Your Highness, I have also discovered something else."

Little Li noticed the Crown Prince's suspicion and decided to reveal another thing he had discovered that day.

"Oh?"

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