The system is highly efficient.

The answer came quickly.

[She was a palace maid named Wanxing.]

Yu Ningyao was somewhat surprised; she had thought the poison was administered by the prince consort.

【Wanxing? Judging from that name, she must be a princess's head maid, like Lanyue.】

Said Cao Cao, Cao Cao.

She had just mentioned the palace maid named Wanxing to herself when she arrived.

"Wanxing, I'm entrusting Miss Yu's care to you," Princess Ningle instructed with a smile.

She then held hands with her husband and returned to their palace in a sweet and romantic manner.

"This servant obeys and will take good care of Miss Yu." Wanxing carried Yu Ningyao away.

After carrying her back to the guest room, Wanxing's expression instantly changed.

She glared at Yu Ningyao and cursed, "You little brat, it's all your fault for ruining my plans!"

Yu Ningyao then realized that she had fallen into danger.

This is a ruthless person who would poison and murder their boss.

If she stays with her, her life is probably in danger.

She shouldn't have been so engrossed in her thoughts; she should have just cried and made a scene to get someone else to take care of her.

Sure enough, after being transformed into a baby doll, my brain capacity shrank, and I stopped thinking things through properly!

"Waaaaah!" she cried out at the top of her lungs.

Wanxing was startled. She wanted to discipline the child, but she hadn't had time to get the needle yet.

Why is this child crying?

And she was crying so loudly.

"Waaaaaah!" Yu Ningyao cried her heart out.

Princess Ning Le placed her next to her in a room.

Therefore, Princess Ning Le heard her crying. She was not yet asleep, so she quickly urged Lan Yue to come and see what was wrong.

"Wanxing, what's wrong with Miss Yu the Second?"

Upon hearing Lan Yue's voice, Yu Ning made a snap decision and slammed her elbow hard against the bed.

Her elbow instantly became red and swollen.

"Waaaaah!" Yu Ningyao cried even more miserably, as if she were about to die.

Wanxing watched in disbelief as she injured herself.

Lan Yue heard no reply, only Yu Ningyao's sobs, and pushed the door open to enter.

Yu Ningyao deliberately showed her her swollen and red arm.

"Ooh, it hurts."

Upon seeing this, Lan Yue tenderly picked up Yu Ningyao and looked sternly at Wanxing.

"Wanxing, Miss Yu is a distinguished guest of the princess. She was asked to take good care of her, and this is how you take care of her?"

"I didn't do it, it was her..." Wanxing was speechless with inability to defend herself.

She wanted to discipline the child, but the injury on her hand really wasn't caused by her.

Recalling Yu Ningyao's actions just now, Wanxing felt a chill run down her spine.

Is this child framing her?

Hearing her excuse, Lan Yue looked disappointed: "Even if she did it herself, it's because you didn't take good care of her. If you had taken good care of her, would she have cried? Why did she stop crying as soon as she was in my care?"

Wanxing felt like she was swallowing a bitter pill, unable to express her suffering.

Upon seeing Lan Yue, she picked up Yu Ningyao and took her away to report the situation to Princess Ning Le, then hurriedly followed.

Princess Ning Le, upon learning of Yu Ningyao's injury, said with displeasure, "Fine, I'll let you take care of Little Lucky Star. As for Wanxing, she can't even take care of one child properly. Let her go clean the courtyard first, and come back to serve me in a while."

Upon hearing this, Wanxing, who had come to plead for mercy, knelt down on the ground with a thud.

"Princess, please forgive me. I didn't mean it. I've served you for many years, and even if I haven't done anything great, I've certainly put in a lot of hard work. Please have mercy and let me stay by your side to serve you."

She wept bitterly, unwilling to go from being a senior palace maid to a cleaning maid.

Hearing this, Lan Zhizhang said, "Ning Le, our child is watching. This maid has served you for so long, how can you just fire her like that? How about fining her a month's salary? After all, she is your head maid. If you send her to sweep the floor, you will lose face."

"Please, Your Highness, have mercy!" Wanxing kowtowed immediately afterward.

The two of them took turns talking and eventually convinced Princess Ning Le.

"Alright, you can leave now. You can come back to serve me tomorrow." She waved her hand, looking somewhat tired, and dismissed everyone.

Before leaving, she didn't forget to instruct Lan Yue: "Remember to take good care of Little Lucky Star. I will have dinner with her tomorrow morning. Seeing her makes me have a much better appetite."

"Yes." Lan Yue respectfully carried Yu Ningyao away.

Yu Ningyao escaped the clutches of evil and felt safe, which allowed the system to continue its investigation.

[System, please check the situation between the prince consort and that palace maid named Wanxing.]

The system responded and went to investigate the situation.

It returned shortly afterward.

[My God, the poison Wanxing administered was given to her by the prince consort.]

Yu Ningyao: 【…Then why did you only tell the first half today?】

Hearing her question, the system said with a wronged expression, "[You didn't ask that many questions, you only asked who poisoned me.]"

Yu Ningyao: ...

This broken system is indeed unreliable; she'll have to ask more questions next time.

She took a deep breath and said, "[Continue, tell me how they got together, what their plans are, tell me everything.]"

【Oh. 】

The system responded and continued broadcasting the information it had gathered.

The prince consort told Wanxing that if she could get rid of the princess's child, he would ask the princess to allow him to take her as a concubine.

[The children Wanxing gives birth to in the future will also be registered under the princess's name and will be considered legitimate children.]

[Wanxing agreed, which is why she used poison.]

Yu Ningyao was completely baffled.

The couple hadn't had children for years, and now that they were, shouldn't they be overjoyed? Why did they abort the princess's baby?

She asked the system: "Could it be that the child in the princess's belly isn't the prince consort's?"

After a beep, the system replied: [Based on our system's analysis, the child in her womb is the biological offspring of Prince Consort Lan Zhizhang.]

Yu Ningyao was even more confused.

They were her own children, so why did she have to kill them?

The adult world is too complicated.

She felt like her head was about to turn into a complete mess.

Yu Ningyao yawned, tears streaming down her face. Before she could even sort out her thoughts, she closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep.

I slept soundly until dawn.

"Second Miss, wake up."

Lan Yue's gentle voice rang in my ears.

Yu Ningyao opened her eyes groggily, then grinned at her.

Looking at her smile, Lan Yue felt a warmth in her heart.

"Second Miss is so good. Let's change our clothes, wash up, and then go have breakfast with the Princess~"

She dressed Yu Ningyao up and carried her to pay her respects to Princess Ningle.

Yu Ningyao glanced at the breakfast on the table; it was quite plentiful and looked very appetizing.

She sniffed, inhaling the aroma of the food.

Soon, her eyebrows furrowed into a knot.

No, come again?

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