She was buried alive at the start, but she's determined to smash her ex-husband's head in

How could Wenwen dare? Song Miaoyan hates being woken up when she's sleeping! Besides, she's in a bad mood today, so going in now would be suicide!

Seeing that the old woman's face was getting uglier and uglier, Wenwen didn't dare to delay. She couldn't afford to offend anyone in the palace!

She whispered, "Why don't you come with me, Granny?"

With the nanny by her side, Song Miaoyan wouldn't be too harsh on herself even if she was angry.

Granny Sun's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot. How dare a mere county princess put on such airs! She had to be invited several times before she would even come! This matter must be reported to the Imperial Concubine!

With a reluctant groan, Wenwen immediately led the way.

Lin Xiuyao only dared to whisper to Zhao Yanyan after everyone had left, "Granny Sun is Princess Yuanjia's wet nurse. Song Miaoyan is going to be in big trouble this time."

"I hope nothing bad happens, I'm hungry." Zhao Yanyan's stomach was growling as she looked at the delicious-looking food on the table.

She looked at Lin Qingwei with envy and said, "Sister Qingwei must eat very little on weekdays, you maintain such a good figure."

Lin Qingwei replied, "I don't get hungry easily."

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a terrified scream came from behind. The group looked at each other, wondering what had happened. Only one person in the corner, who hadn't said a word the whole time, remained calm.

Immediately afterwards, Granny Sun walked out, her face pale and unsteady. All the color had drained from her face, and her lips were white. She looked extremely frightened.

She immediately instructed the palace maids to report the matter to the Imperial Concubine and ordered the guards outside Yongning Palace to surround the palace.

After doing a series of things, he looked at the four puzzled girls.

Her voice still trembled slightly as she said, "Princess, she, she, she's dead!!!"

Song Miaoyan is dead?!

No one expected this to happen. Lin Xiuyao and Zhao Yanyan hugged each other in fear, Lin Shuhui trembled, and Lin Qingwei sensed a conspiracy.

"How could someone who was perfectly healthy just suddenly die?"

This is incredible.

I've heard news of people passing away before, but it was just a passing murmur. I felt a little sorry for them, but nothing more.

But Song Miaoyan was someone close to them; they had met her and even fought her before noon. How could a living person suddenly die?

Lin Shuhui asked tremblingly, "Are you sick?"

Granny Sun's face turned even more grim. If she were to suddenly die from a serious illness, she wouldn't need to have the guards surround the entire Yongning Palace!

She looked at the four girls, shook her head, and said, "This matter is not simple. Let's wait for the Imperial Concubine to arrive before discussing it further."

When the palace maid went to Yikun Palace to fetch someone, Princess Yuanjia and Prince Duan were having dinner with Consort An. Song Miaoyan was the youngest daughter of Marquis Zhongyi and a county princess with a rank. Upon hearing the news of her death, Consort An dared not delay for a moment and immediately rushed to Yongning Palace.

As soon as Consort An arrived at Yongning Palace, she went to Song Miaoyan's room to check on the situation, which gave Lin Qingwei and the others the opportunity to follow the Consort and find out what was going on.

Upon seeing the scene inside the room, everyone couldn't help but frown, feeling nauseous from the strong smell of blood incense.

Song Miaoyan lay on the bed, the blood almost completely soaking through it. Her expression was calm, as if she were really asleep, but under the lifted blankets, she was fully clothed.

Consort An's face was extremely ugly: "Granny Sun, find everyone in Yongning Palace and have them wait in the main hall! Suxin, go and invite the officials from the Ministry of Justice!"

Such an incident in the harem is a dereliction of duty on her part, and this matter must be resolved as soon as possible! An explanation must be given to Marquis Zhongyi!

Lin Qingwei and the others all went to the main hall to wait for Consort An's questioning. Lin Xiuyao and Zhao Yanyan were still recovering from the shock of what they had just seen.

Anyone with eyes can see that Song Miaoyan was murdered.

Consort An sat in the center with a very serious expression. The first person to be pulled up for questioning was Wenwen, Song Miaoyan's maid who had already fainted from fright.

She was woken up by being splashed with cold water and was so terrified that she curled up into a ball and cried uncontrollably.

Consort An felt a headache coming on and asked, "You were Miss Song's personal maid? When did you discover Miss Song's death?"

Wenwen nodded, crying so hard she couldn't utter a complete sentence. Granny Sun had to answer the question for her: "Your Highness, it was Wenwen and I who discovered it together. About an incense stick ago, when I noticed that Miss Song hadn't appeared, Wenwen and I went to invite her."

Unexpectedly, upon opening the door, a strong smell of blood filled the air. Miss Song was unresponsive. Realizing something was wrong, the servant lifted the cup and discovered Miss Song was dead. Immediately, she sent someone to fetch the Empress and ordered the guards to surround Yongning Palace to ensure no one could escape.

Consort An then questioned Lin Qingwei and the others, and then people from the Ministry of Justice arrived.

After the Ministry of Justice investigated, it was confirmed that Song Miaoyan died from murder. The atmosphere in Yongning Palace plummeted to freezing point. At this moment, Wenwen suddenly pointed at Lin Qingwei as if she were going crazy and said...

"It must be her! She killed the county princess! Of all the people present, only Miss Lin had a conflict with the county princess! It must be her!"

All eyes turned to Lin Qingwei.

At this moment, Consort An began to re-examine Lin Qingwei. The more she looked at her face, the more familiar it seemed. She stood straight and did not lose her composure at all because of Wenwen's accusations.

He's a calm and collected child, but his face is pleasing to the eye from any angle.

Consort An asked, "Does Miss Lin have anything to say?"

At this moment, Lin Qingwei suddenly remembered the question that Granny Wang had raised when she was teaching them manners in the mansion. The current situation was very similar to that hypothetical situation back then, wasn't it?

Do you remember what their answers were back then? It doesn't matter if you don't, because Granny Wang said that all of their methods were incorrect.

Granny Wang told them, "The palace is not a place of black and white. No one will listen to reason. No matter if you are in the right or not, as long as the person who can decide your life or death is not on your side, no matter how much you say, it will be useless."

Lin Qingwei looked at Consort An with neither humility nor arrogance: "This humble woman believes that Your Highness is not the kind of person who would make arbitrary decisions based on one's own opinions. This humble woman is confident that Your Highness will be able to find the real culprit and let Miss Song rest in peace."

Consort An nodded appreciatively; this little girl was quite clever.

But Wenwen wouldn't let Lin Qingwei go, chasing after her and biting her, saying in a very agitated tone, "You must have killed the county princess! You resent the county princess for hitting you before and forcing you to break off your engagement with the prince! You also resent the county princess for instructing me to throw your bundle into the water!"

No one but you would hate the county princess this much! It must be you!!!" As he spoke, he tried to get up from the ground to attack Lin Qingwei.