Consort Zhuang doesn't want palace intrigue; she just wants to raise her child and live a caref

All day long, Su Nuannuan took meticulous care of her young son all by herself. When the little guy was hungry and wanted to nurse, the wet nurse fed him on the couch in the outer room.

After each feeding, Su Nuannuan would gently take her son, hold him upright with his little head resting on her shoulder, and then rhythmically pat his back to help him burp. After burping him, Su Nuannuan would carefully change his diaper, the whole process performed with practiced ease and gentleness.

However, when the wet nurse was about to take over the task of changing diapers again, Su Nuannuan resolutely refused.

At the same time, she secretly observed the wet nurse's expression out of the corner of her eye. Sure enough, for a moment, a hint of undisguised resentment flashed across the wet nurse's previously calm face, but it quickly returned to normal.

After finally coaxing her son to sleep, the exhausted Su Nuannuan thought she could rest for a while, but to her surprise, the wet nurse was still persistent and tried to reach out and take away the sleeping fifth prince.

Seeing this, Su Nuannuan could no longer suppress her anger. She turned around abruptly and coldly rebuked the wet nurse, "Chen Shi! How dare you covet the prince?"

The wet nurse was clearly frightened by Su Nuannuan's angry rebuke. She trembled all over, her legs went weak, and she knelt down on the ground with a thud.

Seeing the wet nurse's disheveled state, Yaoqin, standing to the side, was filled with even greater anger. Her eyes widened in fury, her hands clenched into fists. If it weren't for her status, she would have rushed forward and slapped this arrogant wet nurse twice across the face. After all, the Fifth Prince was a man of noble birth; how could a mere wet nurse possibly dare to covet him?

Su Nuannuan originally had some doubts and was thinking of having Li Quan investigate before making any plans.

However, when she saw the wet nurse's body trembling like a leaf in the wind, shaking as if it were sieves, her suspicions were instantly confirmed.

Su Nuannuan's face was as gloomy as the sky before a storm, her eyes flashing with a mixture of anger and disappointment. She stared intently at Chen Shi kneeling on the ground, her icy voice seeming to come from the deepest hell: "Chen Shi, I truly did not expect you to be so audacious! Although this wet nurse has the word 'mother' in her name, she is ultimately not a mother in the true sense."

I had considered that you would raise Cheng'er to adulthood, and I had even planned that he would take care of you in your old age and see you off in your final days. But who could have imagined that you would dare to try and claim Cheng'er as your own!

At this point, Su Nuannuan's tone became increasingly sharp, each word like a sharp dagger piercing Chen's heart: "Chen, are you perhaps planning to harm me next, so that Cheng'er will depend on you alone from now on?"

Upon hearing her mistress's words, Yaoqin's anger was instantly ignited.

Her eyes widened in fury, her delicate body trembling slightly with rage. Unable to contain her anger any longer, Yaoqin lunged forward, grabbed Chen's hair, and forcefully lifted her lowered head. Then, she raised her hand and mercilessly slapped Chen's terrified face.

"Slap! Slap!" Two crisp, loud slaps echoed in the air.

However, Yaoqin, who had just slapped someone twice, quickly put her hand behind her back and kept shaking the hand that had hit her, muttering to herself, "That really hurt! How can this wicked woman be so shameless!"

After Yaoqin finished slapping him, Su Nuannuan sneered and said, "Hmph! Don't you think about it? In this deep palace, there are countless concubines without children. Even if I were to die in the future, Cheng'er would never be your child."

And you? You're probably not long for this world either! After all, no one wants Cheng'er to know the truth: the person raising him isn't his biological mother!

Upon hearing this, Yaoqin glared fiercely at the trembling wet nurse kneeling on the ground. She gritted her teeth, bowed to Su Nuannuan, and said firmly, "Your Majesty, rest assured, this servant will go to her room and search it thoroughly to see if we can find anything harmful!" After saying this, Yaoqin turned and left quickly, leaving behind only the sound of hurried footsteps and the terrified sobs of the kneeling wet nurse.

"Your Majesty, I know I was wrong, I really know I was wrong! I never had the slightest thought of harming you! Your Majesty... Waaah..." The wet nurse, Chen, knelt on the ground, her hands trembling uncontrollably, tears streaming down her face like a burst dam. She sobbed and kowtowed desperately, her forehead hitting the ground with a crisp yet dull sound.

"Your Majesty, it's all my fault! I was bewitched and somehow mistook the Fifth Prince for my own child. I deserve to die! Please spare my life, Your Majesty!" Chen's cries echoed throughout the palace, her sorrowful voice heartbreaking to hear.

Just then, Jinse walked lightly into the hall. She respectfully bowed to the Empress and then softly reported, "Your Majesty, Miss Yaoqin has taken Eunuch Li to search the wet nurse's room." After saying this, she stood quietly to the side, waiting for the Empress's instructions.

It turned out that after Yaoqin went out, she went straight to the small kitchen to look for Jinse. Upon seeing Jinse, she quickly pulled Jinse aside, lowered her voice, and nervously recounted what had just happened.

After hearing this, Jinse understood immediately and nodded to show that she knew. She then said that she would take good care of her mistress.

Not long after, Yaoqin stormed into the palace, her face full of anger.

Clutching a small paper package tightly in her hand, she quickly walked up to Jinse, stopped, and handed the package over, saying indignantly, "Sister Jinse, please help me check what this white powder in the package is." As she spoke, Yaoqin glared fiercely at the wet nurse who was still kneeling on the ground, her eyes seemingly spitting fire.

Jinse carefully took the paper package from Yaoqin. She gently opened the package, and as the paper was peeled away little by little, a faint, peculiar fragrance wafted into her nose.

Jinse gently sniffed, and the fragrance instantly filled her nasal cavity. She frowned slightly, carefully discerning the scent, and already knew the answer in her heart.

Then, she raised her head, her gaze calm yet tinged with solemnity, and said to the empress before her, "Your Majesty, this is a powder made from datura flowers and some hallucinogenic herbs. Its main purpose is to induce hallucinations, causing people to die unconsciously within those hallucinations."

Upon hearing Jinse's reply, Yaoqin, who was standing to the side, was instantly enraged. Her eyes widened, and she pointed at the wet nurse with a furious expression, cursing, "You ungrateful, heartless wretch! If it weren't for Her Majesty's pity for you after losing your son, how could she have chosen you from among so many people? I never expected you to try to poison Her Majesty!" With that, Yaoqin angrily stepped forward and slapped the wet nurse hard across the face again.

The slap was extremely hard, and the crisp sound echoed in the room. A bright red handprint immediately appeared on the wet nurse's face.

"Your Majesty, I have been wronged! Please, Your Majesty, investigate this matter thoroughly!" The wet nurse's face was filled with terror, and blood had already been drawn from her forehead from kowtowing, but she continued to kowtow forcefully, constantly shouting that she was innocent.

At this moment, Su Nuannuan, sitting at the top, looked furious, her beautiful eyes flashing with anger. She slammed her hand on the table and shouted, "Li Quan!"

As soon as the voice fell, Li Quan, who had been waiting outside the door, hurriedly entered and bowed respectfully, saying, "This servant is here."

Su Nuannuan pointed to the wet nurse kneeling on the ground and the suspicious packet of medicine powder placed to the side, and said sternly, "Send this person and this packet of medicine powder to the Disciplinary Division."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Li Quan hurriedly replied, then turned and waved towards the door. Instantly, two burly eunuchs strode in. Without a word, they grabbed the wet nurse, who was still struggling and begging for mercy, and dragged her out like a dead dog.

After watching the wet nurse being taken away, Su Nuannuan calmed herself down a bit and turned to Jinse beside her, instructing, "Jinse, go to the Imperial Hospital immediately and invite Physician Liu to come to me. Tell him that I am feeling a little unwell today."

Upon hearing this, Jinse respectfully bowed to Su Nuannuan and replied softly, "Yes, Your Majesty." Then, she hurriedly left the room and headed straight for the Imperial Hospital.