The wet nurse blinked, looking somewhat bewildered.

“Fengchun and Yingchun are watching inside! Someone came to tell me that you have been framed and are going to be beaten to death, so I rushed over.”

Seeing Wen Niang's pale face, Jin the wet nurse couldn't help but shrink back.

"Did I...did I do something wrong again?"

Wenniang composed herself and forced herself to speak to Granny Fangqi.

"Granny, you may beat or kill me as you please, but right now, the young master's safety is more important than mine. Please take some people to the main hall to watch over the young master."

Granny Fangqi's heart skipped a beat. Without saying a word, she led her people to the main hall.

She pushed open the door to the main hall first, strode into the west side room, and then her pupils suddenly contracted.

On the floor of the west side room lay two people, dressed in the silver-red vests with fur trim worn by the head palace maids; they were none other than Fengchun and Yingchun.

The bed was empty; there was no sign of the child.

Granny Fangqi swayed and almost fell over.

"Quick! Quick! Seal off the palace gates, dig three feet into the ground to find them."

The group had just reached the door when they hurriedly turned around and walked out.

Granny Fangqi leaned against the pillar, her heart filled with anxiety.

She realized she had fallen for a trap.

The messenger clearly had ill intentions and deliberately misled her.

Now we can only hope that the guards at the palace gates will realize something is wrong and stop them.

Fu Liu walked over.

"Granny, you don't look well. Would you like to sit down and rest for a while?"

Granny Fangqi pushed her away.

"What are you waiting for? Finding someone is the most important thing at a time like this!"

She staggered out.

Fu Liu hurriedly followed.

"Granny, don't worry too much. The young prince and princess are the Emperor and Empress's children. They are protected by the Emperor's aura, so they will definitely be fine."

Granny Fangqi wouldn't listen to her at all, and called for someone to help her walk towards the gate.

Fu Liu was so anxious she was practically scratching her head.

Fortunately, just as the group reached the door, another group of people approached from a short distance ahead.

Fu Liu, with her sharp eyes, immediately recognized that the one leading the group was Grandpa Lai, and quickly called out to him.

"It's Her Majesty!"

Granny Fangqi squinted and tried to look in that direction. Sure enough, she saw a crowd surrounding Song Xibai in a sedan chair, slowly walking towards them.

Song Xibai alighted from his sedan chair outside the Changqing Palace gate and raised an eyebrow when he saw several people standing at the gate.

"What's going on? Why are they all standing at the door?"

"Old slave, old slave is guilty!"

Granny Fangqi knelt down, tears streaming down her face.

Song Xibai turned her gaze to Fuliu: "What happened?"

Fu Liu quickly bowed and then began to recount what had happened that day.

"Something happened at Renshou Palace earlier, and the Empress Dowager transferred many guards away. Eunuch Jin was short-handed, so he transferred some people from other palaces as well... Wenniang and Nanny Qiao had a conflict, and Nanny Qiao was injured. While resting in her room, she accidentally ingested poison and was poisoned, but Miss Dingxiang has already treated her..."

The sound of the willow branches rustling was neither fast nor slow, focusing on the key points.

"Later, the old nanny came and suspected that Wenniang had poisoned Qiao's wet nurse. She wanted to take Qiao's wet nurse away to be punished. Then Jin's wet nurse ran over to beg for mercy. Then Wenniang suddenly got anxious and told us to go to the main hall to see the young master. When we got there, we found Fengchun and Yingchun lying on the ground, and the young master was nowhere to be found. The old nanny was frightened, so she came to apologize to Your Majesty."

After listening to her words, Song Xibai remained silent for a long time.

She hadn't expected that so much would happen in the palace in just one day.

"You guys have had a really busy day."

She shook her head, showing no worry on her face, and instead stepped forward to help Granny Fangqi up.

"Don't worry, Granny, Zhaojing and Zhaoyan are fine."

Granny Fangqi was calmed by her composure, took a deep breath, and asked in a trembling voice.

"Your Majesty, how did you know?"

Song Xibai's lips curled up slightly.

"Since I dare to leave them in the palace, I naturally have other arrangements. The children are fine."

Granny Fangqi was utterly shocked and couldn't even process what was happening.

Song Xibai patted her hand and raised his chin at Fuliu.

"Have they already released the bait?"

Fu Liu stood with her hands at her sides: "Your Majesty, rest assured, I have had people keeping an eye on things. By now, they should have caught the person."

Song Xibai nodded in satisfaction.

"Well done. Now, let's go see Nanny Qiao!"

She flicked her sleeve and stepped across the threshold.

Outside the main hall, seeing Wen Niang and Jin Nai Niang still kneeling on the ground, Song Xibai said a few words of comfort and told them to get up.

Wenniang looked worried and remorseful.

"This servant has failed to fulfill Your Majesty's instructions, and begs Your Majesty's punishment."

As she spoke, she was about to kneel down again, but Song Xibai grabbed her arm.

"No need. Today's events were already part of their plan. No matter what you do, you can't escape it."

Song Xibai looked at her swollen half-face and sighed.

"I didn't expect you to get injured. I'll ask Dingxiang to get you some medicine to apply later."

Upon hearing this, Granny Fangqi behind him looked uncomfortable.

She ordered it to be made.

I should have known better than to have them attack so brutally.

But it's too late to regret it now.

Song Xibai instructed Fuliu to call back all the palace maids and eunuchs who had gone out to look for people, and told everyone else to go and rest. He took only a few close attendants with him and went to Nanny Qiao's room.

Nanny Qiao is still unconscious.

Song Xibai walked to the bedside, placed two fingers on Nanny Qiao's pulse, and after a moment, his eyes swept across the area and he saw the pool of blood on the ground.

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