After asking the imperial physician, Xueying thought about the matter again and again, and decided to tell Hongli what the physician had said. So she decided to go see Hongli. She also heard that Hongli was visiting the Empress in Changchun Palace, so she took A'luo's hand and went to Changchun Palace.

When Mingyu heard that Xueying had come to see her, her heart ached. Was Xueying here to make a fool of herself? But with the Emperor present, she couldn't very well send her away.

"Come in," Hongli said.

After Xueying entered Mingyu's palace, she saw that the Emperor was indeed there. Then she thought about it again and realized that the Empress was now ill with worry about Crown Prince Duanhui, so it was only natural for the Emperor to be with her at this moment.

"Your Majesty and Empress, I pay my respects." After bowing to the two, Xueying had the gifts taken away.

When Hongli saw Xueying arrive, he had someone bring her a chair to sit down, and then said, "I suddenly remembered that I still have memorials to review. Why don't you two chat about some everyday matters?" After saying this, Hongli made a move to get up and leave.

When Mingyu saw that the Emperor wanted to leave, she felt a little lonely. The thought of being left alone in a room with Xueying in her current disheveled state only fueled her anger.

"Your Majesty, please wait. I have something to report regarding Crown Prince Duanhui's illness. I suspect that Crown Prince Duanhui was murdered by someone else."

"What! Who exactly harmed the Crown Prince?" Upon hearing Xueying's words, Mingyu was so agitated that she almost fell off the bed.

Hongli stopped and turned to Xueying, asking, "Do you know what crime it is to murder a royal heir? Don't make things up without evidence."

Xueying continued, "I found the Crown Prince's death suspicious, so I summoned the imperial physician who had treated him that day for questioning. The physician said that the Crown Prince died because he inhaled a large amount of reed catkin powder, which conflicted with his asthma. However, a small amount of reed catkin powder would not have caused such a rapid death, so the powder must have accumulated every day, which is why it was incurable."

Hongli couldn't sit still after hearing Xueying's words. Yonglian was his son, and he was even angrier to hear that Yonglian had been murdered.

Mingyu burst into tears and said, "It's all my fault. If I had thought to ask the imperial physician what happened, Yonglian wouldn't have been so wronged."

When Hongli saw Mingyu crying, he quickly stepped forward and patted her back, saying, "How can we blame you? We only know that Yonglian suffers from asthma, so naturally we only focus on Yonglian's condition and don't think about anything else."

Then, Hongli looked at Xueying and asked, "Have you found out why this imperial physician failed to report the truth?"

Xueying said, "I think that perhaps this imperial physician is afraid of causing trouble. This matter is of great importance, and everyone is afraid of saying the wrong thing."

"Absurd! Go and find that imperial physician right now. If he dares to conceal the truth, I will kill him!" Hongli roared in anger, seemingly furious.

Seeing Hongli's anger, Xueying quickly pleaded for the imperial physician, saying, "Punishment is inevitable for that imperial physician, but his crime does not warrant death. He has no direct fault. Instead of venting our anger on him, we should find the mastermind behind this and comfort the spirit of Crown Prince Duanhui in heaven."

Upon hearing this, Mingyu felt that Xueying's words made sense, so she said to Hongli, "What Consort Xian said is not without reason. I think the most urgent thing is to find the murderer. The imperial physician is not in a hurry to deal with him."