Ye Wanning stared at Lingzhi closely: "Qiuting is dead, and you are the executioner!"

Lingzhi also looked at her: "Concubine Ye, please don't say anything without any basis."

"If Qiu Ting hadn't been wronged, why would she have committed suicide to prove her point?"

Ye Wanning looked at Empress Dowager Ye and everyone else excitedly, "She was framed!"

After she finished speaking, she turned to look at Xiao Qingyun: "Your Majesty, do you still remember when I went to find you outside the Imperial Study and told you that Lingzhi was missing?"

Xiao Qingyun frowned slightly and nodded: "Yeah."

Ye Wanning turned to Lingzhi and asked, "Let me ask you, where did you go just now? What were you doing?"

Lingzhi answered naturally: "I was walking alone in the palace at that time."

Ye Wanning looked at Lingzhi and said sharply, "Then how did you just happen to come in from outside? Could it be that you know something? Or did you plan all this?"

She had figured it out. Since Qiuting failed to knock Lingzhi unconscious and was pushed onto the bed instead, Lingzhi must have had some insight.

Although she didn't know how this girl managed to escape this disaster, the girl took advantage of the situation and made Qiu Ting suffer, even paying the price with her life.

"I come from a humble family and am used to the wilds. I heard the noise here and came over out of curiosity to see what was going on. Why is it that people are not allowed to watch the fun in the palace?"

Lingzhi replied with confidence.

Hearing this, the officials and their wives who were standing behind Empress Dowager Ye watching the fun blinked, not knowing whether they should stay or leave quickly.

No one spoke for a moment.

Empress Dowager Ye felt a slight headache and glared at Ye Wanning. "Don't make false statements without evidence! You've been too reckless today and haven't disciplined your subordinates. You deserve to be punished! Go back and reflect on your mistakes for three days!"

"yes."

After hearing what Empress Dowager Ye said, Ye Wanning lowered her head and remained silent.

"Have the body moved away, so as not to pollute the eyes of the ladies."

Empress Dowager Ye gave an order to Aunt Qi behind her.

Nanny Qi immediately went out and called in a few young eunuchs to carry Qiu Ting's body out.

"Okay, let's all go."

Empress Dowager Ye calmly announced the end of this farce.

Ye Wanning opened her mouth and looked at Empress Dowager Ye, seeming to want to say something but stopping herself.

Empress Dowager Ye saw the disappointment and unwillingness in Ye Wanning's eyes, but she said nothing. She just waved her hand tiredly and asked everyone to leave.

The officials' wives bowed and walked out of the door, thinking about what had just happened, their eyes filled with gossip.

However, no one dared to gather together to chatter, and everyone walked outside with solemn expressions.

Just by looking at their quick steps and the distant looks in their eyes, one can imagine that after leaving the palace, they will definitely get together to have a great chat.

Ye Wanning helped Empress Dowager Ye leave.

Lingzhi followed Xiao Qingyun out.

Thinking of what happened just now, she frowned slightly and asked Xiao Qingyun.

"Your Highness, Qiu Ting...why did she want to commit suicide? Isn't Prince Ning's Mansion good enough?"

Lingzhi didn't know the character of King Ning, so naturally she didn't understand why Qiuting would commit suicide when he had a way out in the future.

Xiao Qingyun didn't want her to know about the mess going on in Prince Ning's mansion, so he just picked out some details and said, "Uncle Emperor...he has many concubines in his mansion. I'm afraid Qiu Ting is worried that life will be difficult after she moves in."

Lingzhi touched her chin and looked at him: "But, you have quite a few concubines in your palace!"

"How can this be the same?"

Xiao Qingyun's eyelids trembled. "Those in my house...are not favored."

Lingzhi's eyes widened in shock: "Why?"

Why did you marry those girls but not let them sleep with you? Isn't that making them widows?

She couldn't help but glance at the area three inches below his navel: "Could it be..."

He can't do it?

Thinking of this, Lingzhi clicked his tongue twice.

Eh, what a pity to waste such a strong body.

Seeing her unscrupulous eyes roving over him, Xiao Qingyun seemed to know her guess.

He was immediately furious and asked in a timid tone, "What could it be?"

Lingzhi immediately became timid, and with trembling lips, he finished the rest of the sentence: "Could it be... could it be that the old injury has not healed?"

"Hmph," Xiao Qingyun snorted coldly, his expression looking better. "What do you know? There are three thousand rivers, and I only take one."

Oh, it turns out that the mighty and domineering Regent is actually so innocent.

Lingzhi rolled her eyes secretly in her heart and said, "Do you think I believe it?"

Seeing that she was smiling but not saying anything, Xiao Qingyun asked with a fierce face: "What are you laughing at? Do you have any opinions?"

Lingzhi waved her hands repeatedly, "No, I was just thinking that what the prince and I want are different after all."

Xiao Qingyun's eyes were filled with emotions she couldn't understand: "Oh, what do you want?"

Lingzhi smiled suddenly and said, "I want a ladle that can hold three thousand weak waters."

"Dream on!"

Xiao Qingyun waved his sleeves and left, leaving behind a message: "Wait for me in the carriage first."

"Okay!"

Lingzhi agreed readily, and after he walked away, she immediately turned around and returned to the palace.

On the other side of the palace road, Master Wen was waiting there with the young eunuch from before.

Seeing Lingzhi coming over, the little eunuch broke free from Master Wen's hand and pounced on her.

"Miss Lingzhi, I have done as you said! Please be kind and give me the antidote! I... Ouch..."

The young eunuch started scratching his whole body before he could finish his words.

At this moment, many tiny red bumps had appeared on his neck.

It felt as if thousands of ants were gnawing at his skin all over his body. The pain was bearable, but the itchiness was unbearable.

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