Chapter 290 Directly Targeting Song Fengyi

Jiang Fenghua returned to Chenxi Palace and then asked Granny Wang to invite all the young ladies over.

The first to arrive was Zhu Zhenzhen, who greeted the Crown Princess.

Zhu Zhenzhen was also uneasy. She had already heard about what happened in Chengguang Palace, but she didn't go to watch the excitement because she didn't want to cause trouble. Trouble often comes from onlookers, and if you want to survive in the harem, it's best not to be curious.

She truly lived up to her reputation as the daughter of Imperial Censor Zhu; she was indeed cautious.

"Sit down!" Jiang Fenghua said calmly.

Immediately afterward, Consort Song and Consort Ye arrived one after the other. After bowing to each other, they sat down quietly.

Jiang Fenghua glanced at Ye Susu, only to find that she didn't look at him directly, while Song Qing seemed a little nervous.

Tang Qianran changed into clean clothes and treated her injuries before being invited over. Her face was covered in bruises, and she looked extremely aggrieved. "This concubine greets the Crown Princess."

I never expected Lu Xuefei to be so clever. She actually moved into the Crown Prince's Chengguang Palace as a palace maid. How come she never thought of this method when she disguised herself as a palace maid so many times?

Tang Qianran deeply regretted her actions.

"Please sit down too!"

"yes."

Once everyone was seated, Jiang Fenghua spoke, "I have heard some rumors about His Highness the Crown Prince. I wonder if any of you ladies have heard of them as well."

Zhu Zhenzhen distanced herself from the matter, saying, "I haven't heard anything about it. I'm feeling a bit unwell and have been recuperating in Yuling Palace these past few days."

Ye Susu also said, "I haven't heard anything about it. Physician Mei instructed me to take good care of my pregnancy, so I didn't run around. I don't know what happened."

"Where's Consort Song? Have you been in Hanzhang Pavilion the whole time?" Jiang Fenghua asked her directly. "Have you been to Chengguang Hall?"

"I went." She couldn't say she didn't go; the Crown Prince had sent her.

“Tell me the truth about what you saw in Chengguang Hall. It concerns His Highness the Crown Prince’s private affairs and is now widely discussed. I have no choice but to investigate. Can Consort Song cooperate with my investigation?” Jiang Fenghua’s eyes were deep and her voice was cold and deep, striking straight to the heart.

Song Fengyi was so frightened that she immediately knelt on the ground, "I didn't see anything, and I didn't discuss His Highness the Crown Prince's private affairs. Please, Your Highness, investigate thoroughly."

"Oh, then tell me, Tang Liangdi, where did you hear about the Chengguang Hall incident, and how did you end up causing a scene there? Tell me everything truthfully." Jiang Fenghua stared at Tang Qianran.

"I heard it from the palace maids. They were all saying that His Highness was keeping a mistress in a golden house, and that's when I went to see her. I really didn't say anything nonsense, Your Highness. Please believe me. I didn't know beforehand that the Crown Prince had let Lu Xuefei into Chengguang Palace. I had never been to Chengguang Palace before." She had only gone to Taihua Palace, and the Crown Prince hadn't touched her, so she naturally dared not say anything more.

"Guards, summon all the palace maids and eunuchs of the Eastern Palace. Investigate them one by one until I find out who is spreading rumors." Jiang Fenghua's voice was cold and authoritative without being angry.

Soon, they found out about the palace maids in Song Fengyi's palace. "This servant also heard from Cui'er in the laundry department that many people in the laundry department know that a new female official has come to His Highness's palace. His Highness treats her very specially. Everyone says that His Highness is his confidante and that His Highness has hidden a new love and will soon forget about the Crown Princess."

Jiang Fenghua understood immediately after hearing this. She glanced at Ye Susu and realized that Su Tingwan had been blamed again.

Su Tingwan was punished by the Crown Prince to work in the laundry department, but given Su Tingwan's current state, she would never know that Lu Xuefei was hiding in Chengguang Palace, so it was the people from the East Palace who spread the news.

"Consort Song, she's a palace maid in your palace, isn't she!"

“Yes, it was my fault…” Song Qing stammered, “After hearing these things, I didn’t spread them out.”

"Do you know Lu Tingwei's daughter, Lu Xuefei?" she changed the subject.

Song Qing wanted to shake her head, but the Crown Princess's eyes were too cold, so she nodded, "I know her, but I have never spoken to her, and I would never harm her."

"Did I say that the person you wanted to harm was Lu Xuefei?" Jiang Fenghua sneered. "Just say it directly. The woman you saw in Chengguang Hall was Lu Xuefei, so you're the one who spread this rumor."

Song Qing was stunned, then immediately denied it, "I didn't."

Jiang Fenghua ignored her sophistry. "You've been to Chengguang Palace, so you saw Lu Xuefei in His Highness's palace and thought His Highness treated her very specially. You even know her. Are you unhappy that Lu Xuefei can serve His Highness so closely, so you started spreading rumors about her? Do you want to incite me to make a scene with His Highness, or do you want to incite Consort Tang to make a scene?"

Song Qing was so frightened that she knelt on the ground. "I never thought of that. Your Highness, how could I do such a thing? I have no right to interfere with whoever His Highness likes. It really wasn't me."

"Then think about it. After you came back from Chengguang Palace, who did you tell about seeing Lu Xuefei?" Jiang Fenghua's voice was cold and deep. "Think carefully. Although His Highness has favored you and you have the support of the Grand General's uncle, spreading rumors about His Highness the Crown Prince and damaging his reputation is no small matter. At best, you will be banished to the Cold Palace, and at worst, it will affect your Song and Peng clans."

"I told Sister Ye, but Your Highness, please believe us. It really wasn't Sister Ye and me who spread it. We truly don't know what happened," Song Qing said.

"Didn't Ye Liangqie just say she didn't know what had happened?"

Ye Susu blinked, still trying to deny it, "Your Highness, I really didn't know anyone was spreading rumors about His Highness. I also didn't say I didn't know there was another woman in His Highness's palace. Sister Song did tell me that she saw an acquaintance in His Highness's palace, but I don't know who she was talking about, and I haven't told anyone else."

Song Qing also said, "I haven't told anyone else either."

After hearing this, Tang Qianran realized that she had been wronged and said, "So it was you guys who were behind this."

"It must be because Consort Song is holding a grudge about the last time I fell into the water. She deliberately let me know that there is a woman hiding in His Highness's palace, and deliberately lured me there. Song Qing, how could you be so vicious? If His Highness the Crown Prince had been here today, would you have gotten your wish and made His Highness hate me? You scheming woman, you have His Highness's favor, aren't you satisfied?" Tang Qianran pointed at her nose and cursed.

“Why would I harm you? His Highness is hiding Lu Xuefei, and even likes her. What good would it do me to harm you?” Song Qing said, “If I were to harm anyone, it would be Lu Xuefei, not you.”

"That's strange. Who was behind this, instigating me to fall into her trap today?" Tang Qianran never expected it to be Ye Susu, because Ye Susu was already pregnant with the Crown Prince's child. Once she gave birth to the imperial heir, her status would be different. At this critical juncture, Ye Susu had no reason to target anyone.

Jiang Fenghua watched them argue, never expecting Ye Susu to be so restless; even in this situation, she still wanted to stir up trouble.

Just then, Xie Shang suddenly returned.