Seeing the Ninth Prince's serious expression, the Tenth Prince couldn't help but ask, "Ninth Brother, what exactly happened?"

"It's hard to explain in a short time. Come with me to Yikun Palace first!" The Ninth Prince felt that this was not the time to explain. If others overheard, even if the Tenth Prince was fine, he would be in trouble.

When Kangxi arrived at Yikun Palace, he saw that the Fifth Prince was also there. "Yinqi, are you here to pay your respects to your mother?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, it just so happens that both Yinqi and Yintang came to Yikun Palace today and found me interrogating the cook. They were worried about her, so they stayed at Yikun Palace!"

"They both have put their hearts into it!" Kangxi said after taking his seat.

Kangxi looked around but didn't see the Ninth Prince. "Where is Yinzhen?"

"Your Majesty, Yinzhen will be here soon!" Consort Yi said to Kangxi, and then relayed the cook's words to Kangxi verbatim.

After hearing Consort Yi's words, Emperor Kangxi closed his eyes and said coldly after a moment, "Bring the cook here!"

It wasn't that he didn't believe Consort Yi's words; he just wanted to confirm it himself. He never expected that this matter would involve so many people: the Crown Prince, the Imperial Noble Consort, the Fourth Prince, Consort Yi, and the Tenth Prince.

It's as if a mere eunuch could stir up so many people; the imperial palace truly is a place where hidden talents abound!

However, he didn't believe that the Tenth Prince could do such a thing. The Tenth Prince was stubborn and would never use such a complicated method to solve things. If he disliked the Crown Prince, he would rather go directly to Yuqing Palace to fight the Crown Prince than use his brain to think of such a method.

The Tenth Prince had no idea that his usual unreliability would save him at a crucial moment.

Kangxi didn't need to guess; he knew where the Ninth Prince had gone—he must have gone to find the Tenth Prince.

If another prince had told him that this matter was related to the Tenth Prince, he might have suspected that the person was trying to frame the Tenth Prince. But he didn't believe that the Ninth Prince would harm the Tenth Prince.

He found the way the Ninth Prince and the Tenth Prince were so clingy that it made him uncomfortable. They seemed closer to each other than to him, their father, and he even suspected that they were having an affair.

It's no wonder he overthinks things; the sketchbook Xue gave him had a powerful effect. Seeing two grown men being all lovey-dovey always made him think of Suo'etu and Mingzhu. He still couldn't understand the relationship between Suo'etu and Mingzhu.

After the cook was brought over, she knelt trembling before Emperor Kangxi.

"Tell me everything you know without missing a single word, without hiding anything!" Kangxi said to the cook.

"This servant dares not conceal anything!" The cook repeated what she had said before to Kangxi.

When the Tenth Prince and the Ninth Prince entered, the cook said, "It was the eunuch by the Tenth Prince's side who ordered me to poison the Crown Prince!"

The Tenth Prince, with one foot in and one foot out of the door, was completely stunned when he heard these words. When had he ever done such a thing? How come he didn't know about it?

The Tenth Prince also learned why the Ninth Prince had rushed him to Yikun Palace.

The Tenth Prince entered and knelt before Emperor Kangxi, saying, "Father, please see the truth! Your son has never done such a thing!"

"Father, my tenth brother is completely brainless to do such a thing! Someone must have framed him on purpose!" The ninth prince also knelt before Kangxi to plead for the tenth prince.

"Ninth Brother, what do you mean?" the Tenth Prince asked angrily.

The Ninth Prince glared at the Tenth Prince. "Idiot, is this the time to pursue this?"

"Father, I have already ordered people to keep a close watch on the people around my tenth brother! You can bring that little eunuch here and ask him!" the Ninth Prince said.

Kangxi nodded.

The Ninth Prince immediately sent someone to inform Feng Cai to bring the person over.

But when Feng Cai arrived, he only brought a young eunuch with him. "Ninth Prince, when you asked me to bring everyone here, this person tried to escape. So I brought him here first!"

"Is this the person?" the Ninth Prince asked the cook.

The cook looked at the young eunuch and examined him carefully. "Reporting to the Ninth Prince, it is him!"

"Ninth Prince, this servant didn't know what the cook was saying. This servant wasn't trying to run away; this servant just needed to urinate, so I tried to sneak away!" the little eunuch explained.

"I think you're not in a hurry to pee, you're just in a hurry to talk! How do you know she's the cook!" The Ninth Prince said fiercely to the little eunuch.

The young eunuch's eyes darted around as he considered how to respond.

“Ninth Prince, I can testify that the person who contacted me has a shorter little finger on their right hand!” the cook said.