"Your Majesty, can you really conclude that this matter is related to me based on the words of a mere palace maid? Besides, she didn't even see clearly whether that person was Qiu Xin or not, so how can she be sure it was Qiu Xin?"

"Don't you know what kind of person I am?" Consort Liang's eyes were filled with pain as she was questioned by Kangxi.

Consort Liang was very glad that Qiu Xin was wearing a mask. Even if Qiu Xin wasn't wearing a mask, she was confident that Qiu Xin wouldn't betray her.

"I scratched that person's left arm during the struggle!" Xiaoyu said urgently.

"Father, why don't we bring Qiu Xin here and ask her?" He Xue said.

"Someone, summon Qiu Xin!" Kangxi said directly.

No sooner had Kangxi finished speaking than He Zhu brought Qiu Xin in.

Consort Liang looked somewhat surprised when she saw Qiu Xin and He Zhu enter together.

"Father, I am also investigating this matter, and I have sent people to keep an eye on Qiu Xin!" the Crown Prince said.

Kangxi nodded.

Qiu Xin interpreted Liang Pin's surprise as Liang Pin's shock at seeing that she was still alive.

"Liang Jiugong, go check if Qiu Xin has any injuries on her arm!" Kangxi said to Liang Jiugong.

"Yes!" Liang Jiugong came to Qiu Xin. "Qiu Xin, hold out your hand!"

Qiu Xin subconsciously used her right hand to protect her left hand.

Upon seeing this, Liang Jiugong immediately knocked Qiu Xin's right hand away. Sure enough, there were three scratch marks on Qiu Xin's left arm. "What happened here?"

"I accidentally got scratched by a tree branch!" Qiu Xin said, bowing her head.

“This doesn’t look like a scratch from a tree branch!” Liang Jiugong turned to Kangxi and replied, “Your Majesty, Qiu Xin does indeed have scratches on her left arm!”

"Consort Liang, what do you have to say?" Kangxi looked at Consort Liang coldly.

"Your Majesty, is this how I'm convicted? I refuse to accept this!" Consort Liang said indignantly, as if she had truly been wronged.

Consort Liang said to Qiu Xin, "Qiu Xin, what happened to the injury on your arm? You must think carefully before you speak, plotting against the imperial heir is a capital offense!"

Qiu Xin looked at Consort Liang, unsure of what to do. Consort Liang was right; plotting against the imperial heir was a capital offense and could potentially implicate others.

If she doesn't admit it, at most she'll be killed by Consort Liang, and no one else will be implicated.

Just as Qiu Xin was hesitating, He Xue said to her, "Qiu Xin, do you know this person?"

As soon as Qiu Xin turned around, she saw Xiao Yu standing behind her, looking at her with a sinister gaze.

"You...you're not..." Qiu Xin's face turned pale with fright.

"Should I have been killed by you? It's a pity the Crown Princess saved me! I'm here to expose you!" Xiaoyu said fiercely to Qiuxin.

"Your Majesty, everything I did was at Qiu Xin's behest. Please have mercy, Your Majesty. I know I was wrong!" Xiao Yu was now filled with remorse.

"Your Majesty, I never expected Qiu Xin to do such a thing. I beg Your Majesty to spare Qiu Xin's life, considering that she served me for so long!" Consort Liang pleaded for Qiu Xin.

"Spare her life? Consort Liang is truly kind-hearted!" He Xue said sarcastically. "If I hadn't discovered it in time, perhaps my unborn child would be gone. Consort Liang, tell me how to spare her life?"

"Qiu Xin is just a servant girl, how dare she do such a thing? Besides, I've never had any contact with her before. What reason does Consort Liang have to harm me?" He Xue pressed on relentlessly.

"Does the Crown Princess suspect that I instructed Qiu Xin to harm you?" Consort Liang asked.

"It's not a doubt, it's a certainty!" He Xue didn't want to beat around the bush with Consort Liang anymore.

"Father, I have also found out who was behind the poisoning incident at Yuqing Palace!" the Crown Prince said to Kangxi.

"Who is it?" Kangxi asked.