After listening to Yan Jing's words, Zhu Lan fell into deep thought.

As an outsider, he had never seen the little prince, but Yan Jing had.

Yan Jing had a very good memory, and she believed that Yan Jing would not make a mistake.

It seems that when Yan Tiao was sent out of the palace, someone really did something and replaced the real Yan Tiao and hid him.

If we talk about who has the greatest motivation to do such a thing, it must be the Li family.

Could it be that they had anticipated at that time that they might need Yan Tiao in the future?

It really was a deliberate plan, something that had been planned for a long time.

However, if the child she saw in the palace just now was not Yan Yao, how would she explain the nurse beside her? Her words and actions clearly showed that she was someone from the palace.

Zhu Lan had an idea in mind, and said to Yan Jingyu: "Let's go back."

She took Yan Jing and found Nanny in the palace again.

When the nanny saw them, she frowned, as if she thought they were asking for trouble, but she still said patiently:

"Xiao, Lord Zhongcheng, the Queen Consort is resting, please don't disturb her..."

"We are not seeking to see the Concubine Dowager." Zhu Lan said with a smile, "The nurse just now looks like an old friend from the capital. Can you ask her to come out and see us?"

The nanny felt a little strange. She looked at the two of them, hesitated for a moment, then turned and walked into the yard.

Not long after, the woman in her thirties came out, and was a little confused when she saw Zhu Lan.

"Sir, you are looking for me?"

Zhu Lan asked her to step aside and talk.

When they came to a deserted place, the woman seemed a little nervous.

Zhu Lan stared at her and suddenly smiled a faint smile, which seemed to send a chill down the woman's spine.

Zhu Lan's next words were like a hammer hitting her heart.

"Switching the pillars and hiding the prince... Do you know what crime this is?"

The woman's face turned pale and her eyes were panicked, but she still tried to hide it.

"If you don't tell the truth, the judge will have no choice but to take you back to the capital and hand you over to the Dali Temple for interrogation."

When she heard that she was going back to the capital, the woman immediately knelt down and begged:

"Sir, I was forced into this matter, please show some mercy!

Although this child is not my biological child, I have taken care of him for two years and have long regarded him as my own child. My only wish is to watch this child grow up...

Please, sir, please spare me, my servant!"

Zhu Lan shook his head slightly, with a regretful tone:

"You are so bold that you even dare to harm the prince. As the Chief Censor, how can I tolerate you?

You don't have to leave. When the officials return to the capital, they will report this to His Majesty. By then, I'm afraid you and the child will have a bad ending."

The woman was shocked, raised her head suddenly, and shouted anxiously: "I didn't harm the prince, I really didn't! Please judge for me, sir!"

"Oh?" Zhu Lan narrowed his eyes slightly, "If the prince was not harmed, then where did the real little prince go?"

The woman panicked:

"Back then, I was ordered to accompany the little prince to Tongzhou from the capital. We were escorted by the royal guards along the way. It was not until we entered Tongzhou that the guards became lax...

The night before arriving at the palace, someone came to me with another baby, wanting to replace the real little prince. If I didn’t agree, they would kill me…”

"After they took away the real prince, they didn't kill you to silence you?" Zhu Lan asked.

"Maybe they were afraid that if I died, Concubine Wan would get suspicious, so I could only pretend that I didn't know and kept taking care of the child who was exchanged."

Zhu Lan nodded. "So, where is the real prince?"