Ji Xin'er exclaimed anxiously, "Such a cruel method might lead to a forced confession!"

"How could that be? It really has nothing to do with her. She had no recourse, didn't she? Your Highness?"

Zhong Muyu raised an eyebrow and looked at Lu Ziyuan.

Lu Ziyuan nodded: "The princess is right, let's use this method."

After saying that, Lu Ziyuan drew his sword, and Zhong Muyu quickly took it: "Your Highness doesn't need to do things like hitting women. Since someone wants to harm me, of course I have to interrogate them myself."

She brandished her sword at the young palace maid a few times, her smile dangerous: "Tell the truth, and you might save your life. If you're lucky, the Princess Consort of Fu might be kind enough to spare you. But if you don't tell, you know the consequences. Let me see where I should chop you first."

The young palace maid was terrified and begged for mercy repeatedly: "Your Highness, spare me! Your Highness, spare me! It was Princess Yunni who ordered me to do it. I was just confused for a moment!"

Ji Xin'er was furious: "You lowly servant! Don't you dare make false accusations!"

“This servant is not lying! It was Princess Yunni who gave this servant one hundred taels of silver and asked this servant to bring the Princess Consort of Ling and the Prince of Fu here. It was also Princess Yunni who gave this servant the acacia incense to light!”

Ji Xin'er's face turned deathly pale, and she wished she could tear that palace maid apart.

Zhong Muyu looked as if she had just realized something: "So, the palace maid who spilled tea on me earlier did it on purpose too?"

The Crown Princess understood immediately and sent someone to subdue the palace maid.

Ji Xin'er pleaded, "Your Highness, I didn't do it! This lowly maid framed me!"