"I didn't bring it back to the palace. I left it in a separate courtyard."

"Ziqi, accompany me to meet him tonight, and bring your wife with you." The prince's voice became even colder, with a kind of calmness before a volcano erupts.

"yes."

Shangguan Ziqi returned to the Qiyayuan and put away the coldness on his face and played with the children with a smile.

All the children are growing up well.

Looking at his wife again, after having a child, she has become more plump and more gentle than before. He always finds her pleasing to the eye.

Yu Yuanzheng sat next to the children and embroidered a bellyband.

Each of the children has one, and she hasn't finished embroidering one yet.

I can never find the time.

Yu Yuanzheng raised her head and glanced at Shangguan Ziqi.

The two of them live together every day and are very familiar with each other.

With just one glance, she could tell that he was worried.

"What's wrong?"

Shangguan Ziqi said nothing, but took the embroidery in her hand.

He held her hand, then pushed the wheelchair into their bedroom and closed the door.

Before Yu Yuanzheng could stand firmly, Shangguan Ziqi stood up from the wheelchair and hugged Yu Yuanzheng in his arms.

That heavy mood was conveyed more directly to Yu Yuanzheng.

"What happened?" Yu Yuanzheng's heart was also lifted.

"Madam, the two personal maids that the second old lady brought into the palace from her natal family are missing."

"Oh? I finally found it. It's been taking too long, right?" Yu Yuanzheng felt that the prince's efficiency was a bit low. It has been such a long time.

She didn't realize that this was in ancient times, and there was no ID card information, nor any records of where she had entered or left.

It all depends on finding out bit by bit from the source, and then piecing together the information based on the seals left by the old people in the mansion, and then going out of the mansion to look for human traffickers in Beijing decades ago. It's really too difficult to get some information and go out so far to look for it.

It's a blessing to be able to find it.

"Uncle Anqi has never been late for a day. It's too far."

"Oh, so those two have already left the capital?"

"Yes. And very far away."

Then Shangguan Ziqi repeated Anqi's words exactly as they were said.

"I told you, concubines, few of them are good. How can there be a concubine who doesn't want to be promoted? She just wants to be the head of the palace, so she tried to harm the old princess."

"Will you come with me to see those two maids tonight?" Shangguan Ziqi pleaded.

"Well, I may not be able to cure their throats."

"Well, it's okay, let's go check it out first."

On that night when the moon was dark and the wind was strong, several dark shadows flew out from Qiyayuan.

He left the palace from a corner.

Yu Yuanzheng was taken away by Shangguan Ziqi.

She felt so magical, she didn't expect that Shangguan Ziqi's Qinggong was so good that he could even climb over the wall with her.

He walked a long way before getting on a carriage that had been waiting there for a long time.

It took about three quarters of an hour before they arrived at a secluded small courtyard.

Hey, why is it her dowry courtyard again?

Go in.

The prince had already been waiting in the yard.

It seems that this place is remote enough to be chosen by the father and son.

Everyone knows too well about the palace's assets.

The prince said nothing and led the two of them directly into the main hall. The other secret guards were on alert.

There were two lamps burning in the hall.

The two old ladies huddled together in a corner.

Yu Yuanzheng saw that their clothes were very clean, so the secret guards must have bought them new clothes.

The faces of the two men looked like they had experienced countless hardships.

He was dark and thin, his hair was completely white, his face was covered with countless wrinkles, his back was hunched, and he looked like a dying man in his seventies or eighties.

It's a pity that they are still alive.

She could have married a servant in the palace. Although she was just a servant, at least she would have a worry-free life. The servants in the Rong Palace lived much better than many ordinary people.

When the two saw the prince coming in, they were so scared that they kept shrinking in the corner, but they were already against the corner and had nowhere to retreat.

His body was shaking constantly, and his frightened expression was clearly visible.

The prince had no idea about these two people. He was too young at the time and couldn't remember anything.

Even if he remembered, he wouldn't be able to recognize these two people because they had changed so much.

The prince stepped forward and sat directly on the throne.

An Yi pushed the two old women in between.

They were so scared that they fell to their knees.

It has been so many years since they last saw such a powerful man.

"You were called Cuiliu and Chunyan, right?" the prince asked expressionlessly.

"This is Prince Rong from Prince Rong's Mansion. When the prince asks you questions, you just need to nod or shake your head."

An Qi brought them both back, and the two were quite familiar with An Qi.

On the way back, the man provided them with food and drink and took good care of them. He had no intention of harming them.

As soon as they met, they knew that it was the palace that came looking for them. After so many years, they finally showed up.

But why is Prince Rong so young?

They immediately understood that the old prince had died and his son had inherited the throne.

But no one knows which son will inherit the throne.

Before they left the palace, the second old lady had already killed the second master.

They had been sent away before the third old lady entered the mansion, so they didn't know.

They dare not speak carelessly.

The two old women took no action, and the prince's face turned even colder.

"When the prince asks questions, answer honestly. The prince will not do anything to you, he just wants to know some things." An Qi added.

The prince asked the same question again.

The two of them nodded.

"Were you poisoned and silenced by Jiang Qingqing back then?" the prince asked again.

One of them nodded and the other shook his head.

Your Majesty doesn't understand this, one is right and the other is wrong.

But the two of them couldn't speak, they could only nod and shake their heads.

The prince felt so powerless. He found a strong witness, but he couldn't speak. Even if he knew the truth from the nodding and shaking of the head, he couldn't directly convict the second old lady.

The second old lady would definitely say that he just randomly picked two complete strangers to frame her.

After all, she was the old prince's concubine, a concubine at that, the old princess's biological sister, and she had given birth to two children for the old prince.

It is impossible to convict her so easily based on the nodding and shaking of two dumb people.

The faces of the two men had also changed greatly. The second old lady insisted that she didn't recognize them, that was for sure.

"Father, let your daughter-in-law ask." Seeing the prince's cold face, Yu Yuanzheng didn't know when she could get the truth.

Yu Yuanzheng is a woman, so she wouldn’t scare the two old women too much and was easy to communicate with.

The prince nodded.

“Two elders, I know you have suffered a lot since leaving the palace, and you are lucky to be still alive.

You could have lived a peaceful life in the palace, but you were sent away just because you followed the wrong master and helped him with something. You were also poisoned and sold. Don't you hate this master?"

Yu Yuanzheng patiently and kindly persuaded.

She used these words to instill in them a strong hatred.

She estimated that after so many years, the two of them had been worn out by the hardships and had lost any desire to resist.

After Yu Yuanzheng finished speaking, the two old women's cloudy eyes were instantly filled with tears.

Because they cannot speak, they have endured countless hardships and received countless beatings and scoldings over the years.

Yu Yuanzheng did not continue to disturb them, but let them cry to their heart's content.

Silent crying is even more heartbreaking.

But thinking that these two people must have been assisted by the second old lady, Yu Yuanzheng put away her sympathy.

This person must pay the price for what he has done.

Waited for a while longer.

Yu Yuanzheng continued to ask.

"Did you two help Aunt Qing in the palace to harm the princess?"