"The Crown Prince will only thank us for recovering the things from Yuqing Palace. These are all royal possessions. How could the Crown Prince reward you with a slave?"

The wet nurse tried to struggle, but was knocked unconscious by a slap.

Ling Pu was also taken to the prison. He still didn't understand what had happened. He was the chief steward of the Imperial Household Department just now, but now he had become a prisoner for no apparent reason.

Judging from the situation, I'm afraid his home has been surrounded. He has been trying to make profits all his life, but in the end, all his efforts were in vain. How infuriating.

He happened to see the wet nurse being brought in, so he went straight up and slapped her twice.

For him, it must be the wet nurse who did something to harm him, otherwise how could he not only lose his position as chief steward for no reason, but also be taken to the Sky Prison to await trial!

"Why did you hit me?"

"Bitch, did you do something to harm me? I was just drinking tea in the Imperial Household Department when suddenly a group of people rushed in and tied me up."

"How should I know? I was arrested right after I left the palace. I was even thinking about asking if you had done something to implicate me."

After a quarrel, the two calmed down and analyzed why they ended up in this situation.

"Are you saying that your captors accused you of stealing something created within?"

"Yes, hiss! Do you think the Crown Prince has noticed what I have done? Otherwise, everything was fine before. Why was he arrested today as soon as I took the things out of the palace?"

"It's possible. I told you not to steal the Crown Prince's things. They were all given to him by the Emperor. The Imperial Household Department has all the records. If they were caught, it would be a disaster.

You refused to listen, and now you've caused me to lose my position as the Minister of State, and I have to suffer in this prison waiting for news."

The wet nurse was also a little scared, but she didn't think she was wrong.

The prince was raised by her, and she was his wet nurse. Moreover, the prince was very filial to her. What's wrong with her taking some things? Isn't it right?

The prince was almost thrown into disarray when his best wet nurse and wet father Ling Pu were thrown into jail together.

Is the Emperor planning to remove all the people he trusts one by one to pave the way for Yinzhen?

What a cruel heart he has. Yinzhen is his son, but he is not?

Could it be that because the Empress Dowager took Yinzhen's name, the Emperor had to give him everything that a legitimate son deserved?

Did he know that Yinzhen was just a bastard's son? If he hadn't been adopted by the Empress Dowager, how could he have lived such a decent life?

But now he had no way to save the couple, because one of their crimes was stealing things created by the gods, which was punishable by beheading.

Moreover, the nanny stole things from his warehouse. He respected her, and she knew it very well. Why was she so stupid as to steal?

Also, who had complained to the Emperor? He didn't believe that the Emperor would have detained the two of them for no reason.

Just as he was about to get up and go to the Qianqing Palace to plead for the two of them, he received a letter from Soetu.

When he read in the letter that Ling Pu's family used his connections to cheat, buy and sell official positions, and even trade people in private, he panicked.

How could they do these things behind my back? If I didn't find out now, and wait for the truth to be exposed many years later, I would not only not be trying to usurp the throne, but I would probably be secretly dealt with by the emperor before I even started.

There is no point in saving people like this. Let them just die. Death will put an end to it all!

"Come here, change my clothes. I need to go to the Palace of Heavenly Purity to apologize."

No matter what, these two people are related to him. Since they made a mistake, he should go to the Qianqing Palace to apologize no matter what.

Of course, he didn't think he did anything wrong, he just did it for others to see.

After all, he is the prince, and he has to save face. Otherwise, what if others say he is cold-blooded and ruthless?

In the Qianqing Palace, Kangxi had already packed up and was ready to spend the night in the Chengqian Palace. There were a lot of things to do today, and he didn't know whether his cousin was asleep or not.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid we can't go to Chengqian Palace. The Crown Prince is here."

There was a flash of displeasure in Kangxi's eyes. It was already so late, and he still had no tact at all.

Although she thought so, she still told him to come in.

As soon as the prince came in, he knelt on the ground and begged Kangxi to punish him.

"Father Your Majesty, I know that Madam and the others made mistakes and should be punished, but that was all due to my failure to supervise them properly. I plead guilty.

I also ask Your Majesty to forgive Madam this time for her dedication in taking care of me. If it weren't for Madam's protection over the years, I don't know how much suffering I would have endured."

The prince's words were so touching that at least the palace maids serving in the Qianqing Palace couldn't help but look at him with pity.

But Kangxi knew what kind of person he was, and he did this to give outsiders the impression that he was a sentimental person. Therefore, he was disappointed in the prince.

"You came to me so late just to tell me this? Do you know what they did?"

The prince was a little nervous. He couldn't just say he was just here for a show, could he? If he said that, his position as crown prince would be in jeopardy.

Seeing that he had nothing to say, Kangxi became even more disappointed. This was the son he had carefully raised for twenty years. He was really great.

"Come here, send the prince back."

"Emperor Father?"

"The evidence of Ling Pu and his wife's guilt is irrefutable. You don't need to plead for them. Go back to your Yuqing Palace and reflect on the past."

The prince thought that Kangxi believed his words and used this punishment to silence the public, so he kowtowed and returned to Yuqing Palace with a look of loss.

House arrest can be exchanged for a good reputation, not bad, it's worth it.

In Chengqian Palace, Mu Sili shook her head in the direction of Yuqing Palace. The prince was a little stupid. How could he not see that Kangxi was disappointed in him?

"Your Majesty, the Emperor is here."

"He's here, let him in on his own. He came just as I was getting ready for bed, and you think he'll be the one to take care of me when I go out? He's not going to be there!"

"That's right. It's my fault for being late. You can all go down. You don't need to serve here anymore."

"Yes, I'll take my leave."

After everyone left, Kangxi leaned on Mu Sili's shoulder with a shameless laugh.

“Cousin, the prince is already twenty years old, how could he still be so stupid?

At the beginning, he pretended to be sympathetic to the officials who had lost their loved ones and secretly played with concubines and palace maids in the study. I only punished him briefly and did not give him a severe punishment.

Did this make him think that no matter what happened, my punishment for him was just house arrest, and it wouldn't really threaten his position as Crown Prince?"

"Who knows? You raised the prince single-handedly, and you know his personality best. Whether it's rewards or punishments, it's all up to you. I was just a concubine's mother at the time, so it's only natural that I could be in charge of the prince's affairs."

Kangxi touched her head helplessly. He knew this was the case, but the prince was raised in a wrong way, so he had to find someone to take the blame for him, right?