Hearing this, Lu Baozhu didn't care about her status as a princess and cursed: "Bullshit! How can it be that I, the princess, have killed someone?
It was obviously Qin Yuli who stabbed the knife herself! She was seeking death!"
Qin Yuli said with pain: "It was obviously you. You killed me."
"What happened? Please ask the doctor to come over."
Zhao Chong hurried into the courtyard and saw Qin Yuli with a dagger in her abdomen. He stepped forward and said, "Yuli."
Qin Yuli said: "Uncle, don't blame Sister Baozhu, I...I..."
Qin Yuli fainted as she spoke.
When Lu Ze heard the noise and rushed over, he saw Qin Yuli fainted in Zhao Chong's arms, and Lu Baozhu with an angry look on her face.
The imperial physician also rushed over and checked Qin Yuli's wound.
Zhao Chong angrily said to Lu Baozhu: "Lu Baozhu, how dare you kill someone?"
Lu Baozhu said: "Uncle, how could I kill someone? Qin Yuli killed herself!"
Zhao Chong frowned and said, "How could Yu Li kill herself? With so many palace servants watching, Lu Baozhu, are you still trying to make excuses?"
Lu Baozhu frowned and said, "Uncle! You don't believe me? How could I kill her? Uncle, you are my real uncle!"
Lu Ze stepped forward and saluted Zhao Chong, saying, "Your Highness, Baozhu would never kill anyone, and she has no reason to kill Qin Yuli."
Lu Baozhu cried anxiously, "Yes, brother, uncle, I really didn't kill anyone!"
Qin Yuli's maid stepped forward and said, "You were the one who killed her. Some time ago, in Miss Song's room, you clearly told my young lady that if she appeared in front of you again, you would kill her. My young lady thought you had calmed down and came to ask for your forgiveness, but I didn't expect you to actually do it..."
Lu Baozhu said: "When did I say that!?"
Qin Yuli's maid said, "Your Highness can go ask Miss Song and the maid outside Miss Song's room. They should have heard it."
Ruyi, the maidservant beside Lu Baozhu, knelt down and said, "Princess, you really said that, so don't try to justify yourself!"
Lu Baozhu stared at Ruyi beside her, unable to believe that the head maidservant beside her would make up such a story to accuse her. This was the maidservant she trusted the most!
"As one wishes!"
Zhao Chong said angrily: "Come here, first detain Princess Lu, and then try her after we return to the capital tomorrow."
Lu Baozhu looked at Lu Ze anxiously and said, "Brother, I really didn't kill Qin Yuli. Please save me, save me!"
Lu Ze stepped forward and said to Zhao Chong, "Your Highness, although Baozhu likes to act a little bit naughty on weekdays, she will never kill anyone, and she doesn't have the courage to kill Qin Yuli."
Zhao Chong said coldly, "Ze'er, I know you are eager to protect your sister, but now all the palace maids have testified, and even the maids beside her said that Lu Baozhu killed her. I can't bend the law for personal reasons, otherwise it will be difficult to explain to my uncle and cousin!"
Lu Ze frowned, looking at Zhao Chong, who lived farther away than him but arrived here earlier than him, the imperial physician who brought white medicine and gold medicine as soon as he arrived, and the palace maids who testified in the hall. What else could he not understand?
This is a trap!
Even if Lu Baozhu explained, it would be useless!
But what did Zhao Chong and Qin Yuli do to Lu Baozhu?
Lu Ze walked up to Lu Baozhu and said, "It will be fine. Sleep well tonight. The ancestors of the Zhao family will protect you."
Lu Baozhu looked into Lu Ze's eyes and said, "Brother, I really didn't kill anyone. I really didn't."
"I believe you." Lu Ze said, "My sister would never kill anyone."
Zhao Chong looked at Lu Ze deeply.
Qin Yuli's abdominal wound had been bandaged. She slowly woke up and looked directly at Lu Ze and said, "Cousin Ze..."
Lu Ze said coldly: "Since Miss Qin is injured, you should take a good rest."
The next day, he got up early to pay homage to the imperial mausoleum, and when he returned to Shengjing City it was already three quarters after 3 p.m.
After Lu Ze returned to the princess's residence, Princess Pingrou saw Lu Ze returning alone and asked, "Where is Baozhu? Baozhu didn't come back with you?"
Lu Ze frowned and said, "Mom, Baozhu is in trouble."
Princess Pingrou asked in panic, "What?"
Prince Consort Lu also asked, "What happened to your sister? You went to the imperial mausoleum with your sister, how could something happen to your sister?"
Princess Pingrou held Lu Ze's sleeve and asked, "What happened to your sister?"
Lu Ze said: "Let's go inside and talk first."
Princess Pingrou entered the room and saw the servants offering her tea. She waved her hands and said, "No need for tea. Ze'er, please speak!"
Lu Ze said, "Last night, when my sister returned to her bedroom, she met Qin Yuli. Qin Yuli stabbed herself in the lower abdomen with a knife, saying that Baozhu wanted to kill her. All the palace people in the bedroom testified for Qin Yuli, and even the Crown Prince only believed Qin Yuli."
Princess Pingrou said, "I know your sister best. Although she may have been naughty and mischievous in the past, she is the last person to hurt anyone. Over the years, she has only been verbally aggressive and has never even hit anyone. How could she kill someone? I'll go find your uncle."
Lu Ze asked all the maids to go down and ordered Deqing and the secret guards to stand guard outside the door.
"Mother, I have something important to tell you and father."
Princess Pingrou asked anxiously, "What could be more important than saving your sister right now?"
Lu Ze said: "What I want to talk about is about saving my sister."
Prince Consort Lu said to Princess Pingrou, "Princess, don't be anxious yet. Listen to what Ze'er has to say."
Pingrou said anxiously, "Hurry up and tell me!"
Lu Ze said, "The story starts from 23 years ago. Mother, do you still remember what you told me, that when my grandmother gave birth to the Crown Prince, Nanny Qin almost replaced the baby?"
Ping Rou said, "Well, what's wrong?"
Lu Ze said: "At that time, Nanny Qin didn't want to exchange the child born by my grandmother, but wanted to exchange it for the daughter born by my grandmother. The baby girl that Nanny Qin was holding was not her daughter, but the daughter born by my grandmother!"
Prince Consort Lu shouted, "Lu Ze, do you know what you are talking about?"
Lu Ze said: "I know that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not my biological uncle, but a child of the Qin family, but I think the Crown Prince doesn't know this yet.
But even if the prince doesn't know his own identity, his methods are extremely vicious. Now that my grandfather is in seclusion to practice, he has fallen into the vicious trap of the prince and the Qin family.
The sweet herb scent that is prevalent in the capital is the poisonous flower opium from Persia. It is addictive and will only cause premature death and shorten the lifespan of those who use it.
"Yesterday in the Imperial Mausoleum Palace, all the palace people said that it was Baozhu who killed Qin Yuli. I think Qin Yuli alone doesn't have the ability to do this. It's possible that the Crown Prince was also involved. So asking the Crown Prince to save Baozhu may be useless."
Princess Pingrou couldn't digest so much information at once, and her mind was in a mess.
"Why did they deliberately frame Baozhu? Especially Qin Yuli. Baozhu has been very good to her over the years!"
Lu Ze said, "I don't know why Qin Yuli would rather hurt herself than frame Baozhu. Baozhu has no grudges against anyone, so they probably didn't go after her. I think they will tell us their purpose soon."
Princess Pingrou stood up and said, "I'll go to the palace to find your grandfather!"
Prince Consort Lu stopped Princess Pingrou and said, "His Majesty has already said that he will not see anyone, so you cannot enter. Now let's pretend that we don't know the identity of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Let's go and ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince first. Ze'er, where is Baozhu now?"
Lu Ze said: "In the prison of Shengjing Yamen."
Princess Pingrou couldn't help but worry, "How can my Baozhu bear this hardship? Ze'er, your father and I will go to the East Palace first. You pick two reliable maids for Baozhu to serve her."
Lu Ze replied: "Yes."
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The Prince Qi's Mansion nearby.
Qi Yuning looked at the account book attentively, occasionally looking at the map, calculating how far Lu Baoxue and Lu Baoshuang should have reached based on their pace.
Shuangjiang came in hurriedly to report: "Princess, Princess Baozhu has been detained in Shengjing Prison!"
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