"Your Majesty, that day Prince Shun showed the portrait to the princess and the children, but he did not leave the palace."
The prince clearly told Nie Ying that it would not be until tomorrow, so he did not dare to tell her in advance, fearing that the queen would not be able to bear it if she knew the truth.
"I only asked who Prince Shun showed the princess's portrait to, and did not bring up the matter of the palace."
Nie Ying secretly said that it was not good, he had let the cat out of the bag.
"Why don't you tell the truth!" Nanny Yuan said. "I saw Prince Shun leave Youhuang Courtyard with the princess's portrait that day, and he didn't return until dinner."
"this……"
Seeing Nie Ying's hesitation, Nie Jiu said, "Your Majesty, that day, Prince Shun took Nie Ying to a two-story house on the outskirts of the city with the princess's portrait to meet Lin Fang, the confidant of Queen Mother Du of Beiyi."
Shangguan Lan frowned. "Why is she running to the outskirts of the city instead of serving Empress Dowager Du in the palace? Or does she know the truth about Rui'an's murder?"
Seeing that Lin Fang had already been mentioned, Nie Ying felt no need to hide it, so he told the truth: "On the way to Huayang County to pick up the princess, the prince, she kept looking at the prince's appearance, intentionally or unintentionally. The prince suspected that Lin Fang might have seen the princess and even knew the truth about her difficult childbirth. Prince Shun wanted to find out who was behind this, so he asked me to kidnap Lin Fang without anyone noticing and lock her up in a second-floor house on the outskirts of the city. That day, the prince went to see her with the princess's portrait, and from her he learned the real culprit who persecuted the princess. That culprit was Prince Shun's grandmother, Queen Mother Du..."
It’s her!
Shangguan Lan was so angry that her body was shaking. Her sharp fingertips dug deep into her palms, leaving bloody marks, but Shangguan Lan felt no pain at all.
"Mother." Shangguan Jinnian immediately hugged Shangguan Lan. "Don't get too angry and make yourself sick. My sister's spirit in heaven wishes you well. Tomorrow we will go to the palace together to avenge my sister!"
Shangguan Jinnian's words appeased Shangguan Lan.
Shangguan Lan's body stopped shaking, and she was shocked to find that her palm was very painful.
"Mother, your hand is bleeding." Shangguan Jinnian hurriedly took out the medicine and bandaged Shangguan Lan's hand carefully.
"It's nothing serious. No need to bandage it. It will be fine tomorrow."
"No, my father asked me to take good care of you, so I have to take good care of my mother."
While bandaging the wound, Shangguan Jinnian was thinking, apart from Empress Dowager Du's involvement in what happened back then, was Emperor Qianyuan really innocent?
Obviously impossible!
Otherwise, he would not have been so strongly opposed to exhuming the coffin for an autopsy. Even though they had to compromise, he still opposed it.
He should have known in his heart that whether he opened the coffin for an autopsy or moved the grave, the fact that his sister was murdered could no longer be concealed.
"Nie Ying, Nie Jiu, please step back. There's no need to tell Prince Shun about what happened tonight. Queen Mother is fine. Do you understand?"
"clear."
Seeing that Shangguan Lan's expression was not as bad as at the beginning, Nie Ying felt relieved and retreated respectfully with Nie Jiu.
When the two returned to their accommodation, Nie Jiu asked, "Boss, is the queen okay?"
"No, His Majesty the Ninth Prince has already comforted the Queen. She will definitely come to the palace tomorrow. We should pay more attention to her and protect her well."
"yes."
"Mother, when we enter the palace tomorrow, we won't rush to seek revenge on Empress Dowager Du. The most important thing is to help my nephew regain his identity and have Emperor Qianyuan acknowledge his identity in front of all the civil and military officials. It won't be too late to seek revenge on Empress Dowager Du then."
Shangguan Lan has now completely regained her sanity and has already figured out how to teach Empress Dowager Du a lesson. Doesn't she care about the power and status of her Du family?
Then let the Du family lose power in Beiyi and let her know that everything she planned was in vain!
"Of course. It's most important for Ayi to regain his identity."
Su Xingyi had no idea what was happening in the west wing. After washing up, he saw Xiao Xier sleeping with her arms around Xiao Lingyu's neck.
He gently pulled the thin quilt over to cover the mother and daughter, stood by the bed, and looked at the sleeping mother and daughter with a silly smile on his face.
After a long time, he turned around and lay down on the couch in front of the window. Thinking about what was going to happen tomorrow, he couldn't sleep for a while and stared at the ceiling in a daze.
At the same time, Su Ningan, who was far away at Kinmen Station, also did not sleep at all.
We must catch the person behind this tonight and give him a good lesson!
Baili Qingluan next door was in a half-asleep state, and his thoughts were exactly the same as Su Ningan's.
Lu Yao was the only one who fell into a deep sleep.
It turned out that he was already ill, so he went to bed early after drinking the medicine.
Just after midnight, the postmaster quietly entered a separate room.
Qi Feng saw all of this.
"Commander Xiao, I've got what you requested."
Xiao Rao took it and reached out to cut open the box, but the postmaster quickly stopped him, "No, this is contagious. Take the antidote first."
The postmaster handed him a white medicine bottle. Seeing that it was full of antidote pills, Xiao Rao asked, "Who prepared these antidote pills?"
"It's Doctor Xue who was invited today. There was an epidemic in their village back then, and it was he who developed the antidote that controlled the spread of smallpox in time."
Xiao Rao quickly took an antidote pill and waited for a quarter of an hour before opening the box, which contained a child's clothes.
"Commander Xiao, these are the clothes worn by the child in their village who contracted smallpox. If the little prince touches them, he will definitely be infected with smallpox. I will immediately seal off the post station and ask Doctor Xue to come and see the doctor. When the little prince will recover, it all depends on Commander Xiao."
Xiao Rao closed the lid. "Are you sure it won't spread widely? Are there no danger to lives?"
"Absolutely not. Our people have taken the antidote pills, and Doctor Xue is an expert in treating smallpox. There won't be any mistakes, and Prince Fu and the others won't be in danger of their lives."
Xiao Rao immediately arranged for his subordinates to take the antidote pills.
After an unknown amount of time, Xiao Rao, dressed as a postman, followed the postmaster out of the wing room.
Xiao Rao sent the postmaster back to his room, carried the box to the kitchen, and when he appeared in Qi Feng's sight again, there were two more postmen.
I saw two people carrying a bucket of water and following Xiao Rao towards the three-story building.
Qi Feng hurriedly followed.
"Who are you?" Xiao Rao and others were stopped by the guards.
"We are here to bring hot water to you, my lord."
"No need, our master has gone to bed and hasn't asked for water."
Xiao Rao smiled and said, "We have a rule at the post station. We're worried that you might need water when you get up at night, so we always prepare a bucket for you before you go to bed."
The guard quickly glanced at Qi Feng in the dark and said, "Then carry it in, put it down and leave quickly."
"yes."
After Xiao Rao and others carried in a bucket of water, they waved their hands and the guards in the lobby on the first floor fell to the ground one after another.
Soon, Xiao Rao's men came from the dark and stood guard outside the small building.
Qi Feng counted secretly and found that there were dozens of people. It seemed that almost all the people who followed them in secret were here.
Qi Feng took the opportunity to sneak into the lobby, took out the medicine bag and placed it under the noses of the guards who had fainted on the ground. In the blink of an eye, the guards woke up.
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