Bai Jinjin was also a little worried, but she was also unwilling to let Bai Lingling go like this.
"Don't worry, even if Bai Lingling doesn't tell you, your father will find out."
Ye Jiuge, who was sitting on the other side, spoke lightly.
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Qinglian was standing beside Bai Lingling, her face pale and lips trembling. "Princess, what are we going to do if this is traced back to us?"
"Why are you panicking? No one has found out about this yet, right?" Bai Lingling said, calming herself down.
If this matter was exposed, Qinglian could be blamed. Bai Lingling looked at Qinglian with a deep gaze and a smile on her lips.
Qinglian hit Bai Lingling's leg and suddenly felt cold and shivered.
"You have been with me longer than the other palace maids." Bai Lingling took a sip of tea and spoke calmly.
Qinglian's breathing slowed down when she was asked this question. She forced a smile and replied to Bai Lingling, "Yes, I have been serving you for more than three months."
Bai Lingling nodded in satisfaction, "I feel more at ease with you doing things."
The incoherent words made Qinglian confused for a moment, and she could only shut her mouth and quietly massage Bai Lingling's legs.
The Queen Mother looked at Bai Yan, whose face was pale, and asked, "Yan'er, didn't you go to look for Jinjin?"
"Yes, Jinjin also accepted my thanks." Bai Yan said with a smile looking at the empress dowager.
The Queen Mother smiled with relief upon hearing this. "Jinjin is a girl with a sharp tongue but a soft heart. What she does may seem to be for herself, but it's actually for the other person."
After being reminded by the Empress Dowager, Bai Yan seemed to have figured something out and relaxed his tense body. He chuckled softly, "Yes, what the Empress Dowager said is absolutely right."
Bai Yan only now realized that Bai Jinjin's harsh words were meant to prevent him from suffering any loss because of protecting Bai Lingling.
"Looking at your expression, I know that you have figured out the problems in your heart, right?" The Queen Mother walked down and touched Bai Yan's hair and said kindly.
"Yeah." Bai Yan only now realized how wrong he was. He paused and then spoke again, "Shouldn't I still be grounded today?"
The Queen Mother liked Bai Jinjin even more after she mentioned this. "It was Jinjin who brought Ye Jiuge to ask your father for mercy early in the morning."
Bai Yan stared at the Queen Mother in amazement, "Is it Bai Jinjin who pleaded for me?"
The Queen Mother nodded slowly, and Bai Yan chuckled, saying that she really had a sharp tongue but a soft heart.
Bai Juncheng looked at the testimony presented by the imperial kitchen and snorted coldly, "Investigate the Sixth Princess for me."
In fact, Bai Juncheng had no confidence in confirming Bai Lingling, but she had a criminal record that made Bai Juncheng worried.
"Your Majesty, someone in the imperial kitchen said they saw Qinglian from the Sixth Princess's palace helping out in the imperial kitchen." Li Ji walked in from outside and asked hurriedly.
Bai Juncheng snorted coldly, "I knew Bai Lingling couldn't escape this."
"Should we bring the Sixth Princess here now?" Li Ji asked seriously from the side.
"Call them over, and call a few princes over as well." Bai Juncheng said firmly.
Soon the group arrived at the Xuanzheng Hall.
Bai Lingling looked at the intimidating Bai Juncheng and trembled unconsciously, "Your Highness greets His Majesty."
"Sixth Princess, why did your maid appear in the imperial kitchen?" Bai Juncheng asked Bai Lingling expressionlessly.
Upon hearing this, Qinglian, who was standing beside him, felt weak and staggered, almost falling to her knees in the hall.
Bai Jing looked at Bai Lingling without any emotion in his eyes, "It's you again."
Looking at Bai Jing who was calm, Bai Lingling looked at him with trembling lips, "Brother, what do you mean by that?"
"Your Majesty, I think we can start investigating this matter from Qinglian." Bai Yu bowed.
Qinglian's face turned pale when she heard this and she knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, I have been wronged."
"If you confess, I may consider sparing you." Bai Juncheng stared at Qinglian and said sarcastically.
"That day, I went to the imperial kitchen to get crab cakes for the Sixth Princess, but ended up being kept there to help with the dinner." Qinglian tearfully explained everything, fearing Bai Juncheng wouldn't believe her. "How could the head nanny know that?"
Bai Juncheng glanced at Li Ji, who bowed and left the Xuanzheng Hall.
Bai Lingling looked at Qinglian meaningfully, and Bai Yan saw it clearly.
Although he knew in his heart that it was Bai Lingling who did it, when he actually saw it, he still felt like someone poured cold water on him.
"Third brother, don't worry. That's how I saw it clearly at the beginning." Bai Jing patted Bai Yan's shoulder gently and comforted him.
Bai Yan didn't expect Bai Jing to see through his emotions, and his nose suddenly felt sore, "Brother."
Li Ji brought the head nanny to Xuan Zheng Hall.
"Look at this little palace maid. Has she asked the imperial kitchen for crab roe pastry?" Bai Juncheng glanced at Qinglian and said.
Feeling Bai Juncheng's gaze, Qinglian's kneeling figure shuddered.
"Your Majesty, this little palace maid did come to ask me for some crab roe pastries." The head nanny glanced at Bai Lingling before agreeing.
Bai Yu sneered, "Father is asking if you have seen Qinglian. Why are you looking at what the Sixth Princess is doing?"
"Your Highness, I don't know what you are talking about." The head nanny responded calmly.
"The head nanny is really eloquent." A clear and tender voice sounded at the door, and three servants followed behind Bai Jinjin.
Bai Yu walked forward with a guilty conscience, took Bai Jinjin's hand and brought her to Bai Juncheng's side.
"Jinjin, why are you here?" Bai Juncheng glanced at Li Ji, then patted Bai Jinjin's head kindly and said.
Bai Jinjin took the milk tea handed to her by Li Ji with a smile, "I'm bringing a witness for Daddy."
Following her gaze towards the head nanny, Bai Jinjin said softly, "Nanny, do these three people look very familiar to you?"
Upon hearing this, the head nanny turned her head to look at the two of them and her face turned pale.
"Tell me, what did you see?" Bai Jinjin said.
"I saw the Sixth Princess give Madam two anchors of gold."
"This old servant saw Qinglian secretly tampering with the Third Prince's food."
The head nanny collapsed completely to the ground.
"Why didn't you come and report to me at that time?" Bai Juncheng looked at them with deep eyes.
The maid trembled, "Qinglian said that if the contempt for the emperor is revealed, the Sixth Princess will kill this servant."
After that, the two of them kowtowed on the ground, "Your Majesty, please spare my life. I will never dare to do that again."
Now that the whole thing has become clear, Bai Yan doesn't even want to look at Bai Lingling. He trusts her so much, but the news he gets is that she really wants to poison him.
"Your Majesty, please spare my life!" Seeing that the truth was exposed, Qinglian knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.
Bai Lingling looked at the stupid teammate next to her and glared at her with gritted teeth.
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