The Third Prince saw how miserable Bai Lingling was, and then looked at Bai Jinjin on the other side, who was obviously not as injured as Bai Lingling. Naturally, he thought that Bai Jinjin was the first to attack.
"Bai Jinjin, you and Lingling are sisters, how could you be so cruel?"
Bai Jinjin was stunned. What the hell? Did I do that?
"Second brother, what you said is not right. Why didn't Sister Ling fight back?"
When Concubine Ye heard the Third Prince's unreasonable words, she immediately became angry.
"This Third Prince really speaks without considering the occasion or the situation. How come the Third Prince can't see the wound on our Jinjin's face?"
When the Third Prince heard what Concubine Ye said, he glanced at the bloodstains on Bai Jinjin's face and turned his head away without saying anything.
The Queen said sarcastically, "Noble Concubine Ye, I think Jinjin's wounds are probably not as numerous as Lingling's. I'm afraid the Ninth Princess attacked first."
Hearing the Queen's words, Concubine Ye said sarcastically, "If you can't win, just say so. Why bother using the number of wounds to determine who started the fight? The few wounds on Jinjin's body only mean that we, Jinjin, dodged in time. How can you say that we, Jinjin, started the fight first?"
Bai Juncheng comforted Bai Jinjin and wiped her injured cheek with his hand.
Bai Jinjin's wound was touched, and the pain made her frown. She placed her hands on the wound. Bai Lingling looked at the scene before her, feeling that something big was about to happen. The panic she felt persisted.
She cried and leaned in the arms of the Fourth Prince.
"Brother, Lingling's face is ruined. Lingling, Lingling, I am no longer the beautiful Lingling."
The second prince stroked Bai Lingling's hair with heartache.
"How could that be? Lingling has always been the most beautiful sister in my heart. Your face is not ruined. You are still very beautiful."
The third prince also came forward and wiped Bai Lingling's tears.
"Yes, Lingling has always been the most beautiful, don't worry."
Bai Jinjin glanced at Bai Lingling who was leaning in the arms of the Fourth Prince. She was crying like a pear blossom in the rain, which was so pitiful. But the more pitiful her crying looked, the more vicious her heart was.
Bai Jinjin looked up at Bai Juncheng with tears in her eyes.
"Daddy, Sister Ling put drugs in Mo Yunqiu's medicine. Jinjin found out what Sister Ling did. Seeing that there was no one around, Sister Ling started fighting with Jinjin."
After saying that, she pursed her lips and tears couldn't help falling from her eyes.
"Jinjin stopped Sister Ling. Sister Ling told me not to get in the way. But if Mo Yunqiu doesn't wake up, Jinjin won't be able to find out who set the fire, and Brother Ye won't be able to get out of prison."
When Concubine Ye saw Bai Jinjin crying, she went forward and hugged Bai Jinjin.
"Jinjin, don't worry, let's talk slowly. Mom and Dad are here, no one will bully you, just talk slowly."
When the eldest prince heard this, his pupils shrank. He knew something was going to happen, starting with him handing the medicine bag to Lingling.
He always had a bad feeling. He thought Lingling had lost the medicine bag, but he didn't expect that Bai Jinjin found it when he was putting the medicine in.
Bai Jinjin calmed down, organized her words and took a deep breath.
"I saw Sister Lingling take the medicine from the servant and sprinkle the inexplicable white powder into the medicine that Mo Yunqiu was about to take."
Bai Lingling cried and shouted that she was innocent.
"Father, I will never do such a thing. Father, please believe me."
The fourth prince was the first to express his disbelief.
"That's impossible! Lingling is so beautiful, she would never do such a thing!"
The Second Prince also said, "Yes, Father, we can't just listen to Bai Jinjin's one-sided words."
The eldest prince cupped his fist and said, "Father, this matter still needs further investigation. We really can't just listen to Bai Jinjin's one-sided story, right?"
Seeing this, the Queen also spoke up: "Yes, Your Majesty, although Lingling is not favored, it is not her character to poison someone, Your Majesty."
Whenever Concubine Ye heard the Queen speak today, she couldn't help but want to argue with her.
"Empress, I think it would be better if you kept quiet, wouldn't you?"
The Queen frowned and said, "What's wrong with Concubine Ye's words today? Why are you so angry?"
Concubine Ye stroked her sleeves, then raised her slender fingers and adjusted the hairpin on her head.
"What could possibly happen to me? My daughter Jinjin was beaten like this, so it's only natural for me to be a little angry."
After saying this, he looked at the queen with a smile, but there was indeed no smile in his eyes.
"Your Majesty, the Queen is so calm right now. I guess since you adopted Bai Lingling, you don't have too many feelings for her, right?"
Before the Queen could speak, she continued, "Alas, after all, she's adopted, not your biological child. Even if you have some feelings for her, I'm afraid it's just because you're worried that Bai Lingling will bring some stain on you, right?"
The queen's face was so gloomy that it seemed as if water could drip out of it.
"I know Bai Jinjin is injured, and you're definitely not feeling great, but why are you trying to sow discord between Lingling and me? Is that how Concubine Ye concludes what happened?"
Upon seeing this, Concubine Ye strode towards the Queen. She was the daughter of a general, so how could her aura be weaker than that of the women in the deep palace?
When the queen saw Concubine Ye coming towards her, her face turned pale. Concubine Ye was famous for her arrogance and domineering behavior in the palace. If she attacked her, with the emperor's favor for her, she would probably just be confined to her house.
Concubine Ye walked up to the Queen, looked at her pale face, and sneered.
"Your Majesty, I just walked over. Why are you so pale?"
The queen forced a smile under everyone's gaze.
"I've just been standing here for too long."
Bai Juncheng saw that Concubine Ye was almost done, so he turned his gaze to the four princes.
"How can you guarantee that Bai Lingling didn't do anything to Mo Yunqiu's medicine?"
The Fourth Prince said anxiously, "But Erchen and Lingling have been playing together since they were young. We know her character best."
The Second Prince said, "Yes, Father. Even though Bai Jinjin slapped Lingling in the Imperial Garden, she didn't intend to harm her. Mo Yunqiu is a stranger to Lingling. How could he have drugged her medicine?"
The Third Prince knelt on the ground and said, "Yes, Father, Mo Yunqiu is a stranger to Lingling. What reason could she have to take the risk of drugging Mo Yunqiu?"
Bai Juncheng shook his head and looked at Bai Lingling with a sharp gaze.
"Tell me, why did you appear here in the middle of the night, and why did you drug Mo Yunqiu?"
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