Spring is back in the garden.

Zhu Pin'er was chatting with a few maids in the yard. When she looked up, she saw Song Qingxue coming back in a panic being supported by Liu Huan. The smiling face just now was immediately replaced by a sad look.

"Princess? This..." Zhu Pin'er hurried forward to lend a hand, carefully helping her walk into the house.

After entering the house, Song Qingxue immediately said, "You all should go out first. I want to be alone."

Liu Huan was worried and wanted to stay in the house, but she scolded him harshly. "Get out!"

"Yes." Liu Huan had no choice but to respond first.

After going out, she stood in front of the door and guarded it, not daring to move a step.

Zhu Pin'er had just returned from Lin Xian's place, so naturally she knew nothing.

She stood at the bottom of the stairs and observed for a long time before she dared to go up and talk to Liu Huan.

"Sister Liu Huan, what happened to the Queen?" She lowered her voice for fear of disturbing the people in the room.

Liu Huan looked up at her, then sighed deeply.

"Princess Changle is dead."

"What!" Zhu Pin'er raised her voice in shock.

Liu Huan quickly reached out and covered her mouth, "Don't scream."

Zhu Pin'er pursed her lips and nodded silently. After Liu Huan released her mouth, she lowered her voice and asked, "What on earth is going on?"

How could the princess die for no reason? Even if she died, what did it have to do with their princess?

"When I rushed there with the emperor and the prince, I just saw the queen stabbing the princess in the heart with a dagger." After Liu Huan finished speaking, he looked into the room involuntarily, but he only saw a motionless figure in front of the table through the paste paper.

He looked away and sighed heavily again.

This amount of information was too much. Zhu Pin'er listened and exclaimed: "This is impossible!"

"The Queen is not that kind of person!" Zhu Pin'er frowned, her tone full of certainty, "The Queen is so nice, how could she do such a thing? You must have seen it wrong."

Liu Huan didn't say anything.

Like Pin'er, she believed that the queen would not do such a thing. But like the prince, she also saw with her own eyes that she stabbed the dagger into the princess's chest.

She knew that this was definitely not the Queen's intention, but what good was it for her to know? If the prince didn't understand, the Queen would not be able to clear herself of this crime.

He saw with his own eyes that the Queen killed the Princess. He chose to believe his own eyes and did not believe the Queen's words.

Seeing that she didn't say anything, Zhu Pin'er felt completely disappointed.

"Sister Liu Huan, why don't you say anything? Do you believe that the Empress would do such a thing?" Zhu Pin'er was a little angry. Liu Huan had been with the Empress for so many years, how could she not know what kind of person the Empress was?

"Does seeing have to be believing?"

When Zhu Pin'er asked this question, her voice trembled a little.

In her mind, the princess is a kind-hearted doctor and a benevolent bodhisattva. When Xunnan was at its worst, it was the princess who brought infinite hope to Xunnan. As a princess, she never put on airs, and was always tolerant and friendly to the common people and servants.

She really couldn't believe that such a good queen would do something like deliberately killing someone!

"I don't believe it. I know what kind of person the queen is. I believe she definitely didn't do it."

Liu Huan's voice became a little hoarse. She took a deep breath, suppressed her emotions, and said, "But it's useless for me to believe her! Pin'er, even if we are the only ones who believe in her, there is no way to clear her name."

Zhu Pin'er fell silent.

Yes, it’s useless if they just believe it.

If the prince and the emperor don't believe it, then everything will be in vain!

"Then what should we do..." Zhu Pin'er wanted to ask what to do now, but before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by the creaky sound of the door opening.

Turning around, I saw Song Qingxue standing in front of the door with an expressionless face.

She still looked in such a sorry state, with mud and blood all over her face, clothes and hands.

"Prepare hot water for me, I want to take a bath." Song Qingxue's tone was lifeless, completely devoid of her usual vitality.

"Yes." Seeing her like this, the two did not dare to ask, and could only respond and go to prepare hot water.

After Song Qingxue quickly washed off the mud and blood on her body, she immediately got out of the bathtub and put on her clothes.

He returned to his room, took out his medicine box, and rolled up his sleeves to apply medicine to himself.

Liu Huan was watching from the side, and it was as if the injury was on his own body. He started to cry as he watched.

In comparison, Song Qingxue, who was actually injured, seemed much calmer.

The white powder was sprinkled on the wound, staining it with blood. It hurt a lot, but she didn't even frown.

She didn't know why, she was obviously so afraid of pain.

Suddenly, she heard a low sobbing sound. Song Qingxue looked up in confusion, only to see that Liu Huan had been crying so hard that his tears were all on his face, leaving water marks.

"Why are you crying so sadly?" Song Qingxue tried to make her tone lighter and said, "Stop crying, it's not your body that's hurt. Hurry up and wipe your tears and help me bandage the wound."

It would have been fine if she didn't say anything, but as soon as she started talking, Liu Huan couldn't hold it in anymore and burst into tears.

“My queen, wuwuwu…My queen, this servant, this servant, wuwuwuwu…”

She cried and raised her arms to wipe her tears, looking like a bullied five or six-year-old child.

Song Qingxue raised her hand and patted her shoulder, forcing a faint smile on her face, and comforted her softly: "Okay, okay, I know you feel sorry for me, be good, if you feel sorry for me, stop crying quickly, and help me bandage my wound first."

"Yes." Liu Huan quickly stopped crying, wiped his tears, and picked up the gauze to bandage Song Qingxue.

The wound on her arm was a little deep and a little long, but fortunately, it did not hurt her bones and muscles. She just had to wait for the wound to scab over on its own.

But in Liu Huan's eyes, it was extremely serious.

The crying that had finally stopped broke out again when he was bandaging her.

"Oh, why are you crying again!" Song Qingxue, who was already upset, felt overwhelmed when she heard this.

She couldn't stand it any longer, so she said, "Forget it, forget it. You don't need to bandage it. Ask Pin'er to come."

"Oh, I'll go call Pin'er right away." Liu Huan responded with sobs, then quickly got up and went out.

Naturally, she would not insist on bandaging the wound herself. Her hands were shaking when she looked at the wound, and her hands were shaking even more when she thought that it was her mother who was injured.

Instead of letting her waste time here, it would be better to find someone who doesn't have shaky hands, so that she won't have to keep looking at the wound and feel sad.

But why not call a doctor?

Liu Huan thought about it and suddenly turned back.

"My lady, your injury is so serious, let's call a doctor to take a look."

Song Qingxue said, "What's so good about this? Go and call Pin'er."

She is a doctor herself. If she can't even cure such a minor injury, she might as well find a job in a factory!

"yes."

Liu Huan called Zhu Pin'er and quickly bandaged her wound.

Song Qingxue reached out and touched the gauze. Just as she was about to speak, she heard a servant's voice coming from outside the yard.

"The Emperor has arrived—"

"The Regent has arrived—"

Having lived in the palace for so long, this was the first time that Song Qingxue heard such a serious announcement.

He quickly adjusted his mood, took a deep breath, and quickly stood up.

When they reached the outside of the courtyard, Song Qingxue bowed to the two of them.

"I have seen the Emperor and the Prince."

Xiahou Le lowered his eyes to look at Xiahou Chongyuan, and then quickly said, "Auntie, please stand up. No need to be so polite."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Song Qingxue stood up straight and looked at Xiahou Chongyuan calmly, "The prince and the emperor have hurried here, but are they planning to punish me?"