Empress Wei looked at His Majesty for a moment and said, "You weren't afraid that I would be too heartbroken, so you let my sisters and the others deceive me? How could Yun'er have taken a fake death potion and faked his own death?"
His Majesty looked at Xie Zhixuan and asked, "How could Yun'er have faked her death by taking a death-pretending drug?"
Xie Zhixuan sighed helplessly, "This is a long story. Yan'er originally asked me for the fake death medicine because she wanted to help Ye Wanhe escape from the palace so that she wouldn't have to stay with Yun'er without any status. So I gave it to her. After all, it wouldn't be appropriate for Ye Wanhe to stay with Yun'er without any status..."
His Majesty frowned slightly. "So it was Ye Wanhe who gave Yun'er the fake death drug? She made Yun'er fake her own death?"
Xie Zhixuan nodded slightly.
Queen Wei excitedly got up from the bed and said, "What about my Yun'er? Where is Yun'er? Ye Wanhe is already the Crown Princess, why would she want to harm Yun'er? I want to ask Ye Wanhe!"
Queen Wei staggered forward to open the door.
His Majesty hurriedly supported Empress Wei and said, "Slow down. I will go to the Eastern Palace with you."
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Inside the East Palace.
Ye Wanhe hadn't fallen asleep yet. Mai Dong walked up to her and said, "Crown Princess, it's late. You should go to bed."
Ye Wanhe looked at the night outside and said, "Today is destined to be a sleepless night."
When Ye Wanhe asked Yun Xiangye to confess, she had already realized that the Gu family would never hide the truth from His Majesty and the Queen.
Ye Wanhe looked at the little Yu'er sleeping soundly in the cradle, listened to the footsteps coming from outside, and then heard the door being forcefully opened.
Ye Wanhe turned around and saw Queen Wei with messy hair. She had never seen Queen Wei so haggard and emaciated.
Queen Wei strode up to Ye Wanhe, grabbed her collar, and asked, "Where's Yun'er? You vicious woman, where is Yun'er?"
Xie Zhixuan stepped forward to support Queen Wei and also set Ye Wanhe free.
Yun Xiangye hurried to Ye Wanhe's side.
Ye Wanhe knelt on the ground and said, "To answer the Queen, I don't know where His Highness is. I only know that I gave him a throat-mute poison and sold him to a foreign human trafficker on the black market."
Upon hearing this, Empress Wei ignored Xie Zhixuan's attempts to stop her and stepped forward to slap Ye Wanhe in the face. "You vicious woman! Yun'er risked disobeying your parents to make you, a humble maid, the Crown Princess. Not only are you ungrateful, you've even committed a crime punishable by the death of your entire clan!"
Ye Wanhe received a slap and smiled at Queen Wei, saying, "Queen, my nine clans are now the Wei family. Are you willing to kill your own family?"
Queen Wei was so angry that she was about to slap Ye Wanhe, but Yun Xiangye blocked her way and knelt on the ground, saying, "Your Majesty."
His Majesty went over and supported Empress Wei, saying, "Don't be angry. Yun'er is still alive. You should take good care of yourself and wait for your reunion with Yun'er."
Queen Wei said sadly, "My Yun'er, his throat was poisoned and he was sold into slavery by human traffickers. I don't know how much suffering he has endured."
Queen Wei burst into tears. She was originally heartbroken, and now she was in great pain. She pointed at Ye Wanhe and said, "You vicious woman! Yun'er loves you so much, why do you treat her like this?"
Ye Wanhe sneered and said, "Do you really think His Royal Highness loves me? Is the so-called love that made me take contraceptive pills for six years? Is the so-called love that made me completely sever ties with my parents? Is it that he forced and humiliated my parents and forced me to become Wei Zhenzhu, knowing that I didn't want to be Wei Zhenzhu?"
Empress Wei clutched her chest and said, "I've always treated you well, but you, have you been watching me heartbroken all these days? You're so heartless, suffering from the pain of separation!"
Ye Wanhe said, "You should also taste the pain of death! My parents traveled thousands of miles from Jiangnan to see their daughter. For over ten years, over ten whole years, Zhao Yun only let me see them once... We were both in Chang'an, but Zhao Yun made me and my parents suffer the pain of separation. During such important festivals as Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, I begged Zhao Yun to see us just once, but he refused. The pain of separation is no less than death."
Ye Wanhe smiled bitterly and said, "Due to the imperial power, I had no choice but to obey Zhao Yun. It was his own fault that I gave him the fake death drug. I just wanted him to experience the pain I went through. If that happens, I will be willing to die..."
Ye Wanhe kowtowed again and said, "Yu'er is innocent. I hope Your Majesty will spare Yu'er for the sake of him being your grandson. My death is not a pity."
His Majesty frowned, glared at Ye Wanhe, and said, "From today on, you are confined to the Eastern Palace. You are not allowed to take even a single step outside. I will decide how to deal with you after we find the Crown Prince."
Ye Wanhe kowtowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace."
His Majesty looked at Gu Ling again and said, "Do your best to search for the Crown Prince's whereabouts, but remember not to make this matter public."
"Yes." Gu Ling agreed, "I will arrange for people to search for the whereabouts of the prince right away."
His Majesty supported the grief-stricken Queen Wei and said, "You should go back and rest first. At least Yun'er is still alive. You must wait patiently for Yun'er to return."
Queen Wei nodded and said, "Well, I will wait patiently for Yun'er to come back."
After His Majesty and Queen Wei left.
Yun Xiangye looked at Ye Wanhe worriedly and said, "Sister, I've let you down."
Ye Wanhe chuckled at Yun Xiangye and said, "Don't say such things. I almost implicated you just to vent my anger."
Ye Wanhe looked at Gu Yan again and said, "Xiang Ye was not involved in this matter before. She was already in Lingshan when she found out that I gave Zhao Yun the drug to fake his death. She kept it a secret from you to protect my life. Don't blame her."
Gu Yan said: "Yeah."
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