Mother Jin was so frightened at this time that she shook her head and said, "No, that's not what I meant, it's just..."
Meng Qi waved her hand and said, "Tell me, tell me how Li has served the Crown Prince over the years and what she has done. Tell me everything without revealing a single word."
Roland was so surprised when she heard this that she took two steps forward and tugged at Mother Jin's sleeve. "Mother Jin, what's going on? Concubine Li is working for the Crown Prince?"
Meng Qi looked at Roland's nervous expression, her cluelessness unfazed. Song Chengze said, "Zhang Decheng, take this girl across the street and ask."
Zhang Decheng nodded, and Chu Yong came up and carried Roland out.
Mother Jin shook her head, "Old slave, I don't know what the princess is talking about."
Meng Qi flexed her wrists. "Although you don't serve the prince directly, you came from the palace with Li, so you can be considered an old member of the palace. No one knows better than you what Li has done. I know you have no relatives, and if one person is well fed, the whole family will not be hungry. And Li saved your life in the palace, so you plan to swear allegiance to Li until death."
When Mother Jin heard Meng Qi say this, she knew she had found out everything about her past, and she calmed down. She was absolutely innocent, so Meng couldn't expect to hear a single word of the truth from her.
"But you probably don't know that the whole thing about Li rescuing you was orchestrated by her. She planned it all on purpose. First, she had someone push you into the lake, and even held you down with a pole where you couldn't see. Then, she pretended to have just discovered you, and she jumped in to save you while shouting for help."
When Mother Jin heard this, her mouth opened in surprise. "You're talking nonsense! How is that possible?"
"Why not? She had already been assigned to serve the prince, and she needed someone who was completely devoted to her, someone who could help her with things she couldn't do in person at the palace. So, she chose you, someone with no background, no relatives, doing the lowest job in the Shangyi Bureau, and being bullied everywhere.
"After she plotted against you, she often visited you, bringing you medicine, food, and clothes, and giving you money to spend. She even used the prince's name to ask for you from the Shangyi Bureau."
Seeing that Mother Jin still didn't believe it, Meng Qi sighed, "You didn't need to take that road that day. Did an old woman tell you that snakes were found on the road you were originally taking and told you not to go that way?"
Mother Jin seemed to remember something and suddenly raised her head and stared at Meng Qi.
"The road you were walking on was so wide and rarely used. How could you have been knocked down and had your clothes thrown out? If you hadn't been trying to catch the clothes, how could you have fallen in? Also, if someone had really accidentally bumped into you and seen you fall, shouldn't they have rescued you immediately? Even if you couldn't swim, you could have shouted for help, but did you hear it? When you were about to die, Li came out and jumped into the water to save you.
"You've been with her for so many years. Is she a good swimmer? You had no connection with her at that time. Why would she risk her life to save you?"
Mother Jin's face had turned pale. She didn't even bother to cover her right cheek. She stared blankly at Meng Qi as she continued, "If she can't swim, how did she manage to rescue you? That's because the person who hit you had been hiding behind the rockery. After seeing Li jump, she pulled you up. Li was just pretending. You idiot, you didn't even suspect anything and let Li use you for so many years."
Meng Qi snorted coldly, turned around and sat back down on the kang. "Go ahead, tell me everything you know about what Li did. I promise that after you tell me, you can retire on the farm."
Hearing this, Mother Jin turned to look at Song Chengze. Song Chengze scraped the teacup and said, "The princess has the final say."
Mother Jin sank to her knees. "When and how did Concubine Li obey the Crown Prince's orders? I really don't know. And I only found out she was working for the Crown Prince after I followed her to the Rui Palace."
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