Chapter 209 The Inside Story of the Sixth Princess’ Poisoning

Last night, the Third Prince, under the pretext of caring about his sister, went to Rongle Palace while the Queen Mother had gone to bed.

Lu Xinghui was very afraid of the third prince.

Although life has been hard these days in Rongle Palace, I have tried to please the Queen Mother, so I think things will get better in the future.

"Did you secretly hide the things under the Royal Concubine's table?" The Third Prince asked without even caring about Lu Xinghui's injury.

He knew that his sister was stupid, but she also had a lot of ideas.

Lu Xinghui was originally planning to confess to his brother, but after seeing his gloomy face, he suddenly changed his words: "Brother! I really don't know!"

As he spoke, he burst into tears: "I was here to celebrate the birthday of the Imperial Grandmother, but I was poisoned."

"I am in such a miserable state. It would be fine if my brother didn't comfort me, but he actually blames me."

As she spoke, she began to believe it herself, and she couldn't stop crying because of the grievances she had suffered in Rongle Palace in recent days.

The third prince seemed a little moved.

After all, she is her own sister. Now that her mother is gone, she can only rely on herself.

Thinking of this, the third prince stood beside the bed and gently stroked Lu Xinghui's shoulder, as if to express his apology.

Lu Xinghui smiled triumphantly.

Lu Xing's recollection was simple. He had originally thought that his father would reprimand the royal concubine to vent his anger.

But she didn't expect that this matter would ferment so seriously in the palace.

With the confirmation from Tong Lu Xinghui, the Third Prince was more confident when facing Song Qingyan: "Empress Chen."

Song Qingyan also smiled and asked the third prince to sit down.

Then he got straight to the point and said, "Jinchen came here to investigate Xinghui's poisoning on the orders of your father?"

As Song Qingyan spoke, her words were cold and her expression was more serious than ever.

The third prince was somewhat surprised.

He quickly stood up and saluted, "Madam Chen, please forgive me. I don't doubt you, but I found this thing under your desk, so I have to go through the formalities and ask you."

Song Qingyan stood up after hearing this and said, "I just said that I didn't have it. Please do as you please, Third Prince."

Then he left the side hall without looking back.

The third prince stood there with a gloomy face.

Lu Xingwan happily raised her little hands and wanted to get down from the ground and walk a few steps by herself.

[Mother is so cool! The Third Prince must be so pissed off right now!]

[Hahahaha, Lu Xing has this kind of brain and still wants to fight with his mother. He should just stay at home and drink milk obediently! ]

The third prince investigated the matter over and over again for several days, but in the end he did not find any result.

The Emperor of Chu almost forgot about this matter.

Unexpectedly, a few days later, when all the concubines paid their respects to the empress, Concubine Lin suddenly spoke up and said that she knew the inside story of the Sixth Princess' poisoning.

For a moment, everyone looked at Lin Bin in surprise.

The queen still had that smiling face: "This matter involves the Royal Concubine, so that's it."

After the queen said this, she looked at Yunlan beside her and said, "Yunlan, go to Qingyun Palace and invite the Royal Consort."

When Yunlan arrived at Qingyun Palace, Song Qingyan was discussing embroidery with Qionghua.

In Lu Xingwan's words, both of them are half-baked and of the same ilk, yet they are still discussing this with great interest.

Jinyu walked in and said, "Your Majesty, Yunlan from the Empress's Palace is here and wants to ask Your Majesty to go to the Jinxiu Palace."

Song Qingyan didn't even raise her head.

Qionghua, however, raised her head and looked at Jinyu: "Sister Jinyu, didn't His Majesty say that Your Majesty didn't need to go to Jinxiu Palace to pay respects? Why are you here at this hour?"

Jinyu had already started to pull Song Qingyan up from the table and do her makeup.

"I have tried to inquire about Yunlan's words, and it seems to be related to the poisoning of the Sixth Princess."

[Yo, the Queen has indeed taken action. That’s why she has been so well behaved these past few days! ]

【So I was waiting here! 】

Lu Xingwan completely hates Shen Ning.

She actually dared to poison me and then deceived me and my mother. How despicable she was.

"Let's go!" Song Qingyan looked at herself in the mirror, and she felt more expectant. "This play is getting more and more exciting."

When Song Qingyan brought Lu Xingwan into Jinxiu Palace, no one had any doubts.

After all, everyone in the palace now knows that the Royal Concubine must take Princess Yong'an with her wherever she goes.

Song Qingyan entered the inner room and bowed slightly to Shen Ning: "I pay my respects to the Empress."

Then, without waiting for the Queen to reply, he turned around and sat in the seat below the Queen.

Although Song Qingyan did not come to greet the Empress Good Morning, this seat was always reserved for her.

Lu Xingwan was stunned.

[Did mother get kidnapped by someone today? Why don’t you even pretend today? 】

Song Qingyan: I'm just too lazy to pretend and I'm tired.

However, Lu Xingwan's next words were not intended to blame her.

[Mother, you should have done this a long time ago. This is how you should act like a favored concubine! ]

[Look at yourself, mother. You only have one daughter, but she was made a royal concubine. She is also the same as the empress, and she is the prince's aunt. Her father is a marquis with great military achievements. Throughout history, there have been few concubines like you. ]

[If I were your mother, I would walk around the palace like a tyrant every day, causing trouble for the Empress every day.]

Song Qingyan listened to Lu Xingwan's words and chuckled softly.

Seeing her like this, Shen Ning felt even more unhappy.

But her expression was unmistakable: "I invited the Imperial Concubine here today because Concubine Lin just said she knew the inside story of the Sixth Princess being poisoned."

"Since this matter is related to the Royal Concubine, I think it would be better for you to be present."

After saying this, he stared at Song Qingyan in front of him, trying to see some clues from her expression.

Unexpectedly, Song Qingyan's expression remained unchanged: "The Queen is very thoughtful."

Then he turned to look at Linpin: "Linpin, go ahead!"

Concubine Lin greeted Song Qingyan politely, whispered something in the ear of the palace maid beside her, and turned around to explain.

"The Fifth Princess has been feeling uneasy in the palace these days. When I asked her yesterday, I found out that she actually saw... at the birthday banquet..."

After saying this, Lin Bin looked up at Song Qingyan.

When Shen Ning saw her expression, he smiled even more.

Song Qingyan, it seems that I am not the only one in this palace who dislikes you.

In the past, you thought that Concubine Lin was your person, but you two are not of one mind after all. Now that something bad has happened, you are the first one to betray her.

While Shen Ning was thinking, the fifth princess Lu Xingyun had already walked in with the maid who was with Concubine Lin just now.

Then he knelt on the ground and said, "Greetings to the Queen Mother and all the ladies."

Then he raised his head, as if trying to calm himself down: "I was at the birthday banquet that day and never left. I saw with my own eyes that the maidservant beside Sixth Sister put the poison under Madam Chen's table."