Chapter 159: Evil Maid
Seeing that Yan Shixu had discovered something wrong, Wen Li'er quietly stepped aside and let him handle the matter.
Yan Shixu's eyes were as sharp as torches, shooting straight at Chuntao and Chunxing, and his voice was so cold that it seemed to be able to freeze water into ice.
"Since you two are responsible for serving King Liang, why haven't you changed King Liang's bedding, which is so dirty?"
Chuntao was so scared that she fell to her knees with a thud, her voice trembling.
"Your Majesty, I... we have been doing our best to take care of Prince Liang. However, he has been very ill these past few days, vomiting and suffering from diarrhea several times a day. Just now, I saw that Prince Liang had soiled his bedding, and before I had time to change it, Your Majesty and the Empress arrived."
Chun Xing also knelt on the ground and nodded desperately.
"Your Majesty, that's exactly what happened. Sister Chuntao and I were just about to change the clothes and bedding for His Highness Prince Liang when His Majesty and the Empress arrived. Therefore, we can only postpone changing His Highness Prince Liang's clothes."
Yan Shixu glanced at the two of them coldly.
"Are you really doing your best? If that's the case, leaving aside the bedding, the windows in this bedroom are wide open, letting the cold wind in. How can Prince Liang's condition not get worse?"
He glanced at Yongtai.
Yongtai understood and immediately stepped forward with two eunuchs.
He lowered the curtains of King Liang's bed and quickly changed his underwear and bedding.
Then, he carefully examined the soiled clothes and bedding and reported to Yan Shi: "Your Majesty, the stains on Prince Liang's clothes and bedding did not occur in a short period of time. And..."
Yongtai's face looked a little angry.
Yan Shixu ordered him to continue.
Yongtai said hurriedly, "I also noticed that there are many purple marks on His Royal Highness Prince Liang's body. It seems that he was beaten with bamboo sticks. There are also many pinch marks on his thighs..."
quiet.
The entire hall fell into dead silence.
No one had expected that two little palace maids would dare to abuse a prince.
Yan Shixu's face was extremely gloomy, and he kicked Chuntao, who was closest to him, away.
"To dare to murder the prince is an unforgivable crime! Come, take these two evil servants to the Ministry of Punishment and interrogate them strictly. If there are any masterminds behind this, no one should be spared!"
Chuntao and Chunxing were so frightened that they knelt down and begged for mercy.
But the guards dragged them out without mercy.
The palace maids serving in Mingchang Palace were all silent, huddled in the corner, with their heads hung, not daring to say a word.
At this moment, Prince Liang's wet nurse, Yu, stepped forward and knelt on the ground.
She slammed her forehead against the ground, feeling extremely ashamed.
"Your Majesty, Chun Tao and Chun Xing, two evil maids, abused King Liang right under my nose, but I was completely oblivious. This is truly unjust. I am guilty, and I beg Your Majesty to punish me."
Yan Shixu cast a cold gaze upon Yu and scolded her, "You are indeed guilty. As the Liang King's wet nurse, you were completely oblivious to the evil deeds of the evil servant by your side. This is truly a dereliction of duty! Come, take her to the Ministry of Punishment."
"Your Majesty~~~"
A very beautiful palace maid behind Yu took a few steps forward and suddenly knelt at Yan Shixu's feet.
She wept, "Your Majesty, I beg you to rescind your order. Since Yang Guifei's passing, the person closest to Prince Liang has been our wet nurse. If he doesn't see our wet nurse upon waking, his condition will surely worsen due to his anxiety. Furthermore, the reason our wet nurse didn't notice the two evil maids' misdeeds was because when Prince Liang first fell ill, we stayed with him for two days and nights. Because of her age, she collapsed from exhaustion, and that's why she failed to notice the two evil maids' misdeeds."
Wen Li'er, who was standing by, always felt that something was wrong.
If only two daring and evil maids were abusing Prince Liang in private, and no one else knew about it, then why were the two eunuchs guarding in front of Mingchang Palace so nervous?
It was as if he was worried that the emperor would catch him doing something evil.
The two eunuchs probably knew that Prince Liang was being abused.
Fearing of being discovered, they wanted to warn the evildoers loudly so that they could cover up their actions first.
If the two gatekeeper eunuchs knew it, how could the wet nurse not know it?
She looked at Yu with scrutiny, then at Yan Shixu.
He looked down at the beautiful palace maid, his brows slightly furrowed, and it was unknown what he was thinking about.
Wen Li'er's eyes widened, and her gaze couldn't help but linger on the palace maid for a while longer.
This palace maid was extremely stunning.
Bright eyes, white teeth, graceful nose and lips, celestial figure, icy skin and bones...
At first glance, she looks more colorful than Wen Li'er.
The beauty knelt at the emperor's feet and shed tears, but they were not tears flowing down her fair and beautiful face. Instead, crystal tears rolled down her fair and beautiful face.
It's like spring rain falling on white lotus, pure and beautiful.
Wen Li'er secretly looked at Yan Shixu's expression.
She secretly thought, could it be that the emperor... has taken a fancy to this palace maid?
If Yan Shixu knew what she was thinking at this moment, he would probably be so angry that he would vomit blood.
He was thinking about something, thinking about the importance of his wet nurse Yu to Yan Shiliang.
He remembered that Yan Shiliang was indeed very attached to this wet nurse, especially after Yang Guifei's death.
No matter where he went or what he did, Yan Shiliang would take this wet nurse with him.
If I deal with her rashly, Yan Shiliang will be heartbroken when he learns about this after waking up.
Yan Shixu was already guilty of Yan Shiliang because of his negligence, and if he made Yan Shiliang lose someone important to him.
This is really too cruel for a nine-year-old child.
He thought for a moment and was about to fine Yu one year's salary and put her in solitary confinement for one month.
Before Yan Shixu could speak, another palace maid knelt at his feet with a thud.
This palace maid was the one who went to the imperial study to ask to see him and told him that Yan Shiliang was seriously ill.
"What do you want to report?" Yan Shixu asked.
The maid seemed nervous.
She lowered her head, secretly glanced at the beautiful palace maid and Yu, and trembled with fear.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report. My name is Chunzhi, and I am a maid in Mingchang Palace."
Yan Shixu noticed her abnormality and said in a deep voice, "Tell me the truth about everything you know. If you dare to lie to me, watch out for your head!"
Chunzhi responded with a trembling voice.
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