A person who is upright has nothing to fear, but she is not upright, so she is very afraid of her shadow being crooked. However, things have come to this point, and there is no room for her to do anything more.
In the end, only one of them could leave, trembling with fear.
Seeing this, the Third and Fifth Prince's wives did not linger and took their leave immediately.
The search in the lake is still ongoing. As for Xue Lan, Yinzhen said to Su Peisheng, "Take her away and I will interrogate her personally."
Upon hearing that his master was personally interrogating him, Su Peisheng couldn't help but tremble, and then said, "Yes, Master."
Having said that, he ordered his men to tie Xue Lan up and take her away.
The reason why Yinzhen did not immediately interrogate her was simple: he first needed to ensure the safety of his young consort. Although the Crown Prince said she was fine, he still wanted to prepare ginger tea and a hot bath.
After finishing these tasks, Yinzhen had lunch with Tong Cheng'er before interrogating Xuelan.
Yinzhen directly instructed Su Peisheng to bring Xuelan to his study in the front yard.
The more you look at her kneeling on the ground, her stubborn expression and the fear in her eyes, the more you realize that if she weren't so big and burly, she might be somewhat attractive. But her appearance, combined with her stubbornness, makes you feel no pity at all; you just want to hit her.
Yinzhen spoke first: "It seems you are not without fear. Who ordered you to use such a low-level method?"
He only has one wife. Pushing his concubine into the water is a recipe for disaster for him for the rest of his life.
Who hates him so much?
Xue Lan retorted defiantly, "This servant is the Crown Princess's servant, and the Fourth Prince has no right to interrogate me."
Yinzhen: "So it was the Crown Princess who instructed you to push my wife into the water?"
Xuelan did not keep silent.
"Silence means admission."
Xue Lan: "I beg the Fourth Prince to investigate thoroughly. This servant truly did not intentionally push the Fourth Princess Consort into the water. This servant was merely seasick and accidentally pulled the Fourth Princess Consort into the water with me. If this servant did it on purpose, then why did I rescue the Fourth Princess Consort ashore? I hope the Fourth Prince will investigate thoroughly."
Yinzhen didn't say anything else, only saying, "Someone just told me that they saw the Crown Princess's former wet nurse go to the estate in the southern suburbs, and then the estate suddenly caught fire, and no one inside survived. Isn't that strange?"
Xuelan was taken aback by what she heard, and then her eyes reddened: "I don't believe what you're saying."
Yinzhen handed her something and said, "Take a look at this."
Yinzhen handed her her younger brother's silver lock, which still bore the marks left by him. It was an item her brother never parted with, and now it was covered with black burn marks.
She believed it, though she had no choice but to. In fact, she knew how ruthless the master she relied on was, but she had no other option.
She cherished her life, and now that her family was gone and she was about to die herself, she couldn't let the culprit be so arrogant!
Then she told him everything she knew.
She didn't know much, and the Crown Princess wouldn't tell her anything important.
Therefore, all Yinzhen knew in the end was that she had received instructions from the Crown Princess to take the blood of the young consort.
At first, I was a little confused, but after thinking about it more, I wondered if the Crown Princess was going to do something like witchcraft by taking the Little Prince's blood!
This is not impossible.
The more Yinzhen thought about it, the colder his heart became. The Crown Princess and the Little Prince Consort didn't seem to have any interaction. Why would she set her sights on the Little Prince Consort?
This left Yinzhen completely baffled.
Whether or not the blood is healed is not important. What is important is that the Crown Princess wants the young prince's blood now. No matter what she does with it, she has hurt the young prince, which means she has hurt his happiness for the rest of his life.
Absolutely unforgivable.
Yinzhen still had connections in the palace, so he sent someone to investigate. Two days later, just when the Crown Princess thought everything was fine, Yinzhen found out quite a bit.
However, since this matter involved the Crown Princess, Yinzhen simply passed Xue Lan on to Kangxi. Of course, he didn't tell the truth directly, since the truth told by others was not as credible as the truth he found out himself.
He stopped wasting his breath.
When Emperor Kangxi received "Xuelan," he was somewhat bewildered. He asked Yinzhen, "Why would a palace maid be sent here for no reason?"
Yinzhen didn't investigate the matter of Tong Cheng'er falling into the water thoroughly, so he didn't tell anyone. The Crown Princess was too embarrassed to talk about it, and neither were the Third and Fifth Prince's wives. Even the Crown Prince didn't know about it!
Emperor Kangxi was extremely busy with state affairs and hadn't recently inquired about the secret guards stationed around the Fourth Prince, so he really didn't know why a palace maid was suddenly sent over, especially since the maid was rather unattractive.
Kangxi's eyes felt a little uncomfortable from looking at it.
Of course, it's not just that it looks ugly, but mainly because it's been locked up for the past two days, and it's hot and smelly!
That unkempt appearance is an eyesore, and that body odor is an irritation to the nose.
Kangxi's facial features all conveyed a sense of rejection.
Yinzhen quickly explained, "Father, this is a palace maid from the Crown Princess's side. I originally thought it was nothing serious, but after asking some questions, I dare not investigate further. I beg you, Father, to investigate thoroughly."
When Kangxi heard that the Crown Princess was mentioned, he wondered if it was related to the Crown Prince.
The Crown Prince is still Emperor Kangxi's precious darling! Kangxi is very concerned about anything that might be related to him.
"Please be more specific."
Yinzhen recounted the exact time he fell into the water a few days prior, and then mentioned that his young consort still had a bottle of blood "stored" with the Crown Princess.
Kangxi was taken aback when he heard this. He thought it was related to the Crown Prince, but it turned out to be a problem solely involving the Crown Princess. Because he loved his son so much, Kangxi still valued his wife. Hearing what she said, he knew this matter had to be thoroughly investigated.
Furthermore, since blood had already been drawn, there was no reason why Kangxi wouldn't have thought of something that Yinzhen could have thought of. The father and son were indeed father and son, and they thought of the same thing, both considering witchcraft, since blood wasn't needed elsewhere!
Yinzhen tossed the smelly Xuelan to Kangxi and left. Xuelan, mindful of the Fourth Prince's willingness to bury her family, naturally knew what to say next.
She told him everything she needed to say, but Kangxi naturally didn't believe her immediately. He sent people to investigate and found out that Xuelan's entire family had been wiped out and burned to the ground. The person who did it was the Crown Princess's people.
It's true that she did this very discreetly, but what she did could only fool some people in the inner quarters and the crown prince, who couldn't easily build his own power base in the palace.
She couldn't hide her unexpected rise to power from Yinzhen, nor could she hide it from Emperor Kangxi.
By investigating the Crown Princess, Emperor Kangxi was able to uncover the truth completely.
After the discovery, Emperor Kangxi couldn't help but feel somewhat depressed.
The Crown Princess usually seems quite reliable in her dealings with people, so why is she so impatient? She heard that Lady Tong got pregnant through luck, and she couldn't resist wanting to try it herself.
Emperor Kangxi was too embarrassed to admit that this was the Crown Princess he had chosen, so easily manipulated and played with.
Based on what he discovered, Emperor Kangxi will definitely have to make a major overhaul of the Crown Prince's inner circle.
First of all, this is fake.
Tong Yunyao's pregnancy was also fake. As for the mastermind behind it all, it was Consort Li. Last time, she found out that the Crown Princess had used Tong Yunyao to prevent her from serving the Emperor for a long time. Furthermore, the Crown Princess even wanted to take her son Hongxi away to raise, which was simply intolerable.
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