He Zhu rolled his eyes at Qiu Xin. "What, is it me who's not good enough? If it weren't for me, do you think you'd even have a chance to talk to me?"
"Eunuch He has misunderstood!" Qiu Xin quickly explained.
"Qiu Xin, the most important thing for us servants is to be the right master. Choosing the wrong master could lead to utter ruin. Do you think a master like Consort Liang, who killed to silence witnesses, is worth risking your life for?"
"It was His Highness the Crown Prince who ordered me to save you today. You should know why His Highness saved you. As for what you do, that's your choice!" He Zhu earnestly advised Qiu Xin.
Qiu Xin listened to He Zhu's words and pondered silently. She understood why the Crown Prince had saved her, and Consort Liang's actions had indeed chilled her heart. Now, she had to make a choice.
"Thank you for the reminder, Eunuch He. Qiu Xin will consider it carefully," Qiu Xin said.
He Zhu nodded. "You're a smart person. I hope you can make a wise decision."
Qiu Xin understood that Consort Liang could no longer tolerate her. She had been involved in many of Consort Liang's affairs, so Consort Liang was even less likely to let her go.
"Eunuch He, if I can help His Highness the Crown Prince expose Consort Liang, will His Highness spare my life?" Qiu Xin asked tentatively.
"Heh!" He Zhu glanced at Qiu Xin with disdain. "What qualifications do you think you have to negotiate with the Crown Prince? And do you even think you have the leverage to do so?"
"Thank you for reminding me, Eunuch He. I know what to do!" Qiu Xin said. Now she could only do as the Crown Prince said.
“I knew you were a smart girl. Come on, let’s go see His Highness the Crown Prince!” He Zhu said smugly.
Emperor Kangxi and the Crown Prince also accompanied the Ninth Princess to Chengqian Palace.
When the Imperial Noble Consort saw Emperor Kangxi arrive, she immediately rose and led everyone to pay their respects to him.
Emperor Kangxi approached the Imperial Noble Consort and helped her up, saying, "Rise, all of you!"
The Crown Prince then went directly to He Xue.
"I wonder what business the Imperial Noble Consort has with me?" the Ninth Princess asked directly.
"You gave the Crown Princess a string of red jade beads before, didn't you?" the Imperial Noble Consort asked.
The Ninth Princess remembered mentioning it to Xue before, so she nodded without hesitation, "It seems so!"
"Now the imperial physician says that this string of red jade beads is not red agate at all, but musk beads!" The Imperial Noble Consort said, while watching the Ninth Princess's expression.
"What? Musk beads?" The Ninth Princess was surprised. She hadn't expected that there would be something wrong with the string of red jade beads.
The Crown Prince looked at He Xue anxiously, "He Xue, how are you? Is something wrong?"
Seeing this, He Xue quickly reassured the Crown Prince, "Crown Prince, I'm alright!"
Emperor Kangxi looked at the Ninth Princess with a grim face, "What's going on here?"
The Ninth Princess quickly shook her head, "Father, I really didn't know there was anything wrong with that string of red jade beads. Someone must have deliberately framed me!"
The Ninth Princess tried hard to recall, but she couldn't remember giving any red jade fragrant beads as gifts. She only remembered that she had given Xue the red jade fragrant beads before, and she assumed she had forgotten, so she had accepted it. Now it seemed someone was deliberately trying to frame her!
Who could it be? Could it be He Xue? He Xue is utterly despicable for using the child in her womb to frame her.
"Father, I am speechless. I did send things to Yuqing Palace, but there was absolutely no red jade incense beads among them."
Your son admitted before that he thought he had misremembered, but now it seems that someone deliberately tried to frame him!
"Your Majesty, I have a detailed list of the gifts I gave to the Crown Princess!"
"Liang Jiugong, go to the West Third Palace and fetch the list!" Kangxi said to Liang Jiugong.
“Father, I also have a list here!” He Xue said.
"Bring it here!" Emperor Kangxi compared the two lists and found they were different.
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