Chapter 194 Burning the Wet Nurse

Even if Emperor Xuanwu blocked Pei Wu's attack, today is the fifteenth day of the lunar month. According to palace rules, the emperor must go to the empress's bedroom on the first and fifteenth days of the lunar month.

Although the emperor has broken the rules for other concubines for more than one or two days, Jiang Xinyue is convinced that the empress does not want to see her so proud.

It will be difficult for the emperor to get away tonight.

However, she still smiled sweetly and took Nanny Xiang down with her.

Nanny Li did not go to the palace banquet today. She stayed in Hexi Palace and guarded the wet nurse. No one was allowed to approach her, and she was not allowed to eat anything outside of Hexi Palace.

I don't know if the Sixth Prince will be allergic to things like fish and shrimp. He is still so young, and he will be tricked by others if he is not careful.

Although the nurse didn't want to live a life like being in prison, the treatment given by Concubine Xian was very good, and even her family was favored. Moreover, from the day she was chosen to be the nurse of the Sixth Prince, there was no chance for her to regret.

"Madame Li..."

A maid came in with a few sets of clothes: "The Queen asked the Clothing Office to make new clothes for us. These are for you and Aunt Cheng."

Aunt Cheng was the Sixth Prince's nurse.

Recently, good things have been happening in Hexi Palace. Concubine Xian is in a good mood, and the palace servants who serve her have also benefited a lot.

Look, even the Queen's Yikun Palace has not yet made new summer clothes for the palace servants, but Hexi Palace has already taken a step ahead.

Everyone in the palace knew how favored Concubine Zhenxian was, and no one in the Shang Palace dared to say anything.

Aunt Cheng was not very old, only in her twenties, and her temper was not very stable.

When she saw the beautiful and soft new clothes, she couldn't wait to pick them up and examine them carefully. She turned back and said to Li Ma, "The embroidery skills of the embroiderers in this palace are better than those outside. I have never seen such dark pattern embroidery outside."

Li Ma didn't want to restrict her temper too much, lest it backfire.

Anyway, after the Sixth Prince was weaned, he didn't need a wet nurse anymore.

She also smiled and said, "The embroiderers in the palace are naturally the best."

"The queen is back!"

The maid outside came in and said in advance. Aunt Cheng quickly put down the clothes in her hands. No matter how impatient she was, she knew that the queen was her breadwinner and butter, and she couldn't afford to offend her.

Jiang Xinyue took the sixth prince directly to the room where the wet nurse lived. After looking around and finding nothing wrong, she asked Xiang Ma to hold the sixth prince to the wet nurse.

"Wait!"

Under the light, Aunt Cheng's hands reflected a fragmented light.

That light was not naturally emitted by human skin, but only emitted under the reflection of candlelight.

"What did you just hold in your hand?"

Just when Nanny Xiang was about to hand the Sixth Prince to Aunt Cheng, Jiang Xinyue grabbed Nanny Xiang's hand, took the Sixth Prince into her arms, and stepped back a few steps.

Aunt Cheng looked at her hand in confusion, and did not find anything wrong.

But Nanny Li, who was standing on the side, also saw the faint light flickering on her hand.

She immediately reacted, pointing to the clothes placed aside and said, "To reply to your Majesty, Nanny Cheng has only touched the clothes in Hexi Palace since you left until now."

Jiang Xinyue immediately said to Jiang Chuan, "No one is allowed to touch it, seal Hexi Palace, and go and invite Doctor Yan."

Jiang Chuan responded hurriedly, and Xiao Xuanzi went to seal the door of Hexi Palace.

Nanny Cheng stretched her hands in the air, her eyes full of fear: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty...Is this servant...Is this servant poisoned to death?"

Jiang Xinyue handed the Sixth Prince to Nanny Xiang and blocked the two of them behind her: "Whether he is poisoned or not, we have to wait for the Imperial Physician Yan to come to confirm. You should stay away from the Sixth Prince now."

This attack was aimed at the Sixth Prince. Jiang Xinyue guessed that it was not to poison the nanny.

Nanny Cheng did not dare to get too close to the Sixth Prince. Although she was greedy for money, she was very timid and was afraid of implicated her family outside the palace. Even if Concubine Xian did not say it, she would stay away from him.

"Boom--"

"Ah!"

"Protect the queen and the Sixth Prince!"

Just as Nanny Cheng stepped aside, the burning candle was blown by the wind, and the swaying flames touched the back of her hand. Suddenly... a raging flame shot up into the sky, instantly engulfing the whole Nanny in the flames.

"Ahhhhh..."

A miserable scream rang out, and everyone was scared and fled in all directions. It was really because her flames were too strange, and everyone was afraid that they would be engulfed by the fire if they were touched.

"Put out the fire quickly!"

The scream was too terrible, and Nanny Cheng was still conscious and ran towards Jiang Xinyue, as if she hoped to be rescued.

Xi Que and Shuangjiang protected Jiang Xinyue and Nanny Xiang, and retreated quickly.

Xiao Xuanzi had already brought people and rushed over with buckets of water. Seven or eight buckets of water were poured directly on Nanny Cheng, and the frightening flames were extinguished little by little.

But Nanny Cheng had been burned to the point of losing her human form. She had become a charred black skeleton twisting and struggling on the ground.

"Gah..."

Jiang Xinyue had never seen such a cruel scene. The smell of burnt human flesh in the air made her stomach churn. She bent over and vomited acid water.

The Sixth Prince in Nanny Xiang's arms was frightened and burst into tears when Nanny Cheng screamed. Fortunately, the Sixth Prince was not there at this time. He had already been carried back to Jiang Xinyue's bedroom by Nanny Xiang.

After the disgust, a huge fear loomed in her heart.

Jiang Xinyue really couldn't imagine what would happen to the Sixth Prince if she wanted to stay at the banquet a little longer tonight to attract the envious eyes of the crowd. She

would probably be burned to charcoal together with Nanny Cheng.

She reminded herself again and again that the harem was dangerous and she must not take it lightly, otherwise she would die without a burial place.

But she was still shocked by the vicious means of the women in the harem again and again.

What kind of hatred and grudges were there?

They had to do such a cruel thing to a baby who had just reached full term.

Jiang Xinyue's mind quickly went through those concubines who had grudges against her or had sons... The queen

was excluded. Although she was not a good person, she didn't seem like the kind of vicious woman who would lay hands on a child.

Jiang Yuan was already the Noble Lady. It was the Empress who had a grudge against her, so she would not harm the Sixth Prince.

Jin Zhaoyi had become a marginal figure in the harem since the Jin family was raided. She herself was not even favored, so how could she plot against Jiang Xinyue's child?

Not to mention Zhang Ronghua, Jiang Xinyue couldn't even remember what this person looked like.

The concubines in the palace lost favor and were forgotten silently.

Defei, Yufei, Li Guiji...

these three people are very suspicious.

Among the concubines in the harem, there is also a high-ranking Rongfei. Although Jiang Xinyue had a brief alliance with her and killed Shufei, she never believed that there would be eternal friends in the harem.

What's more, Rongfei is the niece of the Queen Mother.

No one can be trusted and everyone is a suspect, so she will investigate them one by one. Whoever she finds out will be burned by fire.