She really underestimated Princess Lan Yue!
Jiang Lanyue was the one who asked for the things first, and now she's saying that the things Yuan Yao gave her are poisonous?
After her initial shock, Yuan Yao pursed her lips and remained silent.
She meant well, but Jiang Lanyue turned around and bit her...
Should we call Jiang Lanyue stupid or wicked?
At this moment, Huaiyao stood up angrily and said, "Jiang Lanyue, aren't you the one who's poisonous? Listen to what you're saying!"
Although she didn't really like Yuan Yao, she hated Jiang Lanyue even more. As the saying goes, "He who takes a man's money is bound to him," and she was furious on Yuan Yao's behalf.
As soon as Huaiyao yelled, Lanyue burst into tears: "Huaiyao... please don't be angry with me, okay? I didn't know anything..."
"Lan Yue..." Huai Rou frowned: "If you don't know, then don't talk nonsense. How could Yao'er possibly give you poisonous food?"
"I...I really don't know..." Lan Yue stared wide-eyed, looking blank and lost.
"You don't know?" Xie Zhi was also furious and questioned, "Since you don't know, then why did you bring Xiao Yao'er out?"
"Could it be that you have a grudge against Xiao Yao'er?"
Tears streaming down her face, Lan Yue shrank back in fear: "Your Highness! Yue'er didn't..."
"You..." Seeing her attitude, Xie Zhi clenched his fists in anger.
If the Emperor and Empress hadn't been present, Huaiyao probably would have given Lan Yue a good beating.
She acts weak and pitiful all day long, with an innocent face, as if everyone owes her something. How is she just like her mother, Consort Li?
How annoying!
The atmosphere inside the main hall was thick with tension.
Yuan Yao tucked her hands under her cloak, clenching her chubby little fists, then letting them open.
A moment later, she shed two tears, knelt before the emperor, and cried so hard that her childish voice trembled: "Your Majesty, my father said that if you do something wrong, you have to admit it. So, Yao'er admits that Yao'er was wrong."
"Yuan Yao!" Huai Yao exclaimed, both surprised and angry.
Xie Zhi hurriedly reached out to pull her up: "Xiao Yao'er, don't cry, get up first. Think carefully before you speak, you must not be wronged for no reason!"
"I'm not getting up." Yuan Yao broke free from Xie Zhi's support.
The emperor lowered his eyelids and looked at her: "Yuan Yao, tell me, what wrong have you done?"
Yuan Yao raised her little hand, wiped away her tears, and cried, "Yao'er heard that many people dislike Father for working for the Emperor and have been trying to get rid of him and replace him."
Yao'er also knew that many people wanted to capture her, use her to threaten her father, and even kill him.
It was Yao'er's fault for being naughty. She shouldn't have given Lan Yue the unique desserts of Qianhua Palace to take back to Fangfei Palace just because Lan Yue asked her to. This gave the bad guys an opportunity to poison the desserts, killing Prince Chen and successfully slandering Qianhua Palace.
Yao'er was wrong, Yao'er shouldn't have been naughty and hurt Father..."
She cried and cried more and more, until finally she simply sat on the ground and wailed, the kind of sobbing that couldn't be comforted at all.
Yuan Yao admitted that there was an element of gambling involved.
She was gambling that the Ninth Prince held a very special place in the Emperor's heart.
Moreover, as a little baby, there's no way she would do something like poisoning someone.
Anyone with a brain knows that if Qianhua Palace is dragged into this mess, the blame will ultimately fall on the Ninth Prince's head...
Time passed second by second.
After a long while, the emperor, with Li Deshan's help, stood up and looked at Lan Yue with a gloomy expression: "I originally thought that your timidity was your nature, but the way you speak and act shows not a trace of a princess!"
They're utterly cowardly and stupid, utterly useless!
The emperor's rebuke terrified Lan Yue, turning her face deathly pale and trembling with fear.
Seeing this, the Emperor looked at Consort Li and said, "It's all thanks to your excellent upbringing of your daughter!"
Consort Li wept, her face streaked with tears: "It's all my fault..."
The Emperor steadied Li Deshan's hand, allowing him to catch his breath before continuing, "I will have the poisoning thoroughly investigated. Until the truth is revealed, not a single person from Fangfei Palace is allowed to leave! Anyone who dares to gossip will have their tongue ripped out and be beaten to death with sticks!"
Consort Li, her face streaked with tears, gazed at the Emperor for a long time before bowing and saying, "This concubine... obeys!"
The emperor glanced at Yuan Yao: "You come with me."
"Father..." Huairou wanted to say something more.
"Huairou." The Empress shook her head and said, "Come back to Fengwu Palace with me, change your clothes, and then you'll have to go to school."
It's almost time for class to start.
The Empress then looked at Huaiyao and Xie Zhi: "Huaiyao, Young Master Xie, you two go to the school with Huairou. While you're at it, please ask for leave for Yao'er and Lan Yue, and tell them they are sick."
Here, only Xie Zhi and the other two were in the same school.
Although Xie Zhi was worried about Yuan Yao, he held back and left.
Yuan Yao was taken to Ruyi Pavilion.
As soon as I went in, the door was closed.
The palace walls were high and filled with imperial guards.
Ruyi Pavilion was deserted, with only two or three palace servants on duty.
Even the painting was not preserved.
Yuan Yao was locked up for quite some time before a palace maid knocked on the door: "Princess, this servant has come in?"
Yuan Yao was standing on a stool, looking for a book to read on the bookshelf.
Hearing the voice, she said, "Come in."
With a creak, the door opened, and a pretty young palace maid carrying a food box walked in slowly, curtsied, and said, "Princess, this is tea and snacks that Sister Danqing from Qianhua Palace sent to you."
Did Danqing bring her food?
Yuan Yao was overjoyed and quickly jumped off the stool.
The palace maid opened the food box and took out the contents one by one.
There was steaming hot milk, glistening and soft rice cakes, and custard buns shaped like little tiger heads.
So cute!
Yuan Yao couldn't help but swallow.
Yu'er's cooking skills have improved again!
That custard bun looks exactly like a glutinous rice ball!
The palace maid put away the food box, curtsied, and said, "Sister Danqing asked me to tell the princess that she should not be afraid, but should eat her food properly and not go hungry."
Yuan Yao nodded: "Thank you, sister. Please tell Danqing that I am doing well here and will wait obediently for Father to return."
The palace maid agreed and went out to report.
The door closed once again.
Yuan Yao looked at the fragrant dessert, and her stomach couldn't help but rumble.
However, she did not touch those things.
What happened at Fangfei Palace serves as a cautionary tale; she would never dare to eat these things now.
The items do belong to Qianhua Palace, but they changed hands several times along the way...
Who knows, someone might poison her?
"Sigh..." Yuan Yao clutched her rumbling tummy, gazing at the dessert, silently swallowing her saliva: "If only I could find something to test for poison..."
She was really hungry.
Suddenly, a voice rang out from above: "These things are not poisonous, Princess, you can eat them without worry."
Secret Guard?
Yuan Yao jumped up from the stool excitedly: "Imperial bodyguard, is that you?"
After a rustling sound of clothes, a guard with his face veiled in black mist stood before Yuan Yao: "Princess, I was held up by some matters and am late."
"Where is Father?" Yuan Yao clutched the cold hem of the guard's robe and asked anxiously, "Have you found Father?"
The guard knelt on one knee and coaxed, "His Highness has just entered the capital and is on his way to the palace. He sent his subordinates to find the princess and told her to eat her meal. He will come to take you home soon."
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