At 9 o'clock, in the dining hall of the East Palace.
"Tell me, who did it?"
Nalan Yunzhi sat upright on a chair, looking down at the palace maids serving in the East Palace in front of him, as well as all the cooks in the imperial kitchen today, and personally interrogating them.
What Mu Lige is carrying in her belly is not only the princess's children, but also her and Ling Yan's granddaughter and grandson. Anyone who dares to touch her is seeking death!
"Your Majesty, please spare us! We are merely palace maids serving in the Eastern Palace. We naturally serve our masters whatever the imperial kitchen sends us. As for what dishes they eat, this is not something we can decide!" The aunt in charge of the Eastern Palace and the palace maids all knelt down and begged for mercy.
"You are all innocent. I only believe in evidence."
Nalan Yunzhi glanced at the palace maids serving in the East Palace, then turned his gaze to the chefs in the imperial kitchen.
"Every dish has the effect of making the fetus slip, and they are all made by you. You have been the imperial chef for so many years, don't tell me that you don't understand!"
"Your Majesty, please spare my life. We are just insignificant imperial chefs, just following orders. Naturally, we will do whatever our masters tell us to do." The imperial kitchen manager kowtowed to Nalan Yunzhi repeatedly.
"I never let them cook these dishes for me." Wu Chen, who looked like Mu Lige, restrained his ruffian temperament, and his every move was dignified and elegant.
Nalan Yunzhi glanced at "Mu Lige" and naturally believed his words. After all, as long as nothing unexpected happened, he was the Crown Princess's legitimate prince, and anyone with a decent brain wouldn't ruin his future.
"You said that the master ordered it to be done, and who spread the word?" Seeing that Nalan Yunzhi did not ask the main point, Situ Ye asked the person in charge of the imperial kitchen.
"Yes, yes...it's Xiao Taohong who is beside the housekeeper of the East Palace." The royal chef said with trembling body.
"Which one is Xiao Taohong?"
Nalan Yunzhi's sharp eyes darted angrily at the row of palace maids behind the East Palace's stewardess. (The East Palace, where the Crown Princess resided, had stewardesses, palace maids, and eunuchs. The palace where the Emperor's attendants lived was entirely staffed with eunuchs.)
“Bang!”
"Why are you doing this? The one you're carrying is the Crown Princess's child, the heir to the royal family!"
The steward of the Eastern Palace, Aunt Ying (about thirty years old), slapped a young palace maid beside her with a look of deep grief.
"Auntie, this is you..."
The stunned Xiao Taohong was so frightened that she was shaking all over. She was just following orders.
"Shut up! Think about your mother, father, sisters and brothers at home. If they knew you did such a thing in the palace, they would probably be heartbroken." Aunt Ying glared at Xiao Taohong angrily.
"Little...Little Taohong is jealous of the princess, so...so...so..."
"So you want to murder her offspring and make her heartbroken, right?" Si Chengfeng looked at the stuttering and lying palace maid with a charming look and amusement.
"Yes, yes, that's it!"
When she thought of her elderly parents, her younger sister who still needed to save up the betrothal gifts to marry a husband, and her younger brother who was not yet an adult, a trace of sadness flashed across Xiao Taohong's eyes, and she could only bear the heinous crime of murdering the royal heir.
"You're lying!"
"The real mastermind is the aunt next to you, right?"
Si Chengfeng directly exposed Xiao Taohong's lies.
"Your servant, your servant..." Xiao Taohong stammered and couldn't speak.
"Old Guo."
Nalan Yunzhi glanced leisurely at the eunuch chief Guo Dongbing who had just come to accompany the emperor.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Guo Dongbing then pulled Yinggu out and made her kneel in front of Nalan Yunzhi.
"Tell me, how do you want to die? Do you want one person to be executed, or do you want your entire clan to be implicated because of you?"
Nalan Yunzhi looked at her hands. Back then, she hadn't been able to save her daughter, leaving Lingyan heartbroken. Now, of course, she wanted to save her and Lingyan's granddaughter and grandson.
"Your Majesty, spare my life!"
"Yes, yes...it's Deshan from Qiongyu Palace."
Seeing that she could no longer hide the truth, Yinggu had to tell the truth.
"Did he instruct you to do this?" Nalan Yunzhi's eyes were as sharp as knives and slashed directly at Ying Gu.
"That's not the case. It's just... it's just that I like Deshan and want to marry him. He said that the husband that Your Highness the Crown Princess married from the countryside is unlucky and will harm him. He fell ill as soon as he entered the palace. So, I just, just..." Ying Gu said tremblingly, regretting her love-sickness.
"You like Deshan and want to marry him? He looks so big and strong that he can't even find his waist?" Guo Dongbing couldn't help but twitch his lips when he heard this.
"The chief steward doesn't know. I come from a poor family, and working in the countryside requires strength. I like men like him who are strong and good at having children." Ying Gu said timidly.
"Take Deshan with you."
Nalan Yunzhi narrowed his eyes slightly, wondering in his heart whether this matter had anything to do with Ouyang Yuming?
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Soon, Deshan, who was massaging Ouyang Yuming's shoulders and back in Qiongyu Palace, was captured by Guo Dongbing himself.
"Your Majesty, what happened?"
Ouyang Yuming, who followed closely, pretended to be unaware and fell directly in front of Nalan Yunzhi.
"Yuming, you are such a bold dog slave! You actually dared to hint and instigate the aunt in charge of the Eastern Palace to murder my granddaughter and grandson. Do you really not know anything about it?" Nalan Yunzhi pinched Ouyang Yuming's chin and pushed him away.
"Your Majesty~"
Ouyang Yuming looked at Nalan Yunzhi with a hurt expression, but now he could only sacrifice the rook to save the king and clear himself first.
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