Xu Ding glanced at the Emperor's expression and then stepped forward. "Your Majesty, this old minister believes that Lord Fan would not lie. As the Prefect of the Capital, Lord Fan has always been conscientious, efficient, and fair. Moreover, the incident occurred at the Crown Prince's residence. How could Lord Fan possibly delay or hesitate?"
"Bring all of Fan Yi's subordinates here for questioning," the Emperor ordered directly, ignoring Xu Ding.
Then he looked at the crowd below and said, "Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, I order you to investigate this matter with all your might and find the murderer. Once you find him, I will exterminate his entire family."
Qu Qingxi was unaware of what was happening in the court, but she knew that the matter was serious because He Liufeng had not returned after court. However, Qu Qingxi did not care at all; these things were none of her concern.
After having breakfast, Qu Qingxi led Zhang Xueliu towards Yang Qianqian and Qingzhu's room, wondering how they were doing that day.
On the way, Qu Qingxi glanced at the person behind her without leaving a trace. The decision to go to the Qu residence that day was made on short notice. The only people who knew about it were Qingdai and Zhang Xueliu. Qingdai would definitely not tell anyone about it, so the only person who would tell someone else was Zhang Xueliu.
Zhang Xueliu is Xu Ding's person, and it's understandable that the Crown Prince knows about this spy planted in the Prince's mansion. Qu Qingxi will not let Zhang Xueliu off easily this time. The reason she kept her until now is so that Zhang Xueliu can deal a heavy blow to Xu Ding in the future.
When Qu Qingxi arrived, Yang Qianqian had already woken up.
Upon seeing Qu Qingxi enter, Yang Qianqian choked up and was about to kneel down when she said, "Thank you, Your Highness, for saving my life."
“Miss Yang, you don’t need to do this.” Qu Qingxi quickly helped Yang Qianqian up. “How are your injuries? This is all my fault. If I had arranged more people, you wouldn’t have suffered this unnecessary disaster.”
Qu Qingxi still feels somewhat guilty when she thinks about it now. She only arranged for ordinary people to protect the Qu family, and did not arrange for any experts to protect them, which is why this happened.
"Your Highness, please don't say that. You've already arranged enough people. We were just too careless." Yang Qianqian shook her head and then turned to look at Qingzhu, who was still unconscious on the bed.
“Tell me what happened back then,” Qu Qingxi said, pulling Yang Qianqian to sit down beside her.
“We had just finished breakfast. Qingzhu and I were discussing embroidery patterns in the room while everyone else was working. Suddenly we smelled something and felt a little dizzy. Then I fainted and woke up here.”
“You must have been drugged with sleeping gas, which is why you felt dizzy. Also, there was a lot of firewood piled up around the house, and oil was sprinkled on other places, so the fire started quickly and was unstoppable.”
"I rushed over there with my men as soon as I received the news, but we were too late. When we found you and Qingzhu, you had already fainted."
"Yes, just now Miss Qingdai told me that it was Miss Qingzhu who saved me. If it weren't for Qingzhu, I'm afraid I would have died there long ago." Yang Qianqian said, looking at the person on the bed with a mixture of guilt and gratitude.
"Don't worry, the renowned physician Gu from the Prince's mansion said that although Qingzhu's injuries look serious, they are actually not too bad. As long as she takes good care of herself, she will recover in the future."
Seeing Yang Qianqian's guilty expression, Qu Qingxi comforted her.
"Perhaps it's because I'm an unlucky person that they've suffered this calamity. Before, it was my father and mother, and now it's you all." Yang Qianqian said, her voice tinged with sadness.
Seeing this, Qu Qingxi quickly spoke up, "No, this matter has nothing to do with you. They were probably targeting me. However, they didn't know that the people inside were you, so you took this calamity for me. Don't worry, I will have the prince thoroughly investigate who the mastermind behind this is. Neither the prince nor I will let the person behind this get away with it. I will make them pay the price they deserve."
Yang Qianqian took it as Qu Qingxi comforting her and didn't take it to heart, simply nodding.
"Oh, right, someone just came by and said that a highly skilled assassin broke into the Crown Prince's residence last night. Many people in the residence died on the spot, and even the Crown Prince was severely beaten and his fate is still unknown." Qu Qingxi patted her chest with a look of lingering fear.
"I heard that the assassin was extremely skilled; even the guards of the Crown Prince's residence were no match for him and died on the spot."
"Really? Who would be so bold?" Yang Qianqian frowned, she really didn't expect that someone would be so audacious as to break into the Crown Prince's residence, not only killing the Crown Prince's men, but also injuring the Crown Prince.
"I don't know, the people from the Jingzhao Yin are investigating." Qu Qingxi shook her head. At the same time, Qu Qingxi also noticed that Zhang Xueliu's expression changed drastically behind her, and she trembled.
Qu Qingxi acted as if she hadn't noticed anything and continued talking to Yang Qianqian.
"By the way, Qingdai, what did Doctor Gu say? Why hasn't Qingzhu woken up yet?" With Zhang Xueliu here, Qu Qingxi didn't reveal her medical skills and could only push everything onto Gu Liangsheng.
Qingdai understood Qu Qingxi's meaning and cooperated by saying, "Doctor Gu said that Qingzhu's condition has stabilized now, but when she will wake up depends on her recovery."
"Yes, take good care of Qingzhu. If she needs any medicinal herbs, just go to the treasury to get them." Qu Qingxi nodded knowingly.
"Yes, Your Highness." Qingdai nodded.
Although she didn't take Qingzhu's pulse, Qu Qingxi could tell from her complexion that she was recovering well, but she couldn't be sure exactly when she would wake up.
Just as Qingdai brought warm water to wipe Qingzhu's body, Yang Qianqian walked up to Qingdai, took the soft cloth from Qingdai's hand, and said, "Miss Qingdai, you should rest well. I can do it."
“Miss Yang, you just woke up and need to rest. You and the Princess can sit and chat. I can take care of these things.” Qingdai quickly waved her hand.
"Miss Qingdai, let me do it. I'm not injured. Besides, if it weren't for Miss Qingzhu, I probably wouldn't even be here now." Yang Qianqian shook her head, insisting on wiping Qingzhu's body herself.
Seeing this, Qingdai could only look to Qu Qingxi for help.
"Qingdai, Miss Yang, since that's the case, why don't you two each take turns caring for Qingzhu for a day? It'll be a good opportunity for you both to rest. Miss Yang, you just woke up today, so let Qingdai take care of Qingzhu first. Tomorrow, when you've rested, you can take care of Qingzhu." Qu Qingxi said with a gentle smile, her eyes full of tenderness.
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