The young eunuch was in so much pain that his face turned pale. He was even more frightened: "Your Majesty, no one ordered me to do this. I don't even know what that thing is."

"How dare you lie!" The emperor was furious. He drew the sword of a royal guard next to him and slashed at the young eunuch.

"Ah!" The young eunuch screamed as one of his arms was chopped off by the emperor.

Everyone else present was terrified. It was a bloody arm that was just chopped off like that.

"If you dare to tell a lie, I will make you live a life worse than death! Tell me, who ordered you to do this?" the emperor roared.

The young eunuch was so frightened that he dared not hide it any longer: "Your Majesty, a young palace maid gave it to me. She said that if I put it in the east wall, she would give me ten taels of silver."

"Where is that palace maid and which palace is she from?" the queen asked immediately.

The young eunuch shook his head and said, "When I passed by the Imperial Garden, I met the maid, but I didn't recognize her."

"Tell the painter to draw the appearance of the palace maid. Imperial Guards, listen to my order. Seal off the entire palace and search every person for me. Even if you have to dig three feet deep into the ground, you must find the person for me!" the emperor ordered.

A little palace maid dared to harm the prince and seek death. No matter who was behind her, the emperor would never let her off easily.

If they dare to poison the prince today, will they dare to poison themselves tomorrow?

The emperor would never allow any potential threats.

"yes!"

Soon, the painter arrived and the young eunuch immediately described the appearance of the palace maid. The painter drew it and then painted many more pictures based on it.

The Royal Guards took the portrait to seal off the palace gates and conduct an investigation.

The Queen's resentment finally dissipated a little: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for upholding justice for the Prince."

"If anyone dares to poison my prince in the harem, I will never let him off easily!" said the emperor angrily.

All the imperial guards in the entire palace were mobilized, causing a huge commotion, which naturally alarmed Concubine Xuan.

"My Queen, something's wrong." Ye Qiu ran back in panic.

Concubine Xuan was about to fall asleep when she was suddenly woken up. She was very unhappy: "Ye Qiu, you are an old man too. Why are you so reckless and panicking like this?"

The last time Su Qianmian pointed out Concubine Xuan, it was her confidant, Nanny Liu, who admitted to ordering people to grow poisonous herbs and was executed on the spot by the emperor. So Concubine Xuan picked an older and more experienced person from her natal family, and that was Ye Qiu.

Ye Qiu had no time to care about anything else. He rushed over and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, the man I sent to deliver medicine to Madam Su tonight was arrested. His Majesty has ordered the palace to be sealed off and investigated palace by palace. If the maid is found, and then the evidence leads to Your Majesty, it will be over."

Concubine Xuan was shocked: "How did he get caught? How did the Queen know that someone poisoned the Crown Prince? Why didn't I get any information at all?"

"It must be Nanny Su who betrayed Your Majesty. Your Majesty, you must think of a solution quickly. If someone finds out, you will be the one in trouble. His Majesty knows about this and will never let you off easily." Ye Qiu said worriedly.

There was a fierce look in Concubine Xuan's eyes: "Why are you panicking? Kill that maid. Only the dead can't speak."

Ye Qiu had also witnessed many dirty things in the backyard, so he naturally understood: "Yes, I will do it right away."

"Don't show up at this time. If you are caught by the Queen's people, I will be guilty of it. Go down and pretend that you don't know about this. Remember not to reveal your identity." Concubine Xuan warned .

"yes."

After Ye Qiu left, Concubine Xuan called over an inconspicuous maid and said, "You are the person I trust the most. I will leave this matter to you. Remember to do it cleanly."

"Yes." The maid turned and left.

The imperial guards here were searching one by one and soon arrived at Concubine Ji's courtyard.

"I am searching the palace on the orders of Your Majesty. I am sorry for any offense committed. Please forgive me, Concubine Ji." The commander of the imperial guards spoke.

Jipin frowned slightly: "What happened?"

"It is not convenient for me to tell you this."

"In that case, then search it, but don't damage anything in the house. After all, these are rewards from His Majesty." Jipin replied.

"Yes." The Imperial Guards immediately searched the palace.

However, after searching around, they did not find the palace maid that the young eunuch had mentioned, so they left.

Concubine Ji had a serious look on her face. Searching the palace was no small matter, and it was obvious that something big had happened.

"Go and keep an eye on Concubine Xuan's yard immediately. If she makes any movement, come back and tell me immediately." Concubine Ji ordered.

The maid obeyed: "Yes."

Concubine Ji was also not idle. She immediately went to find the Queen. Now that she had openly surrendered to the Queen, the Queen must know what had happened.

But before she reached the queen's bedroom, she suddenly heard a cry for help at the corner of a palace gate.

Concubine Ji immediately looked towards the sound and saw a young eunuch holding a rope and trying to strangle a palace maid.

The palace maid's face was pale and she struggled desperately, trying to call for help but no sound came out and she was about to be strangled to death.

"Someone come, there is an assassin, come quickly!" Concubine Ji suddenly shouted.

When the young eunuch heard this, his face turned dark. He glared at Concubine Ji who was not far behind him, then flicked his sleeves and shot a hidden weapon at Concubine Ji.

Feeling the dangerous air currents in the air, Jipin could obviously dodge it, but she deliberately slowed down her movements and just happened to get her arm injured by a hidden weapon.

"Ah, you actually killed someone to silence him, someone come quickly, someone come!" Jipin shouted even louder.

The Imperial Guards not far away heard the noise and rushed over immediately. The young eunuch was extremely annoyed when he saw the people coming, but he also knew it was too late to leave, so he could only turn around and flee.

But how could Concubine Ji let him leave? She snatched the hidden weapon that the eunuch had just used to attack her, poured her internal energy into it and shot it at the eunuch.

The speed was so fast that the young eunuch didn't have time to dodge before the hidden weapon hit the bone of his left foot.

"Crack!" A sound of broken bones was heard, and the young eunuch fell straight to the ground due to the inertia of running forward.

The imperial guards who arrived immediately asked Jipin: "What happened?"

"Go and catch him quickly, he was about to kill that palace maid." Concubine Ji replied quickly.

When the imperial guards heard that it was a palace maid, they immediately made a guess: "Go and arrest her!"

More than a dozen imperial guards rushed over. No matter how powerful the young eunuch was, his left foot bone was broken and he could not run away. He could only endure the pain and get up from the ground.

But before he could run a few steps, he was surrounded by the Imperial Guards: "You dare to commit a crime in the palace, arrest him!"

More than a dozen imperial guards rushed over. The young eunuch was no match for them because of his injuries. He was captured by the guards in less than a dozen moves.

"Take him to see His Majesty!"

"Yes." When the young eunuch passed by Concubine Ji, he glared at her fiercely, and his eyes seemed to wish he could cut her into pieces.

He didn't expect that Concubine Ji had such skills.

Concubine Ji pretended to be afraid and subconsciously took two steps back.

The imperial guard held the young eunuch's head down and said, "Behave yourself and go."

Two more imperial guards escorted the maid away. One of them came over and said, "Thank you, Concubine Ji. Do you want me to take you back or call the imperial physician?"