"Your subordinate greets Your Highness, the Imperial Concubine."
Ignoring Wen Changle's unpleasant expression, Changying bowed to Wen Changle.
"Chief Guard, what do you mean by this?!"
Wen Changle's charming face was filled with an unfriendly expression, and she asked the question almost through gritted teeth.
Before dawn, Helian Nie had completely surrounded Ronghua Palace with the Imperial Guards and captured all the palace servants. What was he trying to do? Was he going to completely break ties with the Wen family?!
Wen Changle was right. What Helian Nie wanted was for the Wen family to completely break off relations, except that the royal family wouldn't be the one to do it.
"Last night, poison was added to the little princess's calming soup. After a thorough investigation, it was found that two imperial physicians from the Imperial Hospital were responsible."
The two imperial physicians confessed that they had instructed the Imperial Concubine to poison the princess's calming soup.
"Now that the agreement has been signed and sealed, I have been ordered by His Majesty to thoroughly investigate Ronghua Palace. I hope Your Highness will cooperate."
Cooperate?
Wen Changle sneered, her beautiful eyes glaring angrily at Changying.
"What a joke! You've concluded that I murdered the little princess based solely on the nonsense of two imperial physicians! Where is the Emperor? I want to see the Emperor!"
"Imperial decree cannot be disobeyed, Your Highness, please forgive me."
Changying remained unmoved, his face still expressionless and icy, as if he hadn't heard Wen Changle's words.
With a wave of their hand, the Imperial Guards arrested all the palace servants in Ronghua Palace, leaving no one behind.
In a short while, the vast Ronghua Palace was left with only Wen Changle and a maidservant.
Changying bowed respectfully to Wen Changle, who was now furious and bluish-black, and then left with the Imperial Guards, ignoring Wen Changle's reaction.
"Deng!"
The deafening sound of the door slamming shut signaled that the gates of Ronghua Palace had been closed from the outside.
"Clang!"
A pear wood chair at the palace gate snapped in two with a crack. Wen Changle's once charming face was now contorted with rage; all semblance of a noble consort's gentle grace and composure vanished.
At this moment, everything collapsed and vanished, and the usually gentle voice sounded almost venomous and piercing.
"Helian Nie!!"
Changying had excellent hearing; even though they were some distance from Ronghua Palace, he still clearly heard Wen Changle's words.
Her brows furrowed slightly, clearly displeased that Wen Changle addressed the Emperor by his given name.
Wen Changle believed that Helian Nie deliberately had Changying make his move before dawn because he didn't want to cause a commotion and let his father know.
So at this moment, Wen Changle had calmed down, composed himself, picked up his pen to write a letter home, and sent it by carrier pigeon.
This was to give his father some preparation, as Helian Nie's actions likely indicated he was about to take action against the Wen family.
The fact that Ronghua Palace was surrounded was merely the first step Helian Nie took to target the Wen family.
What Wen Changle didn't expect was that it wasn't just the Wen family; now, the entire streets and alleys of Kyoto...
The imperial concubine instructed the imperial physicians to poison the little princess's calming soup. The emperor discovered this, and the fact that the two imperial physicians confessed and signed the confession has already caused a great uproar.
The source of this is unknown; it's simply that so-and-so's maternal aunt's youngest daughter was a palace maid.
So-and-so's eldest cousin's sister-in-law's maternal uncle is a eunuch in the palace; so-and-so's aunt's second aunt's son is a palace guard.
In short, it was transmitted from person to person, but who exactly spread the word first remains unknown.
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