The emperor remained silent, but glanced deeply at the queen's direction.
The queen felt goosebumps popping up on her skin. She frowned, "Your Majesty, I really don't have any. I really don't have any!"
Lin Qingwan also knelt down, "Your Majesty, the Queen has a kind heart, so how could she do such a thing? There must be a misunderstanding..."
The emperor stood up slowly, "I will investigate what happened here..."
After saying this, he pointed towards the queen and said, "You are not allowed to leave your palace during this period without my instructions."
"Your Majesty!" The Queen screamed, as if she didn't expect that the Emperor would be so heartless.
But the emperor didn't care what she was saying, and turned directly towards the door and went out, his eyes a little cold.
Just when she reached the door, a little palace maid suddenly rushed over in a hurry and rushed directly into the emperor's arms.
She subconsciously stepped back, her whole body kneeling on the ground, "Your Majesty, forgive me, Your Majesty, forgive me!"
The emperor looked up, his mood was already bad, but now it was even worse.
He was about to have someone deal with this palace maid, but suddenly he saw marks on her arm that were exactly the same as Ying'er's.
The emperor frowned slightly, grabbed the palace maid's arm and lifted her up from the ground, "What's wrong with your arm?"
After saying this, he saw clearly the appearance of the person in front of him. It's somewhat familiar, but I can't remember where I've seen it before.
"Which palace are you from?"
At this moment, a concubine from behind suddenly said: "Isn't this...isn't this the palace maid who serves the sixteenth prince? I can often see her playing in the garden with the prince."
Hearing this, the emperor raised his eyebrows slightly and asked in a dignified voice, "Are you a person close to the sixteenth prince?"
The palace maid trembled, then kept kowtowing, "Your Majesty, forgive me, Your Majesty, forgive me! I really didn't mean to bump into the Emperor, I just accidentally..."
At this moment, the emperor couldn't care less whether this person was deliberately attacking him. After all, who in the palace would have the courage to attack the emperor? He pointed at the man's arm, "How did you get those blue marks?"
The palace maid seemed to have been tapped on some acupuncture point. She quickly covered it with her hands, and then shook her head desperately, "No...no...did the emperor see it wrong?"
Little did he know that the more she looked like this, the more confused the emperor became. In the end, he grabbed the maid's chin and said, "If you dare to lie in front of me, it is a serious crime of deceiving the emperor."
After hearing this, the little palace maid's whole body became a little weak, and she fell to the side uncontrollably. There were tears in her eyes, "Your Majesty... slave, I dare not say anything."
"Say, if you don't tell me, someone will pry your mouth open. If you tell me clearly, I can forgive you."
After hearing this, the little palace maid seemed to have made up her mind. She subconsciously glanced at the queen behind her, then pursed her lips and said, "Your Majesty, this servant is serving the Sixteenth Prince. The Prince didn't come out some time ago. I know where I got a book, and it said it contained many Qihuang techniques."
"One day, he suddenly asked the slave to go over, and then pierced the slave's arm with a silver needle, and sprinkled some medicinal powder on it. He said it was not harmful to the body, he just wanted to test it. But who knew that every day Every few hours, the slave's body will be very itchy. The slave asked the prince for an antidote, but the prince said that he did not have an antidote..."
"During this period, my slave is really worse than dead. I just heard that the young prince also has the same symptoms, so I came over anxiously to check. See if it is exactly the same as the wound on my hand."
Upon hearing this, the emperor's brows tightened and he turned to look at the queen behind him.
The queen probably really didn't know anything, let alone that her seemingly well-behaved little son would do such a thing.
"I ask you, did the sixteenth prince and the young prince meet in the middle?"
The palace maid trembled, "Just a few days ago, Xiao Wang also took a kite to play in the Imperial Garden. The prince fell in love with the kite of the young prince, and then the two of them had some disputes. Later... Later, the prince asked someone to take it away. The young prince tied her back, but I really don’t know what kind of slave she was made into.”
As soon as these words came out, the truth of the matter seemed to be clear, so all this was done by his harmless son.
The emperor could have been magnanimous, but he revealed the truth in front of so many people. If he continued to be partial, he would probably chill the hearts of others in the palace.
He pinched his eyebrows with his fingers, still seeming confused.
"Queen." Finally, the emperor turned to look at the queen with a very serious tone, "Is this the good son you raised?"
The queen's pupils dilated, and she walked directly to the emperor and knelt down, "Your Majesty, forgive me. Your Majesty, forgive me. I really didn't know this would happen, and I never found those crooked books to read to him!"
After finishing speaking, the middle-aged woman suddenly pointed towards the palace maid, "Is it you? Are you talking nonsense here? Say it, say it! Tell the emperor clearly! Where did the marks on your arm come from? of?"
The palace maid's face was full of fear, and her body retreated uncontrollably, "Your Majesty, this slave really didn't lie. Do you want to frame the little prince at the risk of deceiving you? If it weren't for the fact that I was too uncomfortable, otherwise I won’t come over either. I heard that Princess Zhan is here, so I wanted to take the risk and see if I can detoxify her body."
"Slaves are human beings too. They can also feel pain and itchiness. Everything the little prince does is what the slaves should bear. But you have to let the slaves think of some ways to treat themselves!"
The words she spoke were sincere, and tears fell uncontrollably as she spoke. Others were moved when they saw this. The eunuchs and maids couldn't help but lower their heads, and they actually agreed with what she said.
The queen could no longer say anything at this moment. She subconsciously turned her head to look at Xuan Qianchen and Lin Qingwan, but Lin Qingwan always had an innocent expression, more like she didn't know anything.
Xuan Qianchen's eyes were cold, as if he had nothing to do with this matter.
How could that happen?
How could things suddenly become like this?
It's all this Qin Tianjian's fault!
"Your Majesty! Sixteen is still young. There are some things that he cannot distinguish between true and false, good and evil. Please forgive him this time. I promise that there will never be a next time."
The emperor took a deep breath. He really couldn't bear to punish his youngest son, but so many people were watching...
"Enough! After so many explanations, it is better to go back and educate your children properly. If this happens again, I will not be lenient. Then don't blame me for being rude!"
