Chapter 353 Crown Princess 17
Noon, Yazhuxuan.
Yazhuxuan received a plate of snacks sent from the kitchen.
Qiu Shuang quickly picked up the pastries and broke them open one by one. Finally, she found a note inside one of them. She opened the note and a look of joy appeared on her face. She quickly looked at Li Gege.
"Master! Xiao Linzi's condition has already been cured. According to the dosage, Prince Hongxi will be completely ill this afternoon. You should get ready and rush out when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince returns to Jinxiu Residence. Don't miss the opportunity!"
"it is good!"
Li Gege took a deep breath and nodded heavily.
Then, she sat in front of the dressing mirror, took off her bright outer clothes, and changed into plain clothes that she would never touch on a normal day.
She was ill to begin with, and her face was so pale that she didn't need to put on powder, but she still felt it was not enough, so she painted her lips to make them even paler, and took off her earrings and bracelets.
Finally, she came to the last step. She pulled out all the jewelry on her bun. When the jewelry was taken off, her long and smooth black hair instantly fell down, making her look incredibly haggard.
Taking off the hairpin to apologize is the highest ritual for the women in the backyard to make amends.
"Master, remember, the more miserable you are, the better." After Qiu Shuang finished speaking, he felt the smell of blood coming from his throat.
She subconsciously touched her forehead and her fever seemed to have gotten worse, but fortunately, her plan was almost accomplished.
Li Gege didn't notice Qiu Shuang's pain. She had a determined look in her eyes: "I will succeed."
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I don’t know if something is about to happen in Yuqing Palace, but the entire East Palace became incredibly quiet.
It was almost evening when the prince returned to Yuqing Palace.
"Your Highness, the Crown Princess wants to see you. She said she has something to tell Your Highness."
"Oh?" The prince was a little curious. After all, this was the first time the Crown Princess sent someone to invite him. Thinking of last night, he felt a little greedy: "Don't let the Crown Princess wait anxiously. Let's go."
As soon as the group arrived at Jinxiu Residence, they heard a woman's shrill voice from a distance. In an instant, a woman with disheveled hair came over barefoot and knelt on the ground.
"Your Highness, I was wrong!"
"It was my fault. I didn't mean to hurt you, Your Highness! I did it because I loved you too much. I was afraid that you would forget me after you became the Crown Princess, so I did it like this!"
"I never thought of harming you!"
The prince's way was blocked, so he could only stop and look coldly at the woman kneeling on the ground in front of him. He felt annoyed as soon as he saw her.
"I punished you by confining you to your room, but you still ran out. Don't you agree?"
He thought he had been good enough to her, seeing that she had stayed in the Eastern Palace for many years and had given birth to the eldest son, so he did not let her die.
Upon hearing this, Li Gege froze up and banged her head on the ground: "No matter how Your Highness punishes me in the future, I will accept it. Even if it means death, I am not afraid! But, but Prince Hongxi is my child, born after ten months of pregnancy. He is the apple of my eye! I will never let him suffer the slightest injustice!"
"But, but the Crown Princess let my son Hongxi fall ill and didn't even call in a doctor. This is heartbreaking! After I found out, I had no choice but to come out and beg you!"
"Gu Qing left early, Hong Xi is still fine."
The prince didn't believe it. When he left Jinxiu Residence this morning, he asked the wet nurse whether the little prince was adapting well. At that time, the little prince was obviously doing well.
Li Gege shook her head frantically: "Your Highness! The little prince was sick at noon. The Crown Princess has never been a mother. She doesn't know the situation, and she doesn't understand my heart. I beg Your Highness to summon the imperial physician for Prince Hongxi and make a decision for my little prince!"
With a creaky sound, the door of Jinxiu Residence was opened.
A woman in a warm yellow palace dress came out. She bowed slightly to the prince without moving her eyebrows. Then she looked at Li Gege with a half-smile:
"What is Li Gege doing? She is just making empty statements and slandering others out of thin air, or she is directing and acting in this drama herself."
"You know what, you're really skilled at it."
When Li Gege saw Sheng Huan coming out, hatred flashed across her eyes, but she burst into tears the next moment: "I don't know what the Crown Princess is talking about, I don't know!"
She kowtowed to the prince fiercely, leaving blood marks on her head with the sound of "bang bang". "Your Highness, please ask the imperial physician to come and see the little prince. Even if I die, I will apologize to the Crown Princess! Please have pity on me as a loving mother!"
Li Gege's words were too confident. What's more, she did look miserable, with disheveled hair and a bruised forehead. Her motherly love obviously touched the heart of the prince who had lost his mother at a young age.
Sheng Huan looked at the silent prince without any emotion: "What do you think, Your Highness?"
The prince came back to his senses and ordered: "Come, take Li away."
"No! Your Highness, if I don't get news today about whether Prince Hongxi is safe, I will be restless day and night. I dream of Hongxi crying out in pain. Your Highness, I am Prince Hongxi's biological mother. They say that there is telepathy between mother and son. It can't be wrong!"
Li Gege rushed over and hugged the prince's thigh.
"Your Highness, even if you are angry with me, you have to consider Hongxi. The Crown Princess is only his stepmother, not his biological mother. She is not as sincere to Prince Hongxi as I am, Your Highness!"
This was quite outrageous, as he was questioning his stepmother in public.
Sheng Huan sneered: "Gege Li is so sure that the young prince is ill. Why is that? Is it because she knew that she sent someone to give him the medicine?"
"Someone, bring Xiao Linzi up to me!"
Li Gege suddenly felt something was wrong. When she heard the name "Xiao Linzi", her body froze.
The prince noticed and waved her hand away.
Xiao Linzi was quickly brought up and knelt down tremblingly.
Sheng Huan looked at Li Gege with sarcasm in his eyes: "I wonder if Li Gege recognizes this little Linzi."
Li Gege shook her head: "Who is he? I have never seen him before!"
Sheng Huan gave Fu Ju a look, and Fu Ju immediately stepped forward and shouted coldly: "You bold servant, why don't you confess everything you know! To murder the young prince and frame the Crown Princess is a capital crime!"
"I know my crime, I know my crime! It was Qiu Shuang who was beside Li Gege. She asked me to put drugs in the food of the young prince's wet nurse. This way, the young prince would get sick, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would hate the Crown Princess. I have said it all! That's it!"
"You are slandering me!" Li Gege was furious.
"Slave, slave, I didn't do it. This is Qiu Shuang's bellyband, and the medicine she asked me to give you. The Crown Prince and the Crown Princess will know it once they check. This is evidence!"
The prince had understood everything and felt that he was wasting his time standing here. He turned cold and said, "Come here, drag Xiao Linzi and Qiu Shuang away and execute them!"
"As for the Li family..."
Li Gege was so frightened that her face turned pale. Xiao Linzi was finished, and she was obviously finished too. Qiu Shuang's legs were inconvenient and she couldn't follow. She was at a loss at this moment and collapsed directly. She didn't dare to listen to the prince's punishment. She only held on to one point:
"No, Your Highness, Prince Hongxi is my child. How could I harm him?"
She pointed at Sheng Huan, her eyes bloodshot: "It's her! It was the Crown Princess who plotted against me! She still doesn't dare to carry Hongxi out. Hongxi must be very ill now. It's all her fault! She is the one who harmed my Hongxi!"
Although she was blamed, Sheng Huan remained calm. She said calmly, "Doctor Qian, please come out."
As soon as she finished speaking, Doctor Qian and two wet nurses came out carrying Prince Hongxi.
They bowed to Sheng Huan and the prince.
Sheng Huan ignored Li Gege's trembling and said directly, "Doctor Qian, tell me, how is Prince Hongxi?"
"My dear Princess, Prince Hongxi is fine. He is the same as when he first arrived."
"No, it's impossible. The Crown Princess must have colluded with the Imperial Physician. It must be, Your Highness, it must be!" Li Gege panicked, her face ferocious.
Doctor Qian was very unhappy to be questioned. He bowed to the prince and said, "Your Highness, what I said is true."
The prince naturally believed in Doctor Qian. He nodded and gave the order directly: "We have made a fool of ourselves by letting Doctor Qian see us. Come, drag Li away."
As for whether she was dead or alive, the prince had no interest in telling others. At worst, although Li was hated by the emperor, she was also a person given by the emperor. If she was to die, she had to be executed in private.
After the person was dragged away and left, Doctor Qian bowed and said goodbye.
Unexpectedly, at this time, Sheng Huan directly hugged Prince Hongxi and stuffed him into the arms of Crown Prince Yinreng.
"It seems that Li Gege is very worried about the little prince staying with me. If that's the case, I won't do such a thankless task, so as to avoid this unprovoked disaster. After all, I am not the biological mother. Your Highness should handle it yourself."
After Sheng Huan finished her sarcastic words, she bowed and said, "I'll take my leave."
The prince was surprised when he saw the princess leaving as she said she would.