The concubine is soft and charming, and the prince is willing to seduce her

Chapter 42 It’s hard to tell the truth from the false
When Ming Zhaoyi learned the news that the prince's sedan chair had arrived at Hexiang Garden, she happily dressed up and went out to greet him.

"I, your concubine, greet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Ming Zhaoyi maintained her polite posture and did not hear the prince calling her for a long time. She looked up with some confusion and met those cold and ruthless phoenix eyes. Her heart couldn't help but skip a beat.

Has His Royal Highness the Crown Prince already found out the truth of the matter and brought people to settle accounts with her?
Xiang Heng held Ming Zhaoyi's hand and moved it imperceptibly, signaling her to be at ease.

The prince saw that she was about to collapse, so he said, "Get up."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Ming Zhaoyi was helped up by Xiang Heng, and she pinched Xiang Heng's arm hard with her fingers.

The prince had never embarrassed her so much in public before, and it seemed that he was determined to get to the bottom of it this time.

"I wonder why Your Highness brought so many people to Hexiang Garden?" Ming Zhaoyi had a stiff smile on her lips and her eyes flashed with an obscure light.

The prince played with the teacup in his hand, and said with a half-smile, "Nothing, I just remembered that I haven't seen you for a long time, so I took a detour here and sent someone over to see you."

As soon as he finished speaking, the young eunuch came in with Xi Que, and everyone's eyes fell on her.

Xique was pushed to the ground, her eyes staring straight in the direction of Ming Zhaoyi, the answer seemed self-evident.

"Xi Que, is there anyone you know here?" Chai Hui asked.

Xi Que raised his hand and pointed directly at Ming Zhaoyi, or to be more precise, Xiang Heng behind her.

"She was the one who threatened me and asked me to give Yue Fengyi the drug, saying that it would only slow down Yue Fengyi's recovery, but she didn't say that it was a poison that could kill people."

Xiang Heng, who was named, was instantly fixed by everyone's eyes.

She stood beside Ming Zhaoyi, and seeing that everyone's eyes were on her, she walked out without fear and saluted the prince.

“Your Highness, I don’t even know her, and her claim of poisoning her is ridiculous.

I'm afraid someone wants to frame this incident on me in order to throw dirty water on Concubine Zhaoyi."

Ming Zhaoyi looked pitiful, "Your Highness, are you suspecting that I ordered someone to poison you?"

The prince raised his hand and gently lifted her chin, his voice as clear as the sound of an ancient zither, "How could I not believe in Ming Zhaoyi?"

Xique looked at the ugly way the master and servant were pretending to be, and began to laugh crazily.

"Hahahaha~~"

"Do you think that if you completely brush this matter aside, it will have nothing to do with you at all?"

Xi Que took out a sachet from the secret pocket of her clothes and said, "You don't even recognize this, do you?"

Xiang Heng frantically touched her waist, and sure enough, the scent bag she wore daily was missing. "My scent bag is indeed missing, but how can you prove that the one in your hand is mine?"

Xi Que's eyes were filled with sarcasm. "This was accidentally dropped when you met me two days ago. Otherwise, how could a maid like me get the things of the head of Hexiang Garden?"

Xiang Heng turned around and knelt on the ground, kowtowed to the prince and complained: "Your Highness, this palace maid is talking nonsense. I hate peach blossoms the most, so why would I embroider this on my own sachet?

Please Your Highness, please look into this matter and make a decision for the Empress and this servant girl!"

"How could it be wrong?" Xique looked through the sachet anxiously, and finally found the word "wax" in the corner embroidered with peach branches.

"How is this possible?" Xi Que shook her head in disbelief. "I absolutely cannot admit my mistake. It must be you who did this. It must be you!"

Chai Hui secretly looked at the prince's face and found that he did not give any hints, allowing the situation to continue. After a while, Bai Liangyuan and Layue beside her walked in, and they felt uneasy when they saw this scene.

"I pay my respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Majesty the Concubine." Bai Liangyuan bowed and greeted with a dignified manner that was impeccable.

"Stand up and ask the palace maid beside you to identify whether the sachet is hers." After the prince said this, he hooked his fingers on the jade pendant worn on his waist and fiddled with the tassel.

Bai Liangyuan turned to look at Layue beside her, "You should have heard what the prince said."

Layue turned around and looked at the peach blossom sachet, touched her waist in panic, and shook her head helplessly at her master.

Bai Liangyuan then realized that this was a trap set by someone to throw dirty water on her.

La Yue knelt on the ground, her hands clenched into fists, "Your Highness, the sachet was indeed mine. I don't know how it ended up in the hands of a little palace maid."

Ming Zhaoyi snorted coldly, "Bai Liangyuan, how did you teach your servants the rules? How dare you do such a daring thing."

The prince shook the tassel in his hand and asked, "Are you done?"

Ming Zhaoyi quickly shut up and knelt on the ground, "I just crossed the line in a moment of anxiety, please forgive me, Your Highness."

The prince ignored her and continued to entwine his fingers with Suizi. "Since this matter involves three people, send them all to the Ministry of Punishment to loosen their bones and find out who is the mastermind behind this."

He raised his black soap boots and walked out the door.

Chai Hui waved his hand and ordered the three palace maids to be taken away. Then he retreated with a smile, without giving Bai Liangyuan and Ming Zhaoyi any chance to speak.

After the prince's men left, Bai Liangyuan stumbled to her feet. She staggered in front of Ming Zhaoyi and grabbed her shoulders tightly.

"Why do you want to do this? Why do you want to do this? You are unwilling to sacrifice your Xiang Heng, so you can sacrifice my La Yue casually?"

Ming Zhaoyi was in a very irritable mood. She raised her hand and pushed her down on the chair. "Instead of wasting time here and going crazy with me, you should think about how to rescue them. Anyone who enters the Ministry of Punishment will at least suffer a loss of skin, even if they don't die."

Bai Liangyuan climbed up from the chair and said, "Ming Zhaoyi avoided answering, so she acquiesced!"

Ming Zhaoyi raised her hand and slapped her, "You idiot, use your brain to think carefully, which palace does that maid belong to?

If I had arranged for someone to do it, would I have been so careless and let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince lead people to the door and then involve Xiang Heng?"

Bai Liangyuan left in a daze, while Ming Zhaoyi was arrogant at first, but when the huge hall was empty and she was the only one left,

She bent her back, sat on the cold floor and hugged herself. She had never expected that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would actually send all the people involved to the cannibalistic place called the Ministry of Punishment.

Within two days, news came from the Ministry of Punishment that the palace maid named Xique could not bear the punishment and died, while the remaining two people refused to give in and claimed that they were innocent.

Chai Hui looked at the prince with some embarrassment, "Your Highness, how should we explain this matter to Yue Fengyi?"

Wei Qingye thought about it for a moment, then waved his hand and said, "Wait for me to tell her in person."

"Okay, then I'll go prepare the sedan chair first." Chai Hui bent down and slowly retreated.

Wei Qingye's heart was not as calm as he seemed on the surface. The scene of the confrontation in Hexiangyuan kept echoing in his mind, making it difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood.

I just hope that this time, she wasn't scared to death.

　My dears, today's update is late because Tangtang seems to have a fever. He is hot all over and weak. I can't write anymore (／_＼)
　　When I was writing this chapter, I was confused by the mix of truth and lies, and almost made myself dizzy (ω)
　　Please don't dislike my unstable update schedule these days. Once I recover from my illness, I will be full of energy and update 4,000 chaptersε(*ω)_/:☆
　　
　
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