After the milk ball arrived, the father who had no heirs had a string of good luck.

It turns out that people do change.

She remembered his life-saving grace and never forgot it for many years. She even listened to his advice and entered the Prince Li's mansion as a concubine.

As a result, this person was saying he liked her one moment and forcing himself on her against her will, and the next moment he acted as if he didn't know her at all.

Really...

Time flies, and the hero who saved her in her memory is no longer the same person she remembers.

Situ Che gently raised his hand.

The guards behind him grabbed the servant who had saved the Crown Princess.

Before he could even react, she drew her longsword and held it to his neck.

Qin Zhiyan's brow twitched.

The servant's face turned pale, and he raised his hands, too afraid to move: "What are you doing, sir?"

Situ Che didn't even glance at him, casually toying with his fingers as he said, "A man, appearing in the women's section, and so timely at that... Sixth Princess Consort is always so meticulous, how could such a blunder happen? Tell me, how much money did Qin Zhirou give you?"

Having grown up in the palace, what filthy things hadn't he seen?

Situ Che said that Qin Zhiyan's methods were low-level and she was as stupid as a pig!

Princess Xiang then remembered this matter and frowned at the servant: "Who are you? The servants serving at the women's table are either maids or eunuchs. I have never seen you before."

"I am a servant who specializes in emptying chamber pots for the Prince's mansion." Ding's gaze darted around, constantly glancing in Qin Zhirou's direction, but he said, "Your Highness, esteemed ladies, I don't know what you are talking about. Why would the Crown Princess give me money? I'm only here because Xiao Shunzi, who watches the archway, has a stomachache, and I'm just filling in for him for a while."

Upon hearing this, the crown prince straightened his back instantly: "Did you hear me? Release the innocent people right now. Don't think that just because you're a prince, you can bully others."

"Oh…"

Is this all there is to it?

Prince?

Is it that they're too lazy to care and just want to get it over with, or that they simply haven't noticed the problem at all?

Situ Che chuckled softly, no longer wanting to speak.

Prince Chen frowned and said, "When I was working in the Ministry of Works, I was in charge of building the Prince Xiang's residence. If I remember correctly, the latrine for emptying chamber pots was in the northernmost corner of the residence. This is the central courtyard. How did you, a lowly servant, become so friendly with the servants in the central courtyard? And how did you even get into the central courtyard?"

In ancient times, social status was extremely important; even servants were divided into different ranks.

How could a eunuch serving in the central courtyard possibly take a liking to a servant who empties chamber pots, become close to him, and even have him help guard the door?

Isn't this ridiculous?

Princess Consort Chen added casually, "Seventh Prince only mentioned the Crown Princess's name, not the words 'Crown Princess.' How could you, a lowly servant, know that Qin Zhirou is the Crown Princess's name?"

The couple were clearly intelligent. When asked their questions, the servant's eyes darted around, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. He stammered, "I...I just heard someone shouting. Yes, I heard someone shouting."

Prince Rui said irritably, "You heard someone else shouting? Who would be so bold as to call the Crown Princess by her name? Even if what you're saying is true, it's certainly timely that someone shouted it. Why now of all times, and for you, a servant who only takes out the chamber pot, to hear it?"

The servant's legs went weak, and he almost couldn't stand. "My lord," he stammered, "I...I really just heard someone else call me that. I'm not lying!"

Princess Rui scoffed lightly, her gaze fixed intently on the servant: "You're absolutely not lying? Then I'd like to ask you, when those people were shouting, were there any other people who heard it? If that's true, why not bring that person here for a confrontation, so that your innocence can be cleared."

Upon hearing this, the servant trembled violently, his eyes darting around, but he dared not meet Princess Rui's gaze. He kept repeating, "I really didn't lie... I didn't lie..."

Even the most foolish prince would realize something was wrong, and he couldn't help but look at Qin Zhirou beside him.

Qin Zhirou's face turned deathly pale instantly, a hint of panic flashing in her eyes, but she still forced herself to remain calm and said, "Your Highness, why are you looking at me like that?"

The crown prince glared at her fiercely, then stepped forward and kicked a servant to the ground: "Speak! Tell me the truth, or I'll send you to Shuntian Prefecture!"

The servant could no longer bear it and scrambled to his knees, kowtowing: "Your Highness, spare my life! Esteemed guests, spare my life! It was...it was the nanny by the Crown Princess's side who gave me twenty taels of silver, saying that some women would fall into the water soon and that I should rescue them in time."

As he spoke, the servant trembled slightly as he pulled out two ten-tael silver ingots from his pocket: "Look, all the silver is here; I haven't spent it yet!"

These words caused an uproar, and everyone's eyes turned to Qin Zhirou, their gazes filled with shock and disbelief.

Qin Zhirou swayed, almost losing her balance. She turned sharply to look at her nanny: "I trusted you so much, how could you do this?"

The old woman looked at her in disbelief upon hearing this, and for a moment she forgot to react.

Princess Xiang rolled her eyes: "That's such an old, tired plot. Are you trying to act it out? Do you think we're all idiots?"

Qin Zhirou angrily asked, "What do you mean, Princess Consort of Xiang?"

Princess Xiang ignored her and pinched Prince Xiang.

The Prince of Xiang winced in pain, but rubbed his aching back without showing any sign of discomfort. He glared at the Crown Prince and said, "Your Highness, today is my Queen Consort's birthday banquet. Can't you control your own woman?"

The Crown Prince's face turned ashen with rage. He whirled around, glaring at Qin Zhirou with eyes that seemed to want to devour her whole: "You, Qin Zhirou, how dare you cry wolf!"

Qin Zhirou knelt down with a thud, clutching the Crown Prince's robes tightly with both hands, tears streaming down her face. "Your Highness, I...I really didn't do it! It was all the old nanny's doing!"

Do you think I'm a fool?

The crown prince was furious and almost kicked her away: "I trusted you and wanted to stand up for you, and you actually lied to me?"

"Your Highness, I am truly innocent..." Qin Zhirou insisted, refusing to admit her innocence.

"..." What's the point of trying to argue?

"Come back with me!"

Today was already embarrassing enough, and the Crown Prince didn't want to lose any more face, so he left after saying those words.

Qin Zhirou stood up sadly and chased after him, saying, "Your Highness, please wait for me..."

Situ Qiang stamped her foot and quickly followed suit.

How embarrassing! So incredibly embarrassing!

A group of onlookers: "..."

Situ Che glanced at the fleeing Crown Prince, then cupped his hands in a respectful gesture towards Prince Xiang: "Sixth Brother, today was supposed to be Sixth Sister-in-law's birthday banquet, but... I'm truly sorry!"

"What does it have to do with you? It's all the same old thing... Never mind, all the annoying people are gone. Let's have a good drink together tonight."

After saying this, King Xiang glanced at the servant with disgust and waved to the servants beside him.

Immediately, someone came and dragged the servant out, no matter how much he cried and begged for mercy.

Prince Chen laughed and said, "Seventh Brother, let's go! This is the women's section; it's not appropriate to stay here too long!"

"Okay!" Situ Che looked at Qin Zhiyan: "You've been wronged."

Qin Zhiyan's eyes were red, and she shook her head: "It's also my fault. As soon as I heard the Crown Princess say that there was a place called Divine Doctor Valley, I didn't care about anything else and followed a maid I didn't know to the lakeside. Otherwise, I wouldn't have caused this mess and upset my sixth sister-in-law."

"I know you're doing this for my own good," Situ Che said, then patted Tang Rui's head. "Father has gone over to be with your mother; she was frightened today."

Tang Rui nodded with a smile: "Don't worry, Father, I won't run around. I'll stay with Mother."