"Prince Kang's Mansion?" Ning Chen was also surprised for a moment.
The eunuch who was speaking nodded awkwardly, "Your Majesty, if she confessed, she would say it was from Prince Kang's Mansion. We didn't believe it at first, so we punished her more. But the old woman insisted that it was Concubine Xie from Prince Kang's Mansion, and she didn't seem to be lying."
"Concubine Xie was not in the garden, so how did she get in touch with her? Did she confess anything else?" Yuan Jiu asked.
The eunuch who delivered the message nodded hurriedly, "It was said that it was arranged long ago. They found her when the imperial concubine was six months pregnant. Because she was indeed quite capable, they found some connections and sent her to the palace. They only said that someone would come to find her when the time came. Later, when she went to the Imperial Hospital to get medicine, an unfamiliar palace maid handed her the medicine."
"She recognizes that palace maid." Ning Chen said.
The eunuch shook his head, "I only saw her once and exchanged a few words with her. The palace maids all dressed similarly, so I don't remember her characteristics. Maybe... maybe if I saw her in person, I would be able to remember her."
After hearing this, Yuan Jiu was in a dilemma.
If nothing else, there are more than 10,000 palace maids serving in the imperial palace. Although there are fewer people in Lingxi Garden, there are still nearly 5,000 palace maids. This is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
But Ning Chen didn't hesitate at all and spoke directly.
"Then check them one by one, starting with the concubines. Don't leave any of them out. Bring them all to Qu to identify them one by one!"
"I obey your command!" Yuan Jiu bowed and immediately went to pass on the message.
At this moment, an inconspicuous little gray carrier pigeon flapped its wings and flew out of Qin Jieyu's yard.
After secretly sending a message to the palace, Linglan returned to her room.
"Is everything done?" Concubine Qin asked in a low voice with her back to her.
Linglan nodded, "I have sent a letter to the Concubine Xian, but since Nanny Qu has been arrested, I am afraid I can't escape. I don't know what the Concubine Jie has planned. There is still the Fifth Prince in the palace. The Concubine Jie should also think more about the child."
Concubine Qin turned around.
Because she was standing in the dark, the shadow covered her shoulders and above, making it impossible to tell her emotions.
In fact, there was no expression on her face at this moment.
"You are threatening me."
"I dare not." Ling Lan lowered her eyes slightly, but continued, "The Concubine knows everything about this matter, and has been on the same boat with Your Majesty for a long time. However, if the Concubine prevents this disaster at this time, it can be exchanged for the Fifth Prince to grow up safely. Your Majesty also hopes that the Second Prince can have a brother to help him, and will definitely not treat the Fifth Prince unfairly."
Concubine Qin looked at the palace maid in front of her and felt extremely hateful in her heart, but she had no choice.
Now that she has given birth to a child, it is impossible for her not to think about everything about the child.
After a while, he finally came out from the shadows and said, "I know."
The voice was as light as a light feather, as if it was extremely tired, and as if it felt that it was about to leave.
Linglan then bowed respectfully, "But please rest assured, Concubine. If the emperor has not investigated this far, nothing will happen."
After all, there is a concubine named Xie outside the palace.
But these words are just for show. After all, if the personal maid did such a thing, would the emperor believe that his master was not involved
Furthermore, even if the concubine could reach into the palace, it would be difficult for her to accomplish anything without someone to support her.
Therefore, Linglan’s words cannot be trusted at all. This time she is going to be a scapegoat for Concubine Jingxian.
At this time, Concubine Xie was no longer outside the palace. She had people escort her back to Lingxi Garden from Prince Kang's mansion for interrogation.
However, Xie was obviously determined to die, so he quickly confessed everything.
When Empress Xie fell from power, the entire Xie family was exiled. However, since she was a married woman and married into the royal family, she was not implicated.
At that time, Concubine Xie was pregnant and gave birth to a daughter with great difficulty. It was Nanny Qu who delivered the baby, and that was how the two met.
She was originally the daughter of a wealthy family and the current queen's cousin, and her status was not much lower than that of a princess. But now she has suddenly become the daughter of a criminal and has no one to rely on.
She was not favored to begin with, and her life was not as good as before after giving birth to a daughter, so she blamed all the misfortunes on Ye Jun.
If it weren't for Ye Yun's seductiveness that caused the Queen to take action, how could the Xie family have ended up in such a state? Now that Ye Yun not only still enjoys the Emperor's favor but is also pregnant with her second child, she hates the Emperor even more.
So he used some tricks to send Nanny Qu into the palace. With her excellent skills, she successfully became Ye Yun's midwife.
Her original plan was to use drugs to make Ye Yun unconscious and unable to give birth normally, and then use Nanny Qu's skills to massage the fetus to shift its position.
In this way, the child cannot be born smoothly and will be stuck in the womb, resulting in two lives.
However, she had not expected that Ye Jun would become wary of Nanny Qu's cooking skills and did not ask for close service. Furthermore, the Emperor did not even take into account the status of the empress and concubine and allowed outsiders such as the imperial physician to enter the delivery room.
In this way, Ye Jun saved his life.
These confessions are the same as what Qu said.
However, there is another person that Ning Chen wants to investigate right now, and that is the palace maid who delivered medicine to Qu.
According to Concubine Xie, the connection was made when she entered the palace on New Year's Eve last year.
The palace maid is named Linglan. She now serves Qin Jieyu and is from the same hometown as her personal maid.
With this explanation, things progressed faster.
Soon, a woman was brought in front of Nanny Qu who was identifying the palace maids one by one. It was Linglan.
Needless to say, the result was that he was identified on the spot.
In a short while, the search team arrived at Qin Jieyu's place and found the drug in Linglan's residence.
And Concubine Qin was also brought to Ning Chen.
She was so unnaturally calm that the servants who escorted her here looked at her in surprise several times.
"Tell me, how much do you know about this matter?"
Ning Chen turned the jade ring on his hand, and his phoenix eyes were dark.
But he didn't expect that Concubine Qin didn't argue.
"I know everything. I noticed Linglan's abnormality early on and was involved in it. Otherwise, how could she, a palace maid who had to work all the time, come in and out so smoothly?"
Ning Chen glanced at her, his eyes filled with murderous intent, "Noble Concubine Ming has no grudges against you, and has never made things difficult for you."
"But the fact that she is a noble concubine is enough to make people jealous!" Qin Jieyu suddenly raised her head and raised her voice. "She already has a son, why does she want to have another one? I was born ordinary and not favored. If the fifth prince took the title of the youngest son, the emperor would think of him more. But she wants to have another one. My fifth prince is not grown up yet. If she gives birth now, who will remember my child!"
"I remember!" Ning Chen stood up suddenly. The pressure from his body made people dare not look up. "There are other people in the harem, and there will be children. Do you want to kill them all one by one?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, just wait and see. If I am not here, there are others. There will always be someone!" Concubine Qin changed her usual docile appearance and became extremely crazy at this moment.