Prince Pampers the Escaping Consort

In the time it took to make half a cup of tea, the imperial physicians and chefs had hurried over.

"Greetings, Your Majesty." The two of them spoke at the same time.

"Rise." Nangong Lin raised his hand, indicating that there was no need for the two of them to be courteous.

Both of them stood up and looked around. They looked at each other, but neither of them could understand what was happening.

Had he done something wrong? Why was the atmosphere in front of him so strange?

"Excuse me, did you fry the soup Miss Liu drank tonight?" During her interrogation, Yan Xiaoxi handed the soup over to the imperial physician by her side.

The imperial physician took it and sniffed it, answering, "Yes, but there's an additional herb inside.

Indeed, there was an additional herb inside, and adding it into the mix was not a conflict. It could be that an ingredient boy had no intention of putting the herb in here.

Thinking of this, the Imperial Physician was extremely frightened. People who stole from too many hospitals had to be serious in their actions. If they made a mistake, they could cause death, and they wouldn't be able to keep their heads up at any time.

This time, the medicine wasn't too bad. What if, accidentally, the poison fell into the medicine for the imperial concubine? They wouldn't even have enough lives to cut it off.

"Thank you, Imperial Physician." Yan Xiaoxi had long since noticed this.

After receiving a satisfactory answer, the corners of Yan Xiaoxi's mouth lifted into a brilliant smile. She then turned to the imperial chef at the other side and asked, "This consort wishes to ask, didn't Prince Lin tell you to prepare a cup of chicken soup?"

"Yes." The chef nodded.

"Then why is there chicken soup at every table?" As she spoke to here, Yan Xiaoxi's voice turned colder. This sudden change had scared the chef out of his wits.

Having been a servant in the palace for so many years, he had seen countless female members of the harem, but none of them had given him the feeling of terror.

This Princess Lin didn't seem as easy to bully as she looked on the surface. She was like a swamp, and the more she struggled, the deeper she sunk. If she stayed still, perhaps she could retreat unscathed.

"It was a palace maid who sent the message saying that it was Prince Lin's orders. Chicken soup is served at every table." The imperial physician was momentarily stunned before he hurriedly replied to Yan Xiaoxi's question.

"Oh, that Little Lin Lin, did you send someone to deliver the message?" Yan Xiaoxi's question seemed so firm, as if she already knew the answer.

Nangong Lin raised his eyebrows and looked at Yan Xiaoxi. At this moment, the two of them seemed to know each other.

"Nope." Nangong Lin casually spat out these two words.

"This!" The imperial chef was shocked. Who in the palace had the guts to pretend to be Prince Lin and deliver the message? Did they not want to live?

"Does the imperial chef still remember the appearance of that palace maid?" To Yan Xiaoxi, the chef's answer was the key.

The imperial chef recalled the scene and hesitated for a long time. Finally, he replied, "I have an impression of him."

Good. As long as you have an impression, then that's good.

Suddenly, the smile on Yan Xiaoxi's face deepened.

At this moment, seeing the smile on Yan Xiaoxi's face, Liu Zhixue began to grow nervous.

Did she discover something?

Impossible, everything had been arranged in such an ingenious manner. There were tens of thousands of palace maids in this huge palace, how could Yan Xiaoxi possibly find that palace maid among so many people?

"Chef, take a look and see if this person is the messenger palace maid." With that, Yan Xiaoxi pointed at the palace maids beside Liu Zhixue.

Seeing this, Liu Zhixue's expression changed greatly, and her forehead began to drip with sweat. Her fingers intertwined together, and her heart began to become incomparably anxious.

Never in her wildest dreams would she have thought that Yan Xiaoxi would be able to hit the heart with a casual flick of her finger.

However, how could she know that Yan Xiaoxi wasn't just randomly guessing. She had evidence to back everything up.

The imperial chef widened his eyes in disbelief as he said, "It's her! It's her!"

When he saw the palace maid, the imperial physician on the side also reacted. Why did he feel that this palace maid looked so familiar? Did he see her somewhere before?

"This servant has never been to the royal kitchen." The palace maid immediately knelt on the ground and immediately refuted.

"Princess Lin couldn't be thinking of randomly finding someone to frame her, right?" Nangong Zhen did not believe a single word that Yan Xiaoxi said.

"Whether or not this wangfei is spouting nonsense, everyone can just ask the imperial physician." With a single sentence, he once again directed all of his attention back to the imperial physician.

The imperial physician looked at Yan Xiaoxi with a dull expression. He truly didn't understand what this matter had to do with him.

Although they had made a mistake with the soup, the responsibility did not lie with the entire hospital!

"Imperial Physician Gu, why don't you take a good look at the palace maids?" Yan Xiaoxi reminded the imperial physician. There seemed to be a deeper meaning behind her words.

The imperial physician frowned as he looked at the palace maid. He examined her thoroughly from head to toe several times, but still didn't find anything out of the ordinary.

He couldn't help but sigh as he lowered his head to think about how he should answer Yan Xiaoxi's question. At this moment, he saw the jade pendant at the palace maid's waist. He had seen it before today at the hospital.

Since the shape was similar to General Liu's family jade pendant, he had a deep impression of it.

When the imperial physician realized this, he finally understood the meaning behind Yan Xiaoxi's words. "This official saw her at the Imperial Physician Courtyard today. At that time, she happened to be lurking around Miss Liu's medicine jar. I don't know what she was doing."

On the same day, the imperial chef and the imperial physician had met this ordinary palace maid. The most important matter was that she had not only come into contact with the soup but had also faked it, which had added chicken soup to Liu Zhixue's table.

The conclusion could be imagined.

"I believe everyone understands that she is the one who poisoned Miss Liu." After the confirmation just now, everyone was very clear of this fact.

"Your servant is wronged, your servant did not do it." Even now, the palace maids were still vowing to fight to the death.

"Indeed, she is not the real culprit behind this. She is only following orders." These words once again caused a huge uproar.

So someone had planned everything, and who was the real murderer?

Everyone present cast curious gazes at Yan Xiaoxi, with the exception of Liu Zhixue.

Hearing this, Liu Zhixue froze on the spot. Her expression was even more nervous than before, showing signs of a guilty conscience.

Liu Zhitian glanced at Liu Zhixue beside him and also realized that something was wrong with her.

Suddenly, his gaze shifted to the palace maid's body. After pausing for a few seconds, he saw the jade pendant on her body.

"Who is the murderer?" Nangong Zhen had always thought that Yan Xiaoxi was the culprit, but he never expected that so many things would happen.

Yan Xiaoxi gave a faint smile and pointed with her finger as she solemnly vowed, "That's her."

Everyone looked over to the source of the voice and realized that the person Yan Xiaoxi was referring to was none other than the victim, Liu Zhixue!

How was this possible?

Had Princess Lin been confused?

Why would Miss Liu poison him?

"How laughable. Princess Lin, are you sure you didn't point the wrong person out?" The entire Southern Water Country knew that Liu Zhixue was gentle, kind, and innocent. How could she have such a great shrewd plan?

However, people change.

Especially in the face of love, once the desire, will become the devil, uncontrollable.

"This consort is referring to Miss Liu." As she spoke, Yan Xiaoxi couldn't help but cast a glance at Nangong Lin who was standing a few steps away. She had originally thought that Nangong Lin would also look at her with suspicion.

However, at this moment, he was already standing on the spot. The expression on his face was the same as before, and his eyes were deep, making it impossible for others to understand what he was thinking.