This seemingly casual sentence made Grandma Zhong's eyes light up. "You mean the fragrance of love?"
Mu Yunfang nodded and said: "Yes, otherwise, how could the princess be robbed of her innocence by Luo Fengyang?"
Aunt Zhong thought for a moment and made a request: "Prince Princess, can you allow me to take people to search Concubine Chu's yard?"
Mu Yunfang looked confused, then agreed, and asked uneasily: "Mother Zhong, does this matter have anything to do with Concubine Chu?"
Aunt Zhong never said much, but just perfunctoryly said: "I don't know, I just have doubts. Please don't be offended."
Little did she know that it was Mu Yunfang who deliberately led her to search Chu Zhuer's room.
When she heard the queen summoning her to the palace, Xiao Lanxin knew that something was not going to be simple. As soon as she reached the door, Aunt Zhong led the palace servants in and asked people to search her room without saying a word.
Xiao Lanxin secretly thought something was wrong and asked: "Mother Zhong, what do you mean? Why did you search my room?"
Aunt Zhong looked her up and down, but ignored her. She just ordered the palace people to search carefully and not miss any corner.
Xiao Lanxin was angry, but she didn't dare to offend the people around the Queen. She could only look at Mu Yunfang, and seeing her gloating look on her face, she immediately guessed that the matter must be related to her.
"Is it you? What tricks did you play to frame me?"
Mu Yunfang sneered disdainfully and said, "You should calm down a little. Do I have the time to frame you? It's your own fault. What does it have to do with me?"
Not long after, someone from the palace found a small porcelain vase under Xiao Lanxin's bed and took it over to Aunt Zhong.
"Mommy, look, it smells like the fragrance of love."
Aunt Zhong took it, put it to the tip of her nose and smelled it, frowned, and looked at Xiao Lanxin with burning eyes.
She has been in the palace for more than 20 years and has studied this kind of things quite a lot. She can smell it as soon as she smells it. This is the fragrance of love from the Western Regions, which ordinary people will never have.
"Concubine Chu, can you explain to me what this is?"
Xiao Lanxin knew that she must have been framed, so she hurriedly explained: "I don't know, this bottle is not mine, I have never seen it."
Mu Yunfang sneered: "It's not yours? If so, why did this bottle appear in your room? Could it be that it grew legs on its own and ran here?"
"You..." Xiao Lanxin's almond-shaped eyes widened and she glared at Mu Yunfang hatefully. Needless to say, she must have put it in her room while she was not paying attention, "It was you, you put it in my room." Framed me!"
This suddenly reminded Aunt Zhong that the disputes in the backyard and the harem had always been the same as those in the harem. It was a matter of intrigue. It was not impossible for Mu Yunfang to frame the concubine Chu in order to compete for her favor.
Moreover, Mu Yunfang was also at Hongyun Restaurant today, and she was the one who mentioned Qingxiang just now, intentionally or unintentionally. Could it be...
Aunt Zhong looked at Mu Yunfang suspiciously, but the latter smiled calmly.
"Isn't it easy for me, Mu Yunfang, to deal with you? Even if I drag you out and kill you, His Highness won't even say a word. Why should I go through so much trouble to frame you?"
Aunt Zhong felt that what Mu Yunfang said was reasonable. She didn't know the inside story of the prince's palace. She only heard that the second prince's concubine was a shrew, and even the concubines and concubines in the palace who couldn't stand her eyes were tortured to death by her.
Similarly, if Mu Yunfang wants to deal with Concubine Chu, she doesn't have to worry so much.
"Okay, let's wait until we are in front of the Queen to explain. Concubine Chu, please follow me into the palace!"
Xiao Lanxin didn't know what happened, but it was obvious that all this was for her. If she went to the palace and couldn't prove her innocence in front of the queen, she might not be able to get out.
"I still have something to tell the Second Prince. Can I wait until His Highness comes back before I tell him?"
"You can tell me if you have anything to say, and I will definitely convey it to you!" Mu Yunfang said "kindly". Do you want to wait for the second prince to come back to save you? Ha, what a beautiful idea!
"Let's go." Nanny Zhong urged.
There was no choice but to follow Xiao Lanxin into the palace. Before leaving, Grandma Zhong also took away the poems Xiao Lanxin copied when she was bored.
In Qifeng Palace, Xiao Lanxin was kneeling in the palace, and the queen was sitting on the chair, holding the porcelain bottle handed over by Aunt Zhong and looking at it carefully, her face stained with frost.
"This is indeed the fragrance of love from the Western Regions, Concubine Chu, where did you get it from?"
Xiao Lanxin shook her head hurriedly: "Queen, Zhu'er has never seen this thing before. I really don't know where it came from."
The queen stared at her closely, put down the porcelain bottle, and asked again: "So, is this letter the one you sent to Princess Eight yesterday?"
The palace man showed the letter to Xiao Lanxin.
Xiao Lan was delighted to see that this writing was so similar to her own, and immediately felt weak.
"This, this is not written by me. I have never written such a letter. Queen, I was wronged..."
With a crash, the queen threw a stack of paper in front of Xiao Lanxin and said angrily: "You still say that you are unjust. Look at this handwriting. It is exactly the same. Who else could it be besides you?"
The handwriting is indeed exactly the same, and even Xiao Lanxin herself has a hard time distinguishing the authenticity from the fake.
Xiao Lanxin suddenly felt cold all over her body, "Queen, I never wrote this letter. Someone must have framed me. You have to believe me..."
The queen said coldly: "Why should I believe you? You are still quibbling about it now. It seems that you will not admit it without giving you some color! Someone, drag her out and beat her thirty times!"
"Empress, please forgive me, Empress..." Xiao Lanxin resisted and begged for mercy.
"My Lady, do you really think she is Concubine Chu?" Aunt Zhong asked in a low voice.
The queen took a sip of tea, shook her head and said, "No, the letter may have been written by her, but there must be someone behind her. I believe that she is just a prince's concubine, and it is impossible to get the love of the Western Regions."
"This old slave thinks so too," Madam Zhong nodded and thought, "Do you think someone might have planned to frame Concubine Chu?"
"It's not impossible." The queen narrowed her eyes and said slowly: "But, who could Concubine Chu have such a deep hatred against, that she would rather take the risk of dragging Yin Er into the water and put her to death?"
Aunt Zhong said: "I think the second prince's concubine is extremely suspicious."
The queen's eyes suddenly lit up and she was awakened by Aunt Zhong.
Yes, because the death of the Mu family's only son was caused by Princess Ba, Mu Yunfang has always hated her, and Chu Zhuer was the concubine of the second prince and was also hostile to her. If Mu Yunfang had planned to lure Princess Ba first, Putting the blame on Chu Zhuer will kill two birds with one stone!
Just when I was having some thoughts, an announcement came from outside: "Queen, the second prince wants to see you!"
The queen curled her lips slightly, she must have come for Chu Zhuer!
"Let him come in, Aunt Zhong, please leave with everyone. I want to speak to the Second Prince alone."