Facing Ruan Mianmian's thoughtful expression, Li Yu felt a little guilty.
"I ran into Eunuch Kang when I came out. I heard that my father is a bit busy today."
After thinking about it, Ruan Mianmian still compromised: "Okay."
There must be something fishy about the little brother not letting him into the palace. Ruan Mianmian sat down slowly.
"Okay, then I will enter the palace another day."
"We will meet again another day. Take good care of Mianmian, and I will leave first." Li Yu breathed a sigh of relief and said goodbye to everyone before turning around and leaving in a hurry.
Watching Li Yu's back disappear around the corner, Ruan Mianmian couldn't help but frown.
After Li Yu left, Ruan Mianmian felt uneasy and worried.
"Mianmian, eat quickly." Li Wang said as he diligently placed the grilled fish he had grilled in front of Ruan Mianmian.
"Eat, eat, eat, what else do you know besides eating?" Ji Ji looked like a little hedgehog when facing Li Wang.
Li Wang bit the meat skewer in his hand and said through his teeth: "I'm too lazy to talk to you."
Crossing her hands on her chest, Ji Ji said goodbye: "To each other."
"Okay, you two, stop bickering." Lin Bingying smoothed things over and turned to Ruan Mianmian.
"Princess, what's wrong?"
"Nothing." Ruan Mianmian turned to Ruan Xiao, "Fourth brother, did something happen to little brother?"
"I don't know either. After taking Taifu Ji's class recently, His Highness the Crown Prince stopped letting me follow him, either to the Emperor's place or to the Queen Mother's."
"Has there been any news about Li Ling recently?"
"The eldest princess is banned from Lingfang Hall."
"Where is the Queen?" Ruan Mianmian asked seriously with a slightly raised brow.
Ruan Xiao touched his head: "Mianmian, didn't I tell you that His Highness the Crown Prince would not let me follow him."
"I understand, you don't know anything." Ruan Mianmian said gloomily.
Ruan Xiao said guiltily: "Sorry, Mianmian."
"It's none of Brother Four's business." He raised his head again, and Xiaotai Dumpling was smiling again.
After eating and drinking, Ruan Mianmian looked very worried after sending all the guests away.
That night, Ruan Mianmian tossed and turned until the middle of the night and fell asleep because she was too tired.
At dawn, Ruan Mianmian sat up suddenly. It seemed like he had had a nightmare just now, but when he woke up, he couldn't remember what he had dreamed about. He could only feel his heart beating violently.
"The princess is getting up." Jiu'er heard a slight noise outside and came in.
Ruan Mianmian reached out and wiped it, and found that there was a thin layer of sweat on her forehead. Now she was completely awake.
After breakfast, Ruan Mianmiansi suppressed her temper and picked up the book. Unfortunately, she still couldn't feel at ease because of something in her heart.
Seeing the sun rising, Ruan Mianmian stood up after thinking for a long time, took Jiu'er and left the house without telling anyone.
Sitting in the carriage, Jiu'er helped Ruan Mianmian tidy up her hair and clothes. Fortunately, the little princess was just a doll, so she didn't need to put on makeup or anything when entering the palace, she just needed to be clean.
"Princess, why do you have to enter the palace?"
Ruan Mianmian had nothing to hide from Jiu'er: "I'm a little worried about my little brother."
"I have guessed it a long time ago. There was something wrong with you after His Royal Highness left last night."
"I don't know if my little brother is in trouble."
"Even if the Queen Mother doesn't want to see you, Your Highness the Prince is still protected by the Emperor and the Queen Mother."
"I feel a little uneasy." Ruan Mianmian has always believed in his intuition.
"You are thinking too much." Jiuer chuckled.
"I hope I'm overthinking it." Ruan Mianmian said with a smile, "It doesn't matter. I haven't been to the palace for a long time. Logically speaking, I should also visit the Emperor and the Queen Mother. I received many rewards on my birthday before, so I should also go to the palace.
Thank you."
While he was talking, Marquis Ding'an's carriage had already entered the palace, and the driver stopped the carriage.
Jiu'er asked knowingly: "Princess, are we going to the Yongtai Palace of His Royal Highness?"
Ruan Mianmian pondered for a moment and then ordered: "Go to the Imperial Study Room to see the Emperor first."
After hearing this, the driver of the carriage turned around and headed towards the Imperial Study Room, and soon reached his destination.
Ruan Mianmian jumped out of the carriage with the support of Jiu'er. The imperial study room was just ahead. She had to walk this way. She had been here before, so she was familiar with the road.
Jiu'er followed Ruan Mianmian unhurriedly, and the master and servant walked forward calmly.
Seeing the figure of Princess Linglong, the little eunuch guarding the door quickly ran to report the situation.
To Ruan Mianmian's expectation, within a moment, she was still a little far away from the imperial study room, when she saw Eunuch Kang running towards her.
He frowned. Seeing that Eunuch Kang was in such a hurry, he must not be in a hurry to greet him. Is something really wrong? Ruan Mianmian thought in her mind and couldn't help but quicken her steps to greet him.
"The princess is here." Eunuch Kang greeted from a distance.
"Eunuch Kang, what happened to little brother?" Ruan Mianmian asked directly.
Pulling Ruan Mianmian aside, Eunuch Kang lowered his voice: "The princess is so well-informed."
"I don't know anything."
"I don't know? Then why did you come to the palace?"
"My little brother returned to the palace from Ding'an Marquis Mansion last night. I saw something strange about him. The more I thought about it, the more worried I became, so I came to the palace to have a look."
Eunuch Kang looked around and then whispered: "I originally wanted to go to the Ding'an Marquis' Mansion to find the old Marquis at night tonight. You came at the right time."
"Something happened in the palace." Ruan Mianmian did not ask but affirmed.
"Last night, the eldest prince was poisoned and fell unconscious, but he was traced to the young eunuch of Yongtai Palace."
The name of the eldest prince, Li Sheng, was born from the noble concubine Xian. Sounds a bit familiar? Ruan Mianmian remembered that the boy next to her uncle was named Zhou Sheng, which sounded the same as the eldest prince.
"Did the little eunuch involve the little brother?" Ruan Mianmian reacted quickly, "What did the little brother say?"
"It so happened that His Highness the Crown Prince was out of the palace last night and was unable to testify, but the young eunuch died in the middle of the night."
"What? He's dead. This is murder and silence."
"Yes, everyone with a discerning eye knows this. Early this morning, Concubine Xian went to Kunyi Palace to seek justice from the Queen. They both came to the Imperial Study Room together, and the Emperor was having a headache at the moment." Eunuch Kang finally finished the matter.
Made it clear.
What happened to the eldest prince has absolutely nothing to do with the younger brother, because he would not attack his brother unnecessarily. Someone must have framed him.
After calming down, Ruan Mianmian breathed a sigh of relief. He could understand things so easily. The emperor should not be fooled so easily.
Ruan Mianmian grasped the key and asked: "Did the little eunuch leave any physical evidence?"
"There is no physical evidence, but he left a suicide note saying that His Highness the Crown Prince ordered him to poison the eldest prince." Eunuch Kang replied.
"What did the imperial doctor say? When will the eldest prince wake up?"
"The imperial doctor said it looked like he was poisoned. As for what kind of poison he was poisoned, he is still unclear. No one can say for sure, but the eldest prince has been in a coma since last night and woke up." Eunuch Kang said with a grimace.