Xiao Tao knew that Yue Yi had always had a bad temper, and coupled with the punishment for many days, she was now afraid of her. Just such a sentence made her stop talking and her body began to tremble slightly.
"There must be a lot of things that need your help in recent days. I advise you to get things done for me, otherwise you will be in trouble."
Yue Yi spoke in a light, casual and careless tone, not at all like the face she used to curse in front of Xiao Tao, but this attitude made her even more flustered.
In the past, she could just do it at once, with only a few punishments coming back and forth, without any tricks, but now she seems to be a different person, making her unpredictable.
Xiao Tao suppressed the doubts clamoring in her heart and responded weakly: "Yes, Miss."
At the same time, in Chen Ruzhi's courtyard, the atmosphere almost reached the extreme.
"My lord, do you think this matter was really done by...the princess?"
Lin Feng reached out and pushed Lin Yi. The force was not strong, but it made him stagger a few steps. He turned back and glared at Lin Feng, and asked under the huge pressure.
Hearing this, Chen Ruzhi stopped tapping the handle of the wooden chair, and his emotions could not be seen clearly in his eyes.
After a while, the two of them heard his faint voice: "Currently, no conclusive evidence has been found on this matter, so there is no need to draw a conclusion prematurely."
This meant that he was leaning towards Bai Wanrou. Lin Yi pursed his lips and nodded, not knowing whether this was a good thing or a bad thing.
Before he could speak, he heard the next sentence, "By the way, Lin Yi, help me go to the imperial kitchen in the mansion to ask about the situation and collect more information."
He was forced to swallow what he wanted to say, and Lin Yi simply left after answering.
Lin Feng took advantage of the situation and looked at it for a while, and then asked hesitantly: "Then Prince, how much does the princess have to pay for food and clothing in Lengxiangyuan now?"
Generally speaking, after being imprisoned in Lenxiangyuan, there is no good food, and all kinds of benefits will be reduced.
If the previous method is used on concubines, when will there be any lessons learned from the princess being imprisoned?
What's more, Bai Wanrou is still the person that the prince likes!
Lin Feng originally thought about this question and asked Lin Yi to ask it. After all, the prince was more tolerant to him.
Who would have thought that this person would have disappeared without a trace, so now he could only ask the question.
After waiting for a while, there was still no sound. Lin Feng glanced suspiciously at the seat and saw that the prince was in a trance and didn't know what he was thinking.
Even so, he didn't dare to rush, and waited silently while complaining in his heart.
After being silent for an incalculable amount of time, Lin Feng heard Chen Ruzhi say something. His voice was a little hoarse, and his voice was already low, making it even more seductive.
"She is a princess, and it is not confirmed that she has done anything yet. Naturally, her food and clothing expenses will be in accordance with the standards of a princess."
Even though he had thought of this answer a long time ago, Lin Feng was still a little surprised.
He suddenly began to pray that the initiator of this incident had better not be the princess. Otherwise, with the prince's current attitude towards the princess, he really couldn't imagine what such a cruel truth would turn into the prince.
"Stop standing here and go to the imperial kitchen with Lin Yi to ask. He is not that fast on his own."
Lin Feng kept his mouth shut and went out obediently, but in fact he was muttering in his heart: If we go now, maybe Lin Yi's affairs will be settled.
"Miss Green, she often comes to our kitchen. Sometimes she brings Qingtang with her, and sometimes she comes alone."
Qingtang's personality is more carefree than Luzhu's, so many servants are familiar with her and don't even think it's a big deal to call her by her first name. The person in the imperial dining room is one of them.
After saying this, another maid added: "Yes, Miss Green looks very docile and has a good personality. She even brings some snacks to us when she comes here on weekdays!"
She spoke truthfully, and many people around her responded. Uninformed people saw the scene and thought it was someone somewhere who was complaining about injustice.
Lin Yi was so noisy that his head hurt, and he was forced to raise his hand to stop, "What about Miss Yue? Do you have anything to say?"
If the servants didn't know what happened at the beginning, now they have some premonitions.
Especially the two servants who bumped into the princess's yard, they didn't talk much about it after they came back, so they all heard about it more or less.
One of the maids took a cautious step forward and said timidly: "Guard Lin, are you investigating the prince's traditional Chinese medicine?"
Lin Yi raised her eyebrows, but before she could answer, she whispered again: "Actually, I want to say that Miss Green is very innocent and sincerely treats us. Sometimes the servants have bad memories and send the wrong meals.
She doesn't get angry either, and she seems very amiable."
Lin Yi didn't need to tell her about this. He knew that he had not had much contact with the princess, but in order to help the prince observe her whereabouts, he had been secretly observing her for a long time.
If it weren't for the physical evidence that appeared in the princess's room, he might not have questioned the three masters and servants.
After a pause, a cheerful male voice suddenly sounded outside the door, "Okay, don't look like you are about to leave. We are just asking a few questions. Just answer them as usual."
He looked back in the direction of the sound. It was Lin Feng. He didn't know how long he had been eavesdropping from behind. He was walking out from behind the door.
The servants nodded and held back their tears. Thinking of Lin Yi's question, they began to recall again.
A girl who looked young patted her head and replied: "Miss Yue usually sends her maid Xiao Tao to get it, and every time there are always some unreasonable demands that we cannot meet."
Probably this sentence aroused the memory of many people, so they all rushed to say: "Yes! When it went too far, she would come over and watch us redo it. Her tone was so arrogant, as if she was talking about herself.
Just like a princess."
"It's just that many people in the house already hate Miss Yue because of this incident, but she still likes to punish people, so we can't complain."
Lin Yi picked out a few people to listen to, and without exception, they all said bad things about her. They couldn't even pick out a single good word.
Thinking back to the first few times I met Yue Yi, apart from the fact that she pretended to be gentle in front of the prince at the beginning, from then on she always looked arrogant.
It really corresponds to what I said just now, "Think of yourself as a princess."
Lin Yi thanked her and was about to turn around and walk back when she accidentally heard another sentence: "On weekdays, if Miss Yue or Xiao Tao came to pick up meals, we would keep an eye on them very carefully, for fear of being framed."
His footsteps paused at that moment. When he looked back, he found that there was indeed a girl saying something vaguely, but he didn't listen carefully, but he could also know that the words came from her.
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It was because of these words that he frowned all the way back.
Seeing this, Lin Feng asked casually, and then one person's worries became two people's.
I went to the courtyard and told Chen Ruzhi about the situation. What he said was almost the same as Lin Yi.
"A person with a good temper can't do bad things, but a person who is being watched closely and has no time to do small tricks?"
His voice was slightly raised at the end, and he didn't look directly at anyone, but both of them shuddered in unison.
"Yes, Your Majesty...that's what the people in the imperial kitchen said."
Lin Yi lowered his eyebrows and answered, actually knowing very well why Chen Ruzhi had such an attitude.
Originally, the purpose of going to the imperial dining room was to find more useful information, but in the end, no one was suspected. What's the difference between returning without success?
He clenched his fists. This was considered a dereliction of duty on his part. He had not expected this situation. It would be reasonable for him to be punished by the prince.
Unexpectedly, Chen Ruzhi just sighed, raised his knuckled fingers slightly, and pointed in the void, "Then go check where you can buy such medicine in the capital. You can also send more people there."
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Lin Yi was still in shock. He didn't expect that the prince would reveal this matter so lightly, but his body had already been pulled away by Lin Feng.
After walking to the market, Lin Feng patted his shoulder and said, "Are you stupid? This matter has already involved the princess. If she was really responsible for what happened back then, of course the prince hopes to know about it later.
The truth is better.”
His words made Lin Yi's whole body tremble. To be honest, he had never thought of this before. He claimed that he had been with the prince for a long time and he knew him well.
Everyone knows that Prince Jian'an is ruthless, and he also knows that the prince does things neatly and never cares about mother-in-law. This time... it seems that he is really attracted to the princess.
He lowered his head and did not continue to speak. He only hoped that the prince would either realize something was wrong with him sooner or come out of such emotions sooner.
At that time, Qingtang was looking at every corner of Lengxiang Courtyard. She and Luzhu came in together with Bai Wanrou, and they would stay here before getting the prince's instructions.
However, the prince did not make any additional requirements at that time, so the two of them should still be able to come and go freely.
"Princess, the prince is so obsessed with that woman Yue Yi that he actually assigned you to Lengxiangyuan!"
Qingtang was angry, but unlike the other two who could hold it in, he quickly expressed his inner thoughts.
Fortunately, the courtyard was in a remote location and there was no one around, so no one else heard what he said.
Luzhu tugged on her sleeve, "Qingtang, keep your voice down, but don't forget that this is still the palace."
Qingtang muttered for a while, but couldn't find a reason to refute, and the resentment in his heart had not yet been vented, so he could only mutter in a low voice: "The prince has abolished the position of princess before, and this move is almost the same as that. It's really...
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She thought for a long time and couldn't find an adjective, so she could only wave her hand.
However, Bai Wanrou herself was already calm. She had given herself a chance, and she had also given Chen Ruzhi a chance, but his distrust time and time again made the relationship between them only go so far.
She wiped the chair and sat on it. The only thing she cared about now was the truth of this matter.
She doesn't want to be wronged for no reason. Even if the time comes to divorce, she must leave in a clean slate. This chapter has been completed!