Prince Pampers the Escaping Consort

Yan Xiaoxi indignantly stared at Nangong Lin. At the same time, Nangong Lin also looked in her direction. Their gazes met, and a small spark instantly appeared.

Suddenly, Yan Xiaoxi shifted her gaze and looked in Liu Zhixue's direction.

At this moment, Liu Zhixue was calmly standing on the spot, graceful and dignified. Her every action and gesture was filled with the temperament of a lady from a noble family. There was nothing strange about her at all.

However, Yan Xiaoxi felt that something was wrong.

It was at this moment that she unintentionally noticed the palace maid standing behind Liu Zhixue. She was dressed in extremely ordinary palace attire and had the appearance of a young family of jade.

However, the weirdest thing was that her eyes seemed submissive, as if she was evading them, causing people to feel guilty.

Upon closer inspection, Yan Xiaoxi felt that this palace maid seemed to be acquainted with him, as though she had met him somewhere before.

After searching through the memories in her head, she finally remembered that this palace maid was the same person as the one who had the herbal medicine in her hands.

As she thought of this, Yan Xiaoxi suddenly widened her eyes. All the mysteries seemed to have been solved, and everything suddenly became clear.

"Does royal brother still have any laws in his eyes?" Since he was in the right, he naturally had to show a fair and strict appearance in front of everyone.

"Xi Er definitely isn't the culprit." What Nangong Lin said was a solemn oath.

When Yan Xiaoxi saw the serious expression on Nangong Lin's face, she once thought that he had always believed in her.

However, she quickly pushed away this conclusion of hers.

She had seen his suspicions with her own eyes.

Hmph, don't believe him.

"Arguably, everyone saw the truth." Liu Zhitian did not expect Nangong Lin to protect Yan Xiaoxi again and again. In the past, he had always admired Nangong Lin.

After today's incident, his impression of him couldn't help but change.

Ever since Nangong Lin went into seclusion a year ago, his entire person had changed.

"Big Brother Lin, did you lose your mind due to the poison that was applied to you by Yan Xiaoxi? Did you see that?" Even if she beat Liu Zhixue to death, she didn't believe that her big brother Lin would stand by Yan Xiaoxi's side.

After so many years of friendship, could it be that their relationship could not compare to that of the princess, who had just recently passed her duties?

"This King is very clear-headed." Indeed, there was no one who was more clear-headed than him.

That was why he was able to see through the mystery behind it.

"Enough. Put Princess Lin into prison for the time being and await her orders." With Nangong Xiao's command, the guards immediately took action.

Seeing this, a smile finally appeared on Liu Zhixue's face. So what if she knew how to argue? So what if you know poison medicine? So what if you know about the poison? This was not the end of things.

Liu Zhixue felt a surge of excitement in her heart. Seeing that Yan Xiaoxi was about to be dragged away by the guards, she felt even happier than when she first met Wu Qingcheng.

"Wait." Yan Xiaoxi stood motionlessly on the spot, not cooperating with the guards' actions at all.

"Is there anything else that Princess Lin wants to say?" Nangong Xiao signaled the guard with her eyes and the guard immediately released Yan Xiaoxi.

"Your Majesty, is this how the Southern Water Country wrongly accused people? Yan Xiaoxi asked.

Unjustly accused?

Where did the injustice come from?

Everyone had seen this as Yan Xiaoxi was the culprit.

Nangong Xiao was taken aback. She didn't expect Yan Xiaoxi to be so tenacious as to resist in the face of death.

That's right, in the eyes of others, Yan Xiaoxi's actions were like this. She would work hard and never give up until her head bled from the effort.

Yet, all of this was very different from Nangong Lin's. Today, Yan Xiaoxi's reaction caused him to have a whole new level of respect for her.

Originally, this matter should have been easily resolved as soon as he opened his mouth. However, he was curious, curious about what would happen if she were to face this mess.

He didn't expect that the result would be out of his expectations.

"Princess Lin, are you saying that we wronged you?" Nangong Xiao probed.

Unexpectedly, Yan Xiaoxi answered without any hesitation, "Yes."

Hearing this, everyone felt a burst of fear in their hearts. This Yan Xiaoxi really doesn't know her place, she actually dares to contradict the Emperor.

However, at this moment, not only was Nangong Xiao not angry, she was actually praising Yan Xiaoxi for her courage. For some reason, after meeting Yan Xiaoxi today, he recalled her countless times in a single night.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the two were very similar.

"Alright, I'll listen to this for now. I'll listen to how we wronged you." Actually, Nangong Xiao did not wish for Yan Xiaoxi to be the murderer. Otherwise, dealing with this matter would be extremely troublesome.

"That chicken soup was indeed ordered by little Lin Lin Lin to be made in the royal kitchen, but everyone in the palace knows that I don't eat chicken, and I've clearly asked the royal kitchen to only give us this table of chicken soup, then how did the other tables get the chicken soup? May I ask Crown Princess, did you prepare any chicken soup from the menu you originally prepared?"

"Nope." The Crown Princess shook her head.

"Also, Miss Liu wanted to drink the soup herself. If it wasn't for the poisoning incident, no one would have noticed." That's right, if it was just chicken soup alone, it could not be poisoned at all. It must be known that Liu Zhixue had drunk the soup herself.

Liu Zhixue and Yan Xiaoxi were seated opposite each other. They originally had a wide field of vision, but it was blocked by dancing and singing, making them unable to see each other.

From this, it could be seen that she could not see the food on Liu Zhixue's table at all, nor did she know if she had drank any soup or not.

Furthermore, everyone had personally witnessed Yan Xiaoxi eating with relish before Liu Zhixue had invited her to play. She was not in the mood to worry about anything else.

"But … Princess Lin is the most suspicious one here." A certain official said.

"Suspicion doesn't mean murder. In that case, the Crown Princess is also suspected." After saying so, Yan Xiaoxi couldn't help but cast a glance at the princess consort.

"All of this is just a sophistry. Unless Princess Snow Lin can find the real culprit and rid herself of suspicion, she won't be able to convince the masses." Nangong Zhen originally thought that saying that would allow Yan Xiaoxi to back off. However, he had no idea that Yan Xiaoxi was waiting for him to say that.

"Alright." Yan Xiaoxi agreed immediately, causing another wave of commotion.

After the incident with the princess consort just now, everyone was no longer so sure of Yan Xiaoxi's words. They all looked at her with half-believing and half-doubting expressions.

"Your majesty, this consort wishes to invite the imperial physician and the imperial chef who made the soup and chicken soup to come over." Yan Xiaoxi clasped her hands and asked Nangong Xiao.

Nangong Xiao nodded and agreed, "Men, do as Princess Lin says."

Seeing the solemn look on Yan Xiaoxi's face, Nangong Xiao did not know why, but she believed that she could expose the real culprit and clear her grievances.

If that was the case, it would be even better. Everything just happened to be resolved.

Else, with his understanding of Nangong Lin, his son, he would likely not let this matter go. This matter would only grow bigger and bigger.