As soon as this statement came out, everyone was shocked.

Emperor Yan Ning went there in such anger, obviously intending to raise an army to hold him accountable.

The ministers looked at each other, secretly guessing Emperor Yanning's intentions, but they did not dare to say much. They could only follow Emperor Yanning to Fengyi Palace.

……

In Fengyi Palace, Empress Lu was discussing with several of her confidants how to deal with the current situation.

These past few days, Xiao Lu saw Cui Detao busy investigating the six palaces all day long and thought he had gained nothing. However, she never expected that this man would stage such a big show as soon as he took action, which really caught her off guard!

Before Empress Lu could sort out the lawsuit, she heard a palace maid hurriedly come in to report.

"Your Majesty, the Emperor is leading his ministers to the Fengyi Palace and is almost at the gate."

Xiao Lu's face turned pale, then he took a deep breath, trying to calm the panic in his heart, and said in a deep voice.

"Really? Then I will go out and greet His Majesty personally."

After saying that, she stood up, straightened her appearance, and walked out calmly.

Emperor Yanning had a stern expression on his face, and behind him was a huge group of people. Upon seeing this, the palace maids and eunuchs of Fengyi Palace were all terrified, and stood by with their heads bowed, not daring to breathe.

As soon as Empress Lu reached the palace gate, she saw Emperor Yanning coming towards her with a group of officials. She hurried forward and bowed to them.

"Your Majesty, may your Majesty be blessed with good health."

Emperor Yan Ning glanced at her coldly, without saying a word, and walked straight into the hall.

Empress Lu was extremely confused, but she could only bite the bullet and follow behind Emperor Yan Ning, smiling as she walked, pretending to be relaxed.

"How come Your Majesty has time to come to my place today? If you had told me in advance, I would have been able to prepare earlier and entertain Your Majesty properly."

Emperor Yanning had just entered the main hall at that time and sat down in the main seat. He sneered and waved his hand, signaling Cui Detao to present the case.

"The Queen might as well take a good look at it."

Xiao Lu took the case, glanced at it quickly, and his face turned pale.

Then she flew into a rage and said, "This Nanny Lin is so bold that she actually dared to poison the Crown Prince! Your Majesty, please don't be upset. I will go and capture this lowly maid for you right now. You can kill her or chop her up. I will not show any partiality. I will leave it to Your Majesty to decide!"

Xiao Lu spoke passionately, as if it really had nothing to do with the matter, but who among those present was not a shrewd person?

How could I believe her one-sided words!

Emperor Yan Ning sneered and spoke slowly, his voice full of chillness.

"The Queen really doesn't know about this?"

Empress Lu raised her head, met Emperor Yanning's gaze, and said seriously.

"I am innocent. I really didn't know about this, Your Majesty! If I knew that such a heartless person dared to poison the prince, I would report it to Your Majesty immediately and punish her severely! Although Nanny Lin is a member of my palace, I have to take care of many palace affairs every day. How could I know everything so clearly? Please be careful and don't listen to the slander of the villain and wrongly accuse me!"

After saying that, Xiao Lu fell to her knees with tears in her eyes, looking so aggrieved and pitiful.

Emperor Yan Ning was not moved at all. He sneered and said lightly.

"Since the Queen doesn't know, how will the Queen explain Nanny Lin's death?"

Xiao Lu was stunned for a moment, and after a moment, he lowered his head and sobbed.

"I really don't know about this. I just learned about Nanny Lin's death. I guess she must have known that she had committed a heinous crime and had no face to live in this world anymore, so she committed suicide out of fear of the crime and died to atone for her sins!"

Emperor Yan Ning sneered, slowly stood up, walked to the front of Queen Lu, looked down at her, and said coldly.

"If I remember correctly, Nanny Lin was the personal nanny that the Queen brought into the palace from her natal family, right? She has been with the Queen for at least ten years. Today Nanny Lin passed away, but the Queen is not sad at all?"

"Although Nanny Lin is an elder by my side, she has done something so evil and immoral. I am not a biased person, so I will never tolerate her!"

Xiao Lu spoke with deep emotion and tears in her eyes, as if she had really suffered a great injustice.

"If she committed suicide out of fear of punishment, then how did she know that she had been exposed? It seems that there are really hidden dragons and crouching tigers in the Queen's Fengyi Palace!"

Emperor Yanning looked at little Lu with a smile, and after saying this, he waved his hand.

"The Crown Prince's incident has reminded me that if someone in the Queen's palace has ulterior motives, I should investigate them thoroughly. Otherwise, if they harm the Queen again in the future, the harem will be in chaos!"

As soon as Emperor Yanning gave the order, the Jinyiwei dressed in flying fish uniforms immediately filed in and surrounded the Fengyi Palace.

When Xiao Lu saw this, his face turned pale.

At this moment, she no longer cared about the rules and struggled to stand up and stood in front of Emperor Yan Ning.

"Your Majesty! You can't do this! If the news of your large-scale search of my Fengyi Palace today gets out, how can I save face? I am willing to take the blame for not managing the palace properly, but if Your Majesty investigates like this, I am afraid that tomorrow the palace will spread that I was the one who led the poisoning of the crown prince. I will never admit to anything I have not done! I will not give others any handle to gossip about me! Please, Your Majesty, for the sake of our years of love as husband and wife, show mercy!"

Empress Lu seemed to be pleading, but Emperor Yanning did not buy it.

"I am investigating this matter for the Queen's safety. Why is the Queen trying to stop me? Is she feeling guilty about something?"

Empress Lu's face turned pale and blue after hearing what Emperor Yan Ning said. She opened her mouth and wanted to refute, but found that she had no idea where to start.

Emperor Yan Ning ignored her and waved his hand, signaling the Jinyi Guards to take action.

The Jinyiwei received the order and took action immediately.

Seeing this, Empress Lu's face turned even paler. She struggled forward and wanted to hug Emperor Yan Ning's arm, but was quickly stopped by Cui Detao who was standing by.

"Empress, the emperor is doing this for your own good." Cui Detao said expressionlessly.

Xiao Lu was so angry that she was shaking all over. She pointed at Cui Detao's nose and cursed.

"You little dog slave! How dare you stop me! You are committing treason, are you trying to save your life?"

Cui Detao was not moved at all. He lowered his head slightly and said respectfully.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. We are just following your orders. Please don't embarrass us."

After that, Cui Detao was too lazy to pay attention to Xiao Lu anymore, and turned to the Jinyiwei and said, "Hurry up, don't disturb the Queen!"

When Empress Lu saw this, she was so angry that she was shaking all over. She wanted to stop it, but was afraid of being punished by Emperor Yan Ning, so she could only watch the Jinyiwei rummaging through her own palace.

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